Reality Check
How long will we play? This Game of CharadesSeulgi and Seung Wan, two of the most popular girls in their school. Most people who glance at them will realize how stunning they look, but those who know them well, or even spend 2 minutes in their company will know exactly why word about them spread like wildfire.
The two of them were constantly at each other's throats but barely put up with each other's existence should they be in the same room. Ever since entering college together, every second they spend together was filled with verbal jabs and a heavy tension-filled atmosphere surrounding them. Of course, no storm is permanent, and with their graduation fast approaching, most students and staff are silently thankful that their school will feel a little more at ease.
Meanwhile, Irene, Joy, and Yeri were unknowingly mixed up with their rivalry, and not many people understand why and how, but the three of them managed to soften the atmosphere that the two produced everywhere they went, and they decided to stick with them in an effort to get the two of them to spend more time together and hopefully get on better terms, but sometimes you gotta be careful of what you wish for.
The five of them had gathered together after school in Irene's empty classroom because the two refused to go to each other's 'hellhole', as they put it. Graduation was fast coming up, and the three felt that it was now or never that they made up.
"Do you guys have any plans this weekend?" Irene asked as she scrolled through her phone, "It's been a while since we've spent time with each other, and once we graduate from college, we might not have as much time as we do now to be with each other."
"I don't," Seulgi said with a shrug as she leaned against the wall, keeping her distance from Wendy.
"Not like you spend time with us that much anyway," Wendy jabbed in quietly as she rolled her eyes.
"I don't remember asking you what you think."
"And I don't remember caring about that."
"Must you guys always fight like this whenever we're together," Irene sighed as she rubbed her temples in mild, or great, frustration. She's gotten better at disguising it.
"They can't even stand in the same room without glaring at each other, I have a better chance of winning the lottery than the two of them making up," Joy said as she leaned her head on Irene's shoulder.
"Give it up, we've put up with this since we started college, I don't think they'll stop fighting in the few months we have left." Yeri chimed in as she watched the two of them glare at each other, very clearly amused
"No, I don't think we will," Seulgi and Wendy said at the same time.
"Stop copying me," they both said at the same time.
"No, you stop copying me," they both said at the same time yet again, like a pair of siblings who want to annoy each other.
"You know, for two people who hate each other's guts, you guys are really in sync," Yeri said with a small laugh.
"Don't ever say I'm in sync with her," they both said in sync.
"See? In sync!" she laughed as she clapped her hands.
Clearly, this earned her glares from the two of them as they stormed out in opposite directions, one through the front door of the classroom, the other through the back.
"Please don't antagonize them" Irene sighed as she closed her eyes.
'First, those two arguing with each other, now she wants to watch them fight even more? God, please help me.' Irene thought as she stared wistfully at both doors.
'We only have a few months left, huh?' Seulgi thought as she leaned against the wall in an empty hallway, sighing heavily as she stared off into space. 'She'd be happy with that, and if she's happy with me gone, I'd gladly disappear.'
'Why must it be her? I could've felt this way over anyone. Any guy, any girl, but fate wanted me to fall in love with the girl who hates my guts the most?' Wendy thought as she slammed her locker shut. 'I just gotta put up with this for a few more months and then I can forget about her.' She assured herself as she clenched her fist. 'And she'll forget about me, won't she?' She squatted as she leaned her head against her locker.
'Why must I love the one who hates me the most? Is it my fault? Is it theirs? Is fate trying to mock me?'
'But, as long as I pretend to hate her, she won't get weirded out. I just need to keep this up for a few more weeks. This game of charades.'
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