(a/n: the amount of people asking me for a happy ending😭 y'all)

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There's not a single moment when my heart didn't race whenever I thought of what happened between us. My heart was still pounding.

Did I have feelings for Eunji?

I didn't know.

I've never liked anyone before, I didn't know how it felt like to like somebody.

I was the one who went for it after all.

It was wrong, but in that moment I didn't care.

I frowned, the grip around my pencil tightened.

I shouldn't have done that.

It was not my place to like anyone.

I didn't have the right to like her.

But I still pulled her closer to me. I was the one who had these wrong thoughts, I was the one who imagined how it would feel like to kis—

That's when Eunji turned around to me, suddenly smiling. It caught me off guard, but I tried to catch myself.

"Is something wrong?" I mouthed to her, trying to not get caught by our teacher who was walking around, giving back our exams.

"Nothing." She mouthed back, still smiling.

Now that I thought about, things haven't been the same between us.

Yes, we did decide to act like nothing happened and I was glad that we did.

And Eunji was doing a good job keeping things as they were before.

But I couldn't. I couldn't forget and pretend as if nothing had happened, no matter what.

Every time our hands would accidentally touch, every time she put her arm around me or when she smiled at me without any reason, my mind would race and I'd immediately back away.

Was Eunji used to that kind of stuff?

Why was she so unbothered?

That's when it struck me.

Of course! I just wasn't used to physical affection and having someone by my side in general.

That's why I was reacting to those things as extremely as I did.

A content smile tucked on the corners of my lips.

I knew that there had to be a logical explanation for it.

Turning around to look to Eunji again, a thought crossed my mind.

Would we be better off if we distanced ourselves from each other for a little?

In that moment, her head turned towards me.

It was like she was reading my mind.

"Stop staring at my side profile, jackass." She mouthed making me look at her in surprise, before I let out a laugh.

How does she do that?

Taking away the weighing on my mind. Just like that.

Just when I thought that there was nothing for me to worry about, my chest tightened intensely the moment I was about to pick up my pencil.

It was as if someone cut off my breath for just a second, but it was enough for me to lose control of every single part of my body.

"What..?" I muttered under my breath, looking down to my hands.

Everything was blurred.

"What's wrong?" Eunji noticed my sudden change of behavior and put her hand on my back with concern written all over her face.

But I shook her off, feeling dizziness take over my head.

3 minutes. 3 minutes till the class was over.

My pupils shook as I shakily reached over to my backpack, forcefully ripping it open.

If I wasn't seated in the last row of this classroom the teacher would have noticed me already.

2 minutes.

"Shit."

It was completely empty.

"Jungwon, what's wrong?" Eunji repeated next to me, but I was busy staring at the clock attached to the wall.

Now I was gritting my teeth, tightly shutting my eyes close.

1 minute.

"Good bye, everyone!"

The moment I opened my eyes again, I could have sworn that I almost lost it.

Red?

"Jungwon..?"

Red.

"Hey, I'm talking to you!"

Red. Red. Red. Why is it red?

"It's all...red." I looked down to my hands again.

What was wrong with me?!

"What do you mean?" Eunji tried to communicate with me, but all I could think of was the red I was seeing.

And the next moment I sprinted out of the room, ignoring her calls as I was headed towards the infirmary.

I pushed through the crowds of people who were standing in the middle of the hallway, chattering and laughing as I could only think of coming into possession of blood.

Reaching the infirmary, I forcefully pulled the door handle, only to find it closed instead.

Why is nothing working out for me?!

"Jungwon!" Eunji called after me, breathlessly trying to keep up, "The nurses are on vacation! They told us to call the principal..."

She stopped midway her running, after I turned around to her.

"...in case anything happens." Eunji added, gulping visibly. Her eyes were wide open as she continued to stare at me with trembling hands.

Even though I never was good at detecting people's feelings, I was sure that the girl in front of me was scared.

And not just simply scared.

Eunji was scared for her life.

Because of me.

Time seemed to have stopped for the two as they continued to look at each other.

Eunji didn't move at first, silently staring at him in shock.

And the moment, she took a step forward, he took one backwards instead.

His eyes were widened the same way hers were.

"J-Jungwon.." She extended her hand to reach out for him, but he shook his head, trying to open the infirmary door once again.

"I-I need it..." His voice broke and Eunji looked around to make sure no one was present before she run up to him, covering his eyes with her hand.

"Jungwon, we need to leave. What if anyone sees you?" She desperately wrapped her arms around him in hope to calm him down, "Your eyes...they are..."

"D-Don't look at me." He whispered, trying to free himself from her tight embrace. The only thing on his mind was blood.

It was as if he was possessed. And there was nothing he could do.

The girl heard him, but she didn't care, anxiously looking around for a spot to hide before other students would walk past them.

But before she could suggest going to the janitor's room again, he already had run off, shaking her off in the process of it.

Eunji sighed in irritation, taking a deep breath to prepare herself to run after him again.

Why was he running away from her?

To my misfortune, Jungwon wasn't lying when he said he was fast.

I had a hard time keeping up with the boy as I continued to curse at myself at how unathletic I was.

"Jungwon, please stop for a second!" I called out for him in despair again, breathlessly taking a break as I put my hands on my knees. I had to watch his lean body dash through the corridors closely or else I would have lost him.

Other students were looking after him with widened eyes the moment he rushed past them. He probably was fast enough for them not to see his eyes.

I gulped, remembering the moment he turned around to me in front of the infirmary.

His eyes were bloodshot red.

That's when I saw him stop, before running up the stairs, heading towards the rooftop.

Instead of opening the door, he opened the window, making me gasp. I felt the adrenaline in my body shot up, as my heartbeat didn't seem to lessen.

I was too shocked to even call out for his name when I saw him climb out of the window with ease before pushing his entire weight upwards to get on the rooftop.

So that's how he entered the rooftop without the keys and without me noticing back then.

"How the fuck am I going to get on there?" I spoke to myself. looking around for any tools to use.

But I knew that there was only one option.

So I decided to follow Jungwon, looking outside the window before gulping visibly.

Luckily there was some kind of platform right underneath me, meaning that I wouldn't die right away in case I would fall off. I would only lose one leg.

Which I was willing to sacrifice for Jungwon.

"If I die, I swear I will take you down with me, Jungwon." I spoke as I clenched my jaw, giving it my all to finally pull myself up.

I just hoped Youngmin was covering up for us because I was sure that class had just started again.

There he was!

My eyes glistened with relief when I spotted Jungwon's silhouette facing me with his back.

And just when I was about to climb on top of the rooftop's railing, the most unbelievable happened.

The universe must have gotten sick of me.

Because the moment, Jungwon was in my vision, my hand slipped, causing me to fall backwards.

I could only watch in horror as his frame disappeared from my sight again before gravity did its thing and pulled me downwards.

Oh.