Chapter 03.

I shook my head leaving all the thoughts that were running through my mind. Vampires and werewolves? That only happens in fairy tales. I arrived at the lockers where Dahae was waiting for me.

“Let’s go, I am starving” I closed the locker and followed her to the cafeteria.

When we arrived I took some salad and an apple, but my new friend took two plates of ramen, chicken, tteokbokki and two ice creams.

“Are you going to eat all of that?” I asked, shocked. Can someone eat that bunch of food? I wondered.

“Of course, I told you I am starving, and the food here is” She kissed her fingers “Chef kisses”

I saw my brother a few tables away from us. He was sitting with seven more guys and three girls, sitting on the other boys laps. One of those girls was Hyekyo, who noticed I was staring at them and kissed the guy I sat with hours earlier.

“They are handsome, right?”

“What?” I awkwardly laughed. Of course they were, my brother included.

“I admit it, they all are handsome and popular. They are even kind… sometimes. They are kind, but they can also be mean. Really mean” She hung her head.

“Did something happen between you and them?” I asked.

“Well, you see that girl, the one who was kissing Ayato a few seconds ago?”

“Hyekyo?”

“Do you know her?” I nodded. “She is such a mean girl. She plays with people's feelings. She pretends she likes a boy and when he falls for her, she breaks his heart. All of the boys here have been her toys. But that’s not the point. I had a friend, two years ago. She was new in the school and Hyekyo bullied her. One day, my friend, Rose, got tired of her being bullied and faced Hyekyo, but she and her friends, the other two girls that are with them, waited for her out of the classroom and took her to the bathroom and kicked her almost to death. After that, she transferred and I have never seen her again” My eyes were wide open. Would my brother know about that? “Please, just be careful” I nodded and then someone arrived.

“Hey girls” It was Yuruto , with three other boys. “Can we sit down with you? The place is full”

“Of course” We said at the same time and they sat down.

“Nice to meet you, I am Sasaki Asuto” One of the guys who sat next to me said.

“I am Kishaba Mashi” He sat beside Dahae.

“And I am Daigo Yoshinori, but you can call me Yoshi” The last one said, taking a seat beside Mashi.

“I am Jung Dahae, and she is Shin Hyemin. Nice to meet you too” My friend introduced us and we smiled.

“Did we interrupt something?” Yuruto asked and I shook my head.

While having lunch we couldn’t stop laughing and talking. They were really kind and I couldn’t help but feel happy. Even though I missed my friends from the USA, I thought after meeting Hyekyo, everyone would be just like her, but looks like they are not.

“Hyemin” Dahae called my attention “Do you want to go somewhere today after school? I do really want to know you better” She suggested.

“I would love to” The bell rang indicating we had to go back to class.

When the school finished I went out with my new friend to an ice cream shop not really far from the highschool. Looks like we had a lot of things in common, she was a really kind and cheerful girl. Normally it would have bothered me, but that time was different. I felt really good around her and I met her a few hours ago.

“This may sound savage, but have you ever been in love?” She asked and I choked with the water.

“Well, I have never felt attracted to someone, so neither fallen in love” I lied. “How about you?”

“Yes, I did. Once. You are lucky you haven’t fallen for someone. It sucks” Believe me, I know

“Wow, looks like love isn’t how they paint it in movies” I was curious about who could have someone done something like that to her, but you didn’t have the confidence to ask something like that yet. “I hope one day you can tell me what happened” I gave her a smile which she returned.

On our way back to the dorms I couldn’t stop thinking of the conversation I heard hours ago. Even though I knew such things don’t exist, something felt like it was real. The way they were talking as if it really happened was why I was overthinking so much.

“Hyemin?” Dahae waved her hand in front of my face trying to bring me back from my thoughts.

“Huh?”

“I thought I lost you” She joked and both of us laughed.

“See you tomorrow!” I waved at her and when she entered her room I did the same, as your rooms were in front of each other.

When I opened the door the room was empty, and not gonna lie, I wasn’t complaining. I was about to lay on my bed when something called my attention. My uniform was all ripped.

“Are you kidding me?” I sighed “I have to wear this tomorrow. What am I supposed to do now?” I got out of the room and knocked on Dahae’s door.

“I have missed you too, but you will see me tomorrow” She joked but I couldn’t laugh as she did. “Woah, what’s wrong?”

“Can you come to my room for a second?” I asked and she nodded, closing the door behind her.

I showed her my uniform and she formed an ‘o’ with her mouth.

“Who can get in the dorms?”

“Theoretically only the students that sleep there, as they are the only people who have the room keys” She answered, still looking at my uniform. “Uhm, I have another uniform, but I last used it a year ago, it may be a little bit short” She said and went to her bedroom. “Here” She handed me her uniform.

“Thank you” I hot in the bathroom and tried it on. The skirt was short, but I was used to using them so it wasn’t a problem. “Thank you again. I swear, if Hyekyo did this-”

“Hyekyo? Why would she have your bedroom key?”

“Because she is my roommate. That’s why I knew who she was when we were having lunch”

A few minutes later she left and I went to sleep. The next day I did my morning routine and put on Dahae’s uniform. I swear I am going to find who did this. I thought after slamming the door behind me, and at the same time Dahae’s door opened, and she went out.

“Good morning Hyemin” She said, and you smiled in response “It doesn’t look that bad” She was talking about the uniform.

“I thought it was going to be shorter, to be honest”

Going down the stairs I saw Jun with Jisung just like the day before, and I felt how Dahae tensed up when we stopped in front of them.

“Good morning Min” Minjun tapped my head. “How did you sleep?”

“Good, I guess”

“Hold up” He said when I was about to leave with my friend “Isn’t that skirt shorter than yesterday? Did you cut it?”

“No, it’s nothing like that. We are leaving now!” I said and threw him a kiss, leaving him and his friend confused

We arrived at the building and before I could open my locker Dahae grabbed me by the arm.

“What was it about?” She asked. “Why did Shin Minjun tap your head, and why do you have that much confidence?”

“Aight, repeat the sentence you just said” I said.

“Why did Shin Minju-” She stopped “Wait, what?” She set your arm free “Shin Minjun, Shin Hyemin… Oh shit, is he your brother?” I nodded and laughed “I said a lot of things about his group” She covered her face with both of her hands, embarrassed.

“Yah, don’t be embarrassed, it’s okay, I’m not mad or anything. I won’t even tell him about that. It’s not like you said something bad about him, and if he did, I would simply kick his ass. If he ever did something bad to you just tell me and I’ll kill him” Somehow, my comment made her laugh and we went to our respective classrooms. I arrived and saw two familiar faces: Ayato and Yoshi, so I went and sat next to Yoshi.

“Hey, can I sit down here?” I asked and he took his schoolbag from the chair and placed it on the floor “Thank you” I smiled.

“You’re welcome. How was it yesterday with Dahae?” He whispered.

“Pretty good, we talked about a lot of things and she is such a great person. Did you know her before Yuruto introduced you to us?”

“No, well, I did, but we never talked before. I shared a few classes with her but we didn’t talk” You nodded and the class started.

The whole class I was feeling some eyes staring at me, and when I turned around,my eyes met Ayato’s, which were darker than the other times.

Class finished and I was about to go to my next class when someone dragged me to an empty class.

“What the actual fu-” I said and the person shut me up with a kick on the stomach. I tried to see who it was but the darkness of the class and the fact that the assaltan was wearing a hood didn’t really help “Who are you?” I asked, an action that made the stranger kick me once again but this time in the face.

“Shut the fuck up, bitch” It was a girl, for sure, but I couldn’t recognize it. “Listen here you fucker. You are an insignificant and defenceless bitch. What do you think you are doing in this school, huh? Why don’t you just leave everyone alone? Your brother would probably thank you for leaving. This is the first warning I’m giving you. Do you think your new friends will be there for you alway-”

“Are you kidding m-” The girl grabbed me by the neck and threw me with inhuman strength to the wall.

“Didn’t I tell you to shut up? Do you think your ‘friends’ won’t hide you things and will be there for you always?” She laughed “Don’t make me laugh, Min”

“Don’t call me Min. I’m not your friend” I said with a thread of voice. She got closer to me and threw me to the desks behind her.

“I’m not interested in being your friend. I just want to destroy you. I want to take away from you everything you have. I want to leave you defenceless. If I were you I wouldn’t be friends with the first person that stands in front of me.”

I started feeling my eyes weaker by every second that passed by. She then cot closer to me again and lifted my head with one finger, and after saying a few words I couldn’t understand, I closed my eyes.