Eunchae
“Here, your pills! Don’t forget to take them on time!”, the doctor smiled at me and handed me the familiar box of medical treatments and an inhaler.
“Chaewon told me about your recent attacks again. I know you hate them but inhalers are the best options if you really have attacks like that so please use it if you need it instead of the pills, okay?”
I just nodded with a soft smile and took both of the things, putting them into my black Lady Dior and heading towards the exit. My driver already waited for me to drive me to school. I was already a few hours late but I was sure nobody was going to care and Chaewon knew about it, so it wasn’t a big deal.
“Thank you Dave, see you later!”, I waved him goodbye as I stepped out of the car and closed the door.
An uneasy feeling of being watched took over me as I went up the stairs of the school. I turned around to see if someone was near but didn’t notice a single soul near except for me making me shrug my shoulders and continue my way up.
Everything was quiet as I entered the school building which made me frown. It was lunchtime so everyone was supposed to be in the canteen eating their food and chatting with their friends. As soon as I stepped food into the canteen I knew exactly why everyone wasn’t daring to say a word. Thyme stood in the middle of the crowd, a girl in front of him who had her head low. A quick look onto the brown haired’s clothes let me knew why the cold look was plastered on his face too. His right shoe was covered with spaghetti, the lunch of that day.
“Is that your way of approaching a guy?”, Thyme looked at the girl in front of him, the other three boys standing behind him.
“P’Thyme…I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to! I’ll have your shoes cleaned or buy you a new pair!”, the poor girl looked like she was about to break down and cry making me instantly feel sympathy for her.
” ‘Buy a new pair’? Do you know what kind of shoes these are? These are tailor made in Paris!”, he huffed, making me frown. Tailor made? Those ugly shoes? Well I really should have shown him the shoes of my brother’s brand instead. They looked way better than whatever that was.
“Hey Thyme! Don’t be like that, she’s cute!”, Mj called out to his friend as I stood still not knowing what to do.
I couldn’t just go up there and tell him to stop. He already hated me before and his conversation with Chaewon the day before didn’t really make it better. Speaking of my best friend, where even was she?
I got pulled out of my thoughts when all of the students started to suddenly chant something and clap with their hands.
“Lick it! Lick it! Lick it!”
Wait. Was it what I thought they meant. They wouldn’t let her lick his shoe, right?
I was about to step up to them asking if they were out of their mind, when I suddenly heard someone slamming their hands onto the table. A girl with black hair stood up seconds later and approached both Thyme and the poor girl in front of him.
“What do you think you’re doing?”, the leader of F4 looked down at the black haired.
“Answer me!”, he demanded.
“I think it’s too much!”, the girl lifted her head up, making me widen my eyes as I recognized her as Gorya. We weren’t really friends but I knew here and her behavior enough to judge that she was a sweet girl.
“What did you just say?”, Thyme looked at her, shocked by her act of standing up against him.
“I said, I think it’s too much! You can see my friend didn’t mean to. Can’t you forgive her?”
Adrenaline rushed through my body as I stepped up to the scene, approaching the other three F4 members.
“Mj! Help me stop him!”, I softly nudged the black haired’s shoulder. He turned around with a serious gaze on his face and was about to say something, but his eyes started to widen as soon as seeing me.
“Eunchae! What are you doing here?”, he quietly panicked and and diverted his gaze between me and Thyme.
“Going to school?”, I was confused by his question.
“I thought you were…Nevermind just go to the chilling area already okay? We’re coming soon”
“No! We have to help them!”, I took a step forward but was dragged back to my place by Kavin who also saw me and quickly took my wrist before I could do anything.
“I don’t think that’s a good idea!”, Ren joined our conversation making me feel a little odd about their sudden behavior.
“I forgive your friend, as per your order.”
I looked up to see Thyme stepping closer to the unfamiliar girl and whispering something into her ear before heading towards the stairs, which lead up to the chilling area. Ren and Mj shortly after following him while Kavin dragged me after him, all of the students staring at either us or the two girls.
“Give her a red card!”, Thyme exclaimed as soon as we arrived.
I gulped as I sat down on one of the couches. Chaewon was right. The red card game really existed. All the rumors she had talked about were right. Adrenaline started to rush through my body when I thought of all the things she had told me to describe the red card game and of course, the scene at the stadion. It wasn’t just a misunderstanding. It was all real.
I tigthly gripped my bag with both of my hands, Kavin still gripping my wrist, I was suddenly scared if they would act the same way towards me.
“Eunchae?”
My eyes widened and I looked at Mj, who had called out to me.
“I already called you two times. Why did you want to help them?”, he questioned making me quickly look towards Thyme who suddenly was interested in the conversation and sat down on the couch in front of me.
“She’s my friend! You can’t just embarrass her like that!”, I blurted out, finally speaking up and ignoring the feeling of being intimated by their stupid card game. I hadn’t even seen that thing myself, why was I so negative about it anyway?
“Wait and see what else I can do.”, Thyme glared at me before leaning back in his seat again.
“You really want to give her a red card? She would be the first girl!”, Kavin exclaimed as he finally let go off my wrist, making sigh in relief.
I stood up and rushed down the stairs before any one of them could say something, heading towards my classroom, hoping that I would find Chaewon there. Ignoring the tingling feeling in my chest, I made my way towards the hallways when I couldn’t see my best friend on our assigned seats. Where did she go?
My phone started to ring when I came to a halt in the locker area. Pulling it out of my pocket I could make only make out an unknown name on the screen.
“Hello?”, I put the phone to my right ear.
My heartbeat started to increase when I could only hear breathing on the other side of the line.
“H-Hello?”, I said one more time, hoping someone would answer me.
I gulped when the person breathed in and out a few more times before hanging up the call. Weird. I shrugged it off and put my phone back into my pocket, thinking about my mission of finding my best friend.
“Eunchae!”
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