PARADOX - SEULRENE

dream

you jumped out of the bed when you heard a scream. you initially thought it was from the neighbours, but it sounded near.

you turned around to check on irene and a pillow landed on your face.

"kyaaaa! who are you!" she screamed.

you raised your left hand to block another incoming pillow. "irene, wait! it's me, seulgi! kang seulgi!"

she abruptly stopped to finally look at you. "seulgi?"

"yeah." you lowered your arms to show your face. "i'm your classmate, remember?"

she said nothing. she still looks shocked. you think she said 'fuck' under her breath.

"you know me, right?" you asked again, hoping she'd say yes.

she nods slowly, not taking her eyes off you.

you felt relieved. but as you were moving forward, she threw another pillow at you.

"don't come near me!"

"hey--"

"don't you dare take another step closer!" she warns, throwing the next thing in her reach which is your book.

you could have evaded quickly if you knew irene is a sharpshooter.

because the spine of your thick architecture book hit you right in the face, in the middle of your eyes. the hit causes you to feel dizzy and you had to sit on the floor to support yourself.

"i said don't come near me or i'll throw everything in here at you!" she added.

you crawled over to her. "irene, you don't under--ow!" a shoe hit you this time.

"don't move!" she grabs the picture frame on the bedside table, that's when you came back to your senses.

"w-w-w-w-w-wait!" you stood up, both hands in surrender. "please, not that one!"

she halts.

"it's my late cat's," you said, almost whispering. "that's the only photo i have of him."

she quickly eyed the photo and looked at you again, slowly putting it back on the bedside table.

"but please, just stay right there."

"i will." you let out a relieved sigh. you sat your butt on the floor, your legs crossed.

"where are we?" she asked.

"my room."

"and what am i doing here?"

"if you're thinking something happe--"

"i asked you what the hell am i doing here?"

you sighed. what happened to your sweet irene last night? gone? jeez. you wanna cry. "well, it's a long story..."

"tell me everything then."

you're not sure where to start, but you had to. so you told her what happened.

---

"are you sure you're not making up stories? you're accusing yongsun and jimin of drink spiking me," asked irene after you told her all the details of what happened last night, except the kissing part.

"i'm not. that's the drug they put in your drink," you said, pointing at the bedside table.

she turns her attention to it but something else caught her eyes first. "what's this?"

your eyes widened when you saw her raise the thing the cab driver gave you last night.

shit. of all the things you could forget to throw away, why forget that one?