|The Wrong Impression|

--Honey Lou's Point of View--

((Earlier Today)) No matter how much I tried, he didn't budge from his place instead, he pulled me closer to himself and insisted that we go together, and he doesn't even plan on heading to his classroom.

'This boy is seriously making me feel very flustered.'

Since everyone has their eyes on me once again.

Doesn't he have anything else to do besides taking the spotlight for himself?

I continuously pushed him away again and again as hard as I could to avoid the attention from us both then all of a sudden.

Success was guaranteed because of my efforts.

I was able to run away from him as well as the crowd, on my way to possibly search for the others or simply just hide somewhere...

I am starting to regret my recent decisions in life without even knowing what kind of a person he is.

Indeed, he deserved the kick he received not so long ago but unfortunately for me, he knows where I live now because of an unnecessary choice I made.

'This is terrible!'

But who knows? Maybe it is just a misunderstanding.

We should never judge a book by its cover.

Sihyeon-eonni told me that my sister had already cleaned up the mess Yeonju caused in my locker so I decided to head there and then, take something that I would probably need in class on a Thursday.

'Hold on... It's Thursday today!' how dumb of me not to realize that soon.

Haesu-eonni cleaned my locker?

Let me rephrase that, Haesu-eonni asked the school staff to handle the mess there since not once in her life did she clean her traces...

'Literally, never did she do so.'

My sister is actually like a tiger that you can either tame or be chased and I am certain that everyone else thinks the same as I do so I should probably adjust as soon as possible to get along with her.

She might become very affectionate towards me if I just do things with no mistakes in order to earn her trust and we could finally have that closure I've always been dreaming about all this time.

'I hope that the peace between us will never end under any circumstances...'

Things had only started so I wouldn't wanna think that much about it, it'll be unfortunate if that ever does happen because of what I was expecting in less than a week.

It has only been 3 days ever since I started attending this school and a lot of things have already changed mainly my friendship with the people surrounding me.

'How are they still talking about that topic? I have nothing to do with that other student.' now I understand it fully, almost everyone around here is nosy.

I only tried making it even for us but after meddling with his own issue, which I shouldn't have done, he eventually kept on sticking to me.

"There she is!" someone yelled from afar, I studied the uproar as they were forming yet another mass of pupils heading my way so I slowly figured it all out.

'Am I their target?!' they motioned someone to walk towards them but when I looked around to find whoever it was, no one else was there...

They clarified that I was indeed the one they were after.

I slowly closed my locker before walking a few steps backward while facing them even though they were all standing from a distance, I should still be cautious and never let my guard down just in case they do chase after me.

'I am not afraid, I just don't want to hurt anyone or get into trouble.' even if it means looking like a coward for a little while, I guess?

"Hey, there is a cute celebrity at the school gate!" a voice spoke out loud as I left the corridor and then, secretly entered another hidden route once all their attention had been taken away from me.

I discovered this place yesterday when I went inside a music room on the fifth floor where the melody lured me.

'And I wonder who was the one that yelled to save me.'

These routes are very useful especially when I have to run away from someone.

Just like right now...

'Turns out that it is also not so dark around here, there are many ways for sunlight to enter and light up the place to guide us on our way in or out.'

Then before I could even reach the exit, my hand was pulled by someone in the opposite direction from where I was headed.

'Well, this is bad.' why do I always end up being the center of attention?

That is not a good thing...

When we finally reached the end of the route, it was quite darker than earlier and no one else but the two of us was around the area which gave me chills.

Since it felt creepier to be alone in a dark place with a stranger that also made me panic right now. 'Everything is going to be fine.'

This could be very dangerous but you know what?

It's not like I'm defenseless in case anything does certainly happen to me, I mean...

I have always been in a lot of dangerous situations but never have I used my fists to save myself from those events in life.

So I guess having to deal with this one shouldn't be too hard for me to handle, am I right?

"You good there?" oh no, it's him!

"Stay back!" I remarked at the fellow student who I am still not familiar with the name, fixing both my fists as I took a few steps back.

"Why did you drag me here? In the dark." I interrogated him as he stood there in silence and did not respond to me which is frustrating but let's keep it cool.

Just as I was supposed to leave quietly yet in less than a second, he began laughing for no reason... 'What a crazy person.' is he seriously underestimating me now?

I should give him another kick just as I did so early in the morning because he doesn't even feel guilty about what he did to me.

'Oh, who am I kidding?' there's no point in playing like the victim here since it isn't that big of a deal, to begin with...

Whatever the misunderstanding there is between the two of us, I should just be entirely honest with myself from now on, blaming others for my bad luck will never help me.

I glared at him for reacting that way and just went back to where I was headed which is on the other side of this route within this broad wall in school.

To be honest, I have been in quite a lot of pretense ever since I came here even when I told myself not to deceive anyone including myself.

'And that went really well...' even though things were my doing...

I eventually ended up as the victim in their eyes such as when my sister has been incredibly treating me poorly yet who can truly tell?

It might have been my fault all along, I might've done something back then.

I haven't officially introduced myself, have I? Let me do a proper one then.

My name is Honey Lou, a 16-year-old newcomer student here at Seoul Global High, my parents have always forbidden me to get involved with the public because it would ruin their reputation if ever I caused a mess they couldn't fix.

In other words, I turned into a puppet they dolled up and controlled but I, being my usual self did not say a single word about their decisions.

For me, it has never been easy to say something directly and it is still the same.

Especially when it's about my feelings since I would often be too hesitant to speak about whatever bothers me, and just thinking about those kinds of things makes me anxious to do just as I planned...

Compared to my childhood experience and life now as a teenager, not many people understood me or earnestly got to know me yet I was very lucky to have people whom I was able to lean on and tell all my thoughts with no hesitation.

Sometimes they would even figure things out without hearing anything from me.

But those days came to an end ever since they found out about my secret...

They were very hurt.

One day, everything changed when they left, either they moved or passed away after hearing about it.

When I was about 7 years old, I slowly started feeling alone but it was a good thing that I still had my friends as well as Ivy despite my father marrying her right after my mother got into an accident.

My luck became very bad once little by little someone left our side.

Those people who we loved as our own family even with all the arguments, we were all getting along at some point.

'Not until...'