ICE AND FIRE - CHAPTER 37&38
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💜 AERUM-THE TARGET 💜
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He was boiling in rage,as he took the steps towards her, Seo-Jun began shaking in fear, knowing what was in for her.
She already knew right there, that she has woken the demon in him.
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The moment beom-seok walked close to Seo-Jun,a brain resetting slap was landed heavily on her cheek, making her fall roughly on the floor spraining her wrist along the process.
👥Gasps shockingly!!!
“Ouch…”Seo-Jun winced in pain, slowly looking up,but the moment she did another slap landed on her cheek,on that particular spot the first one landed.
Before she could wake from the two pepperish slaps she received, another one hit her,this time more hard than the others making her lips bleed.
Her head shook vigorously,making her hair to scatter over her face. Her vision became blurry and she went blind temporary,tears immediately shimmered in her eyes.
She never expected beom-seok to stand up for aerum,this was not what she planned.
Thinking that beom-seok raised his hand to hit her cos of that lowlife increased her hatred for aerum,she’s going to pay for making beom-seok hit her,even if she can’t have beom-seok,she’s going to make her life miserable for messing with her, Seo-Jun vowed immediately.
She was still in her thought when beom-seok pulled her up roughly from the floor, before wrapping his hands round her neck with the intention of choking her till the last drop.
“First was plotting A-Yeong rape, second was getting aerum arrested when she’s innocent, third was thr_@tening the teacher to do that shitty stuff and now you gave the students order to do this to her?”he asked, choking her terribly.
“You’re… you’re… hurting me!”She coughed, hitting her hands on beom-seok hand but he was way more stronger than her.
“And I’mma going to do more if you keep acting this way! I told you that all we shared is over. Tell me the word there that you don’t understand and I’ll spell it for you!! Seo-Jun,this is my last warning…the next time you try to hurt her or even make her shed a tear, believe me when I say you’re going to h@?? me cos of what I’ll do to you!”He said darkly,staring into her eyes.
His eyes held nothing but anger,hatred and Seo-Jun couldn’t help but shook at the deadly eye piercing directly in her own eyes.
This isn’t the beom-seok she’ve know but another one probably, cos his eyes was d@mn red in anger that Seo-Jun’s tears began flowing again.
He released her roughly and she fell to the floor, coughing with tears rolling down her cheeks.
Beom-seok turned to the students,and everyone bent their head avoiding looking at him in the eye’s.
Only A-Yeong, Yu-Jun and ji-hoon was the one staring at him with wide eye.
This is unbelievable and looks more like a dream,yes a dream they’ll wake up from but no, it’s not really a dream but the f-__-king reality.
“I’m letting what happened today slide but next time this repeats itself,I don’t really have to say what I’m going to do but it won’t be nice either. Trust me this isn’t a thr_@t but a promise,try to hurt her first and see”with that said,he took hold of Aerum’s hand and left the scene.
Students ran away immediately while the trio eyes followed their retreating figure.
“Did beom-seok….”A-Yeong began.
“Really get angry…”Yu-Jun continued.
“Cos they tried to hurt aerum…”Ji-hoon said.
“Or is this a dream?”They’ll completed at once and ran off.
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All through the walk,aerum kept looking at beom-seok unbelievably.
Did he really do that?Change is constant,she thought. They finally entered a private room, aerum began looking around in astonishment.
“Where’s this place?”She asked still exploring the room with her eyes.
“My secret room,no one knows about it except ji-hoon and you. I come here to relax whenever am down or angry”he replied and aerum nodded.
“It’s cool though!”Aerum smiled.
“Yeah,I know right! You’ll have to change your uniform”Beom-seok said, pointing at her uniform.
“Buh I don’t have any spare one with me!”She pouted and beom-seok slapped his forehead funnily.
“That’s true!”He nodded and sat down, aerum sat down too.
“Uhmm,we don’t have much classes today,one by 10:am today and the last after recess. So how about you stay here and I’ll take you home after closing hours?”Beom-seok asked and aerum took her bottom lips in,not knowing what to say.
“Even if I decides to stay here,what am I going to put on? I stinks from the smell of raw eggs!”She pouted and beom-seok sighed tiredly.
“You can put on one of my clothes”He said and stood up from the couch while Aerum’s eyes followed him.
“Is your dad the owner of this school?”She couldn’t help but ask.
“Let’s say kind of,but why did you ask?”Beom-seok turned and asked before bringing out a big shirt from his closet.
“Nothing really! Was wondering why you have a secret room”She shrugged and beom-seok smiled in return.
“Here you go”he handed the cloth to her.
“Thanks!”She muttered and beom-seok just replied with a nod.
He looked at his time,20 minutes to the first class,he thought after having a glance at his wrist watch.
“I have to change my uniform”He told aerum and without waiting for her reply,he went inside the bathroom.
He came back after few minutes, dressed in a new uniform.
Aerum was still clunching unto the shirt tightly.
“I believe it’ll look good on you,just go and wash up, remember to wash your hair properly “He told her with a smile and Aerum smiled too.
“You don’t have to worry, I’ll let you friends come over so you won’t be really bored. After the first class they’ll come”Beom-seok said, noticing her changed mood,she only nodded with a light smile.
“I’ll have to run off,10 minutes before the class starts”He told her, looking at his wrist watch for the second time.
He rushed to the door but aerum stood up immediately, making beom-seok to halt on his steps,he didn’t turn but had his back on her.
“Thanks for this!”She said and beom-seok turned to her with a smile.
“You don’t have to thank me”He said and opened the door before leaving the room and shutting the door behind him.
“Gosh! He’s so cool”Aerum smiled and exhaled the cologne of his cloth,she gently slumped on the couch with the shirt still close to her nose enjoying the scent of it.
“It smells good”she thought and hugged the cloth with a smile.
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“I can’t believe beom-seok slapped me cos of that bastard!”Seo-Jun gritted and took a sip from her drink.
They’re currently in an empty classroom.
“Don’t you think you’re being too hard on the girl?”Do-Yun asked and Seo-Jun turned to her angrily.
“How the f-__-k are my being too hard?”She glared angrily and Do-Yun sighed.
“I think you should give up on beom-seok seriously. You’re only making him h@?? you more”Ha-Joon was the one speaking this time.
Seo-Jun laughed shortly before turning to her.
“Did you say give up? What’s the second one…uhmmm,h@?? me more? Who cares if he h@??s me or not? Ion give a f-__-k!! She’s going to pay for the humiliation beom-seok gave me”Seo-Jun balled her fist while talking.
Ha-Joon sighed before placing her hand on Seo-Jun shoulder.
“He already warned you not to try and mess with aerum, don’t you think backing off is the best?”She asked calmly and Seo-Jun slapped off her hands from her shoulder.
“Giving up on what I love is not my thing. I’m going to fight,till I get it. Even if it means shedding blood!!”She vowed and her friends eyes widened.
“You’re ready to go that deep for him?”Ha-Joon asked, really shocked by her determination.
“I’ve done worse! And I’m ready to do more,as far as I’ll end up having him all to myself”She grinned like an idiot.
No!! This is f-__-king madness that needs to stop!! What the hell have possessed her? Could it be an evil spirit or she’s obsessed with him? This is really a dangerous obsession. No!! She’s losing it, really losing it. Ha-Joon thought while Do-Yun kept looking at Seo-Jun who was smiling dangerously,seems like she’s cooking up another evil plan.
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<BEOM-SEOK SECRET ROOM>
Aerum closed back the novel she was reading and sighed tiredly.
It’s already been an hour she’s being in the room,all alone.
“Those punk!! I should be in class right now but I’m here cos of her!!”She groaned and took her bottom lips in.
She suddenly heard creaking sounds and she sat down properly,the door swung open and A-Yeong, Yu-Jun, Ji-hoon and beom-seok walked in.
“Thank goodness you guys are here!”Aerum smiled and her two friends hugged her.
“You’re good right? That idiot didn’t hurt your emotion right?”A-Yeong asked and aerum shook her head.
“Really? But I thought I saw traces of tears….”
“Yu-Jun!!!”They’ll called, cutting her off and she began laughing.
“Thought strong girl’s don’t cry?”Ji-hoon asked, sitting down and beom-seok smacked his head lightly.
“Ouch!!”
“Don’t make fun of her”he said with seriousness.
“Awwn!!”A-Yeong and Yu-Jun gushed and aerum bent her face, while smiling.
“This place is really cool!”A-Yeong said, and began looking around.
“I admire it, seriously!!”Yu-Jun added with a nod.
“Girls,I and Ji-hoon will go get something from the cafeteria. We will be right back!”Beom-seok smiled.
“Sure buddy!!”A-Yeong nodded immediately.
Beom-seok and ji-hoon left to the cafeteria, while A-Yeong pushed Yu-Jun towards the door.
“Lock it!!”She told her and Yu-Jun nodded before locking the door.
“What’s happening?”Aerum asked,looking lost and confused.
Her two friends only glared at her, before sitting before her and crossing their two legs,their face was red showing how angry they were.
“What’s going on guys?”Aerum asked, staring from one person to the other.
“You’re keeping secret from us!! When did this began?”A-Yeong asked,folding her hands under her chest.
“When.. when did what start?”Aerum asked,lost totally at what they’re trying to say.
“Hey!! Don’t f-__-king play tricks on us and stop with the pretence!!”Yu-Jun said, pointing her finger toward aerum.
“I..I.. don’t understand what you guys are saying!!”She replied slowly and both A-Yeong and Yu-Jun hit their hands angrily on the table, making aerum flinch.
“You want us to spell it out for you right?”Yu-Jun asked and without waiting for her reply, A-Yeong answered immediately.
“When did you and beom-seok started dating? Huh?”A-Yeong screamed and Aerum gasped loudly.
“No!! You guys are misunderstanding things here”Aerum shouted hurriedly and the two began laughing.
“Seriously!! She thinks she can fool us!! Yu-Jun can you hear her?”A-Yeong asked funnily and Yu-Jun nodded too.
“Babes!! I’m really serious here. We ain’t dating and I’ll never date someone like him”aerum rolled eye and the two exchanged looks before looking at her.
“You two are not dating?”They asked slowly and Aerum nodded,in affirmative.
“Oh my gawd!!”A-Yeong said, breathing heavily.
“Wait!! Did you say you’ll never date someone like him?”Yu-Jun asked and aerum nodded.
“Why would I date someone….”
“Don’t finish your statement”The two pointed their fingers at her and she chuckled.
“Is it only me or I think beom-seok have got a soft spot for our dearest aerum?”A-Yeong asked and aerum looked at her before bursting into an uncontrollable laughter.
“Soft spot? Seriously? Don’t hallucinate things please”She rolled eye and her two friends chuckled.
“Hope you’re not hurt?”Yu-Jun asked in beom-seok voice and aerum smiled.
“Who did this to her?”A-Yeong added, still in beom-seok voice and Aerum’s cheek flushed without she realizing it,she began blushing immediately.
“I h@?? repeating myself!! Who the hell did this to her?”it was Yu-Jun this time,and aerum couldn’t control or hide the smile on her face.
“Seriously? She’s blushing!!”A-Yeong pointed at Aerum and began laughing.
“Who is blushing?”She stammered, tapping her cheeks.
“They’re f-__-king red like tomatoes!!”Yu-Jun laughed and aerum slapped her cheek,while cussing herself inwardly.
“Stop making fun of her!!”A-Yeong shouted and stood up.
“Just stop it guys!!”Aerum shouted, trying not to blush but her cheeks kept betraying her cos it kept getting red.
“Are you seriously falling for our prince charming?”Yu-Jun asked and stood up too, aerum grabbed the pillow and threw it at them but they ducked.
“Awwn,my baby and she’s putting on his shirt!!”A-Yeong shouted and Yu-Jun hugged her.
“We’re spoons!!”They said dramatically and aerum face palmed herself.
“Just stop it y’all!!”She begged but they kept teasing her.
“How dare you try to mess with her?”Yu-Jun asked and aerum slumped back on the couch before covering her face with the sofa pillow.
She can’t really stop them,cos the more she tries to stop them the more they keep teasing her.
Those friends!! Ah!! They caught her! She was really blushing and it’s f-__-king embrassing! She thought with her face still buried in the pillow.
A gentle knock sounded on the door and A-Yeong rushed to open it,she quickly grabbed the first bag from ji-hoon and rushed back in with beom-seok and ji-hoon, walking gently behind her.
“What’s up with her covering her face?”Beom-seok asked, dropping the bag on the table before walking towards her.
“Please don’t come close!”Aerum prayed with a closed eyes.
Beom-seok finally walked to her and pulled off the pillow from her face.
“I’m..I’m..good!”She smiled nervously, trying to hide her face.
“What happened to your cheek?”Beom-seok asked, touching her cheek which was still red.
“Nothing!!”She shouted and took her bottom lips in.
A-Yeong pulled Yu-Jun close and whispered inaudible words to her, and after she was done the two began smiling.
“You seems happy?”Ji-hoon whispered to A-Yeong who just smiled in return.
“They’re cute! Ain’t they?”A-Yeong asked and ji-hoon only nodded.
“I wish this is genuine!”He thought inwardly, looking at beom-seok and Aerum which looks more like a perfect match made from heaven.
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<9PM~UNKNOWN PLACE>
A bike suddenly pulled to an halt in front of the building. A figure dressed in a black hood came down from the bike,she covered her face properly with the hood before going in.
She opened the door,and met another figure, this time a male figure who is smoking in the dim light room.
He had his back on her,as he stare out through the window,the smokes of the weed he was smoking almost covering the room.
“I saw your text boss!”She said, again only her moving lips was seen.
“Why haven’t you done a thing? Getting her for me is it a big deal for you?”He asked in his cold but authoritative voice and smoked, before puffing it out.
“Am taking my time boss”she replied and the man chuckled before smoking again.
“It’s been months!! Months my dear,so what other time are you taking?”He asked and turned to the table which was on his right,he kept the weed on the ashtray before pouring himself a drink,then faced back the window.
“At least,I’ll have to let her trust me totally!!”She replied,with her head bowed down this time.
“Trust? You should have done that a long time ago!”He chuckled and took a little sip from his drink.
“Once I gets her trust,I promise to lure her to you”she replied and the man nodded.
“I hope you don’t divert from the plan cos you’ll only end up endangering your life!”A dark chuckle was what left his lips the moment he was done talking.
“If I may ask boss,what do you plan doing with her?”She asked slowly.
“None of your business!”He replied and the girl bowed respectfully.
“I’m getting impatient already! Don’t make me wait more longer!”He grinned and the lady bowed again.
“Your wish is my command!”She said and the man nodded before dismissing her with the wave of an hand.
She bowed shortly again before leaving the room.
“Aerum!!!”He laughed menacingly.
“Just wait till I’m done with you. You’ll regret messing with me!!”He added with a dark smirk.
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TBC…