Hyun-Ju had no idea why you participated in the squid games because that was the whole reason why you two argued. Before she left, she told you what she was going to do because you’re her girlfriend, that she found a way to get money and help clear both your debt and her debt, as well as help with her transition and surgeries.

But you didn’t buy it. It was sketchy, and you felt so protective of her, and it wasn’t until you decided to secretly follow her there since you had also been offered the same deal… that you realised that maybe it was a chance to wipe the slate clean. And boy you got ahead of yourself.

The games were brutal, and it wasn’t until the first game, ‘red light, green light,’ that everyone there realised that being eliminated’ actually meant certain death. People getting shot right on the spot.

But Hyun-Ju, she had done something so selfless (as usual), and helped a man names Gi-Hun carry an injured man across to the finish line, only for the injured man to be shot on purpose, despite clearing the game.

And his blood splattered all across her face and clothes.

So when everyone who passed went back into the bunker, she slipped into the women’s bathroom to try and scrub it off. When she looked into the mirror, she stared at herself and wanted to cry.