She Found Her | k. yeri x p. sooyoung

wait, what!?

i walked through the halls with books on my arm, and my head lowered. yeah, it's just the same day, no yerim, she's still missing. prom's fast approaching too, it's in 2 days. everyone was busy, going back and forth to check their gowns and tuxedos. they're busy typing on their phones, chatting with their partners or either bullying someone. it's just like this everyday, and i'm kinda sick of it. ugh, school days are bullshit.

out of nowhere, chaeyoung a.k.a chipmunksé came into view. "hey girl, what's up?" i flinched before smiling. "good, how about you? what's up with you today?" chaeyoung was wearing a tight skirt and a crop top. "it's been 84 years since the last time i talked to you, oh my god." she acts as if she was stressed, obviously exaggerating. "umm, we just talked on each other last week?" she glared at me. "acting, acting." chaeyoung rolled her eyes. "anyway, i just want to ask if what's the color of your gown for prom?" i looked away. she snap her fingers in font of my face. "yo sooyoung? you there?" i chuckled. "i haven't decided yet, i'll tell you if... yeah, i haven't decided what's the color." she gasped and eyed me weirdly. "you know what? prom's in 2 days. how come you haven't decided yet?" i shook my head and sighed. she seemed to notice my dullness, "oh yeah, you know sana, right? you know her eyebrows was gone and her hair got short 'cause she needs to cut the ends off because it was badly taped last last week. guess what? she just tattoed her eyebrows because damn girl, it's like as if her eyebrows has no plans on growing again." she laughed out loud, and god, i really wanted to laugh with her but i stopped myself. "wow... that sounds bad." i nearly forgot about sana. their building was on the other side of ours, so i don't see her that often that if we bumped on each other, then maybe it was my lucky day. i didn't check her out after that night, because 1. taehyung and i had a fight and 2. i'm not interested to her so that makes sense.

"she didn't know who did that, actually. and she wants to report it to the police but her parents said she was overreacting." i nodded in response. "hey, chaeyoung? i thought you'll be back to australia? then why are you staying up until prom?" i asked. "are you kidding me girl? that's prom, P. R. O. M. and i can't miss that baby." she smiled and wiggled her eyebrows. "i'll just follow my parents when i'm ready, i'll be back before graduation." i nodded again and she bid her goodbye. i found my locker and put my unnecessary things inside, then i walked to my first period class.

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i'm on my last period for today, and i'm very bored. everyone wasn't listening either, so i just unfolded the two papers and put it below my desk, then i opened my bag to get my mini flashlight. for the millionth time, i stared at the hidden photos. i tried deciphering them, in hopes that it will lead me to the next clues. what does these things mean again? yeah, i forgot, but my phone doesn't, so i turned my phone on and searched for the thing that i screen captured.

it's about memories, generally. i agree to it, i mean, when we capture things with our camera, we want to keep them as a memory forever, so when we look at the photos for the next years, we remember a lot of things that happened to our life. does yerim wants me to remember some things? it can be, but the hidden photo shows a broken camera. does that mean that the camera symbolizes as our brain that stores the memories, and if our brain gets damaged we forget all the things that happened in our life? it can also be it. this thing is driving me crazy. i don't usually want to think a lot of things because maybe it won't be connected to the clues, meaning, i'm just leading myself away from the clues. oh god, i don't understand.

the bell rang and the class came to stop. i lazily put all of my things inside until i was the only student left. the explanation about cameras... i wanted to learn and understand about it, but if i do it by myself, i always end up frustrated. i sighed and lifted my face, only to see mrs. jang on her reading glasses and an old book. hmm, what if i ask help from somebody? it won't hurt if i try.

"uhh, ma'am?" i cleared my throat as mrs. jang landed her gaze on me. "sooyoung? what's the problem?" she lowered down the book and smiled at me. i smiled back, "can you like, make me understand this?" i showed my phone. she took it and read what i searched. "hmm, so camera means memories. if someone gave you a camera, maybe that someone wants to be remembered, or they want you to remember something." she quickly said and i nodded. "thank you so much ma'am, i'm going." i bowed down 90 degrees like what i usually do after talking to a high ranked person before leaving.

mom was already waiting for me to head outside. "what took you long to get outside?" she asked while starting the engine. "i just talked to my teacher and asked to explain something." i responded while buckling my seatbelt. "hmm, i see, that's good to hear, sweetie." she looked over me then smiled, and we both went home together.

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so i was practically right, it's all about memories as similar to mrs. jang's understanding. someone wants me to remember them? someone wants me to remember something? so does that yerim wants me to believe and try to crack? but, yerim never gave me something as a gift. like i said, we barely know each other, or was it just me who doesn't know her that well? that doesn't matter anymore. so the clues were for me obviously, it wasn't meant for anyone. it was for me—

wait

what!?

that's it! it was for me! cameras... um, yeah right! the camera we used when we pranked taehyung and jungkook. that explains why the hidden photos were camera and a broken camera, there's something inside it so i need to break it. that's the only camera that yerim gave me!

i hurriedly searched for the camera. my mind booming with hope and happiness. "shit, i thought about this deeply then this is just it!?" my smile was very wide and i couldn't stop myself from giggling. i stopped when i finally saw the thing that i was searching for. i took it out and stared at it, then i hugged it. "fuck you, you're just here all the time and you never spoke yourself." i was almost crying.

but that's weird if the camera just went to me and said "yo, the clues are inside me." and i will be fucking scared to death because a thing just talked to me, so i was quite thankful that the camera didn't speak.

what the fuck am i saying

so yeah, i don't know how to break this thing, and i think it needs someone who's good or professional in breaking, and that's not me. i glanced at the clock and it's almost 10PM, it's my curfew already and i can't sneak out because mom and dad aren't home yet and they would be terrified if they found out i'm not inside my room. not wanting to creep out my parents, i decided to wait for dad and maybe he knew how to work with this camera.

but omg, i finally solved the first clue!