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Affirmance

"Yang Haera and Yang Haneul please report to the principals office." The loudspeaker rang before us.

Instantly waking up from my needed nap, I stood up, stifling a yawn and walked out of Biology class.

Students payed no attention, because it was not like I was going to get in trouble.

Or was I?

I mean I wasn't a bad student, I always did my homework and made sure I was on the teachers good sides.

I had exceptional writing skills, getting me to be more looked at by other students, but it wasn't as if I was THAT smart.

As I walked in the hallway, I saw Haneul walk out of her class.

Now between Haneul and I, I was the smarter one.

"What did you do?" She hissed as she saw me approach.

"Nothing!" I exclaimed, a bit offended that she assumed I got in trouble.

As we walked to the main office, we asked the secretary in the office for the directions to the principals room, since we never went there before.

The incident in the park kept replaying in my head, and I couldn't stop thinking about it.

I didn't tell anyone about it, not even Haneul or Jaeyong.

After he vanished, I scurried back home and got dressed to go to school, I didn't wait to walk with Haneul, I went to school by myself.

I was the very first student in school and I spent my two free hours sleeping in my homeroom desk.

"Oh by the way, why did you go to school so early?" Haneul questioned as we stopped in front of Principal Gong's office.

"I just felt like it." I shrugged off her question and she seemed to understand that I wasn't in the mood to answer her questions.

Knocking on the door, I heard a grunt, signaling for us to enter.

"Annyeonghaseyo Principal Gong." Both Haneul and I bowed respectively to our principal.

He nodded as a response and motioned for us to sit down in one of the few seats nearby.

As we sat down, Principal Gong went over to a pile of papers nearby his desk.

As there was a awkward silence, Haneul decided to break it.

"Did we do something wrong?" She spoke rather quietly while looking up alarmingly at him.

Glaring at Haneul, I gave her a long look before turning back to the principal who chuckled at Haneul's sudden response.

"No, no, no you two did nothing wrong. I have good news specifically for you Haneul." He spoke as he brought two files to the desk in front of us.

What about me?

"Since it's both your last years in school, the University you wanted to go to in Busan, has accepted your resume Haneul." He handed her a file.

She squealed in happiness before composing herself, remembering that she had to act clam.

"Now with you Haera, Yonsei University was not accepting resumes currently but, I found another university that has been looking at your files for quite sometime."

"What University?"

"Well technically it's not a University, but it's a school nearby here, called EXAC'T University."

What?

"So am I going to be transferring schools?"

"From now on, yes. You'll start going to your new school next Monday and I have already sent you a letter with the directions to your new school."

Standing up and thanking him, we left his office and walked back to class.

"Hey Haneul, have you heard of that school before?" I asked just as she was about to enter her class.

"Yes, I have. Now please Haera, be careful." She walked into her class while I stood my ground in the hallway.

Be careful from what?