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Beep. Beep. Beep!, Boeun closed-eyed clumsily whacks her bedside table, trying to turn off the alarm clock. Ughh, so annoying…so tired…nooo, I don't wanna go to school today!, Boeun screams out inside her head, cringing her face into a ball as she curls back into her bed. Just as she does so, her mother bursts the door open.
"Boeun! You're late! Stop drooling all over your pillow and get out of bed and go to school!"
"Eurgh…I don't drool!", Boeun moans as she turns over to look at her clock. "OMG I'm THIS late?" she looked on wide-eyed at the screen and jerked up in a sitting position. She rubbed her eyes, with the alarm clock in her other hand resting on her lap, and checked the time again. She jumped out of bed and ran into the toilet.
Gosh, why on earth did I stay till 2 in the morning watching dramas?, reproaching herself. Aw, man. And even if I DID stay up late watching dramas, why did I have to cry? Just, why?, just as she looked at herself in the mirror brushing her teeth. My eyes are swollen from crying…will it give a bad impression on my new classmates? Whatever it is, I can't believe I'm actually starting off my first day of high school like this.
"Whoa, I'm so lucky that I made it through the school gates before they closed!", Boeun panted as she ran though the school gates before they closed in the nick of time. "Now that I take a good look at it, Dae Bak High School is really big…hmm, so where's the school hall?" Boeun skims through the school booklet, and finds the school map.
Ohh, so I just have to walk straight, turn left, and walk straight…and turn right and walk straight until..., Wait, why am I at the back of the school now? Okay never mind, I'll back track. So I'll turn right, walk straight, turn right, walk straight…turn left, walk straight and…shit. The sports equipment shed? Maybe, I'll go ask some other student…ah maybe that girl at the basketball court.
"Excuse me, can you tell me where the hall is?", Boeun asks Karin as she is picking up her bottle.
"The hall? You see the building right at the other end of the school field right? So you just walk straight across this field and go to the second floor of the building when you reach the end."
"Oh, thank you! Wow, the map of the school I was given is totally useless."
"Map?", Karin says looking over at Boeun's map. "Uh, you're holding it wrong. It's supposed to be turned about 90 degrees from where you are."
"What? Really?", Boeun says as she maneuvers the map here and there. "hmm, it looks all the same to me from any angle of the map. I don't get it."
Man, this is girl's sense of navigation is an epic fail…, amusedly thinks Karin. "Pfft. Well, then. You shouldn't trust maps anymore. Here, give me the map, I'll throw it away for you because it's very unreliable."
"Uh, okay. Thanks!", Boeun hesitates passing the map to Karin. "Okay, thanks for your help. Oh, and shouldn't you be in the hall by now?"
"Only first and second years go to the hall on the first day of school."
"Oh…", Boeun nods in understanding. "Wait, so you're a third year?", she exclaims disbelievingly after Karin's statement has already registered into her head.
Karin pauses, her face expressionless but serious. She advances closer to Boeun and despite the two of them being about the same height, it practically looked as though she was towering over her. Boeun immediately regrets what she said and covers her mouth with her hand. Karin continued doing so, until her face was right smack in Boeun's face. Eventually, Boeun forgot how to breathe.
"Why, what's wrong with being a third year when I am one?", Karin glares into Boeun's eyes. Boeun feeling her glare piercing right through her, cowered back and squinted her eyes.
"I look that young right?", Karin suddenly breaks out into a wide smile, causing Boeun to jerk in surprise. "Hehe. Don't worry about it, I don't beat up people." Boeun managed to breathe again after hearing that, phew.
" …especially those who look down on me for looking like a first year…" Karin reverted to her serious face and stared at Boeun again, like she meant it. Seeing Boeun's face turn paler than before, Karin added, "HAHA. Joking. I was just kidding. You're so cute, falling for my trick so easily. Hmm, I must be that great an actress. Hehe!"
"Haha...yeah… well, I gotta go", Boeun nervously laughs. "Bye!", she quickly says and turns around and runs across the field.
Funny kid, Karin laughs to herself and resumes playing basketball with her friends.
A/N: I just realised that I can't use two titles. Okay, whatever. HAHA, so i'll stick to DaeBakHighSchool. By the way, it's original title was ILYSM. Comments and constructive criticism are greatly appreciated and loved:) Thank You!
