𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬

Ong Seungwoo - A Little Secret

This one is for ZoyaMir5
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I walked out of my house, turning back to lock the door as I made my way down the road to the house opposite of mine. Once I arrived, I simply walked through the door and sat on the sofa. I bobbed my head to the music that was playing in my earbuds when I was interrupted by a voice.

"Yah! Why do you always barge into my house without warning!? I could be naked for all you know!" I turned around and saw my best friend Seungwoo attempting to tie his uniform's necktie. We've been friends ever since my family moved in 8 years ago. We were the only kids on our street so we instantly became friends.

A smile made its way on my lips as I went forward to help him. "I always tell you that you're welcome to walk into my house whenever you're ready so we can walk to school, but you're always late—" I finished fixing his necktie and went to grab my bag. "Besides, your mom told me to make sure that you get to school on time. You ready?"

Seungwoo nodded and grabbed something quick to eat before getting his bag. We started walking to school, throwing around some jokes here and there and sharing music opinions. By the time we made it to the school's front gates, we both parted ways; Seungwoo heading to his huge group of friends while I walked to my first class by myself.

I took another glance at him and his friends. They went by the name Wanna One and we're the "popular" kids at school. It was made up of some of the best looking guys in our school and were instantly eye candy for all the girls.

After walking into my class, I sat down at my desk, continuing to listen to my music. I felt my eyes become heavier as I drifted to sleep when I was interrupted by a loud noise. Shocked, my body jolted up and laughter erupted around me. It was then I realized I was surrounded by at least a dozen girls, all glaring at me with their beady eyes. Jawahir, one Seungwoo's fan girls stepped forward, a smirk on her face.

"Zoey, Zoey, Zoey.... what are we going to do with you? It takes a lot of confidence for you to show up with Seungwoo oppa after our warning. You wanna show you're strong—" With swift movements, she managed to grab my hair and pull me out of my chair. I let out a groan as she kneeled down in front of me so that our eyes could meet. "Don't ever think about testing my patience again. Got it?"

With all the strength I had, I pushed her hand away as I slowly stood up, my knees feeling as if they were going to break. "You're not the boss of me Jawahir... Seungwoo is my best friend and he will always be there for me"

I watched as Jawahir stepped forward, cornering me into the classroom's farthest corner. "Isn't it funny how you say that and he's not there for you at school? He cares about his popularity and he will always put us before you. Get that through your head."

The bell rang, signalling the students to go to their respective classes. I watched as Seungwoo walked into class as Jawahir went to go take my seat. He sent me another wave, but this time I chose to ignore it.

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Ever since that day, I decided to stay away from Seungwoo once and for all. I stopped walking to school with him and he barely existed to me for those 8 hours Every time he came over to ask if I was okay, I told my family to ignore home. Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months. With a blink of an eye, a whole school year went by.

I was in the library late after school one day studying for exams when I saw Seungwoo come in with his friends. I avoided his gaze and went back to studying when I saw a phone being placed over my textbook. I looked up to see Seungwoo, anger in his eyes.

Confused I took the phone in my hands and saw a video. Upon playing it, I realized it was the day Jawahir confronted me. The last day I talked to Seungwoo.

I looked up at him once more, only to see his eyes flowing with tears. Before I could say a word, he pulled me close to him, muttering small apologies into my hair.

"I'm so so so sorry Zoey.. all this time, you were suffering because of me. I've been nothing but depressed ever since you stopped talking to me. No matter how many times the people around me tried to make me smile, I couldn't because you're the only reason I smile. I miss you.... can you please find it in your heart to forgive me?"

As if it was an instinct, I wrapped my arms around him, calming him down. It hurt to see him like this after all this time. Tears began to fill my eyes as everything became blurry. "Of course I'll forgive you Woo.... you're my best friend. It's my fault, I shouldn't have kept this a secret. I just didn't want you to stop having what you had. All the friends, the popularity. I would be taking it away from you."

Seungwoo pulled away and with his thumb, wiped away any stray tears. A small smile made its way to his face as he pressed his lips on my forehead.
"You idiot... I don't care about that. I care about you more then them. I'm just sorry it took so long to realize it." We both let out a little laugh as he helped me pack my stuff up and walked me home.

Once we got to my doorstep, I turned around to walk into my house when I was stopped by Seungwoo's voice. "Hey Zoey? No more secrets between us, okay?" I smiled and nodded as we both went our separate ways until we would meet up to walk to school the next day.