At The End Of The Maze....

2.Breakthrough

I was confused. I mean why was Kim Taehoon making me blow balloons? And why was I doing it?

I stick up the last bunch over a window and Taehoon asks everyone to hide, which was certainly not on my 'to-do list' but I did not have the energy to argue nor investigate. So I hide under my desk.

After a while, I sensed someone walking. As per Taehoon's cue, I spring from my position only to see the shocked face of Choi Sua, whose hands were linked with Jukyung and Soojin. Turns out it was Sua and Taehoon's 100 days anniversary, which I'm pretty sure doesn't exist.

Soojin forcefully drags me into their celebrations, even though I talked to her twice in the last few days. "Cake?" She asked me and I refused. "Not a fan of sweet things, and certainly cheesey situations" I add as an after-thought as I watch Sua talk in a baby voice. "I know" Soojin chuckled.

But I wasn't the only one grossed out by their antics. "Guys, stop it!" exclaimed Hyunkyu, who threw a cake towards them but Sua dodged.

The entire room falls into silence as the cake hits Jukyung's face. A surge of strange protectiveness bubbles through me as I take in her dazed expression, even though we don't talk. Both Soojin and Sua rush to her, the latter apologising. I fish out some tissues out of my backpack and hand it to Jukyung but she swats my hand away.

"Nobody comes near me!" she warns and bolts out of the classroom, Soojin and Sua following her. For a second I debated my decision of minding my own business. She was, after all, the only person who wasn't unfriendly to me. I follow them out of the classroom and into the hallway, getting just in time to see Jukyung jump over a crouched Seojun. I smirked as I witnessed the scene unfold in front of me. Seojun must have noticed my smirk, as he glares at me.

But as I was making my way towards her, I spot the forever-cold-and-emotionless Lee Suho draping his jacket over her head and leading her to the girls' washroom. Everyone present was staring at them and I spotted my brother leaning against a wall and smirking, which means he's clearly gonna tease the hell out of Suho.

I ignore him and continue towards the girls' washroom. Surprisingly, I find Suho there too, leaning against the wall as if he's bored and not standing outside the girls' lavatory. "Suho? What are you doing here?" I ask quizzically. He states at me blankly and I take that as an indicator that he's not gonna elaborate. I turn the handle of the door to the washroom when he speaks up "You can't go in there" he says. "What's it to you?" I retort and before he could stop me, I turned the knob and then locked the door behind me.

I turn around to find.....Jukyung? Except she wasn't wearing make-up. She stared at me with wide eyes and a pale face and she seemed to be in the middle of touching up her make-up. God she's cute.
"Hey, you okay?" I ask her, genuinely concerned but she was at a loss for words. "Jukyung?" I gingerly touch her arm and she snaps out of her dazed. "What's wrong?".

"Eunseo, I.....I swear I wasn't going to keep this a secret but I had to and I know you're disappointed in me but-" she starts rambling nervously. "Why would I think that?" I ask "wait, do you think I'm shallow enough to judge over something as trivial as this?". Jukyung looks at me with glossy eyes and replies "I though you would be mad at me for hiding this". I sigh heavily "I know I come off as a unfriendly person but trust me, I don't care how you look. To me, you're still the same Jukyung who's stubborn enough to spoonfeed me rice in the cafeteria because I was skipping lunch". Jukyung chuckles softly and I feel the corners of my mouth rising in a slight smile. "You don't think I'm ugly and that you don't wanna be friends with me?" She asks innocently.

"No, ofcourse not. Infact, I wanna be friends with you because you're not superficial. I know you must have your reasons for choosing make-up and I'm not gonna pry but trust me, I don't care. I don't care if you have some acne or pimples or stuff, because they don't matter to me" I reply genuinely. Jukyung smiles at me "thanks" she mutters before going back to doing her make-up.

I stand beside her wordlessly as I wait for her to finish up. Help me God, she's way too cute. After a few more minutes, she turns back to me with her now touched up face and I nod at her. "Let's go" I mumble and we leave.

After the whole ordeal, I decide to take the bus home to avoid anymore leg cramps. I get off the bus a few blocks from my house when I get a message from my brother....

Kang Yecheol:
Do me a favour and pick something up from the convenience store. I'll do your homework for a week.

Me:
No.

Kang Yecheol:
Two weeks

Me:
And my laundry

Kang Yecheol:
DONE! You're the best ;)

I sigh as I slip my phone into my pocket and make my way towards the convenience store. After a while, I emerge out with a bag full of snacks. I walk towards my house, swinging the bag of snacks and humming a tune.

As I get closer, I notice a rather familiar motorbike parked infront of our entrance. I frown. Is he here? I rush up the stairs subconsciously, practically breaking the door.

"Be careful, I don't wanna sleep in a doorless house. Oh, and the snacks?" My brother groans with a frown on his face. He hurries towards me and snatches the bag of snacks out of my hands. I take a better look at our living room and here they were, Lee Suho, Jeong Seyeon and.....Han Seojun.

Seojun stares at me blankly as I close the door and hurry up to my room. "Don't forget your promises, Kang Yecheol!" I warn my brother and he just rolls his eyes. I take a last look at Seojun, sitting on the floor with his elbow resting on the table and his chin in his hand, the afternoon sunlight casting a kind of majestic glow. Snap out of it Eunseo, He's your brother's friend. I shake my head and go to my room.

Was Seojun always this good-looking?

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a/n: chapter 2 is done!!
I just wanted to say that I won't be consistent with this story since I'm busy with school stuff......but I'll try to be regular
Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below, it would so much if I get your feedback
Again, Thanks for giving this a chance 💙