Well, you know how the second day of school is where you get to have a lot of new friends. New experiences and avoid getting into trouble? It"s the basic rules for high school cartoons. Too bad Eika"s life is not a cartoon. It"s a h.e.l.lhole."Tell me three things you did wrong today," Haewon said. She crossed her arms and threw her shades away. It hits her a.s.sistant on the face and, he whimpered. Haewon acted as nothing happened.
"Who?" Hikaru asked and, Haewon leaned herself forward. She narrowed her eyes and slammed her hands on the table.
"All of you!" She threw her arms in the air and flopped down again on her seat. "It"s the second day of school and, I received nothing but, trouble! Especially you, Miss Miyamoto!" She accused.
"Wow, we"re just on the second day? It felt like what? 23 days?" Hikaru gasped and, Haewon snapped her pencil. All of them closed their mouths. The frail boy beside him tugged on Haewon"s sleeve.
"Um, Ms.Jeong, that"s my pencil-" The frail boy stepped back as Haewon stood up from her seat. She went in front and sat on the desk. Eika leaned on her chair. Her palms sweated. She squeezed her eyes shut and held tight on her ID.
"How many accidents do you have to be in, Miss Miyamoto?" Haewon inquired. Not letting Eika close herself from the world. She glanced at Mei Qian who"s lost for quite a while.
"Just three..." Eika looked down on her feet and, Haewon scoffed. She rolled her eyes to the side and shook her head. She grabbed the clipboard from the frail boy"s hands and showed the statistics.
"I"ve just dealt with 30! Can you kindly explain, Miss Qian?" Haewon squinted her eyes at Mei Qian. The girl dropped her jaw open and, she stood up from her seat in protest.
"I did nothing!" Mei Qian declared. She straightened her back and shot a firm look at Haewon. The frail boy hid behind the desk and, Haewon waved her hand dismissively. Not a single expression changed on her face. She yawned and stretched out her arms.
"Oh yeah! You"re the one who keeps glaring at Jane Eika all day!" Hikaru argued. He stood up from his seat, too and Mei Qian narrowed her eyes at him. She raised her hand but, she slowly puts it down.
"I wasn"t glaring," Mei Qian crossed her arms. Her voice was quiet and, the anger in her eyes has faded. Hikaru wasn"t convinced.
"He could be right, looking at the CCTV over here," Haewon showed the monitor to the three of them. It showed Mei Qian sneaking over to the storage house and lock the door on purpose.
Eika shrank in her seat. She cringed at the idea that someone saw her getting into misfortune once more. She had the airplane food, ankle accident, and now getting locked inside the storage room?
"It was an accident! I didn"t know someone was in there! I never meant to lock her in-" Haewon slammed the clipboard on the table. She showed a bunch of reports about Mei Qian"s behavior.
Mei Qian bit her lip. She took a step back and dropped on her chair. Eika looked back and forth between Haewon and Mei Qian. She stood up from her seat and stepped closer to Haewon.
"Um, Miss J-Jeong, there"s no need to scare her," Eika reasoned with her. Hikaru stared at her in disbelief. She"s defending the person who sabotaged her?
"I can have you two eliminated for this behavior," Haewon shook her head. She rubbed her temples and went over behind the desk. She sat down and sighed.
Hikaru fidgeted on his seat. He just wanted to get out of here! He played with his thumbs. He watched the door that"s screaming the message "Escape."
"I believe there"s a mistake here," Mei Qian clutched on her chest. She stared at Haewon with determination. "The only person I... sabotaged so far was Miyamoto," She declared and, Eika glanced at her in disbelief. She admits that she wants to destroy her?!
"Bravo, I have 30 complaints under my record. It says here you always give the b*tch face?" Haewon raised a brow and, the frail boy gasped. He covered his mouth. Mei Qian"s eyes expanded, her posture was still but, her eyes held a different meaning.
"How dare you! I was born this way!" Mei Qian snapped. Hikaru tugged on Eika"s sleeve. He leaned in close to her ear.
"I think we need to bust outta here," Hikaru suggested. He already took out the smoke bombs and, Eika facepalmed. Was he serious? No way, she"s going to get expelled on her second day!
"Ms. Jeong, I think we need to leave," Eika brought up. She covered her face in embarra.s.sment. She gritted her teeth she hated interrupting people. Haewon looked like she wanted to say something more but, the frail boy stood in the way. He patted them on the shoulders.
"L-Leave while y-you can," The frail boy whispered. He urged them to head outside of the office before Haewon can throw something at them. He pushed them out of the office.
Eika looked back on her shoulder. She wished there was a better way to resolve this issue. Maybe Mei Qian didn"t intend to lock her inside the storage room but, seeing how Mei Qian acted yesterday and a few minutes ago. It was obvious they have bad blood.
When the door was about to close, Eika caught Mei Qian"s final look at her. There"s regret, sadness, and hatred. All in one glance between the two of them.
Eika wondered what did she ever do to make Mei Qian hate her on the first day. She wondered how Mei Qian"s hatred for her kept growing by the minute.