REALITY | hwang minhyun

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another day of high school, another day of hell.
haneul really wanted to stay at home and ate a lot of ice cream for monday.

unfortunately, she couldn't do it. due to the fact that mr. park wanted her to participate as a competitor for the music event that her school organized.

what made her confuse was that, why did she even say yes?

FLASHBACK

"lee haneul, to the office, now," said the speaker in the class.

the students eyes weren't all over her anymore.

haneul? they all expected that from her.

haneul liked to break the rules, skipped school, and absolutely careless about her surroundings.

"huh? what did I do today? I didn't even make any problems, yet," she thought in her mind.

when she arrived at the office, the principal told her to have a sit.

"don't be so nervous haneul-ah. this isn't your first time," said mr. park, the principal.

"of course I'm nervous, I didn't even make any problems. why did I get called here?" she said using an informal speech.

mr. park exhaled a deep sigh. as if he's telling that he can't do anything about it anymore.

"I want you to participate in the music event next week," he calmly said while looking for the registration form.

I pointed to myself with the look of disbelief.

"me? are you kidding me? a whole lee haneul? the school's troublemaker? why do you want me to get involved with this useless music event?" she scoffed at her principal.

"haneul, I saw a video of you singing in a music event at your middle school. I saw you played the guitar, not going to lie, it was good. so I really hope you'll participate in this music event. I'll give you a few minutes to think," he said while he's still looking for the registration form.

when he found the registration form, he handed it to her and raised his eyebrows like a sign of asking her for her answer.

haneul thought for a while and sighed.

"you know what, this is a piece of cake," haneul said while signing the form.

she hurriedly got up from the seat and stopped when she reached the door, and then she thought of a genius idea.

"wait! let's call it a deal!" she said.

mr. park eyed her suspiciously. this girl wasn't going to stop.

"how about, I'm going to participate, IFー" she raised her voice at the 'if' part.

"if what?"

"if you'll send me 2 boxes of ben & jerry's ice cream to my apartment!" she clapped her hands at the genius idea.

"wait whaー"

"I'll call the deal off," she shrugged and was about to leave when mr. park called her.

"fine, only 2 boxes," he said while rubbing his temple.