Hana POV

The trip with my family and Yungmi was nothing but a blur to me after Jungkook texted me that day. 

I lost all my sane thoughts about this bitch when I heard Jungkook sobbing on the other end of the line. He called me as soon as he got to know that she was my ex-best friend.

It was now the Monday morning and we ladies were getting to get back to our workplace after the short vacation to the hillside. Honestly, my mind couldn't stop itself from playing the loop of Jungkook sobbing so vigorously.

"Hana, I'm scared.."

His voice sounded so vulnerable.

It was all too new for me. The display of emotions from a person whom I doomed as an arrogant and selfish prick, it had me taken aback, questioning my own sanity.

Never in my life had I failed so bad in reading people's minds, never. What was the reason behind me being so judgmental on him?

But wait. Firstly, he had those rumors about his reputation, not my fault completely. But also, you shouldn't trust the media. Well, initially he did try flirt with us, but the respectable distance he keeps from us was gone unseen.

All these memories flashed inside my head, the short memories of Jungkook, and the memories of my high school, with Sooyeon....

I shuddered at the memory of us being together.

Yungmi should've noticed me but, she didn't question me...yet? I guess she's till bothered about that incident.

Wow, so many things are going on around me.

As soon as we reached to the Timberland HQ, I almost ran inside the building. The elevator dinged and I took larger strides to reach the CEO cabin, to find Jungkook looking upset.

"Hana.." he merely said it in a whisper as a tear trickled down his cheek. Throwing my bags on the couch, I embraced him in my arms as he cried. I exactly don't know what's wrong but if it involves Sooyeon, then shits have probably gone down.

"Shush Jungkook. It will be alright. Just believe in me." I said. I know it'll take a lot to believe in a person when he or she says they'll help you, genuinely. He seemed to calm down but was still clinging onto my waist.

"Kookie, we're here for you. She won't do anything to you like that ever again." Jimin pat his back in assurance. I furrowed my eyebrows at their conversation. What did she seriously do?

"Well, Hana, how do you know Sooyeon?" Namjoon asked who was standing along with the others beside Jungkook.

"That bitch was once my best friend. I'll tell you"

Flashback

"Hey Hana!" she said and pounced on me like a wild animal. That was common between us. Kang Sooyeon was my brother's friend, but first, she was my best friend. Though she was my senior by two grades, she managed to match with my weirdness.

We were once inseparable.

When we entered High School, she was being a little distant from me. Why?

I still don't know. How could she just leave me like that?

While I was being the good and famous student because of some reasons, she distanced more as the time passed by.

I felt sad, dejected. She was the only true friend who saw me as I was. Not because of money, nor because of my brother.

One day, she comes to me as I was standing near my locker, running. She had tears smeared all over her face, her eyes looked horrendously swollen and red.

Without any word spoken, she slapped me. I stood there shook, beyond that term even.

"Sooyeon!" Hara and Jaehee screamed at the girl who just yelled in frustration.

I on the other hand just stood there, speechless.

"It's all because of you, you whore!" she said harshly. My pride crumbled down and hot tears trailed down my cheeks instantly.

"What the fuck Sooyeon!?" Hara defended but Sooyeon just shoved her aside harshly and pulled me by my hair. That hurt like hell.

"Tell me how many times did you sleep with my boyfriend, bitch" what?

"Sooyeon? W-what are you talking about? You-you have a boyfriend?" I asked her back. I never knew she had a boyfriend.

"CUT THAT SHIT! Argh!!" she screamed again and was about to slap me but my friends pulled her away from me. I became a mess, my legs gave up on me and my heart won't listen me to get calmed down. 

"Since then, she's always been the bad guy in my life till my brother got me out of high school. But by the end of the academic year, he joined me in Harvard." I said to them. There was pin drop silence but suddenly I heard someone sniffling. It was my aegi.

"Hey why are you crying?" I asked as I stood up and pat her head.

"I-I never knew..." neither did I about you Yungmi.

I wanted to say that, but I knew it wasn't the right time. 

"Wha-what did she do to you? You can tell only if it's comfortable." Hoseok said and I smiled at him, later continuing.

"She showed me what hell looks, and feels like. I was bullied by the whole school because I was accused as the 'slut' for stealing her boyfriend. Apparently, I didn't even know who he was and I wouldn't even look at a boy that way. I was the good rich nerd." I paused and looked at their reactions.

Everyone had a blank expression on their faces. I walked towards the glass window and looked at the city beneath. The calm, busy morning roads having a positive effect on me.

"What happened after that?" Jungkook asked in a small voice. I smiled at him and continued.

"After that, she became the bad guy. Always fighting and bullying people, especially me." I said and looked down.

"Well, how do you know her?" I asked them. I turned around and looked at them looking at each other with worried faces.

"Um..it's alright if you don't wanna reveal. It doesn't matter as to what she has done to you all." I said. Jungkook shook his head and stood up, walking towards me.

"You need to know" he said and breathed out. After a few seconds of silence, Jungkook spoke up.

"She was my assistant when I just started my career as a CEO. She was good, efficient. But she had interest in me. And unfortunately, I liked her too. We started dating and that's when everything started. She used to control every activity of mine. 'Don't go here', 'don't do this', 'you should only listen to me'. I got tired of her. She even tried to force herself on me, but luckily, my hyungs were there. I don't know what would happen to me that night if they weren't there." he said to which Jimin came running and hugged him tightly. I saw him crying, again.

"That bitch" I muttered under my breath.

"Well, they broke up later. But she got a new target." Yoongi said. I tilted my head, confused. Who might that be?

"He was one of us" Namjoon said. I heard Jungkook sobbing violently when this guy was mentioned.

"He was the closest to our Jungkook. He loved him equal to all of us combined. His name was Ki-"

"DON'T TAKE HIS NAME IN FRONT OF ME!"