bodyguard || heejake

chapter eighteen

A/N: i had the story planned out beforehand but i decided to add sooha for the drama so it may be a tad bit longer

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heeseung hasn't talked to me in days and i was starting to grow anxious. i noticed that it was purely because of sooha and he was trying to avoid both of us. whenever i brought sooha to the table, he would leave and the others weren't too keen having her around either.

by now, the school found out about sooha and i becoming friends of some sort, but i couldn't really explain our friendship.

to be honest, i was really missing heeseung and my other friends. they would hardly talk when sooha was around and instead had private conversations in hushed tones. they were no doubt shit talking her as i saw them casting dirty looks at her, not being subtle at all about it.

i was growing tired of what was going on and approached ni-ki after lunch. "hey, what's going on with you guys?"

he just scoffed indignantly. "what's going with us? you mean what's going on with you and that pick me ass bitch."

"i know you guys aren't really on good terms, but try to be a bit more forgiving, please?"

ni-ki crossed his arms. "you should tell your new best friend to apologise to us."

"she hasn't apologised yet?" i asked in confusion. "she told me she did."

"and you believe her? wow." he sent me a disbelieving glare and began to stalk off but i grabbed his wrist.

"can you tell me what to do to fix this?" i pleaded. i just wanted everything to go back to normal with sooha being included.

"if you really want to know, drop sooha."

"you can't make me pick," i said.

"well too bad. it's us or her," he spat the last word in disgust and then left me standing there, a million thoughts swirling in my brain.

what was i supposed to do now? if i really had to pick between my friends and sooha, the clear option was them of course but i didn't want to just leave sooha by herself so she could become a loner.

during the following days, i considered my options and decided that the only way everything would go back to how it used to be was to completely ditch sooha and i planned on doing just that.

i found her sitting on the table with the others, looking uncomfortable as usual with the rest of them plain ignoring her. i bit my lip and realised how obviously she didn't fit in. she tried to make conversation with jay but he flat out turned away and flipped her off.

i fought the urge to laugh but immediately stopped in guilt. i headed towards them, repeating the speech i was planning on giving her later in my head. i hoped that everything would go well and she would understand.

i cleared my throat. "sooha, can i speak to you? in private."

she nodded and followed me out. "what's the matter?" she frowned when she saw my troubled expression.

"uh, i'm just gonna say everything at once but before that, please remember that i have no bad intentions towards you and i truly wish you the best after this."

she breathed worriedly and placed her hand on my arm. "i'm here for you, jake."

that mad me feel worse about myself but i continued speaking. "i can't be friends with you any longer."

the silence was unbearable for a solid ten seconds, making me cringe at myself. i could read her expression like an open book; the emotions on her face depicted pure rage. she clearly didn't take that well.

just as i was about to justify myself, she angrily spat in my face, her saliva ending up on my face. "what the fuck jake?"

i reached out to try pacify her but she wouldn't have it and slapped my hand away forcefully. "fuck you, you're gonna regret this."

i stared at her leave in dread. did i just mess things up? probably, but what other choice did i have? i walked sulkily back to their table, my mood evident as everybody stopped talking.

"what happened?" sunoo immediately asked.

i pursed my lips. "sooha won't be hanging out with us any longer."

everybody cheered and whooped, catching the attention of the other students as they turned to watch us.

"i told you she was bad news!" jungwon piped up with his fists raised. i rolled my eyes; did he think he was superman or something? i was glad to find out that a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. whenever i was around sooha, her overall vibe ticked me off in a way i couldn't describe. her personality just made me wary of her.

i caught heeseung's eye and he smiled at me for the first time in weeks. the butterflies returned once again and this time i accepted the feeling and smiled back at him. we needed to have a conversation later, i noted to myself.

the rest of the lunch was all laughs and chatter. i grinned at my friends fondly; nothing would ever replace them.

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i managed to drag heeseung away from all the commotion with him asking what was going on. i didn't reply and led him to an empty classroom.

he opened his mouth the speak but was cut off when i placed my hands on his shoulders and kissed him softly. he was caught off guard and instantly melted into it, his own hands snaking around my waist.

i let go and gasped for breath. heeseung hugged me tightly and buried his head on my shoulder.

"you don't know how long i've been waiting for that, jaeyun." his words were muffled but i heard them clearly, a huge smile planted on my face as i peppered more kisses on his head. i was definitely getting too comfortable.

however, heeseung enjoyed this and went back for another kiss hungrily. this time it was more needy and passionate and who was i to refuse? i returned the favour with the same reaction. unfortunately, i also knew that we probably shouldn't be doing this in a random classroom and broke it off.

"why did you stop?" he pouted and just that small action made me fall even harder.

"we can't do this here," i laughed and pinched his cheeks. he grumbled a response that i couldn't hear when we left the room, unbeknownst to the sound of a camera clicking.

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A/N: big sigh.