9.) not in a million

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POV: Yerim

I'm singing along to the song in my playlist

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I'm singing along to the song in my playlist. "I don't know what to do without you~"

The Seoul streets are full today, the bus we're on stops every few minutes. It's hard to get anywhere.

Someone from the Engineering department decided to throw a party today, so we're on our way there. I'm quite excited, as the people here rarely do big house parties. But it was difficult to take Sooyoung with me.

"That Sangwoon guy is a joke," Sooyoung mumbles in the seat next to me.

There she goes again. My friend hasn't visited a big party ever since she broke up with her crazy ex, afraid of confrontation.

To some it may become frustrating to console a person every time, but she's my friend and I don't want her to miss out on opportunities because of an abusive asshole. It's unfair.

"I told you, he doesn't have any motive, Sooyoung. Do you know how many random people he invited? Nobody will even notice us."

Since she and I are sharing headphones and listening to music, she turns the volume down a little. It's relatively quiet already.
"What if he is there? What am I supposed to do? You know he and Sangwoon were friends. It's just unsettling."

"You know he went to America a month ago. And like you said, they were friends once. They didn't even talk while you were dating, right?"

"No, they didn't. At least I don't think so."

"The only ones that could be there are Hayeon and Somin. Even if, we're gonna ignore them and they'll leave us alone, 100 percent. You can't avoid civilization forever. I'm not gonna let that happen."

"I know. That's why I'm going. But I really don't want any trouble." Sooyoung looks down on her phone.

"There won't be any trouble. We'll stay for ... an hour or two and then we'll go. Okay? It's gonna be just fine. We'll have fun. And I'll protect you. You're not alone."

"Alright."

For the next few minutes we keep quiet.

That's when the bus stops at our designated bus stop. I signal for Sooyoung to get off with me, and we do so quickly.

My phone with the maps app in one hand and Sooyoung's hand in the other one, we're making our way to Sangwoon's house.

"That seems to be it."
A huge white front door under a big balcony supported by long pillars. The whole house is painted in different shades of brown. You can see some shadows and colored lighting through the shades downstairs. There are also two fountains, one on the left side and one on the right.

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