준휘 & 지애 (Junhui & Jiae)

The school bell rang, indicating that the students were finally free from the cell-like classroom. Jiae was with her group of friends, heading home when she received a message. She bid her friends goodbye and went the other way.

Junhui waved goodbye to his friends before walking by his route alone. While he was walking, he saw a group of boys cornering a girl who seemed familiar to Junhui.

"Is that Jiae?!" He quickly hid behind a wall and peeked. He didn't usually care about people but he couldn't help it. Jiae was a girl and his classmate.

He couldn't really hear anything but only one word perked his courage.

Money.

He gained courage and stormed towards the group.

"Ya!" He shouted. Seven pairs of eyes shot towards him. That shook Junhui a bit. Be brave Junhui. Be brave.

He saw Jiae, looking shocked. The boys probably made her frightened he thought.

One of the boys with slint eyes walked towards him. "And who might you be? Bothering us in our conversation," he smirked.

"You don't have to know who I am," Junhui stood in front of Jiae.

"If you want to pick on someone, pick on someone your own size," he glared at them. Some of the boys were snickering at him while