Warning: this chapter contains sexual violence
"Yeah, so basically Kappa Kappa Tau is a sorority at the nearby university, HU, we were founded in 1854 by Betty Harringlyn. We have our traditions and rules, but at the end of the day, we are just a community of young women that want the best for the world. We specialize in community service, charity, and the campus as well as local events. Just recently we've signed with Support and Feed, which is a non-profit organization that helps feed those in need. We'll be hosting many events and raising money to support more food banks around the state. It's honestly a lot of fun and our house is well known around the country, it would certainly help you find a great job during and/or after college." Lia informed a father and his daughter as they waited for their food.
"Sounds great, what are the requirements for pledges?" The father questioned. "Is there some kind of paper or packet..."
"Yeah!" Lia responded brightly, handing the KKT pamphlet over to them. The daughter's jaw dropped at the sight of the KKT house on the front cover.
"It's a mansion!"
"Haha, yes. We have many sisters, so we have to have a pretty big property."
"I really want to go there, daddy." The girl exclaimed excitedly.
Lia felt good knowing that they were getting at least a couple interested people. The line was long, and the profit was looking good, this would go towards said Support and Feed events.
But once the match got started, their line ended, and it went dead. They had to stay open in case people came in late or wanted more food, but it was basically a wasteland. Most of them resorted to watching the match from the tvs in the room with them.
Lia watched differently from everyone else, now seeing Yeji in a sports bra and shorts, her feminine physique. She still found it attractive. Yeji's sweaty skin as she swung punches back and forth towards her opponent skillfully.
The blonde shook her head, trying to shake away the thoughts she was having, but she was being taken back to the little amount of moments they had.
"I want to go all the way with you." Lia said gently, tucked into Yeji's side on her couch in the loft. Yeji's black shirt still smelled like flowers.
"I know you do, love. But I don't really do that unless it's with my actual significant other. I'll only let myself get so close; you know?"
"I do. I like that... then." Lia leaned up on her elbow, staring into Yeji's eyes. "What's stopping us? Or stopping you from asking me?"
"Lia..." Yeji chuckled, "I went into my last relationship quickly, and it turned out to be a mess."
"Then you can trust me. You can trust that this time it will be different. Whoever has hurt you before, I won't, Yeji."
Moments with Yeji really set Lia free. She didn't feel human in Yeji's arm. She felt like more than that. And maybe Yeji was the only person who could give her that feeling, did she wanna risk losing it forever just because she thinks she's only attracted to men? So, what if she's also attracted to women?
She looked back up at the screen, playing cards with the universe by whispering to herself a bet. "If Yeji wins, then it's ok."
And honestly, she wanted Yeji to win.
"Who's your bet, Lia?" Julie nudged Lia's shoulder, noticing how attentively Lia was watching.
"Um- the brunette one."
"The brunette one? It says her name on the screen, girl. So, Yeji? I agree. And lowkey, she's really hot."
"Aren't you straight?"
"Yes! I just think it's a Megan Fox situation, no matter what gender you're attracted to, you're gonna find Megan Fox hot. Like, did anyone actually watch Transformers for the plot? And Yeji is hot. I heard she's gay too, but she can't commit to anyone. Oh look! You and she have something in common!"
"Oh, ha ha so funny. Where did you even hear that?"
"Around campus, you know she's a student, right? Oh, and you know she's a she, right?" Julie teased.
Lia turned bright pink and her head whipped towards Julie.
"What the hell do you mean by that?"
"Oh, is it true? There's just a rumor going around that you and she started dating and then broke up immediately because you thought she was her brother. But some people think you were with someone completely different too."
"How did people even find out! Ugh! It wasn't even like that... did you seriously try and act like you didn't know it was her that I was questioning my sexuality over?"
"I was trying to be oblivious, but you give her bigger heart eyes than your vibrator gets."
"Oh, shut up, you're the one with the vibrator, I'm afraid of them."
"You're afraid of vibrators..."
"Yes! I read online once that if you use it on a high speed too much, you won't be able to get an orgasm without it."
"Bullshit, my pussy still works just fine."
"Ew, TMI-" Lia was saved from the conversation by the room beyond the double doors going insanely loud. She watched the TV and watched the referee hold up Yeji's arm as she claimed ultimate victory. Staring in shock, knowing what this meant, Lia actually had mixed feelings. She keeps having mixed feelings.
"Slay, I wonder if she's having an after party. You think I'd be any fun?" Julie said in response to her bet winning.
"I don't know, remember, I don't go to parties anymore." Lia claimed.
So, why the hell did she find herself in her cutest outfit that she could yank out of her closet in front of Yeji's front door? She suddenly felt like maybe she was showing a bit much in her all-white dress and tall matching boots.
She stared at the door, wondering how the hell she got here. She heard blaring music and loud yells.
"Party sounds too crazy, can't get arrested, better bring my ass and this cute outfit back to KKT!" Lia decided, turning away on her heel, but just then a group of better left the elevator, already hype. They ran towards Yeji's door and went in a rush, pushing Lia in with them. She's not that small damn.
The same look that she gave the door appeared on her face when she saw the rage that the apartment was under.
Pressing her lips together, she waved to some of the other students she knew and made her way to the counter to get a drink. But then she stopped herself. She made a deal with herself. No parties! Not even Yeji's!
She let out a breath and turned towards the door, but then she saw Yeji at the door letting some of her closer friends out. And yet again the look of shock and awe was frozen upon her face. She couldn't risk Yeji seeing her, yet she couldn't stop staring.
Maybe she is attracted to women after all? Just maybe?
With that sleeveless shirt that showed off her arms tucked into the loose black jeans and the combat boots that went with it...
"See you guys, hey tell Michelle I said hi. Ok, get home safe!" Lia heard her say faintly, then she closed the door and did The Thing.
The Thing = putting her hair tie between her teeth, and then tying half of her hair into a loose bun.
Yeji turned around as she was being greeted by more people, so she didn't see Lia. Not yet at least.
"Shit... I should talk to her, but how..." Lia whined, too shy to just walk up and interrupt the trillions of the conversations Yeji has with a new person every second.
So, she wandered off to a random bedroom that she found on the lower level. The room was empty, so she put her bag on the handle and sighed as she sat on the bed and got her phone out.
Time for another bet with the universe, Lia will text Yeji and if she sees it and does what it says then Lia will confess her feelings to Yeji. If Yeji doesn't see it within half an hour, Lia will sneak out and try to forget about her.
So, she sent a text, a simple one, 'idk if you know, but I'm here in the bedroom on the main level... just wanted to talk maybe?'
A nervous breath left her lungs, and she threw the phone onto the nightstand and waited. It's 9:02 right now, so Yeji has until 9:32 to see the message and given how busy she is, Lia has a bad feeling that half an hour isn't enough time.
Staring at the wall for the first five minutes, Lia pouted to herself in boredom. However, she was too anxious to distract herself with her phone. She just had a bad feeling.
She glanced at the clock on the nightstand, hoping Yeji would come before the time comes.
And just then, the door opened. Her head swung in that direction, a hopeful smile on her lips. But it fell when she saw that it was a man she had never seen before.
"Oh sorry, but I'm waiting for someone in here. Maybe find another room?" Lia said.
"You're Lia Choi, right?"
"Uh yeah, you know me?"
"All the guys at this school know who you are. You fucked my friend Brent Hiddleston, remember?"
"Oh... um-"
"He said you were tight and easy, and I saw you come in here alone..."
Lia gulped, do guys really just say things like that to their bros about the women they've slept with? She supposed that she does the equivalent by talking about their sizes. But the way this man was talking about it right in front of her was unsettling. "Oh, I don't actually sleep around anymore. I have my eyes on someone, the same someone that I'm waiting on right now, so-"
"This dress, babe, wowww." He held up two 'perfect' signs with his hands and then closed the door. Lia noticed his demeanor and she didn't like it. She stared at him nervously, not wanting to assume the worst.
"Like I said, I don't sleep around anymore and I'm waiting for someone. So please leave, you're making me uncomfortable." she felt sick, she was so nervous. He only got closer.
"It'll only take five minutes. Why are you suddenly playing hard to get."
"I'm not playing hard to get, I'm being 100% fucking serious! Leave me alone!" Lia shouted, eyeing her bag at the door.
"I didn't want to do it this way. Just lay down and I'll be quick."
"Are you really that much of a loser that you need to force women to have sex with you? Fucking pathetic." Lia said with a tough voice, even though her stomach was rumbling with food that was about to come up, and butterflies, and her eyes were watering with fear.
He pulled out a taser and she immediately knew she was fucked. This party was officially one too many.
"Don't be difficult, don't be loud. You do anything, I will fucking tase the bitch out of you." He threatened, standing right in front of her and tucking her hair back with the weapon.
"I'm not having sex with you and you're not going to rape me-" she said sternly, but he grabbed her hair and put the taser at her neck, threatening to press the button.
"Don't think I won't hurt you to get what I want. Everyone will think those bruises are hickies and no one will believe a slut that claims she was raped." He pushed her down onto the bed, but she didn't want to be easy like this. She was going to fight and at least get her pepper spray from her bag on the door handle.
She kicked him in the stomach and punched him in the face. He cowered; a bit stunned that she was stronger than he anticipated. She tried rolling off the bed to get to the door, but he swore at her and tased her, quickly weakening her whole body too much to move a single limb. Lia whined in pain, feeling her body get turned over onto its back, feeling him get on top of her and the jingle of a belt.
"Please..." She cried, trying to push him off, but he was so heavy, and it only made him tase her again because she was resisting. He spread her legs and she sobbed, thinking if she did it loud and ugly enough, he would get turned off. "GET OFF! SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE! NOO-" She screamed until he covered her mouth and even then, she screamed into his hand.
Outside of the room in the middle of the party, Yeji took a break from talking to get a drink. She's not big on getting drunk or having alcohol, so she just had water to soothe her throat. Then she checked her phone. She's a busy person and even busier after a successful match.
She took her hair out of the bun to let it flow loosely and chuckled at the long list of notifications she had. Most of them were people texting her congratulations on winning her first match of the season. There were just so many messages.
A ton from Instagram, then Twitter, then her personal messages. She almost didn't see the one from Lia. The blue heart.
'idk if you know, but I'm here in the bedroom on the main level... just wanted to talk maybe?'
Yeji processed it, looking around the party even though the text clearly stated that Lia was in the main bedroom. But the text was also from around fifteen minutes ago, Lia might have left, tired of waiting.
Glancing over to the closed door to Hyunjin's room, Yeji suddenly got nervous. What exactly did Lia want to talk about? Did Yeji do something wrong? So many possibilities and out of all of them, all she wanted was for Lia to say that she wanted to try with her. Because she wants Lia. She wants to love her.
She let out a nervous breath and slowly made her way to the door, fixing up her outfit and clearing her throat.
She even stopped at the door just to mentally prepare herself. She felt like a little kid asking their crush to be their valentine. Her heart was beating in her ears, she almost didn't hear the other commotion happening within the room.
Her eyebrows furrowed and she listened in closely, maybe Lia left, and now other people are in here doing the dirty... Hyunjin would hate her forever if he found out she let people have sex in his room.
"Stop fucking fighting! Do I need to tase you again? I'm almost in... god you're tight."
"What the fuck?" Yeji whispered to herself. She barged into the room, knowing something wasn't right because nothing about that sentence sounded consensual.
And Lia was still in the room...
Yeji saw red, blinded with a kind of rage that a professional boxer should never feel. Ever. Her skills could murder somebody.
She yanked the man off of the blonde, throwing him to the ground, straddling him and battering his face into something unrecognizable. Her hands quickly turned red, bruised, and bloody, it's like she couldn't stop though. She felt like it was somehow her fault, like she should've checked her phone sooner.
With her bare hands, she kept pounding his face in until someone -no- two people had to yank her off of him. People crowded around the open door, wondering what the hell happened and calling the police when they pieced together what did.
"Get off!" Yeji boomed, yanking herself out of their grip. She saw Lia sobbing alone on the bed, clearly in pain and completely traumatized. She rushed over to her fixing her clothes and sitting closer to the door so less people could see Lia.
The music cut out and somehow the room was quiet, yet loud with whispering. Yeji sensed all the attention and turned towards the crowd.
"Everyone get THE FUCK OUT!!" She screamed.
Everyone left and the guards hired to keep the party in order, came in to pull the man away. Surely, he would try pressing charges against Yeji for beating him up so badly.
"I'm so sorry, I should have seen your text sooner. I'm so fucking sorry, Lia." Yeji whimpered, hugging Lia tightly.
In Yeji's arms Lia felt special, she already knew this. But in addition to that, she felt safe.
The man was arrested on the spot and Lia and Yeji had to answer questions for the police. Lia's story was clear, but for Yeji, she wasn't quite in the clear. The man hadn't touched her first, so she couldn't claim self-defense. She was almost arrested for assault, but they settled on her coming into the station for a better questioning in the near future when her schedule is open for it.
"It hurts to walk..." Lia cried, wanting to sleep somewhere, but she couldn't even walk herself to her car.
"Just stay here, it's ok." Yeji said, carrying Lia carefully up to her room so she could rest like she deserves to.
"It hurts. Everything hurts, Yeji." Lia clung onto Yeji's shirt, just because it made her feel more secure.
Yeji laid her down on her bed once they were in her room. "Do you think you need the hospital? You might have tears, Lia."
"In the morning, please just lay with me, Yeji please. You're the only one that I want right now." Lia hugged Yeji tightly, scared she would leave her. Hoping her touch said enough to make them both stay this way.
In Yeji's arms, the angel cried, getting her gold tears on the other's skin.
"What I wanted to tell you was-"
"No..." Yeji stopped Lia. "You should rest, it can wait-"
"I don't want it to. I need you to know, so you stay and hold me the way I need you to. I like you, Yeji. I can't stop thinking about you. I'm ready to admit that I want to be yours." Lia lifted her head from Yeji's neck to look into her eyes instead.
Then she leaned in to kiss her, and Yeji seemed hesitant, given what Lia went through. But she decided it was okay since Lia was the one initiating it.
It was just a sweet, simple, long kiss.
"I really like you, Yeji... I like a woman for the first time and it's you. And not only do I like you, I want to love you. All of you. I want you to protect me, I want to think about you all the time, I want to wear your clothes and be the one you make love to. I want to be that somebody that you love every day. I just want you to love me like you do, because no one can do it like you can."
Yeji stared in awe of this woman's words, still finding her utterly beautiful when she cried. She looked beautiful doing anything.
"And I want to do all of that for you, Lia. I want to protect you, I want to think about you all the time, I want to admire you in my clothes, and make the most heart wrenching, sweet, beautiful love to you. And I want to be the somebody that you love every day."