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— ¡Yah, Moon Heejin!
Sooho’s scream made the girl jump, taking the books in her hands so they wouldn’t fall to the ground, stopping on the stairs of the place, she turned around and tense to see the looks of the three boys. More than anything else, one in particular, in it. — Hi…
— Where have you been? We didn’t see you in class today. — asked Bumseok, approaching next to Sooho and Sieun, the taller step his arm down her shoulders, approaching her, staring at her attentively.
Heejin didn’t skip school, much less in exam season, he was worried, if something had happened, he wanted to know.
— It’s true, you never miss school, ah, you went to eat without me, right? — Sooho complained, trying to relieve the mood a little, touching his stomach with a pot, had noticed how tense Heejin was and that only made him worry more.
— Oh, I just had some tutoring, you know, I have to study for the final exams… — The girl said, in a soft voice, making Sooho look at her with a grimace before nodding, not pleased with her response, let alone with the tone in which she said it, was so careful what he assumed she was lying.
And Sieun, too.
Tutoring? Did she find someone who will give her tutoring? Is that why she stopped asking me to help her?
— Who? — They all looked at Sieun when he asked that, his voice had been heard louder than usual and had impressed them.
And he had his reasons, of course, he was angry, more than that, upset. Sieun knew that the girl had been avoiding him at all costs, he knew that when he saw her take the stairs that morning instead of the elevator, when they were both going to school, when she saw him inside it, she never took the stairs, Unless she was in a hurry.
And he knew that because she had told him.
She hadn’t been to school all day, and he had to admit that that made him unable to concentrate at all on his normal day of school, mostly because he didn’t know the reason, he didn’t know if she avoiding him was a good sign, he didn’t know if she was angry or it was just embarrassment like the ones he felt, he didn’t know anything and that made him upset.
Sieun hated not knowing anything.
Heejin also didn’t know the exact reason why she was doing him, but the mere fact of remembering those kisses that they shared, not only at the viewpoint, but the one that he gave her when he said goodbye to her in front of her apartment, that made her feel like she had to avoid it so she doesn’t make a mistake, maybe it was all that nervousness in her system, maybe it was the fact that she didn’t know if those kisses had been more than that, she didn’t know, but she really didn’t want to know, she was afraid to break the illusion that had been made in her head.
— Wooin, Cha Wooin, from class B, is the best math in his class, so… I asked him for help. — The girl said.
Who the hell is Cha Wooin?
Sooho could see how Sieun stared at his friend, almost with annoyance, that made him think, passing from him to his friend and vice versa before feeling the air somewhat tense, so he simply smiled. — Okay! — This one said, drawing the girl to him. — Shall we go? Let’s eat, is on Heejin. — The girl frowned at him before being dragged by her friend. — You have a lot to tell me, Moon.
Sooho whispered in her ear before straightening and going on his way, smiling thinking he would eat something delicious, being followed by the other two boys who now accompanied them on their outings.
Sieun looked at the girl’s back, lowering his eyes to the floor as he remembered what had happened the night before, and he had not been able to sleep well because he was thinking about it. The reason he had done it was to get that doubt out of his head, yes, the first kiss had been because of that, the second, maybe he wanted to prove what happened if he did, the farewell kiss, it was an instinct, he did it without thinking, And he was afraid that that would have been the trigger for the girl feeling upset or uncomfortable with him.
He didn’t want Heejin to step away from him.
Did he like Heejin? He had gotten his answer, but he didn’t know why he had given the second kiss. Deep down, this one thought the girl was upset about it, but, If it had bothered her, she wouldn’t have kissed me back, right?
The group left the building, talking about what they would eat and where before stopping to see that car quite familiar to them as well as all those figures who were standing there. Heejin rolled her eyes and was going to keep walking out of there before Sooho pulled her out of the backpack to stop her, making her return in her footsteps until she stood by his side.
— Take it easy. — Sooho said, denying, looking back for a second before seeing his group again. — I’ll go first.
— What?
— Stop talking nonsense, Sooho, come on, come on, I’ll take you to lunch. — Heejin took him by the arm, wanting to get out of there as quickly as possible, however, she couldn’t because he didn’t move the boy, not a bit.
— Listen, if he have a book of transactions, drugs and stuff… We have to get the police there, don’t we? — Heejin only looked at the interaction of Sooho and Sieun strangely, not understanding what they were talking about, but apparently it was something they had talked about before because they understood each other, as the lower nodded, The guy in glasses looked at Sooho somewhat insecure, but he also nodded. — I’ll go first and text you with the address, call the police and everyone happily ever after.
— Listen, I don’t know what nonsense you’re saying, but you can’t go alone. — Heejin complained, frowning and looking at her friend almost indignantly as she heard his plan. He didn’t even have a plan, he would just go to luck, and that was something he didn’t have to do, much less because it would only be directed to a great danger. — They kill people for money, Ahn Sooho, a snitch… Oh, they’d make you pork food, didn’t you learn anything from all the action movies we watch? — Heejin complained, refusing to let go of his arm. — No, you’re not going.
— Listen, Jinnie, I’m the representative of Byeoksan High, don’t you trust me?
— No. — Heejin said, making her friend blink in surprise, she hadn’t even thought about it to answer him so sincerely. — You’re a school rep, inside school and sports contests, not a fucking gangster, you idiot. — The girl ended up, staring at her friend obviously, truthfully, she just wanted him not to get in trouble.
— Yah… — This one complained, pushing her a little. — I’ll be fine, just send a patrol when I give you the address… — He said, looking at Sieun with a small smile before taking his friend’s face in his hands, squeezing her cheeks. — See you Jinnie, you owe me a soup. — This one said, releasing it before turning around to walk downhill and be able to go with that group of people waiting for them.
Sieun saw Heejin take a step, however, as annoying as he felt after seeing that interaction with her friend, he decided not to let her walk, he wasn’t going to let her get into trouble.
—It’s Sooho, he can do it alone. — Sieun said seriously, luring her to him as they both watched Sooho interact with the man, who came out of the van when he saw him walking toward the spot. — he’ll be fine.
Heejin denied, watching as Sooho laughed at the elder, but something inside her didn’t let her feel calm. — If they don’t hit him hard enough, I’ll do it myself. — Heejin complained, making a grimace, she was worried about her friend, and it was no wonder, he was the only person she had in that place, anywhere in fact, she couldn’t let anything to happen to him.
The boy holding her was also aware of her concern, and knew that the girl seemed to appreciate Sooho more than she seemed, but one thing he couldn’t was to let something happen to her. Not when they still had many things to work out between them, not when he felt that if something happened to her, it would hurt him ten times more.
— he’ll be fine. — Sieun repeated and tries to reassure her, but seeing that that didn’t work, he just slipped his grip on her wrist so he could pass his hand, stretched out behind the girl’s. interlocking their fingers in a secure grip, without looking her in the face, made her move with him, pulling her with him once the van and motorcycles left the place, leaving them the way clear so they could move from that place where Sooho had left them.
Heejin let out a sigh of annoyance as she saw that girl, the gangster, approaching them, Sieun heard that, blinking from the short-haired girl to the dark-haired next to him, looking at her for a second.
She really doesn’t like her, does she?
The voice of the other girl in the place interrupted his thought, causing him to stop seeing Heejin to concentrate on her. — Why did you send him alone? You said you’d call the police here.
Heejin didn’t understand what she was saying, looking at Sieun, she could only feel upset, she didn’t remember that they had that conversation with her present, in the same way, that wasn’t what made her upset, It bothered her that maybe Sooho already knew about that plan and never said anything to her.
That asshole.
Released from the boy’s grip, the girl shared a look with Bumseok, who nodded slowly. None of them had liked the idea of leaving Sooho alone to that place, let alone knowing what they were capable of doing.
When they managed to see a taxi approaching where they were, they shared a look again and gave Sieun a small look to make sure he was distracted enough, they began to walk in that direction slowly. When the taxi stopped in front of them, Bumseok quickly climbed into it, Heejin was going to do the same, except for a grip on her waist made her stop.
While not feeling that soft touch in his hand, Sieun look for the girl next to him, watching her move away from him, and with some fear to catch what she wanted to do, he could only run to stop her. — No, Sieun, listen, it’s wrong, we shouldn’t have let him go there alone… Sieun. — The girl complained, he just held her more firmly until the taxi Bumseok was in disappeared.
Cursing, the girl let go of his grip, almost pushing the boy, she frustrated sigh, running her hand through her hair, looking to the sides, desperately looking for what to do.
I couldn’t let anything happen to Sooho.
Remembering that there was a police station near the school, she saw Sieun with a harsh, almost annoyed look before complaining once more, turning around to run in the opposite direction from where Bumseok had left. — Heejin! — Sieun’s loud voice was heard before he closed his eyes, frustrated, running toward the girl without a second thought.
If she wasn’t upset about that kiss, she was going to be after all that situation.
…
After the officers left the place, doing absolutely nothing, Heejin became more frustrated, cursing them, not seeing signs of life on the place was disturbing her too much, and that even the officers had not solved that for her, made her feel upset, too much. — Heejin…
The girl did not answer, moving to a corner of the house, noticing a pretty low wall, looking at her clothes, she cursed, she could not climb there if she had her skirt on, not without exposing more than she wanted. — Sieun, come here. — This one called, the boy looked at her, sighing as he reached her side, he felt somewhat guilty about seeing that desperate look in her eyes, and he really didn’t want to bother her anymore, so he had been following her orders without complaining.
When he reached her side, he saw her looking at a wall, turning his eyes to her eyes, he frowned without understanding when she pointed to the wall, until he assimilated the situation.
He had to climb it.
And as he followed her to the police station, without saying a word, he nodded and climbed the wall. So, when the boy opened the main gate of the house for her, she coming in quickly, looking for some sign of Sooho or Bumseok somewhere, walking to the door of the booth that was at the end of the huge lot, trying to open the door of this one, of course, without succeeding.
When Sieun heard some glass break, he immediately turned over, hoping not to find a tragedy, however, he only saw Heejin throw a dumbbell at the floor before opening the door of the small construction, achieving her main goal. — Heejin… — He spoke in a tone of reproach, but low, and decided to walk quickly to her, feeling the concern to see her come in as if there could not be someone in there, hiding.
When the girl’s panting was heard, he felt like a body colliding with his, taking from the shoulders to the shorter one so that she could calm down and see him in the eyes, he noticed the fear shining in them. Heejin pointed to the blood stain, quite fresh, on the floor next to a bat, which was also stained with it, which made them know that it had been the cause of the bleeding, at that moment he understood her fear.
Something happened.
And he also felt a little upset, he knew he didn’t have to, but just seeing her that anxious and somewhat sterical for Sooho, just made his question a lot of things in his head, although it was clear that it was not the time to feel that way, he couldn’t help it. — Sooho’s not answering his cell phone, neither is Bumseok, there’s blood here… Sieun…
— Okay, okay… — The boy tried to reassure her, running his hand over her hair, bringing her closer to him, looking at his sides, he noticed there was a safe at the end of the hall, he did not need to look beyond to realize that it was empty.
They had taken the documents, too.
— What if something bad happened to them? What if…
— It’s all right… Nothing’s gonna happen to them… — Seeing her pretty brown eyes, he caresses her hair once again, trying to convey security. — I promise.
…
— Do you even know if we can trust her?
Heejin complained to Sieun once again, they were both walking side by side, following an address on the boy’s cell phone, she was upset by the two guys who had literally disappeared, and thinking it had been Sieun’s idea with that girl, Youngyi, which had led them to this, only made her more upset.
Besides, she was upset, Sieun was
following an address coming from the gangster’s phone through an app they shared.
Since when did they share that app? Is just that? Now she wanted to know where the other is the whole time?
Heejin didn’t see the need to have an app that could see where the other one was, no, she didn’t see the need for that girl to see where Sieun was all the time, it was scary, she was a gangster.
Leave the jealous Moon, Sooho is in danger and you’re worried that Sieun likes gangster with Neapolitan hair.
Sighing, the black-haired girl, clenching her fists to prevent her hands from trembling greatly due to the anxiety that caused her the situation. — She’s on our side. — The boy replied, seeing as she only nodded and turned her gaze, he could feel the discomfort emanating from her, it did so with the same force as worry.
He sigh, thinking, is she mad at me about what happened with Sooho or is it something else? — Is this… — Sieun stopped talking, not knowing why he had let go of those words, deciding to shut his mouth, he went on his way, watching his cell phone.
— What were you gonna say? — Heejin asked, watching him, she didn’t like to be left that way, she was upset, but she was still the curious Heejin as always.
— It’s nothing.
—Of course it was something. Talk.
Sieun looked at her, sighing, swallowing before nodding. — Are you mad at me about something I did? Was it about the kisses last night?
Heejin didn’t answer for a moment, no, it wasn’t because of that, she was just upset because of the guys, and about the kiss, she felt nervous, too much.
Sighing, the girl denied, getting a little closer to the boy as they went on their way. — No, I’m not upset, Sieun, I’m just worried about Sooho… And Bumseok… Something bad may be happening right now and… I’m upset. It’s nothing against you. — She denied, staring at the ground.
Siuen for a moment felt at ease knowing that, it felt good to know that it wasn’t him who had made it that way, although he still had a lot of doubts about her behavior. — So why have you been avoiding me all day? — Heejin wanted pretend not to understand, frowning at him. — I know it’s not your obligation to wait for me to leave together in the mornings, but I thought after last night…
Sieun stopped suddenly, swallowing his words, squeezing his cell phone in his hand, he denied, speeding up, making Heejin look at him with open eyes, walking quickly towards him, taking him by the arm, slowing him down a little. — Continue.
— It doesn’t make sense Heejin, I guess you realized that you don’t like me, I don’t see another explanation of why you’re avoiding us talking about that topic…
Heejin frowned, yes, she was avoiding to start that conversation with him, but she was willing to have it if he ever introduce it first, but now the one who seemed to be avoiding it was him. — If you want to talk about it, then we can do it… Listen Sieun, I like you, I’ve made it clear to you, if you want more proof ask Sooho, even Bumseok knows it at this point.
— Then why are you running away from me? — he didn’t expect his voice to come out more disappointed and almost desperate than it sounded, and that, Heejin wasn’t going to lie, made her heart jump.
Frankly, the girl nodded. — I’m nervous… — This one confessed. — Yesterday we didn’t say anything, we just went home, I didn’t want to go to your door the next morning and act like we were in a relationship, because we didn’t leave anything clear, and I don’t even know if you feel the same as me… So… I… Well, I didn’t find another solution, okay? I usually don’t think about my actions when I get nervous.
Sieun looked at her, understanding her way of thinking, it was true that they didn’t establish anything that night, it’s not like she knew what she had to do, that kiss was supposed to let him know if he liked the girl, now that he thought about it, maybe he was the one to blame for not telling her that it was okay, that there had to be nothing uncomfortable about them.
Yeah, maybe that part belonged to him.
Not knowing very well what to say, he stopped, making the girl almost tripping, looking at him strangely, Heejin wanted to smile when she saw him take her hand off his arm, taking her’s, intertwining their fingers before giving them a little grip, pulling her to keep on walking, towards the direction in which the cell phone indicated, next to him. — Hey, Sieun…
The boy looked at her, trying to show her how seriously he wanted to be taken. — We’ll talk about this, Heejin, but I want to do it well and calmly… Let’s find Sooho and Bumseok, I promise to make everything clear this time…
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