Autumn

Junhyung’s POV

“Don’t create trouble!” My manager told me as I alight from the van.

I bowed and walked into the place I dread the most; school. Being a celebrity and a student at the same time isn’t the easiest thing to do. Fan girls are not most irritating ones, the bullies are.

“OPPA!!! OPPA!!!” I heard those fan girls yell, but I kept my head down and continued walking.

“YONG JUNHYUNG!” A senior whacked me hard on my back.

“I see you finally have the time to come to school.” He said.

“Yea..” I replied, looking down as I continued to walk.

“How about buying us lunch, hmm?” He said.

“I have classes.” I said.

“You can always just give us the money.” He blocked me from walking.

His group of ten other guys surrounded me.

“How.. Much?” I asked.

“Well, as you dim fit.” He said.

I took out my wallet, but before I could do anything, he snatched it away and took away all my money, leaving me with only 1000 won.

“BOYS! Let’s go! Junhyung is buying us lunch!” He yelled as he slapped my arm.

He threw me back my wallet and left.

Just as I thought I could finally make my way to class, I was wrong. A group of senior girls stood in front of me. I knew trouble was on the way.

“Hi Junnie..” The leader of the group said as she touched my neck.

“I got class to go to.” I said, trying to wriggle free from her touch.

“Noona is talking to you, yet you are rushing off?” She said, squeezing my cheeks.

“I really have class to go to.” I said in the politest tone ever.

“Fine, then go.” She said as she moved aside.

“Thank you.” I mumbled before hurrying off.

I knew she wasn’t going to let me off so early because I rejected her, and ever since then, she has been creating trouble for me.

I tripped and fell onto the ground. People around were staring and mumbling stuff. I felt so embarrassed that I couldn’t even raise my head.

“Oh! Poor Junnie! Did you just trip over air!?” She laughed, so did her girls.

I smiled awkwardly and forced myself up before people could snap photos of my embarrassment and put them on the Internet.

Of course I did not trip over air. One of the girls stuck out her foot, my reflexes was just not fast enough. Blame who? Myself, of course.

When I finally made it into class, I was already late and my teacher stared at me.

‘YONG JUNHYUNG! It’s bad enough that you don’t appear in school all the time, now that you finally have the time to actually come, can’t you at least be on time!? What are you? The President of South Korea!?” He yelled.

The class mumbled and giggled.

‘I WAS ON TIME BUT I WAS BULLIED ON THE WAY HERE! DAMN YOU!’ I screamed in my head.

“Sorry.” This was all I could say.

I dragged my sore foot to my seat, just to realize it was taken. The whole class turned to look at us as thou we were putting on a show.

“What?” She said.

“This is… my.. seat..” I stuttered.

“Really? When I came about three months back, this seat was empty.” She said.

“YAH! NEW GIRL! OFF! THIS IS OPPA’S SEAT!” The girl beside her kicked the chair.

“It’s okay.. I..” But before I could finish, she was already packing up.

“Petty.” She mumbled, loud enough for me to hear before stomping to the back of the class. She just had to step on my injured foot as she walked. Great, another bully.

Throughout the lesson, the girl beside me couldn’t stop looking and doing weird stuff to me. I tried to move away but she dug her nails into my skin.

“Embarrass me and I’ll pay you back double.” She hissed.

I sighed and just let her do whatever she wanted. She practically had her whole body leaning against me, and her hand kept touching my thigh. Where does she think she is, seriously? Or rather, what does she think I am?

When class was finally dismissed, I was so relived.

“Bye Oppa. See you tomorrow.” She kissed me on my cheek.

I wiped it off the moment she didn’t look. I packed my stuff as slowly as possible, not wanting to clash with the girls outside. The entire class finally left. I dumped everything inside my bag and limped towards the door. I turned the door knob just to realize it was stuck. I knocked and bang on the door but no one seem to hear me. The lights suddenly went out, freaking me out further.

“ANYONE OUTSIDE!?” I yelled as I banged the door.

I tried to switch on the lights but it didn’t work. Someone must have turned off the main.

“PLEASE!!! OPEN UP!!!” I begged.

I searched for my phone, but I couldn’t seem to find it. I didn’t have the best eyesight and the light from outside wasn’t helping. I poured out everything in my bag onto the floor and tried to search for something that has light, but none.

“YAH!!!!!!!!!!!! SOMEONE OPEN UP!!!!!” I banged the door with my fists.

The same group of guys appeared. They smiled at me.

“PLEASE!!!! OPEN UP!!!” I begged.

They laughed at my pathetic state and showed me my phone. How did my phone even land in their hands!?

“PLEASE!!!!! OPEN UP!!!” I begged again.

“What? I cannot hear you~” One of them said in a sing song voice.

“PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR!!!!” I pleaded.

“So rude.” He said.

“SUNBAE-NIM!!! PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME!!” I shouted.

I kept trying to turn the door knob open but it didn’t work. Their laughter got louder and I felt so humiliated. Why did they have to do this to me? What did I do to them?

“PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME!!!!” I begged.

“Bark and I’ll consider.” One said.

I froze at his request.

“Not going to do it? Fine then. Bye bye~” He waved.

“I’ll do it!! I’ll do it!!” I said, clenching my fists tight.

“Loud and clear.” He smiled.

“Woof..” I mumbled.

“ARE YOU A SICK DOG!?” He kicked the door.

“WOOF!!! WOOF!!” I shut my eyes as I shouted.

“Very good!” He clapped.

“Here’s your phone. Enjoy your stay.” They laughed and threw my phone onto the ground.

“YAH!!!!! PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!” I shouted, but they left already.

I had no energy to shout anymore. I knew this was going to happen, why did I even think they would be nice to me? I sat down on the chair, massaging my swollen ankle. The temperature in the room kept dropping. My jacket wasn’t thick enough to take the cold.

I thought I would have to sleep here tonight when the lights went on.

“IS SOMEONE OUTSIDE!? PLEASE OPEN UP THE DOOR FOR ME!!!” I yelled.

The girl whom sat on my seat just now appeared. She was mumbling about something I couldn’t hear, and then the door clicked open.

“THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!” I bowed to her, but she just walked pass me.

She went up to her seat and shoved something into her bag before coming back down.

“Thank you so much!” I grabbed her hand.

She frowned at me and pulled her hand away. I was a little taken aback at her actions, honestly.

“Thank you for opening the door for me.” I said.

“I didn’t do it for you.” She said coldly.

“But whatever it is, thank you.” I bowed to her.

I heard the door shut again. I looked up and she was gone. I hurried out, so as not to get locked inside again.

“Hey!” I caught up with her.

She stared at me, not saying anything.

“Thank you.” I said again.

She rolled her eyes and walked off.

“May I have your name!?” I asked.

She stopped and turned to look at me.

“May I have your name?” I asked again.

“No.” She said and walked off.

Why is this girl behaving like this?

“HEY!!” I shouted.

She turned to me with a pissed off look. She stomped towards me and glared into my eyes.

“What is it that you want?” She hissed.

“I.. I just want to say thank.. thank you.. And.. About just now.. I’m sorry.. You didn’t actually.. have to move..” I said, backing away in case she hits me or anything.

“One, I didn’t open the ing door for you. I wanted to take my book back, that’s all. Two, I don’t like using other people’s stuff. Since it’s yours, it’s yours. Besides, that leech girlfriend of yours is so irritating. If you stop me one more time to say unnecessary stuff, I’ll slap you.” She said before walking off.

What is wrong with her? Why is she behaving like this? What did I do? I just wanted to say thank you.

Well, this is why I really hate coming to school. School is like a living hell for me. And to think my manager actually asked me to not create trouble when I’m the one being bullied. But of course, I don’t blame him, he doesn’t know. Only the boys know, but I don’t want to burden them with my stuff.

Life was so much better when Seungho Hyung was around. No one did this to me because they didn’t dare to offend Seungho Hyung. But the moment he graduated, all hell broke loose. It’s not that I couldn’t fight back, but I can’t. I have a reputation to keep, and it’s not just mine alone, it’s the entire of Beast.

“I’m home.” I said as I entered the dorm.

“Why are you limping!?” Doojoon yelled.

“Oh, I tripped.” I said.

“You sure!? You just simply tripped? Are you sure?” He asked.

“Yea. I’m tired, Hyung. Good night.” I said as I made my way to the room.

“Aren’t you going to eat dinner!?” He asked.

“No. I’m not hungry.” I smiled as I closed the room door.

I threw myself onto the bed. The girl’s words kept repeating in my head. Why do I keep thinking about her? Is it because she is the only one that doesn’t seem to care about my presence? Does she recognize me? If yes, why is she behaving like this? If no, why is she so rude to a stranger? I dozed off while thinking until a sharp pain attacked my stomach. I rushed to the toilet and pulled down my pants. A red sight greeted me. Damn. Can my day get any worse?