"If loving you cost a much as my soul, then I'm willing to sacrifice it, just be with you"

"If being with you is a destiny, then I'll wait until you and I become one and call it"

"The Red String of us"

Chapter 1:Shelly?

[Saori???I'm here now!!!please come! ]

A feminine voice calls out your name, the tone of the voice is excited and energetic, it was Shelly Scott, your long distance friend from England, the principals granddaughter to be exact, you met her on the Instagram because she message you of how good your voice are when it comes to singing, and days passed you guys got close as she decided to tell you that she be staying in Korea for months making you excited by meeting her personally.

"Oh?you're here now?wait for me there!" You said as your calm voice became exhilarated making Jay beside you that has no interest or bother by it, peek a curiosity about you became somewhat cheerful as if you had receive a great news from someone.

"Who's that?" He ask, not shifting his attention to you,eyes fix to every word of his notes while flipping the page of it, and you beside him smile widely to your phone before drifting your attention to him, timidly tucking the strands of your hair to the back of her ears.

"Oh... It's my friend, the one I've been talking about with you this few days" you replied while looking to him, as you hold your phone tightly in your hands, scared that you might slip it and broke because of how tedious you move.

"Who? The guy in Japan or the girl in England?" He ask again, you blink a few times, flabbergasted by the fact that he remembers the persons you are talking about since you thought that he didn't even dare to listen to your blabbers because he's always focus on his notes or book whenever you are talking about them.

"The... Girl .. From England..?" You replied hesitantly to him who just answer a nod feeling lethargic to answer but satisfied at your respond at him, he breath relief it's not the guy you says was your 'friend', as an awkward silence drowns you, you bit your lips slightly by the sudden  silence after jays response, the sound of his note page can be heard and the other laughter of your classmates.

A moments later, your phone abruptly rang that caused your spirits woke up from reality, you first adjusted your voice before answering your friend that you thinks is getting impatient now waiting for you to come.

[Where are you?]

[Come now!]

"Yeah... Sorry I'm coming now. " you assure before standing up from your seat then marched away leaving the peaceful Jay alone to his seat, he looks as tour leaving figure before best back to reading, for him, it's pleasant to left  him alone as long as no one is going to bother him, but to his expectations his peacefulness got carried away because of the certain persons who just broke it.

As you reach the office, you stand in front of the office door as holding your breath, by twisting the door handle, the door opens revealing a blonde hair girl and her Grandfather that both darted their attentions to you, you were about to bow to pay respect when you heard a squeek.

"ACKKKK!!!! SAORI!!!!"The excited blonde hair outcry calling your name as she hastely went to you and give you a dearly warm hug until you can't no longer breath.

"A-ah H-hello" you greets while trying to save yourself from the blondes suffocating hug yet loving hug.

"Haha SHELLY sweetie calm down your friend might die from suffocation" her grandfather or Mr. Principal to be exact exclaimed as Shelly let go of their hug that you gasp for air yourself

"Hihi sorry I just got excited because I can finally talk to her personally!"she said while clapping her hands together from excitement.

"yeah.... Haha welcome to korea...hope you enjoy your staying here"you told, making Shelly teared up then hug you again dramatically.

"Ohhh my precious Saori I love you...." Shelly confess, you quickly reciprocate the hug feeling each other warm hugs, while the principal watch the two of you happily looking like a proud grandpa of his two granddaughters.

"Oh shi.. What time is it now?" Shelly suddenly ask, forgot about the time that is running and the class will start soon, as you shifted a little to look at your phone to check the current time.

"Oh... It's still too early before the class starts... " you assured that make the blonde itself make an okay sound, Shelly turn around drawing her gaze at her grandfather who only look at her and trying to guess why is she staring at him like that.

"Grandpa! We will get going now!bye!I still need to catch up with saori!" She said, excusing their selves as you bow to leave, Mr. Principal nodded in agreement while giving them a fatherly smile, they turn around facing their heels at him and starts to walk out of the office side by side while clinging into each others embrace

The two of you walk through the hallway into the way to the classroom, Shelly is saying some of her experience when she came into korea while you're just listening on what she is saying about while smiling and nodded whenever you somehow relate . But the others makes you chuckle because of the savage side comments shelly giving to the person try to hit up on her.

"Hey Saori! I think I found your Romeo on the way here in korea!" The blonde suddenly said, as you shift your attention to her.

"My what?...." You reacted, bewildered at her sudden choice of words for you.

"Your Romeo the Student President, the Top in your class! The one you've been blabbering about, he's the one who get my bag from those freaks"The blonde proclaim while looking at you waiting for your reaction.

" oh wait I have proof" Shelly said as she starts to search something from her bag while you beside her restivetidly waits for her show her that 'proof'.

When she successfully found it she handed it over to you making you look at it you're hesitant to took it at first but the blonde grow impatient and force you by grabbing your hand then place it on your palms aggressively but passionately.

You eyed her before taking a closer look at it, you reads the name and look at the students picture, your eyes widen a little, surprise that shelly is indeed has proof to show

"It's him right? He looks exactly the same on the picture you sent to me" she said, quietly smirk knowing she is right about it as you nodded, agreeing that it was the person she was seeking about.

"Tch, I knew it.... Don't worry saori! I will be your wing woman to your love story!"the blonde said that make the female cringe at her jokingly but also chuckle because of her friends unnecessary idea calling herself as a wingwoman

A few silence took over them, when you widen your eyes realizing something and starts to cape your school blazer pockets and look around the ground nervously trying to find something somewhat important belongings of yours

"What now?don't tell me you lose your I'd...?" Shelly retorted that make you scratch the back of your head nervously and nod slowly.

"Hshshshs you're really such clumsy girl huh!try to look around in your classroom or bag maybe you just misplace it" she said giving you a positive hope. But she starts teasing you for being clumsy and sometimes teasing you asking if you and jay kiss in private making you defend yourself and denied that you and him aren't but she just chuckle and tease you more satisfied about your pouty reaction.

While the two of you having a time chitchatting and laughing, a certain old man behind them whose hiding into the walls watching them while it's eyes are gleaming and glistening to its view created by the two young ladies together.

"Omy... My Two sweetchilds, my heart"the old man says as it clutch his heart dramatically while shredding a tear from happiness.

"Sit down for a minute everyone" the teachers plea as the students starts to sat into their perspective seat while the others who is already in their place starts to murmur at each other, asking what is the business of their teacher to them.

"Huh why? It's still our break time"the boy with bandaid nonplussedly reacted to their teachers words.

"Is there are announcement or something?" While the girl with brown hair exclaimed looking at the teacher as they sat down to their own seats.

"ALRIGHT! ATTENTION!!!!"The teacher said making sure that all of the students are fully paying attention on him.

"Starting today, we've got a new exchange student in our class" the teacher announce that make the students cheer quietly by the information.

"Wow exchange student? Is it a foreigner?"

"Of course you idiots he says that exchange right?"

"Damn I hope it's a girl"

"Then besides saori we've got another exchange student now!"

"Hehe come on, don't be shy~"

The blonde look at you friend before she took a step forward confidently as you took it as your chance and sprint off to your seat and sat their and acts like nothing happened making the male beside you look at you examining your face then downwards trying to find if you did a dumb thing to make you show up to class late.

"Where were you? " the male mention putting his hands on the top of his desk and rest his chin in it, waiting for your response at him.

"To the principals office hehe, I lost my i'd" you reason out truthfully at him

When the male place a card beside at the top of your table and breath out wincely irritated by you being scrappy at your own things, sometimes he's thinking if your either clumsy, scrappy or stupid or maybe your'e all of it.

"You drop it when you dashed away earlier" he said before drawing his attention to the front" next time take care of your things" he lectured to you as you nod understandingly.

"Yeah sorry....thanks for bringing it back" you apologize when a approaching figure of  Shelly making it's way to jays table as the students followed her using their eyes watching intensely of what she was trying to do, when shelly suddenly lower her torso and kisses the male on the cheek making all of them stunned in their places unable to comprehented what just happen

"S-SHE JUST GOT HERE!! AND HE ALREADY GOT A KISS??!!!"

"DAMN THAT STUDENT PRESIDENT!!!"

"I DIDN'T SEE WHAT JUST HAPPENED!!!"

the others in the room starts to whine and getting cotton on from what just happened while the others teared up dramatically from jealousy

When Shelly turn to your direction and she quickly gave you a thumbs up while grinning widely

"Don't be jealous! It's his reward for helping me!" She explains that make you mumbled an okay confusingly...then went back to  fixing your I'd that just got back from Jay.

"Oh and you" Shelly point out the guy beside you who is looking at her with confusement in his face having no idea why she was pointing at him.

"H-huh?"

"Would you mind changing seats?I wanna seat beside Saori" Shelly Explained as they male besid you starts to get his things and leave his seat as the blonde unhesitating to sat by your side comfortably.

Red String Of Us

"Why are they picking on your boyfriend?" Shelly ask looking tediously to the poor Jay who is now surrounded by his classmates bombarding him some question.

"Uhm...maybe because you suddenly appear then decide to kiss him?....and also he's not my boyfriend" You state, as the rest of your female classmates are in seats asking the blonde to your side some of the questions about girly things.

"Hey you look so pretty"

"How do you know jay?"

"She got a pretty hair"

When suddenly someone appeared in front of you that make the girls squeel from excitement while blushing.

"Hey~ my names minu" the guy with brown hair introduce himself while trying to ingratiate shelly but failed

Because he just got a silent treatment from Shelly that make her also peevishly look at them and just faced you.

"So....this is how you deal and experience when you got exchange here?" She ask you referring about you guys classmates acting like a fangirls or fanboys whenever someone just got exchange from other country.

"Yeah... But it was fun because they treating me nicely" you share while fidgeting your hands and smiling farouchely at her. As she just nodded relief that you're safe here without getting bullied

Well for her, if she got bullied she has able to do anything maybe fight back at them or tell to his grandfather so they'll be suspended, but to you she knew if you got bullied, you will not going to do anything to get away to the person who will bully you, but maybe you will just talk to them mitigately without others getting hurt or you getting hurt.

When suddenly a shout from behind can be heard making everyone startled by the sudden outburst

"ARE YOU JOKING?! THEN EXPLAIN WHY EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU KISSED THAT BLONDE GIRL-GODDESS!!!" Minu groan, looking at Jay waiting for his explanation referring about the kiss incident a while ago, as the whole class is looking at them bickering like there is drama on TV going on.

"HOW DID A NERD LIKE YOU BEAT ME TO KISSING A GIRL FIRST?!" Minu added while clatching his hand like it's the end of the world if jay Beats him in the most basic or maybe in the hard way

"IT'S BECAUSE SHE JUST SUDDENLY CAME OVER AND DO IT!" Jay hissed back to him that make Minu Grab jays collar and face him knitting his eyebrows together.

"SHE KISSED YOU FOR NO REASON???!!! HOW COULD YOU NOT
HAVE SAID A WORD ABOUT HER EVEN WITH US LIVING TOGETHER LATELY?!!" Minu screeched that make the both of them stunned because of Minus revelation and realization

"Wow~did you hear that?they're living together.. "

"Minu and Jay are living together?.."

"Does that mean that they're... Omygod no way...!"

"It's like a lovers quarrel then... "

The others whisper talking about the big revelation

"No way... Hey saori your boyfriend is cheating on you??!!" Shelly said a little louder, making the attention was now shifts to you, you look at them nonplussedly from the sudden attention.

"Omfg... So that's why they're always together?"

"Damn I thought I have a chance"

"Omg so much revelation"

"So that's why minu and Jay are arguing? Because Jay cheated on him?!"

"NO... HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND HAHA HE'S JUST MY FRIEND.... " you defend as the others sigh in relief but the others starts to murmur unsure if you're telling the truth, but for the certain male he got bothered if you actually meant it or no.

Red String Of Us

As the clear blue sky from earlier got envelop by now pink and orange hue above creating a nice shade of color from the sky while the sun is setting making a perfect view as a zephyr hugging every skins as it gives a chill through their spine but warmth in their skin.

"Ah~ finally schools over, wanna grab some food?" The blonde started while looking to you who is busy reading some books in her hands

"Hey Saori isn't that your boyfriend?" The blonde said making you turn your attention to Shelly who is pointing towards their direction which is directly showing jay and minu talking to each other

"They're cheating on you" Shelly groaned as you face palm yourself getting tired of Shelly's unexpected words

"They're not"

"Why not?!"

"Because he's not... My boyfriend?..." You clarified while looking at her whose giving her a sarcastic face

"Not YOUR BOYFRIEND YET." The blonde responded making sure to emphasize the word 'yet'

"Besides I don't even have a chance with him..." You confess sighing sadly while holding your book tighter than usual

"That's why I'm here! I'm your wing woman from now on" She said cheering up that she successfully makes you smile from her silliness.

"Wait let me call him!"

"No wait!"

"Hey! JAAay..... " Shelly was about to call but failed because someone hold her mouth preventing her from saying something

"Where do you think you're doing my sweet granddaughter?" The Mr. Principal from behind asked, as you flinch by the sudden appearance of him, shelly just look at him then smile to him sweetly.

"Grandpa! I wanna hang out with a friend for a bit" shelly said then wink at the you causing for you to laugh at her

"What're you up to this time? You've gotta go home tonight with your old grandpa~" The Mr. Principal said while grabbing shelly's hoodie she was struggling to get free

"No! No! No! I don't want to!!I wanna go with Saori!!!" Shelly yelled as the old guy look at you signaling you to go first as you responded with a nod and bow feeling guilty for not helping your friend who currently getting drag away.

"HEY!!!! SAORI!!! HELP MEEEE"

"STUPID GRANDPA!!"

Red String Of Us

"Tadaima!!" You and your little sister shout in sync as because th

e two of you just got home after the long day from school.

"Oh! My sweeties!you got exactly from home!the dinners ready" your mother said as the both of you smile and started to put your shoes shoes in the shoe cabinets

"Mother!!!! Ane has a boyfriend!!!" Your little sister said making you  widen your eyes as your mother started to chuckle at you.

(Ane in Japan is older sister)

"I didn't! He's just a friend....!" You defended that make your mother to laugh more

"Boyfriend ha?" A sudden voice from behind said that makes you flinch, you and your sister turn around to see who it was and saw your father smiling to you guys while holding a box of strawberry and donuts in a plastic bag.

"Chichi!!!!" The little sister said then run to hug her father, as your father widely open his arms to catch the small figure running towards him while you and your mother is just busy looking to the foods that your father brought to you guys.

"I'm hurt, you love the food more than me" your father says clutching his heart dramatically that make the both of you and your mother to look at each then smile.

"Hehe Sorry!" Your mother said and give the father a kiss on cheek earning giggle and squeel from him

"Omg stop that" you commented while giving them a sarcastic digust face

"And now! For my oldest daughter give papa a hug!" Your father said then hug you, you hug him for a seconds while holding the box of strawberries

"Aish, now go change were eating dinner before it gets cold" your mother said taking away the strawberries and donuts from you,  the three of you nod and started to go upstairs to get change while humming a song together

"Strawberries!"

" strawberries!"

"Donut!"

"Donut!"

"No! We're eating that after dinner"

"..."

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Authors note:

I edited it:p