NOBODY [YutaSorn]

Chapter 8

Yunu got up from the couch and headed towards the shower. Coming out, he went downstairs for breakfast, smelling food on the stairs. Curious, he went down faster and entered the kitchen, being greeted by a squeal.

"Yunu! I know it's your place, but can you sometimes think of others." Hyejin stood there, covering her eyes as Yunu only smirked at her. He looked behind her and saw a plate of hotteok ready, and grabbed one before she could stop him.

"It's my house so I can go around shirtless if I want to. But why are you cooking? I didn't even know you can cook."

Hyejin brought the rest to the table as she sat, wearing a super loose T-shirt.

"To show my appreciation for helpimg me..." her sentence ended quietly. They both ate in silence, unknowingly thinking of the same thing, last night...

The two reached in front of the house, when Hyejin stopped walking. Yunu looked back at her, wondering why she stopped. He noticed she was looking at something and followed her gaze, which lead to her father's car. He looked back at her, and saw how frightened she looked. He went to her and pulled her hand to walk, but she resisted.

"I... Can't... I don't want... To go... Please..." she started weeping, and got on her knees, begging, but Yunu kept pulling her, taking her to his house. Once they entered, he put her down on the couch.

"Stay here tonight. Go back tomorrow when he leaves. You can stay in my room, I'll stay here. Take this..." he passes her a shirt and leaves to change his own.

"Thanks for breakfast... You should go home now though... Your dad's probably gone." Yunu picks up the dishes and heads to the kitchen, while Hyejin collects her things and goes home silently.

"Ong Hyejin! Where the hell have you been? Do you have any idea how worried I was? Wait... What are you wearing?"

Heesun ran to her sister and inspected her from top to bottom, and Hyejin realised she was still in Yunu's shirt. Heesun kept scanning her sister when Hansol made the situation worse.

"Oh, isn't that Yunu's shirt? I've seen it before..." Heesun looked at Hyejin wide eyed, and Hyejin lifts her arms on the air and explains quickly, before anyone else could get the wrong idea.

"Heesun, it's not what you think! I had the party yesterday, and was..." she noticed Hansol was still in the room, then dragged her sister to her room and locked the door.

"What are you doing? What happened?"

"During the party, some old guy tried to attack me, you know... But Yunu saved me, and brought me back. But I saw father's car here, and was scared to come home, so he let me stay over. And I swear, nothing happened!"

Heesun nodded her head as her sister finished explaining, then pulled her in for a hug. She felt terrible that her younger sister had to go through such an experience.

"Don't go to these parties anymore. That's not a request, it's a rule." Hyejin went to take a shower as Heesun left the room. She came out in new clothes, and thought of the first thing to do. She grabbed the bag her black dress was in, went out, and threw towards the dumpster.

I don't need you to remind me where I'm from... she walked back home and continued on with her daily life.

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Finishing dinner, Yunu realised that his trash can was overflowing. He threw the final scraps in, and tied it up to throw it away. He walked to the dumpster, and threw the bag in. Just as he was about to leave, he noticed a familiar smaller bag on the ground. Curious, he used a stick to pick it up and peek inside, and recognised straight away what the contents were.

She really hates it now... Must be a horrible memory...

He threw the bag into the dumpster and left to go home. He laid in bed, studying one of his subjects, but his mind kept wandering. He couldn't think straight, and kept reminiscing about what happened at the party. He suddenly remembered something.

"Yunu... Should we date?" he chocked on his drink as the girl grabbed his arm.

"D... Date? You wanna date me?" Sunhee flutered her eyes, with a flirty, pleading look.

"You don't have a girlfriend, right? Hyejin told me your single. Come on. Let's try." Yunu thought for a while, a little hurt that Hyejin sold him off so easily. He always thought she was a good friend to a certain level, but he guessed that to her they're just classmates.

"Sure, I guess..." that's when he saw Hyejin in a distance. He wanted to scold her for selling him out like that, and walked towards her, but soon realised a guy kept touching her. She kept moving away, and headed to the washroom. Yunu watched as the guy followed her, and he knew that something was wrong.

"Damn it! I have to date that girl!" he grunted as he kept kicking his blanket in annoyance. He has never been this pissed off at someone before in his life, and he didn't even know who he was pissed off at, Sunhee, Hyejin or himself.

Yunu got up and finished up some final assignments before ending the day, thinking what to do about Sunhee. He laid in bed, staring at the ceiling, when his phone beeped.

Hyejin - ur dating sunhee?

Why do you care - sent

Hyejin - just asking, now you wont annoy me at college anymore, since you'll be busy

who said so - sent

Hyejin - so ur not dating? 😞

Yunu felt a bit angered at this rate, not knowing why.

No im dating her. atleast shes nice, unlike someone i know - sent

He threw his phone to the table, and pulled the covers over himself roughly.

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"Hyejin~ I'm hungry. Can we please eat?" Hansol sulked as he walked behind Hyejin, both holding several bags.

"Heesun's birthday is more important, so just keep quiet untill we finish..."

"We have cake, presents, snacks and balloons, what more do you want?" Hyejin looked at the contents in their bags, and realised he was right.

"OK then. Let's go eat." they walked to the food court and sat down. Hansol left immediately after putting down the bags, and Hyejin soon followed. They went to a waffle shop, and Hansol stood restless to finally eat. While waiting for the food to be made, he noticed something far away and poked his sister.

"Hey, isn't that Yunu? Wow, he's still dating that girl. How is he keeping up with her for... three months?" Hyejin looked to see Sunhee and Yunu sharing a ramen bowl, and realised Hansol was right. Sunhee was clingy and super picky, but the short tempered Yunu kept up with her for a long time. Hyejin wasn't bothered anymore during English, and was in peace during the rest of uni.

But, she felt terrible. Even though it was the uni life she wanted, she couldn't help but feel weird, especially when the couple are around. Now, seeing them together outside of university, she felt sick. While carrying her tray to their table, she suddenly went blank, and dropped everything. She was about to fall, when a pair of arms grabbed her body.

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