Wooyoung

Your life was broken, ruined because of your ‘best friend.’ All because you wanted to save her from being cursed, something even her own mother couldn’t save her from in the end.

Si-won was your other half, someone who stuck with you since childhood. Though, the struggles bled through as her mother was a shaman. Si-won always groaned about smelling like incense inside her own house, now she always lives in her own hideout the two of you created to run from reality, never having to worry about anything outside of that hideout. Until, things started to get more complicated, and she would hide things from you, ignore you at school, and leave your messages delivered for weeks. Never questioning it, she would make excuses, saying she has to stay after school for “coding sessions” with her other friend. Walking home from cram school, you began to become drawn to Si-won’s mother. A drunken woman who was always called a quack for drinking with no shame while being a “shaman.”

Si-won misunderstood that you were close to her enemy, her own mother who she blamed for the death of her father. You would simply help her home after she would try and convince you into her house in her weakened and alcoholic state. Si-won had a little idea, as she knew your secrets, a deep one laid in your heart, your little crush on Wooyoung. A coded game she made, called Girigi, was a project you helped her create, one that could grant you any wish. You both created it, as a joke, writing your name in saju, and making your wish, recording it. Jokingly, she had teasingly recorded you wishing for wooyoung to reciprocate your feelings for him, encouraging you. That was the last time you ever spoke to her again, after what she did.

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Si-won made a big mistake, lashing out in her mother’s shaman room, cutting herself with a hiss, running her hand through her hair. Causing a curse to leash upon her, her mom tried to save her from any harm, rubbing her hands together as she was willing to sacrifice herself for her daughter to not suffer in the hands of death. She had handed an amulet to you, begging you to secretly put it somewhere on her, keeping Si-won safe. Slipping the amulet into her jacket, her friend caught you, eyes widening. Si-won followed behind the girl, and a slap came to your cheek, your friendship was over after that, as Si-won just gave a nasty look at you, “We’re done.” She ripped the carefully made amulet, before throwing it at your face.

The day stretched on horribly, head tilted down over your desk, as you were peacefully sleeping. Si-won entered the classroom, glancing at you, before kneeling down in front of a girl’s desk. “Ever heard of Girigi?” Si-won said, an earshot from your tired form, talking to the classmate behind your desk. Eyebrow twitching, a video suddenly started playing on the classroom’s TV. Loud gasps erupting, as you heard your own voice over the speakers, “Please grant me a wish, let wooyoung fall for me!” Your head snapped up, before laughter came from multiple people in the room. You turned your head slowly, as if the world was turning slow. Si-won gave a stoic face, as if she didn’t care that the video was now leaked, like a slap in the face. Wooyoung witnessed it too, coming over to your desk, almost with an annoyed look plastered all over his face.

He shoved the phone to your face, “Hey.” Wooyoung gave a small smile, “Shamanism?” A scoff came from his mouth. “Someone put a curse on you, huh?” You felt a phone tilt your chin up, as you pulled from the uncomfortable feeling. Trying to fight back against the harsh reality spitting right on you, Wooyoung grabbed your hair, slamming your head on the table, eliciting a whine from you. A loud thud echoing throughout the room as you hit the floor with an almost sickening thud. You shook, staring up at him, tears falling down your face. Wooyoung gave a look to Si-won, before speaking. “Satified?” Si-won gave a smile, grinning ear to ear at the sight of your pain, purposefully telling Wooyoung to just play along the entire time.