Jiwoo's p.o.v :-
As we stepped out of our class, I knew what would come for me. Because I could feel everyone's stare. How could Ahyeong do this to me?
I don't want to believe it. I hope it's just a dream. I wake up and then we're back to normal, forgetting about this.
But no. It's not a dream. When we entered the class, I saw Ahyeong sitting with Useok. The bully, everyone is scared of. Not me. If I want to, I could go and beat the shit out of him, not only him but both of them.
I should stay composed. I'm already being hated by everyone. I don't want more problems for myself.
We just got out of the class and I could hear everyone saying things about me. Yes, no matter how much you try to not feel that pain, you still feel it.
I suddenly stopped and ran away from there. I ran so fast. I reached the rooftop. I walked towards the railing. I sreamed my lungs out in the open air.
"Aaghrr! Why is she doing this?!"
Once i was done screaming my heart out. I started to tear up. And i don't stop the tears. I let them fall, uncontrolably. I sit down on the floor, my back against the wall, arms wrapped around me knees.
My phone started to buzz, indicating that someone's calling me. I looked at the phone screen and it was Minhyuk. I declined his call before.
But i picked it up. It's not his fault that I'm in this situation. He's trying to help me. I bring the phone to my ear.
"Hello"
My voice came out gruff, my throats tired from the screaming and i cried as well.
"Where are you?" He asked.
"On the rooftop." I answered.
"Okay! Stay there." He replied shortly and cut the call.
I put the phone back into my pocket and put my head back onto my knees, hugging my legs.
Then after a few minutes I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked at whose hand it is and it was Minhyuk. He looks worried
He hugged me. I just kept crying.
"Why would she do this to me? What have I ever done to her? "
He patted my head.
"You've done nothing to her. She's just a bully who likes to play with other's feelings. Don't let her effect you like this. You are strong. You have to be strong. I'm with you. Not only me but your brother and Jaekyung are also with you. They support you. We would never hate you because we know you are not like this."
He kept saying comforting words to me and I was so exhausted that I didn't even know I drifted to sleep in his embrace.
Third person's p.o.v :-
"You understand what I'm saying, right?" Minhyuk asked but didn't get any response from Jiwoo. Instead he heard soft snores. He looked down at Jiwoo and saw that she was asleep.
He was looking at her sleep in his arms. Something in him felt proud that Jiwoo trusts him enough to sleep like this. Without any care.
Minhyuk had already messaged Jaekyung that he's with Jiwoo on the rooftop. So Jaekyung went back to taking classes.
When it was time to leave, Minhyuk slightly shook Jiwoo. She woke up, looked around her and frowned.
"I slept here?" She asked confused.
"Uhm! My arms are stiff from holding your weight like this for hours." Minhyuk teased to which Jiwoo's eyes widened and she immediately bowed to him.
"I'm so sorry. I was so exhausted from everything and felt comfortable like this. So, I just slept. I'm so sorry!"
Minhyuk laughed. "Girl, I was just jocking around. You don't have to apologise. It's okay. Let's go. Or else we'll have to stay here."
Minhyuk helped Jiwoo to stand up. They took their belongings and went to the main gate of the university where Jaekyung was waiting for them.
Jaekyung saw them coming and waved his hand towards them.
"Your brother messaged me that your room is prepared. He actually called you before but you didn't pick up."
Jiwoo checked her mobile and saw a missed call from her brother. She felt bad for not picking up. But she didn't want her brother to know about what happened today.
"Oppa doesn't know what happened today, right?"
"Don't worry. He knows everything!"
"Ya-"
Jiwoo was about to complete her sentence but Jaekyung gave her a warm hug.
"Look Jiwoo-ah! Your brother should know this. I don't know how to comfort you. But I want you to know that your brother, Minhyuk, Me, even Kevin. All of us trust you. What's currently happening with you is wrong. We will support you in this no matter what, as friends, as family."
Jiwoo, hearing this, teared up again and started to cry. Jaekyung rubbed her back to calm her down.
Once she calmed down, Jaekyung offered her his water bottle. She gladly accepted it and drank water from it, giving the bottle back to Jaekyung.
"Thank you! So much! Both of you. You've helped me a lot today. I actually don't want to care about it. But you know, it still hurts in the smallest, that Ahyeong called me her one and only bestfriend. And then she did this."
Minhyuk, all this while felt a bit jealous. He didn't know why. But he kept his calm. After hearing Jiwoo's statement about Ahyeong and her not caring about it, he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, you're right. It hurts to know that the person who you think loves you like their family, turns out to be the one who actually betrays you."
Minhyuk said with a sad tone, remembering his own moments of life and smiling bitterly.
The three of them walked quietly to their home, the only place that made them comfortable now, in this hell hole life.
TBC "°>°"