My Downfall | Killers List #3

Behind closed doors

"I think you've had enough to drink. I really think you should stop" Eunbi took the bottle out of Yerin's shaking hands.

"No give it back" Yerin laughed, completely wasted.

"No I'm taking you home" Eunbi stretched her arm out as far away from Yerin as possible so she couldn't reach the bottle.

"Party pooper" Yerin crossed her arms over her chest and slouched in her seat. She pouted with sad eyes staring down at the table.

"You'll regret it tomorrow, I'm only trying to help you" Eunbi grabbed her arm and took her over to the section where Eunha and Umji were silently sitting at.

"I'm ready to go home. Yerin needs to lay off the booze" Eunbi glanced over at Yerin who was smiling for some reason.

"Tell me about it. Look at those two. I can't believe we have to deal with three complete drunk idiots" Eunha kicked the floor. She was actually angry. She didn't want to be up all night taking care of them.

Umji looked over at Eunwoo and Yuju who were still talking to a group of girls while dancing to the blaring music. She had her fist tightened the whole time, trying not to punch one of the girls, and most importantly, trying not to punch Yuju.

"Umji you go get the car started, me and Eunha will handle the other two. Yerin go with Umji" Eunbi let go of Yerin's arm and directed her towards Umji.

"No I'm not leaving without you" Yerin latched back onto Eunbi's arm.

"I'll be there in a minute" Eunbi ripped her hands off her arm.

"I don't want to" Yerin whined.

"I'm not gonna deal with you tonight, let's go" Umji grabbed Yerin's arm and pulled her along.

"Yuju come on, we're going home" Eunbi poked Yuju's shoulder.

"What? But the fun just started" Yuju frowned.

"You've been here for over an hour, I'm pretty sure the fun started when you walked in. You've had enough time drinking with these random girls now let's go" Eunbi rolled her eyes. Usually Yuju would just comply, but Eunbi didn't know how she acted when she was drunk.

"You're no fun" Yuju pouted as she followed Eunbi towards the door. She looked back and waved at her new so called "friends."

"Eunwoo I'm tired and want to go home" Eunha had the most innocent look on her face. She just wanted to go home.

"I'm sorry, I didn't even think about that" Eunwoo waved his hands frantically and set the beer bottle down on the table. "Sorry for being selfish" he apologized.

"You weren't" Eunha weakly smiled and turned around towards the door.

"Bye girls!" He smiled at them before leaving after Eunha.

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"I'm taking a shower" Eunwoo ran up the stairs the second he got inside the house.

"Goodnight" Yuju yawned as she followed up the stairs.

"Yerin are you going to bed too?" Eunbi asked.

"Who are you?" Yerin squinted her eyes.

"She's your mother and she's going to take you to bed" Eunbi looked at Eunha with confusion but Eunha gave her a look that said to just go with it.

"Yes...sweetie? I am your mother and I'm going to take you to bed?" Eunbi said with uncertainty in her voice. She grabbed Yerin's hand and helped her get up the stairs without falling.

"I'm gonna go watch some tv. You go ahead and get some rest" Eunha smiled at Umji then left her alone.

Umji anxiously walked up the stairs. She didn't know what was going to happen next when she walked into the room and quite frankly she didn't want the scene to play out. She was worried about getting in a fight with Yuju.

Umji walked into the room and found Yuju already lying on the bed. She wasn't sleeping but she looked like she could pass out any second. Umji wasn't sure what to do. Should she talk to Yuju or just ignore her actions and let it slide?

Umji sat on the edge of the bed and stayed silent for a moment. "I don't appreciate the way you acted tonight, you know that right?" she glanced over at Yuju.

"What's wrong. I don't remember doing anything wrong" Yuju suddenly sat up.

"Are you serious right now? Yuju you were hanging around with a bunch of different girls. How do you think that makes me feel? You didn't even talk to me the entire time" Umji tried to keep her voice down. She was afraid that Eunwoo in the room next to them might hear them arguing.

"You were the one that didn't talk to me" Yuju fired back.

"Bullshit! Don't you dare try to play that game with me. I didn't try to talk to you because you looked like you were having too much fun with those sluts" Umji stood up from the bed. Her temperature was rising and so was her voice.

"Don't call my friends sluts" Yuju defended the girls that she barely knew.

"Your friends? You don't even know them. I hope you're proud of yourself" Umji grabbed a pillow and blanket off the bed.

"Where do you think you're going?" Yuju stood in front of the door.

"I'll do what I want since obviously you get to do the same. I'm sleeping on the couch, asshole" she violently pushed Yuju to the side and slammed the door shut after she walked out.

"Umji?" Eunha stood up from the couch when she saw Umji dump her stuff on the couch then walk outside. She followed her out there to see if she was okay.

"Umji, is everything okay?" She quietly closed the front door after walking outside.

"I'm so sick of her" Umji rested her head on her hands. Eunha slowly sat down on the seat next to her.

"Well what happened?" Eunha could tell she was crying because of her voice when she talked.

"She's so oblivious sometimes. She thinks flirting with other girls like that all night is okay when she's dating somebody else" Umji expressed her frustration, which was a rare occasion.

"Yuju is dating someone? Who?"

"Me. She's dating me. I didn't want anyone to know" Umji sighed.

"Why?" Eunha laid her hand on Umji's shoulder. She knew what it was like having to hide a relationship and it was awful.

"Because I was afraid you guys were going to make fun of us" she admitted.

"Why would we ever do that? You don't have to feel that way. You guys are so cute together"

"Because we all did the same to you and Sowon. I don't want our relationship to end up like yours and Sowons, I'm sorry but I just don't" Umji tried not to insult her but she didn't know if it was possible to phrase it to where it didn't sound a bit offensive.

"I understand. I didn't like the way things ended between us either. But Umji, you know Yuju would never leave you. She has adored you since day one. We all see the way she looks at you and gets so flustered, even you see it" 

"Well seeing her act like that tonight makes me think differently" Umji paused. "You and Sowon looked at each other the same way but you still cheated on her, so that doesn't say much about Yuju" Umji looked over at Eunha, hoping that she wasn't making her angry.

"Me and Sowon were different, you-"

"No you weren't. Me and Yuju could end up just like you two. Maybe I should just break things off now"

"Umji don't do that"

"Eunha please go away, I need some alone time to think" Umji had two very significant decisions, break things off with Yuju or forgive her?