Rumors

Y/N pov

Seeing me come back, Rose made a worried expression and quickly made her way over to me.

“Y/N, did anything happen to you last night?” She asked worriedly, but her voice was louder than usual.

And so, people immediately started to flood the formerly empty hallway.

Everyone was here to spectate the victim of the tragedy.

Some were genuinely worried and pitied me, while some were there for laughs and wanted to see me get embarrassed…

There were many different gazes, but one thing was for sure. They all thought I had been drugged and raped!

For context, only Rose knew about the events that transpired last night, and the news that I had been hospitalised had already been kept down by my manager at the first moment. In conclusion, the rumors could only have come from one source!

I am impressed with Rose’s ability to spread rumors!

Without waiting for me to reply, Rose came closer and held my shoulders, pulling me into a hug and comforting me. “Y/N, don’t be too sad hm? I know you didn’t want this to happen, no one could have seen it coming!”

After she finished, I asked coldly, “What happened?”

Rose was stunned, her expression somewhat awkward as she looked confusedly at mine cool expression.

It was completely different than what she had anticipated.

“Y/N I know you’re sad, but don’t worry I’ll always be by your side. We can act like the thing that happened to you last night was all a bad dream, it’ll get better…”

“What happened to me? I’m standing here just fine, why didn’t I know something happened to me?” I asked, her expression calm and collected like nothing had actually happened.

After all, if anything really had happened this wouldn’t be my response!

Rose pov

But those drugs....

And I saw Y/N get knocked out with my own eyes, she could not have escpaed!

So she was only putting on a front right now…

I could not let her slip away just yet!

“Y/N, you got drunk and were brought away by some people. I felt so bad for not keeping an eye on you, or else that wouldn’t have happened.”

Y/N pov

“How did you know I was taken away by someone?” I asked calmly, “I went to the bar with you last night, so did you see me get brought away with your own eyes?” Rose blinked in surprise, evidently not expecting me to reply like that.

She squeezed a smile and tried to look empathetic and worried.

“I’m sorry Y/N, I saw you get brought away but I couldn’t catch up so I lost you… I’m so sorry…”

Seeing her pitiful expression, the other girls started murmuring amongst themselves again.

“She was raped, and yet she blames her friend for not watching out for her.”

“I know right? She was the one that got drunk and now she’s blaming someone else…”

Hearing the jeers and murmurs of the crowd, a mocking expression flitted over Rose’s face for a split second, but then she continued her facade of standing up for me.

“Y/N this is all my fault, I shouldn’t have brought you to the bar with me and I shouldn’t have let you have that drink… I didn’t think that you would get drunk after only one cup… and even got…”