By Your Side

Chapter 7

She slammed her locker door to close before sitting down on the bench. Once again, Sooyeon let out a deep sigh. Hyojin who was putting on her sport shoes beside Sooyeon turned to her. She had notice that Sooyeon had been sighing for a few times already as Sooyeon changed into her sports attire.

"Something's wrong?"

Sooyeon who was spacing out snapped when she heard Hyojin's voice. Sooyeon made a face before lazily grabbed her sport shoes on the floor.

"Nothing.. It just.. I hate P.E. class."

She said as she unwillingly put her sport shoes on. Hyojin eyed her weirdly at her words, because that was extremely weird. Most of the students enjoyed P.E. class more than academic class, even Hyojin. She really wished she could just have this class rather than stressing out herself with all those academic classes.

"Why?"

"I hate sport."

Hyojin nodded, not knowing how to respond. This girl was really.. different. Hyojin studied her as Sooyeon tied up her long, silky hair into a ponytail. She mentally admitted that this girl was actually extremely pretty. It was not impossible if Jimin was actually interested in her. She bit her lip, wondering whether she should ask the question that haunted her mind for days. She finally collected enough courage, and parted her somehow-felt-heavy lips to ask.

"Sooyeon.."

Sooyeon answered with a hum and turned to her, expecting her to continue her words.

"You.. and Jimin.. Is there something between the two of you?"

She finally managed to ask, even though with all the stuttering.

"We're cousin."

Hyojin gasped in surprise at her words.

"Really?"

Sooyeon nodded calmly. Hyojin somehow felt relieved, knowing that Jimin was close to her because of blood connection.

"But we're not real cousin."

Somehow, Sooyeon felt like she needed to tell her.

Hyojin's eyebrow knitted at her statement.

"I'm adopted."

Hyojin nodded with slightly apart, quite shocked at the fact.

"Why did you ask?"

Hyojin scratched her head, not knowing the appropriate answer.

"Nothing.. It just, you two seem close.."

"We are. We live together."

Sooyeon's words left her speechless. The uneasiness started to fill every inches of Hyojin. She was relieved earlier to know that they were close because they were cousins. But then she knew they were'nt real cousin, and that won't avoid them from having any love relationship. And them living together, that would made the probability of them dating higher.

"You guys.. live together?"

Sooyeon nodded, before she realised Hyojin's troubled expression. 

"Why? Something's wrong?"

Hyojin shook her head as she tried her best to hide her uneasiness.

Sooyeon knew there was something on Hyojin's mind, but she decided to let it go. She wasn't the type of person who like to force someone telling something they didn't want to tell. 

***

Sooyeon stood still at the back of the court as her other teammates were diligently moving, either to avoid the ball, or to throw the ball at the opposing team members. Sooyeon had been staying at the same spot for several minutes, only sometimes she would slightly move, avoiding the ball that was rarely thrown near her. She sighed as her eyes started to wander at the opposing team members. Jimin and Jungkook was on the opposing team, and Hyojin was in her team. By how smooth she move to avoid the ball, she knew that Hyojin was an athletic person. Great, all the person around her love sport. She really wished she had a friend that hate sport as much as her did, so that they could do something else when the others were doing something sport related. Her eyes landed on Jimin. He was really focusing on the game. His eyes followed the ball without failing and at the same time his body actively move around the court. His eyes suddenly hooked with him, but his eyes widen in terror as if something bad was about to happen. Sooyeon didn't manage to wonder what was on his mind when suddenly something hard hit her right on her face. A searing pain pierced her face, and in her fading sight she could see everyone was staring at her in shocked as a figure of someone was running towards her. She felt a hot liquid running down from her nose, before she blacked out.