Bullies with benefits - Chaelisa (converted)

PART 46

don't hate chaeng too much
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"Any sign of Jisoo?" Nayeon asks me as we eat our lunch by our usual table. She now occupies Jennie's seat.

I shake my head, sad. It's been two weeks and I cannot believe she's been ignoring us. I saw glimpses of her down the hallways but before I can catch up, she'd be gone in a flash. She truly is a ninja. "She keeps running away." I sigh, rubbing my forehead in frustration as I look past Nayeon's head to the Cheerios' table where Chaeyoung sits beside Joy and Momo, playing with her food with a sad face.

Maybe I shouldn't have been so hard on her.

"Haven't you noticed something also?" Nayeon asks, breaking my eye contact with Chaeyoung's beautiful features as I turn to her, confused. She chuckles and clasps her hands together, leaning close. "We haven't been slushied for a week, I think that's a record."

I stop eating and tilt my chin up, reading Nayeon's words in my head again. She's right, she's completely right. No slushy facials, no bad mouths, no shouting down the hallways, and no pushing. It was almost like we were invisible now. "Oh yeah." I mumble out, nibbling on my lower lip as I laugh a bit.

"Think they're broke from buying so many slushy-cups?" I joke, smiling when Nayeon throws her head back and snorts.

"God, I hope so. I mean, how much allowance do they get that they decided to waste it all on buying a large cup of slushy to throw away?" she chortles, making me choke on my water as I laugh out loud, catching the attention of a few people but I ignore them.

My laughter dies when I stare at Jisoo's empty chair. "I just want to talk to her, I miss Jisoo." I pout, watching Nayeon frown as well.

"I miss her too but I guess we need to give her some space? I heard Sungjin made her the last set of strings or whatever you call it." Nayeon huffs, shaking her head in disdain.

"He did that?" I gasp, the intensifying feelings to look for my best friend growing more. "How could he do that? Jisoo's the best player." I groan, biting my tongue when a few of the Jocks pass by our table.

Nayeon frowns as well but something else catches her eye and it makes her scowl instead. "Don't look behind you but, Momo's staring at us." She whispers, ducking her head down.

I feel my eyebrows scrunching together, as I so badly want to turn my head around but instead; I result to asking Nayeon whatever the hell is happening. "Why?"

"I don't know but I think she's glaring at you." She hisses, the fear evident in her eyes all of a sudden when she adds, "And Chaeyoung notices it." She adds and yup, I have to look.

So I whip my head around and nearly gasp as I see Chaeyoung poking Momo's chest hard, so hard—that the girl almost falls off of her chair.

Momo doesn't say anything but it only pisses Chaeyoung even more as she stands and pushes the girl, Yeri catching her before she falls. The cafeteria turns silent as Momo avoids Chaeyoung's gaze and ignores her threats.

Lucky enough, Joy pulls Chaeyoung away and out of the cafeteria.

Nayeon huffs and crosses her arms together.

"Seriously, what is up with Chaeyoung lately? It's like Satan put double evil injections in her body." That made me kind of sad. "Like did you hear? She set a piano on fire."

My jaw drops at that information. "What?" I gasp, wondering why I feel the urge to laugh at this.

Nayeon nods her head, smirking—and I know she wants to laugh too. "Yup and not just any piano—the glee club's piano."