It's the day of revealing the examination scores and the revealing of who's the smartest and who's the dumbest. Students are scrambling and throwing elbows at each other just to know what their scores and ranks are.
Y/N looked at the scrambling students who are like hungry pigs competing for their mother's milk. It took about a minute or three to lessen the crowd so that Y/N could own the bulletin board herself.
She starts from the lowest, her finger touching the smooth surface of the long bond paper, pointing at the area of students' names. She scrolls all the way up, her eyes scanning the names until she saw her full name.
Y/F/N - CLASS STAR(A) - 95/100 RANK: 3
She checked for Beomgyu's results. She knows Beomgyu couldn't care less about his test results but she will tell him his results anyways. It was those times where Y/N's feelings for Beomgyu are still there, it was those times where Beomgyu's treatint Y/N like shit, it was the first few weeks of their relationship.
CHOI BEOMGYU - CLASS STAR(A) - 100/100 - RANK: 1
Y/N smiled at what she saw, she's delighted and proud that her boyfriend ranks first and she doesn't care that he got the higher spot. Y/N's contented on having the Top 3 spot.
But not her parents.
Y/N's smile disappeared when she thought about her parents, especially her mother. She won't be impressed once she finds out her daughter got the Top 3 spot. Y/N hopes that her mother won't call her to ask about the results to spare herself from the long speeches of "not studying well, neglecting studies for love, and Choi Beomgyu is not the one for you" that she'll be hearing again.
She walked out of the school building to the school gates. As she's about to step out, her mother called.
"Hey honey, your teacher emailed me that today is the day of your test results! Did you got first place?" The sweet and excited tone of her mother tempted Y/N to lie about her results, she doesn't want to be called a disappointment again but it's no use, a teacher will send an email of a photo of the results.
"I... uh... I actually got 3rd place." Y/N answered, trying to make her voice sound lively and happy but nahh.
"You what?!"
"Mom, it's not that big of a deal!"
"nOt tHaT bIG oF a DEaL?! dO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH TIME I SPENT ON SEARCHING THE BEST TUTORS FOR YOU AND HOW MUCH MONEY I SPENT ON THEM JUST SO YOU COULD GET A BETTER TEST RESULT!"
Y/N rolled her eyes. Shut up, you're rich, don't even talk about that 'how much I spent money on this' bullshit. Y/N wanted to snap at her mom but held back herself.
"Mom, I'm sorㅡ"
"Okay you know what? You better be here in 30 minutes or I will ground you! Jesus, you're such a disappointment." With that, Y/N's mother ended the call.
Every word that her mom said to her absolutely stings. It's like everything Y/N did to make her parents proud are never enough; she has to be always the best of the best, rather than only second best.
