I literally made six drafts of chapter 135 but I always end up not liking what I write. /sighs forever/

so this is the seventh and the official chap 135. I'm so sorry for leaving. i'm very busy, I need time + let's say I was hospitalized because my respiratory system is a bitch

but I really don't want to make you guys wait for so so so so so so so long..
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plus, I will definitely end this story before next year comes. I mean, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS OF BOYS BE, WE'RE ALL GETTING TIRED OF THIS BOOK.

-j

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the next day at school was quite tiring. hansol overslept and didn't attend class. mingyu is sick. jisoo was excused for the whole day because of his math training. jihoon cut 5 classes to relax. seokmin is with his club members. seungkwan didn't attend school to go with doyoung and buy a bag.

and the few others are busy with activities. except jun and minghao. they're probably on a girl hunt again.

the bell rang and I wasn't in the mood to eat so I walked to the back of the school and found an old swing set there.

while I was quietly swinging my feet and listening to the wind whistle, someone sat on the swing next to me.

and wow for the sake of the fiction, of course, it is daein. she had nothing but her bright red lollipop.

"hi minseul."

this is awkward, I thought. but I had to reply back with fake
"how's life?"

"good until you showed up?"

"wow," she chuckled, "if you think i'm here to ruin your precious seventeen, then you're wrong."

"okay? how's your life?"

"real good. had a fun night with a hot soccer player."

"too much information, daein."

"just wanna let you know," she turned to look at me and licked her lollipop

"why?"

"just in case you have a friend named nakamoto yuta."

holy fuck, daein, you slut. of all the guys. OF ALL THE GUYS, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SICHENG'S FRIEND!?

"uhm," I didn't know what to say because I was pretty surprised, "why are you doing this?"

"not my fault, he was so into me," she replied "wanna know how good he is?"

"no," I answered and hopped off the swing "why would I?"

"I dunno. but come on, who wouldn't want to know his dirty little actions?"

"excuse me," I turned and left her there, walking away in a rush.

"woah there missy, why are you in a hurry?" I heard a voice say. I looked up at a tree and saw jihoon resting on a branch

"why are you there?"

"my classmates might see me. but why are you in a rush?"

"I need to find winwin."

"bench near the fountain, eating chips," he told me "you're welcome."

I nodded as a reply and made my way to the fountain with heavy footsteps, but my feet automatically stopped walking once I saw winwin with his best bud.

which is, of course, the one who did that thing with daein.

but fuck it, I have to talk to my cousin. daein could get him anytime if he's with mr. nakamoto 25/8. I continued to walk and as soon as yuta noticed, he raised his brows and flashed a smile at me.

oh yuta, you're hot but you're infected so stop.

"minseul!" he greeted. I only smiled at him and shifted my gaze to my cousin.

"sicheng, can I talk to you for a bit?"

"okay!"

I dragged the boy a bit far from his friend and made sure that we're not in a place with a lot of people.

"sicheng, I need you to be serious about this."

"what is it?"

"do you know daein?"

"who doesn't?"

"well we don't have time so I'm going straight to the point. she's a slut," I said, making him cover his mouth with a hand "and you have to be careful. she tried to ruin seventeen back then and tried to get rid of me because of jealousy. she even turned joshua into someone he's not."

"why are you telling me this?"

"be careful okay? she might know that we're cousins and she might do something to you," I told him "like what she did to..."

"to?"

"yuta."

"huh? what did she do to my friend??"

"they fucked last night, okay!?" I replied "that's what happens when no one knows about her past. everyone wants to touch her because she's the definition of fame, body goals and beauty in this school but she's worse than a psycho."

"oh my!" he reacted "maybe that's why he came with her to school today and he's in a really good mood!"

"yes. you don't have to tell him that we know about what he did. just keep your mouth shut and be careful. daein thinks you're cute so you might be her next victi-"

"minseul?" I stopped talking as soon as I heard the familiar voice. turning around, I saw daein' sister looking very uneasy.

I told sicheng to go back to his friend before facing yein.

"yein!" I tried to smile at her,like she heard nothing, "hi!"

"I'm very down today," she sighed "kei is busy, I don't know who to talk to."

"wanna talk? tell me everything you want to tell."

yein and I walked towards a bench. for some reason, I really want to be an older sister to her. she's being treated like an animal by daein and it's not right. so this this the only thing I could do for her this time.

but not until seungkwan starts a plan.

as soon as we sat down, tears fell from her face. I wrapped my arms around her and let her cry it all out. everybody needs to release their emotions from time to time.

"what's wrong, yeinnie?"

"my problem sounds stupid and childish byt I can't get it out of my head!"

"tell me."

the girl wiped her tears off, ruining her mascara.

"you wear mascara?" I asked. good job asking the obvious btw, minseul.

"my sister said I should so I will look pretty."

"girl you're prettier than her, even without makeup. real talk," I replied "and your problem?"

"oh," she bitterly chuckled "I like a guy, okay? he's the first one who made me feel like i'm crazy. as in the good kind of crazy."

"what? he played with you? HOW DARE HIM! WHAT'S HIS NAME, HOLD ON I WILL CALL SEUNGKWA-"

"NO NO NO!" she cut me off "He's more of a senpai....to be honest...I idolize him. he's just so cool, and cute, and handsome. and he has this gorgeous smile that...I don't know! he's just so beautiful and I adore him so much."

damn, lucky boy. I can totally see that yein is in love

"I know that I don't stand a chance because, you know, i'm young for him and he doesn't like me at all. and last night he..."

"he?"

"showed up at my front door."

OH GOD

"and he," yein was about to cry "was looking for daein."

"yuta?" I asked, causing the girl to be in shock "am I right?"

yein didn't answer, but hugged me and started crying again. poor girl

"I don't want to hear his name again!" she told me "why do I feel like he broke my heart even if he doesn't even know that I like him?"

"that's love, yein," I told her "I'm sorry about that. and i'm sorry that I'm so bad at comforting people. but just...cry it all out."

I'm so bad at this istg.

but holy shit? daein did yuta and yein secretly liked him? if I were her I'd definitely be heartbroken as well. I mean, WHO WOULD WANT TO HEAR BED SQUEAKS IN YOUR SISTER'S ROOM, KNOWING THAT YOUR CRUSH IS IN THERE WITH HER?

oh goodness, nakamoto. I really feel the need to take sicheng away from him.

after that afternoon, (hell yeah look at that lowkey redundancy) I promised yein that I will meet with her again after school. and that I will also be with winwin and soonyoung.

classes went by and I spent the time trying to stay awake and pretending to listen attentively even though nothing's going in my head because i'm so dead inside.

when I was supposed to go see soonyoung, I decided to pass by winwin's class first because it's only a floor below mine.

fortunately, he was there, talking to some cute boys in lower grades. I smiled as I approached them because they looked so adorable with winwin. as if they're brothers or something.

"minseul!" sicheng noticed "hold on for a bit, i'm helping these boys with some homework. chenle, jisung, this is my cousin, minseul, say hi!"

"hi!" the two greeted

oh my god they are the cutest things I've seen all day

"hello!!!" I energetically greeted and bent down to face them "AAAA YOU GUYS ARE SO CUTE! CAN I TAKE A PICTURE!?"

"woah chill minseul," sicheng laughed.

the boys agreed and let me take selfies with them. of course, those won't be completed without hugs.

I'm such trash. rest in peace.

after a few minutes, winwin gave them some pieces of paper with solutions and they thanked him. when they were about to say goodbye, I asked for a hug again because I love them already and they're so precious I want to adopt them and give them fluffy blankets and hot chocolate with marshmallows and-

okay.

so winwin and I rushed down the stairs to meet with soonyoung, who was playing with a yoyo while he was along in the hallway.

"hi babe," he greeted

"are you talking to sicheng or.."

"with you, silly!" he pinched my cheek "shall we go see yein now?"

"sure, she must be bored due to waiting." I answered as we started to walk to a different building.

yein wasn't that far, so we caught up with her in just a few minutes. I really wanted to take her safely to her home today because her older sister doesn't do any of that shit.

I don't want her alone.

"so," soonyoung sighed "daein victimized the soccer dude?"

"yeah," yein mumbled

"your sister is a whore."

"soonyoung, watch your words," I told him

"it's okay, he's speaking the truth," yein sighed "I'm not affected with whatever words you say to my sister."

"she's just your half sister though. and plus, you're way better," sicheng told her

"thanks guys."

once we reached her home, we bid her goodbye and decided to go back to our houses as well. but then I told sicheng that I'll stay in soonyoung's place for a bit.

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"THERE THEY ARE!" seokmin shouted as soon as I opened the door to soonyoung's home. the boys were there, blasting some taylor swift music, except for mingyu because he's sick.

and jeonghan, because he's nowhere to be found.

"what's the hold up?" I asked

"seungkwan is stressing over the daein plan," minghao answered "his stress is stressing me out."

"so, how's yein?" dino interrogated

"she's trying to recover," I replied "we took her to her home. so now we know where dain lives."

"perfecto!" seokmin shouted

"no shouting please, I just received a noise complaint from the neighbors last week because of your karaoke night in here, seokmin," soonyoung pointed out as he sat next to the sleeping jihoon

"is no one actually worrying about jeonghan? he's becoming distant," seungcheol raised his hand

"girl, stop. he's busy with club activities," junhui replied.

"let him be, you're becoming too clingy, pops," hansol told him "don't overdo it."

"what about daein though? are we still gonna attack?" minghao asked

"do you wanna?" wonwoo questioned

"hell yeah I do."

"calm down," jisoo told everyone "violence is not always the answer."

"ew, stop, old man, go back to church!" junhui said before hitting joshua's face with a pillow.

"when do we do our thing, seungkwan?" I asked

"tomorrow."