"o-oh, gyuri. hi." hyewon tried so hard not to stutter, but she cant help not to. she instead hid the tensed expression on her face as gyuri smiled at her. for normal people, it'd be cute. but for some reasons, hyewon found it creepy.

"hello! why didn't you tell me you're gonna be back here? i thought we were friends..." gyuri mutters, pain visible in the words she has thrown as she pouts in dissapointment.

friends? hell no. hyewon thought on her mind, of course she wouldn't say that. especially when they arent sure if she really is the stalker. "sorry for not telling you, it was kind of a sudden plan." for the first time, hyewon stayed calm, trying to divert herself as she played with her pen.

but she can still feel gyuri's stare. hyewon cant help but to be uncomfortable, she hates it when people stare at her for too long. "h-how about you, why did you suddenly come to Korea?"

she heard a soft chuckle from gyuri, ngl, hyewon thinks it was cute. "i have some... unfinished bussiness." her chuckle turns into a creepy laugh, for a second, hyewon didnt find it cute anymore.

and what could that 'unfinished bussiness' be?

"oh... haha." hyewon only laughed in a forced motion as she tried to divert herself by listening to their proffesor in front.

yuri and yena, on the other hand, were still staring at gyuri in disbelief. "yuri, are you thinking what im thinking?" yena asks, slowly averting her gaze to yuri who stared at her. "im thinking that gyuri followed us,"

"exactly..." yena mutters, making yuri blink and shiver. "she's so fucking creepy." yuri whispers, careful enough not to be heard by gyuri, who was stealing glances from hyewon time to time. both yuri and yena noticed that and they cringed everytime she smiled at hyewon.

"i know right, and i feel like she really followed us this time." yena also reduced her voice this time.

"we need to talk about this later at lunch."

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"are you fucking serious?!" eunbi slammed the table, making the rest alarmed. "sshh eunbi calm down and dont make your voice loud!" chaeyeon pulled her to sit back down. "how the hell am i supposed to calm down?" eunbi mutters, gritting her teeth.

chaewon simply laughed at her. "chill, unnie. your feelings are showing-"

"shut up or i'll tell min-"

"i was just kidding hehe" chaewon showed a peace sign before opening her lunch box.

the girls decided to start feasting their lunch while talking about random things. "so what do we do to gyuri?" yena asks, only to get smacked by yuri. "dont say that name out loud!"

"as much as im trying to think that gyuri's here because of his father, i feel like she's here for hyewon." sakura says, munching her food as she stared at nowhere.

"let's just ignore her until she does something. that's when we do our move." eunbi simply said.

"by the way, do you guys know who jiwoo is?" minju asks, making their eyes land on her. "oh, that slut-"

"kim chaewon, language!" chaeyeon hissed, making chaewon look at her with a confused face. "what? im part of the unnie line!"

"but wonyoung is here!!" chaeyeon exclaims, too late though.

"unnie, what's a slut?" wonyoung innocently asked as she munched on her rice ball. the girls dramatically gasped and immediately told wonyoung not to say that word again. "shush, wonyoung. that's a bad word, you're too young for that." yujin said.

wonyoung eyebrows met and stared at yujin, "you're literally only a year older than me!"

yujin chuckles at her and patted her head, "i know things already, wonyo. im a bad girl!"

"yeah, right. a bad girl who doesnt even take a bath." hitomi whispers, mocking yujin who playfully glared at her, face a bit offended. "hey- i take a bath every week!"

"yeah right." hitomi mumbles, snickering.

chaeyeon faced the maknae, "anyways, wonyoung. do not say that word again because it will pollute your 5 year-old mind. just stick to watching dora, okay?"

wonyoung whined at her, "im not 5!" she pouts like a baby. "and im not a baby anymore!"

sakura looks at wonyoung with a smile. "come on guys, just tell wonyoung what slut means."

"no." chaeyeon says. "let wonyoung enjoy infancy."

their eyes landed at eunbi, who was softly singing a song while unpacking her lunch box. "hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. the clock struck one, the mouse ran down! hickory dickory dock- the hell you guys looking at?"

"see? eunbi unnie acts like the maknae more than i do!" wonyoung exclaimed, pointing at eunbi who rolled her eyes. "im just singing my favorite song to you when i was a child"

"oh that's your favorite song?" hyewon asks, making eunbi nod and start to eat. "you know, since that's your favorite song, that will be my favorite nursery rhyme too!" hyewon utters, pinching eunbi's cheeks who laughed and nodded.

"guys, have you heard about the song, two little dicky birds?" yena asks, making everyone look at her with displeased faces. "eww what the heck is that song about?" nako shivered.

"it's true! two little dicky birds sitting on the wall~ one named peter and one named paul-"

"oh god please stop i hate dicks" chaewon cuts yena off, the lyrics wasnt disturbing as its meaning though.

"minju-ya, taste this." yujin gave a unique looking rice ball, putting it inside minju's lunchbox. "it's an onion rice ball. it tastes really good." minju nods with a smile and took a bite using her chopstick. a second after her bite, her eyes widened and showdd a thumbs up. "mmm, it really tastes good! where did you buy this?"

"i made it!" yujin proudly said, making minju clap for her. "oh wow, im proud of you daengdaeng!"

"minju, taste this one. it's a spicy chicken filled with sweet toppings." it was chaewon this time, using her chopsticks, she puts a piece of the chicken to her lunchbox, making minju blushed and confused. "o-oh yeah, sure." minju did the same thing and took a bite. her eyes widens again and smiled. "wow, this tastes amazing too!"

"nah, i think the rice ball tastes better. it's healthy for you." yujin bitterly says, making 2kim's eyes land on her. minju didnt know what to say so chaewon glared at yujin. "hey, you're offending my chicken!"

"it's true. your chicken has msg in it which is bad for the health. it can harm our digestive and excretory system." wonyoung, being the smartass she is, joined the conversation. "and a harmed digestive system can actually lead to diseases such as intestine failure, ono-"

"ugh, please my dumb ass cant relate." minju decided to cover her ears, making the three stop. the rest of the girls laughed at minju's statement, especially hyewon and chaeyeon. "dumb frog" hyewon said, laughing her shit out.

quite after a minute due to laughing, hyewon stood up and excused herself to the comfort room. eunbi didnt let go at first because gyuri might take her away, but hyeeon simply laughed at her and told her nothing's gonna happen.

as hyewon walked through the hallways, she would frequently look behind her and left and right (stream left and right by seventeen), she felt like something was eyeing her from afar. but she just shook it off.

hyewon's point of view

soon enough, after i was able to pee, i immediately went outside the comfort room. who knows, someone might be inside too.

the hallway was silent, it wasnt that silent since there were students there, but it isnt as noisy as it usually is.

damn, i just feel like someone keeps staring at me for a reason. or am i just being paranoid? i do hope i am.

i walked through the hallway, jeez, i had to walk fast because who knows, gyuri and i might cross paths. it's not like im suspecting her, but she's just really suspicious. and wonyoung's speculations were very accurate.

i still have to walk through a few more rooms to reach the cafeteria so i had to walk faster, but as i did so, i heard a very distinct, familiar voice. shouting my name behind me. "HYEWONNNN!!!"

fuck, right before i could turn around, i felt her heavy weight. "get off, youre heavy!" i complained, good thing she paced back down or she aint seeing the sunlight anymore. i turned to her only to see such a bright smile. if only she werent creepy, i think i would befriend her.

"what do you want?" i asked, in a grumpy tone because my back is fucking aching. she beamed at me. "nothing, i just saw you while singing my favorite song: hickory dickory dock, the girl ran through the house~ the clock struck 5, the girl ran down- hickory dickory dock!"

what the actual fuck.

i was out of words, what the fuck does she mean? i wouldnt be creeped out if she sang hickory dickory dock but the fact that eunbi sang it awhile ago is creeping me out.

coincidence? bitch i think the fuck not.

damn it, she's really stalking me. "o-oh, haha. that's the wrong lyrics t-though."

gyuri chuckled, heck, it was fucking creeping me out. i shouldve just let eunbi or another member accompany me here. "i love making up lyrics! it fits in the rhyme though."

"and i love observing people." she added, which gave me shivers through my spine when she laughed. "and im pretty good at it."

fuck, she's really creeping the shit out of me. "oh... that's funny." i said, trying not to be tensed up. "anyway, i gotta go now-"

"no, wait!" she grabbed something from her pocket. "do you think minju will like this?" she showed me a frog keychain. "from what ive observed, people find her similar to a frog. that's why i bought her one."

"minju will like that, i guess." i said. sorry minju. "i gotta go now, bye!"

before she could say anything i ran to the cafeteria while my heart was beating fast.

this time, im quite sure that she's my stalker.

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