4 years ago

Mihyo’s POV

“Please, please. I’m begging you. Just please.” I’ve been clasping my hands, pleading to death to Joshua, one of my closest boy friend and had been working with me together in sports school paper for 2 years to accept my job but he’s not being considerate and kept telling me ‘you can do it’.

All of my friends knew how much I hated sports. There was no past or reason why I hated sports. I just hate it. I don’t like watching those games with crowded people, like the players weren’t even that good compare from the international American players like Lebron James or Stephen Curry or Kobe Bryant… Well, yeah, I did knew some of them, they’re popular and dad was a total fan of it, every morning he was watching it on television.

“I’m a hundred percent sure that all of the girls out there were just to see their burning hot players,” I almost puked as I said that, “they don’t even care about the game, they care about those looks and bodies. They’re screaming when a players makes a point but honestly, they’re just waiting for it because the players shirts will lift up enough for them to see the abs or something dirty stomach those players have,” Joshua started to open his mouth but I raised my palm to his face shutting him off, “And the way they look at them, looks like they’re craving in their sweats, ‘Free water, girls’ then they’ll start screaming again. Gross.” I gave up. Nothing would change Joshua’s mind.

He looked at me with one eyebrow raised stating ‘seriously’. I took a nod and he shake his head.

“Oh please, you’re overreacting.” Joshua stood up on his seat and grabbed the pencil and notebook on his table.

“No, I’m not. Observe it and you’ll see.” I said crossing my arm and started walking lazily beside him.

“Are you sure you’re just the only one that do that?” He snorted.

“Yes a - wait - what?” I yelled and he laughed. “What do I expect? Go on, make fun of me.” I faster my speed and left him behind.

 

“EXCUSE ME PLEASE!” I shouted but no one even cares and kept pushing us to the middle of the crowd. “GOSH PEOPLE!”

“Come on, we’re almost there.” Joshua grabbed my wrist and for 20 minutes, we sat on our usual spot behind the coaches and players seat. We should stood up every time there was a time out and always jot in what the coach would be saying. Easy job but very irritating because now that the players came in, screams of girls behind us exploded my ear.

I crossed my arm as the game started. I just kept scrolling to my phone when a ball hit at my hand making my phone fell on ground and the screen cracked. The gym quiets like everyone’s eyes are on mine. My mouth was shut open looking at my phone on the floor broken. I turn around and in front of me, Mingyu, everyone knows him as the MVP player. He grabbed the ball with one hand and looked at me grinning that pissed me off more.

“Sorry.” He make a shrugged and run to the court and the game started again.

Joshua picked up my phone carefully. I glared at him.

“I’m going to kill that guy.” I yelled and breathed deeply.

I sat there burning in madness. Joshua make me just sit and wait as he take the interviews. I didn’t said a word the whole game, neither Joshua until 30 seconds ticked by and I storm out of the gym leaving Joshua behind. He’s befriend with those players, he could manage alone.

 

“UGH! This is why I hate attending games, players are so clumsy!” I kept shouting in anger at Sana and Wendy who were getting ready for the win party of our school.

“Easy girl, it’s okay –“

“IT’S NOT OKAY! MY PHONE! MY PHONE IS GONE!” I couldn’t stop yelling and I would never stop until that guy show up his face and begged for forgiveness.

“Fine. We understand. We’ll try to help you, okay?” I rolled my eyes and threw the pillow on the floor but put it back again.

 

We arrived at the party and of course, cheerleaders and players started hooking up at sides and couches. I was wearing a black dress, my dark bluish hair hangs at my back smoothly and Wendy putted some light make up on me.

Even though I hated to attend this party but I never declined a party. I love parties, meeting people, dancing on the floor where nobody would care about, drinking colas and stealing beers. Except for hitting on someone. I hated being flirt, I hate flirting, so I was always left alone at the stool bar talking to some sassy girls and bar tender.

I’m looking at the DJ switching songs and all of the people dancing at the middle until I spotted Mingyu. He have a drink on his right hand while dancing with Wendy, dirty dancing. I turn away and grabbed more beers.

I headed to the dance floor excusing people out of my way while bringing a glass of beer. When I reached Wendy, I patted her on the back and they both turned to me.

“Oh, hey Mihyo!” She shouted to the crowd.

“Hey, there!” Mingyu waved his hand and smirked at me.

“Great game earlier, congrats!” I shouted but it seems like he doesn’t hear me because he mouthed ‘what’. I put my arm around his neck and lower it for my mouth reached his ears.

“I said you’re an !” I yelled and pour the drink on his face. “Good game, by the way.” He glare at me and I winked at him smiling on revenge. I walked out of the crowd, and headed my way outside the club.

 

After the party, weeks had passed. Mingyu, of course as expected started bothering me to apologize for the embarrassment I just did for him. He picks on me, tricks me, trips me, pissed me off and the most horrible thing was when his girlfriend pour a bucket of paint in my whole body. I get so much embarrassment than I did to him because that happened as I enter the campus, rise and shine. Joshua tried to stop him but who dare a popular guy, I’m just a normal girl student studying to get a good grades to make my parents proud but that is what he thinks, that’s what everyone thinks. He created a trick on me, now it’s my time to create mine.

After months of being bullied for the very first time, I still kept my heads up, walked into the hallway, grabbed things in my locker and sat on my usual chair but the only difference was that, that day no attention was in me, people around the campus are staring at a piece of newspaper like with the headline of the most handsome face in school “Kim Mingyu, one of the most popular and handsome face in school was caught making out in science laboratory”.

It spread out in the whole school for 3 hours and when lunch time strike. I was eating with Wendy and Dahyun when he walks in to our table along with his girlfriend… I forgot the name and slammed the newspaper with his clear face in blurry body to our table making us stopped in eating. I wipe my mouth with a tissue and looked up to see his face burning in anger.

“You made this, right?” He asked. I look at the newspaper, grabbed it in his hands and read the headline.

“’Kim Mingyu, one of the most popular and handsome face in school was cau – “ he grabbed the collar of my shirt and glare at me. He’s watery eyes were firing at the same time.

“Put this down or else you’re going to die at my hands.” He whisper with rage filling his voice and put down his hand with great force making my back hit the edge of the chair so hard.

He crumbled the paper and threw it to my food and walked away.

“Gosh! That guy is starting to get on my nerves, what a jerk!” Wendy yelled as she pushed her food away.

“But, seriously? Did you make this? Well, where did you get the photo? Isn’t this prohibited?” Sana asked and I took a nod.

I spent a week to make that and get the picture to one of the freshmen member in our club who got to picture and saw the whole thing. I did spent more money to get that. I’m sick of losing to him and now is my time to revenge.

The issue spreads in the whole school so fast like a virus even the teachers and professors get shocked to it. And that leads to, Mingyu and I are quarreling in the guidance office.

“It’s not fair! He started bullying me first! –“

“Am I? Who started to pour a drink on my face?” He yelled back.

“I AM! YOU BROKE MY PHONE AND YOU NEED TO PAY FOR IT BUT YOU DIDN’T INSTEAD OF APOLOGIZING, YOU SHOWER ME WITH PAINT, TRIP ME ON THE FLOOR, PUT A CHEWING GUM ON MY CHAIR, HOW IMMATURE!” Now, I’m shouting.

Mrs. Yoon slammed her book on the desk to stop us.

“Both of you, did do wrong things so your both suspended, end of discussion!” She yelled making us quiet down.

 

Our suspension lasted a month. We didn’t attend classes and helped every each of the school facilities. And as one of the punishment, Mrs. Yoon tied our wrists with a shackle for us to get closeness and confrontation for us to be okay. She said our suspension would not stop until we get okay and apologize to each other. As if, that’s going to happen. I have higher pride too for his information.

“You know what, let’s just do this.” Mingyu suddenly speak as we’re making our way to the cafeteria as lunch time had just ended.

“What?” It is one week already and the whole school just got so much messier. We can’t stand beside each other like this. Every time I see his face all I feel is anger, wanting to punched him on the face and kicked his until he dies.

            “Apologize first and I’ll do the same thing after you.” He smile and I fakery smile back.

“Ha! Great idea,” I took a nod and he smugly smile, “why don’t you do that first since you’re the one who broke my phone? Huh?”

“THAT! THAT STUPID PHONE OF YOURS! YOU CAN JUST BUY ANOTHER ONE, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT PHONE? DON’T YOU HAVE CASH? THEN HERE,” He shouted and pulled out his wallet and threw all of his money on my face. I bite the bottom of my lips and pulled out his hair, we rumbled on the floor until Mrs. Yoon shouted and call us again in her office.

Another week had been added. The next day, our parents got called out of nowhere, we were both shocked and run to the office seeing our parents burning in anger. I went home and mom started scolding me, telling me to fix it or else she’ll transfer me to other school which is I hate the most, my life is here, I don’t care if my image turns bad in this school, I don’t care about them.

The next day, and the day before that, Mingyu was very quiet. He never speak, when he speaks to me, his voice is calmer and lower than before. Every day he looks like he’s beaten up, his face day by day started having a dry blood, cut and today he on our 2^nd week he had a black eye.

“Are you okay?” I asked out of curiosity.

“None of your business.” He said coldly. I take a nod and continue what I am doing. Days had passed by so quickly, I didn’t get to see my friends because mom said I should stay home and be grounded as well. For the make-up lessons, Mingyu and I attend night classes.

 

It’s been two weeks of our suspension and we did no progress at all. No one would change our minds. But, that night I was walking on the parking lot to meet my brother who will picked me up, I saw a tall guy in suit and Mingyu fighting. Mingyu was all beaten up, he stumbles on the floor as the guy make several punches. Mingyu make punches too but it’s always a missed. I watched them for how many long minutes until Mingyu fall to the ground, can’t move and the guy in suit speak.

“WHAT A WEAK MAN! COWARD! FILTHY-TRASH BOY! YOU DON’T BELONG IN THIS FAMILY!” He shouted and kick Mingyu one last time on his stomach making him choked out blood. The guy in suit disappear and there I ran to him and tried to help him stood up and sat on the bench near to us.

“What is that?” I asked in worry. I never expect I would see a big scene like this especially from my enemy. Well, I guess I still have conscience on myself to helped him.

“It’s none of your business!” He yelled but his stomach aches that he get out of balance. He must be grateful my arm was always right on time.

“Well, yeah, why do I even care? I should just let you there die and in fact you’re my enemy, I’ll be happy to see you dead!” I rolled my eyes was about to walked away when he held my wrist. I turned to him but his head was down.

“Can I just have your handkerchief? I’ll replace it with a new one tomorrow, I promise.” He’s voice still sounds sarcastic that made me cringe in anger but I think it’s already his normal voice, tone of voice.

“Ha! Whatever.” I threw him my red handkerchief and just stood there a few inches away from him. I just watched him wipe his face off with my handkerchief.

“Do you need some water or something? Kit?” I asked in annoying tone. My pride wanted t went away but my conscience kept telling me to stay and helped him.

“Uhm… No, it’s fine. Thanks anyway, I owe you one.” He said and wave a hand for me to go away.

The next day, he arrived at school still shackles bind us but I told Mrs. Yoon to unbuckle our shackles now because of Mingyu’s condition and she agreed. Why do I keep helping that guy?

In all of the cooler guys I have known especially Mingyu, well I kinda admit that he’s cool yeah, just skipping his very very bad attitude. He had this side of melancholy in him. Like now, we’re eating snacks together, it’s not usual because as the several days passed by, we went eat snacks together since our friends are not around but it’s always mixed in with bickering but right now, his face looks awful, no more handsome face, shimmering eyes that will melt each of the girls heart as they saw it. He’s keeping something big that aches his heart and I knew, I can felt that he wanted to share it but he just can’t. Well, we’re enemies, I don’t even want to care about what he would say.

“Uhm… well,” he pauses for a second and look at me in the eye, “I just want to end this, right now, well, I’m sorry.” He said like he’d take a long time to think about it. I didn’t believe it at first because he turn away his head, not that sincere for me to just accept it. “I mean, from the very start, being to boastful even though I already broken something that’s very important to you, being… hmm… yeah… ,” he rolled his eyes but he don’t smile after, “Yes, I am I admit it. Those paints, chewing gum, tricks, I’m really sorry. I am sincerely apologizing, I didn’t think this would lead to something like this and not just break my career but also yours.” He make a little smile. He couldn’t smile right now, I know. How can you smile any bigger when your mouth got almost crooked? Gladly, his gums were strong enough to handle his teeth.

“If I would have known tteokbokki will make you get apologize, I should have recommend it to the chef’s sooner. You didn’t told me.” I hissed but smile after.

“Actually, it’s my favorite.” At least he smile to that.

“Anyway… what makes you apologize right now?” I asked very carefully, he might took back his words, I didn’t got to record it.

“I’m just tired of this whole bull thing. I’m so tired. Nayeon just broke up with me, my step brother started torturing me, giving me all of this because of his insecurities, well my parents abandon me with my grandfather since I was 7 and –“ he cut his words and cover his mouth.

“Ohmygosh, what did I just say?” He looked at me as shocked as I am.

“Is that supposed to be heard by me or not?” I asked turning my head around to the right and then left. He sighs like his body turn into worm.

“What can I do? I just blurted it out. You’ve gotten to know all of it.” He rolled his eyes.

“So, you’re more like an orphan?” I asked again and he made a flat looked at me.

“Seriously? Now, you’re asking questions?” He almost yelled and started eating again.

“mmm… just curious, never mind.” I take a nod and finish up my food.

 

One more week and our suspension will be over. I didn’t expect all of this but now, we decided to have fun. Since, we’re already on the same sides and have settle things up, the whole week of being with him is cooler than it turn out to be. We started in making conversations personally and it really worked well, I didn’t know he used to like classical music as much as I do. I didn’t even know that he’s a smart guy, every words that came out to his mouth wasn’t really nonsense at all, if you could understand, there’s deep meaning through it. He’s been hiding so many things to his friends and family and for the first time he blurted it out and for the worst as he always said he told it to his enemy, one and only I.

But now, we’re in friends-enemy relationship, there’s still hate, a little hate on my heart to him but what can I do? He’s a very great and cool friend. From his badass attitude, no one could really expect Kim Mingyu cried because his so much pissed off. I kinda think it’s normal, it is, but I thought he could be smarter, cooler and piss me off back rather than crying. I guess, he’s really been too emotional.

“You just got to know all my weaknesses.” He said rubbing the back of his neck.

“Yeah and it’s not bad though, I know how to kill you now.” I said and laugh after.

“Seriously?” He poker his face and I laugh.

“Just kidding. We’re friends, but I still hate you, remember that.” I took a nod and he make a pout. Looks cute.

“Got that. I hate you too, for so you know. Quits.” He said and smile coldly.

Days had getting better, we’re showing Mrs. Yoon that we’re a hundred percent okay and we won’t make any troubles again and it’s a success. It our last day of suspension, thank god.

“This will be the last, wohoo!” I scream while cleaning all the tables in cafeteria.

“Congratulations, as a reward, what do you want me to cook for you on your snacks later?” Chef Gong asked from the counter.

“Oh really? For free?” I asked and he took a nod.

“But only one dish will be free. So, what do you want –“

“Tteokbokki!” Mingyu shouted while raising his right arm. I raised an eyebrow at him.

“Seriously? We’ve been served that food every day,” I yelled and look at Chef Gong, “please not tteokbokki, I can’t handle it anymore.” I said and clasped my hand.

“Then, what do you want?” Mingyu yelled back.

“mm… I want spicy chicken or maybe… lasagna?” I asked and Chef Gong take a nod.

“Okay, then I will make lasagna.” Chef Gong agreed. My smile widen and I winked at Mingyu who looks like it’s his first time to hear a food called “Lasagna”.

“It will be good, trust me. It’s LASAGNA, dude!” I raised an eyebrow back and forth and finish cleaning the last table.

“I KNOW!” He screamed.

The end of suspension, my life goes back to normal again. I’m staying with Sana and Wendy at our dorm, going to class together, eating together, I can’t imagine those whole month without them. We’re talking about our suspension how did it goes and I tell them it’s great. When I pass through Mingyu, we exchange smiles and sometimes I punch him on his arm as a greet. In class, when we’re seated beside each other, we just keep on talking and laughing and talking and laughing. He’s a very judgmental person so every time new look face him, he started giving this unnecessary comments that people shouldn’t be needing to say anymore.

The feeling with him is real. The way I feel to him is different, yes I care for him, I do like him but only as a friend, there’s no deep feeling of love to him, he was just a friend, a close friend, a best friend like my girls. No special thing, no awkward actions. He’s like some twin brother or something and it feels good because, I can feel his care for me too, everywhere I go, I always feel protected because I have a friend like him.

That’s how our friendship started. We’re in juniors and same old, same thing. The only difference was that our friends united. We went to lunch together, went home together, and make bonding together. And relationships between my friends and his suddenly came out of nowhere leaving us the two of us again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello guys!!! I am very nervous right now, because this is the first story that i will publish. I am not very good at english, i'm still trying hard so forgive me for the grammatical errors and wrong spelling.

 

I am a huge fan of seventeen so i made Mingyu (my bias) as one of the main characters and Mihyo is just a name i created for you all. So, for the carat fans out there and for those people who wanted to read my stories. I thank you and hope you enjoy and love this story until the end.