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[1:06pm]

Heeseung was casually walking through the school hallways, his eyes on his phone when he looked up for a second, catching two figures talking to each other near a beam that was meters away from him.

He froze, his eyes squinting. "Is that-"

It was.

Yesol was the one who caught his eye, looking past Jookyung's shoulder to give him a small smile. Heeseung exhaled sharply, beginning to march up to the two girls. He grabbed Jookyung's arm harshly, pulling her away without any words.

"Hey Heeseung! What the fu-"

He wasn't having any of it and kept dragging her as far away as possible. Pushing her in front of him once they were at a appropriate distance away from Yesol, Heeseung grabbed her shoulders. "What did she say to you?"

Jookyung struggled in his hold, "Heeseung what are you doing? Let go of me!"

He shook her, forcing her to keep facing him. "No, first tell me what she told you. What were you talking about? Did she say anything weird?"

"Heeseung what is this?! Let go of me, it hurts. And what do you mean weird? Why would she say anything weird? We were just talking about maths homework."

Heeseung let out a sigh of relief, quickly releasing Jookyung from his grasp. "Oh."

A deep scowl appeared on Jookyung's face- she was clearly irritated. "What was that for?"

He stared at her blankly, "What?"

"Why did you drag me away from her like that? Couldn't you see we were having a conversation?"

"There's no such thing as a 'conversation' with Yesol."

"Uh- what's that meant to mean?" Jookyung raised her eyebrow.

"You wouldn't understand." Heeseung was paranoid Yesol was going to feed everyone lies which kept him on high alert at all times.

"Oh ok," she retorted, her eyes rolling 360. "Thanks for wasting my time then." And she walked away, leaving Heeseung behind.

[1:10pm]

Riki was seriously contemplating the phone call he had gotten from his brother a week ago. He didn't tell anyone about it yet, and was deciding in his mind whether now would be the right time to tell Jake.

"Hey Jake hyung."

"Yeah? What's up?" Jake muttered, not looking up from his phone.

"I want to talk to you about something," Riki said. "It's about Kaito."

That was enough to get Jake's attention as he looked up, slowly setting his phone down. "Your brother?"

"Yeah."

"What about him?"

"Well he called me a week ago," Riki began explaining his story. "And.."

"And?" Jake urged him to continue.

"He wants to.. how do i put this? Take me away I guess."

"You mean run away," Jake questioned.

"No! No... actually maybe? Yes?"

"Do you want to leave?"

Riki turned to Jake, "Well at first I thought about it but then I thought no really because I don't want to leave you guys behind."

"Do the others know?" Jake asked.

"No, you're the only one I've told."

"Oh," Jake turned away from Riki, nodding. "I mean do what you want man."

"You're not going to stop me?"

Jake chuckled, "As your friend, I want what's best for you. And if you think moving away will do you good, who am I to say no to it?"

Riki was now in deeper waters, he really thought Jake would just convince him to stay and he wouldn't have to give the matter another thought but in fact the total opposite happened.

He was left even more confused than before.

[2:14pm]

One thing that totally slipped out of Ahyeun's mind was that she was next to Kang Yesol in music classes. She was sat totally stiff and still, keeping her eyes solely on the teacher.

"So discuss with your partners, what is the most important thing to master as a singer?"

Ahyeun gulped, not daring to turn to talk to her partner. She didn't have to anyways because Yesol was quick to pick up the discussion first.

"So Ahyeun, what do you think?"

This caused the girl to chuckle, nervously turning to Yesol. "Uhm- how about you go first?"

"Sure!" Yesol remained unhinged. "I think... composure? It's important to be able to keep your cool and not act or think heedlessly. Don't you think so?"

Her sarcastic undertone made Ahyeun shiver. "Yeah," she nodded. "Yeah, that's a good point. I agree."

Ahyeun turned back around again as the teacher told them to quieten. Luckily for her there was no more partner work after this one.

[2:33pm]

Sunoo carefully watched Soojin from the backstage as she acted out the infamous sleepwalking scene.

Wonder what would happen if one of those lights broke and fell on her? Sunoo thought.

Or what if someone poured some water on the stage so she would trip, fall and break a leg?

Or if someone could even 'accidentally' push her off the stage?

Of course these are absolutely ridiculous things that Sunoo wouldn't ever intentionally do... But for a split second his mind considered it.

What if he could actually eradicate Moon Soojin?

Then the spotlight would all be his. He smiled thinking how it would feel to experience utter glory on himself.

"Out damned spot!"

Sunoo watched Soojin as she began her little monologue.

"Here's the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. Oh, Oh, Oh!" Soojin was giving it her all, and it was very evident to everyone. She was so into character it almost felt as though she wasn't acting.

"Wash your hands. Put on your nightgown. Look not so pale. I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he cannot come out on 's grave." She looked around, lost for a second. "To bed, to bed. There's knocking at the gate. Come, come, come, come. Give me your hand. What's done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed." Soojin finished crisp clear of any mistakes and exited the stage.

At the exact moment she walked past Sunoo, giving him a small smile on the way, he got a notification. He pulled out his phone from his jean's pockets and opened up the new message.

want to get rid of soojin? I could help you with that
just lmk ;)
oh and dont think im doing this as a favor for you
oh noo, god forbid! this is simply for my own pleasure hahah

[4:56pm]

Sunoo was sitting in his bedroom still thinking about the text he got. His lips were locked under his teeth, his brain in overbearing scrutiny. The urge to abolish Soojin was almost enough to deter him from the fact that if he agreed to this, he would be working hand-in-crime with the same person that was threatening him and his friends, and someone who had the capability to kill to kill him.

"No, I can't," he told himself, brushing his hair away. But he grabbed his phone from the floor anyways, fingers ready at the keyboard. "Aigoo," he huffed. "This is so wrong."

But there was that little voice in his head that pressured him into doing it anyway. He began typing away.

do what you have to, i want her gone from the school play.
break her leg, injure her face or wtvr. just make sure she can't perform

His response came not even two minutes after he sent his own reply.

i had a feeling you'd respond
u and i both know ur the wickedest out of your friends
anyways ill sort her out, give me a couple of days. that stage will be all yours after

Sunoo poked the inside of his cheek with the point of his tongue.

take it easy tho, don't kill her or something lol

Once again the reply came back within minutes.

ahahaah, funny how killing is the first thing that comes to ur mind.

Sunoo scoffed, pursing his lips.

yhh well look what youve done twice before 🙄

He didn't want Soojin gone permanently, just for the time being.

ok okk, i get it-
this is the one and only time im going to ask but u 100% sure u want to do this?

He was sure, a newly found confidence was erupting inside of him.

do it

Sunoo sent it without hesitation.

your wish is my command 

With that, the fate of Soojin was sealed. Sunoo put his phone back on the side, staring at his reflection in the mirror.

"What's done cannot be undone," he chanted to himself, an evil smirk growing on his face.

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ugh macbeth is such a good play to talk about when it comes to the themes of guilt and power

anyways how was this and also sunoo??!!