"Let's go outside. You need some fresh air." Jimin mentioned, watching me wipe my cheek which was now drying up from water. My head hurt as it destroyed in emotions. Freya let go of me and I stood there waiting for them to start moving. We all walked out of that corridor quickly and as we entered the one my drama went down in, I hid my head. They all pushed me behind them to keep me hidden.

Finally hitting the soft breeze brush against my hair, I rubbed my forehead stiffly and murmur as many words I could which described my feelings. We all hit the benches and sat down. I dropped down on the end once everyone had perched. The only thing I could hear at the moment was the birds chirping away and my uncomfortable thoughts.

I wish there was a switch to turn them off. I wanted to mute everything around for at least one second to catch up to reality. I wanted the clock to pause.

Groaning out loud, I wrapped my arms around my head as it rested on the table. I close my eyes in hope I can fall asleep and skip the day.

"It was obviously something about her."
"And there's obviously something with him."
"Just give her a break."

The mumbles from the others echoed in my ears as my relaxed body was close to becoming unconscious.

"There's no need to rush into these things, take your time. It's not like every night you should learn something."

That was when I completely lost my senses.

I was shook awake gently on my shoulder, leaving me from the blackness I was looking at. Readjusting my position, I wrap my arms over my head again only for someone to pull my arms down.

"Class is going to start in a bit and the next time I see you, you've gone to sleep." Jimin spoke, shaking my body again to bring me back to my senses. I unhurriedly lift my head with my crunched up face as the sun hit me. I blocked the rays with my hand.

"I don't want to. I'm mentally worn out right now." I squinted my eyes and opened them back up to see Jimin had moved my hand and now his face was in front of mine. Trying to ignore his beauty, I search for the others but saw no one.

Jimin picked up on what I was going to say and quickly explained, "I told them they could go to lesson while I woke you up." I let out a hum.

In an instant, my eyes were back to hit his as he led my face back with his hands on my chin. He blinked and I froze in awe. His lips were parted and had a glossy tint, glittering for attention. They smiled at me and I looked back up. Jimin's hand brushed against my cheek and soon his thumb scanned over my bottom lip.

"I could study you all lesson." He whispered, soon placing his hand behind my head and came close, planting a mini kiss on my forehead just like when we were at camp. My eyes gleamed up and his figure created a reflection in them. His body's heat captured mine and sent a rush to my cheeks.

"We aren't in the same class now. Maths." I sighed and he pulled me in for a tight hug.

"You don't need maths if you have my number." I chuckled at his pickup attempts in the hug. I pushed my arms around his waist and rested my head on his chest.

"I use a calculator not my phone."

"Then use the calculator to remember it when your bored." He rubbed my hair and made it messier than before.

We stayed like this for a moment before getting up and walking inside into different classrooms.

Luckily Freya was in the same lesson and was sat right by me. Like always, she hid her phone under the desk and scrolled on random apps. I took my seat and placed my bag on my lap to have my supplies. Once they were all down, the teacher came in though the door and we started the lesson peacefully.

The rest of the school day surprisingly went smoothly. Nobody came up to me about the mini fight and I didn't punch someone else in the face either. Pure peace.

Expect from the fact I got death glares from Areum.

Pure peace.

And the face that one of her friends tried to trip me up at lunch as payback.

Just peace.

I'll have to rethink if that was smooth.

Knocking on the door, I walked into my house and threw of my shoes. My bag fell off my shoulder and I shook it in slight pain. I shot upstairs before anyone could start a conversation and jumped on my bed.

Peace and quiet.

I turn over to face my wall and then back over in discomfort. The door slowly creeped open and Hyunjin walked in with a worried expression in his eyes. I groan, grabbing my pillow and blocking out everything around, also ignoring him. That didn't last long as I got interrupted by him pulling the pillow away from me. I let him have it and now I just laid there.

"What happened this morning? I didn't expect you to actually punch someone." He asked and I side eyed him.

That was the one question I tried to avoid and I failed.

"She deserved it anyway that little brat." I spat out only to notice my brother blinking rapidly in confusion each time I expressed my words violently. Using the desk beside my bed, I banged my fist lightly and then brought myself up. "And I'll do it again." I raised my eyebrow and gazed over his direction.

"Why did you do it though?" Hyunjin's eyes softened and waited for an answer but I couldn't let it out.

I can't tell him I lost Grandma's bracelet.

I could lie but he'd know if it was true or not.

It stayed silent for a bit. I lightened the tension in my body. I let my head drop down and bit my bottom lip. Rubbing my bottom and top lip together, Hyunjin sighed. He tapped my shoulder before getting up from my bed.

"Tell me when you're ready." They were his last words before walking out the door and slowly closing it behind himself.

The new scenery around me felt empty. My feelings could finally take over my whole body. I brought my legs up to my chest as I dropped back down and cocooned myself with the pillow Hyunjin left by me. My eyes closed up and let out a single tear I held in. The pillow sat on top my head and covered out all the light which sneaked in. My pulse raced around my body and accelerated my beating.

If telling Hyunjin about it was hard, I couldn't imagine how hurt grandma would be if I told her.

I already lost her once. I can't lose something which connected me to her when I thought she was gone.

I finally started to cry again.

"I'm sorry.." I whispered in between my sobs. My pillow was soon a sponge covered in tears.

Beep.

Rolling the pillow of my head, I lazily try to grab my phone. My hand touched everywhere in my bag before pulling it out. I turned to lay on my back and turned my phone on to see the notification.

'How are you doing? I heard you got into a fight.' Daehyun's text shone on my phone's screen.

"Not now." I let out a grumpy moan and was about to put it down but he sent another.

'Are you okay?' Giving up keeping the silence in the room, I wipe my tears and texted back.

'Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks.' I shoved my phone away after the text but another notification came through my phone. I wanted to ignore him, but it was harder to do than expected. I didn't want him to feel bad yet I have a bad feeling falling through me. I grab it again and read what he sent this time.

'That doesn't sound convincing, how about we meet up and speak. If you don't, I'm suspecting you're crying on your bed.'

A bit too close to reality to not be scared, I widen my eyes and jumped back up into a sit. My eyes didn't leave the phone at all. I wiped away the wet upon my cheeks. Continuing the conversation I quickly write back.

'I'm not sure if I feel like going out right now.' I tried my hardest to stay a distance from Daehyun and not let him interfere with what was happening. Even though I told him I didn't feel like it, he still texted, striving to convince me to come out. I don't know how much he knows. I don't even know if he is for sure Areum's brother.

And the fact that Areum had the bracelet when the last time I remember wearing it was with Minjun's dad, made me think. I definitely didn't forget about that.

But then there's also Minjun.

With no information from the boys about what he did yesterday, I'm left thinking. We all know he knows the most out of everyone. He hasn't shared a single word to us about what he had planned.

Remembering I haven't blocked Minjun, I look back at our texts. Taking in a deep breath, I started a conversation after a long time. I still haven't looked back at what Daehyun put but all I had in my head was curiosity.

'I know you may not forgive me for what I did, but I need your help. Everyone knows you have the upper position in knowledge about others. Can't you share for this once?'

After sending that, I went back to Daehyun.

'Please, we haven't ever had a proper conversation with each other. We've always been pushed back. Just this once. Maybe we can have a little drink to stop your sadness.' I took a deep sigh and bit my lip. His text echoed through my head and I stopped.

'What is it you want to know then?' Minjun's text popped down on my phone with a beep. I smiled and quickly rushed back to his.

'I'll ask later, but may I ask for a favour?'

'What favour?'

Standing outside the club, I tapped my dirty shoes on the wall and fixed my clothes. People walked in before me with partners or as a singular person. I blew the hair from out my face and looked around. The night was now creeping up on me so my vision blurred up. I ruffled my hair up and leaned against the wall tiredly.

I definitely didn't have this planned as a night activity.

Just from leaning on the wall, the loud music vibrated through and even reached me. I could even hear the multiple conversations too. I'd have to bear the fact the first and last time I went in there now seemed more like a nightmare. My low tolerance to alcohol really got to me.

I heard my name called out from a distance so I turned around to see Daehyun's figure walk towards me. He waved and smiled innocently, picking up his pace. Reaching into his pocket, he brought out a lollipop and placed in front of my eyes.

"Would you like one?" He said and I looked at him while tilting my head. "I thought it would help with your sadness." Daehyun got out another and took off the wrapper, soon placing it in his mouth. I stayed hesitant for a while as I thought.

I lifted up my hand and slowly pushed the lollipop from out of my face. "I think I'll pass."

He looked at it and then back to me with a little chuckle.

"How about we go in then?" He pointed his finger to the club door and I nodded.

We both started to move together inside but before I was completely in, I took one more glance outside. My eyes soon hit the vibrant lights which spun around the dance floor. Luckily Daehyun walked to the bar which didn't have as many lights directed at us. We took our seats beside each other. The softer red lights scanned around the room and on us. It was the same colour as Daehyun's red highlights he had in his hair.

As the waitress came to us, she looked at us both before turning to Daehyun for the order. By the looks of it, he got us the same drink. I tapped my fingers on the table awkwardly and seemed to have attracted his attention. He looked at me with the same innocent smile with his lollipop at the side of his mouth.

He pulled it out to speak, "I hope you're feeling better." He added and I gave him a nod in agreement. He spun on his chair playfully as we waited for the drinks. My eyes wondered around the room in boredom.

It was just like I remembered. The loud music, the lights, the make outs and the breakups.

The waitress came back to us and lightly placed the drinks in front of us. We both thanked her in sync and I side glanced over to Daehyun who had already picked up his and took a sip. He noticed I was hesitating to drink and pointed to me.

"How about we try a mini challenge." He put it down and placed the lollipop back in.

"Of what?"

"See who will last longer. To win you have to drink it all." He slid his fingers down the glass slowly and temptingly with mini taps. The sound that hit and vibrated from the glass ringed in my ears pleasantly as I bit my lip in thought.

With one last look of the room behind me, many figures of people doing their thing was the only vision I saw before I turned back. I took the glass in my hand and nodded my head while toasting the drink to Daehyun. I took the first sip as he'd already had some. As I gulped it down, he watched me keenly with a small smile. Once I lifted it back up, both our glasses had a similar amount left.

My stomach turned slightly at the thought of getting at all down but kept that pain inside. Just doing this made me want to cry again. The bitter aftertaste twisted through my tastebuds. I ran a hand through my hair as we took another at the same time. Placing the glass on the table, I rolled my head back in desperation for air and back to droop my head to Daehyun's direction. He stared at me and toasted to the air before taking another sip. I quickly grabbed my glass to catch up to him. My music playing made my head turn with my stomach.

"You're doing good!" He said and I placed a thumbs up although I couldn't agree with that. With a smirk, he had already taken another sip, making me widen my eyes at how easy it was for him. I pouted at him and lifted it up to my lips once again.

My head was already tipsy. I leaned over and held my stomach to keep myself from throwing up. This was definitely not the nicest drink he could have chosen.

Getting a pat from Daehyun, he spoke cheerfully to me.

"You can do it, just a little bit more." I changed my eyes to glance to him. He was now sat down with one arm resting on the side and his other out, swirling the drink around in the glass. His legs crossed over, fixing his position to look more posh.

I got up from my slouch and took in the last bits of the drink heavily. My low tolerance self kicked.

Daehyun turned over to me and chuckled, "Looks like you won this challenge." He finally drank the rest of his and took the drink out of my hand. He placed them down on the side and as the waitress walked passed, she took them away.

My throat burnt and I felt like throwing up what I drank.

That was when I felt my hair get pushed behind my ear. The feeling sent something run through me as adrenaline and my muscles tensed up. My back stiffened up and I stopped breathing. The room spun in front of me as I stared at it scared. His presence became closer and now I could sense his breathing beside me. A whisper came from him.

"But I won the rest."

"No. I did."

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Oohhh Daehyun.. What are you doing?

Stay healthy!!