Innocent | k.t.h

Arrogance

As I entered class again, I noticed that the students were gathered around the teachers desk.

So now, I'm going to a new school huh?

Sitting down in my seat, I stared helplessly at the white board in front of me.

"Haera come here! Principal Gong made a list of Classes A9 and A10's University picks." Our Biology teacher, Mrs. Seo spoke from behind her desk.

"I already know where I'm going." I muttered under my breath as I stood up once again.

Our class, was class A10 and was known to have the most students going to prestigious schools.

But not me.

Looking at the screen in front of me, I saw that most of the students were going to Yonsei University.

Why is everyone else going but not me?

Clenching my teeth in anger, I watched as the students around me started to celebrate that they got into their dream schools.

"Yo Yang, I can't believe I'm going to Yonsei." A voice spoke nearby.

Turning around, I faced Jaebum.

Why did he just call me by my last name?

"I'm happy for you." I spoke trying to sound genuine.

"I heard that someone in this class was supposed to also be going, but they got switched with mine." He spoke nonchalantly.

That was me.

"What University were you supposed to go to?" I spoke, trying to sound as innocent as I could.

"EXAC'T University and I'm so glad that I'm not going there." He spoke as he sighed in relief.

Widening my eyes at his response, I looked at him in alarm.

"Why?" It came out as barely a whisper.

"Because it's a bad school, there's people in there who aren't good people. They kill and hurt others,"

I stopped breathing.

"All of the students in that school are monsters." He finished.

Everything went blank for me.

"Oh." Was the only thing I could say.

My throat closed up and I couldn't breathe anymore.

"Hey Yang, are you okay?" Jaebum spoke worriedly.

I opened my mouth to say something, but nothing came out.

Tears threatened to fall from my eyes, as I stood still trembling.

Everyone around us started to take their eyes from the screen and stare at my fragile figure.

"Haera do you need to go to the nurse?" Mrs. Seo softly asked as she told the students to go back to their seats.

I tried to say something again, but I still couldn't talk.

Jaebum gently pushed me towards the door and took me out of the classroom towards the main office that was nearby the nurses wing.

As we got into the nurses wing, the nurse, Mrs. Hong stood up immediately from her desk and rushed over to my condition.

"Oh my Haera! What happened to you?" She spoke as she frantically tried to get me to sit down.

Still trembling, I zoned out from Jaebum and Mrs. Hong who were trying to help me.

"Why me?" I muttered.

"Why what?" Mrs. Hong heard me.

I could finally talk.

"Why must my innocence be taken away from me?" I muttered more lowly than before.