A/N: Chapter 2 of Tiger of the Wild's. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters except my own. Girls of the Wild's belong to the rightful owner Zhena.

Episode 2

School...

"Your lips are so cute~"

I'm sick of hearing it. I was petite since I was young. So, I am far from being sexy or beautiful. But I am the girl who won the 'Cherry Lips Award' at a beauty pageant. Cute, Adorable, Sweet...they are the words that describe me! I'm that kind of girl! Classmates, seniors, juniors...so far 372 boys tried to steal a kiss from me! My first boyfriend I met was when I was 15 and he even shed tears of joy after our first kiss. That is who I am! The epitome of cuteness with killer lips! I'm that kind of a girl! I am...but...Jae Gu Song!

"Wha..." I stood there like a dumb ass, watching it play out without moving a muscle. What was I supposed to do in this situation? And those ears on the girl's head, are they even real?

You...! You! Bastard! You covered my lips with your hand!? The girl was now glaring at Jae Gu and he in turn had this weird expression on his own face. I would too if some random girl wanted to kiss out of the blue.

...what is even going on? I gawked in confusion, unable to comprehend what was happening. What I did understand was that the girl was trying to smash lips with Jae Gu but was hand-blocked instead.

"How...dare you..." The girl growled, holding the boy by the front of his uniform with trembling hands.

"Who-ah-what... Why...?!" Jae Gu didn't understand that he was in trouble but he had a pretty good idea.

"Shoot! This is so mortifying!" The girl tightened her hold and with one fluid motion, threw Jae Gu out the broken window and slammed him onto the ground. Straddling him and making sure that both his hands were unable to move, she attempted to kiss him once more. "Jae Gu Song...you'll be mine. I'm going for it again. Close your eyes!"

What the...this school is so crazy! Jae Gu's mind was currently screaming as the plush lips were descending down upon him.

"Dal Dal, stop right there!" A voice spoke up and I turned to see another girl standing not too far, her hands stuffed into the pockets of her jacket in a carefree manner. "Let him go. I need him."

Wooow...I stared at her for a good minute or two, closing my jaw in the process. She was wearing a red tracksuit with twin yellow stripes up the leg and by the zip in the jacket but the thing that caught my attention was her pink hair which is kept in a loose, messy bun at the top of her head. She has pink eyes and her body is toned and muscular. Who is that beauty?

"Moon Young?" The one known as Dal Dal said, looking up while still sitting on Jae Gu. "Too late. I got him first!"

"Queen asked for him." Moon Yong replied. "Or you can go take it up with her yourself."

"Queen asked you...?" Now Dal Dal was contemplating her options before finally getting up, letting Jae Gu get back on his feet.

"Jae Gu, come with me!" Moon Yong ordered as she walked off. "Don't bother trying to run away."

What kind of school is this? The boy thought as he lumbered after the pink-haired girl, glancing back at me and smiled. I guess he was trying to convey that everything was going to be okay.

"Moon Young!" Dal Dal spoke up, getting their attention. "Watch your back. Don't be cocky just 'cause you're friends with Queen. If this was the Wild's League, I wouldn't have let you go like that!"

"Dream on!" She replied. "You tiny little thing..."

"Shoot!" Dal Dal snapped, her eyes glared angrily at her offender. "What? Tiny? How dare you! You wanna die, huh?"

SWOO-SH

Faster than either Jae Gu and I could blink, Moon Young raced towards Dal Dal and stopped her fist inches from the other girl's face. Dal Dal blinked once before realizing that there was a fist right in front of her eyes.

"If this was the Wild's League..." Moon Young spoke. "You'd be dead." Stepping back, she stuffed her hands back to her pockets and walked off. "Come on, Jae Gu."

Women...they're strong...He thought as he followed Moon Young. Mom equals Women...Women are...monsters. "Oh! He hurriedly turned back to see me still standing by the broken window. "Tobi! I'll see you for lunch okay?"

"A-Ah. Okay!" I yelled after him and watched them disappear. Once they were gone, I glanced at my schedule and walked off to find the classroom for my first class. This school is like a giant prison, I swear.

Somewhere in the school...

Moon Young led the boy to one of the upper level classrooms where the supposed 'Queen' awaited. When the door opened up, he came face to face with a young woman with long, blonde hair. Sitting next to the window, the sunlight reflecting against her hair created what looked like a golden aura.

"Jae Gu Song!" Moon Young spoke as she walked towards the desk and stood by it. "You're a freshman and we're sophomores. Got it?" She then chuckled in laughter. "Remember what happened this morning? Got scared? Yes, she's the 'Queen'. The 'real' one."

"..." Jae Gu remained quiet as he placed his hands behind his back. Earlier that morning, he ran into Queen and the coffee milk that he was drinking exploded all over her. She told him to pay for the stockings, which were 130 won and shoes which were 150 won. He did but what he did not realize she was referring in ten thousands and what she meant was 1,300,000 and 1,500,000 won.

"Did he lose his nerves?" The pink-haired girl wondered. "Did you hear? She's Queen!" She looked between the two of them in more confusion. "How can you be so quiet in front of her?" Then she thought of something so outrageous that she was baffled for a minute. "No way! Do you not know who she is? Really? You sure? Oh my gosh!" She leaned against one of the vacant seats to keep herself from falling over. "Is there really a guy in this country who doesn't know Queen, wow- Gosh~ I can't believe it!"

Her eyes...Jae Gu thought as he noticed the lilac orbs staring at him in silence. ...are similar to Mom's...

"You..." The young woman spoke, lifting her land slowly and placed a small amount of coins on the table. "What is this? Did you do this without knowing? Or are you trying to mock me?"

And her hands...are similar to Mom's...

"Well, either way..." With one motion, she pushed the coins onto the floor, letting them fall with dull clinks. She then stared at him and ordered, "Kneel and pick them up. Then I'll forgive you." When he didn't obey, she repeated herself. "I said pick them up."

"...Monster." He finally said.

"...What?" Now she was giving him her full attention as he gazed at her without emotion behind his gray orbs. In the background, Moon Young was flipping out because she had never seen anyone disrespect Queen before.

Men are nothing.

At the word 'Monster', Queen had a epiphany of her childhood. Being the only daughter of the YK group, the 3rd ranked conglomerate, everybody she has met envied her. She was raised as the heir to the company so she was raised to become a man. Her actual name was a boy's name and she didn't know that until she was 5. Lucky for her, her parents gave birth to her baby brother and she didn't have to act like a 'male'. She was able to live as a girl.

The saddest part of her childhood was that she liked this boy back in some ordinary school and since she only attended it 10 days a month, she didn't see him that much. On that boy's birthday, she wanted to be invited to his party but he refused her outright. He hurt her feelings so bad that it wedged a huge scar deep into her self-conscious and she cried a lot that day. When she was in her 1st year of middle school, the same boy approached her. As she was getting ready to leave, the boy asked for her phone number and also invited her to his party. He apologized and even tried to confess his love to her. Realizing that the boy was not being serious, she states she felt sick and slapped him across the face in anger.

SLAP!

"Gee~ Why did you do that?" Moon Young cut in, holding Queen back and berated her for attacking people as Jae Gu stood there unscathed with a stinging red mark on his left cheek. "Hey Jae Gu! Say that you're sorry!"

A monster? He'd be acting just like that guy if he knew who I was. Grabbing her purse and digging out a fancy looking check book, she tore one of the pages and threw it at his face. "It's for your medical bill. Take it and piss off!"

"Wait!" Moon Young yelled after her as she walked off. "Where are you going?"

"It's me." Queen spoke after dialing a number. "I should go home! Get the car ready."

"What's wrong with you? School hasn't finished yet!" asked Moon Young before turning to look at Jae Gu. "Hey, Jae Gu! This has never happened before! You know what I mean? Don't ever do that again!"

"...See...?" Jae Gu said once the two women left, the coins and the check with an outrageous figure on it laid by his feet. "You're a monster..."

Lunch...

I sat with my back against the railings, staring up at the sky. Beside me was a loaf of bread and a couple boxes of juice from the cafeteria. It was as crowded and wild as before and I barely made it out of the sea of girls, all getting in my face and touching me. I didn't mind the attention but I really needed some space and the feeling of being claustrophobic didn't help either.

Where's Jae Gu? I thought as I stared at the door in wonder. I hope I told him where I was...My eyes widened with shock and I slapped my forehead with a hand and let out a loud sigh. Shiiiiiiit...I didn't tell him did I...I'm such a dummy!

"There you are." I looked up as he appeared, closing the door behind him. "I have been looking all over for you."

"Sorry I didn't tell you earlier. Oh but hey...I got you some lunch although I wasn't sure what you liked...also I didn't know how long you were gonna take..." I said as he sat down next to me. Something about him seemed off and I looked at him in curiosity. "What's wrong? Did the girls give you a hard time?" Then my eyes were drawn to the mark still evident on his cheek. "...A hand print? Did someone hit you?"

"Women...are monsters." Jae Gu said scornfully, pulling his knees up towards his chest before slapping my hand away. "I hate them but..." His body was trembling from either anger or fear.

Is this...misogyny? Gynophobia? Or both? I wondered, putting the juice box I had in my hand off to the side. "Would you like to talk about it? You don't have to if you don't want to."

"It's just..." He paused for a minute before continuing. "My mother...when my father passed away, she was the only one left to provide for me and my younger siblings. I imagined that her tears at that time must have been warm...and salty. I was young as well and I wanted to tell her that everything was going to be okay, that I was by her side and that I would take care of things...but I wonder, if I said that out loud with a smile, would she still have left us?"

"Your mother...left you?"

"Early the next morning after Father's funeral, I woke up to see a letter and a check book in an envelop. As I read her letter I couldn't help but cry silently because of my siblings that were sleeping in the same room." He turned to me as he retold his childhood. "They were going to kindergarten next year and they didn't deserve it...that's why my mother was so cruel. My thoughts about women after my mother left went down hill from there, she was as scary as can be and that's why I think that women are monsters."

"Hey...I don't know much about what happened but...I'm still new here." I knew that if we stayed on this topic than it wouldn't do us any good so I wanted him to think about something else for a change. "Would you be kind enough to show me around? Starting with this school would be great, I nearly got lost on the way up here."

"I can do better than that." Jae Gu smiled genuinely as the bell rang signifying that lunch was over. "You and I can tour the school together tomorrow. Why don't I show you where I work once school finishes, I'm sure you'll like it."

After school...

Since it was our first day, the teachers let us out early and didn't give us too much homework. I was amazed by the sounds and sights of the town as I followed Jae Gu to his job. He worked at this place called Myung Shin Hand Car-Wash Gloss and surprisingly enough, it was within walking distance from the school.

"Hello Sir." Jae Gu said when he spotted the boss working on a car outside underneath a cover.

"Jae Gu~" The owner replied with a big smile, pausing in his washing to wave a greeting. "You're early today."

"Yup. It was my first day of school. I'll get to work after I get changed." Jae Gu replied before standing aside so that his boss could see me. "Is it okay if I brought a friend along?"

"H-How do you do sir?" I said politely and lowered my head. I hope this is culturally appropriate...

"Hmm." Putting away the cloth, the owner approached me and looked me over. "I don't see why not. In fact I think this fine fellow would be a good applicant for this job. How about it?"

"I-I don't really know..." I replied, seeing Jae Gu approach us in his work uniform, zipping up the zipper and adjusting the blue cap on his head. "I-I mean, thank you for offering but..."

"Don't be so modest." The owner grabbed me by the wrist and dragged me inside before I could even say no. Giving me a spare uniform, he went through some of the techniques and watched me practice on a dummy car, stopping me now and then when I did something wrong or handled the equipment poorly. It wouldn't be good if I did a sloppy job on an actual customers. Nodding his head in satisfaction, the owner made sure I practiced all of the techniques correctly with some spare parts before he went back outside to work along side Jae Gu.

It was dark time before all the cars outside were washed and polished. My arms trembled as I glanced at the clock at it was between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock. All of the practices I did weren't too bad but of course I could do better.

"It's okay, Jae Gu didn't do well when he first started out but now he's my prized employee." The owner said when he looked over my work, nodding his head once in awhile. "I see potential in you though. I'd appreciate it if you could come with Jae Gu after school to lend a hand."

"I-I'll definitely think about it." I told him as I folded up the uniform and handed it back to him. "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to work here."

"Thank you sir. Good night." Jae Gu also said as he shouldered his back pack and I rushed back to get my own things.

"Yeah, take care fellows." He replied and waved goodbye once we left.

"Usually I return home around 1 am." Jae Gu explained as we walked along the street, resisting the urge to yawn. "What about you? Do you have a place to stay?"

"I think so...maybe..." I looked to the side with worry. Did Rhynt do me that favor yet? At this rate, I don't want to bother Jae Gu anymore than necessary...this is awkward...

RIIING~ RIIIIING~ RIIIING~

"Hmm? Your phone's ringing." Jae Gu pointed out as I fumbled around to find it, totally forgetting that I had a phone on me. Looking at the screen, I noticed that it was some number I didn't recognize but I answered it anyway.

"Uhmm..Hello?"

"Hello? Is this Tobias Vermillion?" A sweet voice spoke through the speaker. "Nice to finally reach you, I'm Hwa Yeon Sun, Rhynt's girlfriend."

"N-Nice to hear you too." I replied, my face getting flustered at the way I was speaking. "I mean...nice to...I mean...crap."

"Ahaha, I know what you're trying to say." She laughed and it sounded angelic; you could tell I was sleep deprived since I was probably still affected by the jet-lag. "Rhynt told me that you were currently in Korea doing this 'study-abroad' program. I'm really excited to actually see you in person."

Tobi, I need to get home real soon. I looked up to see Jae Gu making wide gestures and mouthed the words to me. I'll see you later.

All right, good night. Be safe on your way back. I mouthed back, waved goodbye and proceeded to continue the conversation with Hwa Yeon. After confirming that she had a guest room already ready, I asked for the address and hailed a taxi.

Jae Gu's home...

When the tired boy returned home, he kicked of his shoes and placed them neatly side by side near the entrance.

"Jae Hyung, Jae Som...I'm home." He looks to see the said twins asleep on the giant mattress and the place a mess, especially the unwashed pots and pans since the morning still laying in the sink.

I know...I can't neglect them like this, eating junk food all the time. When I'm not here it's dangerous, too...He stooped down to adjust one of the blankets that slipped off Jae Hyung's body. I'm sorry...I'll do my best to make you guys as comfortable as possible.

Undressing himself in the restroom until he was standing in nothing but his elephant boxers, he proceeded to wipe away the sweat from his body with a towel and a bucket of water. After pour the water out, he walked over to where his jacket was and pulled out the check from the pocket. He stared at the check for 1,000,000 won which is equivalent to 1,000 dollars.

How rich is she that she carries this much money around? He questioned as he laid down for some much needed rest, looking at the check in his hand. With this money, I can get by for 3 months, but she threw it at me without hesitation.

...Monster.

It was my fault. I shouldn't have thought about Mom...He remorse sadly as he remembered the look the girl gave him when he said that word. I should give the money back.

"Mom..." Suddenly Jae Som talked in her sleep and clenched her stuffed yellow rabbit tightly. "Mom..."

"Jae Som, don't..." Jae Gu whispered quietly to himself as his sister continued to sleep. "I know you miss Mom, but, I..." He closed his eyes and fell asleep. I don't want Mom in my dreams tonight.