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Episode 8

         At school, Seungmin was inside of the gymnasium and he sat down on the bleachers, sweating from playing basketball. Basketball wasn't easy for him since he got hit many times in different areas except for that specific part and the head.

Seungmin: 'So, this is what sports are? It's too hard!'

P.E Coach: *shouts from across the gymnasium* "Seungmin-yah! Are you tired?"

Seungmin: "Yes, haha." *pants*

P.E Coach: "As long as you rest well, you'll be getting a C- on this. Make sure that you man up next time."

Seungmin: *slightly bows* "Okay, sir."

P.E Coach: "And stop with the sir. Just call me Coach."

Seungmin: "Alright, Coach."

P.E Coach: *turns to another coach* "I've never in my life had a student so dumb!"

Other P.E Coach: "I know right? Who in the world doesn't know what Basketball and sports are? Ridiculous. He probably has no brain."

Seungmin: 'No brain? Dumb? Ridiculous?'

      Those words started to repeat in his mind, he felt like crying. He has never been called those words before and they hurt him like a knife. He starts sniffling and a teardrop falls from his left eye. He gets up and starts walking to the hallway where nobody will find him. Well, at least he thought so.

      As soon as he reached the hallway, he let all of his tears out behind a wall on his right. He thought that nobody could see him. Junbaek and his friends see Seungmin crying and they walk over to him.

Kyujin: *pushes Seungmin's shoulder, therefore removing his hands from his face* "Hey, loser, why are you crying?"

Seungmin: "Huh?"

Seokhyun: "You heard him, crybaby. Real men don't cry."

Junbaek: *turns to Seokhyun and pushes his shoulder* "Yah, what do you mean? He is not a real man, he is a little girl."

Seungmin: "I'm not a girl."

Junbaek: *pulls Seungmin's bracelet and breaks it* "Boys don't wear silly bracelets."

Seungmin: "Why did you do that? What you broke was my grandmother's protection."

Junbaek: "Protection of what? Monsters? Are you a female in disguise?"

Seungmin: "No..."

Junbaek: "How silly! You don't even look like a man. I can't even tell if you're a girl or a boy."

The Three Bullies: *laughs at Seungmin*

Seungmin: *more tears start falling and he wants to hide in the corner*

Seokhyun: "Let's find out, eh?"

Kyujin: "I guess we have to use force, right?"

Seokhyun: "Yes, pretty much."

         Kyujin and Seokhyun go closer to Seungmin until Seungmin's back touches the corner of the wall. Junbaek was just watching until his eyes met Seungmin's watery eyes. Seungmin's eyes were filled with fear and sadness, Junbaek could see. Just like with his other victims, he would just watch.

         However, this was different. There was something that Junbaek suspected which makes Seungmin special and fragile to him. Before the two got any closer to humiliating Seungmin, Junbaek shouted in panic.

Junbaek: "WAIT!"

           Seokhyun and Kyujin turn around in confusion to look at Junbaek after he shouted. He shouted that before they could do anything that would make the little boy feel hopeless. Seungmin wiped his eyes with the heel of his hand as he looked at Junbaek.