SHINee over Flowers

Chapter 1: A Declaration of War

Limo after limo pull up. Designer bag after designer bag pass me in the corridors. Watches more expensive than my car on every wrist I see. This is the school I go to.
I am basically the only "commoner" as they like to call me. I earned one of the few scholarships the school offers by legal requirement. If it were up to them they'd have a school full of millionaires. I just try to keep my head down as much as I can, or at least I did ...

One day when I was eating alone in the cafeteria (the other students look down on me) a girl comes and sits by me.
"Hi I'm Kitty" she smiled.
"Hi" I said surprised.
"I just moved back here from New York, may I sit here?"
I nod. Ohh that's why she sat next to me, she doesn't know how it works round here yet.
I go on to tell her where everything is, where her classes are and who the teachers are, who the students are etc, she seems really nice. Then suddenly there's a commotion, the students leave their seats and rush to the entrance of the hall.
"What's happening?" she says also getting up out of her seat.
Five boys suddenly enter the hall and all the students back off and make a path for them.
"That's the F5" I say with disgust.
"They reign over this school like kings. They come from the most elite families of all. They do whatever they want and anyone who crosses them gets the red card"
"What's that" Kitty said leaning forward in fascination.
"When the red card is left in someone's locker it means your the whole schools prey. The F5 do little of the dirty work themselves. Horrific things happen to victims of the red card and most of the time are driven out and move school, I heard one guy did as little as bite into an orange and minuscule droplets of juice flew into the leader Taemin's eye and he got the red card. I think it depends on his mood on how much mercy the F5 is willing to give you"
"Don't the teachers do anything about this?!" She quietly shrieks.
"The teachers are just as afraid as the kids, the F5's families fund this school. If they want to keep their jobs they won't cross the F5" I say calmly.
"Well I'd rather not go anywhere near them" Kitty says. Finally someone with sense. She picks up her jelly pot and swiftly turns around ... not looking where she is going... and.... SPLAT

Oh God.

I can't dare to look. She's bumped into and spilled her jelly all over
Taemin.
He stares at the ground at his jelly covered shoes for a few seconds then slowly raises his head to look her right in the eyes with his dead shadowy eyes.
"I'm so sorry I I I'll for them, I'll replace them even I so sor sorry" Kitty said frantically stuttering. Taemin's eyes were locked on hers never leaving them. Does he even blink? He was like a statue and slowly took a breath in and said still without blinking
"You'll replace them?" He smirked.
"These are one of a kind designed specially for the heir to the Lee fortune. Me. You couldn't possible replace them. I doubt you could afford them"
"I... I'm so sorry" she said looking at the ground.
"If apologies were sufficient then we wouldn't need police now would we?" He said taking his hand to her face, grabbing her chin and raising it to his eye level.
"She said she's sorry!" I blurted out angrily. I'm so stupid. Stop I tell myself.
"Don't you have any kind of human decency?" I dug myself deeper. I'm normally more shy and reserved but I just couldn't take this anymore.
"You think you can just push people around? Who do you think you are?"
He let go of Kitty and stared at me with disbelief, the other F5 members sniggered. Taemin was silent for a second and then let out a chilling laugh that sent shivers through my spine.
"Wow. You must think you're such a hero, such good friend. Sticking up for your friend. Cute. You must think you're such a good person" he chuckled stepping closer to me until I could feel his breath and mine stopped.
"If you're such a great friend. Why don't you clean up her mess?"
I could see the F5 grinning behind him in anticipation. He leaned in close and whispered in my ear
"Lick my shoe"
"What?!"
Now louder, announcing it to the room so everyone could hear he repeated.
"Lick my shoe" an arrogant smile spread across his face.
"Then all will be forgiven. Okay?" He raised his eyebrows.
"You don't want to start a war with me" he chuckled.
The whole school was watching and I could feel their eyes digging into me. I looked across at Kitty's worried face and knew I had to swallow my pride. I slowly lowered to ground. But when I heard his infuriating chuckle as I did
I sprung up... And slapped him across the face.
He fell dramatically back to the floor.
"You know what" I shouted down, standing over him.
"I do think I'm a good person. I believe in what right and earn people's respect with my character rather than buying it with my money... Sorry my parents' money. I can honestly say that the people in my life appreciate and love me for who I am, and I'm not sure you can say the same. Am I right?"
He stared up at me in disbelief.
"Don't think I'm going lay down and surrender to your bullying. This is a declaration of war"