Seokjin Kim, Class of 2019, Seoul National University College of Medicine

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This year, I was finally able to stand proudly before my parents. It was because I had been accepted into the prestigious Seoul National University College of Medicine. With a heart filled with excitement, I crossed the gates of Seoul National University. I never dreamed I would ever step foot on this university campus. With a surge of pride, I confidently entered the medical school lecture hall.




“There’s no one here… I came too early… Ugh.”



I took a seat at the front of the empty lecture hall, pulled out some medical books, and began reading. I lost track of time as I read, and before I knew it, the room was bustling with people. A few minutes later, the professor arrived.


“Was it the 20th class that entered this year?”



I answered all the professor's questions correctly, and from the first day, I studied so hard that my mind was a mess, but I started writing down everything the professor said.


After a grueling lecture, I collapsed on my desk. I hit the ball a few times and then moved on to the next lecture.



There was a crowd of people in the middle of the hallway, so I tried to turn to the side and was pushed by the crowd, bumped into something, and fell backwards.



“Wow!!!”


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“.....”


“...What the heck is that thing..?



He just glanced at the person who was obviously being squashed because of him as if he were a bug and walked away. I was so dumbfounded that I stared at the back of his head for a while.


“Ha... My knees are all scratched...”


I left my sore knees behind and picked up the books that had spilled out of my bag and went into the next classroom.




I limped in on sore knees, and there was the same guy sitting there. He must have been popular, because there were a lot of girls milling around.


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“...”




“He’s so damn handsome..”

“Then what are you going to do? Your personality is trash. You piece of shit... Mr. Woo, eat this!!”



I sat down alone and stared at the guy's face, but in my anger, I punched him in the back of the head and our eyes met.



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“....”



He was staring at me with a blank expression, and I was so scared that I decided I couldn't possibly attend the same lecture again, so I ran out of the classroom. Since the lecture hadn't even started yet, I was sitting on a chair outside the classroom, catching my breath, when someone sat down next to me.




“..?”


“??????”



Someone was watching and the bastard followed me out and sat down next to me. For a moment, I was so startled that I opened my eyes wide and just stared at the bastard.



“Hey, are you that guy? The one who bumped into me.”


“Yes?? That’s right, but only a part of it??”


“Ha… Do you think I don’t know what you’re up to? I’ve seen so many kids just bump into each other and act like they’re acting crazy in front of me.”


"Even so, I wasn't one of them, was I? Not everyone who clashes with them ends up being one of them."


“Then why did you give me a shit?”


“Because I don’t have any money.”


“.....”


"Are you done with your business? That's all for now."



I said that confidently, but I was so scared that I trembled behind his back. Since I'm so popular, I was so worried that rumors about me would spread throughout the university at any moment. It'd be a bit much to be branded a total nutcase the moment I arrived, right?


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“...”



Seokjin just stared blankly in the direction Yeoju had gone for a long time.