EIGHTEEN

                                    

                                          
-Soomi-
                          
I sighed as I tapped my fingers lightly on my desk. I tried focusing on the test in front of me but I just couldn't. 
                          
Younghoon's confession was repeating itself over and over inside my head and the look in Jaehyun's eyes seemed to be imprinted in my brain.
                          
I felt as if I was suffocating, my chest was beginning to tighten and my breathing became shallow.
                          
"Soomi?" Hyungseo asked softly, not wanting to disturb the class. 
                          
"Soomi, are you okay?" He asked again, but this time louder. 
                          
"Mr. Moon, we are taking a test." The teacher scolded. 
                          
"Yes ma'am, I know that, but— Soomi!"
                          
That was the last thing I heard before everything went black. 
                          
-Hyungseo-
                          
"Soomi-ah," I called out worriedly, as I rushed to her, "Soomi. Hey, Soomi."
                          
Someone rushed to my side. When I looked up, it was Minho. My head slightly tilted to the side, is there something going on between them?
                          
"Get her up, we have to take her to the clinic." He instructed. 
                          
I snapped out of my thoughts and nodded as we left the classroom, excusing ourselves, then headed to the clinic. When we got there we laid her down and I told Minho to stay with her.
                          
I got my phone and dialed Sangyeon's number with slightly shaking hands. 
                          
"Yah, why are you calling—"
                          
"Hyung, it's Soomi. She's in the clinic. I don't know what happened to her."
                          
The line went quiet for a while before I heard Sangyeon asking his professor if he could be excused then, "Alright, I'm on my way."
                          
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-Soomi-
                          
I opened my eyes slowly and felt something holding my hand. I turned my head to see my brother beside the bed, fidgeting. 
                          
"Oppa." I called out, grimacing at how weak my voice sounded. 
                          
He turned to face me and breathed out a sigh of relief. 
                          
"Soomi, thank god you're alright." He said. "What happened back there?"
                          
"I'm not so sure." I answered truthfully. 
                          
"They said it was because you had low blood pressure. Did you sleep at all last night? Or even eat before you left for school this morning?"
                          
"Uh..."
                          
He shook his head as he reached out his free hand to caress my head. 
                          
"I'm taking you home, you're excused for the day."
                          
I nodded, acknowledging that I was too weak for the day. 
                          
I slowly sat up and swung my feet over to the edge of the bed. A bang on the door startled both of us and we looked up to see the boys laughing as the door swung open. 
                          
"Is she okay?" 
                          
"Yah, Jaehyun, are you okay? You banged the door pretty hard." Joonyoung teased. 
                          
"What are you all doing here?" I asked.
                          
"It's lunch time, but never mind that. I asked you, are you okay?" 
                          
I looked into Jaehyun's eyes again and for the first time in so long, I smiled because of him.
                          
"Yeah, Jaehyun, I'm fine."