ch. 52

"the world gone mad, can't ignore this noise."

-deep end

"wait a damn minute."

eunbi takes a few seconds to blink out of disbelief before she turns around to see the one person she never wanted in her sight.

the bitch herself- kim siyeon.

cleaning her ears out, the brunette forces her lips to curve into an innocent smile. "i'm sorry, what did you say?"

the other female gasps when she recognizes the girl beside yunho and points her finger at her. "yunho, why are you with her?"

yunho, who finally decided to face his ex, raises his eyebrow at her. "here's the real question: what are you even talking about?"

taken back by his sudden remark, she holds her chest in pain as tears begin to stream down her face. her sniffles catch the attention of the bystanders and slowly, people surround the three of them. whispers are now thrown across the area, forming rumors that will soon be passed around the school.

"i knew it!" siyeon cries out. "you have been hooking up with that bitch this entire time!"

the female simply stares at her with her jaw hanging open, dumbfounded at this pathetic reaction she is witnessing. believing she is hallucinating, the girl rubs her eyes a few times and sees the same scene occurring before her.

eunbi starts to laugh hysterically.

one arm holds onto her stomach as the other one occasionally slaps her thigh, confusing everyone around her. with her blurry vision, she catches her breath and leans against the tall male beside her.

"oh man this is hilarious!" she exclaims while wiping her tears. "me?!? hooking up with yunho?!? you have to be kidding!"

she is definitely going crazy.

once she calms herself down, the vocalist approaches the female dancer and places her hands on her hip. one leg props up and an expression of disgust is displayed on her face.

"are you fucking serious?" she scoffs. "just because i came to school with him?"

knowing that she has got her hooked, a smirk tugs on siyeon's lips. "i mean, you did fuck wooyoung on the night of the dance."

with that, everyone chats with those around them and yunho looks at the brunette with widened eyes. in contrast, eunbi remains unfazed by the statement and taps her foot impatiently. reaching for her phone, she flashes the crowd a smirk and rolls her eyes before responding to the remark.

"oh, you mean that time when you locked wooyoung and i in an abandoned room?"

"what are you talking about-"

pulling up a video, the brunette faces the screen away from her and plays the film in front of her audience.

occurring in her device is a scene where she was recording the beautiful night as she holds a small conversation with the black-haired male. throughout the video, they can see the view of wooyoung's charming smile when they joke around with one another. they then head towards the door after a few minutes of talking and try to exit the room; however, it was locked from outside. the film ends where the girl successfully jumped out the window with the help of her date.

eunbi knew that siyeon would pull a trick on her, so she planned this video beforehand.

"don't try to say shit when you don't have evidence," the vocalist says with her taunting grin. "we wouldn't want you to taint your pretty, little mouth of yours with lies."

raising her hands in surrender, the female dancer simply snorts at the comeback.

"okay, you got me there. but that doesn't change the fact that you and yunho are together."

yunho steps forward with an infuriated expression written all over his face, his ears fuming with anger. "siyeon, stop this right now-"

"prove it," the vocalist intervenes.  "please tell me why you think yunho and i are dating."

with her permission, siyeon cups her hands around her mouth and calls out a name one person would regret hearing.

"choi san, would it be alright if you stepped into the circle?"

and all the confidence surging through her body collapses in an instant.

obliging to her request, the black-haired male nonchalantly walks into the center of attention with his hands in his pants pockets. he looks over to the slightly blond girl with a soft smile as he awaits for his next command.

now that her witness is here, she points over to the pair across from her with a sinister smile.

"san, can you tell everyone what you saw on the night of the dance?"

he nods before facing forward, his unwavering gaze locking onto eunbi's eyes as he begins speaking. the vocalist can feel her hands clench into fists and tears struggling to break through the surface at every word that is spoken. a suffocating feeling gurgles underneath her skin while she trembles in fear.

"i saw them dancing in each other's arms outside when i was taking a breath of air," he says, no signs of emotions evident in his tone. "you can practically feel the love in the air as they glide along the grass."

san takes note of each and every detail of eunbi's shocked reaction as he continues.

"when i went back inside, i saw siyeon crying and i asked her what was wrong. apparently, yunho told her that he wanted to break up with her because he was in love with someone else."

yunho's ears perk at the sound of false information and immediately storms toward the short male, using his height to tower over him. "that is completely false because she was the one who broke up with me. she was kissing another guy and eunbi was comforting me."

"you liar!" siyeon bellows. "you were the one who broke us up and left to be with that bitch!"

at this point, everyone is bickering with one another and the audience is gossiping about their situation while the brunette stands off to the side, suffocating herself with all the raging emotions within her.

betrayal.

frustration.

sadness.

to think that the people who used to matter to her the most are the reason behind her emotional turmoil.

she wishes for this pain to stop.

she wishes for this drama to stop.

she wishes for all this to stop.

she's sick and tired of this.

and so, she musters all the strength she has to storm up to the female on the opposing side and push her.

"what do you want from me?!?" she yells loudly, veins popping out her neck. "what is it that is encouraging this action?!?"

with her sudden outburst, everyone becomes quiet as she continues to ramble to her heart's intent.

"are you afraid of me?!? jealous of me?!? do you just enjoy watching me suffer that much to drag other people into this mess?!?"

she earns no response from the person she is confronting, pissing her off even more.

"you have a mouth for a reason, kim siyeon! or you acting like a-"

"i want you out of my life!"

the light blonde finally replies with more aggregation than before, her eyebrows angled downward.

"you are so annoying, you know that?!? you always think you're better than everyone else with your snotty attitude; you don't deserve anything in life!"

arching her back, eunbi releases a maniac laugh once more.

"you want me out of your life?!?" she sneers, the mocking smile never leaving her face. "i'm sorry, but you're not doing a good job of getting rid of me!"

leaning closer to her face, the brunette rolls her eyes at her.

"let's make a deal then," she offers. "we have private evaluations coming soon, so how about we do ours in public? we will have a voting ballot for who has a better performance."

now intrigued, the female dancer scoffs at the idea.

"what do i get from this?"

the vocalist backs up from her and makes eye contact with every single person surrounding them. an idea begins brewing in her head as she notifies the audience of this challenge.

"if you win, i will leave kq."

this receives numerous gasps from all around, including the two boys standing in the middle. san looks at her with widened eyes while yunho forces the girl to face him, jaw hanging open.

"are you crazy?!?" he shouts in disbelief. "this is not a game you should be playing-"

immediately, eunbi cuts him off with a simple glare. "don't butt in, i know what i am doing."

returning her focus to siyeon, she resumes explaining her offer.

"if i win, you won't be leaving kq..."

a delicate grin tugs on her lips.

"i'll just pay your parents a visit during the holidays. they must be wondering about how you've been behaving in school."

looking around her, the cockiness from within her grows.

"whoever wants me out of this school, you can join this little competition."

and with that, a declaration of war has been made.