The Villainess

Chapter 38

"Irene! I'm shocked to see you here." I tucked my hair behind my ear to hear them clearly, as I placed my elbows on the table, with my palms cupping my chin.

"I wasn't expecting that you guys are studying here too." She replied in excitement, in my periphery I can see her gathering her hair on one side, exposing her perfectly shaped face.

"Thanks for the bracelet by the way, we liked the design."

It's now our break so we have a couple of minutes to chat. Sehun's not talking as he's busy flipping the pages of the book he's reading, he says it's for him to start gaining some knowledge about managing a business. I didn't wanna disturb him so I'm just silently sitting by his side.

Irene's presence wasn't really too much of a shock since I already knew that somehow she'll still study here. With her here, I feel more tensed and somehow wary.

She's the heroine...was, but now I'm in a relationship with the male lead. This is messed up.

"Seje, do you have anything to do after class?" I was awakened in my deep thoughts when Minnie came to my side. I lift my head up to face her.

"We don't have any meetings with Vionale right?" I turned to Sehun, he stopped reading and shot his eyes up to think. Placing his hand on his chin, lightly rubbing it. He then turned to me.

"Not that I'm aware of Sejeong-ah." I nodded and shift my gaze to Hana who's waiting for my response.

"Why do you ask?" She smiled and shot the girls a look before answering.

"Wanna come for a party?"

"Party? For what?" Is it someone's birthday?

"For Irene silly. We'll have a welcome party."

"Ah." My attention went to the girls surrounding Irene, she's laughing with them as if they were long lost friends in the past. I don't know what they're talking about but it seems like it caught their interest.

"Seje." My eyes fluttered, I pursed my lips and smiled.

"Sure I'll come." Sally's eyes lit up and her smile reached it's limits.

"Perfect!" She then went back to her seat, back to talking with the others.

A welcome party for Irene? They like her now? In the novel they hated her guts for no reason- ah, I was the reason why they hated her. So with the current situation they have no reason to hate her.

I don't know what's going on with the plot anymore, it's completely revised and a different plot is playing.

"So you'll go with them later?" I fixed my attention to Sehun who closed his book and is now resting his head over his table, his face is facing me.

Ah, those intense eyebrows, long yet small eyes that when he looks at you you're knees will go weak, his jawline, those full rounded lips. He's so handsome.

Ah yes he asked a question!

"Uh yeah, I guess so." I shrugged. I agreed with Minnie, I can't take it back no matter how uncomfortable I am with the situation.

"Can I come with you?" He asked. I couldn't help myself and smiled hearing his request.

"What? You want to come with me?" It's like I was asking a child if he wants to go to the amusement park with me. His eyes wandered on my face and nodded.

"I'll ask the girls, they only invited me." I stuck my tongue out at him. My hands combed through his thick hair, he closed his eyes. Now that I noticed it, his eyes looks so tired, he must've read that book overnight. I turned to his book, he's halfway through the previous pages were filled with marks and it seems worn out like an old book while the pages he hasn't read yet were perfectly straight.

He's so young to go through this book. This is for college students or even for professionals!

I sighed and continued combing his hair with my fingers, he's really working hard.

"Minnie, can Sehun come with us?" In a loud voice I tried to get her attention. It's a success when she turned to me, her eyes went directly to my hand on his hair. She gave me a playful smile and raised both her eyebrows with her lips turned upwards.

"Okay Sejeongie, the more the merrier." She gave me a finger heart after. I rolled my eyes and just laughed at how cheeky she is.

This Minnie is different from the novel too. Maybe the original Sejeong was just too cruel that she was able to change a person completely.

Irene turned to my direction and just like Minnie her eyes caught me stroking his hair, but unlike Minnie's reaction I couldn't explain hers. She wasn't smiling or frowning, her face is frozen and I couldn't tell what's in her mind.

A few seconds passed and our eyes finally met, the moment it did her eyes changed and started to lit up. She raised her hand and waved at me, I forced a small smile and greeted her back.

She then turned to the others and went back to talking to them.

I stopped stroking Sehun's hair when our advisor entered the room.

"Sehunie." I tapped his shoulder and he sat straight, fixing his shirt and hair. I smiled at how cute he is, I guess he almost fell asleep earlier.

"LET'S GO." Minnie couldn't hold her excitement as we walked out of the building. Hana was crossing her arms as Sally's clutching on it, Minnie was leading the group to our cars, Selen and Timothy also tagged along since they have nothing better to do, Eunwoo also came with us though you can't feel him present since he's just silently walking beside us.

"I called our parents already, they said yes but we have to be home before 7." He closed his phone and put it in his pocket. I took a peek on my wristwatch, it's still 5 so we still have time.

"That's okay, we have homeworks to do for tomorrow too." I want to sleep earlier too, it's my first day of highschool again and made my brain stop working.

"So how are we gonna go there? Which car are we going to ride?" Selen asked. We all paused from walking and turned to each other.

"We have our ride already." Sehun said instanly, holding my hands and bringing me more to his side.

"Who's cars are already here?" Slowly Minnie raised her and then Sehun followed.

"I have four vacant seats." Counting her fingers she announced. Minnie then picked out Sally, Hana, Timothy and Selen who stuck their hands out to ride with her like it's a matter of life or death.

What is this? Is her car the last ship to leave this planet?

"I don't wanna be stuck with those two lovebirds." Hana teased us, sticking her tongue out. I hissed at her in return, laughing she looked at the two people who'll ride with us. Clicking her tongue she shook her head.

"So Eunwoo and Irene will have to ride with the couple. That sucks."

I looked around me and Eunwoo avoided meeting my eyes, Irene was just standing still in silence. Sehun couldn't care less and just continued holding my hand.

Rather than it sucks, it's so awkward!