CHAPTEr thirteen

Just because I am strong enough to handle pain, doesn't mean I deserve it.

No one's POV

 

Aera woke in a bitter mood. She couldn't stop thinking about the previous day when Kai and Baekhyun had seriously pissed her off. She stewed in her frustration. She had surely gotten the upper hand when she kicked Kai before, and Baekhyun, no doubt, also got the message, but she wasn't sure that was enough.

Suddenly, a lightbulb clicked in her head. Of course! Kai and Sehun saw her tripping Naeun before...that could've been the reason he teamed up with Baekhyun to bully and annoy her. She didn't care if Kae saw her, she could deal with him, but Sehun? She felt somewhat...guilty. She should apologize to him or something. She huffed at the thought.

Well if Kai could play dirty, so could she.

Aera made her way to Sehun's house immediately. The least she could do was apologize to him. Kai, she wasn't concerned with, he could piss off, but Sehun was a different matter. She rang the doorbell and patiently waited on the front porch, rehearsing what she would say in her head. All she had to do was sweetly apologize for the misunderstanding, and she was sure Sehun would be more than happy to forgive her. She smiled when the door creaked open, but after seeing who it was, who opened it, the smile died on her lips and was replaced by a heavy scowl.

Naeun.

She stood behind the door meekly, as though she was afraid of Aera, but she took a deep breath and opened the door wider, welcoming Aera inside.

"A-Aera! So good to see you again! Won't you come inside?" Aera scoffed and brushed past her, bumping shoulders with her along the way. Once she was inside, she her heel to face Naeun, a dirty remark on her lips, but she was stopped when she took in Naeun's clothes. Pajamas?! That means...had she slept over? And if she slept over at Sehun's house, it was only obvious what they were doing! Aera glared angrily at Naeun's stomach. She knew exactly what was going on, exactly what those two were doing.

"Aera, Sehun is taking a shower right now," she smiled, "won't you sit down? Would you