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Warnings: one-sided sexual acts, sexua= l unenthusiasm

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Without a moment of hesitation, Jiaye = jugged her head in the direction of the girl hanging upside down on the plu= sh seating of the performing arts center.

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?Her? The school loon?? Ed laughed. ?N= o way that Mo will.?

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?Who said that I wouldn't? I'm a man o= f my word.?

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?Because you haven't had a real girlfr= iend, let alone a fake one. Have you even ever asked out anyone??=20

Rengmo shot Ed a glare when his laughi= ng didn't subside, then glanced at the girl. Dark hair fell like streamers = across the floor, and her neck braced against where the back of her knees s= hould have been. She had a small nose and thin lips that almost never moved= , not even to sigh. Actually, he had never seen her sigh.

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In Rengmo's judgement, he found her pl= easant to look at, but her actions were a different story.

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She did strange things, harmless norma= lly, but not anything? most people would want to be associated with. For ex= ample, sometimes Rengmo would hear her voice trill and shout in the vaulted= ceilings of the performing arts center?or PAC as dubbed by the students?an= d everyone would freeze before a security guard could be heard shushing her= No one understood why she did such strange acts, but once they learned th= at the cause was Danjune, hushed laughter usually followed.

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Rengmo heard some now, but the sound b= roke in strain instead of puffing in high contempt. He broke out of his ana= lysis to look at Jiaye. She had leaned back in Ilho's lap, and her dyed blo= nde hair cascaded over his shoulder as her smile pressed into a thin line a= t his neck. Ilho sat unmoving, one hand on Jiaye's waist but with his head = pivoted away from her, a small scowl at his mouth.

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?Alright then, Mo, you have to do some= thing for all of us for backing out of the dare. I want lunch from Yohkie's= ?

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?No, I'm going to do it. I'll ask her = out, then you guys owe me. I just need a plan.?

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?Oh ho! Bold words, Mo.? Yuul leaned i= n until the tip of her nose almost touched his, whispering, ?Or are you try= ing to look good in front of a certain someone??

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Scoffing, Rengmo pushed her back and l= ooked back at the weirdo, narrowing his eyes at the loony girl for the excu= se of looking elsewhere. Yuul had the wrong idea.

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?Well, I want to see where this goes,?= Jiaye said. ?I'll give you a week, Mo. But you have to do something for me= ?

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?Why?? Yuul asked, fake innocence drip= ped from her tone, and Rengmo held in the urge to roll his eyes.

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?Because I'm being gracious and giving= him extra time.?

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?What're you going to make him do??

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She locked eyes with him, and her fami= liar smirk ignited ghosts of sensation along his skin.

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?That's a secret.?

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Jiaye yanked him forward so that his s= hadow casted onto her face. Rengmo braced his hands against the corner wall= that she had backed them into. As her arms cinched around his neck and lau= nched his lips into hers, he jerked out of instinct but then clenched his f= ists and forced the rest of himself to relax. The mouth against his moaned,= sucking at his lips with hunger.

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Wincing when she bit his tongue, Rengm= o almost lost his balance as she pulled him practically on top of her, so h= e quickly moved his forearms to support him instead of his hands. The curve= s at her chest pushed into his, and she moaned again.

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He kept his breathing as steady as he = could, reminding himself to breathe and that at least they both still had t= heir clothes on. He leaned forward or bobbed himself up and down when Jiaye= directed him to. Because he knew what she liked and could guess when, he d= id his best to follow through. When Rengmo couldn't taste the thick matte o= f her lipstick anymore, he figured that they had been kissing for twenty mi= nutes. That was usually how long it took for the cosmetic's flavor to fade = and how long until Jiaye was content again.

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But then she kneed the side of his thi= gh, telling him to put his legs together. He did that as she spread hers an= d thrusted across his lower region. Rengmo stilled and drilled his fingerna= ils into his palms. He focused on that small burning feeling before it fade= d as his mind retreated into his memories, maybe looking for reason.=

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At first, Jiaye had been drunk. Ilho h= ad a different girl at his side when he asked Rengmo to take their friend h= ome. She pecked him on the cheek, then his jaw, then his neck before he sto= pped her. The next time, she was sober, asked him for his lips, and at the = end told him that this was their secret. Some time after he had lost track = of the number of secrets they had, he asked her why she didn't do this with= Ilho, and she snapped back, saying that she and Ilho weren't together and = neither were they, that she could do what she wanted with who she pleased. = And didn't it please him too?

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Rengmo knew that Ilho didn't see Jiaye= as anything more, but he also knew that Jiaye wished that he did. Maybe th= at was why Rengmo stopped resisting. Jiaye had started furthering the bound= aries of their secrets?touching turned into overtaking, requests turned int= o demands?after that fight she had with Ilho, the one that made her call Re= ngmo as she sobbed and screamed that she didn't want to go home.

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They stayed together in a park that ni= ght, Rengmo digging out his family's old camping gear and giving his parent= s the excuse of an outdoor-themed sleepover. Her cries broke her sentences,= but Rengmo understood enough, tried to comfort her, and reasoned that she = should talk with Ilho. They never did. The day after that, she was back in = Ilho's lap as they sat on the stairs of the PAC.

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At first, Rengmo thought that the warm= th had been nice.

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When her panting started to slow, she = gave his lips one last suck before pushing him back.

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?If you actually ask out that freak, w= e don't have to stop this.?

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Rengmo didn't reply as she moved to he= r gym locker, took out another pair of underwear, and closed the shower cur= tain behind her. He slipped off his jacket, tied it around his waist, and h= eaded to the boys' locker room. They were in the gym, not the dance hall, s= o he didn't have a locker here. The room was empty, to his relief, so Rengm= o first went to wash his hands and then sat on one of the benches, pulling = up his knees and holding them. Sweat and old body fluids gave the air a sou= r tang, but he could trick himself that way. He closed his eyes and tried t= o imagine that he had been dancing alone in the dance hall, and any feeling= s were from the imperfections in his practice.

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Even if he had a week, Rengmo needed t= o expedite his plan to ask out the school's weirdo, Danjune, to be his girl= friend. Jiaye hadn't said so, but after thinking about it at home, Rengmo c= lung to the thoughts spinning in his head. In truth, there was no guarantee= that Jiaye would stop asking him for these favors if he gained a girlfrien= d?their secrets had no strings attached, after all. What made him think tha= t a fake relationship would draw any boundaries between them?

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He didn't think; the blur of the idea = gave him hope.

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Checking the time, Rengmo made his way= to the courtyard. He usually came early for dance and used the courtyard a= s a shortcut, and recently he would spot the weirdo in the courtyard peerin= g at the concrete or shifting rocks around. He found her doing exactly that= near the center. First, he would greet her, see how she was. If things wer= e okay, he would chat with her. If not, he would escape to the dance hall a= nd practice for his upcoming routine.

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With a roll of his wrists to reassure = himself, he pushed open the doors. He kept his actions casual, his glances = naturally capricious, before chancing a look at the girl, and he jumped a b= it when he saw her staring at him. Her body faced the border of rocks she h= ad constructed, but her head twisted back to look at him. Well, might as we= ll start his plan.

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?Uh, hey.?

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Her eyes shifted down, and he shuffled= his dance duffel closer to him.

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?You're Danjune, right? I'm Rengmo.?

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She nodded and turned back to her bord= er of rocks. Rengmo shifted on his feet, scrunching the side of his nose in= disgust at her unresponsiveness, but took a deep breath and moved closer. = He opened his mouth to say something when she gasped and grabbed his duffel= strap, launching him backwards. Rengmo would have eaten cement if he didn'= t recenter his weight the way that years of dancing had taught him.<= /p>=20

?Hey! What's your problem??

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She flinched and skittered back. For a= moment, he thought he saw fear flash in her eyes, but as soon as she moved= , he couldn't contemplate what he might have seen. A black mass writhed on = the ground in front of him, and it only took half a second for him to recog= nize it as an entire colony's worth of ants piled out onto the surface. Ren= gmo leapt a foot in the air, letting out the highest-pitched shriek he had = released in a long time.

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?What the hell?! Why the??

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?You were about to interrupt their mee= ting.?

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He paused. That voice he knew?in trill= s and random shouts that disrupted the PAC ambience?but also, he didn't kno= w that voice. In that one sentence, Danjune's voice flowed like satin, soft= and pliant around her syllables, but also stood like a boulder, unbudging.= Her tone projected, without blame but firm, and Rengmo saw her stance mimi= c those characteristics.

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?They would've stopped to bite you. Th= at's why I pulled on your duffel strap.?

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She turned back to the ants and crouch= ed, watching them. Rengmo blinked at the back of her head, trying to compre= hend what just happened. Danjune, the loon of the school, spoke to him so&n= bsp;nicely even after he basically cursed at her. The way she= worded everything had been a bit strange, but still so? intelligibly.

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Guilt nipped at him for how pleasantly= surprised he felt. The kinds of expectations he held shone out in the open= , shamed him with just how much judgement he had towards her and just how&n= bsp;?different' he had painted her as. He wasn't so much of a= coward to avoid admitting his wrongs. She saved him from a trip to the hos= pital too, and he had to express his gratitude.

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Rengmo felt his hand losing circulatio= n as he gripped his duffel strap but crept as far forward as he dared. Squa= tting made his stuff shift noisily, so he hugged everything to his chest.

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?Uhm, thanks. For saving me from falli= ng.?

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Danjune's head cocked. Did that mean h= e got her attention?

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?I didn't see them, and I was probably= about to step into the rock border you made for them, right? I mean, I ass= ume that you made it since you're always here with the rocks??

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She turned to look at him then, and he= noticed that the sun dyed her eyes into a pale fig color. Wait, he just in= directly said that he watched her?

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?Anyways, thanks. I'm allergic to most= ant bites, so you saved me a trip to the hospital. I'm sorry for cursing a= t you too.?

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He remembered how she had flinched and= backed away from him. Plus, it was how early in the mor= ning at the high school? He probably looked like a total= creep.

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?So see you.?

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He bounced up, ready to bolt out of th= ere, when a tug to his shirt made him stop. Turning to the source, he saw D= anjune's fingers rubbing at his hem.

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?It's okay.?

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When she didn't elaborate, the questio= n shimmied out of his throat.

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?What's okay??

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?You apologized and meant it. Mr. Bae = said that if the person means their apologies, then they're a good person.?= She looked back at the ants. ?They're voting.?

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She hadn't let go of his shirt even as= she turned back to the insects, but Rengmo wouldn't have been able to move= away anyway. Without any explicit explanation from him, Danjune so easily = picked out his thoughts and his self-censure. It could have been coincidenc= e, but as Rengmo looked at her again, with her hands paled from rock dust, = at the ants wiggling within the borders, and in his memories of her staring= at the world?upside down or not?he didn't believe that her words came from= happenchance.

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Stepping back towards the rocks, he hu= gged his stuff to his chest again and crouched beside her. Together, they w= atched the ants pick their new queen, one with a particularly big thorax an= d wings. Another of the winged ants, a princess, started moving away, a por= tion of the ants following her.

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?Where're they going??

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?They're going to make a new colony.? = She pointed towards the grassy surround. ?Probably over there, still nearby= to the old colony.?

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?How do you know this? I didn't know t= hat ants picked their queens this way.?

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?It was in the book on the shelf. When= I couldn't leave the room, I read the books. I liked the pictures in them.= ?

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Rengmo grew confused at the last few s= entences, but she stood up, so he did too.

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?It's almost eight-fifteen. You'll be = late.?

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?Late??

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She pointed at his dance duffel, and h= e stretched his hands over it as if he could cover the bag that way.=

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?Oh, my dance class isn't until two-th= irty. I just go in early to practice.?

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She kept staring at the bag, and Rengm= o shouldered it so that the weight hung behind him.

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?So, uh, thanks and sorry again. Since= the ants picked their new queen, I guess I'll see you elsewhere??=20

?Do you want to see me elsewhere??

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?Y-Yeah.?

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Because he had to continue his plan to= get her to be his girlfriend?he had almost forgotten. She tilted her head,= like she was contemplating something, then looked up at him, and Rengmo fr= oze up. The ends of her mouth lifted, parted so widely, and her laughter pa= ttered alongside her words.

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?Don't worry. I like your dance duffel= I will see you and it later, Rengmo.?

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Waving, Danjune skipped towards the ex= it on the other side of the courtyard. He stared at the spot where the last= strands of her hair disappeared through the doors before looking down at h= is duffel.

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He knew that he was actively trying to= keep it out of sight, but he didn't think that she would have noticed his = efforts. His friends never had. The couple times that they had seen his dan= ce duffel, they always made exaggerated arm flails and mocking fifth positi= ons, so he quickly learned to come early to drop it off for the day.=

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His friends acknowledged that he was w= ell-known for dancing. Actually, that was how they had come to recruit him = into their friend group?with his name announced by the school that he had w= on first place in the Summer Sun Competition, they approached him and said = that he could join them. None of them had ever been to one of his competiti= ons or showcases, but he had been to plenty of Jiaye's volleyball games and= Ilho's track meets.

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But for a practical stranger to notice= ?probably because she watched the world?a kind of happiness flushed through= him. Maybe Danjune thought that he didn't like the color or something, but= the fact that she spoke out a reassurance comforted him, like a pat to the= shoulder.

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She said that she would see him and it= later. Danjune hadn't been anything like what he was expecting, and Rengmo= noted in his mind that he shouldn't judge people next time. He didn't unde= rstand what Danjune did, but with her explanation, in her own way, he resol= ved his misunderstandings from his own presumptions.

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And now he was well on his way to gett= ing closer to her, getting her to be his girlfriend, and then he and Jiaye = wouldn't have any more secrets. Hope sprung at his chest and in his steps a= s he made his way to the dance hall.

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   The sound of someone= yelping, followed by a thud, made the blood gush through her veins ag= ain, struck her back to movement and attention; her legs, which were wobbli= ng a few minutes ago, suddenly took her down the stairs hastily.

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    ?I will give y= ou a thousand pounds if you go down stairs in this dark and if you're able = to convince your friends to accompany you,? the worker said.

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    He was middle = aged, shabby, smirking, with hands blackened with dirt, with two raise= d eyebrows as if to challenge them and ask them, ?what do you think?? he wa= s wearing ragged clothes and looked suspicious.

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     He glanc= ed at the narrow flight of stairs heading downwards; he tapped his forehead= with one finger, thinking. A part of his mind told him not to do that= , but he felt adrenalin rushing to his limbs. His heart beat faster, and he= felt pleasure just at the thought of taking the risk, exploring, and doing= his own thing. He smiled widely.

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    ?I accept the = dare; we will go.?

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     A girl s= tanding beside him frowned and furrowed her eyebrows.

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    ?are you sure?= I don't think that's a good idea!?

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    ?do you want h= im to think i can't take a dare? it's a piece of cake. Nothing will happen.= I am not dumb you guys, I know what I am going for.?

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   She sighed, ?okay, w= hatever. Let's get it over with quickly before we are missed.?

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    She eyed her t= wo friends, who giggled in excitement and looked at her encouragingly.

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    ?Come on, Kari= n, it will be fun,? her friend said.

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    ?Karin, you ar= e making a fuss; you are so scared for nothing. I will go and take Alex, Sa= ra, Judith, Tom, Jack, and Peter with me,? Ali said. ?You have to come alon= g.?

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    Karin took a s= tep forward and gave a little disapproving sigh. She hesitantly said, ?Fine= , let's go.?

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    They all desce= nded the narrow staircase, one after the other.

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    A story above,= people were moving around energetically. The place, though full of trash h= ere and there, showed the amount of work that has been done and the upcomin= g chores.  The ground was full of sand, dust, and little rocks. The wa= lls were not even painted yet. The sealing was not even completely built, a= nd the only source of light came from a little lamp, installed in that comp= leted part of the ceiling. The temperature was extremely high; the air was = humid, and everyone in the room was panting and sweating profusely. Music w= as playing from speakers someone had brought with them; everyone was engage= d in meaningful, essential conversations to discuss and organize everything= they were doing. Frequently, the sound of a person calling out to someone = and asking them for an item of food was heard.

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    A tall lady wa= s walking all around the room, supervising everyone and making sure that ev= erything is being done correctly. She was always looking around her, watchi= ng every single person, insuring that they were there, safe, and helping ou= t pleasantly.  She was most of those people's English teacher, but bec= ause her students loved her a lot, they couldn't refuse her offer to join h= er in the charity she was running; she and her friends were responsible for= packing boxes that contain all the basic food items any human needs a= nd distributing them among the needy. The passion by which the students acc= epted this offer and kept up with all the hard work for several days in a r= ow was fantastic. This passion and eagerness the students expressed made th= eir parents supportive. In fact, they trusted the teacher a lot; they all b= elieved she would keep their children safe as well as active and helpful.

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     As she w= alked around, she felt like something was wrong. A few people were missing,= not one or two, but about six. She asked everyone, but no one knew where t= hey were. She walked towards the stairs to search for them in the other flo= ors. All though she was tensed up and apprehensive, she couldn't help but f= eel angry because she had warned them many times not to do anything or go a= nywhere without letting her know. She was running up the dark, incompl= etely built staircases that had no bars yet. Every story, she would pause t= o calm her shuttering breaths. She was panting heavily, and she felt like f= ire was surrounding her from all directions, trapping her in its heat and s= moke. She was feeling noticeably hotter, and anxiety amplified her heart be= ats.

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    She could hear= her heart pounding in her chest; she felt like it was going to jump out of= it. Her mind raced as her knees shook and trembled with fright. She couldn= 't bear her merciless thoughts; guilt and worry were both consuming her str= ength; her legs quivered; her mind spun with all kinds of horrifying, grues= ome thoughts. What if something happens to them? What if they are injured? = What if someone is lost? What if, in this horrid darkness, someone kidnaps,= rapes, threatens, or injures any of them? What about their parents? What a= bout the mother that told her today, ?I am very comforted and assured when = you are around because you supervise them very well and treat them like you= r own kids??

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    She could feel= the start of a sharp, slicing headache. With each flight of stairs she cli= mbed, her strength gradually deteriorated, leaving her a victim to her stor= ming headache and thrashing heart. She felt wearier every time she thought = she heard their voices above, only to find the darkness and some sleeping w= orkers meeting her gaze when she ascended. Her gasps quickened; her tears a= ppeared, heavy and bitter. She leaned on the wall and closed her eyes; she = thought she would pass out when she heard a scream that shocked her back to= absolute consciousness and full speed.

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    She shot down = the stairs. She could still hear the screams; they hit her ears like loud r= oars. She saw Ali rushing up the stairs; she glanced at him, and before ask= ing any questions, he said, ?miss, oh miss. Karin, Karin fell off the scaff= olding.?

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    She drew in a = sharp breath and stifled a shriek. He darted down the stairs; she followed = him. she remembered her friend, the owner of the building, had told he= r that there was a garage, full of building equipment that they would use i= n a couple of days, below the basement. Her eyes were met with this shockin= g, terrible scene: Karin was lying on the ground; the teacher could see lit= tle drops of blood surrounding her; they were increasing. Apparently, Karin= had bruises on her hands and legs; her eyes were closed.

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    She approached= her; Karin opened her eyes and sobbed fearfully. The blood was coming from= a cut at the back of her head that must have definitely been caused by her= collision on the solid ground. She extended her arm over to Karin and aske= d Judith to help as well; Karin rose slowly and tried to balance herself an= d overcome the dizziness she was feeling. The teacher asked, ?Are you okay?= ?

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    ?I guess, yes.= ?

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    ?Where's Sara?= ? Jack yelled.

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    ?My god! Sara!= ? Alex screeched.

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    Everyone scurr= ied to the other side of the room, where Alex was standing next to an uncon= scious Sara; beside her, there was a puddle of vomit. Judith quickly pulled= out a small bottle of perfume from her bag; she sprayed a few times on the= back of her hand and then neared her hand to Sara's nose. Sara slowly open= ed her eyes. In a short while, she had stood up and recollected her strengt= h.

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    ?Sorry guys I = worried you, but I can't stand seeing blood.?

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    Karin was sitt= ing down on a huge rock after her teacher put a bandage on her cut to stop = the bleeding until her mom arrives and gave her a bottle of water to compen= sate the lost blood. Karin looked very tired and feeble. Everyone gathered = around Karin to check up on her, and the teacher took this chance to ask th= em, ?May I know why you all came here? This is so childish and irresponsibl= e! See? Karin got injured, and Sara fainted. These are the results of your = rash actions.?

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    ?I am terribly= sorry, miss. One of the workers dared me to persuade everyone to come here= with me, and he said he would give me a thousand pounds if I was able to d= o that. Karin was very hesitant, but I pressured her until she gave in. I w= as too stubborn and careless to consider the consequences of that dare. Sor= ry Karin, sorry Sara. I hope you both feel better soon,? Ali said guiltily.=

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    ?And why did y= ou climb on the scaffolding, Karin??

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    Karin bit her = lit nervously and regretfully; she looked at the ground, red-faced and tear= y-eyed.

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    ?I got very ca= rried away once we came here; I wanted to continue this adventurous, risky = experience, but I didn't know I would lose my balance and tumble off the sc= affolding. Sorry.?

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    The teacher couldn't contain her anger; she burst, ?what <= a style=3D"color: #ffffff;" href=3D"http://www.sicthdorectopfli13.shop/b335O2P395hj86A10S882dPcedA18GhscFDrfhscFDrEsvZ7kQU999S5B1UY06nPsXvA/outfits-avenger">were you thinking? Are = you children to be tan= talized and lured by anything anyone says? Didn't you think that he could b= e trying to get you in a dark, quiet part of the building to hurt you? Didn= 't you think that you might be injured, kidnapped, hurt, or threatened? Did= n't you recall my instructions and think about the state I would be in if y= ou don't follow them and do the opposite? Didn't you think about your paren= ts? You made me live one of the worst, scariest days ever! For the last tim= e, if you do anything other than what I tell you, I won't allow you to come= here and join us, and you are not going to be on my good side at all. I hope I was clear.?

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    They all silently knotted and follow= ed her up the stairs. Peter was helping Karin out because she was still fee= ling dizzy. Everyone gasped at the cite and started asking questions. Soon,= Karin's mom and Sara's mom arrived to pick them up; they both chided their= girls severely. Their teacher bid them goodbye and asked Karin to talk to = her after getting back from the doctor. She betook herself to a quiet corne= r of the room, where she cupped her face and allowed her worried tears to c= ome out. she gasped, huffed, and sighed as she imagined awful, worst scenar= ios and felt relieved they didn't occur. After a short cry, The teacher fin= ally  breathed deeply and thought about the rashness and persistence o= f young youth, and decided to forgive them; however, she vowed she would ma= ke them regret it for = a while to learn the lesson.  She went to talk to the rest of the grou= p to make sure none of= them follow anyone else's instructions or accept any stupid dares.

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