Life of Secrets ✔️

Chapter 5: HER SAVIOUR

She takes a few steps back. The flames rising and spreading towards her, looking like a massive fire monster ready to swallow her alive. She shakes in fear as she walks backward until her back meets the wall and she comes to a halt. Her eyes widen as she stares at the rising flames.

Darn it, Soojin. It's your end today...

She slides down the wall defeatedly and crouches down while hugging her knees. Her body shakes as she cries out and sobs. She knows no one gonna come to help her. No one cares if she's there or not. For the first time she's thinking of her dad, she never really thought of him but today, she felt like. If he would be here today, he would surely come to save me from here. You're gone today, Soojin!

Jungkook huffs as he successfully makes it out from the school fire. He rubs the beads of sweat that covers his forehead with the back of his hand and takes a deep breath.

"Jungkookie!! You okay?"

It's his best friend, Yugyeom, who runs to him and hugs him tightly. Jungkook giggles and pats his back as he hugs him with the same force.

"Bro... That was scary!! Everyone was screaming and running. I had no idea what had happened!!" Yugyeom exclaims, rubbing his forehead.

"Same here...It was a whole chaos!!" Jungkook huffs as his eyes drift in the crowd that's scattered everywhere. His eyes scanning every person, in search of that particular one. That one girl, whom he's determined to protect in all costs, his searching only for her.

"Students, please line up according to your own respective classes and respond to your names," one of the teachers announce. The students stop their chaos and began lining up. Jungkook too, lines up in his respective class, right before his best friend, Yugyeom, who's a bit taller than he is.

While still being in the line, Jungkook doesn't stop searching for Soojin in the next lines. He frowns when he didn't notice her. Yugyeom was quick to notice his concern and worry. "You okay, Jungkook? Whom are you looking for?"

He gulps down his throat and looks at his best friend, "Soojin... She's two years junior...but I can't see her anywhere!" he begins panicking.

"Hey... Maybe she didn't come today...," Yugyeom tried conforting him but Jungkook gasped in panic, "C'mon!! We come to school together everyday!! She's my neighbor!!"

Jungkook can feel his eyes glistening at the thought. He can feel his heart thumping loud against his chest, making him short of breath. He stares at the students of Soojin's class, his eyes still scanning the line for her. He keeps a close attention to the teacher calling their names, "Lee Mijung?" "Here!" "Han Niyeon?" "Here!" "Kim Soojin?" Jungkook bit his lower lip, waiting for Soojin's voice to echo in the ground. But there was nothing but silence. It didn't do any help rather just fueled Jungkook's terror.

"Kim Soojin?" the teacher called again, her eyes carrying terror as well. "Kim Soojin...please respond!?" still... Just silence. The teacher looks at the students and questions, "Is she present today?" The students gulp and nod slowly.

The teacher huffs. This is terrible. She goes to the principal and informs her, "Ma'am... A fellow student of 99 batch... Kim Soojin... She's not here..." the teacher gasps, while clearly panicking while talking to the principal. The principal is concerned as well but looks at the teacher with guilt and says, "We can't do anything at this moment... The fire department are on their way... Only then, we can do something... "

Unfortunately, each and every word of their conversation was heard by keen Jungkook, who has been desperately searching for Soojin. He shivers and his heart wrenches at that revelation. Soojin... She's stuck there... Alone.