Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Intimidating

You almost ran towards the charnel house just to see your sister's locker, only to see her locker plain and with no flowers inside it. You grip on the edges of the doorway of the charnel house as you sigh.

Who are you kidding? Kim Taehyung lives and studies at the other side of the city while you and your sister studied at the other side of it too, it's impossible for them to know each other.

He saw you already and you and your sister are identical twins, you have the same face. You're sure that he would've approach you the first time he had his eyes on you. He would recognize you at first sight but he didn't, he just stood there the moment he saw you. He didn't do anything, so maybe he isn't the boy your sister was talking about.

But why was he here? Who did he visit? The charnel house was far from your school and you're pretty sure he lives just around the area of your school, so what was he doing here?

Father Ramil said he knows everyone that visits the charnel house, does that mean he also knows Kim Taehyung? Possibly, because he's the governor's son. Maybe you can ask him who did Kim Taehyung visited here. But you didn't get any chance because he was busy talking to the choir and it was already getting dark so you just decided to go home.

Maybe to some you look lifeless, like a robot. Maybe everyone thought that you're pathetic and hilarious because your world is revolving around your sister that you killed. Because the moment she took her last breath, everything became about her. Everything aches inside of you and you just can't seem to let it all go. You can't seem to forgive yourself.

Of course, how can you forgive yourself when everyone thinks you're the one to blame? When everyone is blaming you. When nobody can ever forgive you. When nobody can ever forgive your brat self.

It kills you inside but it's alright, maybe it's the price you have to pay for killing your sister.

"Hey, are you listening? Y/n? Everyone's inside the gym already." Nayeon said, waving her hand near your face.

You blink fast as you focus on her worried face. "Are you okay? You don't seem fine today." She said.

You tilted you head, something is making Nayeon worry. And you can't seem to pinpoint it, you can't seem to understand what she's worried about as she look at you. Could it be that she's worried about you?

But why? She doesn't know you who are, she's only known you for three days and yet here she is in front of you with worry splattered all over her face. How can a stranger worry for someone like you?

"Are you...worried about me?" You asked her.

You saw how she seem to be at lost because of your question, the worry now gone. "Of course, I'm worried about you." She said.

"Why?"

A smile grew on her face, wide and flashing her bunny teeth. "What do you mean why? Friends worry for each other, don't talk alien on me, Y/n." She snorted as she lead you towards the gym.

You were flustered at what she said. She treats you as a friend even with the short time span that she knew you. She called you a friend when everybody doesn't want to associate themselves with you. Nayeon is a sweet girl and she also seems to be genuine.

But you can't bring yourself to fully trust her. Not yet. Because she can change if ever she knows what really happened to you and why you transferred here despite the distance of home and school.

"Oh, you didn't bring any water with you Y/n?"

You glance at her hand that hold a tumbler, you forgot to bring your tumbler with you when you went down from your room.

"I'll just go back to get it." You said before you turn around.

"You know the way towards the gym right?" She asked even when you already had your back against her. You gave her a thumbs up.

You took your time walking up the stairs, thinking about the things that keeps you awake at night. You sighed but stopped from taking a step when you saw black shoes just steps away from the stair's landing. The owner of the shoes was blocking your way.

You slowly look up, your eyes widening as you recognize who was standing in front of you. It's Kim Taehyung!

He had his hands inside his pockets and he's wearing that black leather jacket again. Your eyes met, he was looking at you with an intense stare that almost made you stumble. It brought coldness to your stomach, he was intimidating. And he had this look that says that he was pissed.

You couldn't bring yourself to hold his intense stares so you decided to look at anything else other than his eyes. But his eyes never left your face, it stayed there running around circles over and over again until it just became to awkward to just stand there.

You needed to move or else he'd find out that your knees were becoming too weak. He'd find out that he intimidates you. You step to the side and look down to avoid his stares.

"Excuse me." You almost whispered as you continue walking up the stairs passing by his side.

Kim Taehyung had his way of intimidating people, that's what you're sure of. The way he stares, the way his eyes doesb't reflect any of his emotion, it could make anyone feel so small. But he also had his way of making other feel things that they aren't familiar with, you know because you felt it.

And it made you nervous, what he made you feel made you nervous. Like your lungs are clenching and it was too hard for you to breathe. It was unfamiliar to you and somehow, it scared you.

You snapped out of your thoughts when you reach your room. You saw your tumbler standing on your table. You took it quickly and went down to the gym. And you were thankful that you didn't come across Kim Taehyung again when you went down.

Everyone was excited to play basketball. Especially the boys from your class, they were shouting when your teacher told you that the girls would also play. The boys were laughing and teasing the girls.

Your teacher had the girls play without any rules or violations that they should abide. Everyone was laughing, even Nayeon who was girly, she was also participating and enjoying basketball. In fact, she was competitive with it, she was enjoying nudging others and stealing the ball.

Even you had to participate. You were in Nayeon's team and she was cheering you to step up your game. And everytime there was a chance, she's pass you the ball. And you had no choice but to do it, join the games and play it like others.

In the end, you were bathing with your sweat and gasping for air. Nayeon was laughing when she sat down beside you, it was evident in her eyes that she enjoyed it. You waited for the boys to finish their game before you return to your locker room and shower room.

You had taken a quick shower and changed into your uniform again. You were fixing your things inside your locker alongside the others, you can hear their laughters and teasing with each other. Nayeon was there across you, leaning to her locker as she drink a strawberry milk.

The noises only went down after a few minutes and soon they were already gasping as you see someone barge inside the girl's locker room. You saw the black leather jacket and then his face.

His tan skin shined as he took big strides, charging towards you. For a while you were scared at him and you weren't sure if he was really going towards you so you decided to face your locker again to avoid looking at him and to avoid feeling weird things again.

You felt a strong hand grip your arm and turn you around, slamming your back on the lockers. You whimpered as your eyes land on his chest. He was gripping your arm, hard and strong that made you wonder if it will leave a bruise or not.

You slowly look up to him and you saw how his eyes wandered on your face, you saw how lost he is. How confused he is, how sorrow enveloped his intimidating eyes.

Then again, there was that feeling. Like a cold hand touched your stomach and your knees are weakening. He was just a feet away from you and this was the closest you came in contact with a guy. You saw his face much clearer now.

You saw how smooth his skin was, how his eyes had double and mono lid. The soft slope of his nose leading to his little mole at the tip of his nose. You saw how his lips were in an abnormal shape, how his jaw sharp.

Nayeon was right, he was a beauty and you would've appreciated it more if he weren't gripping your arms and staring at you that made you feel so awkward.

"You're not her." He said in a low voice that made you doubt if he really said it or was it a whisper?

You gaze at his eyes, they were still looking at you but now with disbelief and grief. You were trying to understand him, what he was talking about or what he was feeling through his eyes. Or why was he doing this. Or maybe, you were trying to search your memory if you ever met this boy. If you have ever known him.

But you don't, so why was he acting this way?

You felt his grip on your arm loosen until his hand went down to his side. But you're like a deer caught in the headlight as you still stare at his eyes which stared back at you.

In the end, you realized that you weren't trying to understand him, to see through his eyes, you were letting him see through you. You were letting him read you.

"Y/n. Kim Taehyung, what do you think you're doing?" You heard Nayeon's voice became stoic.

Like they were also shocked like you, it was only then that they snap out of their shock and step in the scene. Nayeon was the first one to do it. You saw her walking towards you and was ready to confront the guy in front of you but she was already to late.

Kim Taehyung had turn his back on you and was walking out of the locker room. You saw everyone's eyes follow him as they still stood there frozen, then their eyes switch towards you. Some were confuse, some were asking and some were worried.

Nayeon held your head and made you look at her, "Are you okay? Why did he do that? Do you know Kim Taehyung?" She asked, worry displayed on her eyes.

You shook your head. Like Nayeon, you had no idea why he did that or if you know him.