CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCE YOURSELF

Arya slowly opened her eyes at 3.00AM as a bright light from her smartphone light up her dark room. A message from her Artificial intelligence (AI) friend greeted her with a good morning,then the AI also messaged her to introduce herself. Tired but feeling a respond, Arya typed," Hello AI! I am Arya , sweet sixteen,I have brown eyes with brown skin tone because my mother is Indian and my father originally from seoul, Korea.I like to live in India but I should follow my father's words.I have good marks at my High school,but I don't even had a single friend."

"Maya, my Indian mother, shows kindness and heartwarming care for her belongings, all while challenging with societal judgment based on her skin tone, a shared experience between us. As an English teacher, she works with knowledge with dedication. However, the shadow of daily, seemingly purposeless arguments with my Korean father, Park Hyubin, reminds since her mother's passing. Hyubin, a strict and patriotic individual, manages an IT company, yet our reality remains in a middle-class life within Korea's digital landscape.

My mother's earnest desire now revolves around a return to her roots in India, a place

She strongly desires something in the middle of all the complicated things happening in our lives."

As her words disappeared on her phone screen, Arya thought about the loneliness that marked her days ,"My Indian cousins and friends like Korean dramas so much and they think it's real.Racism is an unfortunate reality,"she sighed,thinking about how different her two worlds are.

" But there is a bright spot of my life, Ms.Lee Min-Yeon," Arya continued, feeling grateful to have her as class teacher in the world of racism."She is a guiding light in the darkness of jealousy and judgement." Remembering Ms.Lee Min-Yeon's strong support briefly made Arya feel better.

Arya's fingers moved quickly on the keyboard, exploring the complications of her friendships at school. "Some girls are jealous of what I'm good at, and boys, especially Park Seo-Joon, don't like that I do well in academics. Seo-Joon,a tall guy, handsome hunk who competes with me in school, makes things tense whenever I achieve something. His first girlfriend studies but someone madly fallen for him is Mi Cha Sang-hee,the leader of official bully gang .When she first saw me, she exclaimed,'dead meat,' and her favorite thing is social media. She is the queen with millions of followers still follows park seo-joon."

"I wonder about the bully gang,they literally bully everyone in the class except the handsome hunk Park Seo-Joon and me. The reason I don't get bullied is that I am good at studies, and they need me during exams,as I am their part-time tutor."

"My part-time job is tutoring, allowing me to stay at the luxurious mansion of the handsome hunk Park Seo-Joon, where I am treated as the goddess of education in his life. He struggles with maths and English. I control my laughter when he tries to speak in English, but one thing I have learned from him is consistency and dedication towards academics. Despite being called a second-rank holder, he never smiles, and I noticed him as a Robot without expressions."

Her description of life's daily routine showed in her words. "Days are repetitive like boring, fucking frustrating, and just plain annoying. But something changed dramatically on a regular Wednesday."

Arya's tone shifted as she recalled the shocking event that disturbed her routine. "My neighbor, Kim Seung Woo,An Instagram influencer with massive talent, his dance moves are incredibly smooth, gaining millions of likes on social media.His fans and followers always gather around his apartment. Whenever I pass by, I hear the sounds of partying. He even worked in a Korean movie as a second lead and it was a hat-trick hit.From my perspective, his life was going really well."

"One day, I saw him on the top of the apartment roof with a hopeless expression. He suddenly fell from the apartment roof.It was a tragedy before my eyes, leaving a lasting impact on my mind."

Now, the things happening afterward are making it tough for her to stay mentally normal, and it's getting hard to tell what's real from the scary memories of that bad day.

"On social media, netizens and fans say that his girlfriend cheated on him, while others claim he was in depression. Two days later, people come to know the real reason, a video where he bullies his assistant and launches a brutal attack on him.But his death still runs in my mind on a loop mode."

"I tried to erase the memory of Kim Seung Woo's death, but unexpectedly, another well-known guy from my high school named Chul Baekhyun, He was a dream guy for so many girls in my class, and the most interesting thing is that his Instagram account is filled with female followers.He is good at basketball, and in my eyes, he is a genuinely kind person who has never bullied anyone. but oneday he came rushing towards me. Shockingly, he took out a knife and, tragically, ended his own life. The sight was horrifying, and his blood splattered on my face, leaving an unforgettable mark on my memory."

"The students around me started screaming, and some ran away from the spot. As he lay down, I also knelt down, touching the blood on my cheeks with shaking hands. The police arrived, marking his death area with blocks. The ambulance came, and the body was sent for postmortem.What still shocks me is Park Seo-Joon's actions. While everyone panicked over Baekhyun's suicide, he continued to focus on studies as if nothing happened. The police called me to report his death, but suddenly, I was about to fall. A strong arm of a young officer held me, and I saw his nameplate, Sam, the young head of the crime branch. He looked really cool."