HEARTBEATS - [제이]

4 | bleeding out

It was a normal day wherein it started with the girl being forced to enter the place she called jail, also known as the school.

Halmeoni wished her good luck and fun in the morning when she woke up under a blanket between the books.

She fell asleep in the Café the day before and the woman didn't dare to wake her up and send her home.

Instead she covered her with the blanket and let her sleep before waking her up again the next morning at an early time.

The girl's heart was beating like drum sticks when she stood in front of the entrance.

She heavily exhaled before entering it, already several students surrounding her as most of them just waited for their classes to begin.

Exhale.

Inhale.

Cover it up.

The girl wasn't much in school but if she learned one thing, then it was that.

She didn't need to tell everyone the truth. She didn't need to be everyone's slave and be taken advantage of.

She was a human on her own. And so she did what she thought was the best. Even if it meant overplaying literally everything she did.

"Oh my god, please tell me this is real"
The girl heard a very familiar female voice from the side which immediately caused her to smile.

Actually, the author was lying. Haneul indeed had a friend, at least one.

"Byeol"
Haneul instinctively smiled when she wrapped her arms around her best friend's shoulders.

The two girls stayed in that position for at least one more minute until Byeol slowly released herself from the hug and placed her hands on her friend's shoulders.

"You don't know how much I missed you here in school, sky"
The black haired girl then said.

Haneul smiled when she examined her best friend's face, reassured that she won't be alone on this school day once again.

Byeol quickly hooked her arm under Haneul's and they both happily walked to the classroom together until the brown haired girl stopped right in front of it.

"What is it?"
Byeol asked confused as she watched her friend's look only being focused on one seat.

It was a lonely seat in the last row.

Her seat.

While she was absent and wasn't allowed to go to school, they changed the seating order and she was sat down in the last row, alone.

"Nothing"
Haneul shook her head and walked straight to the seat.

She placed her backpack which was decorated with stars she drew on it herself underneath the table and exhaled right before she let herself fall onto the chair.