Before anything else, put your music player on shuffle and comment top 5 music that played.
Why? Before I decided to put an 'Author's Note' on this chapter. I decided to listen to music on shuffle and remember kpop song besides PD101S2 era and ended up with these five songs. And it reminded me of how old I am.
1. Fight the bad feeling - TMax
2. Kiss the baby sky - TVXQ
3.The Eye - Infinite
4. It's War - MBLAQ
5. Now -Wonder Girls
Listen to the music while reading then comment the 5 songs that played after your read the chapter.
After class, everybody started buzzing about Kang Daniel. How he transformed from the dorky smiley faced guy to this criminal who steals hearts?
"If only I knew he would turn into this hottie, I should've talked to him earlier." these group of girls giggled.
Sejeong heard it all, the big transformation and other bullshit but it sounds made up. Changing his hair color or clothes won't change Daniel. He's a cold blooded bastard who knows how to play a girl's heart.
"Somi, we're going to play basketball. Let's meet up at Hotline Bling later." Samuel did it again even though they argued about it not too long ago.
But he should have fun with the boys of course. "Play well." Somi forced herself to smile and wave goodbye.
"I wanna watch. I wanna see how Daniel became a hot topic in an instant. What if the whole school are just exaggerating? I wanna see what they're all talking about." Sejeong said running towards the outdoor basketball court.
It wasn't that easy to look at the players though. Girls are outside cheering for them. Since when did the basketball team became this popular?
"Cheering or is there a bet?" Sejeong asked but this crazy girl only gasped and pointed at Daniel and started giggling.
"I'm here to see Daniel." she said making Sejeong release a shaky breath, trying to calm herself before she drags this girl by the hair away from Daniel.
Sejeong pushed past everyone entering the court. "Excuse me! Coming through! Girlfriend coming through." she announced but nobody cares. All they cared about was Daniel who's sweating on his white undershirt.
"Kang Daniel." she grabbed him, yanking him to the side.
"What?" he asked.
"Who destroyed you? Who gave you that lame hair makeover?" Sejeong insulted but it didn't change Kang Daniel's smile.
"It was Taeyong. And look." he showed large amount of cash. "He paid for my uniform. With extra money for causing me trouble." he said happily.
"Yeah, yeah! I get it. You're happy with the money. But you're a mess right now and everybody think so." she gestured at Daniel's increasing drooling fans.
"I think they like me." Daniel bit his lips, looking around. They all look like they're ready to eat him alive.
"No! They don't." Sejeong cut off his fantasy. The other guys heard that.
"Is she jealous?" Youngmin asked.
"Yep! That's how girls get jealous." Seongwoo confirmed gaining a lot of attention from the boys.
"And how would you know? Have you ever dated? Or perhaps, you're a girl!" Kwon Hyeop gasped, as everybody laughed.
The kid can joke.
"What do you want?" Daniel asked in whisper so no one would hear but the two of them. "I'm not even flirting back. I'm ignoring them. Why do you have to make a big deal out of it? Let me repeat it again and remind you, we're not really dating." he said in an irritated tone, messing his hair.
'Did I just hurt her?' he wondered, suddenly hesitating to walk away. He wanted to make sure she's not offended or hurt.
But why? That's what he wondered. Why was she so interested on how she would feel?
Daniel continued on walking and only felt like ass. But he needed to go if he really doesn't care about her. This is just an agreement to make Samuel jealous, even though he knew that Samuel will never get jealous because he will never like any other girl besides Somi. He's doing this for his own reason.
To make sure that Sohye's isolated with nobody to praise and worship her.
That's all his intentions are and nothing else.
"Oooh! Asshole. I thought he's fallen for her by now." Kwon Hyop hissed.
"I won." Jihoon said before holding his hand in front of Hyeop. "Money down you dumb ass. Daniel hyung doesn't fall for anyone or anything for that matter." he cheered.
Kwon Hyeop gave him a huge amount of money. So they had a bet on them, putting real money on the line. It made Daniel more frustrated.
Everything's just so frustrating. The sun setting. The fact That Sejeong was frozen and didn't even put up a fight. The fact that his cousins had a bet with him and Sejeong. Now he's irritated with his sweaty shirt that he took it off.
The girls went crazy over him that Sejeong walked out.
She was cursing Daniel inside her head. 'He must've loved all the attention.' she thought going straight towards the bus stop and Somi already left. She has nobody to talk to.
...
"Daniel, kindly send your screaming fans home." Youngmin told Daniel harshly but he was absent minded. He keep muttering something to himself.
"Euphoria. It was nothing but hormones. None of this is real." he muttered few more things but Youngmin's not interested in him anymore. The guys is crazy. He keeps talking to himself.
Youngmin turned to the other side and it was Samuel who's drawing Somi. He's good. His drawing was impressive.
"Cool. If you miss her that much why not just call her on skype or just rush home?" Youngmin asked.
Samuel rolled his eyes before finishing Somi's hair. The drawing was identical. He surely knows her features too well.
"Does she even know that you draw her?" Hyeop asked. Samuel shook his head in response.
"Why not?" Hyeop asked again.
"Because I don't want her to feel like I like her this much. I don't want to call her first so she wouldn't think that she can play me on to up her palms. I don't want to rush to her because I want her to wait for me too. Is it too much to ask?" he finally answered to stop their questions.
"Who told you that she's going to play you?" Seongwoo wanted to slap Samuel for being so stupidly guarded when it comes to Somi.
She did it before, she can do it again. That's what Samuel believes in. And he's not going to let that happen.
"But in that picture you're drawing. You're holding hands with her. Instead of drawing it, why not do it?" Jihoon asked.
"Because he's afraid. There are things we're afraid of. Sometimes there are feelings that can only be expressed in a certain way." Seonho interrupted.
"Like drawing yourself holding your girlfriend's hands, when you can actually hold them?" Jihoon said before he burst into laughter.
"Yes, wink boy. When you're too scared to do it, why not draw it? Why not write it? Why not sing it, or create music about it?" Seonho answered seriously at Jihoon's joke. "It's called freedom of expression." he finished leaving them speechless and Youngmin suspicious.
But pushed it aside for now.
"Bae Jinyoung. I have something for you." Pinky suddenly appeared from the crowd.
"Oh shit this is it." Jihoon whispered to Hyeop before they both giggled.
Jinyoung stood up to come close when Pinky opened this long velvet box, with a bracelet inside it. "This is?" he asked.
"It's a bracelet for you. I would appreciate it if you wear it everyday." she said cutely, hoping that Jinyoung would accept it.
But the guy contemplated. He's not even close with this girl and she's already giving him free things. Was it a bribe? Does it have a built in time bomb? Does it have a tracking device?
Wait? Why is it a shrimp? Out of all the pendants out there, it just has to be a shrimp. Maybe she's trying to mock his allergies. What a bitch!
"Why is it a shrimp of all the sea creatures? Why a crustacean?" Baejin asked.
"Why not a shrimp? Why not a crustacean?" Pinky asked in confusion.
"I just don't understand." Baejin responded and people can already tell that he'll reject this gift.
"And I don't understand that you don't understand." Pinky answered in panic and embarrassment. Baejin didn't like her gift.
"Okay we get it. There's a general lack of understanding. Clearly you guys can't communicate even in one language." Jihoon cut them off.
"Just take it. It's fucking free and looks expensive. We can sell it online." Hyeop instructed Baejin, whispering on his left ear while Jihoon whispered on his right hear, "Reject it, keep your pride and break hers into pieces."
Baejin wanted to just push the voices away.
"Cute. He has to choose between two advises of two devils, should I be his conscience?" Daniel asked.
Youngmin frowned. "Don't." he whispered.
Since Bae Jinyoung is such a gentleman, he had no other choice but invite Pinky to join them. "Something to eat?" Jinyoung asked before sliding a tray of pizza on three different flavors. "It's left over, cold, soggy and probably not good for you." he described it in sarcasm on a really tired voice.
"But there's hot sauce." Daniel offered, sitting on top of the table.
"Daniel, for the last time," Seongwoo started scolding.
"But it won't be the last for sure." Youngmin whispered.
"Stop sitting on the table. The chair is for sitting, the table if for food. Are you a food?" Seongwoo continued.
"Well, Justin did say I'm a peach. And speaking of peach. I want some peach from the Agriculture garden." Daniel said before running out.
"Someone please restrain him." Seongwoo face palmed himself.
"I'll leave you guys." Youngmin said, maybe volunteering to get Daniel.
"Well, he's a handful, how's Sejeong keeping up with Daniel?" Pinky asked Jinyoung as if they were close.
"I never thought of that." Jinyoung answered.
"Which Pizza do you want?" Pinky asked another.
"I never thought of that." repeated his answered.
Pinky was confused. Why is he acting like he's not interested when he sent her the note first? Is he shy? Was he embarrassed of her?
She looked herself on a mirror just in case something was on her face.
"He didn't accept her gift but invited her to join us. I'm disgusted, she's not using her for goodies." Jihoon crossed his arms to his chest, looking at Kwon Hyeop who's busy taking stolen pictures.
Where does he need those for?
This devil with two visible horns can't possibly take pictures and say it's for memories.
"Are you even listening?" Jihoon asked but he's too busy on his phone. Jihoon silently stood beside him to spy on what he was doing, and discovered that he's sending the photos on a group chat.
He couldn't believe Hyeop has a group chat where he's not in it. They have this mutual understanding that real brothers have. They have the same evil ideas that he can't share with Jinyoung. Traitor! He thought.
But who is he sending it to? Everybody's here, except Daniel and Youngmin. Jihoon sat on his chair again trying to observe them.
Only Samuel was holding his phone besides Hyeop.
"I almost forgot. I need to take care of a little something." Hyeop stood up from his seat and walked away. Jihoon didn't let him go that easily, he followed him while group of girls followed him too.
Great! Just great.
"Hi!" Jihoon smiled at them. "I have a big problem, I lost my pen. Can you help me find it. I put my name on it with a paper and tape. It's my lucky pen, I can't take exams without it." he told the girls to get rid of them.
It was that easily to deceive them because they would believe anything that innocent face would say.
Now he's ready to spy on Hyeop but on the way towards Hyeop, he hide inside a locker, watching Kwon Hyeop take his phone, this crumpled paper fell off.
"Meet me at the second shed at the side of the parking lot." he heard him say before leaving. Once again Jihoon followed him and took the paper, smoothing it out to read the words. And to his surprise, it was the list.
1. Get threatened
2. Forced to steal
3. Get mustard on gym clothes
4. Get called funny namesβ
5. Scare her to death that she will eat lunch on the ladies roomβ
6. Shower on trashβ
7. Own up to somebody else's mistakeβ
8. Have a disgusting false rumor
9. Experience being isolatedβ
10. Drop Out
So was it him all along?
But how? Jihoon was with him all the time. Well, most of the time and never suspected him.
He wanted to hear him out and try to understand everything, so he ran as fast as he could catching up to Hyeop. He was at the shed when he said he's wait.
Jihoon waved the list on Hyeop's face, "So it was you all along." Jihoon accused. "Even though Samuel said he didn't care about revenge anymore, you're just so itchy to be sent on a fucking reforming school."
Hyeop grabbed the list and placed it inside his pocket.
"You think it was me just because I have the list? Why are you spying on me Jihoon? Don't you have anything else to do?" Hyeop asked.
Jihoon shook his head in disbelief. Since when did Hyeop wanted to send him away?
"Why do you have the list?" Jihoon gave him a chance, but he better explain himself now.
"The trash bin was Baejin. The red card was Youngmin hyung. We all know that deleting Sohye's name on the school's system of enrolled students was Daniel hyung and Samuel because they did it before Samuel told us to stop. And only the spiders was me. Samuel and Daniel knew what I did. Baejin, I'm not sure why he did it." Hyeop revealed.
Spiders? Jihoon doesn't remember anything about spiders.
And Baejin, that's why he's late that day.
"The tomato juice is still a mystery and hiding Sohye's clothes." Hyeop said, wondering who did it too.
"The graffiti? Who would do the graffiti?" Jihoon asked.
"The graffiti was obviously someone else. We're not the only ones crazy Jihoon." Hyeop answered as if he hand an idea who it was.
"They can't be." Jihoon released a nervous laugh. "They're rich, and studying on the most expensive school." he disagreed.
Hyeop hugged his innocent cousin. Then just stared at his innocent face. "You're rich, you're studying at the same expensive school? Have I seen you genuinely happy aside from being with us or wearing pink? No." he answered his own question.
"But when you came in with Hansol and your new friends, you did look happy. You even let Woojin borrow your pink pajamas that we never get to borrow. So now I wanted to ask you why?" Hyeop asked making the moment sentimental...
Until he lifts Jihoon's pants a little to reveal his Christmas tree socks. "Why does these make you happy?"
Jihoon knew the answer to that very well. He has everything he could ever wish for but his parents are not with him. Big house but empty, all the things but nobody. He never told them anything about his parents because there's no story besides they call him at midnight to ask what he wanted and then send him money.
And that's why the small things like pink and green colored shirt makes him happy. Because it's his favorite color, and he wanted to have them everyday. And he can have them, unlike his parents. It's like he can never have them.
"Hyeop?" a girl called.
Both Hyeop and Jihoon turned towards her. It was Doyeon.
"I better talk to her. Go back to our cousins too." Hyeop told him before grabbing Doyeon's hand dragging her behind a car.
Hyeop pinned her in between him and the car. "I will make this easy for you." he whispered so nobody would hear. Doyeon swallowed a lump before looking into Hyeop's beautiful eyes that's laid on hers too.
"You can't tell anyone about my brother or I'll make you drop out just like how you do in this school." he threatened her.
"If I had a plan to spread rumors like that I would've done it last night but didn't. I don't involve myself in family matters and I only care for you and not your brother. The only thing that made me change my opinion about you is your instagram." Doyeon told him in a scared way, her voice was obviously shaking and her tears are about form.
Hyeop noticed it and felt a little bit awful for being too harsh on her. It's not like she did anything else than call him ugly which is what everybody call him even without his scar. He thought of letting her off the hook, as long as she keeps quiet.
"Let's act like we never had this conversation, and that you know nothing about my brother. Get lost and don't ever show yourself to me." he said before stepping back to let her go but she was way to harsh again.
He's aware of that, Hyeop's undeniably a delinquent but he has a heart. Why would he love his psycho cousin's if not?
Doyeon started sniffing to stop herself from sobbing because it'll only make her ugly. The truth is, she's actually not crying because of the threat but because Hyeop told her to never show herself to him again when all she wanted was to be close with him and go out with him overtime. for now she wanted to know more about him.
How can she do that if she can't show herself?
Hyeop was clearly unfair for turning the situation to his favor only. And with the scary voice and threat , he knew that he will tame Doyeon eventually.
"When can I see you then?" she shouts, running towards him, trying to prolong their conversation.
"Never." Hyeop told her without actually looking at her face. No need to look though, he can already imagine her eyes start to swell from her tears, her nose crimson as well as her cheeks.
Hearing that word was too much. Never is a really long time and it doesn't end, unlike forever. Nowadays the promise of forever doesn't last, but never sill exist. It's a really strong word for farewell, painful or not.
"If I spread about your brother, would you confront me? Would that be the only way to get close to you?" she asked, now she got Hyeop to actually turn around to see her. Finally, she exist in his world. He smirked, moving closer to her grabbing her uniform on the arms to shake her as if he's a man that he can treat harshly.
"Try me Doyeon and I will promise you that I'll be the ugly villain that will take away your happy ever after in you little perfect wold. Got it, Princess?" he asked in confirmation if what he said is crystal clear.
Doyeon did nod but after releasing her and taking a few steps away, he heard her start to sob. At first she was only faintly crying but then as he took more steps, the louder her cry has become. It was starting to drive Hyeop crazy. He usually has no conscience but because this was the first girl who thought he was worth admiring, he was a little biased that he started to hate himself more.
As much as he wanted to believe her, that he's someone important to a person for once. That He's not just an eyesore, a trash, useless, no purpose and not necessary in this world.
But he couldn't force himself to see that, because every time he looks in the mirror, there's nothing that he likes about himself. When he talk to people, those insecurities were pointed out loud. When he goes to school, it seems like he's not just physically unattractive but he's also dumb as fuck. And at home, he's always being told to be like his brother. That's so ridiculous, because how can you be someone else besides yourself?
And to him, he's a time bomb who was
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