Jiu was supposed to go outside her room when the intercom of her room made noise.
"Hey, woman. Go to my room now."
He's so bossy. I'm not even his employee.
"I have to go to school."Jiu answered back.
"I'll give you 10 seconds."
The hell?
"10... 9..."
Before she knew it, she's already sprinting towards Taeyong's room.
She didn't even bother to knock, she just went inside.
"...7...6..."
Taeyong stopped counting when he saw her panting for air.
"Good girl."he smiled evily again.
Curse this drop-dead gorgeous man.
"Now what do you want?"Jiu asked.
"Let's go to school together."Taeyong said.
Jiu felt so annoyed at the fact that she almost flew her way to his room to only hear that. He could've just told her that in the intercom.
She couldn't help but glare at him.
"Stop glaring at me, woman."he hissed.
But then Jiu remembered something.
"... Stay away from Taeyong..."
If they see her with Taeyong again, they'll all go nuts.
"I can't go with you."she said.
"What? Why not?"his forehead was creased again.
Come on Jiu... Just tell a fucking lie!!
"J-just because."she shrugged, hoping that Taeyong will let her go easily.
Taeyong glared at her.
"Then I better not see you with another scumbag or else."he warned.
Jiu felt shivers running down on her spine.
"O-okay... See you at school."
Wow. That was easy.
Jiu sighed in relief, knowing she just escaped Taeyong.
When Jiu reached their classroom, she was told that there's a sudden change in their seating arrangement.
Suddenly, she's now sitting far away from Taeyong.
Is this how desperate they are to get rid of me?
She couldn't help smirk at the thought.
Jiu just took her seat in front while she let those Taeyong-addicts fight for the seat next to Taeyong.
Lunatics.
In no time, Taeyong soon entered the classroom.
"Why are you there?"Taeyong asked her.
"Seating arrangement."Jiu plainly said as she felt the darts of the stares they're giving her.
"You're fucking kidding me, right?"
"Nope. You'll sit in the back."Jiu said.
Taeyong looked so pissed with that as he made his way to his seat.
"Hi..."
There goes the snakes who wanna hit on Taeyong.
Jiu just kept herself busy while reading a book and that annoyed Taeyong.
He wanted to sit beside her, not with some seagull-looking girl.
"Oh fuck it! I said I don't want a seatmate!!"Taeyong suddenly yelled at the girls, catching all of their attention, but not Jiu's.
He hates the fact that she's not even glancing back at him.
It made him want to punch the girl in front of him.
×××××
Jiu sighed as the bell for break time rang.
She's not having any snack today. Why? As the Student Council Assistant, she's asked to photocopy tons of paperworks and distribute it to the teachers and students of the other school buildings.
She was ordered to finish it all today.
Of course, she has no choice.
She's just considering that they're doing this to her because Taeyong yelled at them.
Speaking of Taeyong, he showed up.
"I want something to eat. Let's go."
"I can't. I still have a lot of things to do."she said, looking so haggard.
"What?"
"Just go and eat with your friends."she hissed.
She didn't intend to sound annoyed at Taeyong but she's really pissed off with how the girls like him so much and she's the one who's suffering.
She spent her vacant time, doing all the duties she have.
She went back to their classroom with a pissed face.
A girl bumped to her earlier, making all the papers dropped on the floor but instead of saying sorry or helping her she even glared at her.
Curse all those Taeyong-addicts.
When she got inside the classroom, she saw Taeyong, sitting beside her seat.
"Is that even your seat?"Jiu hissed.
She's really pissed off that she can fight with anyone.
Taeyong just looked at her.
As usual, she can feel how THEY glare at her.
"Fine. Suit yourself."she said then she grabs her bag and she was about to go but then Taeyong held her wrist tightly then pulled her strong enough to make her sit beside him.
"What the!!"
"SIT. DOWN."Taeyong warned her.
She got no choice but to ignore Taeyong and the death glares of her classmates.
Until the dismissal time, she's not talking nor glancing to Taeyong which really annoyed him too.
"Since you went to school alone, walk home alone."Taeyong said coldly to her before leaving her alone with those girls who've been dying to get a grip of Jiu since she sat beside Taeyong.
She heard the door of the classroom closed.
She's now left with those pathetic Taeyong-addicts.
Here we go again.
She just heaves a sigh before her cheeks welcomed a hard slap.
×××××
"What? What did you say?"Taeyong said in a scary tone.
"I want to drop out from school."Jiu repeated what she said.
That was the exact first sentence she told Taeyong this morning.
She went home late last night so she didn't get the chance to talk to Taeyong. That's why she's saying it this early morning, on his office.
"And why is that?"
It's obvious that Taeyong's just holding back his anger, and it's it's so not him.
"Just because."
"BULLSHIT!!"
Jiu tightly shut her eyes when Taeyong slammed his hands on his desk. She even flinched from fear.
She thought she's prepared to face the rage of Taeyong's anger when she'll say that she don't want to go to school anymore, but hell no.
Taeyong is scary. That's what's marked on her mind now.
"Yesterday, you didn't want to go to school with me. Now, you really don't want to go to school. What's for tomorrow? You don't want to live anymore?"Taeyong's scolding her.
Who knows? Maybe it'll be that way soon.
"Tell me, you don't have any plans on your life, do you?"
Hell yes, he's mad.
Even if he's not talking, Jiu can feel his dark aura embracing his office.
All she can do is duck down her head and bite her lower lip and pray that her wound on her arm won't bleed again. But Taeyong never noticed that.
Taeyong wanted her out of his sight so she went outside his office and Mr. Jang went inside his office.
She was about to excuse herself to go inside and just bid goodbye but then she accidentally heard what they're talking about.
She can hear Taeyong growling in anger.
"Boss - - -"
"I'm trying to be a fucking guardian to her!!! She's so fucking hard to control and I can't stand it anymore!!!"he angrily hissed.
"You should calm down, Boss. You should hear her side too..."
"NO! I don't want to her for now. Make sure I won't see that face of hers. If I see her around, I swear... I don't know what else I can do to her."she heard Taeyong said seriously.
"Do you want me to send her away, Boss?"
"If I ever see her today... You're fucked."he seriously warned Mr. Jang.
I... I made him mad like that? He's like a growling demon...
Jiu left his office and she's absorbing everything.
I have no choice but to follow his orders. He's still my guardian. He owns me. I have to follow his orders, even if that means going to school where I am the public's enemy.
As much as she hate to, she went to school.
×××××
"89... 90..."
There's she is. Getting punished for being late.
She was ordered to do 150 pumping in the middle of the soccer field. That was her punishment for being late.
There was no such rule as that... But of course, Jiu being the public's enemy, they'd love to see her suffer.
Jiu couldn't take the pain anymore and she sat in the middle of the soccer field.
Her legs are already trembling and it fucking hurts.
"What're you doing?"
Jiu looked up at the owner of that deep voice.
"It's not P.E day. Why are you exercising?"Lucas asked as he sit beside her.
"It's a punishment..."
"What for? Did you hit someone with your phone again?"he asked.
"I was late for class."
"Just late?!!"he exclaimed in shocked.
"You should go. I'll finish this."Jiu said as she slowly stood up.
"Are you crazy? Your legs are already wobbly."
"Please, Lucas. Just leave me alone for now okay?"she said.
I have many things in my mind and it just adds up to the pain I'm feeling.
Jiu did finish the ruthless punishment for her and it's already time for their break so she went straight to the cafeteria to have something to East to regain her energy.
"Hi there, Newbie."
What now?
"You should eat a lot since you've exercised a lot..."they said.
Jiu chose not to talk to them but they still messed with her.
"Here. Eat this too."
They threw the food on their trays on Jiu's food tray.
"Eat well, okay?"they tapped her head and leave her with a death glares.
She looked at her food. It's all a mess now.
There's no way she'll eat that.
×××××
Jiu closed her locker then she heard a loud scream from the hallway.
All eyes were on the girl who screamed. That was the girl who likes Taeyong.
Jiu's eyes hits her locker. It's full of trash and it smells so bad.
"You!!!"
The girl looked at Jiu angrily before she grabs her hair and hits her.
"Hey!! Ow!!"
Jiu got pissed that she fights back.
She's so sick of this girl.
She pulled her hair harder and even scratch her red cheeks.
Nothing's on Jiu's mind except on scratching the face of this bitch.
"I'll tear off your face, bitch!!!"the girl yelled at her.
"I'll tear off yours first!!"Jiu angrily scratch her face again.
They're already on the floor yet no one wants to stop them from fighting.
Just then, someone went between them and pushed the both of them away from each other.
"What're you doing?! Are you both out of your minds?!"Jaehyun hissed.
"That girl, Jaehyun!! She started it!! She's bullying us!!"the girl said.
Jiu just grabs her things that fell on the floor.
"And you? Care to explain?"Jaehyun looked at her.
"Sorry. Because of me, you're looking like a shit now."
Jiu said before leaving them but then, Jaehyun followed her.
"Hey wait!"
Since he walks fast and his legs are longer than hers, he easily catched up.
"Are you okay?"Jaehyun asked.
"Yeah. Go to that bitch. Check if she's okay. I pity her. She said I'm bullying her."Jiu said.
"You're... You're bleeding."Jaehyun said, referring to her left cheek.
"Check on her too. I might've scratched her face too."she said sarcastically.
"How about you - - -"
"I'm fine, Jaehyun. Thanks."she said before heading out the building.
She almost forgot that Taeyong didn't want to see her for the day.
Now, where can I go?
She just went to the convenience store to buy some snacks and play at the crane machine outside.
She've been playing and wasting her coins but she still got nothing.
She just wanted one plushie but she fails each and everytime.
Her face crumbled when she realized she doesn't have coins left.
Just then, she heard someone chuckling lightly.
"J-jaehyun?"
She saw him sitting at one of the tables outside the convenience store.
"What're you doing - - -"
"I wasn't following you. It just happened that I was walking around and I saw you playing like a kid."he immediately explained.
I never said he was following me.
"How about you? I thought you'll go home?"Jaehyun asked her as he approached her.
"Later. I'll just stay here for now."Jiu said.
Psh. Taeyong must've done something. Jaehyun thought.
Jiu's just staring at the crane machine full of adorable and cute plushies.
"Here."
Jaehyun hands her a coin.
"Go on. Just play."he said with a smile which showed his dimples.
×××××
"Haishh!!!"Jiu groaned in annoyance as she got nothing... Again.
"Here. Try again."Jaehyun hands her a coin again.
She tried... And tried... And tried... But she failed everytime.
It's been almost an hour since they Jaehyun joined her there.
"I'll try it."Jaehyun suddenly said.
Jiu have been playing it for like eternity.
"Which one do you like?"Jaehyun asked her.
"Huh?"
"I'm get it for you." -Jaehyun
"The blue one."Jiu said.
Jaehyun played the crane calmly and the next she knew, Jaehyun did got her the blue plushie.
"Here you go."Jaehyun hands it to her.
"You're good at it. Why didn't you just tell me?"Jiu hissed.
"I liked seeing you enjoying."Jaehyun said shyly.
"Anyways... Thanks for the plushie and for the coins I wasted..."Jiu said.
"Sorry, I don't accept thanks."Jaehyun said which made her look at him.
"O-oh... Is that so?"
"Come here."
Jaehyun dragged her inside the convenience store and he grabbed yogurt drinks then went straight to the counter.
Jiu was about to pay for the drinks but then Jaehyun stopped her.
"What're you doing?"he asked.
"I'm paying for the drinks."she said.
"Silly you."Jaehyun payed for the yogurt drinks and they went to where the seats are.
"I don't want you to pay for these. I just want you to just... Stay with me."Jaehyun said then he hand her the other yogurt drink.
"T-thank you..."
They're just beside each other, sitting at the round monobloc while drinking their yogurt drinks.
"Jaehyun?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm so sorry for what I did when we first met. I was so stupid."Jiu said, she can't help but blush out of embarrassment.
"Oh that..."
"I really thought that Jaehyun was Lucas's name. Because he told me to ask any student what's the name of the most handsome guy and his name is the answer. When I did asked a student, your name was given. I'm really stupid enough to think it was him."Jiu explained.
"I really am much more handsome than Lucas."Jaehyun kiddingly said to ease the awkwardness she's feeling.
"I'm really sorry with what I said back then..."
"It's fine. At least that got us close now."Jaehyun said while smiling.
Gosh. Don't make me fall for those dimples.
They just finished drinking and they separate ways to go home.
It's been almost 10 minutes since Jiu arrived in front of Taeyong's house. She's really hesitating if she should go inside or what.
Taeyong might be inside... Of course he wouldn't want to see me... But I can't just stay outside all night!!
Jiu's also worried that if Taeyong will see her tonight, he might fire Mr. Jang. She doesn't want that to happen.
Maybe Taeyong's still mad at me... I can't go home.
Jiu already turned around and she was about to walk away but then someone spoke.
"Milady?"
Mr. Jang saw her. Jiu turned around to face him.
"Why - - -"
"Don't worry. I'll leave now, Mr. Jang. Taeyong didn't see me."Jiu said.
"What are you talking about Miss? Master T.Yong is already inside. You should also get inside, you might catch a cold."Mr. Jang said.
"M-me? I'll go? I-inside??"
"Come on, this way, Miss."Mr. Jang gently assisted her inside.
"What do you want to have for dinner, Miss?"he asked when they got inside.
Just then, her soft gaze met his cold gaze. Taeyong just went out of the kitchen.
He just glanced at her before making his way to the living room, ignoring her.
Is he still annoyed at me?
"What should I prepare for you, Miss?"
"I'm not gonna have dinner... Thanks."
Jiu made her way upstairs - - - slowly.
She can feel her legs getting weaker and wobblier.
She slowly sat on the bed. Pain starts kicking in because of the EXERCISE she had earlier.
×××××
It took quite a time for Jiu to get downstairs. Her legs felt numb because of the great pain.
Mr. Jang invited her to join Taeyong for breakfast but she politely refused.
She went straight to school.
When she entered the room, glares are all on her again.
But one girl caught her eyes.
Jinhee. She's back! That means I'm done being the Sub Student Council Assistant!!!
She immediately approached Jinhee.
"Uhm hey... Jinhee, right? It's nice to have you back. I thought you'll be gone for the whole week. But I'm glad you're already here. As you can see, I subbed as the Student Council Assistant for you when you were gone."Jiu said.
"What? Student Council Assistant?"
Confusion is etched on Jinhee's face.
"I'm not even an officer. I just took an absent since I was sick."she said.
The hell? She's not an officer... But they made me do all those shit stuffs? They must've really enjoy toying me, huh.
Jiu just sat on her seat with her bothered mind.
Taeyong entered the class but she immediately gazed away from him.
Until it was already their P.E class.
They played volleyball on the school's gym. The losing team should clean the whole gym.
And since those Taeyong-addicts lost the game, their assigned to clean the gym.
Everyone went outside the huge gym and Jiu was about to follow everyone out but then, she got hit by the volleyball on her head.
Who would do that to her? Of course those Taeyong-addicts and losers.
"What now?"she hissed as she face them.
"I don't like the way you look at us, huh. You better get it together or else I'll add scratches on your frealing face."they warned her.
Jiu smirked.
"Funny. You guys ordered me around as your toy, pretending to be all friendly when you're all bitchy."Jiu stated.
"Wow. Finally, you realized."They smirked at her.
"But what's more funny is that you all look pettier than I do." -Jiu
"How dare - - -"
"Why? Isn't it true? You're bullying me because I am close with the guy you all like. Look who's pathetic now."
"YOU BITCH!!"
A girl slapped Jiu and Jiu slapped her back even harder.
"I'm not really afraid of all of you. I actually find it amusing that you teamed up against me. Why? Can't you handle me alone?"Jiu said.
They all looked pissed with what she said.
"Trust me when I say that I can kick your fancy ass." -Jiu
"You!!"
She was about to attack Jiu but Jiu kicked her lower leg which caused her to lose her balance and fell on the cold ground.
"If you wanna fight, I won't say no. I've been dying to erase that fucking face of yours."Jiu said intently to the helpless leader.
She was about to throw the ball to her face but then something played on her mind.
"You are not my child!!!"her father exclaimed at her as he continued on hitting her with the latigo.
"Please... Just stop... P-please..."Jiu couldn't stop crying while begging her own father to stop beating her but that never worked.
"Shut up!!!"
She never saw compassion nor mercy on her parents' eyes.
It was that easy for them to torture her almost every single night.
Jiu remembered it all again.
She remembered how her own parents abused and tortured her.
She absentmindedly let go of the ball.
"Tss. Look who's pathetic now."
The girl stood up and went towards Jiu who doesn't seem to care about her existence.
"Get it together, wench. I've had enough of your stupidity today. Know your place if you don't want your precious little head to be the ball."
She warned Jiu before they walked passed her, bumper to her shoulder.
"You clean this gym. If you ever talk, I swear... I'd be glad to sew that pretty little mouth of yours."
They all left her alone.
Moments had passed before she finally went back to her proper mindset.
She started to clean the whole gym alone.
She mopped the floor as thoughts toxicated her mind.
She decided to keep herself busy so that those painful things will just escaped her mind.
Jiu heard the doors opened and she saw Taeyong barging inside.
"What're you still doing here, woman? It's break time already."Taeyong said.
"I'll finish this. You... You should go ahead."Jiu said without even looking at him.
"What? You're not even supposed to do that!"Taeyong hissed.
She continued mopping.
"They injured their bodies. Let them rest."she lied.
"Let's just go. Leave that there."he ordered.
"I told you, just go ahead."
Jiu continued cleaning, not really minding Taeyong who's getting pissed again.
"I said, let's just go."Taeyong said then he took the mop away from me.
"Taeyong, I have to finish - - -"
"Who told you to do this?"Taeyong asked seriously.
"I..."
"Who ordered you?"
"Just let me - - -"
"Are they bullying you?"he asked straightly.
Jiu couldn't like anymore. She's not good at lying. She ducked her head down.
"Answer me, Jiu."he warned.
Jiu couldn't look at him. She knows he's already mad.
Jiu got more nervous when Taeyong suddenly grabs her by her arm and drags her.
"Hey!!! Let me go!!"she yelled as she tries to remove his tight grip on her arm.
Taeyong didn't let her arm go, instead, his grip tightened.
"Is that why you wanna drop out from school?"Taeyong asked.
"I..."
"If you won't tell me, I'd have to squeeze their throats in front of you."Taeyong intently said.
Jiu knows he's capable of doing that.
Taeyong tightened his grip again.
"Trust me. I can do that."he warned her.
Jiu's gaze starts to shake. She's scared of Taeyong.
She couldn't even meet his gaze.
She bit her lower lip because she can feel her wound bleeding because of Taeyong's tight grip.
Taeyong felt something warm and wet beneath his palm.
When he removed his grip from your arm, you both saw the stain of blood on your the sleeve of your shirt.
You hid your arm away from him.
You carefully caress your wounded arm.
Taeyong couldn't remove his gaze at your arm.
"Did they do that?"Taeyong's voice is softer than earlier and Jiu can sense worries.
"They... They don't like me here."Jiu said.
"And so?"
"They don't like it when I'm around you. They like you, Taeyong."Jiu said.
"It's just because of that? They just fucking like me and they're bullying you just because you're always around me?"
Jiu just ducked her head down.
"What else did they do to you?"his voice became dark again.
"It's really nothing..."
"Tell me, Jiu. I'm warning you." -Taeyong
Jiu gulped since Taeyong looks so scary.
"They just ordered me around... And... And they told me to stay away from you if not, they'll wound me more until I bleed to death and they'll make me a decoration and hang me in the flagpole."Jiu told him how they threatened her but it was still nothing compared to how they hurt her.
"And you really believed that?"
"I know they're capable of doing that. They can easily hurt me."
"It's because you're too weak."Taeyong said.
Jiu heaved a sigh.
"I know that I'm weak. I can admit that. I'm not like you nor Jackson. But it's not my fault. It's not my fault that I can't hurt anyone."Jiu said.
"Tss. You're that weak?"Taeyong hissed.
Jiu finally met his gaze. But her eyes were glassy because of tears.
"Yeah. I'm so damn weak that I'm just letting all of you to just hurt me. You don't know how much I want to fight back... But I just can't. And I hate it. I hate that I'm just me... It sucks to be me."Jiu said seriously.
Taeyong's expression softens again.
"All my life... I grew up getting beaten... Receiving slaps... Getting abused and tortured. And I thought... I'll get used to it someday. But until now... It still haunts me. I'm still living in my fears. I feel like I'm still that young girl who cries every night after they hit me."
Jiu's trying her best to prevent her tears form falling.
"I'm already used to a lot of pain... But it still hurts me." -Jiu
"If you're capable of fighting back, why aren't you doing it?"he asked her.
"Because I simply can't... Whenever I get too carried away with my emotions and I'm about to hurt someone... Every thing comes back to me. It's hard for me to hurt someone because even I, myself, is also in pain." -Jiu
"So you're just gonna let them hurt you?"
Sadly... That's just how my fucking life works.
"Let me do it."Taeyong suddenly said.
Jiu looked at him.
"I'll fight back for you."
"W-what..."
"Tell me everything they did to you."Taeyong said seriously.
Oh God. Save THEM from Taeyong.