𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐍 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 || 𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐮

15 ICARUS FALLS

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»Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.«
– Brandon Sanderson, Steelheart

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"Wanna crash a party with me?"

I choked on my own spit. "Excuse me, what?"

"I'm serious. Let's teach this bitch a lesson."

"With bitch you mean Ten?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah!" Nalin nodded. "He sabotaged my date!"

I groaned. "Nalin. Absolutely not. How do you even know he had anything to do with it? Apart from that, we don't even know where Jaehyun lives." I looked at the clock, it was way past midnight, the party would certainly be in full swing.

"I just know it." Annoyed, she stroked a blond strand behind her ear and held out her hand. "By the way, I know where Jaehyun lives. Come on. This will be great fun."

I was feeling sick and not in the mood at all. The day had already started crappy, I didn't want it to end in a disaster because of Taeyong, or Nalin, or Ten. How was she even sure Jaehyun would let us in?

It wasn't like we were friends with him. He was Taeyong's best friend, sure, who happened to be my father's partner's son, that's about it. Jaehyun wasn't even in the inner circle of our families, so I didn't even talk to him properly before.

"Nalin, you're drunk. How do you want to go to a party in this state?" Although I wanted to dissuade her from the idea, I still grabbed her hand and stood up. She linked her arm with mine and dragged me behind her.

Apparently, the girl was now completely sober. Which was no wonder, because the adrenalin also rushed through my own body.

"Things are going great!" Laughing, she hopped. "See? That's why I love life so much: you never know how the day will end. Earlier, I thought I was gonna get drunk alone and fall asleep on the bench and now we're gonna crash a fucking party."

I tried to keep up with her pace. "Why the hell would you fall asleep on the bench? Are you crazy?"

Of course the little one is crazy. Do you notice that only now?

She spat out the chewing gum and then clicked her tongue.

"I lied and told my parents that I'd stay with Hyerin. They wouldn't allow me to go to Jaehyun's party. Especially not with Taeyong as my date. They know a lot about the two, because of my stupid brother. He really can't keep anything to himself. Well, when he ditched me, I went out and got the bottles of wine. After the first bottle, I called Hyerin, but the stupid bitch didn't answer my call. And I couldn't just go to her house and knock on their door at this hour. Her parents don't really like me anyway..."

Oh, was that so? Since when did Madame have any inhibitions or a sense of decency? That was really new to me.

"And couldn't you've stayed at any other friend's house?"

"All cowards. I'm always there for them, would even guide them through the window if they needed a place to sleep, but those chickens apparently can't do the same for me."

We turned into a dark alley, a shortcut according to her.

I felt sorry for her. Nalin was truly unique, a personality that certainly didn't exist often. However, people like her were often lonely just because they had no one who could keep up with them and were just as crazy as them.