𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁
𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲
BAEK solbi stood frigid and terrified outside of her homeroom— 1-4. sweat was dripping down the sides of her face as she stared down the door. she knew she couldn't stay their forever, but oh how badly she wished she could.
her hands were resting over her forehead in an attempt to hide her bangs. a quick glance into the room showed that most students were already inside. there was an extremely high probability that people would look at her when she walks in. therefore, people would see her super short bangs.
under no circumstances should that happen. solbi refused to be embarrassed on the first day of middle school.
as she was thinking about just turning around and going home, someone appeared behind her. "excuse me?"
her jaw dropped! there stood a guy with dark blue hair and blue eyes. and he was probably one of the cutest boys she's ever seen in her life. middle school was the time for awkwardness and puberty but here this guy was walking around with a perfect face.
solbi was so distracted staring at him, that her arms dropped to her side and low and behold— her bangs were revealed. she noticed his eyes drifting to her forehead and immediately brought her hands back up.
"sorry..." she mumbled, side stepping to let him go through.
the tall guy started walking through the door and solbi quickly followed behind him. she knew that he would have all eyes on him so nobody would notice her scurrying in.
as predicted, the moment he stepped in whispers began flying around.
"oh my god he's so good looking!"
"ugh i can't compete with him..."
"don't you know? yoo chunyoung is obviously.."
that was all solbi was able to hear before it got too noisy. she was happy to be able to put a name to his, perfect, face.
solbi was happy to see that her favorite seat was available. the seat that many others would beg to not have. but you see, our solbi has a plan. in order to go home as soon as possible with practically no social interactions, the optimal seat is the very first seat in the very first row right by the door.
ever since elementary school solbi was lucky enough to sit in the perfect spot. and every single day without fail she would say a quick bye to her desk mate and run home.
although her mangled bangs made her lose confidence, gaining her favorite seat made her believe that the first day won't be so bad. solbi pulled out a compact mirror from her bag to check on her bangs. maybe they look better now than they did before?
that moment, as soon as she flipped open the mirror, the door opened and the prettiest girl (in the whole world according to baek solbi) walked in. an invisible breeze blew past the pretty girl, making her hair sway and amplifying her looks. the class, once again, erupted into loud whispers.
solbi glanced down at her mirror and an invisible tear slid down her cheek. somehow her bangs looked even worse now than before.
what a great way to start her first day of middle school.
the first couple minutes of class were crazy. after chunyoung, not one, not two, but three other insanely good looking guys walked in. it was like the classroom was shining brighter from all the pretty faces. a girl with short hair was also with them, but she seemed to try to get away as soon as possible.
the class was talking about how amazing the four heavenly kings, dubbed by the class themselves, were. it didn't help that all of them were sitting together in the back corner.
solbi couldn't help but think that they were sitting where protagonists in novels usually sit. how funny would it be if they were part of a novel?
some of the girls in the middle of the room began to talk rather loudly. "you know that boy eun jiho? he's always gone in a limousine for school! they say that he's the son of a rich family." although the girl held her hand close to her mouth, solbi, and probably most of the class, heard her.
she also noticed that the girl with short hair seemed uncomfortable with the girls gossiping to her about the four heavenly kings.
"that boy woo ju-in has been best friends with eun jiho since they were kids!"
solbi craned her head towards the back to see who they were referring to. the girls never described how woo ju-in looked, but solbi could immediately tell that he was the shortest in the group who looked a little cheeky.
"he has an amazing personality! and people say that he has an iq of over 200!" solbi couldn't believe what she was hearing. that little ball of sunshine was a certified genius!
"eunhyung also has a good personality! everyone chose him as the class president in our last school! he's the perfect student!" solbi, who was slightly leaning towards the conversation, was shocked at how perfect he seems.
"what about him?" another girl asks, pointing towards yoo chunyoung.
"yoo chunyoung? he's a celeb! he models for his famous uncle. unfortunately he never talks to girls." the other girl replied, getting glum towards the end.
the gossiping girls' conversation slowly dies down. the room was still loud, with most of the students focusing on the four heavenly kings. solbi was never one for small talk but decided to try to become friends with her desk mate. she took a deep breath and turned to the girl next to her.
with an awkward smile etched onto her face, solbi greeted her. "hi my name is baek solbi. it's nice to meet you."
"hi.. i'm baek yeomin." yeomin turned to solbi and looked uninterested. yeomin was about to turn back around when solbi spoke.
"we're both baeks ahahaha." solbi could feel swear falling down the side of her face. she wanted to beat herself up for how awkward this situation was.
"yeah i guess." and with that baek yeomin turned back around.
invisible tears were streaming down solbi's face.
'this is why i should never talk to someone ever again.'
just then the sound of a chair moving was heard. usually no one would pay any mind to that but because it was one of the four heavenly kings, everyone got quiet.
eun jiho stood and scanned the room. "who's ban yeoryeong?" he said.
the air in the room seemed to turn frigid. solbi couldn't help but shiver a little.
"it's me." she said fearlessly. in that moment solbi couldn't help but think that ban yeoryeong was seriously the coolest. if she were in that situation solbi would've been long gone, never to be seen again.
"you're the one who came first place?"
"yeah. so what?"
the spectators, other students, started murmuring. everyone was appalled at the situation unfolding right in front of them. solbi could've sworn she saw lighting flash between them.
but something was weird. according to the gossipers, woo ju-in has an iq of over 200. so why didn't he place first? solbi felt disappointed in herself for believing the first thing she heard with absolutely no proof.
eun jiho continued. "just you wait. i won't go easy on the next test." a smirk slowly rose to his face.
solbi sweat dropped. he seemed a little too cocky.
"seriously were you ever going easy on me?" yeoryeong replied.
solbi was, in her mind, cheering yeoryeong on with two thumbs up. she's seriously so awesome!
"just wait and see." he scoffed and went back to his seat. maybe it was just the lack of sleep, but solbi thought that there were sparkles following him around.
quicker than the flash, woo ju-in appeared in front of ban yeoryeong. "wahhhh! you're the first person to ever treat jiho like that!" he grabbed both of yeoryeong's hands and shook them like crazy.
a very familiar scene popped into solbi's mind. a typical k-drama scene where the male lead exclaims 'you're the first one who has ever treated me like this!' and then falls for the female lead. solbi giggled to herself at the thought of it.
she accidentally made eye contact with the girl with short hair. for some reason, it felt like they were thinking of the same thing. solbi gave a quick, and very awkward, smile and turned back to face the front.
solbi rested her head on the table and began to drown out all the noise. her new class seemed to be way to interesting for solbi's level.
this was going to a long day.
the day was finally over. it felt like an entire month had passed even though it's been a couple of hours. solbi immediately put all her stuff away and rushed to the door.
unfortunately she miscalculated and instead of smoothly passing through the door, she smacked right into the wall next to the door. her forehead started throbbing. solbi held her forehead with both of her hands and was two seconds away from crying. thankfully, almost everyone was too busy to notice.
unfortunately, someone was right next to her and saw everything transpire. his golden brown eyes bore right into her as she slowly turned around to face him.
solbi was still cradling her forehead when ju-in spoke. "are you o-"
she didn't wait for him to finish his sentence. she did a quick sloppy bow and ran out.
what a horrible day this has been. she prayed to whatever gods that were out there for a peaceful school year. even better, a peaceful life with no drama.
she also prayed that woo ju-in would forget all about what he saw.
baek solbi was frantically running down the street barreling towards her apartment. all she wanted to do was go home and bury her face into miro and dal.
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