14 I'm Now The Bad Guy

After the riot, some of the students don't acknowledge my presence. Just one person has the guts to fight and it's Fiona. The most annoying girl I've ever encountered. 

I strive to avoid her but she keeps pushing herself just to get my attention. Wherever I go, she keeps following me like a stalker. Her reason, she's envious that I get the attention of male students since they adore my bravery when someone humiliated me. 

Back in Korea, I got bullied by my classmates and my friends avoid me like they don't want to involve my bad luck. My brother did everything to protect me and he even told the principals how bullies hurt me however, money comes first. The parents paid the principal to shut his mouth and my parents didn't know about it. 

Now, I can stand on my own and defend myself without my brother's protection. I have Youngjae beside me, supporting me and pampering me from defending myself to the bullies. 

My eyes roll when I glance at Fiona, who's leaning on my locker. When she sees me, she walks closer to me as she pushes me hard. 

I stand up and swivel my hips to push her away when hearing her annoying laugh.

"Why did you do that?!" She exclaims as she strives to stand up since I push her with force. 

"I couldn't see you there, Fiona. I'm sorry." She scowls when I mock her and slam my book out of my arms. I nibble my inner cheeks, refraining myself to fight back. 

Shortly, I feel a sting when she lays her hand on my cheeks. 

"That is what you get, loser!" I hear murmurs and laugh in the background. I clench my fist, sensing the rage inside me. 

"The little loser doesn't attack. Why? Did the cat bite you?" She teases as the crowd continues laughing. 

'This clown annoys me too much.' I thought to myself as I heave a heavy sigh before picking my books on the ground. 

"That loser didn't do anything, so I could do this." She pushes me hard until my face touches the floor. 

'That's it!' I scowl myself. 

I stand up and my hand clutches her long brown hair and hauls her into the grounds as she screams, begging me to unclutch my hand around her hair.

I lean my face to her ears and whisper, "That's what you get when you pissing me off, Fiona, " I remove my hand to her hair with force when seeing Jungmin. 

He walks to my side and picks my things. I grab my book to him and walk away when seeing him helping Fiona. I smile widely when Youngjae walks towards me. I grab him and pull him closer whilst walking away. 

"Minsoo, get back here!" Jungmin yells but I choose to ignore him. 

He grabs my arms to stop me. I turn over and see Jungmin glancing at me with fiery flames inside his eyes.

"Why did you do that to Fiona?" He asks.

"That's what she deserves. She pushed my things out of my arms, pushed me into the grounds. I just defend myself to her." I explain. 

"It's not right Minsoo! Just avoid her or called me, so I could protect you." He asserts. 

I internally roll my eyes at him.

"I'm not a kid anymore Jungmin so don't treat me as a child," I let out. 

"Then act like an adult! Taking a fight is not an adult do and apologize to her is what an adult does!" 

"NO! I DON'T APOLOGIZE TO THAT FIONA! WHY DID YOU TAKE HER SIDE?! AS IF I START THE FIGHT!" My turmoil rushes up to my head.

"I'm not picking any side but what you did was wrong." He explains. 

I remain silent. 

"It's not you Minsoo. I know you took a fight multiple times but I silence myself and didn't tell our parents but this is too much. Your attitude is worse than I couldn't imagine." He adds. 

I'm just standing there, doesn't pick any words, suddenly, Youngjae breaks the silence and says

"You didn't know what Minsoo's feelings. She doesn't want to be humiliated to someone, so she defends herself." 

"Don't put yourself into our conversation, Youngjae."

"I said what Minsoo feels so it's not wrong for me to defend my best friend." He confesses and pulls me away from him. I stop my track and look at Jungmin.

"Stop being a hero, Jungmin. Youngjae's words are right. I hate being humiliated and you know that. I can't let them bully me like when we're in Korea." He releases a heavy, deep sigh. 

"The principal needs to know this and also our parents. I won't tolerate your attitude anymore." He says and walks away. I bite my lips, terrified of what will happen next. 

"Don't mind him Minsoo. He wants you to be weak, so he could protect you, that's why he reacted like that." He said with a smirk on his lips. I nod and smile.

"Hurry up, Minsoo. We have class."

After the class, I smile when seeing Youngjae waiting for me. He smiles back. 

"Let's go?" I nod and step inside his car. 

We arrive at the nearest fast-food chain and walked inside to grab some food. "What do you want to eat?" 

"Pasta and some coffee." He nods and walks to the counter. 

Within a minute, I hear the door open and my eyes wander to Taehyung and Amia, who step inside the chain. I looked elsewhere to avoid them and striving my tears from falling to my cheeks but I can't.

'I hate being weak.' I mumble to myself as I wipe tears. 

"Minsoo?" I hear someone calling my name, I look up and see Amia, smiling at me. 

"A...Amia." I stutter. Youngjae arrives as he holds our food. I grab the food and place it on the table. I smile to Amia bitterly. 

"Mind if we join with you two?" She asks with a smile. I glance at Youngjae as he smiles at her before retorting her. 

"Sure, it would be fun, right Minsoo?" He says with a warm smile. I hesitate to reply still, I nod unconsciously. 

"Great!" She says and sits beside Youngjae as Taehyung arrives and sits beside me. 

I heave a sigh, feeling the unease when no one wants to talk. After a second, Youngjae decides to open a topic.

"So Taehyung, are you really in love with Amia, or is it just a show?" He asks with his mocking voice and a smirk on his lips. 

I thump his feet to stop him but he doesn't flinch. I stare at Taehyung, and he's very furious whilst looking at Youngjae. 

"Are you making fun of me?"

"No! I was just asking, is it wrong to ask?" He asserts without leaving a smirk on his lips. I glance at Amia, who's terrified to look at Taehyung. My hand wraps around his fist and calms him. 

"Stop Youngjae. It's not funny. I'm sorry Taehyung and Amia, I think we should get going." 

"Huh? Why? We didn't even finish our food and I want to talk to Taehyung." I bow at them before standing up and walking out of the chain. As we reach his car, I turn around to confront him.

"What did you just do?" I ask. He shrugs it off as he makes fun of me. 

"What you did back there wasn't funny." 

"What I did was to help you to know the truth. You like Taehyung, so I want to know if they love each other." He explains. I scoff and punch his chest to convey my rage to him. 

"It's not helping Youngjae. You make me feel... I was desperate." I whisper as I look at the ground.

"I did not!" He exclaims. 

My mouth releases a sigh and walks inside the car. He quietly drives the car back to my house. When we reach my house, he parks in front of the gate and gets outside his car. I went to his window to say goodbye.

"I'm sorry Minsoo on what happened back there." He pleads.

"It's okay, you did that to help me. I'll get inside. Drive safety." He nods as he drives away. 

I feel a shiver through my spine and clasps the doorknob. There, I see my brother and our parents, waiting for me back home. I close the door and walk inside the living room

"We waited for you to come home, Minsoo. The principal called me earlier so I'm expecting you to give me a good reason." My father announces. 

My eyes gaze at Jungmin, who's looking on the floor the whole time. 

'I messed up.'