The alarm rings. It was 6:00 in the morning. With my eyes closed I turned it off, trying to stop myself from slamming it on the ground and I turned away. I could hear my father in the kitchen making food and then knocking on my room door.
«Get up Heeseung, or you'll be late»
«Yes sure»
He went in, pulled up the roller shutter, opened the curtains and the window. I noticed that it was cloudy outside and, therefore, darker.
«I'm going to work now. The food is all ready, be punctual and before you go make the bed. Have a good day Heeseung»
«Ok, you too dad»
He went out to his bar, where he worked. I calmly sat down, put on my slippers, took my phone and checked for messages - of course there were none - then I stood up and slowly went to the bathroom. I was about to wash my face when my phone rang.
«Holy shit, who's calling at this time?!»
I read on the screen it was Jean, a guy in my class who was bullying half of my school. He was tall, quite muscular, with his hair slicked back and his eyes gray and stormy, like his personality.
«Hello?»
«Are you already awake loser?»
«Yes, what the fuck do you want?»
«Heeseung don't be so rude» I looked up annoyed.
«Says the one who puts a swearword every two words. Would you please tell me why you called me so randomly at six and a half in the morning?!»
«'cause you suck»
«So you called me just to tell me this. Okay Jean, you suck too, fuck off and have a nice day» I said that and ended the call.
How can he be so stupid? Bah. I put my phone on the kitchen table and hurried to get ready, since that asshole had wasted my precious time. I rinsed my face with warm water - wonderful in the morning - and fixed my hair. Then I went back to my room to dress up in my school uniform and make my bed. Finally I closed the window and went to the kitchen for breakfast.
I used to walk to school even in the cold of winter, it was only a five minute walk. Anyway, I'd rather get up early to revise for some subjects or do something I might have forgotten.
As soon as I walked through the school door, it felt like a war had broken out. Girls screaming, a bunch of people gathered around something or someone, tremendous chaos. I thought I'd ask what was going on, since the crowd was so dense I couldn't see anything.
«What happened? Why are they all crowded here?»
«It's a fight between Jean and Niki, but we don't know how and why it started» a short girl replied.
«I'll never understand from where they took all that energy to beat each other early in the morning» I snorted and made my way among the students to reach my class and sit in my place, while there was still no one.
I didn't even have time to take the case out of my backpack, and someone slapped me hard. I was on the verge of getting up and answering, but when I saw it was Jean with a pretty ruined face, I decided to do nothing and swear in silence while he slept on his desk.
Soon after the lesson started. I'd say that physics at the first two hours of Monday was a sensational thing. I would have gladly thrown myself out the window. They magically passed quickly, perhaps because we had done some experiments that had made them a little more interesting.
Finally the first break! Everyone went out except Jean, who was still sleeping. I had to go to the bathroom, so I went outside. But there was someone I hadn't seen in front of my class and I accidentally went against him. It was that Niki. He looked at me very nervously. I have no idea what he was doing there, so I walked away quickly.
I had a snack, I washed my hands, and I was the first one back in the classroom. Jean was always there, only he wasn't snoring anymore, and it was weird. Maybe he was up to some prank or something, but I shook him up a little. He was very heavy, he wasn't moving an inch, and I realized he wasn't breathing.
«Jean wake up! Don't make bad jokes!» I kept calling him in panic but nothing. He was dead.
The second I turned to run to a teacher she came into the classroom.
«Lee Heeseung, why are you crying and trembling?»
«Jean is dead»
«Oh goodness, how is it possible?!» the other classmates arrived and were shocked.
«Guys, stand still, I'm going to call the principal to bring him here»
The teacher returned after a few minutes with the principal, who analyzed the situation and spoke with her quietly.
«You students in this class will go home immediately. You will then be informed when to go back to school and will be kept informed»
So I packed my backpack, shocked, and walked to my father's café.
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When 00:00 Strikes || heehoon (English Ver.)
Mystery / ThrillerHeeseung, a young student whose mother died and who lives with his father, will soon have to move in with Sunghoon, his new stepbrother. What will happen between the two? Will they get along or not? In the meantime, terrifying events take place in...
