Chapter 10: Rivalry
I can't pinpoint where it's coming from. I tried to scour the area, but it's hard to not seem obvious.
"What's going on Hana?"
"Uh, nothing mom, I just got distracted haha..."
We went into the car, my mom started driving, but even when we are on the road, the feeling did not disappear.
Are we being followed?
I can't see any vehicle that seemed out of order, there is no car that seemed to be following us. Every car around us seemed to be going to a different route.
The only thing I can hear is my own heartbeat.
I don't want to make a scene, lest my mom will worry about it, but I still feel that gaze.
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We went back to school, because my mom doesn't want me to miss too much classes.
As soon as I entered the school building, that feeling disappeared.
It's almost as if the gaze is from the sky.
What is this? It felt like someone is staring at me, but does this make sense?
Even if someone is peeking at me, why would they want to do that...
Oh, I'm a time traveler.
If my feeling is true, there might be something more to the reason why I time traveled.
I should probably look around the local library and the internet about time travel.
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I went to the local library during as soon as I could. It's more likely for them to have a book about time travel compared to our school library.
Where exactly is the local library again?
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I soon found myself a huge problem.
These books about time travel are either fictional time travel stories or a highly technical non-fiction books that is too much for my brain to understand.
I want to curse.
Maybe I would have been less terrified by this thing that is gazing at me if I know what in the world that thing wants.
I switched to the computers, I searched and searched for anything that could possibly correlate to my experience.
I just found a bunch of nonsense and lots of movies.
I went to the forums and tried to look for something and encountered even more nonsense.
In the end I just borrowed The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
I also stopped by an electronics store since I wanted to buy a small voice recorder.
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What if that thing strikes me down from the sky tomorrow...?
I mean, it didn't struck me down when I went to the library, but maybe it's because I was running for my life.
I'm glad I exercised more to prepare for my role.
Maybe I should wear a mask, a cap, and more layers tomorrow. Maybe it will not recognize me.
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Like an anticlimatic movie, nothing happened the next day.
Nothing proceeded to happen on the day after that, and the day after that as well.
About a week passed by and I thought I had fooled myself into thinking that someone is watching me.
'Politician Han Seungtae embezzlement rumored to amount around...'
This guy again, how often had I seen him in the news recently?
'With Han Seungtae out of the competition, politician Jung Yoojin is expected to...'
It's like he took Teacher Han's place.
The puppeteer behind that embezzlement reveal must be in a good mood.
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Today is a special day since it will be the shoot for the scenes that introduce my character better. To make it even more special, it is the airing date of the first episode of Spring Breeze.
Speaking of special days, I'm going to graduate middle school soon. Me and Soohyun got into the same high school because we both don't have an affinity with studying...I don't want to talk about this...I'll talk about something else.
Sometimes the production team hosts this type of gathering to watch the episodes together. I think they might hold some gatherings for Spring Breeze, but I probably couldn't come because I still have school.
When I was an adult I miss being a kid, now that I am a kid, I just wanted to be an adult.
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We are shooting at my school today. Yes, my school.
My middle school isn't pretty, but I guess they wanted a bit of a humble impression.
The new principal, Principal Jung, greeted us, he used to be the vice principal or something like that. He said a bunch of thank-yous and showed appreciation towards me.
I feel like Principal Jung had a really familiar face, like I had seen him a lot recently.
I wonder where I could have possibly seen him.
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We are preparing for the shoot, the crew is positioning the equipment across the class, making it into a crowded fest.
Lots of people in my class is chosen to become extras, including Soohyun. She is pretty so it's no wonder.
I waved at Soohyun, she seems really happy to be in a drama, even just as an extra.
On the other hand, I don't know what the deal is with this kid.
The kid who played Kibum, Yeonkyung's friend and seatmate, seemed to have some sort of hostility towards me.
He looked at me like I'm the dirt at the side of the road, he is smart enough to let that look fade after a couple of seconds though.
It's probably some jealously or some self-inflicted rivalry, I don't know what kids these days think like. If I confront him I'll just look like the bad guy, so I've been ignoring him.
He could do what he wants, I've dealt with worse people after all.
"All actors please get ready!"
"Get the cameras and the sound rolling please!"
"Action!"