⚠️ Trigger warning : // Mentions of bully1ng, r@pe.

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A month later...

~[HAEYOON]

The possibilities that once seemed a vague delusion in my mind had now become a reality.

Yes, I'm talking about my life.

Who would have thought that the 'Hong Jisoo' a.k.a, the most handsome guy to roam on the campus to become my best friend in the most unexpected way?

Or that for me and Jeonghan to be back on good terms again?

Well yeah, that's where we're.

But despite all of the evens there's one odd that has been icking my gut ever since our excursion trip got over.

It is of Jeonghan.

For some reason, my mind couldn't help but reiterate the his words of that day.

I'm not sure if it was because of the hour or the actual depth of the line that gave me a creepy-ish vibe about him.

Class still had a few more minutes to go but I was already zoning out.

The bell rung at last making me sigh out of relief. I heard my seatmate chuckling because of it.

"What's so funny?" I asked without looking in the eyes as I arranged the books back in my bag.

"How come you get tired of English classes?" He said amidst his contagious small laughs.

"Ayo look, not everyone got English terminologies rolling out of their tongues like you Mr. Jo Hong, alright? Now move, I'll grab a quick drink. I'm hungry."

"Alright Misaś. Although, Jo Hong.......you know what, it sounds more like the name of a cult. Can't you change it-"

"Might even start one." I stuck out my tongue at him and ran off into the corridor before he could even catch up with me.

"One strawberry milk and one choco milk please."

"Alright that will be $1.40 ."

Giving the amount to the cashier, I grabbed the two bottles and walked away.

There was still quite some time for the next class to start so I decided to roam the school for a bit.

Not much people were there in the corridor because other classes were still going on.

Seeing the junior classes going on somewhat gave me nostalgia.

Just a few more months, and then I'll no longer be walking down this hallway.

No more wearing this uniform.

No more strictly bound off-periods.

As these thoughts ringed my head, I heard some laughing sounds at a distance of the almost quiet corridor. Being curious, I went to find out what so funny was.

I did not expect to see what I had seen.

Some guys, a group of 6 or 7 of them, were smoking and laughing.

I turned around to walk away when suddenly a tall figure collided with me.

"Oh uh sorry-"

"You do not look like someone we know or knew, who are you?"

"I-I-I am no one, I mean- I-I'm just passing by-"

"Are you Yu Ra's friend?"

"What!? No no! I do not know anyone named Yu Ra-"

Before I could say anything else, the big guy pushed me towards the darker part where the other guys were smoking. All of them stopped laughing as soon as they noticed me.

"Hyung this bitch was snitching on us."

"What! Definitely not! I-I was just passing-"

"Phone." A guy said, smashing his cigarette, walking up towards me.

"W-what?" I was almost blue at this point.

"Are you dumb babygirl? Boys, take her phone."

I tried my best to resist but it all went in vain.

After surfing through my phone for some time, I heard them saying, "Looks like you aren't dumb afterall. Smart move to delete everything but not a very smart move."

"Trust me, I didn't do anything-"

"Grab her."

Two big guys suddenly dragged me into some room while one held my mouth to prevent my screams being heard as I tried hard to free myself.

I was yanked over the cold hard concrete and the next thing I knew, was blows from kicks and punches and a hard object, maybe a bat or rod, I don't know. My eyes were too blurry from crying and pleading to let me go while my vocal cords were on the point to give up screaming for help.

At one point, I felt someone crouching down on my level and in a mocking tone, said to me, "You know, you're a not a good girl. Firstly, you messed with the wrong person and secondly you screamed so much for help. Well only if you knew, no one would hear you now. Tie her up Jeongseok."

Someone tied up my hands, mouth and legs to some pole. I felt the same guy coming towards me again saying, "But you know, you got some killer curves there. Makes me wanna explore you more." And that's when I noticed he had a dirty smirk on his face.

Hot tears rolled down my face as I felt not one, but several hands smooching up my thighs under my skirt. The hands went up, some over and some below and some tried unbuttoning my shirt. The cool air sliced through the fresh wounds on the stomach that was exposed by then. My feet started wobbling up more as I felt them touched my virginity. My panty came rolling down and that's when my brain gave up.

~TIME SKIP (7 HOURS LATER)

My eyes flickered open for some reason to find myself in a bed.

Wait, where am I? Why am I on a hospital bed??

Questions flooded my skull and that's when I saw Jeonghan walking in.

"Oh, Haeyoon you woke up! How are you feeling now?"

I just nodded my head.

"Good, now eat up someth-"

"Jeonghan-ah why am I here?"

"I-uh-you're-you need rest Haeyoon-"

"Did they do it?"

He fell silent. I assumed nothing else even.

Or maybe a part of me expected the answer, something else.

"They did it right??? Why aren't you saying Jeonghan?" I said, as tears reappeared once again over my face.

"Hey, hey, no they didn't do anything. We arrived at the right moment. The guys were taken for counselling while I brought you here."

"They didn't....? For real....?"

And he reanswered my question with the same reply. And even a third time. And even a fourth time.

I fell silent.

"Thank you......for saving me......once again..." eyes glued to the white blanket that was covering my legs.

He gently patted my head.

"H-how did you um.......find out...?"

"Well, the class about to start but you still hadn't come back. I called and texted you multiple times but you didn't reply. So yeah, I had to check it out myself."

"You could get hurt too........"

"No. I will never be hurt. What could possibly hurt me?" he said with a chuckle that made my corners lift a bit too.

"Joshua..............didn't come?" I saw his angelic smile falter, as soon as I mentioned Joshua's name.

"Uhm Haeyoon? Can I tell you something?"

"Sure! What's up?"

"What if....just what if I tell you that Joshua might have been behind all this mess?"

"What? What are you talking about?"

"Well, while we arrived at the scene, all of us were removing them from you but Joshua took someone to a corner. Here take a look."

He showed me a photo of the two people's backs, quite blurry indeed. I don't know if one of them is Joshua or not.

"Well, um, it's too blurry and I don't think Joshua would do something like this-"

"Knew you would say something like this, so here you go." He handed me his phone once again, this time opening a cropped screenshot of a talk.

Jaeyun :

Class 11A-4D? You mean the
senior Haeyoon?

Joshua :

Yes

Jaeyun :

Why tho bro?

Joshua :

Just do as I say.
I'll give you guys a
big party if this goes
smooth.

Joshua :

Prank her. Do whatever
you guys want. Just
keep her out of my sight.

Jaeyun :

Consider it done.

My hands trembled as I re-read the chat. I checked the date.

It was today's chat.

Was I really an idiot afterall that I fell for this two-faced person?

I came back to my senses as I felt Jeonghan talking his phone back.

"Oh sorry" I said, wiping away the tears that had appeared on the brim of my eyes.

"I'm sorry you had to go through all of those. I didn't-"

"Jeonghan it is not your fault at all. I believe it isn't mine either. It's just some people just love to play with lives, wishes, intentions whatever. And Joshua turned to be one of them. It's okay, I just need some time alone to recover. You can go." I smiled at him.

"You sure you want to be alone?"

I nodded my head.

"Okay then...make sure to eat your food. I'm leaving then. Bye-"

"Haeyoon! You're finally awake!!"

There stood at the door, the person I wished to see the least.

Joshua fucking Hong.

"Joshua, I think you shouldn't-"

"Jeonghan let him in and please leave. I need to talk to him too."

Jeonghan hesitated but finally agreed and left us on our own.

I sat up straight as Joshua took a seat beside me.

"How are you now?"

"Recovering both mentally and physically. But I hopefully will recover because I will be uprooting the cause today."

"W-what do you mean? You should take res-"

"Stop playing naive games Joshua. Pulling a rape "prank" on a girl and then asking her well-being doesn't make you any better than a rapist!"

"What are you talking about? I can't get hold of your words-"

"Oh yeah? Just like how I can't understand how sick and degraded mentality you possess behind that innocent face of yours!!"

"Haeyoon calm down, what's wrong with you? You're clearly-"

"What's wrong with me?! Ask that to yourself, you egoistic bastard!! What had I ever done to you that you had to do this to me???" I broke down again.

"Was I so annoying that you had no other option but to plan this?" I showed him the screenshot from earlier that I had transferred to my phone earlier.

He gingerly took it as he fell silent.

"How did you know about this?"

"It doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that, I won't let you ruin any other girl's life like this."

"Haeyoon it isn't what you're thinking to be-"

"It sure isn't. Because it was a "prank", right?"

"Haeyoon let me explai-"

"You know what, since you wanted me to be out of your sight I'll let you fulfill that wish. Neither you will see me again, after this nor do I wish to be in your territory. Now get out."

"Haeyoon, give me one chance to explain-"

"OH JUST GET OUT YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!! GO TO THE DUNGEONS, GO TO HELL, BUT JUST GET OUTTA MY FACE YOU PIECE OF DICKHEAD SHIT!!!!!!" and that's when I felt short of breath again.

Doctors rushed in to check up on my alarming rosen blood pressure. In my last conscious state, I heard someone say to him, "Sir, you're bothering her please leave."

"But she-"

"Sir if you do not leave right now, we'll have the security escort you out."

The last thing I knew was him walking out, both through the door and from my heart as I closed my eyes.

A heart so close, so pure yet so miraged.