Scene #3

I, at least for the meantime, went to school with my neighbor and childhood friend from the other section, Minju—who go to school by their car. And when I contacted Minju las night, I remembered that the girl I saw last evening was in Minju’s class and might be familiar to Minju. So while we were on the way to school, I asked,

“The taller Japanese student in your class… what’s her name?”

“Honda Hitomi-ssi…? So even the other sections knew?”

Minju eyed me with an amused look. I then answered to her,

“You know my friends like gossips. By the way, does she get along with everyone in your class?”

It’s true, and because they have lots of connections… they have knowledge about rumors much more than they have knowledge about our lessons. I would want to exclude Hyewon, but… she does like relaxing more than studying.

“Uh… well, I’m going to tell you something but… this did not come from me, got it?”

I nodded while anticipating what she had to say.

As she then lowered the volume of her voice, hinting that it was something serious,

“I think she’s being bullied by this one group—I don’t know if it was the first time, but we only found out about it, too. Yesterday, her friend was absent because she’s sick, so Hitomi-ssi was more quiet than usual. Then when she went… probably to the restrooms… Yuri a