HYYH The Notes Chronologically

Seokjin, 2 March, Year 19

I followed my father into the principal's office, it had a damp smell. It had been ten days since I had returned from America, I had to start a year lower because the education system is different.

"I am leaving him in your hands." My father said, I flinched unintentionally when he put his hands on my shoulders.

"School, in general, is a dangerous place, we need order and control." The principal said staring dead into my eyes. Every time he spoke, the fat around his wrinkly cheeks would shake. The inside of his black lips was dark red.

"Don't you think so as well?"

I was hesitating at the abrupt question and my father squeezed my shoulder harder. The strength caused shocks to go up and down my neck.

"I trust that you'll do well."

The principal persistently continues to make eye contact and my father squeezes me tighter. He clenched his fists around my shoulders to the point that my bones felt like they would shatter. My body was shaking and dripping with cold sweat.

"You have to tell me right now. You have to be a good student for your dad." The principal told me with a straight face. "Yes." I squeezed out a response and the pain disappeared. I heard the laughter of my father and the principal. I couldn't raise my head. I could only see the brown shoes of my father and the principal's black shoes. I didn't know were the light was coming from, but it twinkled. I was scared of that twinkle.