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( 14 ) ❛ the night comes alive ❜
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"That looks bad." Jaemin winced upon seeing the discoloration on his sister's face. "I swear— I'm gonna beat them up for ruining your face!"
"I'm sure an Apollo kid from the infirmary can fix this. Again, nothing to worry about, Jaem."
The silver-haired boy sighed, eyeing the redhead who took a while to examine her face in front of her mirror. This was her first fight ever—sure, she had a few arguments with other campers but those never really turned physical. The fact that those girls were willing to throw hands at her made her feel sick. Is this what attraction does to people?
"They're just jealous, you know," Jaemin spoke, breaking her away from her train of thought.
She lightly scoffed, not bothering to even respond to that as she made her way out of the cabin. As soon as she steps out onto the checkered deck, her eyes widen by a fraction, seeing a certain son of Athena standing in front of the Aphrodite cabin, his foot tapping restlessly against the ground.
He craned his head to the door, eyes brightening at the sight of Aeri though a scowl formed upon his lips once he noticed the forming bruise on her cheek. He couldn't help but worry over the girl. Ever since that incident yesterday, it made him a bit more cautious. How could they do such a thing? Thankfully, Sion made sure to report the incident to the camp director in hopes of getting the three girls reprimanded for what they had done.
Other than that, he felt like Aeri was mad at them. She seemed pretty pissed after what happened and the fact that she insisted she was fine so that they wouldn't pry much longer said a lot about what she was feeling.
"Yushi?" She voiced out, furrowing her brows as she took the steps down, walking closer to the guy. "What are you doing here?" She said in a low voice and it was obvious that in her tone alone, she wasn't quite happy to see him.
Yushi nervously flashed a smile at her, rubbing his nape as he tried to form the correct words to say to her. "I–I...well...I wanted to check up on you after what happened yesterday—" he paused, "—and, we have that archery lesson to continue."
When the girl doesn't speak, Yushi's shoulder deflate as the nerves strike him once more. "Look, I'm sorry about yesterday—"
"It wasn't your fault." She murmured, inaudible for Yushi to make out.
He tilts his head to the side. "What did you say?"
She sighed, looking at him with a frown situated on her face. "It wasn't your fault. It wasn't Riku or Sion's fault either. I should've been careful and those girls were in the wrong for throwing hands at me for something so simple as having a crush."
