The Park girl couldn't help but constantly complain about how certain parts of her body ached. "Yunhee-ah, are you okay? What happened?", Su-ah asked, concerned for her friend as she noticed her grunts.
Sujin watched her, slightly worried, while the Park girl rolled her shoulders. "Dodgeball happened. Wow, the other team must have some frustrations bottled up, huh?", she replied and chuckled humorously.
Su-ah breathed inwardly before scolding those who gave Yunhee a bit of a beating with their dodgeball skills. "Su-ah it's fine. They did nothing wrong. They're just really damn good at playing.", Yunhee chuckled once again. Jukyung, on the other hand, chased after the ball as it rolled out of their play area. Before the Lim girl could pick it up, Seojun beat her to it, hovering his foot over the ball.
The Lim girl and Han boy conversed, while the two other vibrant girls along with Yunhee watched from afar. Not being able to make up what the two were talking about, Yunhee focused her attention on massaging her aching muscles. After a few minutes, the group of students became silent. Their mouths were agape as they witnessed Han Seojun getting a headshot with a ball.
He had been warned by Jukyung about the incoming ball, but thinking it was one of her ruses, he ignored it. From afar, Yunhee stifled a laugh. Seojun looked more annoyed than he usually would. He slowly looked behind, trying to see his perpetrator. "What was that!?", Seojun yelled angrily. "I'm sorry! It was the class president!", Hyunkyu exclaimed.
Jukyung quickly grabs the ball and told Seojun something before going back to the group of girls. That was until she stumbled on her foot and then fell on the grassy ground.
Suho made his way towards the Lim girl, only to walk over her fallen figure. Yunhee's nostrils flared. She took note to herself to tell Suho nicely to not be so hard on Jukyung; scratch that, she'd have to force him to do just that. Hell, she may have to blackmail him if she had to.
Yunhee, Su-ah, and Sujin made their way toward their clumsy friend. "Goodness. Limju, are you okay?", Su-ah asked while Sujin mumbled under her breath as she watched Suho's leaving figure. Yunhee didn't hesitate to help the poor girl up. "He could've helped you...", Yunhee hissed lowly as she dusted off any dirt from her friend's PE uniform.
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The four girls walked down the flight of stairs. Sujin conversed with Su-ah along with Jukyung, while Yunhee was trying to listen in, but she occasionally managed to zone out, unintentionally tuning out words that she'd heard, making them incoherent as they pass through her ears. The four continued their way to their classroom, with Su-ah complaining about her boyfriend whom little did she know, was waiting to surprise her.
The moment she stepped foot in the room, the Choi girl's eyes landed on the petal path leading to her boyfriend who held up a sketchbook with sweet things written on it for her to read. The whole room squealed at the sight of the couple. Yunhee stayed beside Jukyung who wore a soft smile, together with the other spectators. Sujin, on the other hand, had her forehead scrunched, not believing how cheesy the scene was.
Yunhee was also catching on to how cheesy it was getting. She almost bit her whole fist to keep herself from cringing when Taehoon started dancing. After Taehoon's very sweet speech, Jukyung ascended towards the couple, who was then gradually followed by Yunhee, while Sujin stayed behind for a bit, with her hand on her forehead, questioning what she had just witnessed. The Kang girl then followed, finally, she smiled as she saw the couple hug.
"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!", most of the students chanted. The couple looked around the room feeling flustered. Right before the two could close their distance, Hyunkyu had to ruin the moment. "You guys are too much. Enough is enough!", he yelled as he attempted to throw the cake he was carrying towards the couple. Instead, he hits Jukyung. Some of the icing splattered on Yunhee who was unfortunately standing very close beside the caked Jukyung.
Everyone gasped. Hyunkyu had a look of regret written all over his face. "Oh no. Jukyung! Yunhee!", Su-ah exclaimed as she immediately went straight to her icing-covered friends. Yunhee had half her face covered, but Jukyung had it worse as she had icing covering her whole face. The Park girl licked the icing on the corner of her lips. She wanted to eat cake, but not in this way.
The students huddled over the two but most of their attention divert to Jukyung. They frantically tried to help the Lim girl. Eventually, she had enough. "Everyone stop! Nobody touch me.", she yelled then made her way out frantically afterward. Su-ah, together with some other concerned girls, followed her. Yunhee didn't hesitate to follow them, not even minding that she had icing on her face too.
Jukyung's frustration was palpable as she stormed out of the room, followed closely by Su-ah, Yunhee, and a group of concerned friends. The chaotic scene left the classroom buzzing with a mix of confusion, regret, and worry. As they followed Jukyung down the hallway, Yunhee's focus was divided between trying to wipe off the icing from her face and catching up with the tense situation.
It just wasn't her day today. While she trailed behind, she just had to bump into, or rather, trip on Seojun who was on the...floor? She tripped on his feet. "What the heck?!", Seojun was much more annoyed. Although, his annoyance was then slightly washed off as he saw Yunhee's icing-covered state. He snorted, trying to contain his laugh.
Yunhee looked at Seojun with a mixture of irritation and embarrassment, realizing that her already chaotic day was taking another unexpected turn. "Great, just what I needed...", she muttered, trying to maintain her composure despite the mess she was in. As she got herself to stand up, Yunhee attempted to go back to what she was doing. Right before she could do that, the Han boy managed to grab a hold of her wrist.
"You can't go out here with that face.", he said, almost...concerned? But mostly he showed annoyance. Before the Park girl could react, Seojun was already cleaning away the icing that adorned her face with the wipes he had snatched from her hands. Yunhee could only stand stiffly, she wasn't sure how to react at that moment. Han Seojun was in front of her, and he was in very close proximity.
The unexpected closeness left Yunhee feeling a bit flustered. She couldn't help but feel a mixture of emotions as Seojun cleaned her face. The Han boy's gang quickly noticed this, therefore emitting sounds of teasing, while Seojun rolled his eyes at his friends' reactions. Yunhee quickly averted her gaze, trying to hide the heat that was creeping up on her cheeks. The situation was far from what she had anticipated for the day, and she struggled to find the right words to say as the Han boy was close to finishing up.
With the embarrassment building up, she snatched the used wipes from Seojun, not even saying words of appreciation before attempting to scurry off. The other thing she hadn't expected that day, was witnessing Lee Suho come to Jukyung's rescue. With his blazer covering the Lim girl, he avoided the surprised look of Yunhee and the gaze of the Han boy, as he lead Jukyung towards the bathroom.
Yunhee was mostly relieved at the sight of Suho helping Jukyung. But murmurs of disbelief erupted in the hallway. The group of teenagers assumed the Lee boy only helped because there was a teacher incoming. Suho stayed outside the bathroom by the door as if he was guarding it, which Yunhee thought was weird.
Why did he have to wait for her outside? Did he suddenly have a change of heart towards the Lim girl? A lot of questions kept popping into Yunhee's mind, but she chose to brush it all off. In an attempt to check on her friend, Yunhee made her way to the bathroom but was stopped when Suho blocked the door with his arm. "Don't go in."
"Why? I'm just gonna go and check on how she's doing.", Yunhee replied. The girl tried to reach for the doorknob, to which she was then once again, unfortunately, stopped by Suho quickly grabbing her wrist. "Don't.", he said more firmly. Yunhee looked at him with a weirded-out look. She was about to give some teasing remark, but seeing how serious he looked, she held back.
The girl with short jet-black hair finally gave in. "Fine. Jeez...", was the last thing she said before taking her wrist off his grasp. Soon, the Han boy approached them. Yunhee took this as her cue to leave, sensing that there would be another conflict between the ex-best friends. She decided it was best to step away from the situation, not wanting to get caught up in any potential confrontation between Seojun and Suho. She let out a sigh of relief as she walked back down the hallway toward her classroom.
