Love is a misunderstanding!
01: That's how the misunderstanding began.
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Another transfer. I've already transferred four times in high school, and if you include my transfer experience since elementary school, this was exactly my 17th transfer this year. I'm 18 this year, and I've had to transfer schools frequently since I was young due to my parents' work.Even if you work hard to become friends with friends, you often end up transferring after only a month or three months.
“Hey~ Let’s go together~”
On my way to school, a group of girls, presumably my grade, ran past me, laughing, slapping me on the shoulder. What could be so funny? As I said before, I have no friends. Because of my frequent school transfers, even when I made friends, I'd often end up transferring again, and...
..friend? There was a time in my past when friends were so precious and everything to me. We laughed, ate, and joked around together... but
In the end, all I got back were accusations, ridicule, and stabs in the back of the head, all caused by misunderstandings. I never knew what lay hidden behind the smiling faces of my friends, and I feared the blade hidden behind their kind words. That's what my friends were to me.
“Still, this school will last a while…”
Anyway, about two months had already passed since I started living at Moa High School, my fourth high school that I transferred to this year. As expected, I was alone and had no friends.
“I wish I could just walk around quietly like this.”
This time, it was obvious. If I just study moderately and attend school moderately, I'll end up transferring to the next school. My only wish was this: to live quietly, without incident, without a presence, until I transfer to the next school. That was all.
But... was this really such a big wish?!
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Lunchtime is passing again today. I don't eat lunch. I don't have anyone to eat with, and the cafeteria filled with hundreds of students feels repulsive. Just entering it makes me feel suffocated. As usual, I was lying face down on my desk alone in the classroom. Then, despite not having eaten anything, I felt indigestion. I took a quiet walk around the playground and was about to head to class.
“Hey.. Choi Soo-bin is so handsome today.. “
"Beomgyu dyed his hair ㅜㅜ"
"It looks like Kang Tae-hyun is reading a book as he passes by. "
This isn't surprising. Wherever you go, there's always at least one. A handsome, successful, popular kid with a middle school syndrome. But, based on my 17th transfer experience, this school was a bit extreme. It's the first time I've seen a school with not one, but three middle schoolers who enjoy receiving so much attention.
The one running at the very front is Choi Beom-gyu. He's in the same class as me and he's probably the most playful and permissive kid out of them all. Thanks to him, our classroom is never quiet.
“Hey, I’m full. Want to play basketball?”
The guy walking next to him while giggling is Huening Kai. I think he's probably the only first-year student among them. From what I've seen, he seems to have a side of himself that rivals Choi Beomgyu's.
“Oh, of course it’s a call~ Taehyung, you want a call too?”
The guy who always carries a book while walking is Kang Tae-hyun, and I heard he's probably the top student in the whole school. He doesn't stand out from the other two students and seems to dislike being the center of attention... but for some reason, I have a feeling he's unlucky. (This is just my personal opinion.)
“Please, I beg you, why don’t you use your lunch hour more efficiently by studying?”
The tall boy walking from the very end is Choi Soobin, the only normal person among them. With his neatly buttoned shirt and student council badge dangling from his sleeve, Choi Soobin is the class president and practically the only person I've ever spoken to at this school.
Just like now..
"Hey lady!"
" .. huh? "
It's ruined. All eyes are on me...
“Eat this.”
Choi Soo-bin suddenly handed over the bread she was holding in her hand.
“..Huh? Why are you doing this to me..?”
“You never eat, Yeoju. You probably didn’t even eat breakfast..
Eat this too. ”
Choi Soobin would sometimes, out of the blue, take care of me like this. I think it was probably a request from my homeroom teacher. I think she saw me, a new transfer student, always starving and walking around alone, and she tipped me off to take care of her.
But!!!!!!!! It's really too burdensome!!!!!!!!!!!! ㅠㅠ
As soon as Choi Soo-bin handed me the bread, several people's eyes turned to me. Then they started muttering.
"What is that?"
"Who are you? Is this your first time seeing me?"
“Who is he to receive bread from Choi Soo-bin?”
Ha... I felt like my stomach was churning in an instant. My head suddenly started spinning, I was out of breath, and I was staggering.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“Excuse me... I don’t feel well, so please go to the infirmary!”
I turned around and ran at full speed towards Choi Soo-bin. Ha... Seriously... Please, I just want to go to school without any attention.
“ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Oh my gosh, my stomach hurtsㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Did Choi Soobin get scolded by a woman just now? ㅋㅋㅋ”
“Be quiet, Choi Beom-gyu.”
“Haha ...
"Kim Yeo-ju from our class, right? Choi Soo-bin. Did the teacher tell you to take care of her?"
“Oh, I see. Kang Tae-hyun, how do you know that?”
“It’s our class, Choi Beom-gyu, you idiot.”
“Huh? Was there a kid like that in our class?”
“Ah, everyone shut up, eat this bread, Huening.”
“Really???? Yay~!!!!! Free bread is the best~!!!!!!”
“By the way, Choi Yeonjun didn’t come again?”
“I don’t know, I was riding a motorcycle last week and the teacher confiscated it, so I’ve been absent for a week.“It seems like you’re rebelling.”
Subin muttered softly.
“You don’t really like this bread..?”
I ran towards the infirmary to avoid Choi Soo-bin, but then turned around for a moment. Fortunately, the situation seemed to have calmed down after I left. Seeing the four people standing farther away gave me a strange sense of foreboding.
“Did they originally go out as a group of four?”
Something definitely feels off... Was there another person? Well, it's none of my business anyway.
At that time... I definitely thought it would be like that.
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The sky was clear today, the breeze cool, but the walk to school felt strangely uncomfortable. As usual, I passed the school gate with my earphones in, but something felt off. What? Certainly off!
Somehow today... I felt like everyone was whispering to me. Haha, no, Kim Yeo-ju. Are you overly self-conscious right now? Or are you reeling from old trauma? Please, Yeo-ju. There's no way those kids who didn't even care about me would suddenly start cussing me out, right? Right?
But even on the stairs leading to the classroom, all the students were whispering and looking at me. I was sure it wasn't true, but I was really hoping against hope, so I took off the earphones I had in my ears.
“That’s him.”
“Really? Is that him then?”
“Wow.. So she’s the female lead? Isn’t she crazy?”
It wasn't my imagination. I... I think I heard my name... for sure just now... Wait... I don't understand the situation right now, but why am I, who clearly had no presence until yesterday, suddenly being cursed at by the entire school?
No, he's that guy..? Is it really because of Choi Soo-bin's rejection of bread yesterday???????? No, I'm going crazy.. Am I really a sinner in front of the whole school because of that? No, really?
I felt so wronged that I couldn't stand it anymore, so I looked up at the kids, thinking I should explain myself.
“Hey! Did you see the look I just made in the eye? Your eyes are creepy...”
"Did you see the article that came up in Daejeon yesterday? The person who wrote it was Kim Yeo-ju,
That guy. "
No... Wait a minute. What's going on in Daejeon? Moa High School, this school has a Daejeon too? Hey guys. I didn't even know this school had a "Delivering on Your Behalf" program. I don't know what's going on, but I opened the classroom door anyway.
As soon as I entered the classroom, all eyes turned to me, and a strange silence and atmosphere filled the room. Some kids frowned openly, and even Choi Soobin, who was usually kind to me, looked at me with a serious expression.
As I was trying to ignore the gaze and sit down at my desk, someone shouted at me loudly.
“No matter how anonymous you are, you shouldn’t do something you can’t handle.
Isn't that right, kids? "
All the kids laughed and made fun of me. Right, right, lol.
My heart sank. The past trauma overlapped with the current situation. What's happening? I really didn't do anything...
at that time,
BAM-!!
Suddenly the classroom door opened roughly.
In an instant, the entire classroom became silent as if it had stopped.
Untidy shirt, dark eyes,
And somewhere sharpSharp expression
Choi Yeonjun
Yes, Choi Yeonjun. I remembered the strange feeling of foreboding during lunch yesterday.
Yes, Choi Yeonjun was there..
“Is that you?”
And then he slowly approached.
“Are you Kim Yeo-ju?”
In the hallway and surrounding area, there was a noise of children crowding around.
It got bigger and bigger.
And Choi Yeonjun came right up to my nose,
He pushed his face against mine and whispered.
“Lady, you wrote that, didn’t you? That piece?”