5. Slip into the Diamond Life

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TW: Mentions of Scars

Inha walked towards her class with a barely noticeable spring in her step. She's not someone who likes to feel happiness because she knows they are short lived moments of her life. If something good happens to her, she'll be grateful and that's it. However after meeting Wonwoo, her core thoughts have been shaken slightly and she was very much confused on why she's feeling like this. True, Wonwoo was extremely handsome and can ruffle the hearts of women with his looks but what Inha was feeling was something more than that. This feeling that she was feeling right now felt more concrete, eternal and it scared her.

"Hi Eunbi" she greeted her deskmate as she placed her bag down and took her seat.

"Hi!" Eunbi replied back pausing the video that she was watching on her phone to greet her. Eunbi was also an introvert like Inha and so she found it very easy to match Eunbi's energy. Eunbi was an out and out k-pop fan who tried to bring Inha into the fold but failed as Inha wasn't interested in that genre of music at all. Even though they were friends, both of them were quite reserved with each other when it came to their families and personal lives and Inha was glad to be around a friend who didn't pry about her life.

"What are you watching?" Inha asked out of curiosity. Eunbi was quite surprised by the question as Inha never cared about what she did or saw.

"Oh, just watching a few Seventeen fancams" she said with a chuckle.

"Umm, can you tell me a bit more about this group?" Inha asked her suddenly and mentally facepalmed herself after hearing how absurd her request was. But she couldn't help it. Her future husband was in this group and she wanted to know more about him and the work that he does as a k-pop idol and Eunbi was her only point of contact into the unknown k-pop world.

"Sure..." Eunbi hesitated slightly, wondering why Inha would suddenly ask such a thing but didn't quite mind as it is not something new to see people slipping into the infamous diamond life.

Inha listened very closely to whatever Eunbi had to say. She tried to memorize the names of the members along with their faces that Eunbi was showing on her phone. Eunbi noticed how Inha turned a deep shade of blush when she introduced Wonwoo and showed his picture and it also didn't go unnoticed by Inha when she saw how excited Eunbi was when she spoke about her 'Wonwoo Oppa'.

"Does he always wear glasses?" Inha asked Eunbi as she saw his pictures where he wore his glasses. She was genuinely confused because when she saw him, he wasn't wearing any.

"Almost all the time, except when he's performing and that's when Wonwoo Oppa looks extremely hot" Eunbi said, her voice almost sounding like an excited girl. Eunbi then showed her a picture from his infamous left and right fancam, the shot perfectly depicting his sculpted abs through the crop top he wore for that performance. Inha did a double take after seeing it and willed for her heart to quiet down. She took a sharp breath which made Eunbi laugh.

"Yeah, that happens when you see this fancam for the first time" Eunbi said as she found Inha's actions to be relatable.

Inha still couldn't believe what she was seeing. She wondered if the man she saw the other day, the one who took her out for a drive, the one who behaved like a gentleman was capable of pulling an outfit like this. Her eyes grazed once again at his abs and she noticed his smooth pale skin and wondered what he would say if he saw her own skin that was riddled with scars. Suddenly she felt an involuntary shudder through her spine which was slowly consuming her.

What would he say when he sees me for who I am? How would he react?

And before Eunbi could ask if she's okay, their professor entered the class for their lesson and Inha was glad for the distraction as she desperately clutched the left side of her chest, willing for those thoughts to go away.
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A/N
Hey guys! Hoped you like this chapter. I wanted to give you a little sneak peak into Inha's college life and her thoughts because of her trauma.

Thank you for reading so far! Pls do vote and comment if you like this chapter

-Aara.



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