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Areum nodded her head, signalling me to go to the toilet with her. I nodded, excusing myself and walking to Areum. She gave a glare to Sunghoon, who looked at her cluelessly.

We walked to the bathroom as I hung my head low, holding my wrist.

"hey!!! are you okay?!?!" Areum looked up at me as I held my wrist in the other hand, wincing.

"she does this on purpose, I swear." I ran it under the cold tap, the concealer running off and revealing the swollen bruise around it.

"hey, you sure you'll be okay? that looks painful." Areum looked at me, caringly.

At that point, loud music started to blast, along with cheering and what not.

"what's that?" I asked her, accidentally avoiding her question.

"the party, majority of our table has probably gone on to the dance floor." Areum replied, I nodded understandingly.

"wont it be awkward if we go back now?"

"why? the table will most likely be empty." Areum smiled, "anyways, are you sure you will be okay? I can tell Sunghoon that I'll just drop out for a while to get you to the hospital."

"it's not that bad, I hope, the nurse only said it had swollen and was sprained." I reassured her, as she sighed.

"you're quite stubborn aren't you? first you didn't want to take the umbrella, now you refuse to get checked up." She laughed as I chuckled.

"i promise i get better along the way." I replied, I rinsed my hands under the cold water, gently massaging my injured wrist.

"you ready?" Areum asked as I nodded, "if you feel the need to go somewhere, let me know, okay?" She lectured me as I once again, nodded.

Areum was someone who I thought was going to be bratty, just because she was one of the closest girls to Sunghoon.

Turns out she's one of the most affectionate girls I know, which is a surprise considering most of the girls who have even said one word to Sunghoon act like they are on top of everyone.

We walked back together, at the table where only a few people were sat.

Sunghoon and Jiwoo suddenly came back with drinks, that was a bit of a surprise.

Jiwoo sat down next to Sunghoon, laughing with him. He seemed to loosen up from his cold attitude after having a few drinks.

Maybe I had the wrong perception of him, was he seriously lacking empathy or emotion?

I sipped on my drink occasionally, scrolling through my phone out of boredom. Everyone was having a good time, dancing, laughing, singing or whatever.

And here I was, sitting in my own space of melancholy, distancing myself from the social-ness around me.

I sighed, looking at the new message I had received.

'hey sweetheart, is everything okay at school:)?' The message read from my mother.

I smiled lightly, typing back to her message.

'everything is fine, can't wait to see you.' I wrote with my non-injured hand, faintly smiling at the contact name.

'alright, stay safe and make sure to wear warm clothing as it's raining, goodnight.' She responded before going offline.

'sleep well.'

I shut my phone off, taking a sip of my drink, staring at the ceiling while loud music played.

"hey, Yerin!!"-