When Yeona found herself alone that day, she sought refuge in the toilet. Why did she even come in the first place?248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4TvU0p7r0
After the national middle school diploma, some of her classmates decided to have a graduation party. Two girls had mentioned it the day they came to check the results, and she started to daydream about it. Attending the party seemed implausible to her. While she had a fairly decent relationship with her classmates, she did not really have friends.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQn2hv1443F
She did not even bother to mention it to her parents. They were not particularly strict, but not particularly lenient either.
Was there anything more important, for them, than having a daughter they could be proud of? Of course not. Yeona was that straight As student, they could always brag about every time they had the opportunity to. She was a very kind and responsible child, quiet and obedient even when she was little. No friends to do shits with, no hang-outs with random kids, no parties…248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvTR3K4lgq
The birthday parties she ever attended were always for her cousins or other close relatives. Sometimes for the children of her parents' colleagues. Knowing that, how and why would they allow their little Yeona to attend that kind of party with only young teen, alone, doing what only God could know?248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyqX86wPBO
Even if she did not mention it herself, her parents still happen to hear about it. She was invited by the young son of her mom's colleague. When he realized she just never talked about it with her parents, he asked his mother to mention it herself. And so, she did. As soon as Yeona's parents heard about this, they were distraught and a bit upset that she hadn't mentioned it herself. After that, how could they have not let her go? They were the kind of people who cared way too much about appearances.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNBqBZEUCy
Yeona was quite impatient, and she couldn’t help but think about it. She was not the kind of person who like to go out or even be in a place with more than ten people. However, that party was going to be her first real experience of the teenage life she thought she could never have. It was just like taking a small bite of the forbidden fruit.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoquF1s2YdM
She had to wait two weeks. Two long weeks where her mom was sizing every single opportunity she had to say and repeat over and over again that she was just going to give a good impression. It was of course pretty useless that she even think to do anything slightly inappropriate. She was not going for boys, and even if it was what she had in mind, they will find a way to know it.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28rFMWqHuf
“I’m not even going to mention alcohol, you know damn well our mind on that”.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKxH6DiNI6
It was nothing new for Yeona to hear sermons like that.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh06NK98qy
When they got in the car, she expected they would still be discussing that, but her mom wasn't there, and her dad was surprisingly quiet, listening to the first random radio program he found.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDSOP7FhBJ
“Have fun, my sweet lil pumpkin” he said as she was getting out of the car.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIQyNu74iV
“Thank you…. I'll see you later, dad.”248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUnvA9rQIV
She stayed a minute outside looking at the house in front of her, listening to the blasting music and colorful lights coming from the backyard. The sound of her dad’s car fading away bought her back to reality. Due to all the excitement, Yeona did not really prepare herself mentally for any disillusionment. And yet, the evening was full of debauchery and peaks and valleys.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5e0X8tNAjt
She did not know how she had the confidence to even dare to think that it could go well. She had no close relationships with her classmates, none of them. Her first impression was that no one had even noticed her when she arrived. They were all way too busy boozing.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2AHKOgxGXZ
The music was playing so loud, people were laughing and screaming. There was a good atmosphere, and she would probably have so much fun if she had someone to hold on to. The only thing she wanted to do at that time was being in the car, silent, way back home. If she had asked her dad to come back, he probably would have, but would they ever let her go outside after not even enduring it for twenty minutes? She had to survive, stay there at least for three hours. How could that be so difficult?248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fUk5JMWfX
Somehow, she ended up going upstairs. For a while, she was just sitting in front of the stairs, scrolling on her phone endlessly. But when more people decide to continue partying instead of the garden, she decided to seek refuge in the bathroom. No one has gone upstairs for the moment she was there, so she was not going to bother anyone, was she?248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnr6AW6IuLO
The door was slightly open. She just pushed it slowly and stepped in.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdpF5MKIBh
“Ah?” had she let slip by surprise.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OlolqAdHn
Jemina.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolbFOvwv23
She was just was there, sitting against the wall alone. She raised her head when she perceived a shadow from the corner of her eye.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qwR99mStZ
“Oh. Did you come here to hide as well?” she laughed.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxTwNrhtg7
“Yeah…”248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yBlrX89Rp
“You can come and sit next to me if you want. It’s surprisingly peaceful and quiet here.”248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYskmwgF3xa
Yeona close the door before approaching. The situation was kind of awkward from her perspective, but Jemina was just happy to have someone besides her.248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3ntx1PcUA
“Difficult to have fun when you are alone, don’t you think so?” she asked248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxQSSf46aG
“Yes, but you… How did you end up here? I mean… You know…”
She's the one that threw the idea of that party, and worst of all, it was her house.
'I’m just tired of these people.”248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6te4aZZAu
“These people?”248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLgkNKHh5z
“Yeah. I can hardly call them friends. I’m so done with all that, I didn’t think it would be this much. Kind of just want to throw them all away. How am I even going to clean all that before my parents come home tomorrow ?”248Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dUIvdjKl2
“ Technically, you can throw them away. They can continue it somewhere else if they want.”
Jemina looks at her with a mix of amusement and annoyed expression.
“You are sooo funny” she said, sarcastically.
The music was still loudly playing in the background, people were still screaming and laughing. But even with that little weird situation, the two girls enjoyed each other company.
The sequence of events that followed are still a little blurry in Yeona’s head.
That night, they had been very close, a little too much for two classmates who had never spoken a word to each other during the year, and everything happened very quickly.
It’s hard to tell if it was the atmosphere, the fact that they were alone, the strange tension that reigned, or a mixture of all that. They were sitting so close that they could hear the heart of the other beat.
And what comes next, only the moon could understand
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