“Oh… Oppa…?”
Suji looked at me in surprise and stared at me. I slowly walked towards Yeoju.
“Oh.. Oppa.. Don’t hit the female lead.. Okay..?”
Then Suzy crawled towards me, grabbed my arm, and stopped me.
“...”
But I didn't care and raised my hand high and hit Yeoju's cheek hard.
'thud-'
Then, with a thud, Yeoju collapsed to the spot where she had been standing. It was unexpected, but it didn't matter.
“You’re so small. Don’t you feel sorry for Suji?”
“Poor…poor…pair…yeah…it’s pitiful that he can’t live his life like that…no, if you look at it that way, am I the one who’s pitiful…?”
Yeoju Lee muttered to herself. But everyone in the quiet practice room could hear what she said. I kicked her in the stomach. I was furious at her outrageous remark.
“Huk... ugh... ugh...”
Lee Yeo-ju gasped for breath with tears welling up in her eyes.
“Let’s go, Suzy.”
"huh..."
Suzy said, as if she felt sorry for Yeoju, who was gasping for breath. But there was no reason for me to care for Yeoju, so she grabbed her wallet, stuffed it into her pocket, grabbed Suzy's wrist, opened the practice room door, and went outside.
***
Min Yoongi may not have seen it, but I did. Bae Suzy was smiling evilly at me.
“Haa..haa...”
As I finally managed to catch my breath, shredded pieces of paper greeted me. I grabbed a trashcan, swept the papers into the trash can, and packed my things before heading to my personal practice room.
***
“You’re late?”
Seokjin said.
“What happened?”
Ho-seok looked at Su-ji and asked. Then Su-ji started to cry as if she was about to burst into tears.
“Oh, that’s it..”
I told the members what happened in the practice room. Then, one by one, the members started cursing at Yeoju Lee.
“Then let’s protect Suzy!”
“Are you saying something obvious?”
“Suzy will have to stick with us from now on.”
Suzy smiled, as if reassured, at the words spoken in that order by Jimin, Taehyung, and Jungkook. But she wondered if that smile was truly a smile of reassurance.
“Thanks to my brothers, I won’t have to be afraid anymore!”
Suzy said this with a bright smile, and the members just looked at her as if they found her adorable.
***
As soon as Min Yoongi left, Bae Suzy's expression changed in an instant.
“Hello, Yeoju~”
Bae Suzy greeted me with an evil expression.
“I said hello to you earlier.”
“Is this the third time today?”
Bae Suzy ignored me and said.
“Ah.. how.. I feel like I live for the fun of teasing you~ That expression on your face.. is so funny.”
Bae Suzy approached me. Then she reached out. To be precise, she reached out to the notebook I was holding. Bae Suzy snatched it from me and began to tear it apart. Startled, I jumped up from my seat.
"stop."
“Who are you to order me around?”
Bae Suzy raised an eyebrow as if she didn't like what I said.
“Then what are you..”
“Oh, it’s noisy. Be quiet.”
Bae Suzy picked up the paper she had torn into small pieces and threw it at my face.
“What are you doing..!”
As I opened my eyes and spoke, Bae Su-ji suddenly looked like a demon. A demon with horns and a tail... the kind we usually think of as a demon.
“Why~ do I have to feel this way?”
Bae Suzy said, putting her index finger on my heart.
“Does it hurt your heart that the lyrics you worked so hard to write are being torn to shreds?”
Hearing this, the appearance of Bae Suzy and the appearance of the devil alternated between the two, and in an instant, it changed into the appearance of the devil.
“You… you… really...”
Tears welled up in my eyes. It wasn't because I was afraid of Bae Suzy. It was simply because the lyrics I'd painstakingly written were scattered, never to be seen again. Bae Suzy smiled at me. Then, suddenly, she knelt down.
“Gyaaaaah!!”
The practice room was well soundproofed, but Bae Suzy was screaming with all her might so that it could be heard outside.
"what's the matter!"
At that sound, Min Yoongi opened the practice room door and came in, and Bae Suzy smirked at me. Min Yoongi, seeing that, kicked my stomach. I was out of breath, and Min Yoongi ignored me and took Bae Suzy out. I tried to move to stop him somehow. But next to Min Yoongi, it wasn't Bae Suzy, but a demon in human skin. But as if to mock me, the demon seemed to be unable to move. Then he turned around and smirked.
The devil's smiling face was truly terrifying and scary...
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I woke up, gasping for breath. The dream was vividly remembered. It was exactly like what happened the night before. Except Bae Suzy looked like a demon.
"ah..!"
Naturally, my hand reached for my face, and the spot I touched stung like a paper cut. I got up from the sofa I was lying on, sat down on a chair, and looked in the mirror. Looking in the mirror, I saw that the spot where I'd been hit the day before was still swollen, as if the swelling hadn't gone down. Lifting my clothes to check my abdomen, I saw, as expected, a bruise.
***
“I was just saying that yesterday..”
I said.
“You never know.”
“That’s right! For safety!”
Seokjin responded to Yoongi's seemingly careless remark.
“Why don’t you like it..?”
And even Hoseok, who asks cautiously with a gloomy expression.
“Ah… no! It’s because I like it so much!”
I smiled brightly at Hoseok. But despite my smiling face, a corner of my heart was filled with anxiety. The reason was simple: even though there was no practice today, he came to harass Yeoju.
“Let’s go to the practice room quickly!”
I smiled brightly at Jungkook oppa's words and said, "Okay." I was truly happy. These oppas even came to the company with me on their days off from practice! No one would want to lose these oppas. That was the biggest reason why I made Yeoju feel like a bad girl.
***
I came to the practice room to practice dancing. I looked in the mirror and tied my hair up high.
“Hmm~”
Was it because I didn't have to see the members' faces today? Or was it because I didn't have to get cursed at? Or maybe it was both? Anyway, I was so happy that I hummed along. Then, the practice room door opened, and my eyes met the members' reflections in the mirror.
"ah..."
"ah..."
Kim Seok-jin and I sighed at the same time.
“Suji, come here.”
Bae Suzy immediately hid behind Park Ji-min after hearing his words.
“If you have any sense, why don’t you leave quickly?”
“Can’t you see that Suzy is trembling?”
“Have you eaten rice with a spoonful of rice?”
One by one, the members started to swear at me.
"under.."
I let out a short sigh and released the hair I was clutching. It fell down with a swoosh, as if to say, "I've taken good care of myself." I grabbed the notebook and pen beside me and left the practice room.
“...”
As the practice room door closed, I turned my head to the side, glanced at the door, and then walked into my private practice room. I thought the members inside the practice room were probably worried about Bae Suzy.
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I returned to my personal practice room, turned on my computer, and sat down. "Why am I here today, my day off?" I thought, putting my legs up on the desk and pushing the back of my chair back down. The computer started up, but I stayed in that position for a while before sitting up straight.
'bang-!!!!'
With a loud bang, the studio door flew open, and I spun my chair in surprise, opening the door and looking at the face of the person who came in. I could tell that my expression had instantly hardened.
“Bae Suzy..?”
“Hello~”
It was Bae Suzy. Bae Suzy waved at me and smiled brightly. It must have been hard to escape with the members around.
“I said I was going to the bathroom and came out.”
It was Bae Suzy who spoke right away as if she had read my mind.
“How did you know my practice room..”
This was something I was curious about as well. Even though we almost debuted together, I never told him where my personal practice room was.
“I asked Bang Si-hyuk. But he seems to have a lot of questions today.”
Bae Suzy's last words were not of interest, so he turned his chair and looked at the monitor screen.
“Hmm..”
Bae Suzy looked around the practice room and sat down at the desk where the monitor was placed. She then fiddled with the mirror on the desk. Since the entire mirror, except for the stand, was made of mirror, it was highly likely to shatter if dropped.
“Our heroine~ Now~ it’s time to have fun~”
Bae Suzy picked up the mirror. Then she smiled. For a moment, she felt a sense of utter danger, and the hairs on her body stood on end.
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I'm sure you said you were writing based on what you originally wrote, but it seems like a lot of things have changed🤔
As I go on, I'm thinking about changing the storyline. Of course, my head might explode, but...😂
+ The female protagonist's surname was Lee, right..? I'm confusing it with the neighbor's...