by: @hapigurl_

"Okay, today! Let's form a group, 10 members per group. Start counting," as soon my teacher said the instructions to get our groups, we started counting.

"5." Taehyun said, the counting continued and when it's my turn,

"5?" I said as I gave them a confused-look while pointing at myself.

Why do I always have to be with Taehyun?! Argh! I glanced at Taehyun and I saw him glaring at me. This guy really hates me for being with him. By the way, likewise. As if I have choice.

"Why? Why?" I asked as I looked him. I know that he doesn't like the groupings too, and I can tell it just by looking at his face.

"Now, go to your group and try to get to know each other. This will be your first activity in Personal Development. Have an open forum so that you can be close to your classmates and after that, choose two representatives to present what type of group you have." The teacher said.

We started to form a circle, we looked so awkward to each other and we don't know how to start the conversation.

"Hello, I'm Kang Taehyun. Only 17 years old. Nice to meet you, guys." Taehyun said. The girl beside him was about to speak when Taehyun interrupts her,

"." He retorted. I widened my eyes, what did he just say? Except me? From what?

"Eh?" My group mates asked in unison.

"Except her, It's not really nice to meet her anyway." He said as he rolled his eyes, making me scoff because of his act. What a childish side if him.

"Stop it, guys. Okay! I'm Heo Yeorim but you can call me Aisha for short and I'm only 18 years old. Nice to meet you, guys. Especially you, Taehyun." Yoorim/Aisha said while smiling and looking at him.

Taehyun just gave her a smile so she gasped. What? Did I just witness two people flirting with each other? What's up with her? Does she like him? She gotta be kidding me.

"I'm Choi Jisu but you can call me Julia or Lia. I'm 19 years old."

"I'm Choi Beomgyu. I'm not 18 years old because I'm Beomgyu, so my age is 18 years old."

I frowned, what?

"I'm Shin Ryujin. My age is only 18 years old."

"I'm Choi Soobin. Turning 19 this December."

"And I'm----"

"Ugh, your voice is so ugly." Taehyun groaned.

I stopped, lowering my head, but this someone sitting next to me held my chin and lifted my face up. I thought it was Soobin oppa, but when I looked up, I saw the guy I met and bumped into earlier in the cafeteria.

"Do I need to tell you what I told you earlier at the canteen?" He said while smiling at me. I gulped,

"Look around, not on the ground." He repeated, with the same tone, same stress in every syllable while wearing the same smile as before.

"O-okay." I stuttered, looking away because I'm shy about what just happened now.

"I'm Lee Chaeryeong, 18 years old. " I said, smiling at them, but their face has no reaction at all except this one person besides me.

"I'm Kim Seungmin, a member of Stray Kids Dance group. I'm 19 years old and nice to meet you, guys! Especially you, Ms. Lee Chaeryeong."

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The first day of school is done, but tomorrow we will be having a recitation in Statistics and Probability. I'm the representative of Group 5 in PerDev (Personal Development) together with Taehyun. And all I know is, I'm nervous.

What if my Glossophobia attacks me again? What if I stutter in front of them? What if I fail in the recitation and presentation? I'm really nervous because speaking in front of people may trigger my Glossophobia which is the fear of speaking in public. I hate being the center of their attention.

I was in the middle of packing my things up when someone showed up in front of me, I sighed.

"Yah, Booger Girl. You should prepare yourself in our presentation in PerDev tomorrow. I'll make you suffer if you fail." Taehyun said with authority, I just ignored him. After I packed my things, I quickly walked outside and ran in the hallway.

It's time for my part-time job. I took a cab so that I can go there easily. Luckily, there's no traffic so I can go there earlier than my current duty hour. It's already 5:57 pm so 3 minutes and I'll be late. I'm so lucky!

"Oh? Chaeryeong-ah! Glad that you came before 6:00. Why are you late?" My co-worker asked, Lee Daehwi. I just shook my head as I made my way to the locker and get change into my (work) uniform.

After that, I went to the cashier and waited for the customers. I am currently working at 3 different stores. The first one is Mini Cafe, the second one is Subway, and the next is JYBig Café.

I only have almost 2 hours of sleep, then I'll go and prepare myself to attend my school. It's very tiring, but I need it because I'm spending my days and nights by myself.

It's really exhausting but I want to keep myself busy because I don't want to think about my problems and also, I don't want to be bothered by my family. It makes me sick.

"Aish, Lee Chaeryeong is here again,"

I snapped when I heard that familiar voice. I saw Kang Taehyun who's standing in front of me,

"What's your order, Sir?" I asked, trying to pretend that he's a normal customer, so that I would not think that he's my annoying classmate.

"Just a burger and 2 bottles of water, how much?" He asked,

"Look at this, Sir." I said, pointing at the monitor. I showed my palm to him to take his payment, but he raised one eyebrow.

"Huh?" I asked.

"You should pay. You did something gross to me, right? That's your payment," He said as he smirked at me. I looked at him in shocked because of his immaturity.

"Sir, you can't do this—"

"I can. I have the right to do so," He confidently said. I was about to talk when someone interrupted us,

"Sir, I'm sorry for butting in your conversation, but I think it's not right to treat our workers like that. You should pay for your bills. Don't make others pay for such childish reasons. May I have your payment?" Daehwi calmly said, as if he was the manager of our store. I looked at him in confused, but he's smiling.

What's up with him?! What if our manager heard him?

"Eer. Here's the payment, keep the change." He said, rolling his eyes as walked away. I sighed in a relief but at the same time I looked at Daehwi with a serious look,

"Are you willing to take the responsibility if the manager finds out about this?" I asked as I put my hands on my waist. Wait, why do I feel that I looked like a mother here?

"Yes," he simply said.

"Lee Daehwi,"I called his name.

"Argh, Chaeryeong-ah! Stop it. Yes, I'm really serious. I'm going to— No! Not really! I'm not going to take the responsibility!" He said, but after he saw our manager standing on the other side, he quickly changed his decision and hide behind my back.

"Lee Daehwi. To my office! Now!" Our manager yelled, so I sighed.

That's against our rules and regulations, he shouldn't do that. We should call our manager as soon as possible to make things clear to the customer, but Daehwi is so annoying and pretend that he is the manager of this store.

I sighed, what will happen tomorrow?

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