Min Taemin POV (Point Of View)
"Where's she?" I said, looking at the empty seat next to me. My eyes went to the door, waiting for her to walk right through. I've been doing it since the beginning of the lesson, and no sign of her.
I let out a deep sigh and focused on the lesson, then my phone buzzed with a notification. "I'll check it later," I said, writing in my notebook. When the teacher faced the board to write on it, I decided to pull out my phone.
The name 'Angry Bird' flashed across the screen, and I tapped on the notification. I read the message, and my eyes widened with horror. I stood up from my seat, causing the chair to make a loud noise against the floor, grabbing the teacher and everyone's attention.
"Taemin, is everything alright? Why are you disrupting my class?" The teacher spoke up, sounding annoyed. I looked up from my phone screen, "Angry Bird is in trouble."
The teacher looked at me in confusion, "Who is Angry Bird?" "Ji seo. She's in trouble." I said before running out of the class.
Kim Min-ho POV (Point Of View)
'When did he start caring about other people than himself?' I said inwardly. I looked at Arin, who had a look of panic across her face, and my eyes narrowed with suspicion. Our history teacher stood there in shock before he ran after Taemin.
I stood up from my seat and walked over to Arin's desk. "What did you do?" She silently stared at me, and that answered my question. I nodded and left the class, going after Taemin, ignoring Arin calling my name.
Min Taemin POV (Point Of View)
I arrived at the girls' locker room and tried opening the door, but it was locked. Min-ho and the history teacher reached my side. "What happened?" Min-ho asked. I turned to face him with a glare, "Are you blind? As you can see, I'm trying to open the door, but it's locked and Ji seo is in there." I explained.
He rolled his eyes and knocked on the door, "Ji seo, are you in there?" I walked away from him and sighed out in annoyance. and massaged my temple.
"You know, for someone who has excellent grades and is smart, you are really stupid." "What are you saying?" He sighed. "I just said Jiseo is locked in there, and you're knocking on the door. 'Ji seo, are you in there?'" I said, imitating his voice.
"That's enough, you two." The history teacher spoke up. I forgot he was standing here. I scoffed and placed my hands in my pockets. I heard multiple footsteps approaching, and I turned to see our classmates.
"I'll go get some help," Min-ho announced before leaving. Minutes later, he came back with the principal and the janitor. "What happened?" The principal asked me. I looked at her in confusion, then Min ho, "He didn't tell you what happened? Jiseo is locked in here."
She nodded and glanced at the janitor, who took out his set of keys from his pocket. He went through everyone, then paused and looked at the principal in confusion, "The key for this door isn't here."
"What do you mean it isn't here?" I said, already angry at the time he was wasting. "It must be in my drawer, I'll go and get it." He said before leaving.
I looked around me and couldn't see Min-ho around, or Arin. A few minutes later, the janitor came with a new set of keys, Min-ho following closely behind him. The janitor inserted the key into the keyhole and opened the door.
Ji seo was lying unconscious on the floor, her braids covering her face. Gasps were heard around me, and I crouched down, removing her braids from her face. I shook her, trying to wake her up.
"Ji seo? Ji seo, wake up." I said, trying to wake her. "Quickly, someone should take her to the nurse's office." Our principal spoke up with worry. A suit was draped on her body, covering her up. I looked up and saw Min-ho looking down at me.
"Let's take her to the nurse's office." He said before carefully lifting her from the floor. I removed my suit and draped it over her exposed thigh. From the corner of my eye, I saw Arin glaring at Min-ho, but she had this other look on her face.
We both took her to the nurse's office, and she was shocked to see Ji seo in such a state. A few minutes later, Ji seo woke up and looked around in confusion. "Ji seo, are you okay now?" The nurse asked her softly.
Jiseo nodded and looked down at her body that still had I and Min-ho suits on her, and looked at both of us in confusion. "You only had a towel on when we found you," Min-ho said, clearing up her confusion.
"Oh, thank you." She said, her voice sounding hoarse. I handed her a bottle of water, and she gulped everything in one gulp.
"Wow, you were that thirsty?" I said teasingly. She rolled her eyes at me and handed me the water, which I took from her. "Where's my uniform?" She asked, looking around, and at that moment, Arin entered the room along with the principal, holding what seemed to be Ji seo's uniform.
"I'm so sorry, Ji seo, I won't play such a prank on you again," Arin said, bowing her head in apology before dropping Ji seo's folded uniform on the bed. Ji seo stared at Arin for a minute before looking down at her uniform on the bed.
"It's okay." She said, giving Arin a small smile. Arin stared at her in shock, and Ji seo slowly got up from the bed, still dizzy, she pulled Arin into a hug.
I stared at her in shock, and so did Min-ho, 'Is she seriously hugging her?' I said inwardly. They were both hugging for some minutes before Ji seo let go and gave Arin a sweet smile.
Arin looked at her in fear before leaving the room, "Are you okay, Ji seo?" Our principal spoke up, walking up to Ji seo.
Ji seo nodded, "Yes, Mrs. Kim." "Would you be able to go home yourself? One of the boys could drop you off." She said, pointing to I and Min-ho.
Ji seo shook her head, "No, it's fine. I'll just call my driver to come pick me up." Our principal nodded and left the room. I scoffed, and that caught Jiseo's attention.
"What?" She said, scowling at me. "Are you sure you don't want me to take you home?" Min-ho said. Ji seo nodded her head, "I'll be fine. You don't need to worry."
"Okay, now leave, I need to change." She said, before pushing us out of the room. We stood outside the room in awkward silence. I turned to him, "So, Arin was behind this?"
He looked at me and gave me a slight nod, then spaced out after that. I looked at him with disbelief, "You are weird nowadays." I scoffed.
Kim Min Ho POV (Point Of View)
Flashback
I saw Arin leave the crowd of students, and Chaeyoung followed her in confusion. I followed her silently until she went back to class and opened her class locker, and took out the janitor's keys.
I heard Chaeyoung gasp, "Isn't that-?" "What does it look like?" Arin harshly responded, cutting her off. "Wait, so if you have this, then that means-" "Yes, quit being dumb," Arin said, cutting her off again.
"Why did you do this, Arin? This is so messed up." Chaeyoung scolded and received a harsh glare from Arin. "I didn't know it would lead to this." She said, looking down at the keys in her hand.
"How are you going to give the janitor these back?" Chaeyoung asked, sounding nervous. "I don't know." Arin sighed. I entered the classroom and took the keys out of her hand.
She stared at me in shock, "Ah, Min-ho, it isn't what you think. You see.." She trailed off, not knowing what to say to defend herself. "I'll give these to the janitor-" I said, referring to the key, "But as for you, you should probably start digging your own grave," I said coldly.
"Why do you care about her?!" She yelled, angry tears rolling down her cheeks. "Because she is the new student and I can't let someone ruin the reputation of this school or the legacy my mom built because of jealousy," I said, glaring at her.
She stopped her tears and stared at me in shock, or probably realization, "If anything happens to her and my mom gets into a major scandal because of you, I promise you that I would do everything in my power to bring your whole family down." I said coldly before leaving the classroom.
End of Flashback.
Ji seo came out of the nurse's office, and that brought me out of my thoughts. She gave us our suits back. "You guys waited for me? Thanks." She said, giving us a grateful smile.
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, I wasn't waiting for you, but my suit. I can't let you have it for more than 1 hour again because you seem to forget that it isn't yours." Taemin said, wearing his suit and losing his tie a bit.
Ji seo rolled her eyes and walked ahead of us to our classroom to take her bag. "Ah, I'm so hungry." She mumbled. We were the only students left in the class, since the others had gone home.
We were walking out of the classroom when her stomach grumbled loudly. She froze with embarrassment and clutched her tummy. "What do you have in there? A beast?" Taemin teased.
Ji seo rolled her eyes and pushed him playfully, which earned a laugh out of Taemin. I raised my eyebrow in confusion, 'Since when were these two friends?' I said inwardly in confusion.
We kept walking till we reached the cafeteria and paused at the door. "I'm going to get something for me to eat from the vending machine," Ji seo said before she entered the cafeteria, leaving us outside.
Taemin opened the door, "Hey Ji seo, can you please get me some Pocky sticks?" He said. "Did you give me money to get one for you?" She said with a hint of annoyance in her tone.
"Can't you just get one for me?" Taemin whined. "No." She shot back. "Okay then. If not for me, you would've still been locked in the locker room." Taemin huffed. Then, suddenly, after he said that, a pack of Pocky sticks was thrown at his head.
"Now we are even right?" Ji seo said, walking out of the cafeteria with snacks in her hands. Taemin rolled his eyes, then bent to pick the pack of Pocky from the ground. He stared at the number of snacks in her arms. "Did you empty the vending machine?" He said in shock.
Jiseo, ignoring him, rolled her eyes. I stared at them in silence, then a pack of M&M's came into my view. I looked at it before looking at Ji seo, who was offering it to me. I shook my head, "I don't have a sweet tooth."
Her face dropped at my words, "Oh." Her reaction made me feel guilty, and I grabbed the M&M's from her hand and kept them in my bag, and didn't say a word but began walking.
We got to the parking lot, and Jiseo went to the car that was waiting for her while Taemin got on his Motorcycle and drove off. I let out a sigh and got into my car and drove off to my house.
I saw a new car in the parking lot and I stared at it in confusion, "Do we have a guest?" I parked my car and got down. I stared at the car in my parking lot, "Or did Dad get a new car?"
I shook my head and entered the house. I heard my dad's voice from the living room, "That means we have a guest." I said to myself and was about to climb the stairs when I heard a familiar voice that I hadn't heard in a long time.
I rushed to the living room and saw someone I didn't think I would see. He noticed me and stood up from the couch with a warm smile, "Min-ho, how are you doing?"
"Hyung?" I said in shock, staring at the young man who was currently giving me the warmest smile ever. My older brother. Min Hyun.