~ Together by a String ~ (Jiyoo)

~15~

Minji bowed down to the man and excused herself out the room. The principal got a document from his cabinet and handed it to me. I looked at it and then he coughed to get my attention.

"As for you, Ms Kim Yoohyeon... Could you please sign this so the police won't do further investigations and just give juvenile prison to the perpetrators for a year?"

"Sure, it sounds fine. Is it possible that I can get a restraining order as well?"

"Of course! Anything for our best student~ You've been slightly lacking these days though and we noticed you've been smiling and giggling a lot. Has something 'lovey dovey' happened to our amazing student? Hehe *wink*"

"W-Well, yes but these days it's more like the opposite.. We're in a tough situation."

"Oh that's unfortunate! I hope everything will get back to normal with your boyfriend- Who's the lucky guy by the way?"

I almost choked while hearing him mention a man. I just giggled and thought of how I could break it to him so I just dodged the question and said that my 'boyfriend' wasn't from this school.

"Too bad we don't know him. Well anyway, I'm glad you and Minji decided to be cooperative with this. I'm happy you recovered well, please be careful from now on. You can go back to class."

I bowed down to him and left the office alive. Phew, that was close. I walked back to my classroom but this time, Minji wasn't there. She probably decided to skip class. Why am I not surprised.. It was only Bora, Handong, Dami and Siyeon there. We had matching schedules today which meant chatting all day, thank god. Bora tapped on my chair and pulled me to sit down.

"There you are! Are you really going to have a performance?"

"I am. I assume Siyeon gave you all the tickets?"

"She did! We'll definitely be there, so you better perform a great song and make us all bawl our eyes out."

"I'll make sure to do that."

I kind of looked at Bora weirdly because she didn't ask any questions concerning Minji. I turned to Siyeon and she nodded and shrugged, probably indicating that she did tell Bora everything. No idea how I understood her, but I did.

Soon, the Math teacher entered the classroom and we all sat back to our seats and listened in class. Minji was late by a few minutes, but the teacher didn't pay attention to her and she sat down on her spot. I turned to look at Minji and she was sleeping on her desk. Minji.. I miss her so much.

I heard Bora whisper my name and when I looked at her, she had that concerned gaze on her face. She knew me very well and probably noticed that I was having very mixed feelings when I looked at Minji that moment.

"Yoohyeon, are you okay?"

"I am, don't worry. It just feels good to finally see her again."

"But I'm not asking about that.. Your nose is bleeding."

"Huh?"

She immediately got a tissue from her bag and gave it to me. The whole class were concerned because this was my first time having a nosebleed infront of everyone. I watched everyone's gaze and noticed Minji wasn't paying any mind to it. I managed to hide how saddened I felt to see her not care.. but at the same time, I understood her.

"Teacher, can you excuse me for a moment?"

"Of course, take your time."

I left the room and rushed to the bathroom to calm down and take deep breaths. My nosebleed didn't stop and I cursed to myself and heard someone chuckling from the stalls. Soon, the girl from there got out and washed her hands before shoving her hand infront of me to shake it.