𝗙𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗢𝗧, lookism

one

GYURI WAS TRYING to make her way to the architecture department. It wasn't easy, and she bumped into someone tall with purple hair. "Hey, are you okay? I think you're in the wrong place...the fashion and beauty departments are that way-"

Gyuri was trying hard to keep her cool. Was this punk telling her to get lost because she was a girl?

"Excuse me? I'm from the architecture dep. Got a problem with that?"

Eli Jang raised his hands in self-defense. "Sorry, I really assumed that you were from the beauty dept! I've never seen you around before, so-"

Gyuri scoffed slightly, but her stoney gaze softened when she realised that he really was just trying to help her out. She rubbed the back of her neck with her semi-bandaged hand, averting eyes with him.

"I-I didn't mean to seem like an asshole, really!" purple said, looking down with a slight bow. Gyuri adjusted her bag, which was slowly falling off her right shoulder.

"...my fault." she muttered. "My bad. I'm a new student here, I must've been a little tense. No hard feelings?"

The girl extended a hand for him to shake, which he took gratefully, noticing the callouses on her hands, just above the bandages. "Gotta dash." she said bluntly, walking off to her class, which she just noticed.

Man, everyone here's so...buff, she thought to herself, being introduced to the class. Everyone looked like gang members, donning an blueish uniform. Gyuri wore the standard girl's uniform, wearing a thin grey windbreaker over shirt. The softspoken teacher asked her to talk about herself to the class.

"...Hi." she started awkwardly.

"Man she's so cute!"

"I love her jacket!"

"Her hair's so cool!"

Gyuri did not expect those words from all the guys in the class, but nonetheless smiled. (Purple guy's thoughts of her being from another department seemed to make sense now) "The name's Cho Gyuri. I like playing billiard and I have a hedgehog named Beom. Please take care of me." she smiled, showing of the two fangs she had, and bowed lightly.

Her classmates seemed to part, forcing her to take a seat next to a boy who looked like he could be part of the yakuza with all the tattoos he had. "Sick tattoos man!" she commented, trying to seem friendly.

The boy didn't reply, looking to be deep in thought. The teacher had left, for whatever reason. His cheeks were tinted pink.

Suddenly, he turned abruptly towards Gyuri. "...Hey...." he said, putting a hand lightly on her shoulder. Gyuri kept her gaze steady, not backing down.

No way! Is Vasco seriously going to mess with the new girl?

Vasco wouldn't do that...right?

A big eared boy was making his way towards them. The two were silent, before "Vasco" started speaking again. "What's a hedgehog?"

The tense atmosphere deflated, like a comical balloon. Gyuri burst out laughing, followed by the rest of the class.

"A hedgehog? Er.. it's like a type of, mouse? With cute little spikes."

Vasco didn't reply, trying to imagine what it looked like.

"I could show him to ya', if you'd like." In a few seconds, Vasco was holding both of Gyuri's hands in his. "Really!?" His eyes sparkled. "Thanks Gyuri! I'm Vasco!"

Gyuri wanted to melt at the sheer innocence.

Man, he's so damn cute!

The Burn Knuckles took to Gyuri like ducklings to their mother, with Vasco trailing around her almost every moment, wanting to hang out with the "cool" new girl, as he dubbed her.

"Woah! So your hair's natural? That's so cool!" he said, in response to the girl's prior statement. Her, Vasco, and Jace were in the canteen, with Gyu humming in response. Her, Vasco, and Jace were in the canteen, with Gyu humming in response. "Man, they're outta kimchi-"

Before she knew it, Vasco dumped some of his kimchi onto her tray. "Vasco! That's real nice of ya'!"

They made their way to their table, but Vasco randomly halted and looked at one table. It was an interesting combination of people, with one stereotypically popular looking guy, and two people teenagers would call "losers". "Do ya' know them or something?" Gyuri asked curiously. Vasco shook his head, "Nah, not really. C'mon Gyuri, let's eat!"

Later, Jace whispered in her ear, "The tall guy's new too. He transferred here recently. Everyone's been a little wary of him since he dodged Zack Lee's attacks pretty well."

"Zack Lee?"

"He's really fast with his punches."

The conversation slowly stopped, as the three of them and some other Burn Knuckles members' begun to eat in comfortable silence. "Say, Riri ifIcancallyouthat, how'd you get those bandages?"

Vasco asked between mouthfuls. Before she answered, Gyuri took out a piece of tissue from her pocket and wiped a few bits of rice off Vasco's face. "You shouldn't talk while eating, Vasco."

She cleared her throat slightly. "Well, sometimes I get real passionate about karate, my hands can become a little bruised. So I wear these bandages to cover them up, and to protect them while they're vulnerable."

Gyuri said calmly, covering up the fight she had just three days ago.

"Wowowowowowow, that's so cool! Right guys?" Vasco says, like an excited puppy. The Burn Knuckles cheered for her, randomly, drawing attention to the table.

"Applaud for Lady Gyuri!"

"Gyuri CHo will make you go woaH!"

"Clap your hands for Gyuri!!"

What the hell, said girl thought to herself. Still, she grinned. No one's made me this off guard in a while, then again.

Excusing herself from the table, with the supposed reason to need to use the washroom, she took out a small notebook from her jacket pocket, scribbling some words inside.

Euntae Lee, "Vasco". She wrote onto the notebook. "You seem like an innocent guy, but your grip's no joke. You have potential." she murmured quietly to herself, writing down some points. She stuffed the notebook deep into her pocket.

Walking out of the bathroom and putting a lollipop into her mouth, the blue haired girl could only think of one thing.

"This school may be way more interesting than what I'd thought it'd be."

🥋 𝒈𝒚𝒖𝒓𝒊'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔

"vasco? he's pretty hot i guess." gyuri looks away from the camera.

the cameraman mumbles something aloud. gyuri hears this and responds.

"gun and goo? why would those two idiots get jealous if i say that?" the cameraman sighs and rolls their eyes. gyuri puffs out her cheeks. "c'monnnn, stop hiding stuff from meeeee-"