imaginary friend - red velvet

xix

park sooyoung (joy) and kim yerim (yeri)

extra: son seungwan (wendy) and kang seulgi (seulgi)

after yerim screamed, the teachers came running down the hall to see what was wrong. some teachers called the police, some called the ambulance, others held back the kids in the classroom and kept the school in a classroom-only lockdown, and others didn't do anything due to shock. the police came, and yerim was immediately interrogated. 

"how did you find miss kang seulgi's body?"

"i asked to use the toilet and when i came, she was there, dead," yerim lied, blank-faced in shock. 

"are you hurt yourself?"

"no," she answered, still monotone. 

"did you see the killer yourself?"

"no," she lied once again. 

"how do you know kang seulgi?"

"she's my friend. my best friend."

"okay, miss. you are free to go."

yerim left the crime scene lethargically, not wanting to play games anymore. she was excused from the rest of her periods, so she just walked home. what she didn't expect when she arrived was seungwan's parents. 

she immediately bowed in respect. "hello, mr and mrs son."

they stared at her for a long second. "you knew our daughter, yes?" seungwan's father immediately asked. "you found her body, right?"

yerim nodded unsurely. "yes, i did. i'm sorry for the loss of your child," she said to them sympathetically. 

i couldn't stop sooyoung even if i wanted to. i'm sorry. but your daughter helped murder someone. i doubt you know that, though. 

"we're here to thank you. we don't get home until very late due to our business, so i'm thankful that you decided to check up on seungwan, even if you did end up finding her in that state," seungwan's father said, and they both bowed to her. "thank you."

they immediately left, and yerim could tell that seungwan's mother was crying. 

so she cried too.