Chapter 17

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Timeskip
(Two weeks later)

Niki's pov

Our cohort had just finished off all our intense revisions and exams today. I felt so free when I stepped out of the classroom.

“Niki! It's over!!”
Daeun squealed beside me.

“Yea, I'm so relieved. Want me to treat you?”
I offered.

“Mm, I have a better idea. Let's go to my house”
She responded.

We walked there together and I was surprised when we entered the house. Her mother was in the kitchen cooking.

“Daeun, you're home! Give me a while more, I prepared your favourite for finishing the last paper today”
She shouted, focusing on chopping up some meat.

“Aah, Niki you better go”
Daeun slowly pushed me out of the house hurriedly.

“Wait what”
I tried to go back in, but I bumped my head on the door that slammed in front of me.

I accidentally miss a step and fall backwards, rubbing my forehead to soothe the pain.

“NIKI! ARE YOU OKAY?”
Daeun opened the door, looking at me anxiously.

“Daeun, do you have a guest over??”
I heard her mom yell again.

“NO!”
Daeun shut the door again.

I slowly brought myself up to my feet and just decided to go home. We live right next to each other anyway.

“Niki! I didn't realise my mom would be home early, but I still want to hang out. Please??”
She came running to me.

“I just fell, are you going to do anything about that?”
I sulked.

“Oh, I'm so sorry. I was just taken aback”
She dusted off my arms and examined my forehead.

“Your forehead is quite red”
She touched it and I flinched from the pain.

“Is it very painful? I need to put an ice pack before it worsens. Let's go”
Daeun grabs my wrist and pull me into her house.

“Oh, aren't you the neighbour?”
Her mom asked.

I nodded and bowed to her. Daeun was busy wrapping up some ice in a towel and brought it to the living room.

“There just hold it up for five minutes”
Daeun passed the ice pack to me as I sat down.

I did what she said and she noticed something I was wearing.

“Wait, is that my broken hair tie?”
She pointed to my wrist.

I taped the two ends together that day when she broke it and decided to keep it for myself to use. It's the only thing that I could keep that's from her.

“Oh, yeah”
I replied, feeling a tinge of embarrassment.

“I could just give a new one. Gosh, it looks so pathetically pieced back together”
Daeun laughed at it.

“No, I want to keep it. Anyway, I need the bathroom”
I pouted.

“It's down that hallway”
She pointed to the left.

“Okay thanks”
I stood up, bringing the homemade ice pack with me.

I decided to put it aside and hope the swelling would go down.

After I quickly used the bathroom, I walked out towards the living room just to be called back by Daeun's mom. She whisper-shouted my name and I followed her into the kitchen quietly.

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