ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴛᴇ ᴍᴇ

8 | New Student, New Rival

Tzuyu | POV

I went to the bathroom because I really needed to pee, but when I returned to the classroom, I saw my classmates reading my friend's notes.

Why are they tampering with my belongings?

"I even found our addresses."

"Really? What’s that?"

"I accidentally knocked over Tzuyu’s table, and this fell out."

"Our profiles are written on these. Is she listing us because she wants to secretly kill us?"

"There's always that handsome guy following her; he might be a killer."

I don’t think they see me standing at the front door. All I can do is watch them read my notebook and judge me as if they really know me.

"What are you guys looking at?"

"Tzuyu’s notebook. The whole class is in it."

"Your name is at the top!"

"No way."

I wanted to run, but it felt like I was stuck to the floor. All I could do was stand there and watch them judge me.

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Jungkook | POV

I was walking back to the classroom from the cafeteria when I immediately stopped at the back door upon seeing my classmates reading Tzuyu’s friend note from yesterday. This girl really has no privacy. They were even reading it out loud.

I looked over and saw Tzuyu standing at the front door with a gloomy expression.

I was about to go and take the notebook back when Momo suddenly grabbed it.

"What are you guys so afraid of? You’re just overreacting," Momo said, pulling the notebook away from the guy. He wouldn't let go, and it ended up flying across the room to Tzuyu's side.

They all froze when they saw her. Don’t tell me they didn’t notice her standing there.

Tzuyu sighed deeply and went to pick up the notebook, but Mina grabbed it first and began reading it.

Tzuyu looked guilty, and I was about to go to her when Mina spoke.

"You just wanted to be friends with us, didn’t you?" she asked softly, smiling. I just stared at them both, waiting for what would happen next. "Because you wrote our birthdays and favorite things," she added. Tzuyu looked down. "My family makes traditional Japanese sweets, but I prefer Korean sweets."

Momo walked over and nodded. "Yes, she does love Korean sweets."

Mina smiled and wrote something in the notebook. "I like shortcake."

"Where’s my page?" Momo asked, and Mina handed her the notebook and pen. "Yes, I like reading books, especially English books." Momo finished writing and handed the notebook to the classmates, who now looked guilty.

"I’m sorry, I misunderstood you," Jisung said first. He also wrote something in the notebook.

Everyone else started apologizing and wrote something too.

"Uh..." I turned my attention to Tzuyu when she suddenly spoke to Mina and Momo. "Can you guys be my friends?" she asked shyly. It was totally not like her, but hey, at least she had the courage to ask.

Mina and Momo smiled and nodded repeatedly.

I was happy to see Tzuyu starting to make friends, and even happier that Haein wasn’t around.

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It’s Monday, and seeing Tzuyu talk to everyone like a normal student makes me smile. I love how she genuinely smiles at everyone.

"Everyone, please return to your seats. We have a new student," Miss Suzy announced, and everyone did as she asked.

"Another student this late in the semester? This time, I’ll make sure it’s the love of my life." And here goes Taehyung again. Every time there’s a new student, he always thinks it’s meant to be.

"Sana! Please come in!" Our teacher called, and a brunette girl entered with a lady in a suit. She had the same uniform as us, but in a different color—orange and white instead of our yellow and black.

"She’s so cute."

"She’s beautiful."

My classmates whispered among themselves.

"I’m Minatozaki Sana. Nice to meet you," she said, bowing. Everyone was in awe of her cuteness, especially the guy behind me. Taehyung even removed his glasses.

"And who is this?" Miss Suzy asked, looking at the lady in the suit. She looked too mature to be a high school student.

"I’m Nayeon from the Seoul Police Department," the lady replied, raising her ID.

"She’s my bodyguard. My father is the director of the police." Wow, this girl’s a big deal. I should stay away from her—I already have enough trouble with Tzuyu.

"Finally, I found you!" Sana suddenly shouted, making all of us turn toward her. She started running toward me, and I was stunned when she suddenly hugged me. "Jungkook!" I heard Taehyung fall down behind me, but I didn’t care. I was too shocked by what this new girl just did. "Jungkook, please marry me." What the—this girl might be crazy.

"What?" That was all I could say.

"I did everything to find you, but all I knew was your name. I used my father’s connections and searched all over the country." She’s seriously weird.

I stood up and pulled away from her.

"Who are you?" I shouted, stepping backward.

"Have you forgotten? 11 years and 172 days ago, I was depressed because of my illness. You came to my room and read my picture book that day." She’s really strange. I looked at her neck and saw a necklace. She must be the girl I promised to marry.

She did say 11 years ago, when I was 7 years old. Could it be...?

Is it really her?

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Tzuyu | POV

Wow, this has been one dramatic day. A crazy girl just showed up and asked Jungkook to marry her.

I did what my classmates were doing—just standing there and waiting to see what would happen next. That was when Jisoo caught my attention. She was wearing a cheerleader outfit and was dancing with the cheerleading squad outside the classroom, but her gaze was locked on me.

I immediately remembered Jungkook. Shoot, I forgot he was supposed to be my boyfriend, but here I was, watching him with another girl.

I stood up and pulled Jungkook away from Sana.

"Jeon Jungkook is going out with me," I said with a fake smile.

"Jeon Jungkook? Why are you calling each other by full names? Are you really dating?" Oh, crap. Why did I say his full name? "Are you trying to make me jealous?" She smiled at Jungkook, and he looked completely confused.

"What?" There it is again, his signature "what."

"How could you like this barbaric-looking girl?" She looked at me and smiled sarcastically. Did she just call me barbaric?

I instantly pushed Jungkook away and stepped closer to this brunette girl.

"What did you say?" Just because she’s with her bodyguard, she thinks she can be rude to me?

I was about to punch her, but since she’s a girl, I decided it would be better to scare her instead.

She might look like someone who would—

"I really love her!" Jungkook suddenly shouted in a loud voice, enough for all of us to hear.

My heart...