pink roses. || l.ty

three.

Another day of school arrived the next morning. Taeyong wasn't able to get enough sleep last night, so he had dark circles under his eyes. He kept on yawning during his first few classes, making him more sleepy. But he kept on slapping himself awake, reminding himself to keep a look out. He had to make sure to avoid Rose.

"Good morning, class!" His history teacher said brightly, walking into the classroom. Taeyong eventually gave up, setting his head on his desk and falling asleep.

"Taeyong! Wake up!" Someone yelled in his ear, waking up Taeyong. He rubs his eyes and looks around the empty classroom. He looks up to see Winwin.

"Class already ended, like 10 minutes ago!" Winwin said. Taeyong looks over to his history teacher who was crossing her arms.

"Ma'am, I-"

"Don't worry about it, Mr. Lee. I get that it was the anniversary a few days ago. I bet you're having a hard time of sleeping." His teacher says to Taeyong. Taeyong gulps the lump in his throat and stands up.

"Go to lunch. Your other friends are probably waiting for you." His teacher says, grabbing her files and leaving the classroom. Winwin pats Taeyong's back.

"Come on, let's go."

The two friends walk into the lunchroom, having lots of girl's stares on Taeyong. They were whispering and giggling to each other, which made Taeyong roll his eyes.

"The word got out that you fell asleep in class." Winwin says to Taeyong. Taeyong chuckles.

"I bet it did."

Winwin and Taeyong sit down at their usual lunch table with their friends. Taeyong notices that Rose wasn't with them, which made Taeyong smile.

"Your pretty, little friend didn't come sit with us. I don't even know where she is." Johnny said, shoving some food in his mouth. Taeyong shrugs happily and grabs some food that was on Mark's plate.

"Yah!!" Mark yells at his brother. Taeyong laughs and continues eating his food. Yes, I'm free from Rose!

While Taeyong was eating peacefully with his friends, Rose was in the bathroom. However she wasn't doing her business. She was on the ground.

She was on the ground getting water poured on her head.

"That's cold!" Rose shrieks as the bucket of ice cold water gets poured on her head. The cold water goes down her back, and gets her uniform completely drenched. The two girls in front of her throw the bucket at her face, hitting Rose.

"What do you have with Lee Taeyong, eh?" The brown haired girl yells at her. Rose looks up at her.

"What? I don't have anything-"

"Stop lying, you idiot!" The short hair blonde spits out at her. Rose flinches and looks away from the two girls. Both of them crouch down in front of her.

"Listen up here, idiot. You stay away from Taeyong, and nothing bad happens to you. Deal?" The brown haired girl says, smirking at Rose.

"A-And what if I don't stay away from him?" Rose says, looking up at both them. The blonde haired girl laughs.

"Oh, come on. It's not like you don't know what happened to him." She says, standing up and crossing her arms. Rose tilts her head in confusion.

"Huh? I'm new here. I don't know-"

"QUIT WITH THE LYING!" The brown haired girl shouts at her, making Rose flinch again.

"Since you ALREADY do know what happened to him, you should know that girls must stay away from him. You got that, slut?" The blonde says. Rose slowly nods her head, confused as ever.

"In case you didn't know, I'm Jisoo." The brunette says, smirking.

"And I'm Lisa, since your too dumb enough to know that." The blonde says, laughing.

"Your name is Rose?" Lisa asks. Rose's eyes widen.

"How did you-"

"We have our ways, hun. Now, I hope you keep our deal." Jisoo says. The two of them laugh, giving each other a high five and exiting the bathroom, leaving Rose in there alone. (A/N: I made Jisoo and Lisa from BLACKPINK bad girls but don't worry, they're not gonna be bad for long :D ) Rose laughs and smiles to herself.

"Ha! They don't scare me! Bullies can't bring me down." Rose says to herself. She gets up from the ground and looks at herself in the mirror. She wipes away the little smudge of mascara under her eyes. She pumps her fist in the air and softly says to herself, "Fighting!"

Leaving the bathroom with her hair and clothes still wet, everyone stared at her. She goes to her locker and grabs her books for her next class, still having people's stares on her.

"Rose! What happened to you?" A familiar voice says. Rose turns her head and sees Jaehyun with a worried look. Rose chuckles and closes her locker.

"Just had a little pep talk, that's all." She says, smiling brightly at him. Jaehyun sighs disappointingly, since he already knew what happened to her, and who did it to her.

"Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Jaehyun asks her. She giggles and shakes her head.

"I'm fine, thank you for worrying, Jaehyun." She replies, patting his chest. She starts walking away but then stops and turns back to Jaehyun.

"Oh, and can you do me a favor? Don't tell Taeyong about this." She says. Jaehyun gives her a confused look.

"Huh? W-Why?" He asks her. Rose ignores him and walks away to her next class, hearing her shoes squeak every time she took a step.

Rose felt very confused. She noticed that Taeyong has been avoiding her today, making her feel a little disappointed. She also noticed how tired he was. Rose was worried for him. He may be an acquaintance, but she always cared for people.

She remembers in History class, seeing Taeyong's head on his desk and sleeping. She chuckled quitely to herself as she watched him peacefully sleep. When class ended, she leaves the classroom and sees Winwin walking down the hallway.

"Winwin!" She calls out, stopping him and grabbing his attention. She walks over to him.

"Hey, Rose. What's up?" Winwin asks.

"Taeyong is asleep in class." She says to him. Winwin face palms himself and laughs.

"Ah, I'll let him sleep there for a few more minutes. I think he needs it." He replies, making her chuckle. Winwin waves goodbye before turning around and walking away.

She turns around and looks back into the classroom, still seeing Taeyong asleep on his desk. Of course, this was all before she got thrown into the bathroom by two girls. The girl's names were Jisoo and Lisa, and they threatened Rose to stay away from Taeyong. But Rose doesn't want to. Rose doesn't need to.

Rose isn't going to.

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-steph_0926