monday, November 19
it's Monday morning, I wake up in my new bed, in my new house, in my new country. because my parents divorced, my mom decided to move back to Seoul. I had to leave all the thing I know and love and fly to a country I didn't really know. the only thing I knew was the thing my mom used to tell me when I was young.
to add up to all of those new things, today it's my first day in my new school. my first day at the School of Performing Arts Seoul. yeah, I'm doing a degree in music theater. I'm super happy to be accepted in this prestigious school in the subject I love the most, but I'm still sad not to be with my friend.
I get up, go get a shower and put my uniform. when I go downstairs, I can smell the nice smell of bacon and eggs. "my mom must have prepared some breakfast" I thought.
" Hi honey, did you sleep well? you're just on time I just finished making breakfast. it's your favorite, bacon, and eggs"
she knows exactly what it feels to be in a country that is not yours. I look a lot like my mom, small features, she's a bit taller than me, and the same big smile. that's a thing I didn't saw for a long time. my mom was not that happy with my dad, they loved each other at the beginning, I'm sure, but as the time past by they grew further and further. even I could see it, it's probably why I was not that surprised when they announced me the news about the divorce. I think I was already prepared mentally. I'm sure it's for the best, but I didn't think I would end up moving to Korea.
" kind of "I responded. I can't tell her that I couldn't sleep because I was so nervous for my first day. yeah it's not like it was September and everybody was having their first day, no it was already the half of the years and I'll probably be the only new student. and I know Korean, but I only use it with my mom. I'm not completely fluent, I can't read and write, and I'm much comfortable when I talk in English. What will I do if I don't understand what the teacher says or the other student? My heart starts beating fast, "NO CALM DOWN, you can't panic now! you're not in the school yet you don't know what will happen". I love how sometimes my head is smarter than my heart.
"don't worry, everything will be okay, and I'm sure everybody will love you. and the selection committee was really impressed by your audition. remember?" my mom said.
"yes, you're right. thanks, mom" I said. I start eating my breakfast. "that's right when I sent my audition video, the selection committee responded in like a week and wrote a whole letter just to tell me that I was just a diamond in the rough and they would love to have me in their school and how it's unusual for them to accept student in the middle of the year, but they were so impressed by my acting that they made an exception just for me" I thought. with those though my heart decided to calm down and allowed me to breathe calmly again.
I finished my breakfast and I start packing my bag for school, then my mom said "hey, don't forget it's all for the best. you'll see you will love it here"
"I know mom, I'll try mom. I promised you"I said with a shy smile. I know I will but for now, it feels impossible. I promised my mom, back in the airplane, to try to have fun here and try to make this place my home.
when I arrived at the school I feel paralyzed, my feet seems asleep, but the flow of student woke them up pretty fast. I enter the school, I go to the office to get my timetable and my locker number. I try to find my locker, #726.
"found it," I said.
I try to unlock it, but it's not working. I try again trying to do exactly how it is written on the paper I'm holding in my hand. but it didn't open yet again.
"it should have work, why don't you open," I said a little louder than I thought.
"can I help you, I think you're having some problems," a deep voice said behind my shoulder. I turned around and a blond guy is standing. he has a small body and face, but he is still taller than me, everybody is. he has an accent, but I can't say from where. it's certainly not from here.
"it would be so kind of you, I can't open it but I don't understand I did exactly as it is written on the paper," I said
"don't worry they are hard to open and I did the same last year," he said laughing. he takes the paper, pushes on the locker, does the combination, and the locker opens.
"there you go dear," he said with a smile.
"thank you so much, "I told him doing a small bow. I start unpacking my stuff in my locker.
"you're not from around here are you ?" he asked scaring me at the same time.
"is it that obvious?" I said laughing awkwardly.
"first, you're talking in English in a Korean school in Korea, second I never saw you and I would have noticed you before if you were, and finally you don't look that much Korean," he said looking at me from my feet to my face with a cute smile.
"Yeah, I totally forgot to switch my brain to Korean," I said face palming myself.
"don't worry as you can hear I can totally understand you, I, myself, got mix up all the time," he said, laughing and pointing at his head.
"Yeah, by the way, I'm from Canada and I'm half Korean. you are not from here either, where are you from?"
"I'm from Sydney, Australia, ma'am," he said doing a gesture as he was removing a hat from his head.
I laughed and I looked at my watch and it was almost the beginning of the class.
"sorry, but I still have to find my class and I think it won't be an easy task, thank you so much for the help," I said closing my locker. I turn around, I do a bow, how my mom told me to, and I start walking to my class, at least I hope.
I'm trying to find my homeroom 3-05, I'm happy because the first class is chemistry, at least in that subject I'm sure I'll won't be that lost. chemistry is the same thing in all the countries.
I arrived at the end of the corridor and I realize that I'm lost, I have no idea where I am. I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn around and it's the blond guy.
"Hey Canada, are you lost," I said smiling.
"is it that obvious," I said laughing. I look at him and I said: "hey were you following me?"
" no, it's just that figured that you would get lost so.," he responded but he didn't finish his sentence.
"you followed me," I said looking at him
"yeah, kind of. and I still don't know your name" he said.
"Oh right, I'm y/n and you are ?" I said
"Felix at your service ma'am," he said bowing like a prince.
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school love
Fanfictiony\n is a young Canadian-Korean who moved to Seoul because of her mother. she has to abandon her country, her house, her school and her friends to move to the other side of the world. but not everything is bad as she learned to adapt to that new real...
