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— Shit, Youngyi, are you going to give him a construction machine or something? — Hyeori said when she arrived at the place where the girl had guided her, putting away her cell phone, the girl entered the building, which looked a little strange according to her, but she didn’t have any further suspicion, that is, until she recognized those wide hallways.
— Oh, you came. — The girl turned around upon hearing that hateful voice, seeing a smiling Wooyoung in front of her. —We couldn’t finish our conversation last time. — He grimaced, crossing his hands in front of his body.
—And we won’t finish again. Where is Youngyi? — The boy tilted his head, confused at that, not recognizing the name that had left her lips.
—Youngyi?
— You’re an idiot, but I know you have a brain, Wooyoung. —The girl said, raising an eyebrow before sighing tiredly. — Listen, I don’t have time for this, give me Youngyi and I won’t report you to the police for kidnapping, how that sounds like?
— Oh, right, I forgot that today is your cute boyfriend’s birthday… I’ll tell him my congratulations later. — The boy said, smiling before looking over the girl’s shoulder for a second before turning his brown eyes back to her. — For now I just want to tell you that it was a pleasure to see your pretty face after so long.
The girl couldn’t answer, because the next thing she felt was a hard blow to her head and suddenly, everything went black.
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Hyeori’s eyes snapped open, hissing as she felt the burning in her head. — Ah shit, Wooyoung, you son of a bitch, I’m going to break those pretty teeth of yours. — The girl murmured as she saw the boy as the last thing she remembered, her head fell back as she felt a sudden great pain, which became greater when she heard that high-pitched scream.
— Hyeori! — Youngyi’s voice made her wince before looking to her side, noticing how the girl was sitting in a chair like her and a worried look on her face, shifting her gaze from her to the boy in front of her.
— Ah, another son of a bitch whose face I will break. — She said, trying to get rid of that feeling of weakness from her body, when she noticed Bumseok standing in front of her, he was looking at her almost with annoyance while she just looked away, the mere fact of having him in the same room as her bothered her.
— Sooho didn’t answer my calls, but when he saw your photo he said he would come right away. —He laughed cynically. — You seem to love each other too much, don’t you?
— Shit, Seok, all the drinking and drugging is making your breath smell. —The girl said, making the other three boys, including Wooyoung, laugh. —Oh, Yeonbing-ah! How’s your nose? I thought they would fix it for you… you look just as shit as always.
The boy’s gaze hardened towards her as he heard the others laugh. —In fact, your sense of humor hasn’t changed at all, Ri… Ah, it’s a shame you chose the idiot bully.
— Sorry, I didn’t choose you, Woo… — The girl said before looking around. — I’m tired, what are you planning to do here? A sacrifice or something? I vote that we sacrifice Yeonbing. The devil needs henchmen just as ugly as him.
The boy was going to get up before Wooyoung stopped him, shaking his head, Hyeori looked to her side when she heard footsteps, frowning when she saw Sieun enter the place. The girl tried to get up, but a great dizziness made her sit down again, watching how everyone stopped when they saw the boy, she didn’t know what they were planning, but the mere fact that Sieun and Yeonbing along with their friends were there, it didn’t gave her a feeling of security.
Hyeori wanting to prevent the boy from getting any kind of harm, carefully stood up once she saw Youngyi running towards the boy.
—Have you ever seen that movie… The one about a maze and runners? —The girl asked, drawing everyone’s attention, who stopped when they saw her standing, but looking at each other with confusion for such a… Random question. —Do you know what the plot is about?
— Of running a maze. No? — A boy said and Hyeori laughed before shaking her head as she looked at Sieun with a knowing look.
— No… They are looking for a way out… Do you know how they look for it? — Hyeori asked, winking at Sieun, who nodded surreptitiously. — Run.
The girl said, before her hands pushed Bumseok and then ran to the opposite side of Sieun so they could give him space, if they wanted Sooho they wouldn’t go after him, they would go after her. — The last one out pays the bail for those who end up in jail. — The girl said as she heard the Yeonbing, Wooyoung and Bumseok’s voices behind her, the girl jumped up some stairs, going down them before seeing Sieun and Youngyi running in that direction, cursing, the girl went up these again, clashing glances with the other three boys who followed her, smiling at them, she threw them a wrench that she had picked up along the way, hitting Yeonbing with it, because she had heard his moan.
Hyeori’s hurried steps could be heard as she returned to the starting point, sighing as she heard how other steps stopped at the same time as hers, she turned around, raising her hands in surrender, seeing Bumseok and Wooyoung stop in front of her, both breathing heavily. The girl knew that the one she had to take care of first would be Bumseok, Wooyoung wasn’t stupid enough to take the first hit, but Bumseok was, anger made him stupid, which would make Hyeori’s job easier.
— Come on, quickly, I have to celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday. — The girl called and Wooyoung motioned to Bumseok while he put his hands in his pockets, excited to see the girl hit someone.
And so she did, Hyeori knew that Bumseok was not a good fighter, so she easily knocked him down with a few simple punches, looking at Wooyoung with a smile. — Happy?
— Quite. You improved a lot, I guess your boyfriend taught you, right? — The boy looked with disgust at Bumseok’s body, who was on the ground with his hand on his cheek, completely defeated. — I don’t want to hit you.
— Then let me go… — The girl asked. — He paid you for this, right?… He… I’ll give you double, but finish this, Wooyoung…
— Yes, that’s a deal we could have made that night…
The girl became confused, looking at him in confusion, her head was spinning again and she could feel the blood running down her forehead. — What a night?
—The night you decided to hang up on me. —He clarified, making the girl remember those events. — I tried to warn you, but… You didn’t listen, like you always do, Hyeori, you didn’t listen to me and now… I have no choice but to make you listen.
— Wooyoung, Sooho had an accident, okay? Don’t… I had to talk to the fucking ambulance… — The girl said, swallowing hard, she knew it was nothing against that boy in front of her, she knew she couldn’t even try. — Please, I’ll do… Anything.
— That sounds pretty tempting, would you leave him, Hyeori? — Wooyoung approached the girl, almost touching their chests. —Would you leave Sooho if I ask you to do it? Would you leave him if I promise you that I wouldn’t do anything to him?
— Yes. — Hyeori said, without thinking, of course she would.
She loved Sooho, he was the only person she had, with whom she had a planned future, with whom she wanted to start a family, but if she could make sure his well-being was not at risk, she would even let him go.
Because that’s how important the boy was to her, she knew she was selfish, but at that point, she didn’t care, she didn’t care if it would keep Sooho out of trouble. — That was quite convincing… You look at me with those pretty eyes a little more and you convince me, seriously. — Wooyoung laughed, caressing the girl’s cheek.
The girl was about to speak when his blow to her face caused her to lose her balance, falling to the ground while he leaned over her, holding her face while raising it a little. — I was going to get revenge, remember? Of your boyfriend. He hit me just to get me away from you, we were able to have a healthy conversation.
—We had it and you decide to–
—Shut up… I told you I was going to make you listen, so shut up. — The boy grabbed her jaw, squeezing it as he brought her face closer to his, noticing the girl’s grimace of pain before slapping her. —The money… It’s just an extra bonus for the beating I’m going to give your boyfriend… He made a fool of me and I’m going to do the same, but besides that, I’m going to make him suffer a little, so what better pain than seeing the one you love hurt?… See you soon, Ri.
With that, the boy slammed the girl’s head against the ground, enough to make her lose consciousness again in a matter of seconds, his smile being the last thing she saw.
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Hyeori’s eyes opened again, this time, her head was spinning more than before, however, even so, she got up, sitting on the floor with difficulty, she looked over her shoulder, noticing the large red stain that was there.
Is that my blood? She wondered when she noticed how big the stain was, however, she didn’t take it much importance, not when she remembered that she hadn’t been the only one who had been taken to the place trying to find the exit or one of the boys, wishing not to find them.
To her bad luck, she did find Sieun, being beaten by Yeonbing and his group, sighing, she tried to regain the little strength she had left before taking an iron bar that was next to her. — Yah, Yeonbing-ah, I see that you like to lose money at the doctor.
The beating stopped, the aforementioned and the others turned around, noticing Hyeori standing in front of them with the same iron bar that Sieun had occupied at the beginning. — But Hyeori… Look how they left you. — He laughed when he saw the girl with blood running down her forehead, like her split lip, he had even noticed how blood was running down the back of her neck. — I thought your little boyfriend had taught you how to fight.
—He gave me advice… Do you want me to give one to you? — The girl asked, squeezing the iron in her hands, seeing the boy look at her mockingly and nod. —Never trust the appearance of your enemy…
— What… — The girl, without thinking twice, hit the boy’s head with the iron, making him fall to the ground, unconscious, she saw all the other boys, who watched the scene with surprise. —Do you want me to give you advice too? — They denied quickly, standing up from their positions. —Then get this asshole out of my sight and get out of here, and if any of you say my name or the name of any of them, I’ll say yours, understood?
The group nodded before picking Yeonbing up, leaving the place, Sieun stood up, looking at the girl, who dropped the iron immediately before smiling at him. — Hyeori… — The boy murmured, seeing the weak state that the girl showed, even her pretty eyes had already lost that shine that she always used to have.
— You left Sooho alone… On his birthday… — The girl said, pouting, Sieun tried to approach her quickly when she saw her swaying from side to side as if she were dizzy.
Without being able to say more, the girl’s body fell to the ground, hitting her head hard on the hard ground, it was such a hard blow that Sieun stopped for a second with his heart breaking when he heard the impact before running towards her. Immediately, ignoring the pain in his body, gently taking her head, the boy placed it on his lap, noticing the large blood stain on the floor, he looked at his hand with concern. — Hyeori, open your eyes please…
— I told you to make sure he didn’t eat all the pizza, it makes him suck to eat a lot of cheese. — She murmured as she tried to reach Sieun’s hand, which she failed due to lack of strength, however, he noticed it and took her immediately, intertwining their fingers while squeezing her tightly, asking her not to stop talking to him.
—Hey… Let’s go eat seaweed soup another day…
— Seaweed soup? It’s Sooho’s favorite food… I hate it. — The girl laughed, Sieun, internally asked her not to fall asleep when he saw how serious her wounds looked. So he, for the first time, tried to have a conversation.
—Why do you eat it then? — The boy asked with confusion, listening to the sound of sirens in the distance.
—It’s Sooho’s favorite food. — She laughed a little before feeling like she couldn’t take it anymore, falling unconscious again. Sieun looked at this, getting worried immediately, shaking her a little, the boy made all the effort he could, getting up with her in his arms, walking with slow and sure steps, the boy managed to find Youngyi, who looked at the scene with terrified eyes before she screamed for the paramedics upon seeing the state of the girl in Sieun’s arms.
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Hyeori’s eyes opened and the first thing she saw were some white lights, making her close her eyes again, muttering something about being uncomfortable, she heard a moan next to her, trying to turn her head, Hyeori realized who was there.
Sieun was complaining of pain on the stretcher next to her, the girl, still with pain all over her body and her head throbbing, took the boy’s hand, caressing it a little as she turned her gaze to the front, sighing and looking at the ceiling of the ambulance she was in before hearing Youngyi’s voice tell the police everything Bumseok had done.
—…he even call her using my cell phone, Hyeori-
— Youngyi… — The boy called, stopping her story, he didn’t want to get anyone into trouble.
— Hyeori! Tell them, tell them what Bumseok did to you… — The girl looked at her, making Hyeori want to close her eyes again, her head was pounding too hard at that moment and the voices of the officers asking her if she was okay made her want to shout at them to shut up.
— We were alone… — Sieun said holding Hyeori’s hand tighter, listening to the police officers ask him and give him the confidence to tell them everything, Hyeori looked at the boy with confusion, not knowing why he was saying that. — We were alone… — The boy repeated with difficulty.
—What are you… Hyeori…?
— We won’t tell Sooho what happened today… — the boy asked, making the youngest look at him with indignation, obviously she was going to tell him.
– What? Are you asking me not to tell Sooho, your best friend and her boyfriend, that some idiot tried to kill you both? Are you listening to how stupid you sound?
— Please, Youngyi… Don’t tell Sooho…
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Hyeori took Sieun’s cell phone once he closed his eyes to fall asleep, quickly searching for Bumseok’s number. — Oh Bumseok… — she said with a raspy voice, her throat hurt and she felt like she would spit it out at any moment. — Stop… Stop now and don’t mess with Sooho… Because if you do… I’m going to do the same to you… And yes… It’s a threat, Oh Bum… Seok.
With that, the girl heard the other’s rapid breathing, knowing that at that moment he was agitated. A second later, the call was cut off and Hyeori dropped the cell phone, closing her eyes just as Sieun’s voice was heard.
— I’m not going to let them do anything to Sooho, Hyeori… I promise… — The girl nodded, but that pain in her chest told her that something was going to happen and she was afraid that her boy would be the victim.
The girl felt her eyes burn, just thinking about Sooho being fatally hurt made her want to cry.
She couldn’t bear to lose the boy, not after everything they had gone through to be where they were now. — If they do… Promise me that no matter what I do, you won’t stop me, Sieun…
Sieun looked at the girl, stretching out his hand in an act of impulse, wiping the tears that came from her eyes before he felt the older girl’s arms surround his body, he tensed a little, until he felt the sobs of the girl on his chest, sighing, he put his hands in her hair, stroking it gently. — I don’t want you to cross the line.
— I will do it the moment they do it.
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