Walking in the rain lifelessly and for god knows how long, I finally reached home. I was drenched from head to toes and it was still pouring heavily outside. Unlocking the door to yet another hell, I entered my home. My drunken father spotted my dejected look and walked over to me.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

I ignored him and went straight to my room. I was sick of explaining and I bet no words of consolation were going to come out of his alcoholic mouth. Sitting before the study table with water still dripping down from the ends of my hair, I stared at the couple ring on my finger. With much effort, I pulled it out forcefully. Finally, it came off. My finger was reddened from the pull and there was a mark left behind on my stubby finger.

The mark left on my heart was probably worse.

Then, my room door flung open. My father saw my removed ring and smirked. He stumbled over unsteadily and stood beside me.

“You stupid brat. That’s what I told you before but you refused to believe me. So now I am right after all huh?” he said smugly, glad that he was right.

“Is that all a father can say to her daughter who went through so much today? Do you know what happened to me? Do you know what he said to me? Do you even care about me?!” I stood up and yelled in his face. Tears were flowing from my swollen eyes once again.

I thought my tears would have run out by then…

Before I knew it, I felt a sharp and stinging pain lingering on my right cheek. He, my dearest father, just gave me a tight slap across my face.

“Is that how you talk to your father?!” He shouted and glared at me.

With that, he left my room, slamming the door behind him. Collapsing onto the floor, I broke down again.

“Appa… Is that all you could say to your daughter?” I questioned as I buried my face into my knees.

Hugging my knees more tightly, I cried harder.

Everything .

After hours of crying, I finally stopped. Walking into the bathroom, I decided to take a bath and wash up a little. Walking into the bathroom, I stopped before the mirror. Looking at the mirror, I couldn’t help but laugh sadistically at my reflection. There it stood, the girl who believed someone loved her, the girl who got ridiculed, the girl who remained unloved, nerdy, ugly and fat.  Tears poured from eyes once again at the thought of it.

During the bath, I couldn’t differentiate whether the liquid was from the shower head or my eyes anymore. Exiting the bathroom, I sat back at the study table. Taking out an empty box, I threw all the drawings and the ring which I stupidly thought was the symbol of our love onto the table. Crushing the portrait with me lying on the floor before Myung Soo, I dumped it into the box. Tearing the picture where Joo Woo hugged and confessed to me, I dropped it into the box. Releasing the ring, it fell into the box too.

As usual, the useless Park Soo Hee ended up crying in the process. I am weak, I admit. Covering the box with a cover, I told myself that I am going to bury the past and move on. However, deep down inside, I knew. I knew it was not going to be that easy. If only I could erase those memories from my mind... If only I could turn back time and reject him when he confessed... If only I was not the stupid Park Soo Hee who believed cupid finally descended and shot me…

Kicking the box away, I ran and collapsed into my bed. Burying my face into the pillow, I screamed and cried. Yes, I am not that strong. At such times, the others would probably have their mothers sitting by them, their backs, telling them everything was over. Their mother would wipe away their tears and smile at them, reassuring them that they would always be by their side. What about me? My mother is gone and my father is rejoicing there that his prediction was right.

“Teddy, why must he do this to me?” I asked with teary eyes as I looked into Teddy’s eyes.

Somehow, I was waiting for its response. I was waiting for it to answer and console me. I was waiting for it to tell me everything is going to be fine. Maybe I have really gone mad. After some time, I pulled it to my chest and hugged it tightly. With that, I broke into a second round of tears. I really don’t know what to do except crying. It was night time and my eyes were stinging from all the crying by then. It hurts even if I touched them lightly. I really dreaded going to school tomorrow…

The next day at school…

Everyone was looking and discussing about my swollen, reddened and dark-circled eyes. I hung my head low and dragged my body in the direction of the classroom. Then, I spotted the person I wished I would never see in my life ever again. It was Kim Joo Woo, slinging his arm across one of the queenkas. I took a deep breath, stuck my chin closer to my body and quickened my footsteps. I prayed silently hoping that he did not see me as I walked faster. Seeing him having a good time with his new companion, my heart ached. I couldn’t help it.

“Oh, isn’t that the fat girl?” Joo Woo asked as he pointed his finger at me and smirked.

He released the girl and walked over to me. I backed away, holding back my tears.

“He called me ‘the fat girl’…” I thought.

“Oppa, isn’t she your girlfriend from before?” the queenka asked and giggled.

“Are you serious? It was just her that was clinging onto me shamelessly… Come on, I have high standards for girls… An example is right before me.” He said jokingly as he lifted the chin of the queenka gently and smiled flirtatiously.

I kept quiet, pressing my lips into a thin line.

Before Joo Woo could continue, someone appeared.

“I have something to talk to you about.” Myung Soo said coldly.

Joo Woo shrugged and followed him, leaving me behind. I quickly walked away in the opposite direction as the suppressed tears started to fall when I was out of his sight.

“Pathetic Park Soo Hee is crying again…” I laughed at myself mentally.

Unknown to me, Myung Soo’s gaze followed me as I left the scene.

“Thanks for spoiling my fun. So… What is it that you want to say?” Joo Woo asked.

“Nothing.” Myung Soo said before leaving.

“What the…” Joo Woo stared at his leaving best friend in a confused manner.

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