she sighs and tries not to listen by stuffing food in her mouth to distract her.

after a few minutes she hears a loud noise.

"You're not any better, Jungwon!"

misun flinches from the sudden shout.

then, soyeon storms in, slamming the door behind her.

misun quickly turns around and stands from her desk.

there are tears coming down from her face.

misun stands still while watching her friend cry, not knowing what to do.

misun panics mentally, do i comfort her? do i ask if she's okay? or should i not say anything at all? what do i do??

even though misun isn't used to skinship, she goes towards her and embraces her in her arms.

"shh. its okay." she whispers, trying to calm her down.

soyeon places her head on the crook of misun's neck.

misun gently pats her head while staring at the door, she can still see jungwon's figure leaning against the wall outside.

he's looking down.

after a bit, soyeon speaks,

"am i.. a bad person?" she mutters

she thinks about the question.

why would she be?

what did jungwon mean by her talking about him?

misun hesitates, "..of course not." she reassures her.

finally, jungwon leaves.

they stay like this until lunch ends.

. . .

the bell rings, the days over.

i look over to the seat next to me. it's empty.

i wonder why he didn't come to school today, he's never been absent before...

after lunch, the whole class quieted down as well, maybe because ni-ki's not here and because soyeon's not as cheery as usual.

"misun. the bell rang a while ago." the teacher speaks

i snap out of my thoughts and quickly pack my things, "sorry." i bow

i walk out and close the door behind me. i turn around to see jungwon towering over me.

"woah." i say under my breath.

he backs up, "my bad"

i nod and go to my locker, he follows behind.

i open my locker as he waits, pretending he doesn't exist.

i close the locker door to see him waiting.

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