Tattoos & Cigarettes

C H A P T E R 1 7

Tuesday

3:39 pm

After School

~Ring Ring Ring~

"Ugh finally time to go home." I said standing up from my seat stretching my arms. I quickly gathered my things and stuff them into my bag.

"Hey Seo-Yeon I can't give you a ride home today. I agreed to hang out with Min-Jun & Jun-Won. Next time yeah?" He said smiling.

"Oh that's okay, Solhee wanted to hang out later anyways, but thank you!" "Okay then see you later Seo-Yeon!" He said giving me a hug. I hugged him back.

I grabbed my bag and plugged my earphones into my phone and proceeded towards home.
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I've been avoiding Mina today, I'm still pissed about all of this and she knows this is for her own good. Yeah I miss her, but I bet you'd do the same if you were in my shoes.

Solhee told me to come by her place at 5:30. I had enough time to go home and change into some more comfortable clothes.
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At home

I closed the door behind me, "Mom I'm home, but I'm gonna leave to Solhee's house in a little." I said as I ran upstairs to change.

I threw off my uniform and I grabbed a random shirt and some leggings along with my coat.

I checked my phone for the time.

4:58 pm

"Mom I'm going, do you need me to stop by the store or anything?" I asked walking down the stairs. "No I don't need anything sweety." She said.

"Okay, well I'm off. If you need me just call me!" I said while heading towards the front door.
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5:27 pm

Solhee's House

I knocked on Solhee's front door waiting for her to open the door.

I was greeted by Solhee, "Hey, come in." She said opening the door for me to come in. "Head up to my room. I'm just ordering some food okay!" She said heading towards the kitchen.

As I walked into Solhee's room I was met with the one person who I was avoiding all day.

Mina.

She looked up to me then quickly looked away. As I was about to walk out of the room Solhee comes and drags me back in.

"I brought you both here because you guys need to sort this shit out." Solhee said while opening a bag of chips.

"There's nothing I want to say to her Solhee." I said crossing my arms.

"Seo-Yeon for the sake of this friendship please can guys just talk it out. Oh, you know what don't say anything Seo-Yeon. Let Mina talk first. Let her say what she needs to say first. Okay? Okay." Solhee said clapping her hands together.

Ugh. I sat down on the nearby chair.

I looked towards Mina waiting for her to begin speaking.

"Look Seo-Yeon." She paused for a second. Holding back the tears that were eagerly trying to come out. "I deserve this, all of this. I don't blame you. I wasn't thinking of you, I wasn't thinking of the things she would do to you. I was only thinking of myself and I regret everything." The tears were now spilling out like a waterfall.

I took a deep breathe and exhaled,"Mina. How did it come to this?" I asked.

She sat on the floor rubbing her eyes, trying to get rid of the tears. "Um, it was after your first day at our school. Jisoo came up to me asking for your information and what not. I told her I didn't know and I tried to lie, but it didn't work. Then Jisoo told me she knew that I liked Jae. She said she would talk to him for me, but she never did. At that moment when she said she would talk to him for me all I thought of was myself. Not you. So I told her where you live, I gave her your number, your email and even Jun-Young's information also and about how you two were supposed to be married. I fucking hate myself Seo-Yeon. If I could take everything back I would in a heartbeat. I can't believe I put us in a position where our friendship is on the line. I'm sorry." She wiped away her remaining tears as she took in a deep breathe.

I sat there in silence not knowing what to say.

"Seo-Yeon c'mon. Just forgive her already. She said she was sorry and everything!" Solhee said looking towards her phone as she was texting. Most likely Jun-Won.

"Serious Solhee? Something like this can't be forgiven so easily. I'll forgive her in time. Is this something I will forget? No. Is this worth ending our friendship? At first it was, but not anymore. It's not worth ending our thirteen year friendship. Too many memories to forget, but its going to take time. I don't hate you. I accept your apology but like I said it's going to take time for me to trust you again." I looked towards Mina who had a small smile on her face.

I got up from the chair and walked over to her. I wrapped my arms around her fragile body. She started to cry again. Dammit! She's making me tear up.

Next thing you know were all crying like a bunch of little bitches.
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6:22 pm

We were currently listening to some music. To be more specific we were listening to:

K.A.R.D - Don't Recall
(Great fucking song)

Solhee was in front of her mirror trying to learn the dance that goes along with the song.

~Beep Beep~

Solhee's phone rang as she got a text message.

Solhee walked over to her desk where her phone was placed.

"Oh it's Jun-Won. He wants us to meet them at the park." She said while typing back to him.

We all gathered our things and went out the door towards Solhee's brother's car. "We're taking his car? He won't get mad?" I asked. "Nope. He's fine with it." She said unlocking the car.

We all got in the car and heading towards the park.
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A/N

HAD NO IDEA WHERE THIS CHAPTER WAS GOING.