Prologue

A Shiznathime Storyline

1999, May 2 : 5:30 pm

"Seonsaengnim!" The final bell had rung, signalling the end of the classes. The hallways were filled with students who came rushing out of their classrooms, the very evident stench of sweat and, if Jessica had guessed right, cigarettes filled the majority of the campus. With the majority of the students dispersed, most of them in flock and groups: the jocks by the lockers, the beyotches, as the ice princess had always called them, stood by the cafeteria. But the problem were the hallways. The rest were in the hallways. And she couldn't bear getting caught. Turning her head frantically from left to right, she caught sight of the familiar back she had always loved. Ignoring the heat, she ran as fast as she could, not minding the droplets of sweat dripping down her face. With eyebrows creased, she made a jog to the school garden. Seeing the person before her just a few inches away from her, she clutched at the papers tighter in her chest before shouting, "Kwon Seonsaengnim!" The person infront of her turned around, a sly smirk on his face as he dangerously came closer to the teenager. 

"Whatever did you come here for, Jessica?" The man whispered, his breath fanning her face. He knew she was following. He knew he led her along.

"Kwon Seonsangnim, I-"

"Didn't I tell you to call me Tyler when we're not in class, hmmm?" The teacher tilted Jessica's chin towards him, her breath hitching at the action.

"Tyler, I came to pass the homework..." Jessica said, feeling herself get lost in the older man's eyes. What made her like the 29 year old man, with their 10 years of difference in age she didn't understand. What made her get into the relationship, the more she didn't know. But she was surely smitten, that she knew.

"I'm sure you didn't come just for that, dear." Tyler said in his huskiest voice as he leaned in and kissed her ear. "Did you?"

"N-no." Jessica whimpered feeling herself powerless against the older man's touches by her waist.

"My, my." He purred. "Jessica is being naughty once more, isn't she?" 

"N-no. Tyler." She breathed out, wondering why she saw all the details in him. Like his chiselled jaw. And his love for using tag questions.

"I think she did, though. And she needs to be punished." He smirked before leaning down to capture the younger's lips. His lips were dry and chapped and he wasn't a good kisser, Jessica knew. But she was too in love to know. Fallen too deep to realize.

"Tyler....the students....they will...see" She said in between kisses. After all, she knew what they had could never be exposed. 

"They won't Jessica. They won't." He reassured, continuing his ministrations to her neck.

"But if they did-" 

Tyler Kwon moved up to meet her gaze, and with him kissing her fully on the lips once more, this time inserting his tongue, she forgot about the world around her.

"If they did Jessica, then let them." 

Jessica felt herself respond to his kisses.

Oh, how she loved her Kwon seonsaengnim.

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1999, May 2 : 8:00 pm

"Kwon Seonsaengnim." Yuri grumbled as she heavily chopped the carrots, the boiling water and the clanking of the pots being the only sound in the empty dorm. Jessica was late again. And she knew why. She knew she was nothing to Jessica. She was not a lover for her to be jealous. She was not a bestfriend. She was, after all, just Yuri. Jessica's classmate who always sat infront of the class, who always got the top scores, who just happened to be roommates with the woman. A person who Jessica talks to, only if she needed her assignments done, or projects submitted on due time. A person who turned down the campus hottie in turn for eyeing the ice princess. Somehow she knew she was a fool. But she knew Jessica was the bigger one.

Ever since entering university and meeting Jessica formally as roommates, she knew the other had a thing for bad boys. She had a crush on the school's number one baseball player, Ok Taecyeon, and even after seeing him date several girls repeatedly she still liked him. She never confessed though, which made the tanned girl sigh in relief. Yuri cocked her head to the side, another thought entering her. Humming a tune she thought of Jessica's favorite band that the latter squeals over to every time. 'Was that Geee Duregon? I mean why would she like someone who wears mascara thicker than hers every single day of his life?' Shaking her thoughts away, she went back to the carrots. 

Right, the topic. Carrots. And Kwon Seonsaengnim. She had always caught the petite woman eyeing the teacher since his fiirst year. She saw how, he flirted with almost everybody. How many female teachers quit their jobs after being dumped by the guy. One of them even said he took her ity. Her chopping got harder, the knife moving in a fast speed.

"I'm home, Yuri-ah.' The knife slipped off, cutting a bit of her flesh. She her breath in to try and hold the pain. And that's when she remembered. 

"Yuri-ah?" Jessica entered the kitchen, as she sniffed the air around, a content smile on her face. "We're having stew for tonight? I love stew."

"Yes-yes." Yuri pushed Jessica out, the struggling woman clinging to the door frame. "I wouldn't want you to burn down the kitchen. Go watch tv or something and I'll call you when food is ready."

"Sheesh, fine." Jessica sulked as she plopped herself on the couch.

Yuri dug a small kinfe from her pocket, its intricate designs never failing to amaze her.

"Yuri-ah, I wouldn't want you to lie, goddammit!" She swore she could hear Taeyeon's voice crack as she strangled her bestfriend, her own bestfriend by the neck, asking for the item.

She cut her wrist using the knife, knowing the requirements properly. It should be a cut on the pulse. Never anywhere other than the point where the blood spills most. Or else it would fail. She sighed as she tried to bear the burning pain on her wrist. Any minute and Jessica is going to leave.

"Please. Taeyeon-ah. Just give it to me." Yuri remembered how she pleaded, how she abused her friend's kindness, knowing the latter's family belong to a small village specializing in witch craft. "Please Taengoo. Just this once. I couldn't love anyone else but her. "

"I'd do anything for her to see me. To love me." She remembered the exact same words she told her friend before the latter cried and gave in to her request. The reason for her having the small, knife, its blade aquamarine. From there she knew that love spells does not only consists of potions and drinks.

"3 drops of blood on a drink, Yuri-ah. 3 drops. It signifies love. Too few and she won't ever admit it. Too much and she'll only have feelings of lust for you." 

Drip

Drip

Drip

"Yuri-ah, I'm sorry but I can't eat with you tonight." Jessica shouted from the living room. "Ive- ive got an appointment to make."

"This late?" Yuri asked to stall time. She knew where she was going. She knew why.

"Ummm. Yeah. This late." Jessica prepared to leave only to be stopped by a tap on her shoulder. 

"Have some coffee before you leave. It will keep you up that way. I know you'd be staying up late with all the work." Yuri encouraged her to drink.

Jessica drank down the contents of the coffee, the scent filling her senses.

Setting the cup down, she looked up only for her eyes to meet with Yuri's.

"Still want to leave, Sica? Can't you stay?" Yuri leaned closer, her forehead against the woman's as a pout was on her face.

Jessica blushed. "A-alright. I'd. I'd stay. For tonight. Just for tonight, Yuri." With another push to the tanned woman, she shouted, "Don't lean so close to me, you ert!" But with all the words she said, Yuri knew. That Jessica's heart did beat for her. Even if it's just a little for now.

Taeyeon's words echoed in her ear as she closed her eyes and hid her bleeding wrist behind her, happy that the other hadn't noticed.

"This would be a life of lying, Yuri-ah. You would need to continue cutting, once the effects start to wear off. I- I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore, Yuri. You're my best friend."

But I love her. The spell worked. She likes me too. And that's all that matters. I'd do anything as long as she loves me back.

And Yuri never felt warmer than that night.

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2014, September 18: 5:11 pm

The cold winds of September brought everyone back at the comfort of their own homes. But not for a certain brunette. Walking up daintily on each flight of stairs, she made her way to the famous restaurant reserved for her. It was empty, and she is feeling irritated. Plopping herself on the chair, she sat and waited. Seconds seems to pass, and then minutes. An hour of waiting broke her patience. Flipping her phone open, she saw two missed calls from her bestfriend.

"Hi Fany, what's with the call?" She asked cooly.

"Hi, gurl. I mean, how's your date with you-know-who?" Tiffany said and Jessica felt the red haired woman's  excitement at the other line. But she wasn't.

"Nobody's here, Fany-ah."

"Oh." A depressed tone.

"I hate it. I hate this." Jessica clutched at her phone tighter, as she felt her hands shake.

"Sica, can't you let go of it? Can't you understand Yur-"

"Don't. Ever. Mention. That. Name." Jessica snapped back at Tiffany with a hint of venom in her voice. Tiffany just kept quiet, knowing Jessica is sensitive. Especially when Yuri's name is mentioned. Only breaths could be heard from both lines before Jessica decided to end the call, barely hearing a few sentences from Tiffany saying "Don't hang up or do anything crazy! I'll come right away."

She massaged her temples as she felt bile rising to . Signalling the waiter over, she asked for a glass of water.

Patting on her still flat tummy, she whispered soothing words as memories of the past began to flood.

"Be a good girl, Yoong and stay still. Mom's only got you for now, dear."

A.N: How is it, guys? As promised to a certain unnie of mine ( hi to you in malaysia!) I made a new comeback on September 18. I hope you would like this fic and please do  subscribe,comment and upvote. Do check out other fics too, anyways. And yeah, i thought that the prologue was a bit long but... at least you get the info. Today is a happy day haha take care everyone.

-shizu