*slight gore*

that night after dad was asleep, i stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom and examined the bloodied area in my cheek.

it was a small dent, but it was still painful. and my slightly uneven premolars were at fault.

so i scurried into my bedroom and took out a small butter knife that had been sharpened previously and then spent hours shaving the perpetrators down.

i felt better about them afterwards, despite all the blood.

even though i got reprimanded and my perfect school record got tainted, i still owed it to jisung because without him, i wouldn't have been able to spot that imperfection my teeth had.

- lee minho, 13