Chapter 7 - Chapter 6

So peaceful. So quiet. No sounds. No nothing.

Hwa-Young was in a dreamless slumber. Tucked under a heap of fluffy blankets. Only her head of messy white hair peaking out. The sun rays hitting her face which didn't wake her up as she is quite a heavy sleeper.

But then, tragedy struck.

"~Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and-"

"What the fuck?!-"

Hwa-Young shot straight up, yanking off the headphones that were blaring that god awful song in her ears on full volume.

"Oh! Finally! Something worked! " cheered an already dressed in her uniforms, Yeona. Proud of her accomplishment, she wiped the imaginary sweat off her forehead.

"Was that really necessary? " Hwa-Young grumbled as she gave her a glare as she combed her hands through her hair to get it at least a bit under control.

"I'm sorry but we're getting late for school and it's my second day and I really don't want to be late and I can't leave without you since I haven't been able to memorize the way yet. And no matter what I tried you won't get up, I even tried hitting you on the head with a frying pan. " Yeona stated in an apologetic tone, fumbling with the edge of her skirt while looking bown, allowing her hair to fall in front of her face and create a shadow.

"Explains where this came from. " Retorted Hwa-Young in a nonchalant tone as she lightly caressed the bump on the side of her head, wincing once in a while.

"What time is it?" The albino inquired, getting her feet out of the warmth of the blankets and on to the cold hard floor, which caused a shiver to go up her spine.

"It's 8:27." Yeona responded, checking the phone that Hwa-Young gifted her two days ago.

Hwa-Young gaped at her for a moment before rushing to the bathroom with her uniform in hand. "WHY DIDN'T YOU WAKE ME EARLIER?" she shouted from the bathroom while struggling to put on her pants.

"I TRIED BUT IT WAS LIKE YOU HAD TAKEN A SHOT OF ANESTHESIA! " Yeona retorted, entering the bathroom and fixing Hwa-Young's slightly crooked necktie as the latter brushed her teeth.

"Let's to go school using my awakened, it'll fasten up the process. " Hwa-Young suggested as she shoved text books into her bag.

"But what if someone sees us? " Yeona asked with a worried look as she holded a jumeok-bap up to Hwa-Young's lips but instead of biting into it, the latter took it from her hands and then chomped down on it as she slung her bag on her shoulder.

"Then would you rather prefer being late on your second day? " Hwa-Young quirked a brow as she opened the door before turning and heading up the stairs while still munching away on the snack.

Yeona sighed before locking the door and following her up the stairs to the rooftop of the apartment building.

Upon arriving at the rooftop.

Hwa-Young dusted her hands to get rid of any crumbs as Yeona stepped beside her.

Hwa-Young breathes in as she utilizes her awakened to harden and soften her blood to form a thin tentacle like structure with a crimson aura radiating off of it that pierced her skin and shot out to the building in front of their apartment building.

Wrapping her other arm around Yeona's waist to keep her secure and even wrapping a blood tentacle around her for extra measures.

Yeona watched with baited breath.

She jumped off but not before warning Yeona to make sure that their bags are secure, using the blood tentacle attached to the building as leverage to swing her body around and then let go mid air to attach it to another building.

"You can close your eyes if your scared you know. " Hwa-Young blurted out when she noticed just how shaken up Yeona looked at the moment as she shifted to carrying her bridal style and skipping from rooftop to rooftop at the decreasing height of the buildings.

"N-no. It's just.. . .. . It feels like I'm in a spider man movie. " She stuttered out with a dreamy look in her eyes and a red tint on her cheeks as she wrapped her arms around Hwa-Young's neck.

"Hmm... Yeah. I can see the resemblance. " Hwa-Young retorted as she came to a stop and landed on the railing of the school's rooftop with hopefully no one noticing them.

Hwa-Young let Yeona down and then got off the railing.

"It's 8:42! We arrived in time. " Yeona cheered as she did a mini victory dance as Hwa-Young chuckled at her antics while straightening her clothes.

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"Go to class, I'm just gonna go visit the nurse's office. " Hwa-Young stated dryly as she was about to part ways.

"Why are you going to the nurse's office? " Yeona squeaked out just as Hwa-Young was about to disappear around the corner.

"For this, it's hurting. Need an ice pack. " Hwa-Young pointed at the bump on the side of her head that she received this morning with a blank look before resuming her journey to the nurse's office.

Yeona took her bag then waved her goodbye and continued down the hallway.

The closer she got to her class room the denser the crowd became, which confused her.

Pushing through the crowd, she finally was able to enter her classroom but what she walked into broke her heart.

There were three guys who looked a bit older then the rest of them, she noted that their were wearing their school's uniform. Upperclassmen maybe?

The three upperclassmen had Jiwoo cornered, blocking his way from escaping. There were all kicking and jabbing a curled up Jiwoo, making sure to kick his bandaged leg extra hard.

𝘗𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘑𝘪𝘸𝘰𝘰! 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯! 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥!

"No! Stop! Please don't hurt him! " She begged as she pushed one of the bullies out of the way to help Jiwoo's limp body up.

"Jiwoo! Are you okay? " she cried out as she took his hands in hers but before she could help him up one of the bullies kicked her in the stomach causing her to fall on her butt three feet away. Hwa- Young's and her bags falling to the floor.

"Ow!" She yelped, clutching her stomach as tears came to her eyes.

She lamented on how pathetic she is, just a few moments ago she was so determined to save him and here she is now, on the floor, crying from just one kick. She couldn't imagine how disappointed Hwa-Young would be. How disgusted she would be.

𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬? 𝘚𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤? 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦?

She thought, wrapping her arms around her head as the bullies kick her repeatedly. One of them shove their foot on her wrist, breaking it as they mocked her.

"Ya this bitch's girlfriend or something?.. Never thought a weakling like him would have a girlfriend? And one so cute. " They laughed mocking at the sound of bones popping as Yeona cried, tears rolling down her face as she laid limp on her side.

She knows she can just heal it but people are watching.

Honestly, why are they watching? Why are they not helping them? Why are they not calling a teacher?

One of the bullies turned towards Jiwoo's body that was still laying limp. "Ya won't mind if we have some fun with her, would ya?.... Well it's not like ya have a choice. "

The bully turned "Yar girlfriend will make the perfect cum dump.. " reaching for Yeona's skirt but before he could do that Jiwoo got up, wobbling a bit.

The bullies shifted their attention to Jiwoo.

𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵.

"Oh! Looks like he's ready for round two"

Jiwoo clenched his fist, punching one of the bullies in the stomach.

He punched all of them with determination to keep Wooin and Yeona safe.

"Hey! What's going on here?? You kids fighting in the classroom?? Which one of you started it? " In came an enraged professor, shouting.

"You guys again? Everytime! " the professor spoke, irritated at the sight of the regular bullies all beaten up.



"Who did you fight with? " the professor then saw an injured Jiwoo.

"Jiwoo Seo? " he blurted out in disbelief as he connected the dots while Yeona approached Jiwoo to look for any serious injuries as they freated over each other.

"Did you uh.... Fight them? " the professor asked, still in disbelief.

"Yes." Jiwoo responded while patting Yeona on the head to reassure her that he's okay.

"Someone take him and Yeona to the nurse's office. " the professor ordered when he noticed just how purple the skin of the brunette's wrist has become.

But the others just awkwardly stood their, looking at each other. As if waiting for someone to do something.

"Nurse's office? What happening? " Hwa-Young voiced her concern as she too entered the classroom.

Recognizing the bullies on the floor and looking at Jiwoo red knuckles she concluded that the bullies must have came to mess with him but he beat them up instead.

"Wow! Jiwoo, I never expected you to be able to kick ass. " She laughed but it died down when her heterochromic eyes caught sight of Yeona's unnaturally bended wrist.

"Who did this to you? " she spoke in a sharp tone, staring at Yeona as the latter avoided eye contact with her.

The albino sighed before wrapping Jiwoo's arm around her shoulders.

"No, I can go by myself-"

"Shush, No buts! "

Jiwoo then requested for an early leave. The professor insisted that he should escort Jiwoo to the hospital but he reassured him that it's okay.

Something outside the window caught Jiwoo's eye when conversing with the teacher, Hwa-Young noted.

She looked outside the window and saw the head of a tabby cat peaking inside, it's paws brought together as if to applaud Jiwoo with a smile on its face.



𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥.

She muses as she watchs Jiwoo return it's smile before she guided him to the infirmary as Yeona followed them wordlessly.

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Yeona kept sniffling quietly after her wrist has been bandaged and Jiwoo has already left.

Hwa-Young stared at her, a bit concerned. "What's wrong? "

"Why do you even keep me around Hwa-Young? I so pathetic compared to you. I don't deserve to be around you. Your a high ranked awakener. Will you stop being my friend now that you saw just how weak I am?" Yeona whimpered out as tears slided down her rosy cheeks.

" Yeona, what's makes you think like that? I'm the who doesn't deserve to be around you after nearly killing you.

And don't call yourself weak, you should be proud that you had the courage to go and help him.

Even if you failed, you still tried while all the others were watching, they didn't interfere because of the fear of getting beat up themselves.

What you did back there might've been reckless and selfless but I'll admit, even I wouldn't have done that if it didn't necessarily involve me.

Instead of cowering like the others, you actually jumped in. Even if I am skilled in fighting, I am but an empty shell of what I use to be while you on the other hand have the actual willingness to help someone in need even if you know it will bring harm to yourself. So, don't look down on yourself. "

Hwa-Young reassured her as she took Yeona's face in her hands, moving her bangs out of the way to land a gentle peck on her forehead before embracing her in a warm hug, being mindful to avoid her injuries.

Yeona smiled while sniffling before returning the hug.

"Now wait here, I'll go and request for an early leave. "

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The two discussed what they should have for lunch as they walked hand in hand.

"Hey, Hwa-Young. "

"Yeah? "

"What's a cum dump? "

The question made Hwa-Young almost choke on her own spit. "Whe-where did you hear that from? "

"One of the bullies from earlier said something like 'Your girlfriend would make the perfect cum dump' while reaching for my skirt. "

This caused Hwa-Young's blood to boil. Yeona noted how her hand has suddenly gotten warmer.

"Which one of them said that? " Hwa-Young inquired with a vein in her jawline bulging.

"Hmm. I don't really remember. Why do you ask though? What does it mean? " Yeona looked up at her with her doe brown eyes.

"Nothing, nothing you should worry your little head about. " Hwa-Young responded, smiling a bit too sweetly.

"Oh. Okay! "

Hwa-Young sighed in relief. Glad that she could keep her friend innocent.

She bit the inside of her lip, plotting something but her train of thought got interrupted by Yeona.

"Hey, what did you do last night that you had to stay up so late? "

"Oh. Just a few cases, solving a bug and teaching a former roommate where to put the fabric softener. " Hwa-Young snickered at the memory.

"You mean your former roommate at the academy? " Yeona asked with a tilt of her head.

"Yeah that one lazy guy I told you about, who I've been roommates with for 1 and a half maybe. Anyways, let's head home. "

Hwa-Young suggested as she recalled last nights memory.

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🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

◡̈⋆🄷🄴🅈(*'∇')ﾉ

💉Juicy💉:

What?😒

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

Nothing, just wanted to know how you're doing? (♥ω♥*)

💉Juicy💉:

Was doing perfect until you texted.

(눈‸눈)

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

Come on, don't be like that. Anyways, where do you put the fabric softener?😊

💉Juicy💉:

In the blue compartment, why do you ask? 🤨

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

What blue compartment? Where is it? 😩

💉Juicy💉:

Don't tell me your doing LAUNDRY AT 4:37 FUCKING AM??!? 😐

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

Yeah what about it? 😣

💉Juicy💉:

What suddenly made you want to do the chores that my 1 year of nagging couldn't? 😑

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

Well, I kinda forgot that you left and since you used to do all the chores for me, I forgot about it. And now I have two months worth laundry and they STINK! It's getting difficult to breathe! I need your help! 😫

💉Juicy💉:

Can't you just ask one of the cleaning staffs? 🤨

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

What? No! That's embarrassing! 😱

💉Juicy💉:

So is asking a girl where the fabric softener goes at 4 am. 🙄

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

🙏Please lovely! 😥

💉Juicy💉:

No. 🙄

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

I'll buy you boba for a week!

💉Juicy💉:

Two weeks and I'll consider it. 😌

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

Fine, boba slut. 😒

💉Juicy💉:

🙂 if you wanna be like that then I guess you won't need my help.

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

I take that back! 😁

💉Juicy💉:



Your washing machine has a similar model if I remember correctly.

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

Thanks! 😊

Hey, now that we are on the topic, why did you used to do my chores for me? It's not like I ever asked you to and if it was for something like wanting to be my girlfriend, don't worry I won't judge. 😏

💉Juicy💉:

Don't flatter yourself 🙃, I did it not because I wanted to gain your favor but because whenever I see a messy room, my hands intch to make it organized and clean. It's also a form of distressing for me.

I used to and still help Duke do his chores from time to time. He's more organized than you. 😌

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

You... Help Duke do his chores??

💉Juicy💉:

Yeah. What about it? 🤨

Hello? 🤨

Hey? 🧐

You mad now? 😐

Hey? 😑

Well damn. Bye I guess. 😒

🤡Stupid Eyebrows🤡:

Bye. (๑•̀д•́๑)

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[Jumeok-bap: Korean rice ball is called Jumeokbap (주먹밥) in Korean, which literally translated as "fist rice". The reason why it has that funny name is that this dish consists of hand-shaped rice balls, no matter the size, ingredients, or seasonings used.]