DOWNFALL -HIERARCHY

Chapter 3: The Incident

Now playing... 7 rings —Ariana Grande

Narrator's POV:
TW: mention of violence

The bell rings, signaling the end of classes for the day, and students begin to file out of their classrooms and head towards the cafeteria. As always, the cafeteria is buzzing with activity, with groups of students clustered around tables, chatting and eating lunch.

Despite the lively atmosphere, there's a clear divide in the cafeteria. The rich and popular students are seated at the central tables, their voices loud and their laughter echoing through the room. The scholarship students are relegated to the outer tables, their meals consumed in relative silence.

"This is just ridiculous.." Nabi mumbles to herself pertaining to the clear and obvious visible divider that divides the whole cafeteria into two. As Nabi scan the room, her gaze falls on a certain table near the center of the cafeteria, where Hera and her wealthy friends are seated. They're laughing loudly and drawing the attention of many students around them.

When Hera suddenly turn and met Nabi's gaze she instantly wave at her then signals her to sit beside her and her friends. But to her dismay Nabi did the complete opposite. Not only she didn't wave back to Hera but she also make her way to a certain person and decided to sit with that person

"Nabi..?" Kang Ha instantly recognized the girl who just recently sat Infront of him. Nabi gave him a warm smile "Kang Ha.. mind if I sit here with you?" Kang Ha returns her warm smile and nodded.

As Nabi sits down, a group of scholarship students eye her with a mix of curiosity and wariness. Probably curious as to why she is sitting with the new scholarship student. She must've been a scholarship student too They thought

Nabi proceeds to eating her food together with Kang Ha quietly. the sounds of conversations and laughter from the wealthy students fill the background. She can hear snippets of their conversations, full of gossip and boastful stories about their latest shopping sprees or extravagant vacations.

Nabi take another bite of her food, trying to ignore the irritating sounds. Despite her efforts, the contrast in the atmosphere between the wealthy and scholarship students is impossible to overlook.

"So annoying..." Nabi whispered which Kang Ha didn't notice and heard "Hmm..?? You were saying something Nabi?" The boy asked looking at Nabi with those curious looking like a puppy eyes. Nabi just shook his head, "Nothing, just focus on eating Kang Ha."

Kang Ha just shrugged and gulp down a glass of water. She looked at Nabi before saying "Nabi I'm going to the restroom, would you be alright alone here??" Nabi look up to him and they lock eyes. She just nodded as a response. Once again Kang Ha flashed his vibrant smile that almost make Nabi's heart skip a beat almost. Nabi watches him as he fade away from her sight she sigh afterwards

She continued eating but this time she's angrily shoving food into her mouth. She was tired of all the whispers and murmurs around her. She is sick with the loud sound the fills the whole cafeteria caused by the wealthy kids.

"Students here just love gossiping, don't they?" Suddenly, a group of snotty girls approached her table, giggling and whispering among themselves. One of the girls, a tall blonde, stepped forward, a sneer on her face.

Nabi looked up at them, her eyes narrowing. "What do you want?" she asked, trying to keep her cool. She's already irritated as it is, and these group of girls who just approached her isn't doing much help. They're just adding up to Nabi's growing frustration and Irritation.