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❝Tonight,
I'll send you the firefly from that day
To your window.
That means that I love you.❞

-IU-

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"Has anyone seen Eunbyul?"

Jeonghan's question made everyone search around.

After their meal, they took a bunch of marshmallows for Eunbyul and gathered up at the fireplace. But now, they couldn't even see her anywhere.

"I'll go find her, you guys get things ready," Jihoon suggested.

He walked away before anyone of them had a chance to stop him.

First, he searched in the cafeteria. Noticing she wasn't there, he took a bag of gummy bears and left.

Next, he looked for her in her own tent, yet she wasn't there either. Both Luna and Ren were still in their cages, sleeping.

Jihoon was worried, so he decided to walk in the woods with nothing but his phone and his bag of gummies.

Turning on flash on his phone, Jihoon walked into the forest. The place was cold and dark, obviously, he started to get scared. He started singing to distract himself from fear, he sung a song composed by Eunbyul, "Through the Night."

After a short while of walking, Jihoon noticed a small lake. Sitting on a log beside the lake was the girl he was looking for.

He stopped singing, his heart froze when he hears small sniffles coming from Eunbyul.

Instead of running straight towards Eunbyul and console her as everyone else would, Jihoon only stepped slowly towards her, trying his best not making a sound.

Eunbyul, on the other hand, had no idea Jihoon was right behind her, looking at her with loving eyes.

She was sobbing her eyes out. She felt as if everything was her fault.

"Tell me what's wrong."

Jihoon's low voice shocked Eunbyul. She turned around to see him looking at her, his eyes were sad and were staring at her.

She wiped her tears as fast as she could. A small smile appeared on her face and she lightly shook her head.

"No. You're not okay. Your sleeves are stained with foundation and your cheek has a red mark," Jihoon slowly sat by her.

She soon realized that she wiped her face a little too hard and accidentally wiped away all the make-up she put on to hide the hand marks.

Eunbyul lowered her head, unable to speak. But Jihoon understood what she's going through.

"I was once bullied too."

His small statement shocked her. She looked up and faced him.

"At my old school, I was said to be short and a nerd. They say things that were... painful and often beat me up," Jihoon talked about his past while chuckling, "I was just a naive kid back then."

Eunbyul frowned while still looking at Jihoon. He saw that she was sad because of his story, he chuckled softly, "Aish it was all in the past. I'm living happily with a dozen idiots now, things are great."

The girl giggled at that.

"But you. I don't think you're fine now. Tell me. I promise I won't tell anyone about it, nor will I be angry and yell," Jihoon raised his pinky finger and gave her his famous gummy smile.

She sighed but agreed, pinky promised with him and took out her phone.

Trying her best to type as fast as she could, Eunbyul finally told Jihoon everything about Taemi and her crew's plans. Jihoon sat by her side reading every word she typed.

Even if Jihoon promised he wouldn't get mad, he obviously wasn't happy.

"That's why you went to collect wood with him, didn't you? She beat you up because of that, am I right?" Jihoon's voice was stern and raspy which would really be attractive to Eunbyul if the situation wasn't so complicated.

She only nodded.

Jihoon suddenly remembered about everyone else. He stood up and held out his hand for Eunbyul to hold on, acting like a prince. Guess he hung out with Soonyoung for too long.

"Tell you what. I'll help you protect both Mingyu and Mihae. That's a promise. Now let's get back to your tent and cover up the hand marks before the others get suspicious," he smiled sweetly and helped her up.

Little did she know, he didn't want to protect Mingyu and Mihae only.

I'll be by your side and protect you from all harm, even if it meant to sacrifice myself, Lee Eunbyul...

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"WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BEEN?! IT'S BEEN 17 MINUTES 13 SECONDS SINCE YOU LEFT!" Hyerim held on to Jihoon and shook him.

"Geez. Eunbyul got lost in the woods while looking for Luna, and do you have to be precise with the time like that? That's so fucking creepy," Jihoon showed an annoyed face and rolled his eyes.

And after that, Jihoon got smacked on the head by none other than Jisoos- I mean Joshua.

"Aish, forget about it. Our performance is in ten minutes or so. Good for you that we already took your guitar, young lady," Yeonha ruffled Eunbyul's hair and giggled.

The girls prepared a song composed by Eunbyul to perform to everyone.

"Stay" was the song's name.

And for the boys, they were going to sing "Campfire", a perfect song to get everyone in the mood for camping.

The speaker was turned on and told everyone to gather up at the biggest fireplace to enjoy class 2-S's performance.

"Guys, it's our cue," Seungcheol stood up and clapped his hands.

Everyone, including the girls, all gather up together and placed their fists in a circle before yelling loudly "FIGHTING!"

Their bright faces made Eunbyul feel much better.

They walked to the meeting place with guitars in hand.

"Look! It's the Kings," a girl shouted and they all cheered for the boys. "The Kings" were a nickname that students in Pledis Academy called them. Soonyoung disliked that name, he thought that the name made him feel old and would prefer to be a prince.

The girls, on the other hand, were less appreciated. Their haters were jealous that they were in the same class as the boys and were close to them.

But tonight, they are going to prove they aren't hanging on to the boys for fame.

"Hello everyone, we are class 2-S, we hope you'll enjoy what we prepared for you all!" Hyerim smiled as everyone cheered loudly.

They sat down on a log. After receiving a nod from Yeonha, signaling Eunbyul to start, she smiled and started strumming her guitar.

The crackling of the fire and her guitar danced together, making the atmosphere all soft and slow.

Long story short,

The haters turned into lovers. Most of them, at least.

Everyone clapped loudly after they were finished. Smiles appeared on the four girl's faces. Everything was easing Eunbyul's mind slowly.

Being the entertainer Seungkwan is, he shouted, or was he singing (?), "NOW WE SHALL LISTEN TO JIHOON'S NEWLY MADE SONG! HE MADE IT JUST FOR THE CAMPING TRIP SO PLEASE ENJOY~"

The students laughed then cheered crazily.

Jihoon turned the pre-recorded audio in his phone and the boys sang along with it.

Soon, the girls joined in, as signaled by the boys.

The skies filled with happiness.

But deep inside Eunbyul's mind, she knew that there were three pairs of eyes staring angrily at her.

Although, at that moment singing with everyone, she didn't care.

The song ended with everyone smiling and clapping.

All the students returned to their own assigned fireplaces.

The rest of the night for class 2-S were s'mores and scary stories, and of course, Seungkwan and Seokmin's yells.

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a/n: here's a funny story.

yesterday when i was writing chapter twelve, because i'm a multitasking queen, i decided to write my essay at the same time.

long story short. i almost sent my teacher the story. :)))) i'll be so dead if i did.

and yes i kept my promise and updated ;)

hope y'all liked it :,))

and i hate typos .____.

but i love you~ :)

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