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𝙧𝙤𝙝 𝙝𝙮𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖

the door suddenly opened.

it then dawned on me how wrong me and joohyuk looked right now. i hit joohyuk multiple times in the head to wake him up.

the first thing that popped in my head was to hide. i could not let whoever just came in see me or my face.

i scrambled under the blanket.

"y-yah joohyuk who is that-" i heard a voice, who i recognized as joohyuk's buddy, taekwon.

i cursed under my breath.

"n-nobody!!" joohyuk yelled, hopping off and lightly pushing taekwon away from the bed. "stay over there for a second." he said.

i pulled my hood over my head, pulling the strings tight so it would tighten and hide my face.

i could barely see, but i saw the door, which was wide open. if i made a run for it, he wouldn't be able to see me, right??

i took a few deep breaths and jumped out from under the blanket like a stealthy ninja that i was, making taekwon jump and shriek like he just saw a ghost.

i bolted out the door, running down the halls and pushing every half-naked male from me in sight. i basically bulldozed every single man in this building.

when i reached outside the boy's dorm building, i bolted inside of the girl's dormitory, stumbling into the main lobby panting.

"yah, roh hyeona!!" i heard yuhwa call. "are you okay??"

i held up my hand and nodded, gulping. "i'm...good. it's all...good..."

"geez, what are you up to these days?? where were you running from?"

i took a few deep breaths to calm my racing heart and get rid of the adrenaline pumping through my veins. "you...do not want to know."

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𝙣𝙖𝙢 𝙟𝙤𝙤𝙝𝙮𝙪𝙠

after hyeona bolted out of the room like her life depended on it, me and taekwon stayed in awkward silence for a long time.

"dude, are you gay?" taekwon suddenly asked.

my jaw dropped. "i am not! that was a girl, i swear to you-"

"then who was she?" he asked. "is she pretty? hOld on, did i interrupt something-"

i kicked taekwon in the leg. "there was nothing happening to interrupt."

"is she pretty though? where'd you meet her? has it been a long-time thing? or just a little hookup-"

i glared at taekwon and jumped in my bed, pulling the covers up. "i'm sick. leave me alone."

"how did a girl get in here in the first place?? what were you two doing?" he asked. "yaaahhh, i cannot leave you by yourself or you'll go wild-"

"we weren't doing anything!! she just got me medicine!!" i protested.

"uh huh. aigoo, i am so sorry." taekwon bowed 90 degrees to mock me. "for interrupting your moment. go ahead, punch me. i deserve punishment."

i scoffed and pulled the blanket over my head. "if i was completely healthy i'd beat the living hell out of you. yOU'RE THE ONE WHO STARTED ALL OF THIS!"

taekwon went on his knees and held his arms up. "it's alllll my fault. go ahead, hit me."

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𝙧𝙤𝙝 𝙝𝙮𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖

the next day, the squad was at lunch as per usual.

"i can invite this new kid over right? he's nice. but a little wild-" moora said.

"oHh are these my moora's friends??" a loud voice interrupted.

the three of us looked up and saw a cheeky looking boy there, who had bleached silver hair. it was kinda cute. he was kinda cute.

"bireom, sit there." moora pointed to the seat next to me.

"wait that's joo-" i started, but the kid already had his ass on it so i stopped.

"and who are you?" bireom asked, smirking. "another runner?"

i shook my head. "volleyball."

"you three are so pretty. how can i possibly choose-"

"count me out." i said.

"why? do you have a boyfriend?" he asked.

"no, she's into this one swim-" yuhwa whispered, but i put my hand over her mouth.

"i'm not!" i growled.

"i was joking, but now that i see you getting all defensive over it, i wonder if there's actually something going on..." yuhwa raised her eyebrows.

"shucks." bireom said. "i'm a runner." then, the kid turned to me once again. i swear, was he 12 years old? "what do you do in volleyball? huh?"

"i'm a setter." i said.

"a setter? how cool." he said.

"isn't is weird for you? hanging with a bunch of girls??" i asked.

"moora's nice to me, so i wanted to hang out with her for today." bireom replied, resting his face of his hand and staring at me. "but, now that i've met someone that interests me, i guess i'll stay for a little longer."

i chuckled and looked back down on my tray. it was odd, i found myself looking around the lunch room constantly for joohyuk. was he still dead sick??

taekwon joined us for lunch soon after, to my disappointment because joohyuk wasn't with him.

"where's joohyuk?" i asked.

"he's still in bed like a zombie." taekwon replied. "actually, something really weird happened. yesterday, i went back to the room and saw him and someone all cuddled up together in his bed. yaahh, it was a sight to see-"

hearing taekwon's gossip that i was already aware of, my cheeks burned up.

"what the? hyeona, you gonna let this happen?" moora asked, but then stopped. "hey, why are you so red??"

i coughed. "i've been having fever symptoms." i lied.

"aigoo, everyone is getting sick." taekwon said, raising his eyebrow at me. he looked like he caught onto something, and i prayed that he didn't.

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