▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄

chapter 25 : best friends to betrayal

▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄

@hy0ju — 8,773 followers
bio: live without regrets 。。。🚨

▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄

hyoju
heyyy :) lets meet up later, kay? ☺️

seonghwa
who tf is this

hyoju
aw seonghwaaa you
forgot all about me?

seonghwa
apparently

hyoju
awh now i'm sad

hyoju

seonghwa
so what did you
message me for

hyoju
just time with you 👉🏻👈🏻

hyoju
i just think we're a good match
since we share similar interests
sorry if it's sudden but 😍😍

seonghwa
woah chill

seonghwa
oh ur kyunghee's friend right?

hyoju
nope :)

seonghwa
stop messaging me then

hyoju
you first babe 👀

seonghwa
aight bet
just remember i'll beat ur big
head ass idc if you're a girl .

hyoju
:0 a little fun never hurt
anyone! isn't that right?

seonghwa
bitchass.
kyunghee would get hurt
besides you're gross and i'd
never like a skank like you

hyoju
i always get my way though, seongie😘
i'll see you at school on monday
read

▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄

kyunghee and yeosang arrived at the school on their first monday back before the rest of the gang did. yeosang opened a book and read, while kyunghee tried to organize her bag. contrary to popular belief, yeosang was a genius and he actually enjoyed school - unlike his friends, of course.

after a while, seonghwa and yunho walked in together. eyes were attracted to them as hyoju suddenly walked over to them. everyone was shocked, including kyunghee.

"seonghwa, let's grab dinner tonight." she told him, smiling.

seonghwa stared at her with a confused look, "do you like me or something?"

"yeah... do you like me too?"

yunho couldn't help but laugh, earning a glare from hyoju. it was just too impossible, though, for seonghwa to like her.

he sighed and shook his head, "get in line, hyeja, or whatever your name was. i have someone else in mind."

the boys walked past her, and hyoju stayed still in shock. the whole classroom snickered at her. she felt so embarrassed.

junichi and kyunghee were supposed to be the ones to comfort her, but they just couldn't. kyunghee's mouth was open, thinking to herself, how could she do that?

junichi instantly ran to hyoju and frowned, "you know kyunghee likes him. what was that for?"

"i don't care if she gets hurt. what if i like him too? does my opinion not matter?" hyoju muttered. "it's all about her, and what about me?"

"i hate to break it to you... but seonghwa likes her. its not much of a competition, hyoju." junichi told her gently, and her nose began to flare.

she glared at junichi, "you're just like her, bastard." hyoju gave kyunghee a dirty look as she left the room, slamming the door behind her.

kyunghee was on the verge of tears. "did she really hate me that long? i thought we were best friends..."

junichi took his seat wordlessly and looked away. he had been friends with hyoju the longest. kyunghee desperately hoped he didn't hate her too since she caused it.

seonghwa noticed and walked over to kyunghee. he squat down beside her desk and looked her in her watery eyes.

"you okay?" seonghwa asked quietly. kyunghee nodded as she chewed on her lip.

"yeah, i'll be fine."

▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄

lunch was not the same. kyunghee and junichi sat together, yet both felt lonely due to the empty seat. it was hyoju's seat.

and although they were having conflicts with hyoju, they missed her. they were best friends after all. though they wondered if they could get over this.

kyunghee sighed and asked, "you don't hate me, right?"

"never. i'm just really disappointed in hyoju... i thought she was better than that." junichi looked away.

kyunghee felt very sorry for him. she grabbed his hand in her and rubbed his soft knuckles, "i'm sorry."

"it's okay. it's not your fault."

kyunghee knew that wasn't true. junichi knew it too, but he was still her best friend and he didn't want to give up on her.

suddenly seonghwa stopped by their table and stood over them intimidatingly. he glared at the japanese boy and clutched kyunghee's arm. junichi pulled his hand out of kyunghee's quickly.

junichi turned red and looked away. seonghwa took the seat in front of them, hyoju's old seat, and leaned over the table slightly.

"what about ice cream?" seonghwa suddenly asked.

kyunghee raised her eyebrows, "what?"

"you heard me. let's get ice cream after school."

"oh, i can't, but thanks." kyunghee forced a smile as chuckled along. "i need to be at home... for stuff."

"i'm not stupid, kyunghee." seonghwa scoffed. "you're sad. we're get ice cream... or whatever."

junichi glanced at them and kyunghee said, "only if junichi can come. i think he's sad too."

"oh, really? only if it's okay with you guys..." junichi was nervous around seonghwa since he was pretty scary if you didn't know him. junichi felt threatened by him... and it was because seonghwa was jealous.

kyunghee used her puppy dog eyes on seonghwa, who then rolled his eyes at her.

"fine. you can come too." seonghwa told him through gritted teeth.

▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄