my escape • study group x reader

chapter nine • episode 3

"Are you trying to get us killed?" I looked at Se-hyeon with wide eyes and he nodded, turning to Hee-won.

"We can't go into the disciplinary committee room." He said, trying to keep a polite expression on his face. Hee-won sighed.

"Why not?" Ga-min asked.

I looked at him. "It's the disciplinary committee room."

"So, what about it?"

I shot him a closed-mouth smile and patted his shoulder. "Disciplinary committee bad...we want life." I tried to dumb down the situation but he still looked around me at Se-hyeon for a better explanation.

"Right," Hee-won said, "the disciplinary committee is a bit..."

Ga-min leaned in towards her. "Why?"

Se-hyeon sighed. "The disciplinary committee is basically a gang approved by the school. They're allowed to act like thugs while controlling the bad kids."

"Most kids take the long route to class just to avoid that room." I added.

Ga-min nodded. "Ah," then, he stood to his feet. "Let's go."

"What?" I practically yelled. "Are you insane?"

Ga-min ran out of the room with Hee-won following close behind. I sighed and moved to follow them as well but Se-hyeon grabbed my wrist to pull me back. I winced and turned to him, causing his to quickly let go of my wrist and apologize. "Sorry."

"Are you okay?" I asked, wondering why he wasn't following after his new found best friend.

He nodded. "I just wanted to ask you if we could talk after all this."

My heart sunk. I hated those words and I had a feeling I knew exactly what he wanted to talk about but I asked anyways. "About what?"

His eyes lingered on mine. "How do you show people that you're there for them?"

"Me?" I asked, pointing to myself. Se-hyeon nodded. "Uhm, well, I usually touch their arm or something. Why?"

He shook his head. "I just..." he trailed off, "never mind let's go make sure Ga-min doesn't get himself killed." He forced a smile and as he walked past me, his hand brushed mine. I felt like it had been intentional but I didn't say anything as I followed him out of the room.

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We ended up standing at the staircase and watching the Disciplinary Committee from afar. At first, the noises coming from inside the room seemed to be in Ga-min's favor but after a while more members went inside and we could tell that Ga-min was struggling.

Se-hyeon turned to Hee-won. "Let's stage a fight to get the attention away from Ga-min."

Hee-won's eyes widened a bit. "Me?" She looked at me.

Se-hyeon nodded. "The disciplinary committee comes out whenever there's commotion so let's start a fight so that Ga-min can escape."

"Oh, okay." Hee-won looked terrified.

"If I go there," Se-hyeon pointed towards the committee room, "yell after me saying: Hey, you fucker!"

Hee-won's eyes widened more. "Me?"

"Why? What's wrong?" Se-hyeon asked.

"She doesn't curse." I explained. "I'll do it."

"You don't curse?" He asked Hee-won and looked at me. "They won't believe we're fighting, they'll just laugh."

I sighed. "Well, she's not going to do it so-"

"y/n?" I looked up at my name and found myself face to face with Lee Ji-wu.