❝𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤❞

9th February 2015

Chaeyoung's house

Chaeyoung hurriedly got up in her car, the sounds and the surroundings blurring and then completely shutting down as she closed the car door. The insults rang like a phone ring in her head. Sighing deeply, she kept her bag and lifted her eyes towards the sky.

Grey clouds hovered along with the white ones, but it did indicate it would rain soon. Rain in Seoul in February, great! Chaeyoung thought. It also indicated that the daylight would go out soon, and there would be dusk.

Her sad eyes reflected on the glass windows of the car and she was so drained out from the things that just happened to her, she did not even realise when she got home. Things, yes that is what she will probably call them, things merely.

Ringing the house bell she waited for her mom to open and as she did Chaeyoung's sad eyes met her mom's angry ones.

Shit, she remembered that she had got into a fight with her mom in the morning since she was getting late for school. Chaeyoung entered quietly and passed by her mom, too tired to deal with anything right then.

But that angered her mom more who slammed the door shut and followed Chaeyoung, who had gone to freshen up.

Chaeyoung almost ran to the bathroom, and once inside she broke down. She had been holding her tears long enough and was done. She was done being that stupid girl who was nice to everybody. People had taken enough advantage of it.

Tears rolled her soft, puffy cheeks as she tried to rub them reverently and to not make any noise. She silently begged her mom to not listen to her crying.

"Fuck you Jeongguk," she whispered letting out a muffled string of cries and leaned against the bathroom wall. She cried as she had never before, like a broken dam, rivers of tears flowing down her face. She didn't even know why it hurt so much. She didn't propose to Jeongguk directly, he also didn't reject her directly. Then why was it hurting so much? She is not at fault, he is the bitch in the story, and then why did she feel like she should be apologizing?

"What are you doing the bathroom, so long?" her mom asked, her voice reflecting anger but concern at the same time.

Quickly getting up, Chaeyoung washed her face nicely and made sure that her mom doesn't see her red eyes. She came out slowly, adjusting her glasses and looking down when suddenly her mom asked, "Did you get any answer sheet today?"

"Shit!" Chaeyoung cursed. Although she got good marks she knew she would get scolded for not telling her mom sooner.

"Mom I got thirty-seven," she said quietly and her mom quirked her eyebrows asking, "Oh and you didn't think of informing me?" "Mom, I am sorry, I forgot. Honestly. It is just I am really tired, very much!" She again started crying, and not because of her mom's scolding but because of Jeongguk.

She had thought of herself as a strong girl, who didn't cry then and there, but now she was not. She needed to let things out, she needed it very much.

"Okay, hey it is all right!" her mom's voice softened seeing her cry like that. Her mom thought maybe it was just a simple feud with her friends.

Her crying was not the usual, she cried like it was a call of despair, like she wanted to be saved from the humiliation she faced in class that day. Her mom just hugged her tightly.

10th February 2015

SOPA

Chaeyoung entered her class just to see her friends having fun as she kept her bag. "Wow, you came after what happened," Byung Ho laughed in her face as she ignored him.

Suddenly Yera pulled her towards her and said, "I knew, we all knew!" "You knew what?" Chaeyoung was beyond confused about what she was talking about and just gave her a confused look.

"We knew, about the rejection, but we did not know he would insult you, and trust me I tried to stop but they said no you needed it and really-" Yera almost rapped when Chaeyoung stopped her and said, "If I were a boy I would kiss and shut you up." Yera smirked coming up to Chaeyoung who said, "Get off me, you flirt-ass. And it is okay it is not your fault or theirs."

Later that day, Hana, Jeong Ho's girlfriend, called Chaeyoung. "Hey, I need to speak to you." "Yeah?" Chaeyoung said and Hana continued, "I am sorry, okay? I am apologizing on Jeong Ho's behalf. Trust me, I know how these hurt, I am sorry. If I knew they would do it, I would have stopped them. Still, he is my boyfriend, and I apologize."

"You don't have to, it is not your fault, I just wish the person who did it would apologize," Chae gave a side glance towards Jeongguk who was busy laughing with his friends. Jeong Ho also apologized to Chaeyoung and Chae appreciated it, she did not accept it but at least, they realised.

How Chaeyoung wished she could turn back time, to the point she didn't have to hear the insults, to the time she didn't have to be Jeongguk's enemy, to the point where they were would not become friends. She wanted to go back in time and make sure they never met, that would have solved all problems.

But Jeongguk did not know anything, he did know how to react, he did not know how to even face her. If he apologized won't it be uncool? But Jeong Ho did, should he do it too? Or should he just leave it? He was beyond confused at this point. He thought that getting rid of her would help.

But it just brought more penalties. Real high-school was nothing like the story-ones. Your enemy doesn't become your lover, but your friend can turn into one, due to small mistakes which adds up to a big one.

Real high-school might not have drug addicts or enemies to lover trope, but it is one of the hardest times of lives, even if it is filled with simple events.

Okay, Lisa is Chae's best friend here I know, but she doesn't have much role, because she is a different section. Kind of like my best friend, but that doesn't mean they are not. So don't attack me, okay?

7 chapters left!!