when worlds collide
smau non!idol ningning x reader
23. honesty.
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"Ok, text if anything goes wrong. Make sure your ringer is turned on. At full volume too."
"Ugh, she get’s it, Kurra; no need to go all mom mode on her."
"I can’t help but worry about her, Yunjin; she’s having the most emotional talk of her life. Should I put out a box of tissues? I should shouldn’t I….”
"I’ll be fine, Kurra, really."
It was 4:55 p.m., and your heart was pounding. It was time for an honest talk with your best friends. So things wouldn’t feel like an ambush, you all agreed it would be best to keep the conversation between you, Jimin, and Yujin. The others were close to you as well, but they didn't have the same childhood connection as the three of you. Although everyone had been hurt about Yujin’s betrayal, no one could experience more pain than you and Jimin did at this moment.
As the rest of the gang prepared to make their exit, you heard a soft knock coming from the front door.
"Huh, Yujin’s early? That’s a first." You gave a soft smile at Yunjin, who always tried to find comedy in the most serious moments; you appreciated it. Sakura walked up to the door and let in your childhood friend.
Yujin looked thinner and more pale than you remembered; it was obvious that this situation had taken a toll on her.
"You have a key?" Said Minji, pondering as to why she didn’t just let herself in since it was Yujin’s dorm as well.
"Yeah, but I felt like I needed to warn you all that I was here. It’s the least I can do."
As Yujin spoke, your fellow college friends began to exit the dorm. You knew they would all just stay in Kurra’s car, waiting for you to give the ‘OK’ text for them to come in, but you appreciated the privacy that tried to give you three.
"So, how’s living at Wonyoung’s?"
"Oh, um, nice? She has constant hot water, so that’s pretty cool."
"Dang! Minji does waste all the hot water, doesn’t she? I don’t have the heart to tell her that the rest of us can’t stand freezing cold showers, though."
"Ha, yeah."
This conversation was incredibly awkward.
Jimin cleared her throat and gestured for Yujin to take a seat on the sofa. To which Yujin humbly obliged. It was obvious she missed being in her dorm. She went right back to her usual seat on the sofa with a sigh of relief. (You and the others swore that there was a Yujin-shaped imprint in the cushion, but Yujin always argued otherwise.)
"We all know why you're here, Yujin."
"Right, Yeah… I don’t even know where to start."
“How about your secret friendship with Wonyoung, how the fuck did that even happen?”
"How about how you’re a back-stabbing weasel who made the love of my life kiss someone else in front of me?" Yujin winced at your comment and looked down at her feet. You knew that was harsh, but Yujin deserved it. She hurt you four years ago, and she hurt you four days ago. Yujin deserved to hear how upset you were.
"I’ll start from the beginning... Just, please hear me out."
"We’re listening."
Yujin took a deep breath and exhaled.
"Ok, it all started junior year."
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Junior Year, Spring Hill High
Yujin had always been an eccentric kid. She never cared about what people thought. It was obvious by the way she acted in public. Yujin was loud, energetic, and carefree. She never had to worry about people’s opinions affecting her because she knew her friends would always be by her side. Even when she let out all the tarantulas from the science lab or when she sent three kids to the hospital after a serious game of dodgeball, Y/n and Jimin defended her through it all.
"Plus 4, take THAT Jimin."
"Plus 4." Jimin slammed down her card while giving Y/N a mischievous side-eye.
"No, this can’t be." She claimed Yujin as her eyes widened once she realized that Y/N was mimicking Jimin’s grin.
"Y/n, think this through; we’re friends."
"You’re right, Yujin, plus 4." Yujin let out an ear-piercing scream. She now had to pick up eight cards. Instead of doing so, she threw all her cards on the table and then flipped the table. Yujin always had great sportsmanship.
“Ugh, Yuuuu, the gameeeee."
"The game stinks. I’m thirsty; I’m getting some drinks."
"Loser, you’re just scared about losing the game."
“I can't hear you. You’re too far away!” She scurried off, heading toward the school’s vending machine. Her friends were right, but she couldn’t just admit defeat.
Counting the coins in her pocket, Yujin skipped her way toward the vending machine’s. Before she could fully enter the room, she noticed a tall, slender figure standing in front of her. She knew that gorgeous flowing brown hair from anywhere. It was Jang Wonyoung. Her name was known all around the school.
After having a long debate with herself on whether she should disturb the goddess, which is Wonyoung, Yujin realized that she was too thirsty to even care. But before she could walk in, she heard Wonyoung whisper to herself.
"Fuck, I’m 25 cents short."
Yujin gasped. She’d never expected to hear Wonyoung curse; she always seemed so ladylike and elegant. But I guess even princesses have their off days?
Yujin’s gasp, unfortunately, was not silent. As Wonyoung whipped her head around to see who was there, Yujin didn’t have time to hide herself. She began to panic and could only let out the words:
"25 cents!"
Wonyoung cocked her head to the side, in confusion.
Yujin cleared her throat and stood up straight.
“Um, I have a quarter, if you need it? I already had so much water, I’m practically pissing myself! It should go to someone who needs it more.” Yujin grinned, showing all her teeth. She tried hard not to make it seem like she was nervous.
Wonyoung's face darkened for a second, but she quickly turned back to her princess-like smile.
"No need, gorgeous, I got it covered."
"Are you sure? Didn’t you just say you needed a quarter?"
"I’m fine. Do I look like a charity case to you? I can afford a water bottle.” Her tone was much less polite than the first time.
"Woah! I didn’t say all of that. Look, if you’re missing a quarter, you could just say that; there's no need to get all snarky. Aren’t you supposed to be like mega rich or something anyway?”
Wonyoung’s tone became even more aggressive.
"I said I can afford it. Who the fuck are you? What’s your problem? You just come up here assuming I’m poor; well, I’m not. I could probably afford your entire home with my shoes alone. So just run along, little one; stop bothering the big kids."
Yujin was taken aback. She was speechless. All she could do to retaliate was throw a quarter at Wonyoung and run away. That was her first encounter with Wonyoung, but certainly not her last.
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In fact, Yujin’s next encounter with Wonyoung happened less than 24 hours later.
She was always known to roam around the halls after school hours. Jimin would be at volleyball practice while Y/n went to tutoring, so Yujin was left alone for an hour and a half every once in a while. Sure, she could just go home. But what fun would that be? She’d rather wait for her best buddies to walk with her.
Yujin has the same route she’d walk every time she stayed alone.
First, she visited her physics class pet. Charlie the Chinchilla. She would pet him, and he’d almost always bite her. Charlie was not friendly.
This then led her to her next destination, the nurse's office! Greeting her with the same faint smile, Yujin picked up the various colored bandages to cover up her Chinchilla bite.
Lastly, she’d make her way downstairs to watch Jimin practice volleyball in the school’s gym. Heading downstairs, Yujin took her time, admiring the school’s graffiti on the stairway walls. But this time it wasn’t her usual quiet stroll downstairs. She heard various sounds coming from the 2nd-floor stairwell. Being the curious puppy she is, Yujin softly walked up the stairs to check out the high school's newest romantic entanglement.
Slightly poking her head out of the staircase, Yujin squinted her eyes and tippy-toed to get a good view. Her vision became clear, and she got a good look at the couple. Yujin’s eyes quickly went from squinted to wide-open. She gasped as she realized what she was looking at.
Was it Wonyoung and Yeonjun?
Realizing the pair that was in front of her, Yujin tripped on her own two feet and began to fall down a flight of stairs.
"Ah Fuck!"
"Who’s there? You, Werido, are you trying to get a good look for your spank bank?" Yujin recognized the voice. It was Yeonjun.
"It’s you again; you're that girl from the vending machine." There came the other voice of the pair; it was Wonyoung, and she was staring right down at Yujin.
Trying to recover from the great fall she just had, Yujin let out a stuttered:
"N-No! I promise, I just heard noises and came to see."
"That’s the literal definition of being a weird pervert.”
Yujin couldn’t find a good excuse for herself, so she did what she does best. She ran away. Straight into the second bathroom.
Quickly slamming the door behind her, she let out a deep breath of air. Yujin frantically started pacing around. What was she going to do? Surely she had seen something she wasn’t supposed to. Was Wonyoung out to get her now? She closed her eyes, thinking of the various ways she could attempt to get out of this situation, until she felt a cold, wet towel on her knee.
"That was a big fall you took; your knee’s bleeding."
Yujin quickly opened her eyes. Was Wonyoung cleaning up her knee?
"Sorry for Yeonjun’s harsh words; he’s kind of an idiot."
"No, it’s my fault; I shouldn’t have watched; it was weird."
"I probably would’ve done the same; don’t worry, really.” Wonyoung’s voice sounded sweet. It was a complete 180 from the yelling she had done at the vending machines. She had a look of sincerity on her face.
"Um, you know I won’t tell anyone about anything. But don’t you think maybe Ning should know that Yeonjun and you are... Since you guys are like best friends, and that’s her boyfriend? Maybe you can talk it out? Share custody of him? Just my opinion though, I think I’d like to know." Yujin’s words trailed off. She couldn’t even fully register what she’d seen, let alone say it in words. Yet she still felt obligated to give her opinion. It’s true that Ningning wasn’t the most kind person, but even she didn’t deserve to get backstabbed.
As Wonyoung took out a bandage to put on Yujin’s knee, she felt Wonyoung’s hands shake.
"Um, Wonyoung?" She bent down to Wonyoung’s level and saw tears in her eyes.
"I messed up. Big time, I’m such a shitty person.” Her words were spiraling out, and tears were flowing out of her eyes. Yujin didn’t know what to do.
"Oh, no, hey, you’re not. Everyone kisses their friend's boyfriend sometimes.” No, they do not.
"No, not that. This isn’t even the first time. He’s not even her boyfriend. Yeonjun’s just pretending to like her, so she’ll keep paying off his stuff.” At this point, it was obvious that Wonyoung had pent-up emotions that she needed to let out. Yujin tried to keep her reactions to herself and kept quiet so as to let Wonyoung keep talking.
"And I’m no better than he is. You know, I try to tell myself that I care about her. That Ning’s my best friend, but how can I believe that when my friendship with her didn’t even start for the right reasons? You were right, okay? I am poor. I have no money. There, are you happy? I was counting quarters and couldn’t afford a water bottle. I only yelled at you because I thought you would tell everyone, and word would eventually get to Ning. I need her in my life. Without her, I’d just be some low-level poverty case with no friends looking for a handout. After a while, I really did start seeing her as my friend. But now here I am, making out with her boyfriend. What’s wrong with me?” Wonyoung sobbed on the bathroom floor.
Yujin didn’t know what to do. Why was Wonyoung spilling her guts out to her? Was it really out of guilt?
"Listen, I’ll just forget I saw anything, really. I’ll forget the kissing Ningning’s boyfriend and the quarter thing. I promise." Yujin was hugging Wonyoung at this point. She wanted nothing more than to get out of this situation, but she couldn't just leave Wonyoung on the bathroom floor. Sure, what she did was messed up, but she had her reasons, and she clearly showed…..remorse?
"Aw, how sweet of you! You’d do that for little old me? Then how about I pay you back? Anytime you need a favor, it’s on me! Anytime sweetie." Wonyoung’s tears dried up in an instant, and her usual chipper tone came back. Almost as if nothing had happened.
Yujin never thought of a time when she would call upon the evil terror of Wonyoung, but I guess it was a nice thing to have. Besides, even if she did want to tell Ningning, would she even believe her? There's no way she’d believe Yujin over her best friend, Wonyoung.
“Ok, Deal."
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Senior Year Spring Hill High School
"No, I’m going to do it, Yujin; I’m going to confess at the graduation party."
Yujin sat against the wall outside of the school’s gymnasium, pondering back at Y/N's words toward her. She winced at the thought of Y/N getting shot down by Jimin. Their friendship was important to Yujin; she couldn’t risk breaking it apart. It was all she had.
But what could she do to fix this? She could only accept the impending doom of their trio.
"What’s wrong, cutie? You seem distressed.
Yujin turned her head to see the school’s princess. Her flowing hair was never out of place. A soft smile is always on her face.
"Oh, Wonyoung! It’s nothing. Just thinking things, I guess." She nervously chuckled; she had never really interacted with Wonyoung since that day. But Wonyoung did always greet her in the halls, much to the confusion of others.
"Sugarplum, you can talk to me. We’re secret buddies! What’s bothering you?” I guess it couldn’t hurt venting to her? I mean, she was right—you were secret buddies, technically?
"Um, well, it’s just that.... you know Jimin, right? And Y/n?"
"Your cutie-pie friends, yup!"
"Yeah, them, well, Y/N kinda, sorta, maybe has a huge ginormous crush on Jimin. And Y/N is kind of confessing at the party. I have no clue what to do, Wonyoung. I feel like I’m losing them. If Jimin rejects them, then it’ll be awkward between Jimin and Y/N. It’ll be like having divorced parents; I’ll have to choose! Either Jimin, the international superstar of Spring Hill High, who will surely make other friends in no time, Or Y/N, the known introvert, who probably only hangs out with me because she can’t be in a room alone with Jimin for more than two seconds without possibly fainting. So once Jimin’s out of the equation, they’ll have no real reason to hang out with me. On the other hand, if Jimin accepts, then I’ll be a third wheel. Always in the way of their lovey-dovey relationship. I don’t know which one is worse. Either way, it feels like I’m left all alone."
“Aw, honey, that’s quite the conundrum! How can I help? You still have a Wony favor to call in?"
"What, no? I can’t just medal in their lives."
"You sure? Offers never expiring!”
"I’m sure."
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Senior Year, Spring Hill High Graduation Party
Yujin was not sure.
It was the night of the graduation party, and she was positive that the only way to stop this rejection from happening was by getting Wonyoung involved.
She walked up to Wonyoung and uttered:
"Could I ask a favor from you?"
Wonyoung’s eyes lit up in delight.
"I thought you’d never ask Buttercup!" Wonyoung quickly grabbed onto Yujin’s hand and guided her around the party area. She led her to Ninging, where she was comfortably sitting on Yeonjun’s lap. Yujin shuttered.
"Ew, is this a charity case? Why is she here, Wony?” Ninging glanced at Yujin, looking her up and down. Wonyoung ignored her comment and dragged Ningning by the hand to a quieter part of the party.
"Ning, Yujin has something to ask you. Go ahead, buttercup!"
Yujin gulped as Ninging started her down.
"Um, could you help me? Try to save my friend from embarrassment.”
"Again, ew, why would I help trash like you?"
Wonyoung put a hand on Yujin’s shoulder.
"Yujin, don’t be so worried; I’ll tell her for you if you’re too nervous. Ningning, Yujin’s caught her friend Y/N kissing Yeonjun yesterday. I know this probably isn’t the place to tell you, but she thought you should know. She even has a perfect plan to get her back!"
Ningning’s face went from annoyed to hurt. She looked like she was about to cry. While Yujin’s face went as pale as a ghost, She didn’t expect Wonyoung to lie. Was this really the only way to save your trio?
"Is this true?” Ningning asked.
Yujin took a deep breath, but before she could answer, Wonyoung cut her off.
"I’m afraid, darling. But do you see Jimin there? Y/N's so in love with her! I bet you could break their heart just like they hurt yours. ~"
"I’ll make that bitch regret ever touching him."
Ningning walked away to throw a drink at Yeonjun’s face, then marched up to Jimin to give her the proposition. To which Jimin obliged.
Yujin watched the whole ordeal go down and felt a whisper in her ear that sent shivers down her spine. It was Wonyoung’s voice going from sweet to the same cold-aggressive tone she once used at the vending machines.
“It looks like we’re both shitty people, aren’t we? It looks like you’re stuck with me, sweetheart. ~"
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Present Time
“So, that’s how everything went down. That’s how Wonyoung and I met, and how I set up the Ningning-Jimin kiss. That’s everything I’ve kept hidden from you guys, I promise.”
“Yujin, What the fuck.”
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(Synopsis) Y/N had never been the type to take life for granted. You grew up with the mindset that if you wanted something, you had to work for it; So getting paired up with the university’s “Rich Bitch” Ning Yi Zhuo for your midterm was the last thing you wanted. Are you willing to step into the world of fame for an A+?
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