At The End Of The Maze....

1.Maze

I was walking down the hallway of my new high-school, Saebom High. My headphones were plugged in but I had to take them off as my brother tapped my shoulder.

"Let's go to the staff room" said Kang Yecheol, my twin. He didn't even spare me a glance before walking towards the staff room, which I was used to. You see, we were never that close....ever....even though we were twins. Some people would say that I'm overreacting,  trust me I'm not.

I followed my brother who was already talking to our supposed homeroom teacher. When the teacher spotted me, I had lost all excuses of running away.

"You must be Kang Eunseo. I'm Mr.Han, your homeroom teacher for this grade. Fortunately, you and your brother are in the same classroom" said the teacher, or Mr.Han. I nod politely, not really ecstatic about having to deal with my brother for another whole year. But then I spotted someone familiar. It was Lee Suho, my brother's best friend. 

"Suho, why don't you lead your new friends to the classroom?" Mr.Han said. Suho nodded and we followed him out of the staff room. The journey to our classroom would have been a bit more bearable, considering Yecheol and Suho were giggling like lovestruck teenagers, if I had my headphones which were taken by Mr.Han along with our cellphones.

I entered the classroom, with Mr.Han coming in seconds later. He gestures me and my brother to the front of the classroom. "Good morning everyone.  Today we have two more new transfer students, Kang Yecheol and Kang Eunseo" Mr.Han says and we take it as a hint to introduce ourselves. "Hi everyone,  I'm Kang Yecheol. Hope we can be friends" said my brother, beaming at the students. He even earned applause from three different people. One being Lee Suho, the second being Jeong Seyeon and the last was Han Seojun. A little backstory, these four have a friend group as all of them used to train under Move Entertainment. They continued to be friends even after Suho, Seojun And Yecheol quit. 

"I'm Kang Eunseo" I said briefly, keeping a stoic expression throughout. As expected, there was no response to me. Mr.Han assigned me to sit behind a girl named Lim Jukyung. I quietly obliged and took a seat. But for a reason, I could feel stares on the back of my neck. It took a whole lot of willpower to not turn back and glare at whoever staring at me. I ignored it and focused on my classes.

The lunch break arrived earlier than I would have liked. Seojun, Suho, Seyeon and my brother left the classroom, heading to do whatever funny business they had. I rested my head on the table, not really feeling too hungry but a girl taps on my shoulder. I wake up to look at her. "Hii, I'm Choi Sua!" She said enthusiastically. "Hi" I grunt in response. Lim Jukyung turned back and another girl followed Sua.

"You're Kang Eunseo?" Said the unknown girl, or Kang Soojin, as her name tag read. I hum in response, not giving away too many emotions. " oh, Suho told me about you and your brother.  You all used to train at Move, right" she continued. "Yeah" I mutter. "You're a trainee at Move entertainment? My sister works there " spoke up lim jukyung. "I used to, not anymore" I reply. I wanted to avoid discussing about this topic, but Sua refused to let go. "Really? Then you must have met many celebrities. But why did you quit?" Inquired Sua. There we go, the question I dreaded the most. Why stop working at a company many would kill to get in? "Just reasons" I said, not wanting not elaborate. Thankfully they all took the hint and dropped the topic.

"Wanna join us for lunch?" Asked Soojin. "No thanks, I'm not hungry " I reply, rather hastily. All of then we're visibly disappointed. "Okay then, let's go girls" said Soojin. "We'll see you later!" Squeked Jukyung, waving at me before heading out with her friends. I resumed sleeping on my desk.

why were they being so nice to me? I wondered over and over again. Overthinking is a disease. Don't ask why. 

Before I could notice it, my first day of school was over. Everyone was packing up and leaving. But I was the last one to get up, pack my stuff and walk out. I waited for the bus for a while, but seeing that it was already late and no one was outside anymore, I decided to just walk home.

Fuck leg cramps. I thought to myself as I neared my house. I made my way in, greeted by the usual smell of cigarettes and cold. I regretted not taking a detour but since I was already home, I locked myself in my room.

I skipped dinner. One mental breakdown is enough to kill my hunger

But I couldn't sleep. I can imagine why.

I just lay there, listening to the ticks of the minute hand which surprisingly had a calming effect. And before I knew it, I was asleep.

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a/n: wooh! I can't believe I'm done with the first chapter. Still feels unreal.

Anyways thanks for giving this story a chance guys. It means so much for me.

I'll see you in the next chap.

Farewell <3