Chapter 8 - Unforgettable Friend

I was astounded when he welcomed me, no one wanted to accompany me every time I went there.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course,"

I smiled at him and felt grateful.

Arriving at the locker room, I caught up with my classmates who were staring at us.

They told Gong-li not to go with me, because I was doltish and an idiot.

And he will be infected by my idiocy. Fortunately, Gong-li still sided with me.

"Kirstein is kind and she needs a companion," Gong-li told them. And since at that point, he has been my companion. We as it were felt like friends to each other.

I don't bully as well much when he's with me.

But one day, Gong-Li did not go to school.

I'm waiting for him.

Later, my classmates drawn closer to me and chuckled.

"Are you waiting for Gong-Li?" One of them smirked.

I was unable to react. I'm waiting for Gong-Li, because when he's not around I'm anxious of them. They are starting to make me feel alone again.

I am the only Spanish during the class, I go to International school, most of them are Asians and Koreans as well. And there's one group who always hurts my feelings, whether female or male, bullied me. They were even worse than those who bullied me at my school in Spain. My other classmates don't care about me.

I just leaned on my desk. And as I lowered my head, I was shocked when I saw a vandal on my desk. I saw that there was a drawing of Gong-li's face and it said "Amore" in Spanish word, means "Love". I immediately thought that vandalism was forbidden, and I was definitely the one to be blame. I tried to erase it with my hanky, but it couldn't be erased, they laughed at me as they saw me erasing it.

"Who did this?" I said to myself as I erasing it, I knew that group did it.

They approached me.

"You're done now, when the teacher sees that, you will be responsible,"

They chuckled. "I didn't do that,"

"Don't deny it, you're the only one who's always sitting there, and you're the only one who likes Gong-li, you're using him to have someone with you, aren't you?" One of them said, as she looked at me with her eyes furrowed.

"Gong- Li and I are just friends," I replied.

"We don't believe, there's something wrong with you and him, and you're just using him,"

She insisted, while my other classmates were gathering around me and staring at me, and they said that they would report me for vandalism which I did not commit.

And they reported me and I was called to the Principal's office.

"Why were you able to vandalize the classroom?" The principal frowned.

"Ma'am, I didn't do that,"

"All your classmates said the same thing, and you were filmed," the principal said.

I was surprised by what she said, and showed the video to me.

I watched the video, and I saw that it was like I was drawing on the desk, but I was erasing the drawing, but if I looked at the video, it was like I was doing vandalism.

I didn't expect them to take a video of me while I was erasing the drawing, they set me up.

Whatever I explained to the principal, she didn't believe me.

"Because of what you did, you have a demerit, and if you repeat that, I can do nothing, but kick you out," said the Principal.

I can't help but to agree with her, and I was deeply hurt by what they were doing to me.

In the days that followed, Gong-li stopped coming in and they continued to taunt and tease me.

I'm still waiting for Gong-li and I'm very worried for him, I've called him so many times, but his cell phone is always off.

I also went to his house, but there was always no one in his house.

"Don't expect Gong-li to come," said one of my classmates, others were standing behind her and glaring at me.

"Where is Gong-Li?" I looked at them with bewildered on my face.

"He will not come in anymore!"

"What do you mean?"

"He is not coming in, so you don't have an ally anymore, he left you!" They smirked and they surrounded me.

"You will be alone again, you are so pitiful, your only one friend left you indeed!" They said and they laughed.

I don't know if it's true, I cried and left the classroom.

I walk with tears streaming down my face.

"Gong-li where are you?" My tears flowed as I walked down the corridor.

I met our teacher on my way.

"Kirstein, where are you going, we still have class?" The teacher said.

And she noticed that I was crying, I wiped it immediately when I saw her.

"Why are you crying?"

"No ma'am, I'm fine, where is Gong-li?" I asked.

"Gong-li has dropped out, he won't study here anymore," said the teacher.

I was even more moved to tears by what I found out.

I thought my classmates were just fooling me, it's true that Gong-Li was dropped out, but why didn't he tell me?