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Sieun opened her eyes. She went to check her phone.

07 30. She sighed and lay on the bed. It was the last day of the trip. Yesterday, they went to a high school to carry out a programme and a tour and didn't return until eleven o'clock.

Sieun usually woke up at this time, but since the wake-up time on this trip was 9 a.m., she couldn't help but sigh. She went to check her phone and lay down on her bed. The girl tried to shut her eyes, but no matter what, she still ended up with her eyes wide open, so she got out of bed and went to the toilet.

Sieun walked out of the bath and checked the time. 08 00. What to do at this hour? Nothing. She sat down on her bed and recalled the dream that she had.

"I don't like her, so why did she even bully me? She had a one-sided beef with me somehow..." I said, drinking my iced lemon tea. "Eunbi finally moved to another school, anyway," Sumin spoke. As i was eating my bibimbap when Sumin mentioned that name, I nearly spat out the rice in my mouth. "Stop mentioning that name, i'm eating. I feel like puking when I hear that name."

"Which name?"

"Eunbi. She looks at me as if she has a higher position than me. Whenever I see her eye me like that, I feel like snapping. She broke my friendship with nearly everyone before you all came. It made me feel angry but helpless. She's a rich businessman's daughter, so what could I do? Beat her up?" I grumbled, venom subtly laced in my words. She broke everything I had. Being friends with Jaehyuk, Seola, Mihyun, and Arin would be hard again.

It was true. The dream happened two years ago. Sieun sighed once again. Luckily, Arin and Jaehyuk knew that she wanted to destroy me, she thought.

But, after Eunbi bullied her, Isa only learnt two things.

One, it was hard to make real friends. Real friends that you could confide in. She thought Eunbi was her friend. She was her best friend. But Eunbi turned her back on her, betrayed her and bullied her. If you thought that Mihyun and Seola would be friends with her again, then the answer is no. They became acquaintances instead. She had nightmares every night that Eunbi would come for her and beat her up until she lost consciousness, that she would fall into a dark hole. Her anxiety grew day by day until she became a wreck.

Two, being loved was hard. She saw the wicked truth of her friendship with Eunbi and regretted not realising it earlier. Eunbi did not care for her but treated her like a servant.

She then met Seeun, who came from an orphanage, and Isa, who was bullied by the one and only Haruto and Sumin, who had family problems back then. They became friends with Yoon, and Yeeun, who were transfer students then. They helped each other when they needed help and moved into an apartment to live together.

Sieun sighed, took out her airpods and went to the balcony, selecting a k-drama to watch.

After watching an episode, which was thirty minutes or so, she went to take a shower. She woke — no, pushed Yoon off her bed— Yoon up to get her to shower when she was done. Today was the last day; the pupils could wear their clothes. Sieun picked out a khaki-coloured crop top with wide-leg denim jeans and sneakers, topping it off with a white, chained bag. When Yoon came out, she wore a ribbed, short-sleeved lilac top with a cream-coloured cropped cardigan, baggy jeans, and sported sneakers with a sling bag. They exited the room to knock on their other girls' room(Hongjoong went to wake the boys up) and went down for breakfast when everyone was present.

Isa was eating pancakes when she realised Yeeun was filming the whole group eating. She smiled at the camera, waving at it. Yeeun double-tapped the screen and filmed the dining area of the hotel.

Once they finished eating breakfast, they went to a museum before going to a shopping centre. The teachers let the groups off for lunch, not before reminding them to gather back in one hour. Isa's group went shopping for clothes before somehow ending up in a sushi restaurant.

"You took the last graphic tee i wanted!"

Asahi slowly turned to Yeeun while munching on his unagi sushi and shrugged. Isa sighed. "You have tons of them in your closet Yeeun."

"This man, too," Yoshi snitched, pointing to Asahi, who was now choking.

"Hey! That isn't a lot." Yoshi shrugged.

"Anyways, let's split the bill, shall we?" Mashiho asked. Everyone became rowdy as they tried splitting the total price and attempted to divide the service charge and VAT. At some point, Asahi even pulled a scientific calculator out of nowhere to calculate.

The group went out of the restaurant and wandered around the mall. Time ticked by, and now, it was time for the groups to gather. They went to the hotel to pack up and made sure they took everything there. When all the teammates went out, Isa and Sumin went to check the rooms and check if all of the keycards were with them before handing them to Mr Im.

"Someone's sock?" Isa emerged from Yeeun and Seeun's room, holding a clean sock with Apeach prints. Yeeun went towards Isa to get it.

Sumin passed the keycards to Mr Im, and they followed him to sort out the keycards. One of Yeeun and Seeun's keycards was missing, and the group panicked.

"Did you pass both keycards?" Isa questioned Yeeun. Yeeun nodded aggressively. She paced around the corridor, hoping the other keycard was not missing. Mr Im checked that one of the room's cardholders had three cards, so he tapped each keycard on Yeeun and Seeun's room entrance until one of them beeped green. The card was mixed up with Isa and Sumin's keycards the whole time. Everyone let out a sigh of relief when he found the other keycard("I must be growing old," Mr Im chuckled). 

"All right, you can move down to the lobby and wait for me there," Mr Im instructed. "Oh yeah, Isa, Cheng Xiao is okay. I checked with her." The six girls frowned at the sentence but shrugged it off. They dragged their luggage down to the hotel lobby and sat on the seats with the other groupmates, waiting for their teachers in charge to arrive. While waiting, Sumin borrowed Isa's phone to listen to music since her phone's battery was going to be flat.

"What are you listening to?" Hongjoong asked Sumin.

"All For Love by WayV," Sumin replied. He made a mental note to check it out later, so he downloaded the song. The elevator doors opened, and the teachers went out, signalling the students to prepare to go off to the airport. Once the teachers returned the keycards, the long journey to the airport started.

Hours passed, and they finally arrived at the airport. They collected their tickets and dropped off their baggage. They moved to the boarding gate and waited for the plane to arrive. When the students heard the announcement for passengers to board the plane, they gathered their belongings. Isa swung her chained bag and got up from her seat, tapping Sumin's shoulders as she was too focused on listening to music. They walked to the plane and sat on the assigned seats.