Today is the first day of me attending school. As I was in the spotlight from very young age so, I never attended a school before. I was home schooled. I am feeling quite nervous. I had friends before but they were different. Now I have nothing to show them, I can't play the piano anymore. No one will be willing to be my friends and I will be ridiculed, these were the thoughts that were going round my head. The only thing that all these thoughts directed towards was that I don't want to go to school.
Unwillingly, I followed Uncle and sat on the car. As he drove I started watching the buildings pass by, the roads, the people, the vehicles, cars, buses, trucks. Suddenly everything turned black around me and I heard a loud 'pip' sound. It was slowly becoming louder and louder. I saw a light flashing and it was coming nearer and nearer. I started feeling afraid but there was no one to hold my hand . And then I noticed that I was sitting alone in the car, crying shouting for help but no one was there to hear me. I was feeling so desperate so lonely and afraid. Suddenly I heard a faint voice. Someone was calling me.
"Lee, Little Lee, Little Lee! Are you okay? I have been calling you for quite sometime but you were not answering me. So I turned back and saw you closing your eyes and sweating profusely. Hah! You gave me a fright. Are you okay?" said my uncle with a worried look on his face holding me tightly. I nodded my head and said yes. Then he hugged me and said " Guess you can't ride a car for sometime. Ok, it's not a problem. Let's walk to school."
Then I realised that it was all a dream. Maybe I dozed off.
Uncle held my hand and we slowly walked to school. While going to school there were some people who clicked photos of me. I guess they recognised me as the 'Korea's Young Prodigy in Music Lee Sunghoon'. But deep inside I knew that I'm not worthy of them clicking photos of me, but I kept quiet.
The school that Uncle chose for me was really a bustling place. Students running around everywhere and talking and chatting, everyone looked so happy. I felt quite weird so I quietly followed uncle to the Principal's office. My image of a Principal has always been like a strict grumpy old man, so I felt nervous meeting him.
I quietly entered the Principal's office following my Uncle. When I saw him I was surprised to see that he is the complete opposite of what I imagined. He is not old, he was like a middle aged person and was quite cheerful. My Uncle was talking with him. It seemed like they were an acquaintance.
"This is Lee Sunghoon', I talked with you about his admission in your school." said Uncle.
"Ahh! No need to introduce him to us. Who wouldn't know this Young Prodigy. I feel quite honoured that he will be attending my school. This will raise the image of my school. I'm so happy that I could meet this young talent. Nice to meet you Master Lee" saying this he extended his hand for a handshake. I quietly bowed and shake hands with him.
He then crouched down to my height, patted my head and said "Little Lee, that's what your closed ones call you right?" I quietly nodded my head in response to his question.
Slowly patting my head he said with a low voice "I heard what happened. Your Uncle told me when he came to talk about your admission. See, you are a bright child and you have a bright future ahead so, don't shut yourself up because of what you have to go through. I know what you need the most now at this moment, so I will take you there."
He then held my hand as we walked through the hallway of the school. All the students those who were running around stood still and looked at me with bright eyes, as if they are seeing something unbelievable happening in front of them. He took me to the teachers room. There he talked with a teacher, probably my homeroom teacher. She then looked at me and was beaming with happiness.
Then Sir turned towards me and said "This is Miss Choi Jiyeon. She will be your homeroom teacher for this year." I then bowed down to her to pay my respect.
"Hello, it's my pleasure meeting you face to face. Previously Principal Sir told us that you will be attending our school but I never thought that he will choose my class for you to attend. I'm feel quite honoured right now. Well I can guarantee you that you will not feel left out in my class even if all this are new environment for you. Students of my class are quite lively and I know they will like you a lot and you can make lots of friends just in your first day." said Miss Choi.
"Now let's wait for the bell to ring. I told you about his condition, so I will be escorting his to his classroom's said Principal Sir.
As the bell rang Miss Choi bowed down to Sir and went towards her class. I and Sir follows her. She entered her class first. I saw everyone standing up to greet her. She then told all the students to sit. I her her announcing to the class saying "Students, we have a new student joining our class from today, everyone should greet him. Well he is someone you all know very well so don't get too excited okay?"
I noticed the students whispering among themselves as they heard about a new student, some were even trying to take a peek but as they saw Principal Sir standing at the door they all backed down.
Miss Choi then signalled me and Sir to enter. He looked towards me and I slowly followed Sir inside the classroom. That's when I knew I opened a new chapter of my life.
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A Song of the Spring
RomanceLee Sunghoon, a young prodigy lost everything in an accident. He lost his parents, he lost his talent, everything seemed dark around him. Just when he was on the verge of losing himself he heard a sweet song which again brought light and warmth in h...