Those Boys Gave Me 18 Roses

1ST ROSE: Welcome to Empire

You can watch the trailer in the media ROSELLEs and XIELOs. ♡

ERRORS AHEAD! Since English is not my first/native language, you'll notice some grammatical errors and other errors in this piece so please bear with it. I am currently editing this along with a kind-hearted companion so I hope you'll understand. Thank you so much for reading. I love you. Roses and love for y'all. ❤❤

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SONG JIN HEE CRINGED AS SHE GOT out of her uncle's pastel pink van. He was the one who drove her to her new school. She took one glimpse at her new school and looked back at her uncle.

"*Sukbu," she called him. "I don't think I can do this. I don't think I can enter that school." (*father's brother, uncle)

"Aigoo, this kid. How many times did I tell you that you shouldn't call me sukbu. You should call me *gomo," with his feminine voice, Song Shin Hyuk also known as Mama Shin corrected that made Jin Hee sigh. (*paternal aunt)

"Don't be nervous, Jin Hee-yah. I know you can do it! Do well at school! Hwaiting!" Mama Shin threw her a flying kiss before driving his pink pastel van away.

She waited for her uncle's feminine van to disappear in her eyes before facing the grand gate of her new school. She made a face while looking at the prestigious building of the said place. Jin Hee didn't expect that when she took her first step on Seoul's ground, she'd enter this prestigious private institution. The school gate was painted with luxurious black and there were some metals bent in different shapes and symbols, covered with golden paint—flaunting how grand, elegant and superior this school was.

She closed her eyes as she took a deep breath then she opened it again and stared at the school's gate once more.

"You can do this, Jin Hee!" she encouraged herself secretly, trying to quench the nervousness that flowed through her body. She took a glance at the brochures and school directory that she was holding before she entered the premises.

Sumptuous, opulent and plushy cars got her attention as she walked on the school grounds. She saw some students assisted by their drivers in holding their bags—which made her think that they're too lazy to hold it for themselves. They have two hands. Why do they need to have assistance in holding their bags? If possible, when they walk, they still need an assistant. Tsk, rich kids, she thought.

She shrugged and ignored it. It wasn't her business to espy on people around her anyway so she continued walking and searching the Senior High building.

In front of her were some students talking about luxurious living and walking at a slow pace that made her feel a jolt of annoyance, wanting to kick their asses to make them walk faster.

"You're not gonna believe what happened. Do you know that I lost a bet with my brother?" she heard the guy in front of her talking to his peers. "He bought one of my stock at the lowest value. Ugh, it really sucks. He's so stingy."

"Oh, really? How much did he invest in your stock?" asked the girl on his right side. Her wavy, long hair looked good in her ponytail. Looking at her from behind, she looked good in her uniform and long, white socks with two black stripes around the knee part. Their vests were color black with white edges on the collar, gray-colored V collar gilet shirt, wrist cuffs, side pockets and pocket on the left chest. Their left chest pocket bore the prestigious logo of the school. The girl's skirt was about four to five inches above the knee and it was red, checkered with black and green lines with straight, neat plats. They also had different colors of the necktie—red for girls and yellow for boys with the school's logo as the design—the logo of two lions with crowns facing each other and the knight's spears forming 'x' and a bigger crown on top of the name of their school engraved on it. Empire Academy.