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mark and yerin stayed outside even after the bell rang. he didn't care if he was going to be late, his best friend was his priority right now.

"the day after i found out that some random junior had jumped my best friend, i wanted to get back at him." yerin began, "so i asked around and i found out that the junior's best friend was some dude named bambam."

"so, i kind of harassed him online for a while." yerin admits, "on instagram, i messaged him nasty things, and i was even encouraging him to kill himself." yerin said. mark's eyes widened. "what the hell, yerin."

"i was so angry and upset. i knew how humiliated you were, and i took it out on some innocent guy like yugyeom did to you. i stopped after realizing that and i deleted instagram." yerin sighed. "then a month later, kim yugyeom texts me about his best friend bambam going missing. my dumbass couldn't even remember the guy after saying those kinds of things to him."

mark was silent. "you should have talked to me, yerin. i was truly okay, and this doesn't sound like you at all." mark was still trying to wrap this around his head. "i think bambam might be trying to get back at me, too." which i deserve. yerin's phone buzzed.

yugyeom: meet me at lunch! there's someone i want you to meet 😁

"i'm dead, mark. i really am." yerin sighs as she puts her phone away. "you have to apologize to bambam, you know that, right? you really did a shitty thing." mark shakes his head, thinking about it again.

"it's not that easy," yerin looked at her hands as she talked. "it's not like i asked you to get back at yugyeom, yerin. you did this to yourself and whatever shit he is putting you through, you deserve it." mark stormed off.

"i know that." yerin sighs, before walking to class by herself.

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   yerin anxiously watched the clock turn to 12:00 pm, where the bell rang for lunch time. mark was mad at yerin and she didn't want to make her friends uncomfortable with the tension between mark and her.

when class was dismissed, yerin went to the bathroom. she wasn't ready to meet bambam, or to see yugyeom's hurt face. her phone buzzed.

johnny: where ya at, yerin?

yerin: i have to turn in a late assignment which means getting a lecture, too. i might not be able to get back before lunch ends.

johnny: since when did you care about your assignments? 🤔 i know u and mark are beefing for some unknown reason, but you better bring ur ass over here so we resolve this bull. ❤️

her plan didn't work out, yerin left the bathroom. taking a deep breath, she walked to the cafeteria. she hoped that yugyeom had forgotten about her, she hid behind people as she walked over to her friends' table.

"take a seat, yerin." johnny scoots over, leaving a space beside mark. "don't be a dick and scoot back, johnny." mark glared at his friend. "what? me, a dick? that's not right." johnny doesn't move, and yerin goes the opposite side where she sat beside doyoung.

"what's going on?" doyoung whispers to yerin. the girl gave him a small smile before shaking her head. "okay, so.." johnny trails off, "are we just going to sit in awkward silence, or is somebody going to apologize?"

mark sighs, "yerin i know you did for me, but that doesn't mean it was okay." yerin rolls her eyes, "i know, mark. you're acting like i don't regret it, but i do." yerin looked at her phone as she received a new message.

yugyeom: come to my table for a sec 👹

yerin: i'm kind of busy rn.

yugyeom: your food will wait patiently~

yerin: believe or not i have my own friends and problems to deal with. i'm busy.

yerin put her phone back into her pocket. "yeah, but you're running away from it and it looks like you don't think you deserve any punishment." mark continued. "i just need time to lay it out and tell them what i did, and apologize. but you're right, i do deserve the consequences." yerin puts a thumb up.

yerin did plan on telling yugyeom, but like she said, she needed time. so she texted jackson.

yerin: i need a quick favor, 🙏

jackson: of course, you're the fbi 😇

yerin: ok i kno this is sudden, but i need you to pretend we have been dating for like a week now

jackson: does that mean i am going to be a part of a mission?! 😱 hold up, who we catching? 💪 😎

yerin: jackson, i'm serious. please play along for a while, i promise to repay you.

jackson: i am serious! you said you were the fbi! unless that was a lie 😡

yerin: don't tell me you actually believed that?

jackson: i think we need to breakup. 🤭 i don't even know who you are anymore.. 😢

yerin: jackson, please.

jackson: fine, you owe me 😇