HAJIMA | pjh

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Third Person's View

"Hey, you okay?" Jisoo knocked on her door and asked.

Jaerin wiped the tear that rolled down her cheek and answered, "yeah, why?"

"I brought you some soup, to help your throat feel better. You've been screaming for the past few hours. Can you unlock the door, Jaerin?" She asked with a gentle and soft tone in her voice.

Jaerin got up from her bed and went to unlock the door. Jisoo walked in and thanked her, placing the tray of food on her bedside table.

"This is your dinner, i'll try to sneak in a cup of warm korean barley tea later on. For now, just have the soup and the side dishes," Jisoo told her.

"Thanks, but i'm not very hungry. I'll have the soup later," Jaerin said, sitting down on her bed.

"No, eat. You need to eat some food. You didn't have lunch earlier on, you only had soju. You shouldn't have drank it. Your throat's gonna be hoarse tomorrow," Jisoo said worriedly.

"Do i look like i care about myself anymore? I'm gonna end up being cold anyway, and tomorrow is my first day of school considering that i skipped the past few days because of y'all. My trust is broken, and so is my heart. The ones whom i thought truly cared for me were the ones that hurt me. I'm gonna return to being cold, hopefully then no one would be my friend in the new school."

~•~

Jaerin walked into the school building, ignoring the murmurs of the students. "Hey! You a new kid?" A boy said to her.

She ignored him and continued walking away, still maintaining her cold image.

She went to the principal's office to collect her schedule and locker number and walked to find her locker. "Need any help?" A girl asked her and she simply shook her head.

As soon as she saw her locker, she heaved a sigh of relief. When she opened it, she saw a few confession letters. "Not this again," she muttered to herself under her breath. She had a question. How did they write a letter just as they saw her?

She shrugged off the thought and made her way to her first class.

She picked an empty seat and sat there, waiting for class to start.

~•~

Finally, a teacher walked into the room. She asked Jaerin to come up to the front and so she did.

"Good morning students! Today we will be having a new student," she said.

"Hi, i'm Jaerin," she greeted simply with a straight face.

"Okay, Jaerin. Please sit down," she said.

~•~

Ring! The sound of the bell was heard and it signaled the start of lunch. The teacher dismissed them and Jaerin went straight to her locker.