"Around 4 in the afternoon yesterday, a part of Lyrids fell on to a residence in Seoul and destroyed it. We interviewed the victim, Tiffany Young."
"A shiny object fell on to the roof of my house, and the ground shook then.. It was crushed. My house was destroyed. It first made a hole on the roof, it didn't look so big. Fortunately, we were all outside. I worked so hard to build that house. Now we don't have anywhere to go." Tiffany tried so hard not to breakdown on national TV but her tears betrayed her
"The meteorite that fell was about 3 centimeters in diameter. The experts think that it was triggered by the meteorite but the house collapsed because of negligence during the construction. The next news is-"
Jimin snapped back from the TV to the person behind her when she felt a soft pat on her back.
"Let's go to school together," Aeri gently smiled at her
Jimin has been waiting on the sushi restaurant they own. Now that they don't have a house anymore, she figured the routine everyday will be like this.
"What are the odds that a house get strucked by a shooting star?" She mumbled to herself
"Shooting star? That's a funny way to put it." Aeri chuckled
Jimin shakes her head, "Instead of thinking we were victimized by a meteorite, isn't it more romantic to think that a shooting star fell on us?"
"For crying out loud-" Aeri's statement were cut off short when the telephone of the restaurant rang
Jimin stood up and answered the call. An elegant voice greeted her on the other line asking for her mom.
"Yes, you've reached the Yu's... please hold on,"
"Mom, someone's asking for you! It's a customer." Jimin shouts
Tiffany appeared immediately and took the call.
"We'll be on our way, mom." She bid her farewell
Tiffany patted her head and Jimin went back to Aeri who's already fixing their stuffs to school.
"Hello this is the owner speaking, we apologize for the... huh?" Tiffany halted
Jimin peeked at her mom, getting curious as to why she stopped.
"Kim??" Her mom squealed, "Oh my god, how's it going?"
It quickly got her attention. "Kim?"
"No way, there are a lot of Kim's in Korea."
"Bye mom,"
"Bye auntie,"
Tiffany waved at them and went back on chatting with someone on the phone.
On her way to school, Jimin is still the topic of the whole lot. Not with the 'confession' rumours anymore but the new 'meteorite' one.
"It's Yu Jimin of Class F."
"It's her house that collapsed, right?"
"Did you see the news?"
"I did."
"It's on the newspaper too."
"It happened right after she got rejected, too."
Jimin frowned. A bunch of boys came into her sight and started insulting her.
"Your bad luck continues, maybe you're cursed or something."
And a lot of glances were showered through her way. She sighed, 'when will I get peace?'
"Don't listen to them, what an asshole!" Aeri said through gritted teeth
"You're the talk of the town nowadays," Ningning appeared out of nowhere
"Now I know what it feels to want to crawl into a hole." Jimin replied with a sigh
They were near the school gate when they heard Kai, Yuna and Ryujin's loud voices.
"Donations! Donations, please!" Kai's voice is leading them
"100 won would be fine!" Yuna yelled
"What the fuck are these idiots doing?" Ningning scratched her head out of embarassment
Jimin ran her way towards the three, jaw dropping either because of shame or gratefulness.
"We are doing a fund raising campaign of love for Yu Jimin of class F who lost her home yesterday," Ryujin stated using a microphone, making sure everyone hears it.
"How do they not get embarass of this?" Aeri facepalmed
"That's not included in their vocabulary," Ningning laughed
"We're all her fellow students here, so, please donate." She added with feelings
Students either give donations or ignore them but the latter mostly happens.
"Don't you want to help Jimin who was struck by a meteorite?" Kai tried to sound convincing but because of his gangster looks everyone's been avoiding him
"He's fucking stupid." Ningning shakes her head in disappointment
Jimin trudged her way infront of Kai, and with a strained look on her face she stopped him.
"Stop it, Kai!"
Instead of listening he went hysterical, "Here she is, our poor Yu Jimin! After experiencing such tragedy yesterday here she comes to school with a bright smile on her face. She's so cute today, as usual. I think I'm gonna cry."
Kai sat down with his microphone and acted like he was about to cry.
Jimin snatched the microphone out of his hand. "Stop it Kai, you idiot!"
"What are you saying? I'm doing this for you!"
"I don't want to be gossiped about anymore than I already am!" Jimin replied
"Why am I surrounded by idiots?" muttered Aeri
Ningning scoffed, "That's because you're an idiot yourself."
They stopped bickering when they saw a familiar figure walking past them.
"You're in my way." said Minjeong. Her tone sounded like she wanted to complain.
"M-Minjeong!" She stuttered
"Hey, Minjeong, watch how you talk to her!" Kai towered over the girl
Minjeong glanced at him with a bored look. Yuna and Ryujin hid behind a bush. They fear her, not because of her looks but because of her intelligence.
"Jimin's in a lot of pain right now, and whose fault is that?" Kai sounded like he's trying to blame her
Jimin exchanged glances from the two of them.
"It was the Lyrid meteor shower's fault." Minjeong replied boredly
"That's a different story." Kai snickered
"It's because you rejected her in such a horrible way!" He corrected
"That's pretty aggressive," Ningning was getting entertained by the scene upfront
"That was the start of all kinds of calamities for her." Kai pointed his fingers at Jimin who still remains silent
"I hope you're aware that you're not making any sense right now." murmured Minjeong
"Just admit that it's your fault!" Kai glared at her
Minjeong doesn't seem fazed by his actions, instead she smirked.
"I must be so amazing to cause this catastrophe, huh?"
Her attention went to her bag as she shuffled something inside of it. Looking for a certain object.
She took out a wallet and started counting money on it.
She stretched her hand to put it inside the donation box but instead it went directly on Jimin's face.
"That's 500,000 won, will that be enough?" Minjeong smirked at how Jimin's eyes widened
"Who the hell carries that much of a money in their bag?" Yuna whispered to Ryujin
Ryujin shrugged her shoulders.
"Don't make fun of me!" Jimin gripped her wrist causing all the money to fall on the ground
Yuna and Ryujin was quick enough to chase after it though.
"To think I had feelings for a person like you for two whole years. What a waste!" Her breathings became unsteady, she couldn't breathe because of Minjeong's piercing eyes.
Minjeong looked away as she put her wallet back in her bag. She sighed. Hands going in the side of her skirt's pockets.
"I'd rather die than accept your charity!" Jimin whole-heartedly shouts
Minjeong's brow raised in amusement, "Are you sure you should be saying things like that?"
"Of course I do! I mean, the way you act do you even have friends? Look at me, I have so many friends who came to help me when I'm in trouble like Kai, Ningning, Aeri, Ryujin and Yuna." She snapped
Kai proudly patted her shoulder, "Nice one, Jimin."
"So I don't have any reason whatsoever to want your support." She said eyes locking on her crush
Minjeong grinned at her statement as she walked off. Obviously amused on how she stood up on her.
It was late when Jimin realized what she had said. Her mind went blank as she stare into space.
Yuna and Ryujin approached Minjeong and gave back the money she was supposed to donate to Jimin.
"Here's your money."
The pokerface she's wearing went back and just like that she walked away from them.
Jimin looked back, not feeling satisfied about the things she said.
"Just because I'm in Class F..." She started, she put the microphone on her mouth as she continues, "Just because I'm stupid! Don't you make fun of me!"
Students started gossiping around them.
"You'll be even more famous after that one." Aeri laughed
Ningning wrapped her arms around Jimin's shoulders, "No one would dare to confront that girl except you, Jimin." She proudly mumbled
"Oh no." Jimin held her head, everything is sinking now and it's too late to regret what she's done.
"What should I do? I didn't mean to do that!"