𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄

#.. THIRTY-FOUR

Ms Pae guided him to the police car, that stood outside. Many students were surrounding it, wondering what happened. Many also tried talking to Jooyeon but Ms Pae just pushed them away, annoyed. "Go back to your rooms!" she hissed and shushed the students away with hand gestures. But they didn't leave, being way too curious; The police never came there before.

Arriving at the said car, an officer talked to Jooyeon. "After checking the security cameras of that room, we could identify you as the killer of that man. And as he didn't want to harm you, we can't count it as self defense. A trial will be held tomorrow to identify your punishment. But first, you'll get to talk to a psychologist." Mr Koo literally tried to shoot him?

Jooyeon just nodded. He'd rather be in a juvenile prison than in this shithole. "What's your name?" "Lee Jooyeon" He was asked to sit down in the car, Ms Pae had to be with him, until they got his parents' information. Jooyeon was still horrified of what he was capable to do, when he is scared.

And silent tears were still running down his face, thinking about how exhausting his stay there really was. It wasn't even six months, he didn't want to know how whole years must've felt. Or a whole life. Jooyeon felt so sorry for Gunil. He never had any sort of freedom, his whole life was bound to the school.

Then they started driving, the cop on the passenger seat asked for his parents number, and Jooyeon gave it to them without hesitation. He wanted to see his parents.

[...]

"Oh, my son!" Mrs Lee cried out loud and hugged her son tightly, who started to cry in the nape of her neck. Seeing his mother after a long time again was heartbreaking. And it seemed like they didn't know what was happening in this boarding school. So far, she also didn't know that her son killed someone. She was just told that she had to come to this particular police station because something happened to her son. And seeing her son with blood-splattered clothes wasn't a good sign at all.

"Mrs Lee?" An elderly woman asked as she stepped closer, a cop. "Let me explain the situation briefly." As she learned how they were severely abused there, Mrs Lee kept holding onto her son. She also found out that her son was pushed to the point where he killed a grown man; Someone who was stronger, biologically seen.

Given the situation, Mrs Lee didn't know how to react, so she asked her son. "Is that true?" she asked, not believing what she just heard. The police officer left out many information that were necessary to understand why he decided to act like that. "He shot my friends.." he added in a quiet voice. "And he was about to shoot me, but my friend protected me. I can't remember what happened afterwards. I.. I suddenly sat on him and he- he was dead.."

His mother didn't know what to think of that. What kind of school did she send her son? Why was the principal shooting students? What happened? She asked herself many questions but figured that the things she heard were enough at first. The police officer saw her confusion and seemed to know what she was asking herself.

"If you let go of your son, I can explain everything that happened in there. We'll recieve a report by Han Hyeongjun, a boy who was also involved in this situation. In the meantime, Jooyeon will get to talk to a psychologist."