Scripts (Purinz)

Script 10: Practice game

"I know. I'm sorry... tell everyone I'm sorry for them, too."

Kazuha sighs as she starts typing on her phone. "I told everyone you're okay."

Yunjin nods, "Thank you."

And then there was silence. Kazuha sits back down beside her and wordlessly hands her a glass of water. Her parents must have been worried as well and it made her feel really guilty.

She takes the water and chugs it as if she hasn't had any for years. "I'll be leaving soon, you should drink medicine, too. Just to make sure you didn't catch anything."

"Thank you. I'm sorry-"

"You were calling out to Chaewon unnie," Yunjin almost choked on air.

"Pardon?"

She grips the glass cup as she waits for Kazuha's words. "You heard me."

"Sorry? I don't follow."

"Before you fainted, you were calling for her." Kazuha now laughs and Yunjin suddenly feels embarrassed as she remembers the things she saw before her vision went dark.

It must be because she was tired, sleep-deprived, and a bit hungry. But those were insane hallucinations, really.

The fact that Chaewon would appear in her mind seconds away from passing out was insane to her.

"It's just- You know when you're seconds away from falling asleep but your body fights back? So your dreams start to appear in real life 'cause a part of your body is starting to shut down?"

Kazuha smirks, "So you dreamt of Chaewon unnie before passing out?"

Yunjin stared at her with her mouth tightly shut. Maybe she shouldn't have said anything. But Kazuha laughs at her before standing up.

"That was enough to tell me how badly you pushed yourself." She takes her bag somewhere on the floor and shoves her phone inside. "You know, unnie- if this theater rehearsal thing isn't doing you any good, you can just quit..."

Yunjin knows that. But she's already committed to it. Besides, Chaewon might just hate her a little more if she suddenly backs out in the middle of rehearsals.

So she stays.

Kazuha stares at her, knowing that the cogs in her head are turning but she won't say a word, "It's getting pretty late, I have to go."

"You won't be staying for dinner?"

Kazuha opens her door and then stops to look back at her, "We have dinner next week."

"Right."

"Take care of yourself, please?" Yunjin only looks up and sees Kazuha's worried expression. Then she leaves and closes the door.

She only feels her body aching as she shifts in her bed. She might just skip dinner tonight.

—

The practice game comes and Chaewon is sweating buckets. It was a hot sunny day but despite her sweating too much, her hands were growing colder.

She was nervous.

Earlier she was calm. She even had the energy to fool around with Wonyoung as they kept laughing about random things inside their school bus.

The academy was nice enough to let the students ride on another bus to be able to get to ACE Academy.

It was obvious that their academy was becoming richer by the year.

But that wasn't the point. The point was Chaewon's becoming uncomfortable around ACE Academy and she wants to go home.

As quickly as possible if she can. But she can't.