Covert / Princess of the Poor.
Cha Eunsang is the victim of Choi Young-do's overactive imagination.
WARNING: Middle school, set in a world where Cha Eunsang has gone to school with the heirs since elementary. Drabble-esque. NOT related to the previous chapter. By this point, Cha Eunsang is ignorant of the enmity between CYD and KT, LOL.
Choi Young-do.
Cha Eunsang, poor girl extraordinaire, was staring out the window again. She had taken to the habit, he noticed, a few days after the departure of his greatest enemy. He couldn't count the amount of lessons he had spent observing her, head propped on hand.
In his imagination, she was looking out into the endless summer rain while thinking of Kim Tan. Following this train of thought, he could envisage a single tear falling and trailing against the natural curve of her smooth, pale skin and then travelling down into the Forbidden Zone - the area where the collar of their million-won uniform would cross the milky column of her neck...
He cursed inwardly. Trust the bastard - hey, he wasn't lying - to occupy her thoughts halfway across the world. Honestly, couldn't Kim Tan give him a break once in a while? He had to admit that the privilege of watching pretty, poor Cha Eunsang pine after Kim Tan was starting to get old, really quickly. Man, it wasn't as if Kim Tan was that great anyway. So what if the bastard had saved her from drowning? She could swim; he had made sure of that before he had pushed her in.
"Choi Young-do." He looked up. Ah, angry English teacher. Jackpot.
"Ah, teacher, do you need something?" His reply was impertinent, but everyone expected it from him. A few seats away, Cha Eunsang hadn't even bothered to look from the window. He was disappointed - maybe today was the time for another prank?
"As a matter of fact, Choi Young-do, there is something I need from you. Page 294," a heavy book was shoved in front of him, "Read. Now."
The book was resting so close to his face that the words looked more like chicken scat than English. He voiced this thought, and had sat in triumph as the other students laughed. But still, the window remained triumphant.
"Wow, how brave. I'm sure that your father would love to hear about your reluctance to read." And there went his biggest weakness. God, did every teacher have to pull the Daddy Card so early into the game?
And so, with much reluctance, he turned towards the board and read the assigned page - pausing many a time to give an occasional sigh, a well-placed yawn. Still, no reaction. What made an absent Kim Tan so much better than a present, hilarious Choi Young-do? Whatever it was, he was going to find out.
.
Meanwhile, Cha Eun-sang gave a sigh of relief as Choi Young-do started to read the page. It was really uncomfortable to pretend not to notice him staring for over an hour, and Choi Young-do had taken to staring at her a lot these days. She shuddered. Please not another prank... Recently, it seemed like he only came into school to pull tricks on her. Honestly, and she never thought she'd ever say this, she wished Kim Tan was still here; Young-do seemed to have taken his departure badly and she was tired of being his outlet.
-fin.