it was the end of the school day and i was tired and just wanting to go home. i was walking down the hall, listening to music, as usual, when i heard my name being faintly called through the loud song playing in my ears. i took an earbud out and turned to face the direction i was hearing my name. this guy in my class, matt, who was a foreign exchange student, came up to me. "hey, i know this is random but i was wondering if you wanted to like hang out?" he asked me and i found myself smiling. i really had never had any friends in korea. "i heard that you're from america and so i'm guessing you know english, right?" matt asks me. "yeah, i'm from america and yeah i know english." i answer in english. "cool, very cool." he responds and awkwardly runs his hands through his hair. "what's your name again?" i ask. "matt, matt's my name. what's yours?" he asks. we were now conversating in english. "my name's lucia." i tell him. "nice name." he says with a smile. "can i have your number?" matt shyly asks and i blush. "yeah, sure." i say with a small smile as i pull out my phone and open the phone app. he types in his number and hands me back my phone. "text me so i can save your contact." matt then says and i nod before sending a simple "hello". he looks up at me, "alright, well i gotta get going but it was nice to finally talk. let me know when you're free." he tells me and i nod as i watch him walk away.
i'm about to continue walking when a hand firmly grabs mine. i turn to face the person and am met with an angry gwi-nam. i open my mouth to speak but stop when i'm yanked as he walks somewhere. we go up to one of the old abandoned wings of the school. when we finally get to a room far from everyone gwi-nam shoves me into the wall, luckily i had my backpack on though so it didn't hurt much. "the fuck is wrong with you?" i ask. "so, the foreign exchange boy, what was his name, max?" gwi-nam asks, jealousy extremely evident in his face. "matt." i say. "yeah, whatever." he says. "so, you're with him now?" he asks me. "what? no. we were just talking." i answer. "yeah, just talking," he mocks. "i saw him give you his number." he says. "so? besides, even if we were together it's none of your business." i answer. "no need to be all pissed." i say before going to walk away.
i'm pushed against the wall by gwi-nam and his hand harshly come around my neck. "it is my business." he tells me. i take ahold of his hands and strongly rip them off my neck. "no, it's not." i say annoyed before i shove past him and out of the room.
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i stand in front of my mirror, marks on my neck from where his hand was wrapped around my neck. i had sensitive skin so whenever i was touched harshly i would have a bit of a mark. isn't that normal though. i let my hand graze over the already bruising area. now i truly was never hooking up with gwi-nam ever again.
