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❝Your cold eyes,
They kill me.
The fire in your heart that used to grow.
Why are there only ashes remaining?
Maybe time is medicine.
But I'm getting weaker.
The sad pain is getting numb too.❞

-Sunmi-

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I was at school.

With earphones on, jamming out to my favorite songs.

How could things get any better when I got no school in the way~

"Byul ah, you just have to compose! Your songs are hits! Please~" Yeonha unnie made puppy eyes and pouted cutely.

Who would've thought she was a rapper.

Still, after all the pleading, all I did was shook my head mouthing a "No".

She pouts again but then the school bell rang.

Thank the gods it was finally breaktime!

Mingyu suddenly came in front of me with a bag of chips, "Want some?"

I giggled then gladly took some while the unnies eyed me, raising their eyebrow.

"Flirting with her huh, Kim Mingyu? I thought you were better than this," Hyerim unnie teased him, making him chuckle.

"Nah, just want to make new friends," he answered then turned to me, doing a sign language that said Isn't that right, Lee Eunbyul?

Obviously, the unnies were shocked, mostly Hyerim, she knew exactly what that meant.

She looked at me with suspicion, and signaled to ask How did he know?

I took out the special tablet that I usually use to communicate with the others and wrote:

He walked me home yesterday and so he knew. He has a cousin who's like me so he knows sign language.

Oh's and Ah's were heard from them.

Before they could say anything, the front door suddenly opened with a loud slam.

A loud whine was heard from my biggest fear, The bakers.

No, I don't call them the bakers because they make cakes or cupcakes whatsoever, it's because they bake their own faces, looking like actual cakes. I mean look at them! They must've put thousand pounds of flour on their faces to be THAT white.

And why am I scared of them?

I was bullied.

Brutally.

For my whole life.

They are the reason I am always insecure about myself, about me having no voice.

Seeing them, I grabbed Mihae unnie's sleeve.

She looked at me quite confused at first but soon saw that I was petrified. She signaled the other unnies.

They all understood instantly.

One of the bakers whined loudly while clinging on Chan's arm, "Oppa~ I missed you~"

"WHAT?! First of all, I am one hundred percent sure you are not younger than me. Second, who dafuq are you and I don't know you," he pushed her away but for some reason, she got surprisingly strong.

"My name is Yoon Hwayeon, your future fiance~" she said with sparkling eyes making me want to puke.

And with that sentence, everyone jumped in.

"Woah woah, hold your horses, I'm pretty sure he doesn't know who the fukk you are, don't be so straight forward, you won't get the guy," Hyerim unnie went in between the two of them and had to pry her off of Chan.

"Yeah, and stop putting flour on your face, cake recipes are made for a reason," and Mihae snapped.

They were furious, obviously.

And I forgot to mention, there were three of them. All of which have picked on me for my incurable sickness.

The other unnies have all defended me. So we haven't got along very well.

"Why are you three always interfering with our business?! You sluts!" Yeeun, one of the Bakers shouted.

I balled my hands up into a fist, ready to punch them in the face, leaving giant hand marks on the powder.

But suddenly, Taemi stepped in, the leader of the pack and my worst fear.

I have never been so scared of someone in my life. Whenever I saw her, all I wanted to do was to just run away.

"Well, what do we have here," she walked slowly, her high heels making loud noises, basically scaring me to death, "a group of the best girls in the school huh?"

She stepped to Yeonha unnie and smirked, "Lost in a competition against rookies, the school must've misplaced you."

Then, she stepped to Mihae unnie, "Dumped in front of the school must've been embarrassing, huh?"

I swear I saw Mihae ready to swing at her.

"And you, Jung Hyerim," she smirked devilishly, "Your mother died all because of you, remember?"

"YOU MONSTER!" Hyerim unnie went wild, with tears in her eyes, she charged up to Taemi, but Joshua and Jeonghan held her back, trying to calm her down.

Taemi laughed, then, what I was scared of most finally came.

She turned her attention to me.

She stood in front of me, scanning me head to toe with a smirk plastered on her face.

"Abandoned by your own parents and was raised by your auntie, just because you got no voice, tsk tsk, must've hurt," she spoke lifting my chin up, "I would do the same if I were your parents. You're useless with no voice."

I felt tears streaming down my cheeks. Taemi harshly whipped my tears away.

To make things worse, Jihoon spoke up and asked, "W-What do you mean she got no voice?"

"Oh, she hasn't told you? Tsk tsk, such a shame, are you sure you're their friend, Lee Eunbyul?"

I didn't even notice since when my tears were streaming down to my neck, the heat tingled my skin.

She smirked and slapped me hard.

I fell on the floor.

"Chanyeol would have love ME! Instead, you stepped in and interfered, he changed schools, and I never saw him again. ALL THANKS TO YOU!" She kicked me in the stomach.

Mingyu instantly came by my side, he stood in front of me and stopped her.

She raised her eyebrow in shock, but then her mischievous smirk was seen again, "Oh so you have a new target? Haha, such a slut."

I laid on the floor, I felt so helpless. All I could do was to cry my eyes out.

I wish I was stronger than this.

"Remember this, Lee Eunbyul. I'll get my revenge on you and your little team. These boys are our jackpot, and we'll do absolutely anything to have then as ours," she laughed devilishly then signaled the other Bakers out of our class.

Mingyu helped me up. He wiped my tears off and asked if I was okay.

But before anyone else could say anything, I grabbed my phone and ran out of class.

No, they are going to hate me after all of that, I'm never going to have friends, nor will I participate in that competition. Jihoon will be great alone.

They'll be better off without me.

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