Secrets and Lies

10.

It was weekend once again, Sunday to be exact and that meant work for Jiyoo. Just like usual did she have the late night shift. Meaning that the girl was the one to close up the shop once it closed for the day. A pair of rowdy boys entered just a few minutes before Jiyoo was about to wrap it up. She wasn't exactly intimated by them but she did keep an eye on the four boys.

"Hyung, look at that one, she's smokin'." one of the boys' exclaimed and suddenly did everyone of them turn their attention towards her. They weren't subtle as their gazes swept over her body. Ugh, Jiyoo felt kind of vulnerable at that moment. The store didn't have any security cameras as it was such a small supermarket. She hated her boss for being such a cheap-ass.

"Cutie, do you wanna have some fun?" the bunch advanced towards the cashier and she uneasily glanced at the clock. Five minutes. The girl couldn't ask them to leave as it was still five minutes left. "Not interested." Jiyoo carefully let her hand slid down into the pocket of her jeans, if the boys decided to do something then she would send away a text or call Yongguk. Unfortunately enough did her cell phone not lay there. She must've forgotten it in her jacket when changing. Fuck. The word rang in her head.

"Don't be like that. We'll make sure that you have a great time, aren't we?" one boy ran a finger over his bottom lip whilst winking at her. "I'm still not interested." Jiyoo tried to reason with them. She didn't want any trouble. For all the girl knew they could pounce on her. Taking care of four teenage boys were too much, even for Jiyoo. "Yah, we're trying to be nice here and invite you to our place, but what the fuck do we get you damn bitch." one of them suddenly snapped and out of nowhere did the same boy pull out a butterfly-knife, which he so nicely pointed at her.

"What the fuck are you doing?" his friends seemed to be equally as shocked as she. "Didn't you guys want her to come to the party?" the boy with the knife glared at her, and for the first time in ages were Jiyoo actually afraid. "Yeah, but not by being threatened." the other guys answered as they slowly backed away. Weren't they going to help her out or what?Were they just going to stand there and watch whilst that dude continued to threaten her with a knife?

As if heaven listened did the door to the shop slide open and in did a bright and cheerful Zelo enter. Okay, maybe not heaven. The boy was clueless to what was going on until he spotted the knife. The alarm system inside his head sounded, "don't point that at my noona." he inched forward, not scared of the sharp object that the other guy had in his hand. "Zelo, no." despite not liking the younger boy did she still not want to see him get hurt. "ZELO." his name left Jiyoo's lips when the boy with the knife shifted all his attention towards Zelo. "Who are you?" the blondie let the question linger in the air as he didn't know what to answer.

"He's -he's -" the girl was probably never going to forget that precis moment, "he's my boyfriend." Jiyoo knew that she had absolutely no right to call Zelo her boyfriend, especially not since she already had Yongguk. On the contrary was that lie worth it if the boy left Zelo alone. "Look dude, she already got a boyfriend so just chill alright." his friends tried to pursue the boy to just drop the matter so that they could get the hell out of there. "Precisely, I'm her boyfriend so just piss off." Jiyoo rolled her eyes at Zelo unnecessary comment. There was no need to add even more fuel to the fire.

"Taejin, for fucking sake, just forget about it." Zelo took it upon himself to do something. No one was going to threaten his noona and get away with it. So, when the blond kid spotted his chance he tackled the other guy to the ground. But it wasn't as easy as he'd thought. Jiyoo watched, terrified, as the two boys fought, and in the midst of the commotion did she even see how the other guy swung the knife at Zelo. The girl had frozen to the spot, unable to move.

"YAH, STOP! AND YOU FUCKERS GET LOST." Jiyoo snapped, she'd had enough already, the supermarket wasn't a place for teenage boys to fight. And especially not if that specific supermarket happened to be the place she worked at. Startled by her outburst did the two boys on the ground freeze. The knife had been, during the fight, knocked out of the boy's hand. Though, it was not without causing damage. A long cut was visible on Zelo's cheek and blood was seeping out from it. "DIDN'T I TELL YOU, SCRAM." she glared at the three boys who almost immediately darted out from the shop, short followed by the one who'd hold onto the knife.