Bully. | Haobin

01: Bully.

As Zhang Hao walks into the school, loud cheers can be heard everywhere. Students were screaming and clapping their hands excitedly, some even barking unusually.

Zhang Hao just keeps a poker face despite the noisy atmosphere, mostly because he's used to all the attention. Being an introvert is not the best thing for him.

You may wonder, why is he so popular? Why does everyone go crazy for him?

You see, he's actually the son of a top actor and a former idol. Ever since he came to this school, he got all the attention from students, school staff and even teachers. Not even the school's most popular students stand a chance against him.

Of course, some people are jealous of him, and surely enough has hatred towards him, especially the popular students.

Zhang Hao has been the top student in his school for years. All the juniors admired him and made him their role model. Since then, a lot of students got high scores in their examinations because they wanted to be like Zhang Hao.

The principal saw this and decided to make Zhang Hao the student council president. He wanted to get to know about this star student more.

Hao continues to walk down the hallways until he reached the restroom. He closed the door but someone suddenly storms in, making him flinch a little.

"Hey, long time no see buddy!" a tall student wearing a jacket wrapped his hands around Hao.

Hao just stood there, not wanting to talk his bully. Just the way he wraps his hands around him makes him uncomfortable.

"Come on, you know giving me the silent treatment doesn't work, right?" the bully pushes him, causing Hao to stumble against a wall.

Zhang Hao backed away from the bully, trying to reach the doorknob behind him to escape.

"Where do you think you're going?" the student kicks him hard in the stomach, earning groans from Hao.

"F-fuck off, Andrew.." Hao coughed out blood.

"Why don't we have some fun?" were the last words Hao heard before he felt something hard hit him in his head.

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Zhang Hao woke up to the water splashed on his face. He opened his eyes, just to see the light pierced his eyes like needles. He looked around trying to figure out where he was.

Hao knew this place. It was the school's hidden backroom. He remembered that he always got beaten up in this place. He didn't want to recall those memories as it wasn't that pleasant to think about.

Hao felt like his head had been crushed into a million pieces. His vision was blurry but he could still see a dark human-like silhouette walk up to him, holding his signature hammer.

"Hey, looks like you're awake."

Andrew laughed and gripped his hammer tightly. Hao knew what was coming next. The same technique to beat him up again. He no longer cares about how his face will change.

As Andrew was about to swing his hammer into Hao's face, something like a tornado swept in and kicked Andrew hard in his face, making him pass out.

He could feel someone holding his hand before he completely blacked out.

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Zhang Hao woke up to the strong smell of bleach and sanitizers. He looked around, realizing that he's in a hospital.

"Who took me to the hospital?"

That's when he saw someone sitting beside him, sleeping soundly.

Hao thought that he was cute. He was about to touch him when someone came in. Hao immediately retreated his hand and acted like nothing happened.

"Mr. Zhang Hao, is it?" the doctor looked at Hao.

Hao nodded while the doctor stood beside him. He was looking through Hao's medical records while busy writing something on it.

"Uhm what happened to me, doctor?" Hao asked.

"You got hit in the head several times by what I suspect is a wooden baseball bat. Your injuries are quite severe, but luckily we managed to treat your wounds because this boy beside you brought you here just in time" the doctor said without hesitation.

The boy woke up, rubbing his eyes while yawning a little. He was surprised to see two people staring at him.

"I'll leave Mr. Zhang Hao to you now, goodbye." 

The doctor exits as he closed the door. It's only just the two of them in Zhang Hao's ward now. There was an awkward tension between them as no one wanted to say anything.

"Hi, what's your name?" the boy finally breaks the silence.

"The doctor just said my name a few minutes ago." Hao tried not to look at him.

"Oh. Zhang Hao?"

Hao nodded. The boy smiled at that.

"What about you? What's your name?" Hao asked.

The boy hesitated for a while as he didn't really want to reveal his name, but he didn't want to disappoint Hao either.

So he told him.

"Hanbin. My name is Sung Hanbin."