For those of you who are reading my story "Without Warning" do not fear, I'm still writing that too. I just had by this idea pop into my head and wanted to try it. I'm not sure someone that of doing a school MLSHR fanfic too, but here's my own take on it.
This is heavily inspired by the drama School 2013, if you haven't seen it, I recommend it fully. I'm not into school kdramas like that, but that one was amazing. Anyway, read and enjoy.
Hae Soo
"I'M QUEEN OF THE WORLD!" Soo shouted from the bottom of her lungs, arms open wide, fingers spread with a huge grin stuck on her face. Behind her, the giggles of another girl could be heard, obviously amused by Soo's statement and her way of expressing it like a child. Soo, couldn't help but giggle too before quickly grabbing the handles of her bicycle when it stated to teeter over. The grin on her face still remained strong despite almost falling over.
The other girl, rolled her eyes at her friend when she caught herself from falling off her bike. "Are you really that happy?" She asked, tilting her toward Soo, pedaling slowly on her own bike to keep the same pace as her. When Soo nodded her head vigorously, she again rolled her eyes but smiled all the same. Soo knew she was just as happy for her, because when Soo was happy, she was too.
"I'm super happy, Yeon Hwa!" Soo answered giddily, hopping in her seat."Wook senior told me I looked pretty in this ribbon. I'm wearing it from now on and forever!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Hey, you loud mouth girl, shut up!" An older man, the grumpy grandpa of the neighborhood, raking his yard shouted at her, as she and Yeon Hwa rode by on their bikes. They both bowed their heads in greeting and as an answer meaning they would keep it down. This wasn't the first time he had yelled at her just as it wasn't the first time she made a racket over something or anything.
Once they were safely out of earshot, they both looked to each other and giggled. They would be lying if they said they didn't irritate that man on purpose. Yes, he yelled at them, but it was too funny to actually be scared of him.
Yeon Hwa cleared her voice,"you do know he didn't say you were pretty, he said your ribbon was," pointed out the dark haired beauty.
"Oh, Yeon Hwa, Yeon Hwa, Yeon Hwa," Soo tsked at her closest friend since the beginning of high school, shaking her head as she did so. She inhaled deeply, breathing in the fresh and cool autumn air. "You have to read between the lines to understand."
"Please, explain." Yeon Hwa, gestured her hand toward Soo to go on.
Soo's smile went from innocently happy to smug in one second flat."We were in front of too many people for him to directly say I looked pretty today. So, he took the indirect route of saying the new item that brought out my beauty looked pretty. That way, he wouldn't 'cause any scene and I would still know what he meant. I look pretty,especially in this ribbon." Soo started gushing toward the end of her elaboration, reaching her hand up to brush her fingers against the silk of her red ribbon.A dreamy sigh escaped Soo's pink lips.
Yeon Hwa snorted, but smiled all the same."You know what I think?"
"Hm?" Soo only semi-acknowledged Yeon Hwa, as she twirled strands of her dark fine hair around her slender finger. She was too busy daydreaming about her honey, her senior, Wook. Hwang Bo Wook, with his sharp jawline, tall height, lean body, warm eyes and beautiful lips that looked so irresistibly kissable.
"I think you're just delusional and desperate."
"Hey!" Soo shouted, brought back to earth by Yeon Hwa's harsh comment. The other girl only laughed, Soo didn't find it quite as amusing. This wasn't the first time she had jabbed at Soo for reading into everything that went on between herself and Wook. "He likes me, Yeon Hwa, I'm telling you!" Protested the smaller girl, watching as the other pedaled ahead of her. "He really does, I know it."
"And how do you know that?"
"It's the little things ..." Soo murmured. No, Wook had never vocalized the he liked her romantically, but she was sure of it. It had showed in the way he talked to her softly, treating her kindly and respectably, how he would sneak small glances at her when he thought she wasn't looking, giving her secret smiles and using any excuse to touch her. Yes, he liked her. "He's just shy. He's your brother, Yeon Hwa, you should know!"
"It's because he's my brother that I do know." Yeon Hwa replied to her as Soo rode up closer so they were side by side.
It would normally be sort of weird and awkward to gossip about her affections for her friend's older brother. But Hwang Bo Wook wasn't even in the same classroom as Soo and Yeon Hwa. And Yeon Hwa treated her likeliness for her brother as if he was any other boy in their school. The fact she was his sister only made their talking more fun somehow.
"He's just a nice guy," hearing that from Yeon Hwa, Soo pouted. She must have seen her face fall because she then quickly added. "Then again, I've never seen him look at any other girl the way he looked at you today."
Soo perked up immediately, grinning brightly once again."Right? I wish he'd just ask me out already." Another dreamy and longing sigh passed through her lips.
"Maybe you should just ask him out and get it over with. He'll never ask you out himself."
"Hey!"
"Come on, Soo. Everyone at school knows you aren't allowed to date. They're not going to risk getting the balls cut off by Ms. Oh." Yeon Hwa said ever so casully.
"You don't have to be so crude." Soo's voice dropped to a mumble.
Oh Soo Yeon, Soo's mother, and, unfortunately, Goryeo High School's nurse. Meaning, she could always keep an eye on her young daughter even during school. The woman took no nonsense, appeared to be completely fearless and wasn't easily provoked. Oh, and she had banned Soo from dating until she was "old enough". Whatever that meant, Soo was sixteen going on seventeen!
However, her mother's word was law. The one time she tried to defy her rules by dating a schoolmate, she had been caught and grounded for weeks. She didn't know what her mother said to the boy, but he was too afraid talk to Soo ever again. Now, no boy from their school showed any remote interest in her, being too afraid of her mother.
When Soo was younger she thought of her mother as a wise badass. Now, she was a total hindrance, nagging and bossing her around all the time. It was a curse that she worked for the highschool Soo attended. Luckily, she was blessed that her office was on a floor below Soo's homeroom. Her mother agreed to keep their at home life separate from their school life.
Soo groaned. She wanted Wook to ask her out so badly, but she knew he was too respectful, maybe even a bit afraid, to go against her mother's wishes. If she really wanted to start a relationship with him she'd have to be the one to initiate it, like Yeon Hwa said. It still didn't promise he'd say yes, but she also doubted he'd have a hard time saying no.
"You know - " Soo began but paused when Yeon Hwa suddenly halted, her brakes squeaking as well as her tires against the pavement. She was looking down an alleyway intently with a pale face.
Soo's immediately stopped too, step or two behind Yeon Hwa. She raised both eyebrows,"what is it?" Her question was answered not by her friend but the sight of a group of boys ganging up on one skinny and scrawny boy. He was balled up on the ground, covering his head as his only means of protection as he took blow after blow.
The color drained from Soo's face as she watched the scene before her. She recognized the group of boys delivering the kicks and punches, they wore the same tan and black uniform as the students of Goryeo High School. They were the worst gang of their school.
The Jade Army, was what they called themselves. Soo, Yeon Hwa and everyone else tried their best to avoid them as much as possible. Those boys weren't the type of people you'd ever want to mess with. The Jade Army was violent, vulgar and frankly the worst.
Soo felt a hand grasp her arm and gasped only to realize it was Yeon Hwa's trying to guide her away from the violent scene and to safety. Her gasp was a little too loud, though, and all the boys, including the bloody and bruised one's, face turned toward them.
Their leader, Kim Se Jun, looked at both of girls, drinking them in. His gaze on her made Soo's skin crawl. Yeon Hwa was gripping her arm so tightly Soo was sure it'd leave a bruise, but was thankful for her touch, keeping her grounded. He heart stopped, and not in a good way, when he smirked at them. It was a twisted smirk but it dropped as soon as it appeared.
"Can we help you ladies?" He asked with a sickening sweet and syrupy voice. He held his bloodied fist behind his back as he looked at them with mean eyes and a straight face.
Soo swallowed hard as Yeon Hwa answered back with a strong and clear voice. "We were just passing by." All Soo could do was nod in agreement. It was best not to get involved in gang business. The boy on the ground could have been a gangster too for all she knew.
He smiled that cruel smile of his and nodded at them."Well, be on your way then." He gestured to the road ahead.
Soo remounted her bike correctly, more than happy to be leaving without trouble. Just as she put her foot on the pedal, she glanced back at the boy on the ground. Their eyes met, and despite the blood that had poured down his head from some wound covering his face, she knew he was immediately, and he was not a gangster.
"Baek Ah!" She screeched. Soo threw caution to the wind, jumped off her bike, throwing it to the side and running to his aide.
The others were too surprise by her actions, including Baek Ah, as she kneeled in front of the bloody mess that was her friend. He was the first to get over his surprise and smiled at her. "Hey, Soo. Funny seeing you here." He chuckled before his laugh desolved into a fit of coughs.
"Baek Ah," Soo called his name softly, looking over his body, trying to find out how much damaged he had sustained.
"Oh, are you his friend?" Se Jun appeared to be very amused.
That was the last and only straw for Soo. She saw red. Soo jumped up and whipped around so fast to face him with a look of pure anger and disgust, that he actually stumbled back a step, once again surprised by her."You - you disgusting pig!" Her fist shook in her rage, her body quivering, but in anger not fear.
"What did you just say to me you bitch!?" Se Jun snapped when recovering from his shock.
"I said you're a disgusting motherfucking pig, you ass!" She screamed back, her voice reaching a higher pitch as she went on.
Again, she left everyone shocked. Baek Ah's jaw dropped and his eyes widened to the size of saucers. "Soo, while I agree with everything you just said. Maybe now isn't the time to be saying those things, eh?"
Soo's fury only started to stifle when she realized what she just said. While she meant every word, Baek Ah was right. They were surrounded by the Jade Army. Soo and Baek were both the farthest thing from being fighters and he was injured.
"Ah, yes. " she murmured, watching Se Jun's jaw tighten and his fist clench.
Soo all but had killed them. "M-maybe we can talk about this?" She attempted to give a charming smile and failed miserably.
"A bitch like you needs to learn when to keep her mouth shut!" His fist raised up high. Soo turned her head and shut her eyes as she heard Baek Ah scream her name and for the blow to descend on her face.
It never came. She waited. One second two seconds, three seconds. Peeking open an eye, she saw the white knuckles in front of her face and quickly shut her eyes once more. And again, it never came.
This time, she opened both eyes and took a step back to examine the scene before her. Se Jun's wrist was being held back by a hand gripping him tightly. He struggled to break free, but he couldn't even move with how secure the hand on his wrist was.
Soo blinked her eyes as they trailed up the mysterious hand, up an arm and eventually to the face of her saviour. To say he was beautiful would be an understatement. But it was the first word that came to mind. He was beautiful and still very masculine.
And his eyes ...
He looked entirely bored with the situation. With one jerk, he had Se Jun flat on his butt. Without hesitation he jabbed the boy in the face, Soo gasped when Se Nun's head fell back and blood started gushing from his nose. He cried out, grasping his nose, blood spilling through the cracks between his fingers.
"Boss!" His goonies cried out, running to his aide. He shoved them aside as he stood up facing the newcomer. He was too busy, lazily shaking his hand he used to punch Se Jun, to pay him any attention.
"You bastard! Who the hell do you think you are?!"
He gave a look that could freeze hell over. Soo forgot how to breathe when he glanced at her for a split second. He turned back to Se Jun, but didn't answer him. "This is my domain."
"What did you just say? This area belongs to the Jade Army!"
It doesn't belong to any of you assholes, Soo bit her tongue from speaking her thoughts. She did want to make it out alive after all. But the damn gangs and their domain nonsense.
"Not anymore," the stranger smirked, "this area now belongs to Wolf dog and his pack."
At that, Se Jun's face went extremely pale. "W-wolf dog?" He gulped. Soo had never seen him look so scared, no, terrified, before. Who was this Wolf dog?
Se Jun regained whatever little composure he could and looked to his men who appeared as equally afraid."Let's go, this land belongs to Wolf dog now. We have no right carrying out our business here." His men nodded and they shuffled pass Soo and Baek Ah, leaving them in the alleyway.
Whoever the Wolf dog was, he must have been a big deal to have the Jade Army leave so readily. Soo hoped she never meant him despite the very neighborhood they stood in being "his domain" now. She had enough of gangsters.
"Soo!" Yeon Hwa called and ran to her. She had been so quiet through it all, Soo forgot she was even there.
"Yeon Hwa," she breathed. Baek Ah grunted as he took a stand. She turned to him, frowning in deep concern for her friend."Are you okay?"
"Nothing a few painkillers can't solve." he chuckled before wincing and holding his hand up to his still bleeding head. "I may need stitches."
Soo nodded and whipped back around, remembering the stranger still with them. He was staring right back at her, hands in his pocket. He wasn't wearing any uniform, just casual clothing. so, she had idea what school he attended. He just wore ripped black jeans, black and white sneakers, a white and black striped shirt and over it a dark denim jacket with a hood. He must of really liked dark colors.
Soo frowned at him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Who are you?" She demanded an answer. Was he this Wolf dog or one of his goonies? Yeon Hwa and Baek Ah stood back, quiet but just as curious since they looked at him expectantly.
He snorted,"shouldn't you be thanking me for saving you before asking me that?"
"No one asked you to do that." She would not be thanking any gangster. "You did that of your own accord." Soo crossed her arms over her chest.
He scoffed incredulously. "Wow, you're something else." He didn't appear to be offended, he looked rather amused. "I'll tell you my name if you tell me yours."
"No," Soo answered stubbornly.
He stared at her for a moment, his eyes going down. The frown on her face deepened as she looked down, following his gaze to catch what he was staring at when she saw it. Her name tag on her uniform, she covered it up a too late.
"Nice to meet you, Hae Soo." He said rather smugly, smirking triumphantly.
Soo blushed. His semi smile lit up his already beautiful face. How could one person be so stunningly good looking and annoying at the same time. She grumbled underneath her breath and turned her back to him.
"Come one, let's get Baek Ah treated."
The other two nodded slowly and followed Soo as she marched back to her fallen bike, she picked it up and mounted it as Baek Ah sat on it's back. She huffed, blowing a strand of hair from her face. Obviously, she was still flustered.
"It's Wang So." The guy said, walking over, but leaving a good distance between them. "My name is Wang So."
Soo didn't say anything, she only looked back at him. Her frown was gone, but she wasn't smiling either. He stood there waiting for to say something.
"Goodbye, Wang So." She held her head high and pedaled away from him, Baek weighed next to nothing on her bike.
Looking into the rearview mirror of her bike, Soo could still see Wang So standing in the same spot she had left him in.
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