PROLOGUE
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The classroom, which was filled with the noise of students chatting and bickering just a few seconds ago, fell silent as an unfamiliar student entered.

"Is she the new transferred student?" some girls started discussing among themselves. She ignored them and looked around the class, searching for a seat where she could sit in peace.

"She's pretty! Damnit!" The guys were drooling over her, but she didn't give them much attention. She spotted a seat at the very last row and walked there, trying to ignore the stares of the other students. She took a deep breath and tried to brush it off, at least for now, as she didn't want to create a scene on her first day at the new college.

She finally took a seat at the last bench, alone. She looked around and saw a boy sitting at the adjacent row's last bench. He was alone, sitting with his head low. He wore an oversized black hoodie that covered half his face.

Suddenly, some boys walked to his bench, approaching him. He remained silent, gazing down without any reaction. The boys surrounded him, and one of them sat in front of him on the desk.

"I told you to fail in the class test yesterday! Why did you get good marks again?" One of the guys asked, tilting his head. The black hoodie guy didn't react, still lowering his head. Suddenly, the guy in front of him smacked him on his head. "Don't you have a tongue?!"

"You're being too disobedient nowadays; we might have to teach you a good lesson." He was about to smack him again, but stopped when they heard the teacher entering. "You're lucky... meet us at the cafeteria after class." With that, the guys went back to their seats.

While all this didn't go unnoticed by the new girl. She was amazed by his submission. If she were in his place, she would have taught them a great lesson for behaving like this. Soon her thoughts were cut off when the teacher called out for her to introduce herself.

She sighed and walked to the front of the class, standing there looking around the whole class before speaking. "Hello, everyone... my name is Lee Yn... your new classmate... I have been transferred from Sejong college." She said, her voice confident and personable. She then bowed to the teacher and went back to her seat.

Soon the class started, but she had zero attention to spare. She could see some of the students still gossiping about her ; she just rolled her eyes at them. She tilted her head towards the black hoodie guy, who was still looking down, maybe focusing on his book.

After a while, which felt like an eternity, the class finally ended. And as soon as the teacher left, the room again filled with noise.

Yn stood up and walked to the black hoodie guy before sitting next to him. The boy didn't look up but was amused when he noticed her sitting beside him.

Yn looked at him for a moment, "Hello..." She spoke in a casual tone. He didn't look at her. "Y-you... should not sit here." He spoke in a low voice.

"Why? Is this seat already booked by someone?" She frowned and asked. He shook his head. "No... it's just... no one sits with me... everyone hates me... and if you sit with me, they will hate you too." She frowned even more after hearing him.

"What? Why do they hate you?" She asked, confused. He slightly glanced at her before again tilting his head down. "I'm a nerd, I cry over small things, I'm poor, I have a sensitive personality... many others." He said while looking down.

"What?! That's a ridiculous thing to hate someone for!!" She said in disbelief. "Also, you seem to be a nice guy! How can they hate you?" She again exclaimed.

"No one cares if I'm nice or not ,they are all rich, and I'm the only one who's not even close to being rich. I don't have friends, I'm alone, they hate me for all these reasons." He said, looking down at the table, avoiding eye contact.

A wave of pity washed over her after hearing him. "Let them hate... you should just ignore them." As she said it, the guy let out a slight, bitter chuckle.

"I would love to, but when everyone hates you, and you're the only one, you can't ignore that. I'm always alone, I have no one to talk to, I have no friends or love." He said, the hint of loneliness visible in his voice.

"I also don't have any friends either..." She spoke. "You can easily make friends, you look smart... unlike me." He replied. She let out sighs at his self-consciousness

"Anyway... what's your name?" She asked, making him look at her properly for the first time. "My name is... Kim Taehyung..." He introduced himself.

"Hm... Taehyung... nice name." She spoke and waited for him to ask her name too, but when he didn't say anything further, she huffed in annoyance.

"Uff... Since you aren't asking me... let me tell you myself... my name is Yn..." She said, Taehyung let out a slight chuckle at her annoyed look. "I know... you already introduced yourself in front of the class... remember?" He reminded her.

"Oh... yes! I just forgot..." She replied, "by the way, nice to meet you, Yn." Taehyung greeted her.

"Nice to meet you too! Let's be friends" as she spoke, Taehyung's expression slightly changed into a shocked one. "W-what!? You... you want to be friends with me?" He asked, unable to suppress his amusement.

"Yes! But you don't want?" She asked, Taehyung immediately shook his head before she could misunderstand him. "No... no... I would... love to!" He replied as a spark of hope washed over him, thinking he wouldn't be alone anymore.

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C H A R A C T E R S

KIM TAEHYUNG
21 years old.
A nerd, sensitive, introvert boy.

LEE YN
20 years old.
A badass, extrovert, kinda bold.

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• contains bullying and violence.
• mature.
• a highschool/college romance AU.
• hate comments will be deleted.
• It's my original work, Do not plagiarise.

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