Lie or Die | BLOCK B B-Bomb

Chapter 25

"The search for 20 year old Kim Raeki hasn't ended. We will remind you, she is a 5 foot 3 woman with dyed ginger hair, but it may have changed. She was last spotted in Namsangol, but hasn't been seen anywhere else. If this woman is seen, report it to the police immediately."

A picture of me from before I dyed my hair popped up. The five who didn't know about it gasped, and turned to me.

"Now Jiha, I heard this young lady is still being searched for due to attempted murder, attempted rape, and for attempted suicide. Is that the story?"

"I would believe so. 'It was about a month ago that she took off from her home in Namsangol', a source told us. 'She tried to come onto my boyfriend while no one else was home, and attempted to kill me when she realized I found out'. This woman sounds like a sick person. All of us pray she is found."

It shocked me as much to see everything they said about me. Sookyo told them that I tried to rape Jiwon then tried to kill her when she found out. That was the absolute opposite.

Once I knew the talk about me wasn't going to continue, I turned off the TV. They stared at me.

"Read the packets. You too, Jera."

I skimmed over the words quickly, then watched them react. All I could see was the occasional widen of eyes and then a gasp, or someone looking up to me. I didn't know what to do, so I just stared at the coffee table.

The first people to set their paper down were Taeil and Jera, who probably skimmed passed most of it since they already knew it. It was another two minutes or so before the third person looked up. That was Kyung. He had even wider eyes than his usual set of brown eyes.

After those three, Pyo looked up. He looked like he wanted to both cry and throw a rock at me. I couldn't blame him for that.

After him, Zico had his eyes in his usual slits, staring at me like he didn't believe what I wrote. I would be reacting like them too, so I didn't hold it against them.

After him was B-Bomb. But he didn't just look up. He actually got up and walked into the bathroom. We could hear the door lock. It only took that for me to realize how much I fucked everything up.

Jaehyo finally stopped rereading everything and looked at me. That boy wasn't afraid to cry in front of us, but he wasn't crying. He didn't look hurt. He looked liked he wanted to smack me for lying to him not once, but twice. But I didn't have any other options. Lie or Die, that was all.

"Raekyo, what is this shit?" Zico flailed the papers around in the air. "What the hell is it about?"

"Don't be a dumbass, Hyung. She lied about who she was." Pyo crossed his arms, frowning at me. I don't recall ever hearing him swear.

My eyes went large. They really were more pissed than I hoped. Taeil was trying to calm Pyo down, but he wasn't taking it.

"Why wouldn't you tell us in the first place?" Kyung asked, letting his widened eyes fall into a glare. "We would've let you stay."

"No, because then you would've been afraid constantly about being in a house with a wanted fugitive, even if I didn't commit crimes. You would've seen me differently, and I didn't want that."

Jaehyo suddenly released some type of screeching sound and busted out into tears. I didn't expect it, and rushed over to his side. "Jaehyo, I'm so sorry."

Then I turned to everyone, letting tears fall down my face. "I'm so sorry everyone. I can go if you want."

Zico shook his head. "We can't let you do that, not after we vowed to take care of you. I believe you aren't a criminal. But I wish you'd have mentioned it sooner, so we would know everything."