time. ― ????x

― nine.

"yah cha sooji-"

"you know where i live? i'll see you tonight then." sooji gave her a sickeningly sweet smile before leaving.

-

"this is stupid." izumi sighed, shaking her head. she was stood in front of cha sooji's house. a place she wanted to avoid her whole life. the whole scene was a mess; underage drinking, smoking, drugs and dancing, all the things izumi hated in one place.

she hadn't dressed to impress at all, she was going to go in and out as soon as she had the chance. knowing that there'd be a bunch of sweaty bodies and not enough space to breathe, izumi decided on a simple black top and denim shorts.

it was clear to her that sooji had something planned against her, so she'd let sooji have her fun before leaving. what could go wrong, right? with a heavy sigh, she entered the house which was much larger than she expected it to be. 

stepping foot into the building, she was immediately washed with regret as the house seemed to be filled to the brim with people. she weaved through the crowd, trying to find an empty space where she could just breathe clean air. finally, she found the kitchen which was surprisingly empty, with only a few familiar kids loitering around.

"changbin?" izumi questioned in surprise. the boy turned around at the sound of his name, the bottle of beer in his hand was the first thing izumi noticed.

"izumi!" his voice was panicked as he set down the bottle, walking over to her. "what are you doing here?" he questioned. 

"shouldn't i be the one asking you that?" izumi questioned, crossing her arms. "i thought you hated parties?" 

"i do, woojin hyung dragged me here and i-"

"did this woojin hyung also put that beer bottle in your hand?" izumi cut him off, raising an eyebrow. she didn't care that changbin was even here at the party, but underaged drinking was something else.

"oh come on, i'm almost of age. it's just something to pass time with." changbin shrugged. "but what about you? you definitely hate parties and anything to do with cha sooji, so what's the deal?" changbin questioned.

"sooji threatened me. i'm assuming she wants to make me look bad or hurt me or something along those lines, so i'll just stay until she's satisfied i guess." izumi sighed, shrugging her shoulders. 

"izumi, i don't think you should st-"

"izumi! you actually came!" sooji's annoyingly loud voice boomed as she entered the kitchen. "what are you doing here? the party is out there." sooji smirked, taking hold of her arm and dragging her towards the living room where the crowd of students were.

"hey! wait a sec-"

"everyone, can i have your attention!" izumi was dragged onto a random platform in sooji's house. the music suddenly stopped, causing groans to spread around the room. 

sooji's smirk seemed to widen, only making izumi more uneasy as sooji held tight onto her wrist so she couldn't run away. "everyone knows our little japanese friend, izumi, right?" izumi narrowed her eyes at sooji, her heart racing at an unusual pace as fear settled into her stomach. "well, she has something special to show us." before izumi could even process what was going on, sooji's free hand slyly striked down the middle of her top. izumi's eyes glanced at her hand which was holding a box cutter. 

her eyes widened in surprise as her top slipped off her shoulder, revealing her stomach and bra. her free hand immediately covered up her body, but sooji held tight onto izumi's wrist pulling off half of her top and ripping it off.

"what the hell do you think you're doing?!" izumi shouted in anger, the drunk students in the room cheering and whooping as they took pictures and videos.

"now." sooji commanded, stepping back before she was hit with the ice cold water. instead it hit izumi, the ice cubes hitting her head and lightly slicing her skin. izumi gasped in surprise, her eyes wide as she could hear sooji's laugh.

"what the hell is going on?!" a loud voice boomed. he pushed through the crowd, hurrying onto the stage to cover up the young girl from the view of everyone. immediately taking off his leather jacket, he wrapped it around the shivering girl. "are you okay?" he whispered.

izumi's gaze lifted to her saviour, tears stinging her eyes as she felt herself relax at the sight of him.

"felix."