basketball ➸ lee eunsang

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the next day came, and haeyoung walked in the school. she was immediately met by dongpyo.

"yo, you got to see this." dongpyo said, showing his phone. it was a picture of her and eunsang after school yesterday, with her head laying on eunsang's shoulder and eunsang's arm around her waist. [lmao ya'll expected that 💀]

tsk, i knew it. there was someone taking a picture of us yesterday. haeyoung thought. i thought this year was gonna be rumor, gossip, scandal-free, hah, i thought wrong. she rolled her eyes.

"whatever, i'm used to having rumors." haeyoung said, walking to her locker with dongpyo.

she swears with her whole heart that she's not even mad at the person who took that photo, since she's already had so much of those rumors and scandals before, in which none of them were true. she's just annoyed as hell.

from catfishing rumors to underage smoking rumors, haeyoung had gotten a lot of trashy rumors from bitchy students in the past. even in her old school. she just guessed that some students who don't have a life are willing to do anything to destroy her reputation.

why does so many people want to mess with her? why do so many girls hate her? it's not like she did anything to them. she's just a quiet girl that has a terrible past who wants a peaceful life. yeah, she may be cold, somewhat rude, and very dark, but people don't understand what trauma causes.

well, other people don't understand. there are still some good people out there who understand. like mingyu, like eunsang, or a little bit like wonjin (not really dongpyo because he's an innocent boy that knows nothing about haeyoung's trauma).

"so, you're dating eunsang now?" a girl suddenly asked. haeyoung noticed that she was just staring at her locker for a hot minute.

"what? no!" haeyoung said. she looked at the girl. "excuse me, yiren, but can't a girl an a boy be friends without looking like a couple? jeez, i've said that the second time this week."

"well, how about this picture?" yiren said, showing her phone that had the picture of her and eunsang.

"what's making you so curious?" haeyoung asked.

yiren sighed. "if you don't want to talk to me, just say it in front of my face."

"wang yiren, i don't want to talk to you." haeyoung said.

yiren nodded. "all right. see you around, then." she walked away. haeyoung grabbed her books, leaving the locker area and going to her classroom.

once she stepped in the room, everyone looked at her. "look! it's the kwon haeyoung!" a boy, who she forgot the name of, shouted.

she rolled her eyes as people's gazes followed her to her seat. she sat down, and suddenly, a girl beside her spoke.

"how's eunsang as a boyfriend?" the girl asked.

haeyoung sighed. "i don't know."

"why don't you know? he's your boyfriend."

"why do you care?" haeyoung said.

"because, he's been my crush for like, three years, you know? i need to know everything about him."