5 Can’t School Just Disappear?
September 6, 2088.
6:45 AM.
The door to his room opened on the fly.
"Wake up lazy bludger. It's already 6:45 am." Jae Hyun sank deeper into his bed, put his blank on his head and growled.
"Five more minutes please." His voice was asleep.
"No. If I give you five minutes, in five minutes, you'll want five more and it'll never end. Classes start at 8:00 am. Just because we're, 20 minutes from school don't mean you can stay in bed for hours. You're not going to be late from the first day, are you?!"
He signaled to her that he was going to wake up—Just go!—disinterested.
But she realized his plans and his cover disappeared. As he looked up, he saw it in Hye Rin's hands.
What was her problem? What could it matter to her even if he skips classes? She wasn't his mother he knew.
He tried to get it out of her hands, but she walked away.
"Fine keep it, I don't care," he thought.
Seeing he didn't take the bait, she opened the curtains and took the blanket with her before leaving the door wide open.
"2 minutes!! Not one more!"
He growled and rolled on his stomach before taking his pillow and putting it on his head to block the sunlight.
But with the door open, he could hear the sound of the television all the way up. He was certain that Hye Rin had done it on purpose!!
From the time he was there, he knew they never listened to the television as loud.
He finally growls in his beard and gives up before he sits on his bed.
He hated mornings. He would never understand those who got up early. Why wasn't there a law against awakening before 12 am? Besides, he had never liked school.
Given his family background, he had been through hell there between been mocked by others and bullied. Even his appearance didn't help him. In fact, it even helps him to attract the animosity and jealousy of the other guys making his case worse.
One good thing about the fact that he worked a lot was that he could often miss school. In addition, he considered himself as a self-taught person and liked to study alone on things that interested him. So he didn't see the point of going to school.
Also, he didn't plan to have a diploma here. He didn't like to admit it out loud, but if there was one thing he trusted, it was his abilities as a singer and composer.
He got up and wash his face in the bathroom to help him to awake before going into the kitchen.
He took an orange and sat down. "By the way, do we go to the same school?" Hye Rin nodded.
"Really? Given our age difference, I thought we'd go to different schools."
"No. The Propulsion School welcomes students between the ages of 12 and 18. It's the largest and most famous school in the city, but it is difficult to get a place."
At least he wouldn't be stuck with middle schoolers. Let's hope the high school students in this world were more mature than in his.
"So how did I get one the last minute? Don't tell me that in reality, you are the illegitimate children of the president? Since he is trying to hide it, he accepts each of your requests so as not to risk his reputation!?" He made exaggerated gestures as he was talking.
Kylian replied; "Yes, and that's why we did plastic surgery too. To no longer look like him" as nothing.
Jae Hyun opened his eyes wide surprised to hear his voice as Hye Rin smothered a laugh.
This was the first time he heard his voice. If someone had told him he was mute, he would have believed him or her.
"You can talk? I was sure you were mute. This is the first I've heard you talk. And to joke!"
"Or not". He did an implied smile at him.
Did he dream or he was kind and warm? He could have sworn he didn't like him though. A misperception on his part?
Hye Rin smiles before whispering in his ear "It seems like he has finally accepted you. He is difficult with strangers. But between you and me, I think there was also the fact that he was jealous because So Won accep- "
Hye Rin felt a glance pierces at her and noticed that Kylian was staring at her. He was clearly looking her. She suddenly stopped talking and looked away as an innocent child.
Kylian addressed to Jae Hyun.
"I just wanted to make sure I knew what kind of person you were before I trusted you. You came out of nowhere after all. And you didn't make much effort to get close either."—Touché!—"No grudge okay?"
Far from it. Instead, he was quite happy to have been accepted. And, his reaction was normal. If someone had suddenly landed at his house, he would have reacted the same way. He was lucky that Hye Rin was accepted him here without question but everybody wasn't reacting the same.
"Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends" replied Hye Rin, who had regained her mind.
"You should choose your friends wisely and also choose friends you can trust. I don't like 'fake' a friendship."
"Oh, so you see him as a friend now?"
He had not approved, but neither had he denied it.
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Once they were ready, they went to school on an airboard lane.
The school was located on private property surrounded by security fences. The building was imposing but distinguished and modern. There were also many large windows.
Once inside, Hye Rin and Kylian took him to the secretariat before offering him to meet again at dinner time since he was still new here. He accepted.
Upon entering, an older student welcomed him. She had black, wavy hair that ran down her breasts and black eyes. Her appearance was graceful.
She reached out to him. "Nice to meet you. I'm the school president, Lee Suri. If you ever need help, you can contact me or the Vice President Sato Tadao. Right now, he's busy since he is also the president of the radio club, but you'll recognize him if you meet him." She touched a button on her watch and Jae Hyun's one reacted. "I have just transferred you a school map, your schedule and course files as well as my contact number."
As he went through his schedule, he saw that he was starting with mathematics. "Great~" You could feel the irony in the voice of his head. At least he had a history class after and since he was curious about this world, he was eager to see what it would have to offer.
He thanked Lee Suri and headed for his first class.
From the corridor, students could be heard talking in the classrooms. Many of them were getting to know their classmates for the year. Since it was the first day, he would at least avoid being noticed too much as the 'new kid'.
He entered the classroom and took a place in the back. A hand landed on his desk. "Excuse me. I think you took my place." He looked at him confused. He pointed his eyes at him saying "Activate the system". Jae Hyun, who had finally understood, had turned on the system and immediately saw that there was an active hologram in front of the class with the names of the people and their place.
He got up to take his place opposite the class before sitting with his head against the wall. Girls who were chatting close to him looked at him before starting the conversation.
"Hi. I'm Jasmine and this is Emma and Tiffany. This is the first time I've seen you. A new student? What school are you from?"
The brown-haired girl spoke to him before pointing at her pink-haired friend and her brown-tied haired friend. "Fail," he thought. They had already unmasked him as a new guy.
"I come from town II at the north of Heaven. I'm Jae Hyun. Nice to meet you." He spread his lie as if it was the most natural thing to do. The girls looked at him surprised before looking at each other.
"But how did you know I was new?"
Emma opened her mouth. "We knew you were new because a guy as handsome as you would not have gone unnoticed. But, it's really rare to see people from other cities. What brings you here? It must have been difficult to get you to accept your transfer to this city and this school. It's the first time I see someone from another city" He smiles at them. "Personal reason."
Suddenly, Tiffany exclaimed. "Oh, my God! Dynamic have released a new song!" The girls opened a link and broadcast it in full screen in front of them. Jae Hyun could see 'TrueMusic' written above the video.
The song was catchy and the singers were pretty good. "Not half bad," thought Jae Hyun.
"For God's sake, they sing so well. I love Dyna. I like her style. I wonder what she looks like in real life." Tiffany couldn't help herself to ecstasy.
Her friend Jasmine look at her.
"I think Mic is more impressive. Such a good rapper, despite her small size!"
Tiffany had turned to Jae Hyun.
"Hey, Jae Hyun, do you have a favorite singer?"
He didn't expect that she asks him a question so, he was a little bit confused before realizing she was talking to him.
"Sorry. I have no one in particular. What about you?"
It wasn't like he lied. Even if he had heard the singers of this world, he was the kind of person who liked a song rather than the singer.
As if wings had grown on her back, she had started talking quickly.
"Yes! Dynamic, Sheng Huo, Echo, Hounds—" Her friends stopped her.
"Rule number one. Never talk music with Tiffany. You're going to have a hard time and she won't let you go." The voice belonged to a boy. Jae Hyun turned around to see him.
The guy had brown, wavy hair. His eyes were brown too. He was quite handsome and looked like a K-pop star.
He look at the girls.
"Be careful not to get caught. In case you've forgotten, what you're doing is illegal." Emma pulled out her tongue before responding with an air of defiance. "As if Utopia could do something. There are more than a billion other people like us. Or are they going to arrest all of us?"
"You're lucky that teachers don't report you. You should do like everyone else and listen to this at home."
Emma pulled out her tongue at him.
He ignored her and started talking to Jae Hyun.
"By the way, I'm Daniel, but everyone calls me Niel." He pointed at girls. "You can ignore these girls. They're just gonna get you in trouble. Last year, they triggered the school's alarm system because they forgot they had to make a presentation and got stuck with two hours of detention."
"Hey!" The girls protested.
"I'm Jae Hyun. Not bad the alarm trick. They have guts." He smiled at them and raised his thumb to congratulate them.
Before they could get to know each other better, the teacher entered the classroom and the noise stopped immediately.
