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'your mom was next to you, right?' i nodded. 'then why did she leave you here?'

'why are you putting your nose into her life? leave the poor girl alone!' mina yelled at her.

'don't tell me what to do stupid!'

'do you wanna call someone honey? i have some money' mina said with a smile.

'yeah, please! i want to call my mother she probably won't be able to sleep without me'

'oh, oh! she's an emotional one' my eyes widened as i lowered my head. 'call her tonight, tomorrow maybe even the day after tomorrow. let her get used to living without you. but after all if she cared, would she be the one that has left you in here?'

-

although she was pestering me the whole nght, i got used to them and their talks.

all three of them had a dark story. they told them without crying, which made me feel like a coward for crying whenever i thought about it. 'so songul, tell us your story.' mina said to me.

'my story is pretty dark to be honest' i said, bringing my head low. 'so what? all of ours are, it's fair if you tell us yours' areum said. i nodded. i haven't told anyone abut what happened with my family, well i did partially but no one knew the real truth which scared me even more.

i took a deep breath.

'it all started when he moved in. when my mother got married to him. i never liked him. to be honest, i dreaded every single moment when i had to sit near him or just in general be near him. o-one day-' i stopped myself as the girls looked at each other, rubbing my hands in encouragment. 'if you don't want to, you don't have to tell us' areum said, staring at me. 'no, i'm going to tell you' i nodded to myself.

'one day' i cleared my throat 'he started to meet me after school and say creepy stuff to me. he would tell me how the two of us will move away and live somewhere far away. he even said he got happier when he married my mother knowing she had 'such a beautiful daughter', i told that to my mom but she would say that those were my lies and that i wanted to separate her from her husband' all three of the girls were shocked.

'until one day i came home, i expected mom to be home instead of him. but no. he was nice. too nice to be honest. i knew those things were bad when he gave me some orange juice and my vision started to blur. h-he started approaching me.. and.. and' i started crying. tears rolled down my cheek. but i didn't want to stop. 'a-and it happened in a blur, all i could remember his hands on me, glass being broken, people entering our house and me running away. i came to my b-boy... to my friend but he wasn't there. i fell asleep in front of his apartment but woke up in it. his best friend brought me in and made me some tea and wrapped me up in blankets.' they looked at me sadly. 'you girls are the first ones i have ever told this to'

'you haven't told anyone what happened to you?' jisoo asked me. 'no' i said quietly. 'my friend knows only half of it but not what happened.'

'you almost slipped up there saying boyfriend?' mina said wiggling her eyebrows. my cheeks instantly started burning. 'ooh is that your 'friend' the one who knows little bit about your truth?' areum asked me. i didn't say anything, instead i let my actions say everything and they indeed told a lot.

the girls started teasing me. 'so, are you really in a relationship?' 'i don't know how to explain it. it's pretty complicated. i mean it isn't, but we're making it' i said 'it's like we are together, but there are no labels?' the girls nodded. areum stood up to the window and stayed there.

i told them a bit about you, the mint haired boy that i fell for. 'he seems nice songul, you're lucky you have someone like him' mina winked at me.

'um songul, i'm not trying to interupt your conversation, but is this the boy you're talking about?' areum said, signaling me to come to the window. i instantly stood up, seeing as a small figure entered the orphanage gates. not so long after two people came in, following right after him. 'yoongi?' i whispered. you held flowers in his hands.

you started yelling so i opened the window so i could hear your voice better. 'oh my dear love come out, so i can see you!' i was then sure that it was you. by now the other girls have appeared next to the window giggling at the action of a silly boy.

'oh songul, songul, why don't you come so we can dance?!' i felt embarassed as all the eyes were on you. 'oh my god yoongi what are you doing' i laughed. 'go get your man songul' jisoo said pushing me to go outside.

i ran out of the room, getting to the gates. i saw you standing in the middle of the garden with jungkook and taehyung right behind him. you were about to yell again, but when you saw me you stopped. 'yoongi, what are you doing you idiot?' i said while laughing. 'well, since it will be hard for me to see you, i have to find a way for me to get your attention' you said smirking at me. i ran up to you, hugging you tightly. 'hold on, hold on you're going to ruin my roses' you pushed me slightly while laughing.

i heard a cough, so i diverted my attention to the boys behind you. i walked up to them and hugged them. 'well you two, why did you let him do this?' they just started laughing. 'i mean... it's yoongi hyung. you can't really stop him' taehyung shrugged. you glared at taehyung, i raised an eyebrow but let it go after you started singing again.

'oh my god yoongi shut up' i said 'it's not even my full day here and you're going to get me yeeted out of the orphanage' my voice was a little bit lower now. you and the other two bursted into a fit of laughs. 'what?' i asked them 'what is so funny you idiots?' 'y-yeeted?' you asked me while laughing.

'oh my god, i can't believe yo-' my sentence was interupted by the principal of the orphanage

'miss lee!' she yelled, climbing down the stairs.

'oh shit' i whispered. 'oh shit' the other three repeated.

[ a quick update!! it's not something special, but just kind of an introduction to songul's story and to the girls in the orphanage.]