While Gun was confronting Lee Do Joon, Hyuk drove Yeo Ri to her school on his motorbike . He drove as fast as he could while still simultaneously looking out for harm . He had a passenger with him, so he toned down on his recklessness .
Hyuk dropped Yeo Ri off at her school .
"Wait for Oppa to pick you up, okay?" Hyuk says .
"Mm . " Yeo Ri nodded obediently .
Hyuk stared at her with a complicated gaze . After hesitating for a while, he finally moved . He gave her a hug and kissed her forehead as he said his farewells . "Don't worry, Oppa will protect you," he muttered quietly .
"I know," Yeo Ri gave him a small smile .
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After seeing Hyuk off, Yeo Ri lost her smile .
She stared emptily into the air as she walked to her classroom . Unlike usual, she ignored the noisy fanboys .
Even when Min Chae came into the classroom and greeted her, she pretended to fall asleep . She didn't have any motivation to speak, much less converse with other people .
Yeo Ri was so out of it to the point that she could barely concentrate on her exams . The hours passed by in a blur . Before she realised it, the school day had ended . All the studying that she had done the day before seemed to have been flushed down the drain; she couldn't even remember if she was able to answer properly .
'What does it matter,' she thought sardonically . So what if her grades fell? It wasn't as if she had a future .
Yeo Ri laughed emptily at the thought .
She was just 14 years old, but her life can already be considered as over . She doubted that it could get any better .
"Yeo Ri-ah?" Min Chae noticed her strangeness . Throughout the whole day, Yeo Ri hadn't been herself . She was worried that something might have happened to her best friend . "Did something happen? You don't look very good . "
" . . . It's nothing . I'm fine," Yeo Ri lied, faking a cheerful appearance . "It's just that . . . I think I studied too much and didn't get enough rest . When I saw the papers, my mind completely went blank," she grimaced and sighed .
Min Chae's eyes glowed with understanding, "I get what you mean! I studied a lot yesterday, but nothing seems to come out in my head when I was answering the questions just now," she cried .
"What are you guys talking about?" Jang Mi asked as she joined them as they headed to the school gates to go home .
"Nothing much . Just about how difficult the exam was," Min Chae sighed with a pout .
"Difficult? I thought it was pretty easy . Even a few of the questions that Gun-sunbaenim spotted for us came out," Jang Mi commented .
" . . . You b*tch . . . " Min Chae glared at Jang Mi exasperatedly . Did she have to flaunt how smart she was all the time? Min Chae looked as if she was ready to throttle the other girl .
Jang Mi was not the least bit intimidated by Min Chae . She simply shrugged, "But anyways, Yeo Ri-ah, is Gun-sunbaenim going to tutor us again today?"
Yeo Ri paused in thought for a second . Then, she shook her head . "I don't think we can today . Maybe next time . "
"Oh," Jang Mi muttered in disappointment . However, she quickly gathered herself, hiding her reaction .
"Why not?" Min Chae asked .
"That—" Yeo Ri struggled to answer Min Chae, but luckily, she was saved from answering the girl . Seeing that Hyuk had already been waiting to pick her up as he had promised, she quickly excused herself . "Sorry, girls . My Oppa is here; I need to go now . See you tomorrow!"
"Ah—wait, Yeo Ri—" Min Chae called out to the girl . However, she was already far away .
The two girls watched as Yeo Ri approached Hyuk who was leaning on his motorbike . Seeing her closing in, he got up, picked up the other helmet, and helped her put it on after exchanging a few words . The two drove away immediately after, letting the onlookers eat the bike's fumes as they speculate on Hyuk's identity .
The sight of the school idol getting on some guy's bike riled up the boys . Those that had been interested in her could not help but wail in anguish . Was that her boyfriend, they thought .
Judging by how they acted with each other, it was clear that they were close . Those who weren't in the know could only imagine what their relationship was .
That day, unbeknownst to Yeo Ri, she had broken many hearts .
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