Sowon stood guard at the entrance of the infirmary, a firm look on her face as she made sure that Eunha had her check up done. The younger was still trying to escape, but the doctors had managed to cuff one of her hands to the infirmary bed post.

“Eunha. A check up is good for you, be good.”

“I said I’m fine! I don’t need another check up!”

Wiggling away from another needle, Eunha whined when Sowon moved to hold her in place. Sowon’s stronger arms held her in place, her arms wrapped under Eunha’s shoulders to prevent her from jerking about dangerously. Whimpering as the needle stabbed into her skin, Eunha gave up as Sowon kissed the top of her head to distract her.

“Come on, it’s not that bad, look, it’s almost done.”

Eunha hid her face in Sowon’s chest as the needle was pulled out, she absolutely hated needles. They were cold, they hurt, and most of all they were pointy! Taking a shaky breath as a band aid was stuck on her arm Eunha sat straight again, Sowon’s hands came up to wipe the tears gathered at the corners of Eunha’s eyes.

“Were you that scared?”

Eunha only nodded, she never had a great experience with needles, every time they say “it’s only a pinch” but she knew better, it stung like a- her phone buzzed.

“He-hello?”

“Um….is this not Sojung’s phone?”

Eunha pulled the phone away to look, it indeed wasn’t her own phone, handing it to Sowon, Eunha fumbled around in her pockets then reached over to search Sowon’s pockets for her own phone.

“This is Sowon.”

“You see….I’m in a bathroom hiding from…you.”

“Chungha? What do you mean I’m in the infirmary.”

“You see….this Sowon is standing outside the bathroom and she’s waiting for me, I don’t know what she wants from me.”

“Can you tell if it’s a shape shift or an illusion at the least?”

“Illusion, definitely illusion, when I grabbed her wrists, I didn’t feel any morphing magic that I could reverse.”

“I’ll find you, stay calm.”

“Always Sojung.”

The call ended and Sowon bit her thumb nervously. This was an exchange over the phone, their phones were wired. How many minutes did she have before the illusionist Chungha?

“Sowon unnie my phone is missing.”

“It’s fine, I’ll get you a new one, come with me.”

Grabbing Eunha’s hand, Sowon hurried them out and began to dash through the halls. Eunha sighed and did her best to keep up. What was with her mentor and too many dangerous things happening around her?

~~~~~~~~~~~~

“You’re sure you’re feeling okay?”

“Perfectly fine Eunbi ah.”

“You’re sure you’re sure?”

“I already told you that I feel fine.”

SinB was kneeling at Umji’s bedside, her hands clutching on the edge like a puppy waiting on its master. When they had gotten back, Umji had received treatment and a health check up before being discharged to stay in her room, supposedly she was on house arrest for the next two days and SinB was being overly worried.

“But if you feel any discomfort, I’m right here okay?”

“Thank you Eunbi ah, I promise I’ll tell you if there’s something wr- is our dorm room locked?”

A flash of premonition shot through her system, something wasn’t right nearby. SinB got up to check, even poking her head out the doorway.

“I see, so where are we going Sowon ah?”

SinB furrowed her brows, there was no Sowon anywhere, but this girl and this other girl were walking side by side, they didn’t seem to take notice of her. Pulling close their door, SinB was going to lock it extra tight when she heard the same voice again.

“Sowon? Earth to Sowon.”

Peeking down the hall again, she still only saw the two girls walking away. Shaking her head, SinB locked the door and went back to Umji’s side.

“Yewon ah, you think there’s another Sowon at this school? I swear I just heard someone talking to your sister, or maybe someone with the same name but your sister isn’t here.”

“From what I know, there is never an overlap in names so long as they are in school, can you call Sowon unnie for me?”

SinB immediately pulled out her phone and dialed Sowon’s number, anything for Umji. Anything.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“Got it, thanks, tell Yewon that I love her.”

Eunha waited as she caught her breath, Sowon had been dragging her around and she wasn’t feeling too good, pressing her hand to her stomach, she tried to ignore the pain that was increasing.

“She’s by your dorm, let’s go.”

“Unnie, I don’t feel so great.”

Sowon looked Eunha over and pressed her hand to the shorter’s forehead. Quickly putting Eunha on her back, she sprinted back to the infirmary and left her there with her phone. Rushing back outside, Sowon turned towards the team dorms.

“Why they gotta be so active this time? Just stay quiet so I can care for my people for a while, bastards.”

Making it to the floor that belonged to team one’s dorm, Sowon sprinted down the hallway to see Chungha smiling at another girl who, when she blinked appeared to look like her. Rubbing her eyes furiously, Sowon grumbled as she wound up her arm to throw a strong punch.

“WHO SAID YOU COULD PRETEND TO BE ME!”

Flying through the air and smashing her fist into the imposter’s face, Chungha gave a small “omo!” as the granite floor cracked a little. The illusion wore off the moment Sowon’s punch knocked her out of focus.

“. . . .”

Sowon looked at her imposter curiously, what the hell was she saying?

“!”

A weird dimensional rift looking illusion began to spread around the illusionist girl, it seemed to be that she was losing control over her powers. Chungha moved up to catch Sowon’s wrist.

“I’m only doing this just this once, so you better make it count.”

Sowon looked down at Chungha’s hand that hovered over her black cuff, swallowing nervously she nodded once. When Chungha touched the black metal cuff, ancient magic test appeared across it, Chungha touched specific characters as she muttered something under her breath. Closing her eyes as the cuff flashed purple, Sowon felt a sudden surge in her strength. Cracking her knuckles, she hopped over what used to be a table, now covered in rainbow pulsing colors, Sowon lunged forwards to grab the illusionist, but the other’s body contorted in weird ways making her miss.

Sliding across the floor on her knees as she missed another grab, Sowon cursed as it seemed as if the mind had been separated from the illusionist’s body. Rushing to finish the fight, Sowon inwardly apologized to the school before using her magic to contort the marble columns in the walls to move out and capture the illusionist. With her trapped, Sowon breathed a sigh of relief before going over and grabbing the illusionist’s hand, the black cuff glowed as the pinkish aura of the illusionist slowly disappeared along with her messed up illusion.

“I’m sealing that again.”

Sowon sat down on the floor as Chungha tapped away at her wrist, grumbling slightly in discomfort.

“How did you find out that she wasn’t me anyways?”

“Well, a giant like you shouldn’t be able to surprise me the way she did.”

“Oho, calling me a bad spy?”

“No, I’m just pretty sure you don’t fit in a 5 foot shadow, and, she wasn’t wearing cuffs. I know you can’t take them off.”

“Shut up.”

Tucking her wrists into her sleeves again Sowon looked at the floor, avoiding Chungha’s gaze.

“You should talk about it with someone. It doesn’t have to be me.”

“Maybe.”

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....hmmmmm Sowon ah, don't you think that was a little too easy?

also, I'm leaning towards UmB now asdfghjkl