it was monday morning. Troy sat silently as he rode the bus to school. it had been awhile since Troy had to rely on the bus to get to school. he forgot how uncomfortable it was. he could feel the cold leather seat through his clothes. he looked out the window apathetically snow flurries were still falling. he thought about how much he didnt want to be on the bus going to school. he also thought about Boram chewing him out if he decided to stay home.the bus finally arrived and all the students shuffled off the bus and went into the school. Troy walked along with the flow of other students. the various chatter of the other students filled the hallways, but to troy it was just random noise. The warning bell to singal the start of homeroom sounded off. the students began to hurry toward their respective destinations. Troy dragged his feet all the way to homeroom. he slowly slumped down into his desk.
"good youre here." he heard Jiyeon say as she walked passed him. Troy forced a smile in response."Boram told me to let her know your status." she said.
"keeping tabs and babysitting me is only gonna make me leave." Troy said grumpily.
"you can if you want. but i get to watch her kick your butt when she finds out." she laughed. "anyway troy, welcome back.''
"thanks. i think..?" he said to jiyeon.
"first hes a city slicker. then hes a smooth talking playboy. then hes a stalker. then a emerging hockey talent. and now, a slacking juvenile menace to society. tsk tsk tsk." hwayoung joked coming from behind him.
"my day cant begin without your daily dose of perky sarcasm." troy greeted her.
"so how was prison?" she asked.
"id rather if you didnt mention it here. i dont want people to know." Troy whispered.
"troy, the whole school practically knows." Jiyeon interrupted.
"i dont know why im surprised." Troy said, knowing he should have expected that to be the case.
"you got arrested. that makes you like a 'bad boy' now. add that to the fact you're single and now the girls are sure to be lining up for you." Hwayoung winked at him.
"tell them i said thanks but no thanks." troy said turning away from her.
"just trying to lighten you up." Hwayoung said upset with troys bad attitude.
"dont waste your time." he said blowing her off. "go talk to jiyeon and areum."
"areums still absent." hwayoung said. Troy remembered he needed to stay on top of areum and where she might be. "is she sick, where has she been?" he asked.
"oh now you wanna talk? and about areum? why the sudden interest in her?" Hwayoung said folding her arms.
"i wanna know if shes okay? i mean with everything thats going on.." Troy said making excuses.
"yeah. im sure. remind me again why i went out of my way for you, jerk." hwayoung said making an evil face at Troy.
"what are you talking about?" troy asked her.
"just forget it." she said turning her head and flipping her hair at troy. "ill leave you to your grumpy self." Troy was fine with that. he was too caught up in feeling sorry for himself to get caught up in Hwayoung's antics.
Troy drifted through the school day like a boat lost at sea. he seemed to move from class to class out of muscle memory. He had almost forgot he was at school completely. it wasnt until he bumped into soyeon in the halls... literally, their heads collided off each other.
"thats one way to get my attention Troy." she said surprised.
"are you alright? i didnt see you there. ive been kinda... somewhere else today." Troy said making sure she was ok. Soyeon pulled a mirror out of her bag to check her hair. each strand was still flawlessly in place.
"im fine." she said putting the mirror away. "you came to school, boram will be upset."
"what? why? she said i better be here." Troy didnt understand.
"well she was looking forward to yelling at you. she really didnt think you were going to come." Soyeon smirked.
"maybe i shouldnt have." Troy shrugged.
"you still feeling down? if you dont want to be here, dont be here." Soyeon told him.
"but... boram said.. she told me to be here. and what about you?"
"what about me troy? im not your mother." Soyeon told him.
"well i thought you'd like, look at me badly or something." troy confessed
"for taking some time off cause youre dealing with alot? do we treat eunjung any differently for her missing school, Troy?" she said, making a good point. "if you dont want to be here, the don't be here. worry about Troy. not Boram."
"you make a good case. but the threat of a Boram beat down still lingers."
"ill beat Borams little butt around town if she gets too hard on you." she winked at him.
"thanks. for understanding." Troy said to her. a smile grew on his face.
"of course." she said returning the smile. after their semi-tender moment, Hank and Pryor came down the hall together, seeing Troy, they immediately ran up to him.
"hey hey look who it is. Mr. prison break himself." Pryor exclaimed greeting troy with a brotherly slap on the arm.
"big bad city boy, breakin' the law, and the good girls hearts." Hank added joining in on the fun. Soyeon watched the rowdy boys rough each other up with an awkward smile.
"guys, knock it off. im kinda busy." Troy tried to get them to ease up in front of Soyeon.
"it's ok troy. you're friends are obviously glad to see you, ill let you guys catch up." Soyeon said with a wave, leaving troy with them.
"sorry, did we interrupt the 2 love birds?" Hank asked troy after soyeon went on her way.
"whats up with you 2? smoothing things out, eh?" Pryor also asked.
"not even the classy soyeon can resist a bad boy." Hank said to troy.
"guys, guys. calm down. its not what you think." Troy said trying to simmer them down.
"whatever you say. so tell us about your time in the big house." Hank said
"yea whats prison like anyway? Pryor immediately followed up.
"first of all it wasnt really a prison, it was a police station. i wasnt even in for 24 hours." Troy put the reality of the situation into perspective for them.
"well you can tell us all about it at while we eat. come on lets get to the lunch room."
Troy, Hank and Pryor all went to the cafeteria together and ate lunch like any other day. Troy found himself talking about his ordeal over the weekend. he wasnt proud of it, in fact he was ashamed. but allowing himself to vent and open up helped him a little.
"wait wait, so they arrested you thinking you were some sort of kidnapper? and you were possibly behind Eunjung and Hyomin being missing?" hank laughed. "thats hysterical."
"yea. real funny." Troy was not laughing.
"sorry man. it's just... yea you handled yourself against Jun and his buddies but you are like the least threatening guy i know." Hank said still chuckling.
"they say its the quiet ones you gotta watch out for." Pryor smirked.
"well eunjung is back so i guess they realized they were wrong.." Hank said.
"actually. Eunjung came back after they let me out. it was someone else." Troy thought about who it could be.
"well. it wasnt us. not that we wouldnt have your back. but we found out after you got out as well." Pryor said munching on some pizza.
"from who?" Troy asked.
"you know. from people." Pryor shrugged.
"hyomin is still missing though, so its still serious right?" Hank asked.
"yea. its. real serious." Troy sounded grave.
"so do you regret coming out here yet?" Pryor asked troy. Troy looked up at Pryor confused. he didnt have an answer either.
"you came out here for hockey. that got taken from you. youve had school mates taken from you. the threat of war looming just outside the border." Pryor continued. "be honest. do you?"
"heh. is it ME who regrets coming here." Troy laughed to himself. "shouldnt it be the other way around?"Hank and Pryor glanced at each other strangely.
"i think they cracked him while he was locked up." Hank whispered.
"fragile little fella' never had a chance." Pryor shook his head.T roy sat with his head face down, forehead resting in his hands, chuckling under his breath.
"Troy.. Troy..! Eunjung is coming!" hank whispered to Troy, and kicked his shin under the table. Troy looked behind him, and sure enough Eunjung was walking towards their table.
"Enjoying our lunch boys?" She asked them brightly.
"welcome back Eunjung. we missed you." Pryor said.
"we are glad you are alright." Hank nodded.
"Thank you that feels good to hear." she sat down next To troy.
"so, you came to school. does that mean you thought about what i said?" Troy asked her hoping she changed her mind.
"i did think about what you said Troy. " she nodded.
"thats good." Troy was relieved.
"however, after thinking about it, i have not changed my mind. im leaving." She said, stunning Troy. Hank and Pryor didnt know exactly what was going on but they looked stunned too.
"then, then why did you come here? " Troy asked flustered.
"well. in order to complete the transfer process there are some things that need doing. making sure im all caught up with my classes, paperwork that sort of thing you know. and i came to say bye to my classmates who were worried about me." she smiled at Hank and Pryor.
"i really dont believe this." Troy struggled to understand.
"well, maybe one day you will." Eunjung replied. "i cant stay though. i have others i want to see.." she got up to leave the table.
"wait you cant go." Hank and pryor said together.
"you see, no one wants you to leave." Troy added.
"i appreciate that, but I want to leave." Eunjung said confidently. "farewell." she smiled and went on her way as quickly as she came leaving them confused.
"so shes back for ... what? a day and she is leaving again?" Hank asked.
"actually now that i think about it i think it makes sense." Pryor said, he had resumed eating at this point. "i mean that girl has been through alot. Troy was just explaining how this whole time she wasnt abducted or anything bad. she had just run away. she finally decided to be strong and admit it to herself and everyone else that she doesnt want to be here anymore."
"its just... i dont know." Troy still couldnt accept it.
"its her choice troy." Pryor shrugged.
"yea. i guess there's nothing we can do huh." Troy said trying to come to grips with it.
"why are you so bothered by it anyway? isnt soyeon enough for you?" Hank asked troy.
"soyeon dumped him cause he kissed eunjung remember. if eunjung leaves he has no one." Pryor joked with them.
"im not interested in eunjung like that. soyeon is my main concern." Troy slammed his hand on the table.
"you guys seem to have patched things up." Hank nodded.
"no. well yea. we patched things up. we are no longer a couple." Troy explained.
"troy are you stupid." Pryor asked.
"no, are you?" Troy replied visibly upset.
"that girl was making you lunch just days ago. its FRIGGIN' SOYEON. HELLO. go tell her you want to be with her. i bet she will accept you back." Pryor said frustrated.
"if she wanted me back she would tell me. she was the one who broke up with me." Troy argued with him stubbornly.
"you better do it before its too late." Hank was on pryors side. "next time you see her."
"you make it sound so easy." Troy sighed, "i have ... i just have too much on my mind."
"no troy it is easy. you make things difficult. what could be on your mind anyway. its not like you do anything besides go to school. and even the things that involve school you barely do!" Pryor continued to put troy in his place.
"alright fine! ill talk to her." Troy said throwing his arms up caving in to their peer pressure. after lunch troy continued on with his day. he remembered what hank and pryor told him at lunch. to be honest with soyeon about how he feels. however deep down he was scared. he really didnt think soyeon would accept him back after what they had just spoken about 2 days ago. and he really wasnt sure he should be with her. the more he thought about it, he eventually decided to just try. what else did he have to lose. his hopes of getting back together with her werent that high to begin with. he set out to find soyeon at the end of the school day, hoping to catch her before she got on her bus to go home. Troy walked toward the exit that led to the buses. he looked around the students all wasting no time to get out of the building. he squinted his eyes and looked through the glass doors. he scanned the crowd and his eyes caught soyeon. she was walking by, waving to someone. Troy started to head out the doors when he realized the person Soyeon was waving to was Jun. troy stopped and turned around quickly to avoid being seen. he watched as Soyeon walked up to Jun and gave him a big hug, throwing her arms around his broad shoulders. Jun hugged her back. he watched Jun put his hands on soyeons hips. Troy felt his lips go numb as a jealous rage lit deep inside him. After they hugged, Jun draped his arm over Soyeons shoulder and the 2 walked off toward a bus together as Troy watched from inside grinding his teeth together.
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You're My Target
Fiksyen Peminat[t-ara fanfic] original description from when i began writing it on the diadem forum many moons ago: the story revolves around character named Troy who transfers from a city to a small town school. he transfers to be a part of their highly decorate...
