Written in the stars

Pressure who? I only know extreme anxiety, nerves and dread.

Jisoo

The suffocating atmosphere already started from the minute I woke up.

"KIM JISOO GET UP NOW! YOU HAVE A COMPETITION TO ATTEND AND WIN!" Mom shouts from my door.

Thanks mom, for the gentle and definitely not rude awakening.

What can I do?

She wants me to beat her rival's son.

And not just her.

In my parents' eyes, there can only be one successful Kim family.

As we get to the convention, the chattering, the noises, my heart rate increasing.

I feel so pressured.

I head to my table with my team, as we review the solutions and formulas.

Then, it begins.

First is the individual round.

I'm the respective captain of my group and my supposed rival is the leader of his group.

We all ace the first round,

And lead by 3 points.

Next is the relay round.

This time, Seokjin's team, Jangmi High, wins by three.

Here comes the last round.

The first question comes and Ji-ni from my team gives the correct answer.

We all high-five her.

The next questions, the answers all came from both our teams, and soon, we were tied again.

"The last question is for the team leaders, the equation shown upon the screen is true for all values of x, where a is a constant. What is the value of z? A.-16, B. -3, C. 3 or D. 16?" The host asks.

Come on Jisoo, think, you know this!

While trying to solve the equation, my hand accidentally pressed the button.

"Wow, it seems we have an answer. Ms. Kim, the answer is....." The host says as he trails off, waiting for my answer.

I look at the not even nearly finished solution as I try to guess.

"Uh t-the value of z is, t-three?" I answered.

Then, Seokjin pressed his button.

"The value of z is negative three?" He answered.

"Well, both answers were really good, but of course, one was correct and the other was close" The host says, building up the excitement.

Now, I'm just praying that luck is on my side for once.

"The winner is...

Please please please be Jangjae High

"JANG...

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS HOST I WANNA BEAT HIM UP FOR THE SUSPENSE

"JANGMI HIGH!!!!!" He says, clapping his hands.

At that moment, my mood dropped completely.

I let down my team, my parents, everybody.

My eyes met with my parents as their annoyed and disappointed looks said it all.

We went into the empty lounge.

"KIM JISOO, DIDN'T I TELL YOU TO BEAT THAT WENCH'S SON? DID YOU NOT STUDY ENOUGH? ARE YOU SLACKING NOW? YOU BROUGHT DISHONOR ON THIS WHOLE FAMILY. YOU'VE LOST LAST COMPETITION AS WELL! WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT YOU ANYMORE! YOU'RE GRADES ARE SLIPPING TOO! I THOUGHT YOU WERE A 100 STUDENT? WHY DID I SEE YOU SLIP TO A 98-" Mom shouted as she got cut off from dad.

"Yeobo, I get that we hate them but isn't this too much?" He suggests.

"Ani, she needs to know that she's failing, I can't even look at her right now." Mom says with disgust as she walks out of the venue.

"Mianhae, appa.Mianhae, I'm such a failure." I say , crying.

"Jisoo wait-" Dad says as I rush to the restroom.

I reach into my pocket and grab the cold metal object.

At this point, I don't care anymore.

I've had enough.