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When the kindergarten teacher had announced that they would be having a new student join the class, Yugyeom had been expecting just another Korean kid. When the foreigner walked through the door holding Mrs. Kang’s hand, he was ecstatic. He had never met someone outside of South Korea. Mrs. Kang whispered something in the new boy’s ear and patted his shoulder in encouragement. They stood at the front of the class, and everyone was silent, far too busy staring at the newcomer. The boy stared back at everyone, eyes wide, glancing back at the teacher who only nodded for him to go on.
“My name is Bambam,” The new boy said with a lisp. Yugyeom almost couldn’t understand what he had said. He scrunched his noise.
“Your voice sounds stupid,” He blurted out. His classmates started giggling, and Mrs. Kang started hushing everyone. Bambam stared at Yugyeom, his bottom lip quivering as tears started rolling down his cheeks.
“Kim Yugyeom!” Mrs. Kang gasped. “You do not talk to your peers like that! Do I need to call your mother?” She scolded, and Yugyeom shook his head furiously. “Then apologize. Now.” She said sternly. Yugyeom only felt a little guilty. Bambam’s sniffles and whimpers filled the room, and it annoyed him. He wanted to kick him. He didn’t want to get scolded by Mrs. Kang again, though, and risk getting his recess privileges taken away, so he only mumbled an apology as he looked down at his desk, crayons sprawled across the wood.
When Mrs. Kang told the stupid-foreign-new-boy to sit next to Yugyeom, he wanted to kick her, too.
He didn’t want to sit next to the stupid-foreign-new-boy. He had a weird accent and cried too loud. Yugyeom huffed and turned his nose up at Bambam when he sat down beside him. He didn’t like him. He hated him. He wouldn’t be sharing his crayons with him during coloring time or his banana milk during snack time.