Ahn Yujin's POV

I was on my way to school when I felt my phone vibrating.

My mouth rose upon seeing the caller I.D,  forming a smile but I immediately stopped when I felt someone staring at me. I looked ahead and saw my driver staring at me through the rear-view mirror. I shrugged but before I looked away, he already stopped staring and paid attention to the road.

I answered my phone, trying not to sound excited.

[Hello, Unnie? Are you on your way to school?"] The other line spoke.

"Yeah... I am, why?" I replied trying to sound as uninterested as possible.

[My cousin can't fetch me, saying something came up and my parents aren't home and I..."] Her voice slowly trailing off. ["I can't... ride the... bus." She said, worried that she might have to come to school late.

"Alright... I'm coming." I said. ["Really? Thanks, Yujin Unnie!!!!"] She said and squealed like a child. ["I'm gonna go get my backpack upstairs. Bye, Unnie see you."] She said hanging up the phone.

I told my driver her address and my driver nodded and drove there.

It took us a good 15 minutes to reach her house. It was near ours.

I looked at the window and smiled as I saw a tall baby bunny running towards me.

She opened the car door and sat beside me.

"Hi, Unnie!!!" She said greeting me "Hi, Wonyoungie," I said and smiled at her. She sat next to me, "Hi, Ahjussi" She said, greeting my driver. Mr. Lee smiled and greeted her back then drove to school.

When we arrived at school, students greeted us. Well, mostly our batch mates.

Wonyoung and I became friends now if you're wondering.

Two weeks ago, Chaeyeon Unnie and I were eating lunch when I noticed that Wonyoung was alone so we invited her to our table. At first, she thought I invited her to our table to piss her off making her decline my offer but Chaeyeon Unnie asked her, and now we're all friends.

She's not as intimidating as others thought— as I once thought. She's like a ball of sunshine and fluff. She's really cute once you get to know her. She's really smart, yes, but besides that, she's just like a normal teenager.

We reached our classroom. I and Wonyoung sat in our usual seats.

Some of our classmates aren't here yet. My seatmate, Yena Unnie, still isn't here. And I looked at Wonyoung and saw that the seat beside her was still empty, Hyejoo and Yerim are both not here too.

It's almost time for the first period though.

Yerim went in with her usual smile that was brighter than the sun itself. She greeted back everyone who greeted her. She enthusiastically sat on her chair next to Wonyoung.

I overheard their conversation.

"Hi, Wonyoung-ah!" Yerim said which made Wonyoung stop reading her notes and look at her. "Oh. Hi, Yerim." Wonyoung greeted back. Wonyoung stared at the seat next to Yerim, "You're not with Hyejoo?" Wonyoung asked because those two were always together, Yerim looked at the chair beside her, "Yeah... she woke up late today." Yerim explained. After that small conversation, Wonyoung went back to reading her notes.

I was on my phone scrolling through my Instagram feed.

I saw posts from the students from our school.

I saw a girl who looked familiar, her username is @kim_minmin

She's the popular Kim Minju. She's filthy rich, and besides that, she's really pretty too. Everyone wanted to be friends with her.

She's one of the most popular students here in Enozi High despite being a freshman.

"Oh. She's pretty." I was surprised to see Wonyoung looking through my phone's screen, holding a pink highlighter. "Isn't that Minju? From the other class?" She asked, sounding curious. "Hmmm. Yeah." I replied and turned off my phone.

After our conversation, the homeroom teacher entered our classroom and did the usual attendance.

Yena Unnie wasn't here, maybe she's sick.

The lecture went on and on but I couldn't understand any of it. I'll just ask Wonyoung to teach me later.

I ate lunch with Chaeyeon Unnie and Wonyoung. After that, Wonyoung and I came back to our classroom to finish our 4th and 3rd periods.

"Hey, Wonyoung," I called her as she waiting for her cousin, Jang Gyuri. It was already time for us to go home and my driver just arrived. "Hmm?" She said while typing something on her phone, probably texting Gyuri Unnie. "You know I can give you a ride, right?" I said. She shook her head and smile at me, "No thanks Unnie. Gyuri Unnie said she's coming." She said.

Though I just shrugged and nodded. "Alright. See you tomorrow." I said waving goodbye to her. I got in my car and started scrolling through my social media. It was already 4:37 PM.

I went home and changed my clothes. Chaeyeon Unnie and I were hanging out today. Once I got changed I checked my phone and it was already around 5:30. We were supposed to meet at 6:30 so I still had time. I lie down and messaged Yena Unnie.

[To: Choi Ducky Ducky]
Choi Yena!!!

She replied in a second.

[From: Choi Ducky Ducky]
What do you need, Yujinie?

[To: Choi Ducky Ducky]
Nothing. I just wanted to ask why you were absent. Are you okay?

[From: Choi Ducky Ducky]
Yeah, I'm fine. I was just sick.

I got worried. She's sick?

[To: Choi Ducky Ducky]
Really? Are you okay? Are you hurt?

[From: Choi Ducky Ducky]
I'm sick. I'm really sick of SCHOOL!! >:(

Aigo. This duck. I got worried over nothing.

[To: Choi Ducky Ducky]
We all are but NEWS FLASH: NOTHING CHANGES. WE STILL HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL.

After I sent my reply, I closed my phone and went down to get some water. When I went down I saw my mom preparing dinner and the TV was on.

"Hi, Yujin." She said, stepping away from the kitchen, scanning my clothes. "Going somewhere?" She asked.

I nodded as a response.

"Alright. Go home before 10 or else I'm locking you out." She said slightly chuckling.

"Yes, Mom," I replied, getting water from the refrigerator. "Why is the TV on, you're cooking right?" I asked her as soon as I closed the refrigerator door. "Oh, I'm listening to the news." She replied and smiled. "Oh, okay. I'm leaving now, mom." I said and left but before I did she shouted, "Take care, my baby."

I just shrugged. It was too much for me to handle. I'm not a baby anymore, jeez.

I went to our favorite coffee shop because that was where we planned to meet. When I got there, Chaeyeon Unnie was already drinking Iced Americano. She already ordered for me. She got a venti blueberry frappe.

"Unnie, let's go to the arcade," I said after I finished my drink.

"Yeah. Sure." She replied while fixing her stuff. We both stood up and walked to the arcade.

As we were walking to the Arcade, we talked about random things.

"It's a shame that Wonyoung isn't with us." She suddenly said. "Yeah. I forgot to ask her to come but she's probably at home studying." I replied. "That kid is such a study-oriented person. She's already super smart—Oh and btw, did you two go home together? I couldn't come with you, I needed to pick up Chaeryeong." She asked. "No... she said Gyuri Unnie was picking her up," I replied.

Her eyes widened. "What do you mean Gyuri picked her up? I saw Gyuri going home with her friends and Wonyoung wasn't there. So I thought you two went home together." She explained.

WAIT. GYURI UNNIE DID WHAT?

I didn't know what to think. I was starting to freak out.

I got surprised when my phone rang.

I immediately answered my phone.

"HELLO??? WONYOUNG WHERE ARE—" I said, obviously worried while Chaeyeon Unnie was looking at me also worried but I stopped talking when I heard her voice.

"U-Unnie. I'm S-scared." She said, her voice was trembling.

"JANG WONYOUNG, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?" I asked her, I was getting really worried. Chaeyeon Unnie looked at me, asking me what's wrong.

"I-I'm at the park, Unnie." She said, fear was evident from her voice.

"Stay there. I'm coming." I said and hung up the phone. I was about to run to the park but Chaeyeon Unnie held my wrist, making me look at her.

"Ddaeng, what's happening?" She asked.

I breathed heavily, "Wonnie. I think she's in trouble, Unnie." I said. She didn't let go of my hand. "I'm coming with you." She said, turning around and dragging me. "Unnie..." I called her, trying to stop her. "What? I thought we're going to Wonyoung?" She said. "It's this way, Unnie." I pointed to the opposite side of the streets. "We're going to the park. That's where she is." I replied. Her eyes got big. "Oh, okay. Sorry." She said, forming a peace sign while awkwardly smiling.

We ran to the park.

I saw a couple of people there

I searched the whole place with my eyes.

WHERE IS SHE?!?

"Yujin, let's split up I'll go there. I'll call you when I find her." She said.

I just nodded and continued to look for her.

I was running frantically until I saw a familiar figure seating on a bench. Her hand was covering her face but I knew exactly who she was.

My heart felt at ease.

I slowly walked towards her and when I reached her place. I held her hands, stopping it from covering her face. Her hands were trembling.

The moment I held her hand, she looked at me, scared at first, but when she saw my face she stood up and hugged me.

It shocked me. I couldn't move.

"U-Unnie..." She said, her body was trembling.

I didn't know what to say so I just hugged her. Sometimes it's better to just listen and be there for them.

We stayed like that for the next 10 minutes. She felt must've felt better because her body stopped trembling.

"Hey... Wonnie... What happened?" I asked her softly.

She let go of the hug and looked at me.
We both sat down.

"I... was waiting for Gyuri Unnie to come but after you left she texted me that she couldn't come. I didn't know what to do. I can't ride the... b-bus and my parents are out of town, they're coming back next week. So, I figured I'll just walk but I felt someone following me. So, I went to the park because I thought many people would be here, I'd be safe." She explained fear and pain took over her.

"Shh... You're fine now, Won. I'm right here. You did great. You're safe now." I said, caressing her back.

I hugged her, not minding the stares we were getting. At that moment, she was the only thing that mattered.

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hi mwehehe ^-^ uhm... it's been a while, right? i just wanna ask if you're fine? you know... about the izone d-word. if you need a friend or someone, you can talk to me. i swear i won't judge. it's really hard for me too, ngl and it's fine to not be okay.

the only reason why it hurts is that you loved them.

have a nice day :))