SCHOOL 101

Fist Bullied

*flashback*

13 November 2017 | In front of Science Group Base | 16.25

"Kang Daniel-ssi." Chungha runs toward Daniel.

Daniel turns to face the girl who called him. "Ne?"

"We are supposed to do the demo project together. Remember?"

"Ah yes. So?" Daniel raises his left eyebrow.

"So," Chungha slips her hand to her pocket, feeling annoyed. Is he a dummy or what? "We need to work together."

"Hmm. Wednesday at Happy Café? After school?"

"Call."

"K." Daniel turns and walks away.

Heol. Is that it? He didn't even gimme his phone number. How am I supposed to contact him then?

15 November 2017 | Happy Café | 16.10

Chungha stopms her foot. She's been waiting for 20 minutes but there is no sign of that ridiculous pink haired boy. She checked her watch again and again. If she had his phone number, she would terrorize him already, like some crazy ex-girlfriend. And finally, Daniel came.

"Ya! I've been waiting here for 20 minutes. Where have you been?"

"Sorry. Something came up." Chungha can literally shoot a bullet from her eyes now.

"What are we going to make?"

"Well, I've doing some research about..." And for the next 15 minutes, he explains the project plan. Chungha is jeongmal, jinjja, wanjeon, daebak, real, heol, impressed. She thought that Daniel is just another spoiled kid who doesn't give a damn about school. But she is wrong.

"Wow. That was quick." Chungha finished writing all the ingredients they need for the project. She finds herself surprised. "I'll look for the chemicals, and you look for the materials. Is that okay?"

"It's fine by me."

"How about we do a trial tomorrow? After school?" Chungha puts her notes back in her bag. "I mean, before we do it on Friday. Don't you think so?"

Daniel doesn't respond her. So she looks up and finds Daniel is staring at a boy who just enters the café. It's Park Woojin. "Daniel-ssi. Angeuraeyo?"

"I'm sorry. Mworagoyo?"

"I think that we should do a trial first, tomorrow. So we need to triple the ingredients. One for the trial, one for the demo, and one for back up. You know, just in case..."

"Ah...yes." He still has his eyes on Woojin, who's ordering for his coffee at the cashier. Chungha saw that Woojin's eyes met Daniel's. And Chungha swears that he was glaring at Daniel. Daniel keeps a poker face, but his fist balled up. His knuckles turned white.

"Same place, tomorrow?"

"Ne. Geureom." Daniel stood up and left. Chungha can sense that something isn't right. So she keeps staring at them. Woojin left with a coffee on his hand, a few seconds after Daniel. Chungha slings her bag and heads out. She sees that Woojin is following Daniel. He walks fast, as if chasing Daniel. And when he matched his pace, he threw away his coffee, grabbed Daniel by the collar, and shoved him to the nearest alley.

Chungha puts her hand on her mouth. She runs as fast as she could. When she got there, Woojin was holding Daniel on the ground, throwing punches on Daniel's face. He kicked Daniel's stomach. Daniel's blood is dripping from his nose and he's coughing. "YA PARK WOOJIN! GEUMANHAE!"

Woojin looks up. He kicks Daniel's stomach one more time before leaving and glaring at me. Chungha rushes over to Daniel and taps his left cheek. "Daniel-ssi, gwaenchanhayo?" Daniel is losing his consciousness. "Daniel-ssi." She shakes his body. "Ya Kang Daniel!!" And then, Daniel's world goes dark.