Us | SunRic ✅

10

I opened my eyes again and saw sunlight peeking through the blinds. I had fallen asleep again. I checked the time then gasped. I was about to run late for school. I hurried to her bedroom and saw that she wasn't there. "She just left me..." I was pissed.

I hurried out the front door and locked it before rushing to catch the next bus. I had arrived just as the bus had and was thankful that the driver was kind enough to let me catch my breath for a moment. I boarded the bus then held on to the pole.

I checked the time on my phone. It was past 9am. I was over an hour late. "Sorry everyone for the inconvenience. The next bus should be here shortly." We had only gone so far until the bus had broke down. My day was off to a completely bad start.

I finally arrived at school then checked the time. It was a little before 10am. I sighed heavily then opened the door to the building. The halls were quiet as class was still going on, but nearing its end in a few minutes.

As I closed my locker, the sound of voices steadily grew louder and students came into view. No one seemed to have noticed me. "Hey Sun." "Hey." "Where've you been? I had some things to ask you about." I was soon surrounded by students once more. I started to hate it more.

Classes went by smoothly and the pa crackled to life. "Eric Sohn to the main office, Eric Sohn to the main office." People started murmuring but were silenced by the teacher. Was he regressing? Then again, he never actually completely stopped terrorizing.

I wanted to know what was going on, but no one would let me leave their sight. I don't know what was going on with these students, but it reeked of my aunt's doing. "Hey, can I just have some privacy so I can talk my uncle?" "Sure, I guess..."

I whipped out my phone and sent a text to Eric. I waited and waited. Nothing. I put my phone away and rejoined them. "Is everything okay?" "Never better." I was worried beyond measure. What were they doing to him? Was it legal? Was it ethical? I needed to know.

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She wasn't saying anything. "Can I go?" "No." "Why?" "Because I said so." She was abusing her power. "I haven't done anything wrong...today." "And I don't care." She continued to work on her computer. I couldn't leave, or else she'd expel me on the spot.

"I'm missing class, Ms. Seuk." "Since when did you care?" "Since Sunwoo showed me I have worth." I now had her attention. "He did what?" "He showed me that it may not always happen, but good comes after experiencing the bad." She folded her hands with a frown.

"So he's still hanging around you?" "Yes." She sighed then looked me in the eyes. "I guess I need to take a more desperate measure." "What are you going to do?" "None of your business." I frowned as she sat back and continued to work. I hated her.

I was still in her office as the school day came to an end. I had to be escorted by a teacher to and from the restroom. It was ridiculous. I felt like a prisoner in jail. "Ms. Seuk." "What." "Can I go now? The school day is over." "No." The opening of the door was soon heard.

"Aunt Maneun!" We both looked at Sunwoo who didn't seem thrilled. He walked over to her desk then slammed his hands against it. "What in fucking hell are you doing?" "S-" "Did he do anything wrong? Did he?" "H-" I watched quietly as he barked nonstop.

"Sunwoo, this is best for you. Look at all the friends you have now that you aren't associated with...that." "He's a person, not a thing." "Whatever. Aren't you happy? Wonderful friends, amazing grades, a loving aunt..." I could feel the tension rising.

"This is what you want, not what I want. I want to be close to him, in fact, I need to be close to him." "What kind of nonsense are spouting?" He looked at me and I soon found myself in the argument. He stepped closer to me then blocked me from Ms. Seuk's view.

"Just play along with me." "What-" He neared his face to mine to the point it'd look like we were kissing. "Wrap your arms around me." I slowly did as he asked and wondered what her expression looked like. "Pretty clever, Sun." He smiled softly. "I know."

I found myself getting lost in his eyes until he pulled away. "We have feelings for each other. Are you really going to make me go through heartbreak again?" She looked speechless. "Sunwoo, since when were you...?" "Since I figured out I had feelings for him."

"Now please, leave us alone." He grabbed my hand then led me out of her office. "I know, I should've done something else, but this came to mind first. Now we're going to have to pretend..." I could see that he felt guilty for what he did.

"It's fine...It's nothing different from dating women. But, we can't let the school see, or else..." He nodded in understanding and let my hand go. "I wish she'd be nicer. Why can't she see past your actions? Were they that traumatic?"

I shrugged. I didn't know myself. I quietly eyed Sunwoo as he mulled things over. "We should take photos beforehand, in case she wants to see that we actually dating." "Sounds good." "Your place and the park near my home should be good enough." We then set off for his home.