Doyeon POV

I was trying my best to concentrate on work, but it was hard when she was just sitting there with her friend. Sometimes I can feel her staring my way, but I didn’t want to look, afraid that I might make eye contact with her and fall for her even deeper. It all started when she ran straight into me 4 months ago.

Flashback

Oof. I let out a sound as I felt something hit me. I realized it was a person, and they fell onto the floor. I was shocked for a moment, then I was worried seeing how the person fell really hard. My friends just laughed and started walking away, but I wanted to help.

“Doyeon-ah, aren’t you coming?” Cathy said.

I just ignored her and started helping pick up the girl’s stuff. She seems to be in a rush since she was gathering her stuff quickly. I noticed that she forgot her notebook, so I grabbed it for her.

“Wait,” I said before she can run off, “you forgot one of your book.” Then i handed it to her.

“T-thank you.” She said looking down.

I thought she was super cute based on first impression, mainly because she was about a head shorter than me.

“Are you okay? That was a pretty hard fall.” I asked trying to contain my worried voice, because it’s a bit weird that a stranger would be so worried for another stranger.

“Yeah thanks.” She was still looking down, which bothered me a bit. I was only able to see part of her face.

“Be careful next time, alright?” I wanted to put my hand on her shoulder, but I thought that might be weird too.

“Come on Doyeon-ah, quit bothering yourself with a little squirt.” Catchy said.

“Coming!” I said, then I turned to the girl, “sorry, she doesn’t mean it. Well bye, and be careful!”
I’m used to apologizing for Cathy rudeness, that girl has no filter, but she’s a really cool person.

I gave the girl one last smile and left.

Flashback End

I thought it was weird that ever since she ran into me I couldn’t stop thinking about her. I was able to find out her name after asking around. Choi Yoojung. She’s also a third year, but we never had any classes together, I think. I was sure that if I were to have class with her I would have noticed her for sure. I started seeing her at school more often, sometimes we would make eye contacts. When we do I’d give a smile, but she would quickly look away and run off. I wonder if I’m such a scary person to her.

Yoojung started coming to the bakery that I worked at more often, which I was happy about. She always sat the same spot, sometimes with her friend sometimes alone, and just study. I thought it was weird that she seems like she studies so hard, but according to rumors she doesn’t do well in school.

After I finished helping a customer, Yoojung was next. I felt my heart beat a bit faster at the sight of her in front of me.

“Hi, what can I get you?” I asked, “oh hey, it’s you.” I said being nonchalant.

“H-hi.” she said nervously, which I thought was super cute.

“You come here pretty often huh? I always see you sitting at the same spot.”
“Yeah, it’s a nice place to study.”
“Yeah it is,” I smiled, “so what can I get you?”
“Can I just get a sea salt jasmine and just a regular jasmine?”
“Yeah of course.”
I gave her the employee discount and then gave her her receipt. Then she went back to sit with her friends. My eyes followed her until her seat, then I went back to helping the next customer. Our drink maker made the drinks pretty fast and called out Yoojung’s number. She came up and got her drink, and we made eye contact. I had to think fast so I mouthed “enjoy” and she quickly looked away and went back to her table. I was getting really curious about her, she seem so lively and everything with her friends, but seem so nervous and avoids eye contacts when we look at each other. I hope we get a chance to get to know each other soon.

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“Oh my next student is Choi Yoojung.” Haein unnie said as she looked at her paper.

My head immediately snapped at the name.

“Do you know her?” Haein unnie asked.

“Yeah, do you mind if I tutor her instead?” I asked, really hoping that she’ll say yes.

“Yeah sure, I have some stuff to do after school anyways.” Haein unnie agreed.

I really wanted to jump up in excitement. Finally Yoojung and I can finally talk and get to know each other. Haein unnie sent an e-mail to Yoojung’s parents saying that the tutor has been changed to me. Throughout the day I couldn’t wait for school to be over. I kept coming up with scenarios about how it would be like to be in the same room as Yoojung for an hour just tutoring her.

Finally it was time to get started with the tutoring. I went to her house and knocked on the door. Her mom opened it and smiled brightly.

“Hello,” I said bowing a bit, “I’m here to tutor Yoojung.

“Oh yes come in.” Her mom said.

I nodded and went in, I saw Yoojung standing there frozen. I gave a surprised expression so it seems like I didn’t expect that it was her.

“This is Yoojung, you guys can go up to her room to study. Yoojung-ah, take her to your room.”
Yoojung came back to her senses and gestured for me to follow her. Her room looked nice and cozy. There were a lot of books, a lot of clothes scattered around.

“So you’re Yoojung.” I smiled, breaking the ice.

“H-hi.” She said shyly, it made me want to pinch her cheeks.

“I guess we’ll officially introduce each other. I’m Kim Doyeon.” I smiled.

“Choi Yoojung.” She said shyly again.

“Well I guess let’s start.” I clapped my hands together.

We sat down at her table and took out the textbooks. Yoojung was pretty close to me, my heart was pounding a bit. I thought it was weird at how my heart pounds faster when I’m with her.

“So what subject are you having trouble with the most?” I asked.

“Everything.”
“Oh,” I laughed, “then I guess we can start with English first.”
Yoojung seemed really nervous, I thought it was weird and cute at the same time.

“Are you alright? You seem zoned out.” I asked.

“Y-yeah sorry.” Yoojung managed out.

“Hmm how about we just start with simple stuff first, it might be overwhelming to just jump straight into studying. Tell me about yourself, Yoojung-ah.”
I was using this to break the ice and also to find out more about her.

“Errrrm I don’t know what to say…”
“Hmm well I’m a third year in highschool, I’m part of the dance club, cheerleading club, and cross country. What about you?”

“Nothing…” Yoojung put her head down.

“Oh really? Why not?”
“I’m too short for anything.”
I tried my best to hold it in, but I couldn’t so i laughed. She looked so cute saying it because she was pouting like a baby.

“Hey don’t laugh.” She pouted again.

“Haha I’m sorry, but well one good thing about you being short is that it makes you look cute.” I smiled.
I can see her blushing a bit, which made me happy.

“Well do you have any jobs? I’m sure you can guess by now, I have two jobs. At the bakery and as a tutor.”
“I don’t have any. Why are you working two jobs?” Yoojung asked.

“I like to keep myself busy.” I shrugged.

The real truth was that I don’t want to go home. I hated home. I hated seeing him. He’s the reason for all my suffering, and my inability to fully trust people.

“Isn’t it tiring though?”
“It is, I never have a day off to myself, but I got used to it.”
I rather die from being tired than die by his hand.

I noticed Yoojung stopped being tensed and I can feel her relaxing, which made me happy. We spent the rest of the time talking about each other. I told her some stuff about me, and she told me stuff about her. I thought she was a really interesting person. I can feel myself liking her more and more.

“I know this isn't the conventional tutoring, but I just thought we can ease into things.” I said.

“I like it like this.” Yoojung smiled.

“Good! I’ll see you tomorrow then, tomorrow we’ll actually do some school work.”
“Awwww.” Yoojung whined, making me smile.

“Cute.” I smiled subconsciously.

I gather my stuff and waved goodbye to her then walked out the door. I took my time walking back home because I really didn’t want to go home. I hated going home. I also hate being alone because that’s when I start thinking. I miss my mom. She passed away two years ago from cancer, leaving me with my step-dad. My step-dad was okay at first, but he started turning violent. I honestly think that my mom only remarried because she knew she was going to be gone and needed someone to take care of me, but anything would be better than being stuck with him.

I finally reached home and went in. He was passed out on the couch, so i carefully went up the stairs, afraid that I might wake him up. When I was in my room I took out my phone to text Yoojung. Yoojung was so cute telling me to text her once I got home.

“I’m home now” - Doyeon

I felt my heart beat a bit faster seeing those three little typing bubbles.

“Good i’m glad!” -Yoojung

I smiled at how cute Yoojung is.

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Weeks have passed and Yoojung and I have gotten really close, I felt like my life got so much better with her. I would actually smile for reals nowadays. We’re always texting everyday and spending a lot of time together after school because of tutoring, but honestly we just spend half the time talking. Sometimes I would join her for lunch and be with her friends, her friends were really nice. A lot nicer than mine, but my friends are just mean to other people, they’re really sweet to me.

“Yoojung-ah!” I shouted a bit, making her stop in her tracks.

She turned around and I jogged a bit towards her. She looked so cute just smiling.

“Hey!”

“Let’s go home together.” I said linking my arm to hers.

It’s weird to say, but it’s hard to keep my hands off of her. She’s just so cute that sometimes I just pinch/pokes her cheeks, she usually smile after, so I hope she likes it. I love hugging her because she’s so small and it’s like she just fits. Whenever I show skinship to her, her friends would always and Yoojung starts blushing like crazy.

“Oh hey what happened here?” Yoojung asked, staring at a big bruise on my right arm.

I panicked a little, but remain my composure.

“Oh that? It’s nothing.” I gave a fake smile hoping she’ll drop the topic.

The bruise was from two days ago when my step-dad pushed me against the wall.

Yoojung didn’t drop the topic though, she grabbed my arm gently and looked at it giving a worried look.

“It doesn’t look like nothing.” She said in a sad tone.

“It’s just a bruise from cheerleading, that’s all.” I lied, “so how did your math midterm go?” I tried changing the topic.

“It was good, I knew most of the answers. All your tutoring is really paying off!” Yoojung smiled.

“That’s good! Your mom can finally be happy and not worried anymore.” I laughed.

I was happy at this because Yoojung’s mom is always telling me how she’s worried about Yoojung. I felt touched at how Yoojung’s mom told me that Yoojung seems happier ever since I came into her life.

While walking we were just talking about how our day was. I can feel Yoojung staring at my bruise though. I keep telling her that it’s from cheerleading or dance, but I can feel that she doesn’t believe me.
“You always walk me home, how about I walk you home this time?” Yoojung asked.

“No!” I said immediately, “sorry I mean, I rather walk you home.” I said hiding my panicked voice.

“No it’s fine, I want to walk YOU home.” Yoojung said.

I sighed internally knowing that she’s not going to give in. I learned that Yoojung can be really stubborn. I just nodded my head and then we continued walking. Throughout the rest of the walk I just kept worrying. I don’t know why I would be worried, my step-dad always stays inside, but still…

“Okay well here we are!” Bye!” I gave her a quick tight hug and then waited for her to leave.

Yoojung waved goodbye and then i sighed from relief and then went into the house. I wasn’t even fully in the living room yet and I felt a hard slap come across my face.

“You’re late.” He said.

I didn’t answer him. I just stared at him then I went to my room, holding in the pain. I was about to put some ice on my cheeks before it get swollen, but then my phone rang.

“Hello?” I answered, my cheek was still stinging with pain, so I tried to control my voice.

“Hey…” Yoojung said gently.
“What’s up?”

“Oh nothing, just uhhh calling you to tell you that i’m home now.” Yoojung said.

“Oh that’s great, i’ll see you tomorrow then.” I said trying to sound happy and trying to end the call as fast as I can.

“Uhh wait! Actually do you think you can come get coffee with me?” Yoojung sounded nervous.

“Why? We just saw each other.” I thought it was weird that she wanted to hangout.

“I know, but I want to hangout with you more.”
If my cheeks wasn't burning so much, I would have felt really happy hearing those words.

“Sure, but do you mind giving me about an hour or two?” I agreed giving in.

“Yeah of course. I’ll be waiting at the cafe at the corner of my house.

“Okay, i’ll see you then!”
Then we hung up and I quickly got ice to help cool the pain. Before I used to cry a lot from his abuse, but now I’ve gotten used to it. I can’t wait for the day where I leave this place. The moment I turn 18, I am leaving. I’ve been working two jobs so I can save enough time to actually live on my own.

After I felt my cheeks stop burning I changed my clothes and went out. My step-dad is really random, sometimes he doesn’t care if I leave, sometimes he does. If I’m out too late sometimes he would get mad and beat me, but other times he’d just let me do whatever. As I was walking towards the front door I was afraid he might say something, but he just looked at me and turned away.

“Hey!” I smiled as I saw Yoojung sitting.

“On second thought, let’s go hangout at my house.” Yoojung said suddenly and pulled me out the door.

“Are you okay?” I asked feeling confused.

“Yeah, I think it’ll be more fun hanging out in my room.”

We greeted Yoojung’s mom once we went inside and then went into Yoojung’s room.

“Yoojung-ah, what’s wrong?

“I know this is bad of me, but I saw what happened.” I immediately panicked at this, but I had to pretend not to know anything.

“What do you mean?”
“I saw that man slapping you really hard. Are you okay?” Yoojung asked worriedly and gently caress my cheeks. I don’t know why, but I leaned into her touch feeling like someone actually cares. It was a nice feeling.

“I’m fine, don’t worry.” I gave a small smile.

“Tell me why...please.” Yoojung said.

“It’s nothing to worry about, just family issue.”

“Did you also get that bruise from him?”
I didn’t what to say so I shook my head.

“Kim Doyeon, don’t you dare lie to me.”
That’s when I caved in.

“Please don’t tell anyone!” I grabbed Yoojung’s hand and looked straight into her eyes.

“I promise I won’t.”
I sighed, feeling that I should just tell her and be honest. Yoojung was different, well I felt like she was different.

“Yeah the bruise is from him.”
“Why? What happened?”
“You’re the first person I’m revealing this to…”

Yoojung looked at me with those worried puppy dog eyes that made me just want to hug her.

“He’s my step-dad. My mom passed away 2 years ago and now he’s my legal guardian. I hate him. He’s nothing but a drunk bastard who takes his anger out on me.”
“Why do you still stay with him?”
“I’m stuck with him until I’m 18. Just one more week. One more week then I can legally be away from him.”
“Why don’t you just go to the police?”
“He was an ex-cop. He has friends and people on his side. I can’t do anything about it.”
I felt myself tearing up talking about this. Yoojung wrapped her arms around me and hugged me tightly. I felt touched and loved so much at this moment that the tears just came out. I haven’t cried in someone’s arm in so long, mainly because I always try my best to hide my pain.

“What are you doing to do when you’re 18?”
“Leave that hole.”
“Where are you going to go?”
“I-uhhh haven’t thought of that yet.” I said sheepishly.

“Come live with me.”
I was so shocked at this.

“W-what?”
“Yeah why not? I have a spare room. My mom loves you already, so why not?”
I couldn’t help but smile at Yoojung trying to be helpful.

“Are you sure? You know we’ve only known each other for a couple of months.”
“Yeah, but we got along pretty well. I consider you one of my closest friends!”

I felt touched again so I gave her a hug.

“I’ll think about it, okay? Thank you for being so kind though.” I gave her a kiss on her cheeks. It felt like instinct and it felt nice. My heart was pounding a lot.

“I should go now, he’s going to get mad if I come home too late.” I said sadly, since I didn’t want to leave Yoojung.

“Be careful please...i don’t want you getting hurt.”
“Don’t worry!” I smiled, “thanks for worrying so much and being such a great friend.”
I gave her another kiss on the cheeks again and ruffled her hair. Her cheeks was so soft.

I waved goodbye and left. I took my time going home as always. I was thinking back on Yoojung’s words and I kept smiling to myself. She’s such a ball of fluff and cuteness. I can feel myself falling harder for her. Sometimes I wonder if she’s falling for me or not. The way that she acts it seems like it, but then I can’t be too sure.

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I was making my way to the bakery when I saw Yoojung waiting outside. I smiled at how small and cute she looked. I guess she noticed me, so she came running with her little feet and and grabbed my hand and pulled me aside.

“Yoojung-ah! What’s going on?” I asked.

“Since you never get any days off I thought you might want to take a break from everything and go to an amusement park with me. You said you always wanted to go, right?”

“Well yeah, but my shift is about to start in 10 minutes.” I said.

“It’s fine. I talked to your manager. There are already a lot of people working, so they’ll be fine without you. So how about it? Wanna go to the amusement park with me?”
I smiled at how cute and nervous she looked.

“Are you asking me out on a date?” I couldn’t help but asked.
“N-no? M-maybe.” Yoojung stuttered a bit and avoiding eye contact.

“I would love to go on a date with you.” I gently and grabbed her chin so that she would look straight into me.

Yoojung didn’t say anything, but she just smiled and nodded her head, making me smile. Yooung lead me to her mom’s car and then we started driving.

“So how’s life at home?” Yoojung asked.

She’s always asking me this nearly everyday, which I don’t mind. She seems like she really cares and it makes me happy.

“Good.” Which was always my answer.

Yoojung looked over and saw some new bruises. She reached over and gently rubbed it and gave me a sad smile. Then I bravely placed a hand over her hand and then i interlocked them. I felt my heart beating faster, but I was happy.

We reached the amusement park and then we got out. I walked over to her and interlocked our fingers again, because I knew Yoojugn would be too shy or too scared to.

“Ready to have fun?” Yoojung asked while smiling.

“Yeah! What do you want to ride first?”
“This is your day, think of it as an early birthday celebration.” Yoojung said sweetly.

“You’re the best, you know that?” I bent down and kissed her on the cheeks.

“Let’s go ride on that!” I said pointing to a roller coaster.

“Sure!”
I love roller coasters, well I love the thrill of it. I’ve only ridden small ones at the carnival, so I was excited to ride a big one. I looked over towards Yoojung and saw her nervous. I wonder if it was from us being on a date or the roller coaster.

After riding the first ride I knew I love roller coasters like these. I was smiling so much that I felt my cheeks hurting.

“Next?” Yoojung asked.

“Let’s try that one!”
I grabbed Yoojung’s hands and led her to a bigger roller coaster. My heart was pounding from the excitement

“Are you hungry?” I asked after the ride.

“A little bit, what about you?”
“Yeah, let’s get something small.”

We walked over to the food court and got something small. We didn’t want to get anything big since we were going on more rides after.

“My friends are throwing a birthday part for me, do you and your friends wanna come?” I asked.

“When is it?”

“Tomorrow night.”
“Sure, sounds like it’ll be fun!”
I smiled feeling excited. I was excited already for the party, but now that Yoojung was coming I was even more excited. After eating we went to watch some shows that they had, I thought they were really cool. I felt myself feeling a bit embarrassed though because sometimes I can feel Yoojung staring at me instead of actually watching the show. Of course I thought it was cute though.

After that we went to the haunted house. I never really get scared easily, so the haunted house was okay for me. Yoojung was really scared though. I was laughing a lot because of her. The monsters and ghosts kept scaring her and she was hiding beside me.

“Sorry for gripping your hand too hard.” Yoojung apologized as we were outside.

“Don’t worry about it, sorry for making you go into it. I didn’t know you get scared that easily.”
“It’s fine, it was fun.” Yoojung smiled, I thought it was cute how she was trying to seem tough.

“It’s getting late, i have to go home soon,” I sighed, “Let’s ride one last ride and we’ll go.”
“Okay.” Yoojung said with a hint of disappointment.

I was waiting for this ride all day, the biggest roller coaster in the park. Yoojung seemed a bit nervous, but she would just smile and nod her head. The ride was really right and there were a lot of loops and drops.

“Looks fun, right?” I asked as we sat in the seat.

“Yeah.” Yoojung said.

I interlocked our fingers as the ride was starting. The ride was so fun, seeing Yoojung screamed so much I was laughing so much that my stomach was hurting. After the ride we went into Yoojung’s car and drove back home. I was trying my hardest to stay awake, but in the end I ended up falling asleep.

“Doyeon-ah, we’re here.” I heard a gentle voice.

I opened my eyes looking around and saw that we were home.

“Oh shoot, i’m sorry for falling asleep!” I apologized.

“It’s okay.” Yoojung smiled brightly.

“Thank you for an amazing, you’re really amazing!”! I said and hugged her.

“No problem, I’m glad you had fun!”
I pulled back from the hug and then by instinct I pecked her on her lips. I was surprised that I did that, so I pulled back, but then it felt nice. I was kind of afraid of what she might say, but she just smiled brightly making me smile.

“I had a really fun date.” I smiled softly. Then I decided to kiss her one last times, which felt really nice. Then I ruffled her hair and left. I walked into the house feeling really happy. My step-dad was already sleeping, which I was so happy about. There was nothing going to ruin my fun day.

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I felt like I’m spending half my time at my party running around. People keep coming and say hi and then dragging me to hangout with them, the other people would come and drag me away. I didn’t mind, it was nice that all these people were here for me. There were so much alcohol I felt myself starting to be a bit tipsy. Honestly speaking I was mainly just looking for Yoojung. After I was able to escape from people I saw a group of people just standing around, then I saw Yoojung from the behind.

“Boo!” I tried to scare her and hugged her from behind. Then I kissed her cheeks.

“Hey you!” Yoojung said and turned around to hug me.

“Hey, happy early birthday!” Chungha unnie said.

“Thanks! Are you guys enjoying yourselves?” I asked.

“Yeah, thanks for inviting us.” Somi smiled.

“What about you? Are you having fun?” I whispered to Yoojung. I still had my arms around Yoojung and hugged her a bit tighter.

“Yeah, but it’d be more fun if I saw you more.” Yoojung nuzzled into my arm cutely and kissed it.

“I’m sorry, i have to go interact with other people too since they came for me.” I pouted.

“It’s okay, I understand.” Yoojung smiled, making me smiled.

“DOYEON-AH!” Cathy shouted making all of us turned around. She was holding up some alcohol bottles while waving it happily. This girl is always happy about drinking.

I sighed knowing that I had to leave Yoojung, I gave her a quick kiss, “I’ll find you later tonight.”
Then I walked toward Cathy and then we made our way to my other friends. I was a bit worried about drinking more because I was already feeling a bit tipsy.

“So you and the little squirt, really?” Catchy nudged me.

“What? She’s cute.” I smiled thinking about Yoojung.  

“Chaeyon is cute.” Catchy said.

“Pssh not as cute as my Yoojungie.” I shot back.

Catchy just laughed and then we started playing card games. I really at card games. The loser would have to drink, which would always be me. I was really feeling the alcohol now. The room was spinning a bit. Catchy notices that I’m a bit out of it so she said we should stop the game. Cathy left me alone for a bit so she can get me some water. Honestly I didn’t even noticed she was gone. Everything in the room was feeling weird. The only thing that I was thinking was I should find Yoojung and be with her.

“Hey are you alright?” I heard someone ask.

“Yeah I’m f-fine.” I slurred out a bit.

“You don’t seem fine, let me help you.”
The person helped grabbed a hold of me while I was stumbling. They led me up the stairs and I can feel myself losing balance, but the person had a good grip on me so I didn’t fall. I looked over to see who it was, but I couldn’t be too sure. I knew they were a guy though. Just wasn’t sure who.
“Wow you really drank a lot.” The guy said.

“I miss Yoojungieeeee.” I said.

“Yoojung? Choi Yoojung?”
“She’s so cute.” I giggled.

“Yeah she’s small and cute.” The person agreed.

I was sitting on the edge of bed by now, and I can feel the person sitting beside me too.

“I miss her soft kissable lips.” I pouted.

“I bet mine is better.” The guy said.

His hands found his way to my waist and he wrapped around it. I felt myself trying to stop him, but didn’t have the strengths to.

“No, I can only kiss Yoojung.” I said.

That didn’t stop him. He leaned in and his lips touched my lips. I hated that feeling. His lips were nothing like Yoojung’s. I used my hands to take a hold of his hands to get him off of me, but it didn’t work.
Just then the door swung opened and it was the last person I was hoping to see. Yoojung stood there shocked. Somi was shocked. Somi covered Yoojung’s eyes, but it was too late.

“Yoojung-ah!” I shouted a bit.

“Let’s go.” Yoojung said and grabbed Somi’s wrist and ran off.

I pushed the guy away from me and started running after them. It was not going well since I felt like the world was spinning. I kept trying to call out Yoojung’s name, hoping she would stop running, but she continued running. They ran out to the front and I thought they would be out of sight, but instead they stopped running and walked towards their friends, so I quickened my pace and caught up to them.

“Yoojung-ah!”
Yoojung turned around and gave me a poker face.

“I can explain!” I said.

“Don’t worry. We only went on one date, it’s not like we’re official or anything. You can date or kiss anyone you like.” Yoojung said with bitterness.

I felt my heart breaking into a million pieces. My world was spinning so much and my head was starting to hurt a lot.

I opened my mouth to say something, but was quickly cut off by Somi.

“Let’s go, don’t waste your time on her.” She said, then pulled Yoojung away.

Yoojung and her friends started walking the other way and I couldn’t find myself to go after them. Maybe I should give Yoojung a bit of time. I walked back into the house and saw Cathy and my other friends coming to me.

“Hey what’s wrong?” Catchy asked in a worried tone.

“I...I think things are over between Yoojung and I…” I said quietly.

“What?!”
I flinched back due to the sudden loud sound. Catchy noticed this and she just took me home, while the party continued. Catchy dropped me off in front of my house and offered to take me inside, but I quickly denied it. I gave her a small smile and walked into the house.

“You reek of alcohol.” My step-dad said right when I walked in.
“I know.” I said with attitude.

He slapped me again. This time he was wearing his ring, so it cut my lip a bit. I didn’t respond or do anything. I just stood there taking all the hits and ruthless words he was saying to me. For the first time in my life I felt like I deserved it for hurting Yoojung. My step-dad took out his belt and started hitting me with it. With every hit I was honestly just thinking about Yoojung.

He must have gotten tired so he stopped and went to his room. I walked to my room and fell onto my bed crying. Crying at how I lost Yoojung. The last time I ever felt this sad was when my mom passed away. I felt so much pain right now from all the alcohol and the situation. I basically fell asleep crying.

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It was Monday. I was finally going to see Yoojung in school. The day after the party I had a mega hangover, but that didn’ts top me from trying to talk to Yoojung. I called her countless times, but they all went to voicemail. I texted her many times, but they were left unanswered. I even went to her house, but no one answered. I missed her so much. I was so used to talking to her everyday, that the days that I don’t talk to her felt empty and weird.

Throughout the school day I would sometimes see Yoojung, but that girl would just run the moment we make eye contacts. I would try to run after her, but people kept blocking my way. In class I was barely paying attention, which was really unlike me.

“Still bummed out?” Cathy whispered.

“Yeah…”
“Lunch is about to start in 5 minutes, so maybe you can talk to her then.”
“Maybe.” I sighed.

“I don’t get why you’re so hurt over a little squirt though. There are so many other great people that wants to date you.”
“I only want Yoojung.” I sighed again.

Then it was time for lunch, I told my friends I would catch up with them later. I went to the cafeteria, knowing that Yoojung and her friends always sit at the exact same spot everyday. I saw Yoojung just staring at her food and not eating, which made me worried and sad. I gathered up my courage and went to their table.

I noticed Sejeong unnie looking up at me and sighing, which broke my heart.

“Can we please talk?” I asked once Yoojung and I made eye contacts.

Jieqiong unnie was about to say something, but Yoojung spoke up first.

“Sure.” She said, which caught me off guard a bit.

We walked into an empty hall, the walk was awkward and quiet. Once we stopped we kind of just stared at each other a bit. I noticed Yoojung staring at my cuts and bruises. Then she surprised me by grabbing my hand.
“What happened?” She asked with her worried eyes. I guess she still cares.
“It’s nothing. I rather talk about us. I’m really sorry…” I apologized.

“It’s fine. Like I said, we never established what we were. You’re freely to date or kiss whoever you want.”
I hated those words. I wanted Yoojung to know that I don’t want anyone but her.

“I don’t want that. I want to be with you.” I said firmly.

“Then...why were you kissing that guy?” Yoojung asked, her voice trembled a bit.

“I was drunk, my mind wasn’t in the right place. He came onto me, and I tried to stop him, but I couldn’t gather my strength.”
Yojung looked down and didn’t meet my eyes.
“I’m scared.” She said so quiet that I almost didn’t hear it.

“Scared of what?”
“Doyeon-ah, you’re like a goddess. Everyone is in love with you, you can seriously have anyone. That’s why i’m scared. I’m scared you’ll realize that there is someone who is 10 times better than me and leave me.”
I couldn’t believe that’s what Yoojung thought. I was a bit hurt at how lowly she thought of herself.

“You’re an idiot.” I said straightforwardly, hoping that she knows that she’s an idiot.

“I’m sorry what?”
“To me you are the best that there is. You’re the only one that can see past my broken smiles. You’re the only one that I want to be with. You’re the only one that cared more than my friends have ever did. Do you want to know a secret?” I asked.

“What?”
“I fell for you the day you bumped into me.” I said trying my best to show her how sincere I am.

“W-what?”
“Yeah. the first time we ever interacted, when you were running like a madwoman and ran straight into me and fell. I seriously thought you were the cutest person on earth.”

Yoojung was blushing pretty hard by this, which made me happy.

“Then you started coming to the bakery and I couldn’t be happier, everyday I would always be looking for you. Then I became your tutor. That wasn’t by chance honestly, you were supposed to be tutored by Haein unnie, but I really wanted to spend time and get to know you, so I asked Haein unnie if I can tutor you instead.”

I paused a bit waiting to see if Yoojung would say anything, but she didn’t so I continued on.

“When you asked me out on a date, you have no idea how excited I was. You gave me one of the best day of my life. I’m truly sorry for messing up, but I hope you know that I mean it when I say I only want to be with you, forgive me please?” I am starting to feel like Yoojung might forgive me, so I gave her a puppy dog eye to make it even harder for her to stay mad.

“Why did you have to say that?” Yoojung sighed.

She cupped my face and pulled me towards her, then she tippy toed and kissed me. I felt my heart basically jumping out of my chest and I couldn’t help but smile. Yoojung wrapped her arms around my waist and tightened the hold. Just as both of us were getting into the kiss, a teacher yelled at us.

“This is a school!”
We quickly apologized and ran off. Once we were out of the hallway we just started laughing.
“Does that mean you forgive me?” I asked holding her hands.

“As long as you promise these lips will be the only one you lay yours on.” Yoojung said sternly, making me squeal on the inside at how cute she was being.

“Of course.” I smiled and pecked her on the lips.
“So what are you moving?” Yoojung asked as she looked at my bruises.

“W-what?” I was surprised at the sudden question.

“You’re 18 in two days, which means you can finally leave that hellhole. Come live with me.”
“I don’t know…” I said uncertainly.

“Come on! If it helps I talked to my mom about it.”
I was shocked at this, “d-did you told her about my step-dad?!”
“No of course not! I just told her that he’s not an ideal father and you would rather live alone. My mom doesn’t mind, she loves you. She thinks you’re a very good influence on me.”
“Hmmm I don’t know if she would like the idea of her daughter’s girlfriend living with her though.” I teased a bit.

“She won’t mind!” Yoojung said a bit happier after hearing the word girlfriend.
“Alright, we’ll see.” I stuck my tongue out.

Yoojung laughed a bit and then grabbed my hands and we started making our way back to her friends. They seemed nicer now. They didn’t glare at me or anything, they just pretend that nothing happened and we started talking normally to each other again. Throughout lunchtime I couldn’t help but stare at my cute adorable girlfriend.

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Another Dodaeng! Same story as last chapter, but from Doyeon's POV. Sorry, I just love Dodaeng so much. I love those otp where they were friends from before and they debuted together and stuff. Like Mamamoo Wheein & Hwasa, they're so cute together, their friendship is goals.

I am working on a Sechung ff though, so hang in there! I just write faster when it involves my fav pairings, don't get me wrong, I love Sejeong x Chungha, but then I love Doyeon x Yoojung more haha.

Anyways, thank you for reading & subscribing! c: