Chapter 9

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The diner continued being tranquil like before. Some people laughed quietly, others conversed. External atmosphere was enriched with smooth warm air and elegant smell of worthy food. Service was also good— the waiters and waitresses were nice and polite.

It was only one teenager whose mind was running miles. Her senses were tingling around like crazy, making her skin feel like breaking, her head reeling, her teeth gritting, her fist hardening. It happened for the second time already. This horrifying spider-sense that warned her about danger was going off like crazy. And all because of the three people nearby, who had no ounce of evil written over their facial expressions. Haerin was torn apart. What should she do? She feels like a judge, who was pointing a finger at innocent people. It was not fair, not right, but her senses were never wrong.

"Oh my god, Yunjin!," A voice made the feline's thoughts disappear and look up, only to see Hanni hugging her orange haired friend. "I missed you so much!" Right, Hanni knows Yunjin, she was at the party too.

Haerin exhaled and averted her attention to Hyunjin and Yeji, who were smiling politely at Hanni and greeting her with bows, handshakes and little hugs.

A flick to her forehead made Haerin look at the culprit beside her. "So you're not gonna greet me?," The orange haired girl asked. The feline simply huffed, but smiled lightly, standing up to hug her friend.

"Haven't seen you in a while." Haerin commented and watched Yunjin's face shift.

She scoffed, "You don't even text me! And I haven't seen you during breaks at school lately." Yunjin countered back to defend herself. Haerin simply shook her head with a smile and watched how she and her cousins sat beside her friends.

The feeling was growing. Stronger and faster, it was engulfing her whole. Which one of them was it coming from? Haerin glanced at Yunjin, then Yeji, then Hyunjin. She kept on looking at them and analyzing their movements, faces, expressions, heck— she even stared at their skin color to notice something— anything to find out what was wrong with her spider-sense and why it was making her feel on edge.

"Hey," She heard one of the Hwangs call her, "Are you okay? Is that asshole Dong-jun still bothering you?," Hyunjin asked Haerin, they were sitting opposite from each other.

The feline waved her hand and shook her head, "No, we dealt with him that same day. Thank you for your concern, though." She replied and watched Hyunjin smile ear to ear.

"Ugh, Dong-Jun," Yeji said and rolled her eyes in annoyance. "He used to bother my friend Ryujin too, I don't even know why." She commented and rubbed her eyes tiredly.

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