Sunlight | Baek Dohwa x Reader

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we're walking away from the bathrooms—with su-ae and dohwa in front and me trailing behind them—after waiting for su-ae to do her business.

"woah...i really didn't think i'd be able to go home today. thank goodness." she sighed a sigh of relief.

"let's go quickly. it's already late." she said to dohwa, only.

"yeah...it's really spooky here." he replied but then slowed down and started limping. "ouch."

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us three were now outside on the field. su-ae was carrying dohwa, because he said his ankle hurt, with me still trailing behind them. not wanting to third wheel anymore i turned around and went the opposite way, they wouldn't notice if i was gone anyways...

i'm at the entrance/exit that leads to the school grounds when i turn back to make sure they're okay. turns out they're more than okay. su-ae's chasing dohwa around on the field while he's giggling, but then she stops and rests her hands on her knees, starting to laugh too.

did i ever have a chance with dohwa? i could never be better than the female lead herself. i was stupid for thinking we could be something more.

it's best that i give dohwa space, seeing as he doesn't like me and i was probably just being a nuisance this whole time...

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i wake up to a few texts from dohwa and su-ae.

                                   dohwa   >

9:00pm - y/n where'd you go?
did u get kidnapped LOL

9:05pm - are you okay?
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shocker that he must've spent some time looking through his contacts to find my number when he couldn't even find the time to look at me yesterday. also, i think i checked my phone—since we got them back from the teachers' office—a bit after i left and the time read 8:55pm. it might not seem like a lot of time but shouldn't a real friend realize you left a few seconds after you did? do they even consider me as a real friend? or am i just the second choice?

i opened su-ae's texts.

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su-ae (soon to be bff)  >

9:01 - y/n where'd you go?

9:06 - please answer, we're worried.
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wow that's a first. didn't seem like they were too worried when i was obviously upset. whatever, it's fine, it's not like it's that big of a deal anyways.

i decided to walk with ra-im to school. i don't know why im avoiding su-ae too. she didn't really do anything wrong...except for ignoring me- but i can't blame her, i'm just a side character, after all. it's not like it's any of their faults, dohwa can't help but fall in love with su-ae since that's how the webtoon goes. i'm so stupid for thinking i could change that.

i get to class and put my earphones in, not really wanting to talk to anyone right now. but of course i feel a tap on my shoulder, disturbing my peace. i look up to see a su-ae slightly bending over to be closer to my face.

"hey y/n. what happened last night? are you okay?" she asked worried.

"yeah." i tried to smile before putting my earphones back in. i could feel her staring at me even when she walked back to her seat. i could feel her confused gaze, but it's not like i matter that much in her life, 'i' (the previous y/n) was obsessed with her boyfriend after all.

some time goes by and the teacher starts teaching but that's when i see a dohwa out of the corner of my eye, looking into our classroom. oh he's probably here to see su-ae. must've gotten in late and couldn't wait to see his crush's face. i incline my head a little to left so that i wouldn't have to see his lovey expression directed towards su-ae out of the corner of my eye. but that's when i feel a buzz in my pocket. it's from my phone that i hid from the teacher. i sneak a peak at it to see what the notification says and it's a text from dohwa.