As Blondie walked through the long hallway, she couldn't help but feel like she was being watched from afar. After all, it wouldn't be the first time an incident like this had happened. Shivering a little, her strides became quicker and more shaky as she looked around her. After she passed a few lockers, she suddenly stopped as a thought racked her brain.
"Why am I acting so foolish? There's nothing behind me or to the front of me or the sides. Nothing or no one for that matter is watching me. It's all in my head just like the last time," she thought as slowly started to calm down and relax. Taking in a deep breath, she began walking again, this time at a normal pace.
The thoughts soon left her mind, but as she opened her locker, she felt the bone chilling presence float through the air once more. Stepping away from her locker, she turned and looked to her left to see nothing.
"I could've sworn the feeling was coming from the left side," she thought to herself as she turned her head to look right and once again, see that nothing was there. Sighing, she bent forward and set her forehead on the cool metal of the lockers as she tried to shake off the feeling.
"If only Daehyun were her-" but before she could finish her sentence, a pair of hands gripped her shoulders. Quickly, she spun around, the blood drained from her face, as she looked into the gentle eyes of Jaemin. He removed his hands quickly before she could see his true form as he cleared his throat, "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." She shrugged and smiled a bit, "No worries, I'm glad you're here actually."
A soft smile curved his lips as he stuffed his hands into his pockets and looked down at the ground as he circled the tile of the floor with his shoe. She grabbed the book she was looking for as she turned back to the boy, "Just wondering, but what were you doing out here anyways?" Jaemin nodded towards his locker, "Well, since I'm in study hall I had some time off, so I decided to walk the hallways and pray that I won't get caught."
She nodded and looked at her watch with a sigh, "I'm already five minutes late to my next class and just to get there takes five minutes. We also have a substitute too, so do you want to go to the music room for a bit? I really need to take my mind off of a few things." He smiled and nodded as they turned around and began walking to the music room.
Silence filled the spaces between them as they dared not to say a single word due to the newly found awkwardness between them. Truly, things wouldn't have been so awkward for Blondie if Jaemin hadn't reminded her so much of Daehyun. Then in return, things wouldn't have been so awkward for Jaemin if Blondie knew that he was just Daehyun in disguise.
Trying to break the silence, the boy cleared his throat as he looked down at her, "So, why were you acting so strange in the hallway earlier?" She chewed her bottom lip as she thought for a second, "I wasn't." He scrunched an eyebrow, "Oh, really? Well, you acted a bit scared." Sucking in a breath, she sighed, "Have you ever felt like someone's watching you?"
Jaemin clenched his jaw as he nodded his head, "All the time almost, why?" She shook her head and laughed a little, "Nevermind. It's---it's stupid." He laughed lightly also, "No, it's okay. Just tell me." She stopped in the middle of the hallway as she pursed her lips together, "You know my---deceased friend, Daehyun, right?"
The boy shook his head as he tried not to double over in pain due to the tight twisting of nervousness in his stomach, "Yes, I know him." She laughed a little as she fixed her hair, "Well, it's almost like--almost like he's still here because of you." He raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?" Shrugging, Blondie spoke softly, "You remind me a lot of him, Jaemin."
"Oh, I understand now. Well, we are both pretty amazing," he jokingly winked as he gave her a small chuckle. She laughed a bit back too as she started to walk again, "Yeah, so don't plan on going anywhere soon, Jaemin." He smiled as he looked down at her and opened up the door to the music room, "I won't, I promise."
