6: Blowing off Steam
Boys vs Girls. Battle of the Century.
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Narrator's POV
"-c'mon, let's go downstairs" Suzy said softly, leading the crying JJ into the school. By now, most of the school population would be gone
"eodi?" JJ asked wiping her eyes
"to find Kari" Suzy said walking into the gym
"Soyoon-ah" Jin said as the two girls arrived
"what are you doing here?" Suzy asked Bangtan in surprise
"we invited them" Bambam said
"was Kari here?" Suzy said
"she just left" Jr spoke up and her head snapped to him, a small blush tinted her cheeks when he winked at her
"why do you like you got beat up?" Suzy smirked at Jackson
"is it true?" Yugyeom suddenly said "wh-what Kari noona said"
"what did she say?" Suzy said glancing at JJ, who's knuckles were turning white from keeping quiet. She didn't want to speak, neither did she want them to see her crying, so her head hung low
"about what Mark did" Suga said "also about what she went through in Japan"
"you mean Mark reading their text messages on his phone about how she was used and..." Suzy said struggling to say the venomous word "except he worded it like she was a complete "
"I'm sorry" Mark said
"it's not me who you should be saying sorry to" Suzy glared
"I already said sorry to her, she didn't accept my apology" Mark said
"she had a damn good right not to" JJ growled
"Jiyeon-ah" Suzy said grabbing her arm
"that's not all she said!" Youngjae said
"what else did she say?" Suzy sighed
"a-about JJ" Jr said and Suzy glanced at her
"what about me" JJ snapped, her eyes boring into Jr's soul. Right now, she didn't care that they saw her tears.
"that stuff about, you in high school, your father, your mother...are they true?" Jackson asked quietly
"what? you mean how they killed my father in front of me? how my mother ran away before I turned 5? how I got kidnapped and tortured just because I'm my father's daughter?! Yeah they're all true" JJ yelled "I did get trained to kill, but not by my daddy. I trained by killing other people who wanted to hurt me. Appa only taught me self defense."
"you've killed someone noona?" V asked
"mutltiple" JJ said
"you're a murderer then JJ" Jackson said
"wae?! you gonna report me?! Remember Wang, my father may be dead but that doesn't mean that I still have great connections with the mafia. They ing raised me" JJ glared "I still have the power to kill you with one call or with one stab"
"where are you going?" Suzy asked
"out, don't follow me" JJ said coldly kicking the door open before storming out. Suzy screamed out in frustration messing up her hair before kicking off her heels and running towards them, grabbing Jackson's head and yelling out a string of profanities. The boys tried to pry her off, but her manicured nails dug deep into his hair. Jackson managed to get out as he pushed her down, her side hitting the bleachers. Jr's eyes widened and he immediately shielded his girlfriend as he saw Jackson try to hit her
"hitting a girl" Suzy scoffed "wow, you really are heartless"
"you okay?" Jr whispered and she met his eyes, giving a slight nod
"Jinyoung-ah, what are you doing?" JB asked narrowing his eyes at the two
"guys, Suzy is my girlfriend" Jr said pulling her up and protecting her from their reach. They heard a collection of gasps and angry/betrayed shouts of disbelief "I've hated to keep this from you guys, but this is getting out of hand. Kaja"
"where are you headed?" Mark asked
"I'm going to safely bring my girlfriend home" Jr said taking her hand and walking over to pick up her heels before dragging her out of the gym
"okay, what the is happening?" Rap Monster said
***
JJ...
I ran away from that school, away from them, away from him. My feet led me to a familiar place, one that gave me a bittersweet sense of home.
"intruder!" I heard a voice shout. I cursed and whistled a tune before doing a somersault at the entrance
"intruder my " I said as they opened it "samchun eodiyo?"
"nugusayo?" another said
"Hwang Jiyeon" I answered "some of you are new, am I right?"
"Jiyeonie?" a man asked standing up from the couch and facing me "Jiyeon maja?"
"deh samchun" I nodded and he gave me a hug
"it's been way too long" he said letting out a hearty laugh "some of the boys from your time are gone, but some still are here. Do you remember Jiyeon guys?"
"of course we do" a built man said picking me up
"woah!" I shouted feeling myself get thrown onto his shoulder
"do you remember me?" he asked
"er...Black Garfield" I laughed and he nodded "I still don't know why you went with Garfield, Sunghee oppa"
"and I still don't know why you wanted to play with dolls when you were little" he teased back
"I was 7, let it go" I grumbled fixing my skirt "you were what? 14?"
"aigoo culmanhae" samchun said "newbies, this is Jiyeon-"
"just call me JJ" I cut in
"okay, JJ. She's the previous leader's daughter" samchun said "and like my daughter so treat her well"
"or else I'll give you the boot" I said "seriously, I can do that. So don't screw with me"
"still so fiesty" Sunghee said ruffling my hair
"so why are you here?" samchun asked ushering me to sit down "how's college? do you have any friends? anyone you have trouble with? any boyfriends? How about-"
"samchun, one at a time" I chuckled "college is okay, I do have two best friends eventhough the rest of the school is scared of me - and I'm pretty happy about that. There's this one guy who I hate and he hates me back, no boyfriends, but there was a bit of a swear-off earlier and I wanna blow some steam off"
"what guy?" another asked
"nothing" I shook my head
"do you want us to...do some business?" Sunghee asked
"no, don't" I said "if there's anyone doing some business, it should be me. This is my battle, I can't let samchun fight my battles for me"
"wah, look who grew up" samchun smiled "you look so pretty now Jiyeon-ah, I'm sure that if your appa and umma were here, they'd be proud of you"
"komawo samchun" I muttered "so..any way to blow off steam?"
"we still have the training room out back, but we could always scour for some losers in the alleys" one said
"how about the gang that kidnapped me, they still alive?" I asked
"they moved further out west." samchun said "I'm not going to let you go out there alone, just because you're mad"
"who said I was going alone samchun?" I raised my eyebrow "I'm not that stupid. Oppa, wanna fight with me?"
"sure, why not?" Sunghee said putting me in a headlock "haven't bonded with Jiyeonie since before you were a college student"
"bring some guys with you" samchun ordered
"three musketeers, come with us" Sunghee said waving his hand over to three newer members "we're gonna have tons of fun boys"
"yup" JJ said ping her backpack to get a hairtie, mask, and a fighting glove.
"do you fight on a daily basis?" Sunghee asked
"pfft, hell no. But I do some random beatings at home when I'm bored" JJ said tying her hair up. She slung her backpack over her shoulder "kaja"
***
Kari...
I walked home, more like paced home. I slammed my bag on the floor, changed into something more home-y and got a volleyball from my bedroom before hitting it against the wall repeatedly. I screamed and kicked the ball, making it hit the backyard fence.
"aish!" I shouted slamming the volleyball down. I treated that volleyball like a punching bag..more like punching ball. My palm was red when I decided to call it quits.
"yeobosayo?" I panted answering my phone
"open the door ane" Jimin said hanging up the phone.
"bwoyah, how'd you find my house?" I asked opening the door
"Soji noona" J-Hope said and they entered my house
"I never said you could come in" I scoffed
"But you also never said that we had to get out" Suga said
"touche" I nodded getting the volleyball. Bangtan flinched as they heard the ball hit the wall "so what are you guys doing here?"
"we wanted to check up on you" Jin said
"I don't need checking up" I said throwing the ball in the sports bin
"you're still pretty hot-headed ane" Jungkook said "you can go off on someone even if you get the least bit irritated"
"and your point?" I asked
"we just want to make sure that you don't do anything that can get you in trouble" Rap Monster said
"I appreciate your concern, but I don't need any guidance" I sighed
"just let us stay" Jin said "we haven't bonded with you in a while Ari-ya"
"Jin hyung will cook dinner!" V piped in
"yah-"
"okay call" I said "I need to take a shower and ice my arm, you guys make yourselves comfortable"
"assa" Jimin jumped up pouncing on the couch.
***
Suzy...
"yah, waeirae?" I asked as Jr dragged me somewhere "where are you taking me?"
"to your apartment" Jr said
"Jirongie" I said "why did you tell them?"
"jagi, Jackson hurt you" he said his fingers ghosting along my side "you winced"
"it doesn't hurt that much" I muttered
"when we get home, you're going to ice that. It could bruise" Jr said. After a while, we arrived at my place and he opened the door with his key.
"we're in such right now" I said tying my hair up in a messy bun
"igeo" Jr said giving me some ice. I thanked him quietly before placing it to my side, flinching at the coldness. Jr sat down next to me and pulled my body close to his "mianhe"
"for what?" I asked leaning myself against him
"telling the boys" Jr said "I panicked when you fell"
"you know something Jirongie?" I stifled my laughs
"wae?" he asked
"when you told them I was your girlfriend, your satoori came out" I smiled poking his cheek
"it did?" Jr blushed "whoops"
"you're so cute when you use satoori" I said leaning in to give him a peck
"and you looked pretty funny when you were killing Jackson" Jr laughed
"wow, thanks" I scowled
"just kidding, you're always cute jagi" Jr said enveloping his arms around my waist
"eotteokhae? what do we do now?" I blew a raspberry
"molla" he shrugged "just go with the flow?"
"that's a great plan" I said sarcastically hitting the side of his head with a pillow
"yah!" he protested
"it wasn't that hard, you baby" I scoffed
"why do I have such a fiery girlfriend?" Jr said flipping me over and pinning me on the couch
"ask my parents" I said staring up at him
"I'd rather not, I like you this way" he smirked capturing my lips
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