Slap!

Saeyoung stood there frozen.

She was just cleaning the lenses of her camera and out of the blue she got slapped right in the cheek. What's ironic is, she wasn't even with with anyone, she was alone sitting in a small bench in the hallway.

Saeyoung tried to turn her head at the person who suddenly attacked her but before she could, Saeyoung got pulled by the hair.

"You're a fucking flirt! Just because you're good looking does not mean you could go and flirt with someone's guy!"  the girl angrily explained. She held a more tighter grip to Saeyoung's hair, making Saeyoung groan in pain.

"What the fuck is she even talking about?"  Saeyoung thought to herself. She haven't even met her nor did Saeyoung do anything wrong to her. They barely even met and the first meet seems to be going on a fight.   "I don't know about what you're talking about but I already know that I'm good looking so no need to repeat it sweetie pie."  Saeyoung joked.

The girl heeved a frustrated sigh.  "It wasn't a compliment you bitch!" she got pissed and immediately dragged Saeyoung by the hair, harshly pushed her down with full force.

As Saeyoung fell down, she couldn't miss the idea that her head got hit by the hard metallic bench she was sitting at earlier. When she got her head hit, the metallic bench gave out a not so loud sound that can be heard by the people right near it.

Saeyoung held her head and groaned in pain. She had her eyes tightly closed and her knees right close to her chest. If she could be able to stand up or could even be able to think properly, she would've fought back by now.

"Roh Saeyoung!"

"Kim Aemi!"

Two voices called out, approaching the two girls.

Saeyoung wanted to stand up. She did not want to see her friends looking so pathetic, weak and pitiful like this. If only, she wasn't in much pain.

Nina and Ni-ki ran quickly to Saeyoung and Aemi with another boy from Juggyeok Academy following them. Nina and Ni-ki was looking everywhere for Saeyoung but they got shocked when they see her laying down on the floor with a girl just staring at her figure.

"Saeyoung!" Nina went down beside Saeyoung and supported her back just so she could be able to sit up. Saeyoung has her head resting on Nina's shoulder while Ni-ki held Saeyoung's arm with a worried expression.

"Babe, isn't she that stupid girl who you said, flirted with you earlier?" the girl pointed to Saeyoung. Mogyu turned his head to Saeyoung who was having a hard time sitting up.

"Saeyoung!" another voice called, catching the attention of the people there, except Saeyoung.

Nina and Mogyu were shocked seeing Soul who just arrived in the scene while Ni-ki gave him a glare. As for Aemi, she wasn't expecting too much people and it annoyed her, she thought if Saeyoung was someone special that she has to have many accomplices around her.

Soul softened at the view of Saeyoung who looks like was having a hard time  as Ni-ki assisted her in sitting down on the bench instead of the floor, then Nina was checking Saeyoung's head for any injuries. Facing away from Saeyoung, Soul has his fist balled at the sight of Yun Mogyu, Mogyu looked down not wanting to face Soul from eye to eye.

"You again!? I already told you to stay away from Saeyoung!" Soul grabbed Mogyu by the collar and lifted him up a few feet.  "What did you do to her? Why is she in that state?"

"Yah! Let my boyfriend go!" Aemi tried helping Mogyu but got pushed away by Nina.

"Don't interfere! It's they're fight. Not yours so shut up!" commanded Nina. Thankfully, Aemi listened.

Mogyu struggled from Soul's grip. "I-I don't k-know! I-I just arrived w-with them!" Mogyu pointed to Ni-ki and Nina. Soul sighed and let's Mogyu down, who immediately caught up breath.

"It was me. I did that to her─" admitting her action, Nina did not hesitate to slap Aemi right across the face. It saddened her to see her friend hurting but it also angered her seeing a bitch like Aemi attack her friend just like that. Nina wanted to beat her up.

"Why the fuck did you do that!?" questioned a furious Ni-ki, who was scarily glaring at Aemi. Ni-ki was still sitting beside Saeyoung, not wanting to leave her side.

Aemi scoffed. She couldn't believe that they kept on defending Saeyoung. "That Saeyoung, flirted with my boyfri─"  again, Aemi was slapped by Nina.

"Impossible! Saeyoung was never a dirty flirt! Besides, who would even want to date that stupid boy?" Nina referred to Mogyu, trying her best to offend Mogyu and Aemi.

"She's right. Saeyoung would never do such a thing. You're just assuming things!"  Ni-ki defended. He knows Saeyoung can be quite a harsh and bold but a flirt? Ni-ki aware that, that word isn't her. He too agrees that Saeyoung would never date a guy like Mogyu.

Soul walked right beside Nina, facing Aemi. "They're right. Saeyoung isn't the real villain here. Besides, it wasn't Saeyoung who flirted but it was that so called boyfriend of yours who did." Aemi's has slightly has her jaw dropped, looking at Mogyu then back to Soul.

Nina has her left eyebrow raised up while Ni-ki turned his attention to Mogyu. In just a small mistake that Soul will mention about Mogyu, Ni-ki will not hold back and give Mogyu one good of a beating.

Ni-ki has his fist balled ready to hear a go signal from Soul, but Ni-ki tensed up at the sudden touch of Saeyoung's hand on his, making him relax.

"Ni-ki don't."  she said softly.

Aemi stomped her feet and shouted.  "You're lying! Mogyu will never do that behind my─"

"Oh yeah? I have seen him about to drag Saeyoung into a room while she did nothing but plead to let her go. If I wasn't there, then Saeyoung would've gotten a lot hurt than she is now." Soul faced Mogyu, his eyes showing nothing but a dangerous yet disgusted look. "Or maybe even worse."

Ni-ki couldn't take it. Looks like Saeyoung's word isn't enough to convince him not to hurt Mogyu. Ni-ki stood up and frustratedly brushed his hair up.  "Ah so you're that stupid prick he talked about earlier huh?"

Things were going smoothly as Ni-ki slowly approached him. Mogyu started to back up, he showed a scared expression and Ni-ki didn't look like he was about to give mercy.

Just when the blonde were a few steps closer to Mogyu, Ni-ki rapidly punched him and started beating him up. Soul, Nina and Aemi ran up to them and pulled them away from each other.  Nina pulled Ni-ki away,  Aemi did the same to her boyfriend while Soul stood in between the two boys trying to prevent them from clashing into each other.

"You boys need to stop fighting before anyone here sees us." it hasn't been that long since all of them had gone missing but Soul knew if they continued this, not only Mogyu and Aemi's school might get affected but so is, Adroit Art School if someone  close to the judges or staff sees this type rivalry.

Soul has also thought of Saeyoung, he would feel guilty and sorry if her school gets a bad name. Soul has his arms crossed.  "Look here. Leave me and the students of Adroit alone. Don't ever come near or might as well avoid us! Because if you don't, the actions you did to Roh Saeyoung will be reported not only to the staff and judges but also to you're school principal. So stay out of our way, got that?"

"Saeyoung. Saeyoung."  Ni-ki said in a gentle voice, slowly trying to wake up Saeyoung from her deep sleep. And it wasn't long until her eyes started to flutter open.

It has been three hours after what happened with the sudden clash of students from Juggyeok and Adroit. After the scene, Saeyoung's head ached a lot but thankfully, she didn't have any injuries. Nina, Ni-ki and Soul wanted her to rest but Saeyoung still insisted in going out there and capturing the moments of the competition, its her job.

Earlier she had a hard time walking due to her head spinning. Saeyoung walked as if she were drunk, she would just fall down after a few steps she'd take. Nina decided to let her sleep for awhile in the bus while Ni-ki and Soul could go back and wait for their turn in performing.

After performing their first dance number, Ni-ki immediately thought of visiting Saeyoung and see on how she's doing so far. Ni-ki sat down right beside her and gave her a cheeky smile.

"Ni-ki? What are you doing here? You're supposed to be inside the dome for you're competition!" she said, fixing herself because she doesn't know if she'd look like she got struck by a typhoon right now.

Ni-ki chuckled.  "You look alright, don't worry. And, we already finished performing our first number. We just have to wait after lunch to finally perform the second performance."

Saeyoung nodded.  "Oh, okay."

Ni-ki handed Saeyoung a can of soda, which she immediately opened and took one big sip.

"How are you feeling? Is you're head still spinning? Does it hurt?" he asked with concern and Saeyoung felt touched for some reason.

Saeyoung shooked her head.  "No. I think I feel a lot better than before."

"That's good to hear."

An awkward silence filled the area and the two didn't know what to say. At some point, they still felt shy around each other but at times they don't. Saeyoung took another sip of her coke while Ni-ki just stared in another direction.

"S-Shouldn't you be practicing with you're team right now?" Saeyoung questioned. It's not like she wanted to get rid of Ni-ki but knowing him, dance is almost everything to him and she would always see him practice during free time.

"I let my team rest for awhile. They did great during our practices and our performance earlier, so I guess our next practice will be later on after lunch." he answered.

"Then you should rest too. You need to gather lots of energy before going back to practice."

"No worries, I will." Ni-ki reassured.

Saeyoung nodded and pursued her lips. She looked down on her lap and thought about the things she could've accomplished earlier if she helped Nina and the others. Her team were working hard and here she is resting inside their school bus.

It really felt unfair for her and her friends.

"Hey, do you mind if I sleep here with you? I haven't really had enough sleep last night."

Saeyoung gave him a small smile and nodded. She didn't want to answer knowing she might stutter, because that would be embarrassing.

Not really prepared, Saeyoung tensed up when Ni-ki instantly rested his head on her shoulder and then his right hand lightly held her arm. Saeyoung's heart was beating fast, she felt frozen at her spot. This wasn't the kind of sleep that she had in mind.

"N-Ni-ki." shit. she stuttered. "Ni-ki?" Saeyoung took a glimpse of his face and saw that the boy was now sleeping peacefully like a baby.  "He's already asleep? That fast?" she thought to herself.

Right now, Saeyoung was aware that she couldn't do anything. She didn't want to wake him up. So that's why she leaned her head on the window and closed her eyes.

She wasn't really comfortable sleeping on a bus but when Ni-ki came, it doesn't seem to be that bad at all.

What is happening?

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Happy New Year!

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