"Minho if that was meant to be a joke then I swear it's not funny..." Yuri said as she tried keeping a straight face,only to fail miserably as she was flushed and having a mental breakdown at the thought of Minho liking her

It's impossible...right?

"If it's not funny then it shouldn't be a joke..." Minho murmured after regaining his composure after ,unfortunately, hit by a girl whose's 'hit' should not have hurt. Yuri must have thought of him as a weakling.Minho pursed his lips as Yuri hit him for the second time that day.

This time, it was not on purpose.

"How about Jessica?" Yuri asked monotonously

"I...I don't know..." Minho confessed as Yuri stood up hastily

"Then don't say you like me," since you'll regret saying that later  Yuri replied as she dashed off, leaving a guilty Minho behind.

-

"It's breaktime... you were always looking forward to it ... but why do you look like you'd just puked out your breakfast?" Eunhyuk crept up behind her,and Yuri swore she almost did puke out her breakfast

"Ha.Ha.Ha. You've got a great sense of humour boy..." Yuri faked a laugh as Eunhyuk rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment

"Yuri, I've looked through our project again and think it need some corrections done..."

"Woah, seriously are you trying to be a perfectionist or are you just using it as an excuse to spend time with me?" Yuri joked

"Im sorry?" Eunhyuk asked curiously

"Oh.Forget it." Yuri sighed after her failed attempt at a joke

"I was thinking if we could stay back this evening at the theatre to touch up on the slides..." Eunhyuk asked with pleading eyes

"Why the theatre of all places?" Yuri asked

"Oh... since it's convienent for me to practice my dance after that ...and I have the keys?" Eunhyuk replied nervously

"Ok...? See you later?" Yuri answered without suspicion as she waved him off as she wasn't going to let go of that pasta she was aiming for since morining

-

Jesscia walked hesistantly towards the room as she looked inside in worry. Were they going to be ok? After all, they had been with her through thick and thin throughout their school lives. Jessica let out a determined sigh as she hastily steped into the room reeked with medicine

"Girls... are you all ok ?" Jessica spoke softly, scared to witness the pain they had to bear

"Unnie! You've got to take justice for us! " Nicole pleaded

"Girls... do me a favour. Please. Promise me you will never tell this to anyone ; especially the principal... I know I'm being selfish but please .... do it for the sake of unnie?" Jessica begged,as tears well up her eyes

"B-but unnie! She did this to us!" Hara exclaimed in utter shock

"Please?" 

"Ok unnie , we'll do for you ,'' Nicole firmly answered as the other two looked at her in horrid

"Thank you so much Nicole! I swear I'll get to the bottom of this !" Jessica felt a gush of relieve spread throughout her body and she couldn't help but to tear. She knew how Yuri hated the lack of warmth , the sadness of losing him and most importantly, her parents . If they were to get involved in this, Yuri would do something stupid. And Jessica knew she will never live happily again if she were to lose someone like Yuri

-

"Why did you promise her unnie?" Hara asked, unfazed at the sight of Jessica walking from the windows

"Even if the principal knew , he couldn't have done anything. That is filthy rich. It'll not benefit us in any way . She doesn't  look like she'll care that much if she was suspended... and to gain Jessica's trust and to be popular was our aim from the start right? You guys won't ruin this plan right?" Nicole asked,glaring as the other two shook their heads in fear

"We'll make her suffer physical pain like what she did to us... she'll just have to wait," Nicole smirked as Hara and Jiyoung clapped for effects

"Stop that , tthat's weird!" Nicole snapped as Hara and Jiyoung halted their clapping and nodded intensly

-

Yuri quickly shuffled out of Minho's line of sight as she was about to head back to class. Minho noticed yet couldn't do anything about it. He,too, was confused . He hated that feeling.He didn't want any bit of awkwardness for the two of them but it's too late. With eyes full of hurt and dismay,he slowly walked away with his heart clenching with pain

Jonghyun was busy taking down his homework, failing to notice Yuri's flustered face. Yuri hurriedly made her way to the end and plopped down at the corner seat. She didn't want to face Jessica just yet. She was afraid of what she will say. What she will do . And most importantly, the pain she will feel if she were to misunderstand her . Soon after, she met eyes with Jessica and quickly looked away. She peeked slightly and saw Jessica taking her seat beside Jonghyun and that's when she realised the seat she was sitting on belonged to Jessica's. Yuri sighed as she covered her face in embarrassment

"NOONA!" the loud voice literally echoed throughtout the classroom. All eyes were on that petite boy as he waved frantically, trying to grab her attention

Yuri slowly peeked at the door as she found the voice alittle too familiar. What didn't help was that Taemin was bouncing up and down and demanding Yuri to meet him outside at the top of his lungs. She sighed as she slowly stood up and got out through the backdoor, with a hyper Taemin rushing to her as though she were some kind of candy he likes

"NOONA! " Taemin repeated as he flashed his pearly whites

"Yes, you little dork?" Yuri asked, trying to sound okay even if she was alittle flustered on the inside

"Just wondering if you could have dinner with me... you know... like a date?" Taemin asked, sounding almost desperate as he looked determinely at Yuri

"I'm sorry... I have project work to do..." Yuri replied. It's a pity as Yuri sure would want to go out with such a cute little kid like Taemin

"Oh... it's ok..." Taemin sounded horribly dejected, with a hint of sadness behind his voice

"Come on cutie . How about tommorrow? We can haven breakfast AND dinner together if you don't mind!"

"YES YES YES YES YES!!!" Taemin cheered like a man who struck lottery as he flashed the brightest smile that Yuri cannot help but to think that his jaws would probably break any second

"Noona I'll pick you up at-"

"LEE TAEMIN , NOT YOU AGAIN!"

"Oh my god the baldie is here! Noona I'll pick you up at 7 at the rooftop!" Taemin said as he dashed off,ignoring the constant screams for him to stop right in his tracks

Yuri smiled as she was yet again reminded of how she used to look like that with him...

-

Yuri growled as Jonghyun turned around again for the infinite time to look at her . Yuri wondered if Jonghyun thought she was water and was going to evaporate soon with the constant peekings and glances that it was starting to get on Yuri's nerves. Yuri thought of a marvellous idea. As expected,Jonghyun turned around yet again and Yri spare no thought and sent Jonghyun a flying kiss . And again as expected , Jonghyun turned away in less than a second with Jessica asking him if he was okay.

Jonghyun didn't turn back from then onwards

-

"Yuri... I was thinking if you could meet Sooyoung... she wants to apologise to you..." Key stuttered as he was afraid Yuri was going to get hurt once again with the mention of that silly girl

"No thanks I can't be bothered to listen anyways..." Yuri yawned, uninterested

"Please don't hate her she was just .... out of her mind that time Yuri... it's all because of me..." Key looked down in disappointment and Yuri knew Key was still deeply affected with that crazy incident with Sooyoung

"Yah seriously. Don't think about it too much. It's you that I'm more concerned about Key... If you don't like Sooyoung then tell her. It's selfish and hurting but she'll hurt the most in the end if you continue keeping silent. Don't give her false hope Key. I know she means alot to you... but she'll end up hurting just like me . I am willing to help you two, even if that threatens my life. I want her to completely give up on you if you won't want to take action. I'll help you."

"I'll never want you to lose your life because of me Yuri. You know it . I've told her... she promised me not to be so silly again. Thank you Yuri..." Key embraced Yuri as someone watched with fury.

-

"Oppa. You promised me. Don't chicken out in the end. I'll bear the responsibilities. You've got to help me"

"I know ...b-but,"

"I'm your sister ," she emphasized

"I'm your brother , but if you do anything stupid to her then I'll not hesitate to hurt you; even if you are my precious little sister, understood?"

"Yes." as if

The keys hung loosely around her skirt as she picked them up and handed them over to him.She was desperate. She's like a living dead full of prickly torns;  and was long dead inside. Just like a wilted rose

"Don't fail me , brother,''