bathroom | jhs #LYSAWARDS

nine

-hye jung pov

fuck. my underwear felt wet.

i woke up, finding myself laying on the bathroom floor, feeling extremely uncomfortable due to my position (hoseok's head rudely invading my personal space) and underwear. mostly my underwear. i mean, the source of the wetness was probably just sweat, but that was only thinking positively.

i started waddling on my butt, as if trying to feel the amount of wetness that my underwear had absorbed. i groaned when i realized that my underwear was literally soaked.

after waddling for around five minutes, i gently placed hoseok's head on the ground, trying not to disturb his sleep. his eyes were a bit swollen, so i just guessed that it was because of the lack of sleep. 

a loud snore confirmed my guess. 

still trying to be as quiet as possible, i stood up and walked over to the mirror- dreading the worst. as i turned around, i found the source of my butt's poor tragedy.

my period just had to come today, where i'm locked inside the school with no money and battery and pad whatsoever, sleeping with a boy in the girl's bathroom. a wave of anger washed over me, making me feel a little dizzy.

mood swing detected. 

"HOSEOK!"

after a few more minutes of screaming out his name, the boy finally turned around towards me and gave a little wave. "good morning." his swollen eyes were noticeable.

softening at the sight, i tried to calm myself down. "hoseok, can you please do me a favor and get me some pads from the nearest drug store from here?"

hoseok's eyes widened and landed on the floor due to shyness. 

"hoseok? can you please, pretty please, help me?"

the boy rocked back and forth on his feet, feeling awkward. "i'm a little embarrassed tha-"

"bitch, why should you be embarrassed when you're buying feminine products? everyone know that periods exist and that ladies need shit to take care of that monstrosity- I REPEAT ladies not men. like that cashier knows those pads aren't for you, and whereas if i buy pads for myself that poor chaser has to sit there wondering FOR THE REST OF THE DAY if while they were talking to me i was bleeding out my vagina, ok?"

hye jung, with fiery eyes, crossed her arms and stood in front of the shivering hoseok. 

"i wake up in the morning to find myself in a pool of blood. do you want me to end you the same way?"

***

hoseok stood in front of the drug store, still a bit freaked out from hye jung. 

he had broken out of the school by throwing a rock at one of the school windows (which probably set off some alarms, but for the sake of his life, he couldn't back out of this). hye jung should've came with him, but her cramps bothered her too much.

holding the emergency eight dollars he had in his backpack, hoseok quickly opened the door and walked towards the pad section. 

he selected a pack of pads that his mom regularly used ('the pretty yellow ones!' he remembered thinking), and nervously went over to the cashier, dreading of the conversation that would occur. even worse, as he walked closer, he realized that the cashier was a girl.

"good morning! how are you?" the girl said, offering a smile. hoseok murmured a shy 'good, thanks.'

she scanned the pad pack and told hoseok the price. hoseok (thankfully) had enough money to pay for them, and as the girl gave him the receipt, she gave another smile.

"hey, you know, i also have a boyfriend. i wish he could buy me pads, too!" she gave a chuckle. "your girlfriend is extremely lucky to have you."

hoseok stood there, and slowly, a smile formed on his face. "girlfriend? hehe," he whispered to himself, feeling very gentlemanly.

suddenly, hoseok heard someone shriek out of anger. 

"GIRLFRIEND?!" he heard someone call out behind him. the boy was a little curious of who that 'someone' was.

however, once hoseok turned around, he immediately paled.

that someone was his mom.