Selcouth

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The next few days made me want to really punch the living soul out of Jeno and Donghyuck. They cosplayed as boys were crushing on me, and did their best to make sure they were playing their part correctly. Everyone glared at me as I would pass by the hallways or sat down alone, which Jeno would always try to flirt with me. Behind the scenes, of course, he would have a smug expression of victory as I couldn't really fight him.

During class, I entered into the bathroom to do my own business. Luckily I was excused, and I sighed happily when all was finished. Also, I needed to leave as many of the girl classmates couldn't keep their eyes off of me and Jeno, who was pretending to act all cute next to me. I almost threw up right there and then, and I angrily punched his knee which he yelped silently in pain. I exited the stall, and there were two girls blocking the doorway. I didn't really think about it, as I washed my hands quietly before trying to leave the room. They stopped me from leaving, as there was someone else that was behind me.

"How dare you make Jeno like you?"

She made me turn around, and slapped my cheek without even another word. I grunted quietly in pain as I covered my cheek with my palm. I never got slapped by someone in the same grade as me, and I scoffed with annoyance as I held onto my cheek. I bit my lip angrily as I was about to say something, but someone entered into the bathroom abruptly. We all then turned to see Jess enter into the bathroom, looking at us curiously before making her way to the mirror. She particularly stood in between us, as she washed her hand and fixed her makeup.

The girl who slapped me rolled her eyes as she tried to talk to me. But Jess's body blocked her from doing so, and she whined under her breathe. I fixed my hair quietly before Jess looked down at the other girl. "Hey, aren't you supposed to be in class?"

"What the hell do you want?"

Jess smirked as she crackled her knuckles quietly, earning a small gasp from the girls blocking the door. She crossed her arms and bent down a little to match the other's height as she was much taller. "If I tell the teachers that you slapped her during class, when you are bullying..what will the teachers say?"

Before the other girl could say anything, Jess took out her cell phone and opened her lock screen, revealing a video of me getting slapped. I widened my eyes in shock, as I never expected her to do that. As her whole act got caught, the girl angrily pushed past us and ran out of the bathroom with her group. I awkwardly scratched my neck as I tried to thank her, but she interrupted me, "Come on. The teacher will think we're ditching class since we both left the classroom."

I followed her quietly, as study hall had started. I made my way over to my desk, turning away from the other students as I started to just doodle. Jeno was not available at his desk, so thankfully, I was at peace. My cheek still kind of ached, and I was fuming in my thoughts. I wanted to hit her, and wanted to yell at her. But I needed to wait, and just stay quietly within the lines. But someone tapped my shoulder gently, and I looked up to see Donghyuck signaling me to follow him outside.

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"Here."

Donghyuck tossed something onto my hands, as I caught it without a word. It was an ice pack. I quietly just watched as he then stuffed his hand inside his pocket, and entered back into the classroom quietly. I stared at the small, yellow packet of ice as it was jiggling against my fingers.

What was this?

My slapped cheek throbbed gently still, and I looked at the reflection of myself in the windows. It was still bright red. I gently placed the ice pack on my cheek, before turning my heel to walk back into the classroom. But there in front of the door stood Jeno, with an amused expression on his face. I swear I'm going to slap that bitch's face with this ice pack.

He tried to make his way towards me, but I found Yeji standing at her locker so I made a beeline for it. She confusingly looked at me as I arrived to her, and gasped loudly when she saw my throbbing cheek. I hid it quickly with the ice pack, and tugged her backpack. Before Jeno could arrive to where I was standing, I convinced the latter to go eat something at the convenience store near by. I just really didn't want to deal with him right now. Can't he just leave me alone!?