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"Hwang Minhee?" Soa and Minhee turned around as a group of girls swarmed around them. "Y-Yes?" Minhee squeaked. "Come with us." The blonde-headed leader ordered and her minions grabbed a hold of Minhee's arms. She tried to protest but she couldn't take on so many. "Yah!" Soa shouted and tried to pull Minhee back. The leader turned back and ordered to bring Soa too. Both were dragged to the side of the school despite their hopeless attempts to be freed. The girls pushed both against the cold wall. They softly groaned at the hard contact. However, Soa defended Minhee by standing in front of her. "What do you guys want?" She managed to ask even though her legs were pretty much like jelly at that moment. The girls stared at them for a moment before breaking into seemingly kind yet evil smiles. Weird. "Welcome to Kim Myungsoo's rejected alliance!" *Mwo?!* Both Minhee and Soa thought in disbelief. Their leader had this huge smile on her face. "See, everyone here has confessed to Myungsoo after his unexpected popularity!" Soa blinked at the crowd of 10 plus girls. *Unbelievable. He's rejected this many in the span of a few months?!* The girls turned to Minhee. From the looks of it, she wasn't amused by all this either. "Minhee-ssi, we were all moved by your confession!" Minhee bit her lip. She felt embarrassed. It seemed like everyone knew about her being rejected, which wasn't good to hear first-hand. "That's why you must be mad too right? At Kim Myungsoo." They added. The atmosphere suddenly turned uncomfortable. The leader crossed her arms and scoffed. "He's rejected a lot of girls already. He's so shallow. Does he think he's so high and mighty?" "Yeah, who does he think he is?" "Ah! I'm hating him more and more now!" Another threw. "Guys like him are the lowest! I can't believe I liked him!" Soa and Minhee couldn't believe the scene in front of their eyes. *Is this.. Resentment?* Soa thought. "D-Did you girls really like him?" Minhee stuttered but asked with a serious face. The crowd of girls didn't know it but Hoya was watching them from the second floor window, much like a spectator watching a movie. Coincidentally, L was passing by the hallway and that's when Hoya called him over. "Yah, come here for a sec." L raised an eyebrow before nearing Hoya. "What is it?" Hoya gestured outside the window. "Look down." And so, L did. "They call themselves the rejected alliance. Funny right? But man, look how popular you've gotten." He chuckled. "They're probably talking behind your back right now." "Myungsoo's just like the other guys! Choosing face and status over natural beauty!" One girl half-shouted.  Woah, thick-skinned much, when she's the one with the heaviest makeup out of them all. Without any care, L prepared to walk off. "Ah, just so you know, I confessed to her yesterday." Hoya said at the last minute. L halted for a few seconds and swallowed the lump in his throat. "Oh, geurae? That's-" "But she hasn't given me her reply yet." Unconsciously, L heaved a sigh and was prepared to leave. "Oh, look. Soa's also there. What has she gotten herself into?" Hoya said to himself, getting a bit worried. L stopped in his tracks as he heard a familiar voice. "If you really did like him, then why are you being like this?" It belonged to Minhee, the girl he'd rejected just few days ago, not to mention Soa's friend. He took a quick peek outside to see just what was really going on. "Isn't it obvious? He's a jerk. He was probably laughing at your confession in his mind." The leader scoffed. "Just like what he did to all of us!" "Really, who does he think he is?" They seconded their leader one after another. "He's probably dating a super rich model and stuff." "Or it could be a slut!" "Or he could be gay! Haha! Pathetic!" Soa clenched her fist and couldn't take them badmouthing L anymore. "He isn't like that!" She suddenly blurted out. L widened his eyes. "What do you know?" One girl hissed at Soa. "You haven't even been humiliated since you didn't confess to him." "Oh, I know! If you haven't confessed, the you must hate him from the start right? Then you're like one of us!" One assumed. "Geurae, I don't like him." Soa agreed. *I don't like him. I don't like the way he's dishonest with me and himself. What I feel is something stronger than like..* "Soa.." Minhee softly said. *Did she really mean that?* The girls clapped their hands together. "Aha! So we were right!" "He really is a heartless jerk!" Minhee couldn't suppress her anger any longer either. "You're wrong! He isn't like what you describe him to be at all!" She yelled at the girls and it took Soa by surprise. Minhee was usually the cute, quiet type. This was a new side of her that she'd never seen before. Surely she was looking into L's soul properly. One by one, the girls stepped forward, successfully cornering the two. Much like hungry wolves drooling over their supper for the night. "Mworago? Could you say that one more time?" The leader dared with a fist ready to fly off the bat. Minhee couldn't say a word Nd mentally whimpered. Soa took over with all the courage she had. "The same goes to all of you! Just what part of Myungsoo did you fall in love with? What part were you looking at? It's your own fault for not seeing his real personality! Don't blame Minhee for your wrong insights!" Soa blabbered without taking in a single breath. The group of girls were purely astonished while some laughed. "But didn't you just say you hated him?" "I never said I hated him." Soa retorted. Minhee was flabbergasted at her friend's words. *Soa.. Could she be..?* Soa was surprised herself. Those words just came out flying from nowhere. Perhaps because she could also relate to her feelings for L. "What's this bitch talking about now, acting like a good girl and all?!" The leader said throu