The announcements ran through the speakers like a marathon, until there was a particular detail that made me freeze. "There were two figures found leaving the campus. If you know who they are, please alert the administration immediately." I froze in my tracks, eyes trained on one of the speakers situated in the middle of the hallway. "What's wrong?" Eun-soo asked, yawning even though she slept a good six hours yesterday. "You guys hear that?" I pointed to the speaker and they nodded. "The announcements, yeah. We have announcements everyday."
"No, no, about the-the two people leaving campus." To my surprise, my friends just shrugged, completely unconcerned. "It's probably a couple running off to fuck again." But I was breaking out into a sweat; was I going to get suspended? Would I get expelled? "What's the big deal? Do you know something about it?" Na-eun placed a hand on my shoulder in confusion. "Nothing. I thought he said something else." I cleared my throat, feeling my forehead and how sweaty it was.
"It must be nice; you know, to break the rules." Da-yoo sighed, leaning back in her chair in ecstasy. "I think we've broken enough rules, Da-yoo." I laughed, patting her back encouragingly. "No, we haven't. And guess what? There's a party this weekend!" Eun-soo rolled her eyes, placing her books on the desk in front of us. "There's always a party." "Right! And we need to start going!" Da-yoo pleaded, pouting and tugging on our sleeves. "We have, remember? And I think you know how that turned out!" I snapped, and all of us turned towards Na-eun who forced a smile.
"We should go, it'll be a nice break for once!" She took a deep breath, looking at each one of us in turn. "You mean so you can get a rebound." Eun-soo rolled her eyes, slumping into her seat. "Sure, if that's how you mean for it to be."
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Dresses had become the least of my worries, and when my friends forced something onto my body, I didn't retract. They were surprised to say the last, but then maybe, I had become a 'party girl', as they had said. Maybe I had, maybe I just didn't care. The red number was tight and showed off the minimal curves that I had to offer. It wasn't anything special, it was just a party dress since the theme was like 'vampire' or something?
I placed a black lace choker on my neck and Eun-soo did my makeup. She was good at it; I sure looked like a 16th century vampire queen. But I wasn't the main focus for tonight, and neither was Eun-soo. Tonight was going to be Na-eun's night. We got her the best dress, a dress that'll make her stand out; beautiful was an understatement, it was enchanting. Because I guess in that way it showed perfect 'vampire goddess' vibes. There was no doubt that Na-eun would be the only person to pull that dress off.
