Who Is The One?

Chapter 1

I was in elementary school. I was the quiet and shy type most of the time. I rarely smiled because I was always alone. Luckily I had an older brother who was only three years older than me. He was much friendlier than I was so he had several friends. Recess time was the loneliest time during school hours. I sticked to him all the time during recess and hung out with him and his friends. They were all boys but I was at an age where I did not care about such things. I was happy to have their company. Soon they graduated from elementary school and I was alone again.

Then some girls took pity on me and began roping me into their group. I was so happy, I actually had friends! We usually talked about schoolwork, cartoon shows on television and rarely about boys. I had a few encounters with boys in our class. I had a crush on a boy but he was shorter than me so I decided to forget about him. I also had a crush on my brother's friend. He treated me even better than my own brother. I decided to forget him too thinking that he was too old for me and we couldn't meet up that often.

I was also teased for being fat. My mother told me that I could get revenge on them by showing them that being fat doesn't matter as long as you're smart. So I diverted my attention to studies. I tried to be the best that I could. Then, I started to gain confidence in myself but not in how I look. I gained confidence to make friends as I felt that they would like me for my personality.

There was this one year when my homeroom teacher seated me next to a girl. She smelled bad and most of classmates made fun of her. I didn't want to be part of the outcasts in class so I was rather mean to her. Even my close friends encouraged me to do so.

One day, I really lost my temper with the bad smelling girl beside me.

"I said stop asking me! I don't know! Ask someone else!"

The boy sitting in front of us turned to look at me and said, "Youngji, you're really moody aren't you?"

I was stunned by his comment. His comment hit me really hard. Was that how I seemed to him?

That boy was one of those outgoing boys in class and he was rather popular among the girls in school. He played soccer in school everyday. He was Dujun. Even his name made my heart flutter. Is this how he gained all those fangirls? Asking questions which hit girls in the face? Truly, after that day, he caught my attention. He was my new crush!