False Tears, False Smiles [k;th] [completed]

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Inspired by the quote "Fake tears bring pain to those around you, but a fake smile brings pain to oneself."

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Jessica Park was an attention seeker. She was in constant need of someone's attention. Her self-esteem was low, but she acted self- centered in front of people.

She would cry to gain attention. Not the sobbing ugly-crying, but the tear-streaks down the face, red cheeks, and uneven breaths crying.

And her best trick was to let tears streak down, wipe them, attempt to regain herself, and ask to go to the restroom so that everyone would know that she was crying.

And sometimes her reason wasn't even good. "I got a cut on my arm, and now it stings!"

"They were playing basketbal,l and since they don't like me for some reason, they threw the ball at me! Then I tripped!! How rude!!" when all that really happened was the ball rolled out of bound, and she just happened to trip.

She would always make up things in order to get attention, but there was this one guy who caught her eye.

His name was Kim Seokjin. He was the most popular guy in school. He got decent grades and was extremely attractive. So her being the "second most popular person on campus" wanted his attention. He was the most perfect person on campus. No other guy could even compare to him.

He could sing and dance. He was attractive. He got decent grades. He was tall. 

And she wanted his attention.

Of course, she really wanted him to ask her out. But that didn't seem too difficult. She could get almost any popular guy to ask her out. All but Seokjin. It irritated her.

She tried her best to casually approach and befriend him. Which she was so happy to say that she had succeeded. She became close with him. And then all she had to do was wait for him to ask her out. She would keep the tears coming ever so often just as the attention was slipping away from her. "And after I become close with him," she thought, "he would comfort me along with the other people who do comfort me regularly."