~ Together by a String ~ (Jiyoo)

~17~

Soon I felt two hands wrapped around my arm and it was Chaewon. She gave me her bright smile and I couldn't help but smile as well. She pulled me away and walked me out the school to send me off while sharing what she talked about with the nurse. I'm so glad I befriended her, she's incredible.

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9:56 AM / KMJ

I watched Chaewon pull Yoohyeon away from us and I couldn't help but feel a slight burn inside me. Bora sighed in boredom and tapped a few times on the desk with her fingers.

"I don't know about you Minji, but Chaewon seems really nice. I haven't really spoken to her or anything but she's actually very swe-"

"Irritating and disturbing that she makes me want to vomit my guts out and want to throw her off a bridge while watching her body burn with rats surrounding her."

"That's not what I was going to say but you slay girl!"

"I have a bad feeling about her Bora. I'm sure there's something more about her that's not right."

"Are you sure it's not because of jealousy?"

"What jealousy exactly? I could care less."

"You sure it's not because she's close to Yoohyeon?"

"I don't care about her anymore. She can go jump off a cliff for all I care.. N-Not recommended tho."

"Minji, how much longer do you plan on hating Yoohyeon? It's all in the past, just forgive her- or at least talk to her."

"I'm not going to listen to this again. I told you already that I don't want anything to do with her anymore."

"Do you still like her?"

I suddenly got a lump on my throat and couldn't answer her. I wanted to say no, but something inside me didn't make me say it. Why though? We broke up so obviously I didn't feel anything anymore. But why did it feel like I was lying to myself by thinking that? It's the truth! I don't feel anything..

"Stop asking me this all the time and just let it go already. I'm out."

I got up my seat and skipped this class because I was feeling overwhelmed. I went to the bathroom and washed my face to calm down. I saw the stall behind me open through the mirror and Siyeon got out. She first stood still for a bit and then moved to the sink to wash her hands. She turned to look at me and saw that I was playing a game on my phone.

"Aren't you going to class?"

"Nah, I'd rather stay here than be in class with a certain person."

"Is that certain person supposed to be Chaewon?"

"No- Maybe.. Okay, how the hell do you know?"

"Oh come on now. Literally everyone knows you despise Chaewon because she got closer to Yoohyeon."

"That's obviously not true. I don't care about who Yoohyeon hangs out with anymore, she's nothing to me."

"You're lying to yourself, hun. I know you broke up with her or whatever, but I also know that not accepting your true feelings will get you nowhere."

I put my phone back in my pocket and plastered my attention on Siyeon. I was interested in what she'd say for some reason. She sighed and leaned on the sink while shaking her head.

"Minji, why did you actually break up with Yoohyeon? Did you actually stop liking her or you did it because of what happened 4 years ago?"

"I-I just wanted to. She hurt me in the past and because of that I can't be with her anymore."