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“The name’s Jeon Jungkook, nice to meet you all.”
Whispers and quiet squeals can be heard. As Jungkook walks to his assigned seat, he overheard a conversation between his new classmates. Something about him being the rumored precious son of the famous and rich Jeon family. The thing is, Jeon Jungkook is indeed from the mentioned family. His family owns many companies but they are known for being the owner of Jeon Entertainment. Rising celebrities, top celebrities, hit dramas – Almost everything that is on the television are associated with the company.
Being a member of the Jeon family, similar to their high status, Jungkook was sent to a prestigious high school. Education there is great, teachers are sweetly paid, students coming out from shiny cars– Overall, it is a 6-star school.
Jungkook did not pay attention even though it is his first lesson in this school. He doesn’t feel the thing for Mathematics; he just can’t get those numbers into his head. Instead, he daydreamt. He thinks about how he already love his new school compared to his previous school. His previous school was a normal school, a school where everyone could afford. Surrounded by people lower status than him makes him uncomfortable and because of this, he couldn’t make any friends. Now that he is in this school, he was sure that he will have tons of friends and possibly a girlfriend too.
It was soon break time which had everyone in the class roar. As a new student, Jungkook thought he’ll be eating alone for a few days but he was wrong. Before he could even get out of the class and head to the canteen, he was surrounded by girls and boys. ‘Ah, this is it. This is the high school life I want.’ His classmates introduced themselves and asked him to join them for breakfast. He gladly accepted the offer.
The canteen was packed with students even though the place is spacious. The canteen smelt great, it made Jungkook wanted to just eat the air in the canteen. While queuing for the food, he kept complimenting the deliciously prepared breakfast; exactly like how he was served at home.
Jungkook was forced to sit in the middle of his new friends. He didn’t blame them, the more the attention is on him, the more he felt like home. Question after question, he answered them all. When his new friends seem to have finished asking, they proceeded to talk about the new bag she bought, the new car he bought, the luxurious trip they went – Rich kid topics. It wasn’t a problem for Jungkook though, in fact, he contributed quite a lot to the conversation too.
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The bell rang which signaled the students that break time is over and they have to get back to class to continue their lessons. The canteen was cleared immediately and the hallways were filled with students. Class doesn’t resume that early so everyone was walking at their own pace. Except for this one guy with lame glasses on and neatly combed bangs swept to the left. He was running and had accidentally hit Jungkook by the shoulders followed by him falling down along with his thick textbooks.
“Urgh, are you blind? I swear peasants like you do not deserve to be in this school!” One of the girls who were with Jungkook shouted which caught the attention of the rest of the students who were around. Some wanted to help the guy who is on the floor up but stopped when they saw who was on the floor. Eyes of disgust were thrown to him and continued eyeing him. Everyone looked at the fallen student with the same eyes except for Jungkook – He felt his heart threatening to jump out.
“I-I’m so sorry. I can’t afford to be late to class, I just had to run.” The guy reached out to touch Jungkook’s shoulder but he pulled back his arms and held them still. “I am very sorry, are you hurt?” The guy had a sweet voice but it was filled with worries and zero confidence. His big doe eyes were looking at Jungkook and damn it – It makes Jungkook want to do a cartwheel all the way to class.
Jungkook wants to create attention for him but not like this. Wanting to end the drama, he nods his head and continued walking past the bespectacled guy. He felt uncomfortable, the same feeling when he is with people with middle or lower status. Although he felt negative, that guy made him feel … He can’t even describe.
“Who was that? The guy that bumped into me.” Jungkook finally asked his friends as he felt strongly bothered by his own indescribable thoughts. The accident this morning had been occupying his thoughts and he couldn’t concentrate in class.
“Oh, he is Kim Seokjin, a second year –“
“A peasant, don’t forget.”
“Yes, and that. You must be wondering why is he here. Scholarship, he is super smart and he has to be smart every day or else the scholarship will be cancelled.”
Wow, no honorifics at all. And oh, he is my senior. Jungkook listened attentively to the information his friends had given him. Soon, the things that his friends said went from important and informative to useless and insulting.
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Seokjin sat down on his chair and catches his breath. He isn’t a sporty person at all and all those running made him breathless and lightheaded. He removes his glasses and sits up straight to relax his exhausted body.
Kim Seokjin is a second year in high school. He doesn’t come from a wealthy family unlike his schoolmates. His parents earn enough to cover the basic things in life and house rent. Seokjin is determined to work hard in his studies and wants to present his parents a promising future for them and himself. He was offered a scholarship to enter this prestigious school after the results of the top students in Korea were out. He didn’t want it at first because he felt that he will definitely not be able to fit in but his parents convinced him. Seokjin is never one to say no to his parents so he had no choice but to accept the offer. True enough, he isn’t treated well in school because he is the odd one. He tried making friends but all of them were being an ass to him.
Don’t get him started on the teachers in the school. They only favor him during the exams seasons. All of them close an eye when Seokjin is being bullied and does nothing to stop it. Seokjin has been brought up to be kind and gentle to everyone and will continue to behave like this even though his schoolmates treat him poorly. He believes that things will change soon. With this thought created in him, it gives Seokjin the motivation to continue to persevere and stay strong – He has to if he wants to survive in this school for brats. He misses his old school, classmates, teachers and friends but what can he do?