Secrets and Lies

25.

She was shoving people out of her way as she headed forward and towards the blond freak's homeroom. Jiyoo needed answers. "JIYOO HAS FINALLY LOST IT." someone shouted and laughter erupted in the hallway. The maturity level of the students were remarkably low. Their behaviour was no better than a child's. "Move." the girl pushed another person out off the way. The itching pain on her cheek was driving Jiyoo insane. But she was determined to get her revenge. A loud groan slipped from her lips when Eun Ae and her two followers stepped up and placed themselves in the way. "So the slut decided to show up after all." once again with the damn name calling. "Move." Jiyoo was not the slightest interested in whatever the other girl was up to.

"Really, both the Chinese freak and the blond one at the same time, slut." what the fuck was Eun Ae talking about. She hadn't done anything to or with Tao. Daehyun was another deal though. The kiss between the latter one and her had just happened. It was not something she had planned on doing. "I've done nothing with Tao." Eun Ae needed to stop with whatever she was trying. "You dragged him into the girls' bathroom last week." no she hadn't, not that she could remember at least.

"I don't have time with you so move." Jiyoo felt a hand connect with her injured cheek, the pain was immediate as it rushed through her body. The revenge came instantly as she punched Eun Ae with such intensity that the older girl flew back and landed on the floor. Students around them shrieked and told someone to get a teacher. One that soon enough arrived, "both of you report to the principal's office." such an awesome way to start the day and week, not exactly. Why was it that Eun Ae always had to destroy for her?

Students retreated to their homeroom's as they two of them began their journey to the old man, "this is your damn fault." Jiyoo rolled her eyes, such a typical thing for the other girl to say. "Keep your mouth shut, I don't want to hear your annoying voice anymore." the lingering pain was causing her irritation level to increase.

Out of nowhere could she feel Eun Ae yanking at her hair, and that's when she lost her patience. Jiyoo was not the slightest happy when she spun around to face her classmate. "Do you wanna die?" unfortunately did the threat not work and Eun Ae only grinned whilst slapping her compress-covered cheek. It was inevitable that a fight broke out between the two. She was not going to let herself be treated that way.

Jiyoo's promise of not fighting in school vanished into thin air as she launched several punches against Eun Ae. "Ack, ouch." one hit caused the other girl's bottom lip to crack open and blood trickled down and stained the blazer Eun Ae was wearing. "Yah, you stupid slut." Jiyoo felt the adrenaline pumping in her veins as Eun Ae lunged forward and gave her several hard slaps, all of them were directed towards her cheek.

Dirty tricks, that's the only thing Eun Ae was using. There were still a couple of students in the hallway and Jiyoo was rather desperate for help. Though, all of them continued to stare instead of helping out. "Shut up." it was in pure rage that she pushed Eun Ae, the action was so violent that the other girl crashed to the floor. "Slut, stop hurting Eun Ae." the sentence met her ears and she frowned. Jiyoo hadn't been the one to start it all. It was all in self-defense.

"Damn slut, just wait until my boyfriend finds out." she could honestly not give a shit about what was going to happen, "yeh, which one of them?" Jiyoo grinned as she placed herself on top of her classmate. It seemed like the cracked lip wasn't enough. "Dongyeol is going to re-arrange you face." right, like he would actually hit a girl. He would probably tell Eun Ae to fix it herself. "Such a loser, can't you do anything yourself?" why was it that all rich kids needed help with everything?It was like they couldn't do anything on their own. "Loser, I'm not the one with a mother that committed suicide." anger flashed in her eyes and Jiyoo was not going to hold back anymore. She sent several more punches against Eun Ae, the latter of the two shouted at her to stop. How could she beg for Jiyoo to stop when she'd been the one to start it all?

A sudden yank to her hair distracted the girl and she yelped when someone lifted her off and away from Eun Ae. "Yah, who the fuck are you to treat my girlfriend like that?" the boy roared at her whilst he slammed Jiyoo against the wall. She was baffled by the action. Dongyeol was truly just like his girlfriend, a bully who didn't seem to care whether Jiyoo was a girl or not. Glaring up at him she parted her lips, "you should put a leash on her, she's a damn nuisance." the boy laughed aloud, it was a sarcastic one. He was not the slightest pleased by the insult. "Do anything like that again and you'll regret it." oh, so he was threatening her. How gentlemanly, not really.

Jiyoo's gaze shifted to his neck, the throat grip would be perfect to use. Much to her surprise did her eyes fall on something completely different. A red mark, much like the one that she'd found on Yongguk's neck was visible. "What the fuck are you staring at?" she could, for some reason, not change her focus. Jiyoo kept staring at the scar until the boy, with such intensity, slapped her cheek. A loud wince escaped and she instinctively placed a hand over the place he'd hit her. "Stop staring or I'll cut those eyes out for you." Dongyeol flashed a knife in front of the girl's eyes and she flinched. Who in his right state of mind brought a knife to school?

"O -oppa what are you doing?" Eun Ae was shoved aside when she tried to step in. She despised Jiyoo with all her might, but to wish for the girl to die was a bit too much. "Stay out of it." the boy growled, he was pissed off. Jiyoo was normally not scared when someone threatened her, well, not unless knifes or other weapons were involved. Plus,the girl was extra carefully now, after that she'd received a cut from Kris.

It was with an increasing pulse that she felt the sharp blade being pressed against her neck, just above the collarbone. There was no chance that she could try and shove him away now. He was far too heavy, and the blade would probably pierce her skin if she did so. "OPPA." Eun Ae tried a second time, though, it ended with that he pushed her away so violently that she fell to the floor. It was obvious that he wouldn't budge for whatever. Terror and fear was the only thing that crossed Jiyoo's mind when the blade pierced her skin. "It hurts, doesn't it?" the boy smirked, satisfied by what he was doing. It couldn't be that he was going to slit her throat, in school?

Blood had already begun to flow and she was actually fearing for her life.

Tao had just exited his homeroom with the excuse that he needed to get something. The fact was another though. He had to get away from everything. His past life in China, Kris, Yi, all of that was slowly coming back. Memories he thought he'd buried was reappearing again. It made him uncomfortable. Tao was just about to head for the boys' restroom when he heard a female voice shout further down the hallway. The boy was used to such incidents, students yelling and shouting in the hallways wasn't something unfamiliar. It happened each and every day. Therefore was he not going to bother. Well, those thoughts disappeared instantly when he heard Jiyoo's desperate voice. That was however something unusual.

The sight that met him was like taken out of a horror movie. Blood was smeared out on the floor, and Jiyoo was laying on her back with an unfamiliar boy hovering over her. His eyes widened when he noticed the knife. It was quite obvious that the one bleeding was none other than the girl. Rushing over he fly-kicked the boy in the chest, an action that caused Dongyeol to fly several meters back.

The knife flew in another direction and Tao took the chance to use some of the material arts skills he knew. They were a feature that he'd buried deep within when he left China. Dongyeol stood no chance against the Chinese boy. He was simply too slow. In fact, the boy couldn't even manage to land a single punch against Tao. The latter was swift in his movements and dodged all of them.

"Tao?" Jiyoo had somehow ended up on the floor, her gaze was lingering on the pure white ceiling above, or maybe it was the gateway to heaven. She didn't know. She didn't want to know either. Death was something Jiyoo feared and to die at the age of eighteen was unappealing. Unfortunately was the blood still flowing from the cut to her neck and death seemed closer than ever. "Tao." his name left her lips as nothing more than a mere whisper. It had to be him, especially since the only ones that'd ever helped her out was either him or Daehyun. Though, the latter had blonde hair and the person she'd seen had black.

The said boy spun around after have made sure that Dongyeol was incapable of moving. Tao was not really a violent person. Only protective of those he cared for, and Jiyoo was definitely one of those few people. Plus,he'd failed with protecting Yi, a mistake he was not going to make twice. The girl had, during his two and a half months there, managed to steal his heart completely.