Girl Who Cried Wolf

Protect

"Wait here. Eunha should be out already." Eunbi had Yuju wait outside the building while she went back in to search for Eunha.

Eunbi walked around a bit, trying to find her scent. She was confused when her scent began to lead her down to the pool room. Yuju was minding her own business when she saw a group of girls running and laughing with a pile of clothes in their hands. Yuju was confused but shrugged it off.

"Eunha? What the hell are you doing down here?" Eunbi walked into the room, only to see the naked back of Eunha.

"They...they took my clothes." She turned around, tears streaming down her face.

"Oh my god." Eunbi ran to her while she took off her jacket to wrap around her body. "Who did this to you?"

"I don't know who they were. It was four girls...I've never seen them before." Eunha shivered even with the coat wrapped around her.

"It must've been the same girls who left the note at your locker."

"You know about that?"

"Yeah. Yerin found the note. Come on, I'll have Yuju drive you home." Eunbi lead her towards the exit.

"I don't know what I did wrong."

"You didn't do anything wrong. They're just homophobic bitches." Eunbi tried to comfort her as they made their way to Yuju's car.

"Wow," Yuju widened her eyes when she saw Eunbi and Eunha. "What happened to you? You went to take a swim?" Yuju began to laugh, not yet understanding the severity of the situation.

"Someone pushed her into the water and took her clothes." Eunbi explained whilst helping Eunha into the backseat of the car.

"Oh, I saw some girls running and laughing with clothes. I think it was them." Yuju mentioned.

"Did you see their faces?"

"Yeah, but I don't know who any of them are. I think they were freshmen."

"Fucking freshmen." Eunbi shook her head.

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"You should take a shower and relax when you get inside. Don't worry about these stupid girls." Eunbi suggested as Eunha got out of the car.

"Maybe you shouldn't come to school tomorrow? Just try to relax for a few days?" Yuju added.

"I can't let these girls stop me from going to school. I will be fine." Eunha reassuringly smiled.

"Keep the jacket for now." Eunbi weakly smiled. She still couldn't believe anyone would ever want to hurt such an innocent girl.

"Thanks, both of you." Eunha bowed before she opened the door to the house. Yuju drove away after making sure Eunha got inside safely.

Sowon happened to be walking by when Eunha opened the door. She was going to ignore her, that was until she saw that her hair and body was soaking wet. "Why the hell is your hair wet? And your body? And whose jacket is this?" She stopped in her tracks to interrogate her.

"Nothing. It doesn't matter." Eunha brushed it off her shoulders and tried to walk away, but Sowon grabbed her jacket and pulled her back.

"Talk to me." Sowon looked directly down into her eyes. "Why is your hair wet?"

"I already told you, it's nothing." Eunha tried to move but Sowon grabbed her shoulders.

"Tell me what happened." Sowon sounded genuinely concerned.

"I..." Eunha's voice cracked.

"No, don't cry." Sowon pulled her into her embrace. "There's no need to cry. You can talk to me."

"I thought they wanted to be friends..." Eunha held back for a moment, but her tears began to escape her eyes again and she tightly squeezed Sowon.

"It's okay. I'm here for you."

"They called me names, names I've never been called before."

"It's okay, baby, it's okay." Sowon rested her chin on top of Eunha's wet head.

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Eunha slowly opened her eyes, her lips curving into a smile. She could feel the sun hitting her feet and legs, it was nice and warm. Then the confusion hit. She was lying in a bed, but Sowon hadn't let her sleep in the bed for a month now.

Eunha turned over and found Sowon wide awake with her eyes set on her. "Were you watching me sleep?" She questioned.

"I was protecting you." Sowon stated.

"You don't have to do that. I'm fine now."

"I'm not fine knowing there's someone out there who wants to do harm to you. It is my duty to make sure you're okay at all times."

"No one is going to hurt me, you don't have to worry about me."

"I'm always worried about you." Sowon began to stroke her hair. "You're naive."

"I'll make better judgements next time. I'm sorry." Eunha couldn't help but feel that it was her fault.

"Do not apologize. It wasn't your fault. I should've been there for you."

"Well, you're here now." Eunha smiled at her.

"Don't try to make me feel better. I should've been a better girlfriend to you. I am to blame. I should've been there to protect you."

"It's okay. They aren't going to mess with me anymore."

"Yeah because I'm not going to let them. I am going to be stuck to you like glue. I am not leaving your side ever again. If someone tries to touch you I'll snap their neck, okay?"

"Don't get in a fight with anyone. You won't get to graduate if you do."

"If it's for you, I will fight everyone on this planet."