I could feel their intense stares behind me, but I ignored it as much as I could and ate as fast as I could; the food just wasn't going down. Suddenly I began throwing up on the floor, holding my stomach in pain.
"Holy shit- Jihyun!" I hear my Taehyun yelp in panic.
When I stopped throwing up, I sat there feeling faint and weak. Younghoon carefully picked me up and lifted me in his arms, bringing me to what seemed like the bathroom.
He sat me down on the counter and turned on the sink water as I sat there still feeling dizzy. A warm cloth rag makes contact with my mouth and he wipes my mouth gently, then patted my face with semi cold water.
Juyeon came in with a water bottle, holding it out to me to drink. I shake my head faintly but he frowns, insisting. I force myself to sip some water then he backs away, all of them looking at me with worry.
In the corner of my eye, I can see Eric standing near the door with a sad expression on his face.
"Hey, you need to change," Younghoon pats my thigh.
I say nothing as he leaves the bathroom and Juyeon stands in front of me, holding me by my arms on both sides.
"What's wrong with you, Jihyun, you're scaring us," Juyeon chuckles bitterly and sadly.
Younghoon comes back into the bathroom with a set of my pajamas. They look at each other in confusion.
"It's clear she can't change by herself." Juyeon whispers.
"We shouldn't see her undressed." Younghoon shakes his head.
"Give me, I'll change. Get out." I manage to spit out.
"You can just faint in the bathroom, Jihyun." Younghoon frowns at me.
"Eric, help her change." Juyeon says.
"Me?" Eric says in a small voice.
"You've seen her while undressed. She's most comfortable with you."
"I'll do it myself." I say.
"You can't. You're as pale as a ghost." Juyeon stares at me hard.
Younghoon and Juyeon walk out of the bathroom and Eric steps in, closing the door in hesitance. He looks at me guiltily with tears in his eyes, but he blinks them away.
"Let me change you," he whispers.
"I can do it myself," I push him away.
"Just please." He begs.
He lifts me off the counter gently and I try pushing him away again, still upset at him; but he clings onto me.
"Please, Jihyun." He pleads with me.
I didn't have the energy to argue back. I stood there and let him take off my clothes with ease, since he's seen me change before: he helped me put on the new clothes and he breathes out of relief.
"Thanks." I try leaving, but he grabs my hand and pulls me back around to face him.
"Jihyun, I'm sorry." His voice cracks.
I can barely look at his bruised up face without breaking out in tears, so I avoid looking at him.
"The anger got the best of me, I'm sorry," he repeats. "I'm so sorry."
"I'm so sorry, Jihyun, please believe me, I really am sorry. I was just so angry he talked to you like that, I couldn't control it, I tried to, but I couldn't." He sniffs. "I just love you, I couldn't stay put when he talked to you like that."
I wrap my arms around his waist and put my head on his chest; he wraps his arms around my shoulders tightly.
"Don't beat people up again," I say and he chuckles softly.
"I promise I won't." He lets go of me.
We walk out of the bathroom and I see that the dining room is all cleaned up.. from my throw up. Gross. They're all sitting on the sofa with worried expressions.
They notice us and their expressions soften out of relief. I slowly walk over and sit down with them; I sat next to Younghoon.
"Are you feeling okay, sis?" Taehyun frowns at me.
"I'm just dumbfounded." I begin laughing out loud, cracking up.
"What..." I hear the guys mutter in confusion.
"Oh my god, I can't believe it! I started a project with a guy then all of this happens!" I hold my stomach.
"Uh, Jihyun..."
"Can you guys believe it? This started off as a school project, now my best friend is heavily beaten up! Can you guys believe it? Isn't it so funny?" I start laughing even harder. "I'm so dumb, I actually let my guard down! How foolish is that, am I right, Taehyun?"
"Noona, you should calm down.." Taehyun mumbles slowly, nervous.
"Oh my gosh.." I finally calm down, wiping the tears from my eyes from laughing so hard.
"She's going crazy.. my noona is going crazy.."
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partners ⁀➷ k.sw ✓
Fanfictionkang jihyun gets partnered up with kim sunwoo, a popular boy in school, to do a school project that was going to take months to finish; she had thought that he was like any other stereotypical popular boy.. was she right, or was she wrong about him...
