The sound of fierce whispers is instant.
The second Yeonjun's mouth leaves hers, Winter knows she's completely and utterly screwed.
It doesn't matter who kissed who, it doesn't matter that Winter instantly pulls away. The only thing that matters is that her peers have been starving and this kiss might as well be a fucking buffet that they'll throw themselves over, frothing at the mouth.
The weight of the backlash is going to hit her with the force of a thousand tsunamis.
Winter doesn't know how she makes it to the end of practice and she doesn't even find refuge in the safety of the locker rooms as her teammates are all over her.
Winter attempts to shrug it off and make light of it and she succeeds until someone exclaims, "I could have sworn he wasn't over his ex. Speaking of, she's totally going to freak. It's all over twitter."
"She was there. She ran away like she was on fire."
Winter's heart thuds painfully in her chest and she has her phone in her hand before she realizes she's even moved.
It's worse than she imagined.
#WinJun
Winter's breath gets stuck in her throat and she dumps down on the bench. The first thing that pops up on the Godforsaken tag is a video. Fuck.
The quality is shitty and blurry and might as well have been recorded on a fucking potato, but Winter can recognize Karina anywhere. She watches her frantically gather her books and speed off in the blink of an eye. She watches it at least five times until she feels sick to the pit of her stomach.
She lifts her head just as Yeji enters the room.
Everyone including Winter stares at her, waiting for the inevitable snarky comment, but to everyone's surprise, nothing comes. Yeji merely surveys the room, eyes resting on Winter for a few seconds, looking troubled, then she disappears off into the showers.
Winter gulps. Something is wrong.
Winter catches Yeji in the parking lot later, far away from prying eyes and ears.
"Yeji! Yeji Hwang!"
Yeji whips around, her large hoop earring slapping her face, but she barely blinks. "What's up?"
Winter searches her face but is unable to read it. "You were in a rush to get out."
Yeji turns and struts towards her car. "I'm tired."
"Wait," Winter huffs. "Yeji, what's wrong?"
Yeji's forehead creases into fine lines. "Why would there be something wrong, Kim?" She reaches her smart, little sleek car and reaches to open the door but Winter blocks her path. "What are you doing?"
Winter worries her lip between her teeth for a moment. "Why do I have a feeling that you think I did something wrong when we both know I did nothing wrong?"
Yeji tucks a curly strand behind her ear and studies Winter. "Is this about you and Yeonjun sucking faces?"
Winter's cheeks flush with embarrassment. "We weren't sucking faces! He kissed me! You saw that!"
Yeji sighs heavily. "Get in the car."
Winter frowns, confused. "What — why?"
"Just do as I say, girl!"
Winter reluctantly climbs into the passenger seat and watches Yeji pull out of the parking lot. "Where are we going?"
"I'm craving McDonald's," Yeji explains, and makes such a sharp turn that Winter's heart nearly falls out of her chest.
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the takeover | Winrina
FanficAU where Karina is the queen bee who's used to the school bowing at her feet, until a new girl that refuses to play by the rules comes along.
