Girl Who Cried Wolf

Strategy

"Ugh, Eunha has a tennis game after school again today." Yerin sighed as she rolled her eyes. She was dreading it.

"If you don't want to go, then why don't you just tell her?"

"Because I'm her friend, I don't want to be rude. It just gets so boring."

"I can agree with you, but she wants us there to show her support. I'm sure she'll let you off the hook every so often, just ask her. Eunha is the nicest among the friend group, well, except for Umji."

"She's also the most insane."

"Pfft, no she's not." Eunbi nudged her.

"Um, that girl can get pretty wild sometimes."

"You never know what she's going through." Eunbi felt bad that she couldn't tell anyone else about the situation Eunha is in, others could've helped her but she refused the help.

"You're right. I know she's been struggling with her mother lately." Yerin frowned.

"Maybe tennis is a distraction for her." Eunbi shrugged.

"Tennis and sex. Those are her two coping strategies." Yerin nodded her head.

"Well at least one of them is a good strategy."

"What do you mean? Why wouldn't tennis be a good coping strategy? It's better than doing drugs."

"No, I meant that sex is a bad coping strategy, or at least it can be, but not always."

"Oh, how would sex be a bad coping strategy?"

"Sometimes it can lead to one-night stands, STD's, cheating, etc..."

"Yeah but you know Eunha is only doing it with Sowon so it doesn't matter."

"Speaking of Sowon, I need to go talk to her real quick. Go find Eunha, I think she's in the locker room getting ready." Eunbi seemed to be in a rush to go visit Sowon.

"Did you tell Eunha I won't be there for her game today?" Sowon asked, startling Eunbi.

"No, not yet. You go home and get some rest. I will make sure she gets home safe. Don't worry about her. Just go home and relax, you need to rest." Eunbi had a sincere look in her eyes. She really did care for Sowon's well-being.

"She'll be mad at me though." Sowon looked like she was starting to regret it.

"It doesn't matter, you need to sleep."

"Okay. I'm going to go home now. Call me immediately if anything happens to her." Sowon was depending on Eunbi. She felt a lot of pressure on her to make sure nothing happened to Eunha, but Eunbi knew she could take care of her.

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"What happened to Linzy? Why is she sitting out for the game?" Umji questioned once she got out to the court and saw Linzy sitting on the bench.

"She sprained her ankle so she can't play for the next week." Eunha looked pissed off just talking about her teammate's injury for some reason.

"Damn, that sucks. Isn't she like your best player on the team besides you?"

"Yeah, her and Haeun, and this time, the opposing team didn't come to play." Eunha glared at the team across from her.

"You're being pretty rough this game, huh?" Yerin was confused as to why Eunha was acting so different. Usually she had outstanding sportsmanship. She usually greeted the other team and wished them luck before the game started, but this time it looked like she was going to kill someone.

"I came to win." Eunha made sure her shoe laces were tightly tied and headed out to the court.

"Jesus Christ, Eunha looks like she's about to kill someone out there."

"She's being weird..." Yerin watched her like a hawk. She wasn't acting like her normal self at all.

"I think she's just stressed because Linzy has to sit out for now." Yuju remarked.

"But her and Haeun are so good."

"Yeah but the other team is good too, not to mention that the full moon is tonight and Haeun doesn't know how to control herself." Eunbi recognized the opposing team. She could remember how good they were last time they played against her school's team. Eunbi also warned the others to not let Haeun play tonight because of the full moon, but the others convinced her that it would be fine.

"It's starting, be quiet." Umji hushed the girls as the coach blew the whistle.

"Did you see that?" Yuju nudged Umji.

"See what?"

"Something came out of the coach's whistle...it was like purple dust." Yuju whispered.

"Wolfsbane..." Umji widened her eyes.

"What should we do? Stop them or?"

"I don't think it will effect them. Let's just wait a moment." Umji held back. She prayed that the tiny amount of wolfsbane wouldn't effect them.

The game was going quite well. There were some moments where it had everyone sitting on the edge of their seat. The teams were tied for awhile, but Eunha and Haeun were able to collect a few more points for their team. They were winning so far.

"Haeun, you okay?" Eunha held her hand up to stop the next play. Haeun looked like she was about to faint. She was abnormally pale and had beads of sweat rolling down her face, which was more than usual.

"I'm fine."

"If the full moon starts to affect you, you need to let me know."

"Come on, what's the hold up?" A girl from the other team shouted.

"I'm making sure my teammate is okay, you can wait a moment." Eunha coldly responded.

"Please don't say you're hurt, I already have Linzy benched." The coach ran over to them to make sure Haeun was okay.

"No, I'm fine. I'm ready to win."

"Now that's the attitude I want to see." He patted Haeun on the back before taking a step aside.

"It's your serve." Eunha was startled by the ball that was tossed at her.

Eunha got in position, prepared to start the play. They were only halfway done with the game, meaning things could take a turn, so Eunha had to make sure she was on her A-game. She was about to continue the play until she heard a quiet growl beside her. She looked back and saw Haeun angrily huffing.

"Um...shouldn't we get Haeun off the court?" Eunbi whispered. The group was distracted by Eunbi's comment that they missed the sight of the unfortunate event.

Eunha hit the ball. The team hit it back, but lack of communication lead to Haeun running into Eunha like a bull. The two hit the floor with a loud thud. Everyone was looking to see what happened, but once they saw the sight they immediately turned their heads away.

"Oh....oh my god. Oh my god!" The coach ran out to the court, Linzy following behind him.

Eunha lied on the floor, crying out in pain. Her bone that connected at her ankle had popped right out, piercing through her skin. Haeun got up from the floor, a few of her fingers were dislocated. Yuju rushed down the benches, the others following behind her.