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𝙧𝙤𝙝 𝙝𝙮𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙖

"yah, are you okay?" joohyuk asked, after seeing me return to the car.

"let's go back." i said, and that was all.

the ride back was completely silent, because joohyuk was busy driving and i was drowning in my thoughts.

"your dad, isn't your real dad."

it broke my heart. a lot. a lot more than you would've thought it should've.

but what broke my heart the most, was thinking about how much my dad probably suffered because of it. compliments like "your daughter looks just like you!", probably made him miserable.

how could they keep such a big secret from me? why did they? i just didn't understand. one lie that could've hurt a lot less if admitted to sooner, turned into one that hurt the most.

i felt like i had been played with. my entire life was a joke. were there anymore secrets? any that i should probably know??

"we're here." joohyuk said. "i have to go return the car. you'll be okay, right?"

my head snapped up. "yeah. thanks."

joohyuk frowned as i got off the car. "go in safely. don't wander around. don't do anything stupid either."

i nodded, shooing him away, and walking back into my dorm.

when i entered the room, yuhwa was already asleep. there would be no way i was gonna be able to sleep after what had happened.

i didn't even know if i had the right to be sad, but i was anyway.

after i got in bed and tossed and turned for what seemed like hours, i gave up on trying to sleep and got my clothes back on, sneaking out of the dorm.

i wanted to go back to my house. i was curious, to see if i could spot things that have hints to my father not even being my father. i knew it'd make me feel worse, but i still needed to see.

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i shivered as i hopped off the bus at 1 AM in the morning. i was pretty close to my house by now, but it was kind of scary because it was really dark. i trusted myself to be able to kick the asses of anyone who dared to cross my path, but i was still afraid.

i heard something walking behind me, and immediately i freaked out.

it's nothing. it's normal for people to be walking around at 1 AM in the morning. they're probably scared of me too.

this mystery person's breath was shallow, and their footsteps heavy. i gulped as the corner, hoping to lose them.

they continued trailing behind me.

i cursed under my breath and walked faster.

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𝙣𝙖𝙢 𝙟𝙤𝙤𝙝𝙮𝙪𝙠

i couldn't really sleep at night. i had a lot on my mind from today. and yesterday. and the day before that. and the day before that day too-

my phone suddenly went off loudly, shaking my nightstand and waking up taekwon along the way.

"gOd joohyuk!! i'm going to kill you..." taekwon muttered in a sleepy tone. a few seconds later, he was asleep again, so why did he even bother complaining??

"yah, make sure she gets home safe and not drunk this time." a high-pitched voice said on the other end. i recognized it as hyeona's friend. i still don't know her name.

"who?" i asked.

"hyeona, who else?!" she asked. "she's not picking up her phone, so i called you."

"hyeona? she's not with me. i'm at the dorm." i replied. my face slowly morphed into concern. "where the hell is she then?? i saw her enter the dorm!!"

"i don't know! i was sleeping!"

"i'll call her." i said hurriedly, hanging up the phone and immediately calling hyeona.

after a few seconds, she picked up.

"yah, where the hell are you?!" i barked. "you said you'd go back to the dorm!!"

"h-hEy joohyuk, you're coming to my house, rIGHT?" hyeona suddenly asked, so loudly to the phone my eardrums almost bursted.

"what?" i asked. "where are you???"

"hAha hA! you're so silly!! you forgot my address, agAin?" she asked, again really loudly. "i'll text it to you!" then the girl hung up.

a few seconds later, a text message appeared on my screen and i looked at it.

hyeonnie:
//1 attachment//
i'm scared there's
somebody following me

i immediately jolted from my bed and onto my feet. what was i supposed to do in this situation?? my car was at my house, and taking the bus would take too long.

then i remembered something. i ran to taekwon and shook him so hard that i thought his head would fall off. "taekwon!! TAEKWON!!"

"wHAT?!" taekwon shrieked.

"give me your keys." i said hurriedly.

"at this time?? no!"

"gIVE ME YOUR FUCKING KEYS!!!" i yelled.

immediately taekwon pointed to his drawer and i scrambled to get them then bolted out the dorm, still wearing my pajamas and with no shoes on.

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