Chapter 13

~Sunwoo's POV~

The next day:

I walked to school this time, avoiding the bus stop. Even though I knew that Wooyoung was Y/N's cousin, I didn't want to see her go off with another man who isn't me. "Hey! Sunwoo!" I heard a very familiar voice. "Oh hi Eric, aren't you taking the bus?" I remembered that Eric usually took the school bus. "Nah, I thought of walking today.." he replied, making me unsure. "It's your uncle isn't it?" I read his mind. "How do you- oh, yeah, telepathy." Eric looked at his feet. "He beat you didn't he?" I asked, going through his memories. "He came back home drunk Sunwoo, I'm used to it now.." said Eric. "I don't think you are, you're used to your mothers' loving care Eric.. Oh, I never got to ask, where's your uncles' wife?" I noticed red marks on Eric arms and cheek. "She left him, she'd the reason my uncle is a monster.." Eric sniffled. "Hey, I'm here for you Eric, don't worry" I put my arm on his shoulder and ruffled his hair. "Thank you Sunwoo, you mean a lot to me" the two of us walked to school.

"You still like Y/N?" Eric asked as we reached school. "It'll never stop Eric.. Oh, by the way, do you like someone?" I asked. "No, no one.." Eric looked unhappy. "Why?" I was an idiot to ask him why he doesn't like someone, it was obvious. "No one likes me, I'm afraid to love.. and get rejected. The only one who cares for me is you and Y/N. I can't like you since I'm straight and well, Y/N, is yours to keep.." Eric smiled at me. "Also, you don't always have to be in love with someone in order to enjoy your life." what he said was true, but I need Y/N, I don't know why, but I needed her close to me, beside me. I needed to spend my remaining time with Y/N and Eric no matter what. "Hey, Sunwoo. What's that bracelet on your wrist?" Eric noticed the sliver bracelet on my left wrist. "It's what helps me stay mortal. I remove it in my shrine, but when the moonlight touches my skin, I transform back even though I wear my bracelet. I usually stay in my shrine during a full moon, you know." I said. "Ah.. you sure got some history now don't you?" Eric chuckled as I messed with his hair.

~Y/N's POV~

I was sitting in my classroom when I got a text from an unknown number, asking me to come to where my locker was. I swiftly got up and ran to my locker. 'No..' I thought as I saw Kang Seulgi leaning on to my locker. "Oh, you here?.." Seulgi straightened. I took off to the opposite direction, only to bump into Jennie Kim. "Why so fast Y/N? We didn't even say anything.." I stepped back. "Not only do you hit on Sunwoo, you even hit on Juyeon don't you? Playing hard to get, it looks like, doesn't it Jennie?" Seulgi smirked as she slammed me to my locker. "Stay away from them.. Isn't it that simple?" Jennie's face was so close to mine that her long nose almost touched mine. "What if I can't?" WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST SAY?! "I guess it'll have to be the hard way then" Seulgi said as she raised her arm and slapped me hard, making me shut my eyes in pain. "I-I can't" I whispered. "Still haven't come to your senses?" Jennie too raised her hand to slap me. "Hey!" said a masculine voice, my favorite in fact. "Don't you dare touch her!" I opened my eyes to see that Sunwoo had stepped in front of me and was covering me with his arms, facing Seulgi and Jennie.

"Back off!" yelled Sunwoo. "I'll kill you if you hurt her!". "Are you okay Y/N?" Sunwoo asked me after Jennie and Seulgi had gone away. "Yeah, I'm fine. Thank you.." I replied. "Come on, let's go back to our classroom.." Sunwoo grabbed my wrist and ran off towards our class. "Do they always bully you?" Sunwoo sat in his seat. ' No, it's because of you and Juyeon the jerk' I thought. "No.. It started recently. I don't know why though" I lied as Sunwoo chuckled. "Don't lie Y/N". "I am not" I pouted.

~Narrator's POV~

'She looks the cutest when she does that' thought Sunwoo along with a slight chuckle. They weren't allowed to talk a lot because their homeroom teacher arrived. Mr. Kim finished the roll call and walked out of the class, making way for their next lesson, English. "Good Morning kids!" said Johnny as he waked into their class, beaming, making all the girls faint. The English lesson went on for one hour and then they had Korean Literature which was taught by Mr. Kim Kibum, after literature they had Maths taught by Mr. Moon Taeil, who was a past student at Seoul High. Then, finally, they had their lunch break. Everyone shuffled to the cafeteria yawning after Maths. Y/N, Lisa, Jiyeon and Sunwoo sat at their usual table, wishing for Juyeon to be absent today. "Can Eric sit?" asked Y/N, hopefully. Lisa and Jiyeon glanced at Eric who was giving them a let-me-sit-or-I-will-tell-Sunwoo look. "Sure" said Lisa without any hesitation. Eric smiled to himself and sat next to Sunwoo.

"Hey fellas!" said an annoyingly familiar voice. "I guess we'll have to treat him like a usual kid who needs to sit with us and not a jerk who wants to annoy Y/N" Lisa whispered in to Jiyeons' ear, who nodded. Juyeon sat on the other vacant seat next to Y/N, placing his tray on the table with a loud thud. "So, Juyeon, how was class today?" asked Lisa convincingly side-eyeing Y/N. "Woah.. You guys treating me well now?" Juyeon smirked. "Well, yeah, if you're gonna keep sitting with us for the rest of the year, we're gonna have to treat you like one of us" shrugged Lisa. "Should I thank you?" asked Juyeon with a sly smile, as Sunwoo glared at Juyeon. "Thanks then" Juyeon replied.

They sat eating when they heard loud chattering coming from the entrance. As expected, the chattering came from a wave of girls following a good looking young man.

"Who's that?" asked Y/N from Juyeon as she pointed her chopstick at the boy. Y/N thought that she'd get to know who the guy was well, if she asked from Juyeon. "Oh him? His name is Jeon Jungkook. He's an idol trainee at the Bighit Entertainment. He's gonna make his debut very soon" said Juyeon, as expected. "Does he have a broken arm or something? Why's his left arm bare? Does his jacket only have one sleeve?" asked Jiyeon. "It's called fashion" said Younghoon who had joined their table. "By the way Y/N, I never got to know your friends" said Juyeon. "I'm Lalisa Manoban, you can call me Lisa" Lisa pulled her hair back because it was getting in her food. "I'm Kim Sunwoo" said Sunwoo, coldly.

"I'm Eric Son" Eric was jumping on his seat. "Oh, you're the one who got bullied by Kim Jeongin and Oh Sehun" said Juyeon smirking as Eric's bouncing stopped and he looked down, making Lisa suddenly ashamed of herself. She never knew that her loving brother was a bully. Sunwoo kept glaring at Juyeon. "Geez, Stop glaring at me will ya" Juyeon snickered. "I'm Kim Jiyeon" Jiyeon said beaming. "I think I remember you..." said Juyeon, obviously recalling that he had been disgusted by Jiyeon. "No you don't" said Younghoon in defense. "Maybe I don't.." Juyeon smiled. "Oh, I'm Kim Younghoon" Younghoon smiled brightly. 'I wonder how they even became best friends.. Younghoon's too good for that jerk' thought Sunwoo, sipping on his pear juice.

They finished their lunch and started making their way towards their classes. "Juyeon, I think you should stop" said Younghoon, who felt bad for Y/N. "Honestly Younghoon, the more I spend time with her, the more I feel attracted towards her..."