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Dazed & Confused

Came out of the closet together, hand in hand. My ass.

The dark janitor's closet just witnessed a very strange turn of events with the school heartthrob and the head cheerleader.

After their laughing fit, Xueer and Jiaqi were seated on the dusty floor of the janitor's closet, in the dark with their own thoughts, without seeing each other. Also, without saying a word to the other. It was dead silent.

Xueer bit her lips as she tried collecting her thoughts together. Xueer was confused.

Likewise, Jiaqi who was seated at a distance away from Xueer, with her back pressed to the wall and who was also subtly stealing glances at Xueer's hunched over figure in the dark, was also in a daze.

"..."

The silence continued.

"Xueer!" A high pitched voice suddenly cut through the still air. Jiaqi, as deep as she was in the closet, still winced as Xueer's name rang out clearly in the four walls.

"Jiaqi! Where are you?" A muffled voice soon followed, sounding farther away.

"Move out of the way, Yu Shuxin!" The faraway voice shouted. Xueer, as close as she was to the door, could only make out the first two words as her voice was faded.

Move out? What the hell? I know Yu Yan and I are on like the basic minimal friendly terms as acquaintances and roommates, and the only thing that I know about her is that her name is Yuyan and that her nickname is Scary, so she should not hate me to the point to ask me to move out, right? Oh my god. Its been only a week!  Xueer's brain went into overdrive. 

I should go and beg her for forgiveness. It must have been about last night! I am too young and broke to survive renting a flat alone. Xueer began slowly panicking as she sat up straight from her hunched position.

"Shut up, Zhao Xiaotang!" The voice apparently belonging to Shuxin increased in volume as she neared the closet.

"Oi, let's just find them. Can't the both of you stop fighting?" Shaking shouted at the pair who were shouting and pushing ahead of each other in their search of the school heartthrob and the head cheerleader.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Sureeeeee Shaking." Shuxin dragged out.

Xiaotang rolled her eyes at the sound of Shuxin's exaggerated tone.

"That's it, I have had it with the both of you! Let's head the other way, Xiaotang!" Shaking pulled Xiaotang into another direction. The hallway abruptly became peaceful, which did not last for long.

Before Jiaqi and Xueer knew it, the light in the cramped and dark closet suddenly flickered on.

Jiaqi's eyes squinted as they tried adjusting themselves to the sudden light invading the room. She then saw pale fingers at the light switch slowly move from their position to fold with another hand, leaving Yu Shuxin crossed arms on her chest at the entrance of the closet.

However, Shuxin's attention was only on Xueer as she had not realised that Jiaqi was there too.

Xueer remained on the floor as she widened her doe eyes at Shuxin as she uttered, "...Shuxin?"

"There you are, Xueer! I have been looking all over for you! Did you forget about our sleepover? It's Friday!" Shuxin exclaimed as she batted her eyelashes at Xueer, putting her hands on her hips in annoyance.

"I have already prepared the things we need, the Frozen movie, the popcorn, the-" Shuxin abruptly cut herself off once her eyes landed on the school heartthrob. All the attention in the room was suddenly focused on Jiaqi, like the spotlight was made to shine on her and her only.