School Mates ·s.coups·

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Sooha's POV

I woke up today from the beeping of my phone. I blindly search for my phone as my hand hovered around the nightstand.

I got my phone and read the notification. There was a text from Joshua.

JISOOS🙌

meet me at Starbucks at 10am💕

I looked at the time. It showed 9:30.
"Shit!" I screamed loudly. Thankfully, no one can hear me since my room is big.

I quickly get ready and put on a black crop top with ripped skinny jeans and slip on a pair of Adidas superstars.

I painted my nails matte black and put my ombre hair in a high ponytail and styled it with a rose gold hairband.

I tried to conceal the bruises on my face  with concealer so that no one's gonna notice it.

I walked out to see my dad preparing breakfast as he saw me walking out the door. He tried to apologize,"Sooha-ah I'm sorry for yesterday. Can you forgive me?" He pleaded. I replied, "Whatever, it's too late. By the way, I'm going out." I slammed the door shut and hailed a taxi.

I arrived at Starbucks a couple minutes later and saw Joshua at a small table. He noticed me and smiled, as I walked to him.

"Hey, what do you want to order? It's all on me." I protested,"What? No, I'm paying for this time." He disagrees with that and said,"No, I'm the one inviting you out so I'm paying for this one." I smirked,"Well, let's see who's faster then."

We enjoyed our breakfast and I lied to Joshua that I'm going to the toilet but I went to pay the bills. He noticed me paying the bills so he rushed over me but he's too late; I already have the receipt.

"I can't believe that you paid for that. I'm supposed to be the one paying because I asked you out. Okay, fine but I'm gonna pay next time."

"Well, it already happened though." He looked me in the face with a concerned face." Sooha-ah, is that a bruise on your face?" Shit, he noticed the bruise. I nervously said, "Uh, no, of course not.Why would there be a bruise on my face?" as I avoided eye contact with him. He pulled my chin towards him and said,"Don't lie to me. I know you're lying." He tried to touch the bruise but I flinched.

"Sooha-ah? What happened?" He asked. I started to tear up and sobbed loudly. He pulled me into his shirt and said,"Don't cry, please. Just tell me what happened." I finally calmed down and said,"Well, my mom left me and my dad, but my dad became an alcoholic and basically abused me but I'll try to avoid him. Plus, Seungcheol makes things even worse. But whatever. It's not a big deal though." His eyes widen at what I said." Not a big deal? Sooha, you're being abused! Wait, follow me." He said as he pulled my hand and brought me to his car.

He drove fast and we arrived at a house. He opened the door for me." What? Joshua, you don't have to do that. It's not like I don't have hands." He smirked,"Well, the other members don't call me gentleman for nothing."

He rang the bell and someone answered it. It was Seungcheol. "I'm sorry hyung but I need to do this."Joshua slapped Seungcheol in the face. Real hard. Seungcheol caressed his red cheek.

Joshua gently rubbed the concealer from my cheeks, revealing the purplish bruise." Do you realize that you're the cause for this?" Joshua asked Seungcheol. He kept staring at my bruise and walked away.

Joshua pulled me into the bathroom and dabbed an icebag on my cheeks. He stared at me straight in the eyes. He held my chin and pulled me in for a kiss until Vernon suddenly popped up outside the bathroom.

Vernon's cheeks flushed and said, "Um, well, uh, sorry for interrupting and yeah, Joshua, Coups-hyung wants you to go to Pledis. We're gonna have a practice." Then, he left. Joshua told me,"You need to follow me. I'm not gonna let you live in that house." I protested,"Joshua, your house is far from school. It's okay though."

He sighed and said,"Well, we'll think of a way, okay?" I nodded and followed him out the house.

We arrived at the building and we walked into the practice room. Whew, no Seungcheol. They were practicing but I really needed to go to the toilet so I told them all I'm going out for a while.

I tried to search for the bathroom but I found a door which leads to the rooftop. I was curious so I went up.

I felt the cool wind blowing through my hair as it flew around. I smiled until I heard someone's voice.

"Relaxing, huh? That's why this is my favorite place of the whole building." I turned around to see Seungcheol. I awkwardly ran back through the door and until in to the practice room.

"Sooha-ah, did you found the toilet? I'm sorry but this building is kinda confusing." Joshua said. I replied, "Um, yeah, I found the toilet." He smiled,"Oh, okay that's good."

Soon, they started practicing and Joshua decided for all of us to hangout at Seungcheol's house. So, we all drove there.

Once we arrived, we hung out at his basement. Joshua talked with Seungcheol for awhile. "Coups-hyung, can we talk for awhile?" Seungcheol nodded and they both walked out of the basement.

We sat quietly until Seungkwan started a conversation. "So, how did you meet Jisoo-hyung?" He asked. I answered, "Well, I was at a park at that time and Jisoo came up to me. I was sulking at that time and he comforted me. So, we hit it up and became friends." They were all listening to me intently which is quite fun. Suddenly, Joshua and Seungcheol came in and Joshua talked to me. "Sooha-ah, you're gonna stay with Coups-hyung." I looked at him unbelievably. "What? Are you kidding me? I'm not staying with him." He sighed and said, "Well, this is the best that I can do. His house is also near to your school so that'll be easier for you."

I finally gave in and Joshua helped me pack my things from my old house. We coolly passed through my dad without saying anything. He helped me take off the decorations on the wall. I secretly took Aeyong's diary.

Finally, we arrived at Seungcheol's and I had the guest room. It was getting darker and they all went home. Ah, me and Seungcheol. Great.

I decided to read Aeyong's diary. I flipped onto the next page. There was a paper of written music notes. I assumed it was a song.

Dear Diary,

Today I sang with my crush. Using a song that I wrote with his friend! He praised me for writing that song. It was supposed to be their song but I wrote it too. It's titled, wait, my eomma is calling. Annyeong.

-Aeyong.

I decided to learn the song. What a coincidence. I had to perform a song in Music class. I took out my guitar and started strumming the notes.