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Chapter 3

Things brought to light

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Saki and Iseul were now back at the dorm. Saki explained the situation to Iseul who seemed lost in her thoughts. She felt that she might have been too harsh on Zyran but quickly shook her head as she remembered all his doings.

Sunjae's pov

Choi Sunjae, was a loving guy with a cheerful personality. He often got teased and bullied by the members of the circle but didn't had the guts to go against them.

Sunjae, trembled after seeing Jiah's corpse, he was back in his dorm room but couldn't get the scene out of his mind and just wanted someone to hug him tightly.

His roommate, October Caddle had recently moved in with him after the previous one shifted dorms so they never talked.

October's personality was completely opposite of the sunshine that Sunjae was. He would avoid attention and usually answer rudely even if someone approached him.

This made October, one of the rare scholarship students who survived at Elite High by minding their own business and never letting their guard down.

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As Sunjae shivered in his blanket, October walked in.

Sunjae kept his eyes shut because he didn't want anyone to see how afraid he was and waited for him to leave. He was surprised when instead of heading away, footsteps moved closer to him.

Sunjae's heart rate became faster with every footstep when he finally heard them stop right next to him. October sat next to Sunjae on his bed and reached his hand out when Sunjae quickly got up, which resulted in them bumping into each other.

October had a blanket which he was gonna place on Sunjae in one hand, and he had placed his vacant arm around Sunjae's waist instinctively when they bumped.

There was a slight pause as the boys' gaze met then they quickly backed away. An awkward silence enveloped the room as October walked to his desk and started working on his assignment.

Sunjae felt a burst of emotions rise within him as his thoughts drifted from the murder that had occurred at Elite High, towards his mysterious yet charming roommate.

Yuta's pov

Yuta aggressively played the piano, sitting alone in the orchestra room. He did this in order to deal with stress as music helped him organize his thoughts.

Although Yuta was an equivalent of Zyran and Yuki among the members of the circle, he had always warned Jiah against failing to clean their mess.

Jiah entrusted Jihu to deal with anyone that got on her nerves but Yuta always felt that Jihu was more into gossip than taking responsibilities well.

Now all his warnings were coming to light as he suspected that this was someone's revenge against them. Just as Yuta was trying to come up with a possible explanation for the situation, So Hwan walked in.

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So Hwan was a cold and nonchalant person. Her curious nature was the reason that she made up her mind to learn about everything she doesn't know.

She couldn't care less about about other people and always thought of herself as someone superior to other students due to her possession of knowledge.

That was until he came into her life; talking to Yuta made her realise how similar their views were as well as how he was different from others.

Although Hwan was the type of person who would follow her guts whereas Yuta critically evaluated each move he took and was excellent at planning.

Yuta started developing feelings for Hwan mainly after she motivated him to pursue his secret desire to be a musician, she used this to her advantage in order to make sure nobody could harm her.

This helped her in securing the position of Student Council President despite being hated by most students and they eventually started dating in secret.

Despite being aware of So Hwan's self centered personality, Yuta couldn't stop liking her and decided to feign ignorance upon the fact that she was just using him.

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Hwan back hugged Yuta as he stopped playing the piano. Yuta sighed

I really don't know what to do anymore.

That's alright babe, you don't need to have all the answers.

One wrong move and we'll all lose to the bastard who begun this. I need to take care of things before the investigation reaches deep into the mysteries of Elite High.

If there's anyone that can fix this, it's you Yuta. I trust you.

Jaemin's pov

Jaemin furiously headed towards the auditorium. He grapped Jihu by the dollar as soon as he approached him.

Are you out of your mind?!

What do you mean?

Song Jihu! The school is under investigation for murder, you gotta to keep a low profile. Instead you're here abusing others..

Jaemin-ah! Someone here killed our Jiah, I can't sit back.. not now out of all times.. especially because I know Meejin's identity now..

Jihu.. I know you feel guilty for not being able to protect her but it's not your fault.. you couldn't have known what would happen.. please don't get in trouble. That's not what Jiah would've wanted..

Jihu broke out in tears as his friend patted his back

You should go and rest for a while, I'll take care of this girl.

Meejin got up as Jihu left the auditorium, she waved off dust from her skirt while passing a deadly glare towards him.

Just as she was about to head out, Jaemin grabbed her arm.

Let me go.

I don't think I excused you yet.