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chapter one: where did she go?

"oh god, not another day of school," naeun mumbled groggily to herself as she clumsily fumbled with her blaring alarm clock. she dreaded going to the hell hole called school, but that never stopped her from going to it nonetheless. forcing herself to her feet, she dragged her body from its slumber. she instantly regretted it after getting hit with severe fatigue.

"man, this actually fuckin blows."

"jung nAEUN language! i can't believe my baby sister actually has the mouth of a sailor!" her brother exclaimed as he sauntered into the girl's bedroom.

"jaehyun, tell me honestly, don't you feel the same?" naeun raised her eyebrows at the elder, waiting for confirmation for the known fact.
"of course n- actually you're so damn right, i don't want to go either" the girl could only smirk in victory before shoving her poor brother out her room and slamming the door in his face.

"now get out, i need to change!"

"if that's how you're gonna treat men, you'll never get married naeun!!" jaehyun returned.  sighing to himself, he left noisy teenager alone.

walking towards the closet, she suddenly stopped before the mirror and took a glance at herself. sure, her hair was disheveled and calling her pink monkey pajamas unfashionable was an understatement but, those weren't the rationale for her displeasure. she looked at herself down from up, frowning when she stopped at her face. no doubt she was a beauty, her nose was higher than the empire state building, her eyes were bigger than the moon, and her face was incredibly small, but she looked rather young. her aura radiated the feeling of pure and innocent beauty, but she was not feeling it at all.

"im a junior in high school, how can still look like a sixth grader?! (if this ain't me tho) " she rubbed her head in annoyance. "god! this sucks."

she walked to her closet and  looked at the well ironed uniform before taking it down and putting it in on. taking a twirl in front of the mirror, she nodded in approval before running down the stairs towards the kitchen.

" naeun eat some toast for breakfast."

ignoring her brother she stuffed everything her backpack and bolted towards the door, "gotta tao!!"

"hey! jung naeun, god dammit i make you toast and you ignore me!"

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walking through the gates she sighed at the constant chatters of the students around her.

"good morning naeun!"
"oh naeun is so pretty."
"she's pretty, but isn't she such a jerk."
"how is she jaehyun's sister? she's so mean."
she easily ignored everyone until three brave souls stopped her in her tracks.

"jung naeun! you should eat lunch with us!" the girl in the middle spoke excitedly. naeun recognized her as the queenka of the school, also as the biggest bitch among the student body. sure bitchy people kinda sucked, but naeun knew she's kinda bitchy as well, so she could not hate eunbin for that reason. what she really hated about eunbin was how two faced she was. she nodded quietly at eunbin before carefully moving away from the trio.

"oh my god hana, did you just see that? she straight up ignored me!"

"oh the audacity!!"

"shut up mina! nobody was talking to you!"

naeun generally did not like making people upset, but she thought it was beyond her control since she wanted to avoid all people aT aLl cOstS. however, today felt a little different, for some reason she felt at peace in the presence of others for once. the introvert did not know the reason for the sudden change, that is, before the teacher walked in with a boy with bright red hair. okay, so his hair was really weird and the distinct chatter in the room was more than annoying, but something else about this situation peaked her interest for once.

"okay okay class," her teacher started, "quiet down, we have a new student here. care to introduce yourself?"

"uh hello, my name is huang renjun, please take care of me." the entire class soon saw the top of his head as he gave a 90° bow.

"we actually have to finish up more paperwork, i just thought it would be nice to introduce the students to you before their next class." renjun nodded as the teacher continued. "as soon as you come back, you can take that empty seat next to ms. jung right there"

the bright boy scanned the room to find the inhabitant of the empty seat in the corner, only to make eye contact with the lovely lady. naeun was dyInG inside (girl me too) at the sudden eye contact, she thought she couldn't get any more flustered. boy, was she wrong. before leaving, he flashed her the most legendary snaggletooth smile known by mankind. oh naeun was sure she saw an angel, the very sight made her heart clench. the moment was then ruined when the door closed behind the two figures.

"i call dibs! and if i see any of you try to take what's mine, ill kill you i stg" a queenka spoke. it seems that she was queen of the social ladder, but also queen of ruining all that's enjoyable.
well kim eunbin, hate to break it to you but, you can't actually call dibs on someone like you own them smh.

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renjun felt anxious to no end, thinking that he would never be able to make a new friend. he was so distraught about this because no matter how much he would hate to admit it, naeun was on his mind since the surprised look she gave him when he smiled at his new seatmate. it was an unusual reaction to a smile; people either smile back or ignore it, but she looked surprised, it was actually quite cute. however, there's no way that anyone would ever get him to let her know that. oH gOd, it was awkward the entire morning, and naeun prayed for lunch to start so she can escape the suffocating ambiance. luckily for her, that's when lunch bell rang, and boy she ran.

"hey, do you want eat lunch toget- oh, where did she go?" much to renjun's displeasure, naeun was gone before he could even have the chance to speak. poor boy.
it was kinda ridiculous but, naeun hoped that renjun would talk to her first. she would never have the courage to initiate a conversation with him first. first, she just sucked at socializing; second, she thought renjun was beYoNd AdoRabLe. uttering a word to him first seemed out of line for the shy girl. her thoughts were soon interrupted by a conversation she couldn't seem to understand.

oh, speak of the devil—
naeun caught the red headed angel talking to a fellow classmate, chenle in chinese. since he seemed to speak with such grace and fluency, naeun could only guess that he was chinese.
"oh," she thought, "maybe he didn't speak because he isn't quite fluent in korean yet."
naeun didn't realize she was staring until the chinese boy waved at her enthusiastically, causing blood to rush to her cheeks, turning them redder than his hair. she shyly smiled back in acknowledgment which made the boy's grin widen.
oh my heart....

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naeun opened the door to her humble home, to listen to her brother complaining like crazy.

"you snake, i made you toast!! i didn't even burn it this time, and you ignored me!!"

"sorry bro, i didn't want to die from poison."

"okay, rude. second, how was meeting the new student?" naeun's eyes widened in surprise.

"jaehyun, how did you know there was a new student?"

"well, if you weren't such a jerk and actually ate breakfast with me this morning, i would've told you that a lil friend of winwin's was transferring in your class."

"yeah yeah, im sorry man. anyway, it was fine. he seemed nice i guess, which make sense if winwin befriended him."

"hmm, well take care of him, he just moved from china."

authors note:
this is my first work since the cringey anime one i tried to do in seventh grade. please vote and read!! ill try my best to keep up with updates  quickly :)))
call me mina :) I'd be happy to make friends!