Girl Who Cried Wolf

Young

Eunha sat at the table with a blanket wrapped around her while Sowon brought her a cup of hot tea. Eunha was too ashamed to look her in the eyes. She could see the disappointment on Sowon's face. She hated herself even more now.

"I'm sorry." Eunha kept apologizing.

"You don't have to be sorry, just promise me you'll never do that again."

"It won't happen again, I promise."

"Why did you do it?" Sowon questioned. She didn't want to sound insensitive, but she wanted to know why.

"I don't know." She shrugged.

"Don't lie to me. You can talk to me. I will listen to you." Sowon grabbed her hand and looked her in the eyes, letting her know that she could trust her.

"The words that those girls called me...they really got to me. I can't stop picturing the note they gave me with all the mean names." Eunha was only being a little bit honest, but there was another story she would keep hidden.

"Forget about what they said. You are the most beautiful woman I know. You are so talented and you always put a smile on my face, no matter how angry or sad I am. You're an emotional mess, but I love you for it."

"Thanks. I have to get ready for school."

"I don't think you should go to school today. Just stay home with me, please."

"I have tennis practice." Eunha stood up to walk away but Sowon pulled her back to her.

"Don't go. You need a break. It's not the end of the world if you miss one practice session."

"I want to go so I can distract myself and get my mind off things."

"Okay, but promise me you'll tell me if you don't feel good and I will take you home."

"I promise."

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Eunbi stood outside the school with Umji next to her. They stood in the dark, waiting for Yuju to show up. They planned to get Haeun after she came out of practice and went to her car. They had to lock her up tonight for the full moon.

"Um...do you guys not hear that?" Umji suddenly began to look around. She could hear something but she wasn't sure what it was.

"What does it sound like?" Yuju asked.

"Like...crackling bones?" Umji sounded uncertain.

"What the fuck is that?" Eunbi took a step back.

She saw two figures appear, walking towards them. They were wearing bones around their bodies with skulls over their heads. They were dusty, as if they were hundreds of years old. They were pretty big and muscular.

"Run or fight?" Yuju grabbed Umji's hand and slowly backed away.

"We never run. We always fight." Yuju looked down at Eunbi's claws. Eunbi was being stupid, at least from Yuju's opinion. There was no way they could beat whatever these were.

"Eunbi, don't." Umji tried to warn her, but Eunbi was already sprinting at them. They had no choice but to follow their alpha's lead.

Eunbi punched it, but all it did was break her knuckles. There was no way she couldn't punch through old bones. She kept trying to hit one of them but it just stood there. Suddenly, it barely swung its arm and sent Eunbi flying down the field.

Yuju and Umji definitely weren't going to be able to beat them if Eunbi couldn't even scratch them. The second Umji tried to lay a finger on them she was pushed all the way to Eunbi. Yuju looked back at them and that's when one of them hit Yuju across the face. She immediately hit the ground.

The two began to walk towards them, but they were unable to get up and run. Eunbi closed her eyes, but when she didn't feel anything she opened them again. She was confused when she saw a young girl fighting them off.

She kept scratching at them but it wasn't doing anything, but she did seem like she was able to hold them off longer than Eunbi could. They were about to take this as a chance to run, but a loud roar from somewhere nearby interrupted them. The two figures immediately ran away, as if the roar were to signal them to stand down.

Eunbi stood up and waited for the girl to turn around so she could identify herself to them. All their eyes went twice the size when the girl turned around only to reveal to them that it was Sowon, but when she was younger. She looked around 13 years old. Sowon looked at them for a moment before running off.

"Was that...Sowon?" Umji asked as she got up from the ground.

"The younger Sowon...when she was 13." Yuju couldn't stop staring into the direction that she left off in.

"How the hell did she go back to being 13?"

"I don't know..."