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as soon as i left the room where i met miss park, suddenly someone called me. it's kim dahyun.

"ji-hyo! come fast!!" she looked so in hurry. what happened? at school during this lunch hour?

"dahyun? what's going-" before my sentence even finished, she grabbed my hand, making the both of us running to some directions.

i was out of breath and pulled my hand from her.

"why the rush?! what's going on?! can you just tell me already?" i asked her in anger.

"i've got big news! kang daniel sunbae and min yoongi sunbae are going to play one-on-one at the basketball court!" she exclaimed.

i remained calm. that's it?

kang daniel is my neighbor and min yoongi is his classmate. so what's so weird about that?

"i don't care. i'm gonna just go. lunch is almost over anyway." i said as i turned to leave her there.

but she quickly said, preventing me from leaving her, "i wasn't done talking! it's not just a basketball match. apparently, they argued over a girl!"

w-what?!

"a girl? really?" that thing really got my attention.

"yes!"

so daniel argued with someone over a girl?

both dahyun and i quickly went to the basketball court.

as we arrived, there were so many students watching them.

"wow. why are there so many people?" i asked dahyun.

"of course. you know how popular daniel sunbae is!" dahyun exclaimed.

"whatever. do you have any details?" i asked as we walked towards the seat.

"duh, of course i know more! so i heard this from a classmate who heard from a sunbae who heard from another sunbae that was there in person to witness the fight.." dahyun continued her ramble. the list is so long.

"can you just cut to the chase?" i asked, she really pissing me off.

"i'm just telling you, so you know i'm telling you the truth. you know that yoongi sunbae is an asshole, right? apparently, he talked about some girl like she was his property or something." she stopped for a while and continue talking.

yoongi is so full of himself.

"then, daniel sunbae jumped in. daniel sunbae shot up, and in a low voice, he said, 'min yoongi, shut up'. that's what i heard he did!" dahyun bounced excitedly telling me the story, as she acted like kang daniel just now.

"oh, really?" i asked annoyingly.

"you know that daniel sunbae normally doesn't get involved in stuff like that, right? he's normally so chill!" dahyun stated her point.

"yeah, and?" i agreed upon what she said.

"anyway, yoongi sunbae felt embarrassed, so he wanted to fight. but daniel sunbae suggested a basketball game of one-on-one instead. it's like him since he doesn't like violence." she added, talking while blushing hardly.

he probably just didn't want to get caught up in all of that.

"so who was the girl?" this is the most curious part out of all the things she had said.

"i don't know. it's more important why they decided to do this. who cares about the girl?" she said as she plopped herself on the floor since the seat are all full.

and i sat beside her.

suddenly, the court became louder indicating the mains are already here. i looked at their direction.

"kang daniel sunbae! you're so good looking!" i swear to god, dahyun is so loud. i want to smack that mouth of her.

"ji-hyo, you must have saved the country in your past life or something! i can't believe daniel sunbae is your neighbor! i'm so jealous!" she added as i glared at her.

psh, that's the one thing i regret the most in my life.

kang daniel.

i'm the only one that knows what he's really like. he pretends to be kind and polite but in reality, he's the laziest person i know. it's like he has a split personality. plus, he's cunning and exploits people's weaknesses to his benefit.

even my own dad didn't believe me, so why would anyone else?

i still freshly remember the day when i asked my dad to move away just because kang daniel is driving me crazy and he keeps on tormenting me.

but then, my dad just laugh and said he's such a good kid. he also pretty sure that maybe he just treats me like a younger sister.

younger sister, my ass.

but this gives me hope, if he gets a girlfriend, then maybe he'll be too busy to torment me! i'll finally be free of kang daniel!

freedom!!

i laugh by myself.

"ji-hyo, have you lost your mind? what are you doing?" dahyun asked. haha, am i too loud? i'm just so happy just by thinking about that freedom.

i looked at the two men's direction again. they seemed in a deep conversation.

i saw daniel took off her uniform blazer, probably the game is starting soon.

as he did his business, suddenly our eyes met for a bad five seconds?

why does it seem like he's headed this way? my way?

go way! go away!

as soon as he reached in front of me, he took the blazer and plopped it on my head, as if shielding me from the others.

what?!

now everyone is watching me! this is so embarrassing. what kind of game is that?

does he think this is a 90's romcom or something?

"what was that?! that was so cool!" i heard my friend, non other than dahyun said.

but something is catching my attention. a conversation between two unknown girls behind me.

"hey, that's the girl, right? jeon ji-hyo! i heard they're playing this game because of her." one girl said.

"really? how funny. why her? i just don't understand guys and their taste." the other one replied.

that is so annoying. who are they to judge me like that?

i immediately stand up while took off the blazer that kang daniel put on, making dahyun questioned my doings.

"you hold onto this." i gave her the blazer and was about to leave.

"huh? ji-hyo! where are you going?" dahyun asked.

but i just continue to walk away, ignoring her.

of course, i knew it. he probably just jumped in because i was being talked about. since it was kang daniel, now there's gonna be rumors. daniel's probably just mad that someone he loves to tease is being talked about. in his mind, i bet he's thinking something like 'i'm the only one who gets to torment her'.

i sighed.

i guess life is about to get complicated for a while because of this misunderstanding. it'll be faster if i just find him a girlfriend on my own.

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as i walked around the school during the lunch hour, i saw someone that is so familiar.

i want to ask her but she seemed in a bad mood. i went to the direction where she left. a basketball court?

wow, so many people are in here! it is so fun to watch the game too.

i plopped myself beside a girl on the floor.

"hi?" i greeted.

"oh, hello?" she looked so mesmerize after looking at me. i am that handsome?

"do you know who i am?" i asked her.

"yes, you're the new teacher." she said, still wondering why he was talking to her.

"haha, thanks for remembering. what's your name?"

"it's kim dahyun.."

"kim dahyun? what a beautiful name. hehe.." have i told you, that flirting is my professional passion? she probably thought that the good-looking new teacher is talking to her.

that girl with chaeyoung this morning, did i hear her name is jeon ji-hyo? if my sharp instincts aren't wrong, there's something between the two.

i want to know what they talked about. well, even if i won't be able to get any info from her, there's nothing wrong with befriending this kid beside me.

"woo! somebody win!" i shouted.