All Because Of her || A WenRene Novel

Don't Forget Me - [Irene]

"Irene?" I hear Wendy's voice. I haven't been asleep for long. I roll over to face her.

"What?" I ask quietly. "Can't sleep?"

"We have a problem," she says, giving me her phone.

"Huh?" I sit up and take it. "What's wrong?"

"Just read the messages," she says, her voice shaking.

I read the messages. Surprisingly, they're all from Jennie. What did she want from Wendy? I scan the messages, mostly about her being powerful and crap, but something catches my eye. It's a picture of me and Wendy at the hospital. It's when I kissed her. 

My heart sinks as I read the rest of the messages. It was from Eric. He's the one who sent her the photo. He told me that he didn't do anything, he told me he wouldn't say anything, but he lied. I mean, what should I have expected? From the way he acted towards Wendy, am I really supposed to be surprised?

Whether I'm surprised or not, this is still my fault. I shouldn't have kissed her. I'm such an idiot. I look at Wendy, my jaw dropped. "I- This is all my fault-"

"No," she says. "It's not your fault, okay? It's none of our faults. We can't undo what happened in the past, okay?"

"But if I hadn't kissed you, then-"

"No," Wendy says. "Don't say that. It's okay. She can't do anything, nobody will care."

"What about Mark?" I ask. "Won't he care? He used to date you. And won't Joy, Yeri, and Seulgi care? We lied to them, we told them that we'd only kissed once, but if they find out we lied again, then they'll stop talking to us. I should have just let myself get slapped by Jennie, I shouldn't have ever spoken a word to you, everything is all my-"

"Stop!" Wendy says, raising her voice. I stare at her. She exhales. "Stop. Just stop. You don't mean that. You're just in the heat of the moment."

I don't say anything. Wendy lies down, looking really hurt. "You didn't mean that, right?"

I ignore her and pick up her phone again, going to the messages. I send a text to Jennie.

W: Do you want something?

W: I'll do anything

W: Just don't post that picture, please

She responds a few seconds later.

Je: Let me guess, Irene?

Je: I figured you would be the one to offer to do something stupid

W: What do you want me to do?

W: I'll do it

W: Anything

Je: There are a few things I want you to do, actually

W: What?

Je: Don't ever come to this school again

Je: I don't want to see your ugly face in the halls when I'm trying to get to class

W: What?

W: No, I'm not leaving school! You're crazy!

Je: You know that I can ruin Wendy's life with the picture, right? Not just yours

Je: Her parents don't approve of that sort of stuff, and neither do most parents in our neighbourhood since they're all old and wrinkly, and there are also gangs in our neighbourhood that are against that stuff. Don't forget that I'm dating Eric, Irene. He's debuting in a year, too