FONDNESS ; HATRED

01

noun: ego

-- a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

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KIM MINGYU

Today was my first day at my new school. Yesterday I has came for registered and today I'm starting my day as a new student. I entered the school compound and it was so quiet. Am I late? Has the class already start? What if I've caught by the teacher for coming late on my first day at school? Those kind of thinking make me feel scared. What am I going to say later? I walked at the corridor and pass a few classes. It was so quiet. The only thing that I can hear is echo of the teacher's voice teaching their class. There's no voice of students. I'm studying in class 4-1. I'm a clever student before. So, the teacher placed me in the first class. I arrive in front of the class.

"I'm sorry for interrupting your class ma'am." I say as I walk in. She look at me. "The transferee?" She asks. I nod quickly. She opens some file and I see my personal detail. "Kim Mingyu?" She says and I nod again. I look all over the class. Everyone looked at me with a look of confusion. I gulped. Their stare just making my nervousness and scared become more. "Please introduce yourself." The teacher says. "Hi! I'm Kim Mingyu. Please take care of me." I say and bow. "Okay, you can go to your seat at the back." The teacher says and I nod as I go to the seat. I'm sitting alone at the back. I'm sure that no one wants to accompany me. I don't think I can make any friends here. They're all so awkward and scary. A boy who sit in front of me turned back facing me and said, "I'm Kim Hanbin. Hope you don't feel awkward and confused. We don't really welcoming people." He take out her hand. I think he wants a handshake. I shake his hand as I say, "I'm fine with that."

Am I really fine here? Why did they not welcoming people? Don't they need to welcome their new members in class warmly and not coldly? This is so weird. Why with this school? I let go of our hand and he turns back continue his work. I sigh. The bells ring and a boy in the front standing up as he says, "Class attention!". He must be the class monitor. All of the students sit straight. "Thank you teacher." The class monitor bow as well as we bow too. I take out my pencil case and one fresh notebook. The teacher walk in and the class monitor stands up again. "Class attention!". "Good morning teacher." He bows and we too.

"Good morning. Open your textbook page 145. Read the passage and answer the questions." He says as he sit at the teacher's table. Wow! That's so strict. I don't even know what subject is it now. How funny! I take a look at Hanbin's table and I see an English textbook. Oh, it's English. I take out my textbook and turn to page 145 and start to read the passage.

' Once there was an island where all the feelings lived together.

One day there was a storm in the sea and the island was about to drown.

Every Feeling was scared but Love made a boat to escape.

All the feelings jumped in the boat except for one feeling.

Love got down to see who it was...

It was Ego!!

Love tried & tried but Ego didn't move..

Everyone asked Love to leave Ego & come in the boat but Love was meant to Love....

It remained with Ego.

All other feelings were left alive but Love died because of Ego !! '