𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲━𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐧

2

the next day, yerin woke up with a new, more visible bruise. yerin didn't even want to go to school but staying home wasn't any better for her. yerin forced herself out of bed and into the shower. after she finished, she threw on whatever, grabbed her bag and quietly walked down the hallway to see if he was home. the house was empty aside from her. yerin went to school but stopped at the bushes and didn't go in. instead she went around the back to an abandoned storage room she'd hang out in.

as she approached the door, she heard laughing from the inside. "oh my god, that wasn't my fault! she was so cute and i was tipsy!" she recognized that voice as the senior━sowon. "if sinbitch finds out you screwed her cousin, she's gonna kill you. and stop chiefing! you need to learn how to pass." another senior━nayeon━said. yerin stepped forward and the door made a small squeaking noise. everyone froze and stared at the door.

"shit! put it out!" the third senior━jin━yelled. sowon dropped the joint and stepped on it. "hey, yerin. what are you, uh, doing here?" sowon asked, looking around nervously. "i just wanted to sit in here before class started." yerin mumble. "you're not gonna say anything, right? i mean, we're friends, aren't we?" sowon said, smiling. yerin couldn't help but smile. "yeah. we're friends." yerin said. sowon sighed out of relief and nodded.

"let's, um, get to class, kid. you're a junior, right? you should be to class early to make you look good." sowon said and motioned for nayeon and jin to follow her as she walked out the door with yerin. "oh, really? i'll remember that, thank you." yerin said, giggling shyly. "so, yerin, what's up with all the...?" nayeon asked, pointing at yerin's bruise covered face and moving her finger in a circular motion. yerin blushed and she looked down. "o-oh, that's just-" suddenly, sinb and her posse appeared out of nowhere and started walking towards them.

"if it isn't my favorite little ducky." sinb said and crossed her arms, smiling mischievously. "h-hi, sinb." yerin mumbled, subtly hiding behind sowon. "hm, i see you have a pest problem. there's three rats hanging around you." sinb said and started laughing with jungkook and moonbin. sowon scoffed and rolled her eyes. "what do you need from my friend? we're taking her to class." sowon said. "friend? that's hilarious. i just need my calculus homework then i'll be on my way." sinb said, putting her hand out.

yerin froze and her heart rate picked up as she remembered that she totally forgot to do the homework or even grab it from the floor. everyone was looking at yerin and waiting for her to make her move. but sowon noticed yerin didn't look too good. the color was gone from her face and there were sweat beads forming on her head. "just piss off of her, sinbitch. she doesn't owe you anything. especially not homework that you should have done yourself." sowon said in a sassy tone.

"how about you mind your own fucking business. yerin belongs to me and she knows it. right, ducky?" sinb said with a evil smirk on her face. yerin couldn't respond. she was feeling light headed and sick. "sowon, she doesn't look so-" halfway through jin's sentence, yerin dropped to the floor, unconscious. sinb was the first to rush by her side. "oh, shit! yerin? yerin?" sinb shook yerin, trying to wake her but failed. "look what you did, stupidb. why don't you put those strong arms to use and take her to the infirmary." sowon said.

sinb ignored sowon's rude nickname and lifted yerin bridal style. "okay, hercules. make sure she's okay. we have to get to class now. bye, b." sowon said, walking away with jin and nayeon behind. "kook, go to room 217 and tell her teacher that jung yerin won't be in class today." sinb said as she carried yerin to the infirmary. jungkook nodded and took off towards the classroom. once they got to the infirmary, sinb placed yerin on the bed. "oh, my! what happened here?" the school's nurse asked, rushing to the bed.