"she's beautiful, inside and out. she deserves all the respect and love in this world. she just doesn't know that yet."
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•°☆ irene | individual chapter introduction
"Hey, did you hear? She's transferring schools next year."
"That's good. We don't need trash in our class anyway."
"Right. I'm tired of putting up with her friendless act crap so men could be all over her."
"She's an attention seeker, haven't you noticed? Acting all fragile and innocent. She manipulates people."
"That's why wherever she goes, even if she does transfer schools, it'll turn out the same way."
"Irene will still be an outcast."
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I was standing outside of the classroom, breathing heavily while waiting to be called. "Quiet down class," the homeroom teacher announced, "we have a new transfer student joining us today."
I heard the class immediately turn silent, and all I could hear was the sound of my heart pounding against my chest. I tried to calm down, but as soon as the teacher asked me to come in, I panicked.
I hate introductions the most, I mumbled to myself.
With trembling legs, I managed to walk across to the center aisleㅡthen scooted to the far left of the classroom. My head was hung low all the time, and all I did was fidget with the hem of my blouse.
"Okay Ms. Bae, you can go introduce yourself now." I slowly raised up my head to take a glance at the students in front of me, but I wish I didn't.
All of the attention was on me, and I hated it. All of them were looking at me like I was some kind of display, and I became even more anxious. Luckily, my hair was covering my face, and I found some comfort in that.
"Miss Yoon, is she mute?" A student asked and the whole class started laughing. I wondered if it was because of me, or was there a some joke I was supposed to laugh at too.
"No she's not, Jimin." She gestured her hand to continue. "Go on, the class is waiting Ms. Bae." Although, my eyes wavered, trying to avoid eye contact with anyone.
The unfamiliar faces are overwhelming. This is the first time I've transferred schools, and I hope it wouldn't be the same as the other one.
"You bring pain to those who're around you. You shouldn'thave existed, Irene."
I swallowed a lump on my throat when an awful memory slipped through my mind. My voice was shaky, but I managed to muster up the courage to speak out loud.
