Neha is a transfer student in Yongsang High School from India. Her life - in a new school, in a new city, with new people - that is this story about. Will she have friendships, maybe relationships or maybe she may have no one beside her.
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"Jimin-ssi!" I hiss. "What's 13²?" he mouths something. "Huh?"
"Neha! Are you copying again?" Yoosin pats my head. "Jimin-ah don't help her. She needs to pass tomorrow's test on her own."
We are having a math test tomorrow. I hate maths. Yoosin hates it but can do it. He offers to help me after school. Jimin and I decide to study at his place.
"Tell me the square root of 169? Neha?" Yoosin says. I side glance at Jimin, who shrugs at me. "9?" Yoosin narrows his eyes at me. "0!"
"0? Neha we went through it already. square root of 169 is 13," he says.
"Well, that's what I meant then," I flop onto the couch. "I got an idea! You can just help me during the exam tomorrow."
"Yoosin? Help during exam? It will happen," he said sarcastically.
"I can't," Yoosin shrugs. I pout. "But I will teach you again." I groan as he tells me how to solve the question again.
Yoosin and I sit on the couch after Jimin leaves. He is constantly looking at his phone. I sigh hoping that he will notice me. I get suspicious when he smiles at the screen. What is looking at?
I strain my eyes to look at the screen, but he tilts the phone away, as if purposefully. "Yah! Are you cheating on me?" I grab the phone from his hands.
"Wait, Neha!" he says. "It's not what you think it is."
"Then lemme see!" I look at the screen. "'Ways to pass notes in class.' What?" I ask him.
"I wanted to help you silly. For tomorrow's test!"
"Oh. Here!" I handed him the phone, embarrassed. He starts to laugh.
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"You know big words Neha! Cheating? Man!" he teases me. I slap him lightly.
"Don't ever do that again," I pout.
"What did I even do? Should I not help you tomorrow?" he says and I pout more.
"Fine. Sorry."
"What? I can't hear you."
"I SAID SORRY!" I move closer to him and yell. But he wraps his arms around my wait and pecks my lips.
"I forgive you." he smiles.
"Sleep with me tonight," I say as I get on the bed.
"What? No, I will sleep on the couch." But I grab him by his t-shirt and pull him beside me. I smile and he smiles back.
"I don't know about this Neha," he says. "What if I hurt you?"
"I know that you will be the last person to hurt me."
I put my arm around him and close my eyes.
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YOOSIN's POV
I watch Neha drift asleep. She wrapped her arms around my lower torso and brought me closer. I chuckle and moved a stand of her hair from her face. I close my eyes to sleep in her embrace.
"Please Yoosin, Yoosin please!" Neha screams in the middle of the night. I wake up startled. She was crying in her sleep. Tears fell from her closed eyes. I bring her head close to my chest and stroked her hair.
"Hey it's okay, I'm here." I wonder about what happened in her dream. What did I do to here? Did I hurt her?
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Next Morning.
NEHA's POV
"Neha!" Yoosin calls.
"Coming!" I put on my uniform. Yoosin somehow managed to get a uniform for me. I watch him place my toast in a plate.
"Take the toast with you. We can't miss the bus." he says.
I roll my eyes and take the toast. I eat while we wait for the bus. Jimin and Lee joins us.
"Hey, what did you dream about yesterday?" Yoosin asks as we sit in the back of the bus.
"Hmm, i don't know. You were there in it," I say taking my last bite.
"Anything bad happened?"
"I think we were arguing. Yeah, we were. You said you hated me for being suspicious. And then you left me for Jaehi. I ran behind you and apologized, but you didn't listen to me. You were very mean!" I realize that he is staring at me carefully.
