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Chapter 11

The next morning.

Geum Jan di was getting ready to go to school. Both Ga eul and Jae kyung were feeling a bit under the weather, hence they were not going to school on that day. After having breakfast with her family and bidding them goodbye, she went towards the cozy parking space of the house, where Jae kyung's Porsche, their dry cleaning van and two bicycles were parked. Getting her bicycle out, she headed towards Shinhwa, with hope in her heart that at least the upcoming day would be a normal one.

She was in a good mood after a ride in the fresh morning air, it had been a few days since she got to ride her own bicycle in the morning after all. Navya had insisted on picking her up, but she refused, feeling uneasy to make her come all the way in the opposite direction just to pick her up. She was going towards her locker to get her stuff, with a bright smile on her face and bounce in her steps.

Bright mornings can do wonders on someone's mood, she thought.

Unbeknownst to her, her every action was closely monitored by Gu Jun pyo himself, with great anticipation. He was smiling widely ever since she entered the premises of school, excitement was clear in his every move.

His grin was starting to unnerve Yi Jung who was also in the lounge. "What's making you so excited Jun pyo?" He asked warily, with his eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Tolerance is a virtue Yi Jung ah! So you must wait and watch!" Gu Jun pyo replied, with a large grin on his face.

"Don't you mean patience is a virtue Jun pyo?" Yi Jung asked with a sigh.

Ignoring his comment, Jun pyo turned his attention back towards the surveillance system. Curious about what was caught to make him so excited, Yi Jung too sat down on the couch, facing the TV screen.

Geum Jan di was standing in front of her locker, trying to open its door, but it seemed stuck due to some unexplainable reason. Finally with some efforts, she managed to open it and let out a shriek as all of a sudden, she was covered with a pile of shredded paper coming out from her locker.

Gu Jun pyo let of a chuckle as he saw her covered in shredded paper. Perplexed, Yi Jung turned towards Jun pyo. "Gu Jun pyo, why is she covered in shredded paper?" He asked warily.

He just smiled in delight, saying "She was given the opportunity to apologise, and she blew it up." Yi Jung was even more confused at this, under normal circumstances Jun pyo would not be smiling after admitting such a thing. His smiling face indicated that the word normal was not even related with the situation.

Everyone around Jan di stopped what they were doing to see what had happened. Soon Navya got there, followed by Woo bin. Both of them helped her to remove the mess from her locker. Thankfully, all her things were still in the locker. Taking out the things she was in need of, she proceeded on her way to class with as much calmness as she could muster.

Things were almost normal afterwards, but whispering had increased tenfold among the Shinhwa population. They knew none of the regular students were responsible for locker incidence after Navya and Jun pyo's warning, and that just made it even more interesting for students. Although no one dared to approach them with Navya by her side almost all the time.

Finally, after what seemed like endless hours of lectures, their free period arrived. Packing her bag with a smile on her face, Jan di turned to Navya, "I'm heading towards the pool!" She said, excitedly.

"I'll come along too!" Navya said, trying to match her enthusiasm.

Jan di asked confused, "You want to swim as well?" knowing Navya wasn't into swimming all that much.

"Not really, I just want to watch you swimming, it's been ages since I've done that." Navya tried to cover up, hoping Jan di would let it go, but that was unlikely. Jan di asked, "Really? What's so different about my swimming today Navya?" With a raised eyebrow, and her arms crossed in front of her chest in an authoritative manner.

"Does something have to be different?" She asked in return.

Sighing, Jan di went to stand in front of Navya, and said, "No. If you want to swim, you are welcome to join me, but I'm not letting you ruin your free period watching over me." She finished with quotation marks in the air. Navya was about to speak when she continued, "I said no Navya, and I don't want any arguments. I understand you are bothered after this morning's locker incident, but I'm fine! And you know better than anyone else that I can take care of myself. Let that git do whatever he can, he has got another thing coming if he thinks he can break me. Now go and bother someone else for a while." She finished with a chuckle.

Seeing no other option than agreeing with her, Navya retorted, "Yes mom," with a roll of her eyes. Getting more serious, she continued, "Call me if you need me alright? I'll get there as soon as possible." Jan di nodded and headed towards the pool.

"Bother someone else huh? I can do that." Navya muttered to herself, before heading towards the F4 lounge.

Storming inside with an unreadable expression on her face, she spotted Gu Jun pyo glued to the TV screen. Looking around, she saw a spacious lounge with various games and comfortable looking bean bags along with a couch facing towards the TV screen, which strangely enough, was showing Geum Jan di outside the main school building, walking towards the pool. A few guitars were hanging on the wall, and a violin case was seen on a table. She spotted Yoon Ji hoo sleeping peacefully on a bean bag, with a magazine covering his face. This scene brought an involuntary smile to her face, which was full of fondness. Yi Jung and Woo bin were playing snooker, she nodded at them, before calling out "Gu Jun Pyo!" loudly.

Turning around, he saw his friend's cousin standing in the lounge. Getting up, and moving his attention away from the tv screen for the first time in a day, he went to stand in front of her, with a smug smile on his face.

"Came to apologise on behalf of your commoner friend, Princess Song? Tell her she will have to apologise herself if she wants forgiveness from the great Gu Jun pyo nim," He stated arrogantly, with his arms crossed in front of his chest.

Woo bin and Yi Jung left their cues on the table and went close enough to interfere if things became too bad between Navya and Gu Jun pyo. Ji hoo, who had woken up with all the noise, was now sitting up, leaning forwards with his hands under his chin, looking towards them keenly.

Navya couldn't help the snort that escaped her mouth, rolling her eyes at his use of overly respectful suffix for himself, she replied "Apologise? Not even in your dreams Gu Jun Pyo! I'm here to warn you." In a cold voice. Looking straight into his eyes, she said "Stay away from Jan di, Gu Jun Pyo. If I see a single prank played on her, you'll face retaliation, and trust me, it won't be pleasant for you."

She turned, about to head out, when he said, "Was that supposed to be intimidating? Try it on someone else Song Navya, petty threats don't intimidate me." In a careless voice, with his hands in his pockets, his eyes twinkling as he accepted her challenge.

She turned around to face him, with a smirk of her face, "Petty threats huh? I'll take that as your denial to comply with my request."

As soon as she said this, she heard a familiar yet frustrated voice coming from the TV in the lounge. Horrified, she went towards the screen as soon as she could, by passing Gu Jun Pyo who was standing in her way. She saw Jan di near the swimming pool, which was full of living ducks! Although they were cute, the swimming pool was no place for ducks. She heard a chuckle from behind, she turned towards the source of noise to see Gu Jun pyo chuckling while looking towards the screen. He placed his hand over his mouth when he saw her sharp gaze directed towards himself, but that didn't pacify her annoyance.

Going towards the controls of the surveillance system, she clicked the power button, shutting down the screen. As she did this, unbeknownst to anyone she also inserted a bug into his system, making sure she would be able to access all protected and unprotected data on not just school, but all servers connected to school and therefore Shinhwa servers, before turning back to face others.

"What makes you think you can barge in, and turn off the screen without permission?" Gu Jun pyo asked indignantly. "You can come here only because you are Woo bin's cousin! Don't cross your limits!" He yelled, his face twisted into an angry scowl.

"What makes you think you can tell me what my limits are? You are the one who started this Gu Jun pyo, and trust me, you are going to regret this. You are fond of pranks huh? Let's see how much you like them when you are the one they are played on." She said, with a smirk on her face. "You made a mistake when you played prank on Jan di even when I told you not to. Be prepared for the worst Gu Jun Pyo." She threatened, before heading out. Leaving perplexed F4 in the lounge.

She slammed the door of the lounge hard as she went outside,bringing everyone out of their trance. Woo bin cursed underneath his breath and ran after her, hoping to talk with her.

Gu Jun pyo shrugged her warning off, as he flopped down on the couch, saying, "She won't be able to do anything to me." in a confident tone.

For some inexplicable reason, Ji hoo seemed slightly intrigued. And Yi Jung seemed annoyed with conflict itself.

Woo bin was wandering around, looking for her. He felt the need to explain that although he won't be helping her, he won't side with Gu Jun Pyo either. This decision was not new for him, but before that day, he wouldn't have cared enough to explain this to her. But this morning was an entirely new experience for him. He realized how much he was longing for a sibling -like bond he could have shared with Navya, and now that he had an opportunity to let it grow, he was not going to crush it.

He caught her not far away from the lounge. Slowing down, he called out, "Navya!"

Turning round, she was surprised to see her cousin. She certainly hadn't expected that he would come after her. Pausing, she turned to face him.

"What is it Woo bin?" She asked, her expression again blank.

"Do you think all that was really necessary? Your friend could just apologise and the issue would be over! Why are you getting involved in this?" He asked, frustrated.

"Apologise? For what Song Woo bin? Taking a stand against bullying?" Her blank expression turned into a furious one. Her voice dropping down a pitch.

Woo bin sighed in defeat, knowing that bullying was a sensitive topic for her. He informed her "I'm sorry but I won't be able to help you in this anyhow." Looking away, he continued, "but I won't be siding with Jun pyo either." Before turning on his heels to head back towards the lounge.

She was surprised, as she was expecting him to side with Gu Jun pyo, knowing they have been friends for their whole lives. She called out to him, "Woo bin!" Before he could go any farther, she continued in a softer voice, "I would've never asked you to go against your friends." Before covering it up with a nonchalant voice, "Besides, I don't need your help."

An amused smile formed on his face as he heard this, replying, "Of course you don't." With a chuckle, he went towards the lounge.

A smile appeared on her face as she thought about the conversation she had with her cousin, and how different and mature he was acting, compared to all their previous interactions, before leaving to search for Geum Jan di. Little did she know that his behavior was largely influenced by her own actions which were vastly different from before, as she no longer held him solely responsible for Jae kyung's odd behavior after watching his distress the previous night.

Later that day, Jan di's house.

All four girls were sitting in the living room of the house, each one busy doing their own things. The room was cozy with large windows and the soft cream coloured curtains. Furnishing included a couple of cushioned wooden chairs, a comfortable looking couch in golden brown colour, a small coffee table and a floor to ceiling inbuilt bookshelf with a small TV.

Jan di's parents were out of town for a few days for some work. Geum Jan di was seated on a large window seal of the windows, leaning back comfortably with her legs stretched out parallel to the window. The window itself was left open and the calm trees outside were clearly seen, curtains blowing with a breeze of air every once in a while. Earphones were plugged in her ears, and she was humming along with the song playing on her phone with her eyes closed and face relaxed.

Ha Jae kyung was lying on her stomach on the couch, her bobbed hair perfectly framing her face as she rested her chin on one hand, while using the other to type on her on her laptop which was open in front of her, as she replied to emails.

Chu Ga eul was sitting down on the hardwood floor, her legs crossed in sitting position. A few blocks of wood and wood sculpting instruments lying around her. Her face was deep in concentration as she moved a carving knife on a block of wood in her hands. A strand of her hair, which had escaped from the bun, resting peacefully on the side of her face.

Song Navya was sitting on the floor along with Ga eul, leaning back on the side of the couch with her legs stretched in front of her. Her face deep in concentration as she worked on the laptop in front of her and her long black hair flowing down in curls, tucked behind her ears and framing her face. Headphones attached to the laptop were covering her ears.

All of a sudden, a pleased grin formed on her face, and she yelled, "Yes!" Startling everyone around her. She looked up to see everyone starting at her with bewildered expressions on their face. "Check out the video I'm forwarding to all of you." She said with a sheepish smile as she watched the expressions on their faces.

Throwing a amused glance in her direction, Jae kyung and Jan di opened the mobile application developed by Navya, which was encrypted to make sure no one would be able to gain any information by hacking into their devices. Ga eul got up and went towards Jae kyung to watch the video, as her phone was in her room.

They were confused at first when they saw Gu Jun pyo throwing orders around to his staff, and firing a maid because she spilled the tea. 'Typical chaebol,' Thought Jan di. Their confusion soon turned into surprise when they saw Gu Jun pyo running around with fear on his face, apparently afraid of a small bug which had entered the breakfast parlor of Gu mansion. He became normal when the bug was shooed out of the house by one of the maids, acting as though nothing had happened.

They turned back to see a large grin on Navya's face after watching the video. They were even more confused than before. Realising no one knows what happened in F4 lounge a few hours earlier, she retold the whole incident, along with her promise of retaliation.

Jae kyung voiced the question which was on everyone's mind after hearing the explanation. "How did you get this video Navya?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Um.. Imighthavebuggedhissurveillancesystem.." she replied in a hurried tone, with a sheepish smile on her face.

"What? Would you please repeat that?" Asked Ga eul, not believing her ears. They did not use spyware unless on official missions, and that too was only when it was absolutely necessary. Invading someone's privacy was not something they liked doing, unless that privacy was causing a threat to humanity. And Gu Jun pyo, although a bully, wasn't a threat.

"I might have bugged his surveillance system… but I didn't enter Shinhwa servers! I just surfed through his private servers and home network, and found this video in security footage… And it's not like I'm breaching security or anything! Security around his house's private servers was non-existent. At least Official Shinhwa servers are more protected than that…" she rambled on, unaware of the amused glances thrown in her way, before stopping short when she noticed expressions on their face, and slumping down. "Huh, I thought you guys would get mad or something." She sighed out before focusing on her laptop again.

The others shared amused glances with each other. After all they all had to agree that watching mighty Jun pyo, running around like a child, being afraid of a bug was pretty hilarious. And it wasn't like they had any intention of harming Shinhwa itself with espionage, so some breaches in their self declared protocol were acceptable for the sake of retaliation.

A/N: All of them, i.e. F4 and V4 are in final year of highschool in this story.

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