You were sitting under a tree like usual after a hard day at school. You were one of the girls that weren't very popular. All the girls picked on you for the clothes you wore and how your face was always hidden under your bangs. They would see you in the halls and say "Look its the emo girl! Does she even have any parents?" What they didn't know was that your mom had ran away with another man and had left you alone with your father that always beat you. He would blame you for your mother leaving and when he came home drunk, he would do nothing but beat you to take his anger out. So to hide all the bruises and cuts, you wore baggy hoodies or either long sleeved turtle necks.   One day as you were on your way home, your father had called you to stay out of the house so he can have some "quality" time with the woman he had brought home. You were used to this, so you did what you would usually do and sat on the swing at a park near your house. As you were sitting at the swing, a boy had came and sat next to you. You were too afraid to face him so you got up from the swing and made your way to the nearest grocery store to eat some ramyun. What you didn't know was that he had followed you and sat right next to you. He put his hand forward and said "Hi my name is Barom, what is your name?" You looked at him through your bangs and said "M-m-my name is _________, and not to be rude, but why are you talking to me in the first place?" Barom looked at you confused and then said "Umm... I'm new here and happened to see you first. Umm... If you don't mind but can I ask how old you are?" You nodded your head and said "I'm 17...." He smiled and said "That means we are friends then!" This time you looked at him, revealing your face slightly and said "F-f-friends?" He noticed your face and examined it for a bit. He smiled and said "Yeah why not?" After getting no response he rubbed the back of his neck and said "By the way your very beautiful. Don't hide your face with your hair...." This time you looked right at him and said "Well no one has ever wanted to be my friend so it's kind of shocking... And you think I'm beautiful?" He smiled but before he could say anything your phone started ringing. You looked at the screen and saw that it was your father calling. You answered it and he said he wanted you home right away. You ran out of the store saying "Mianhae, we can talk another time. I have to go now!" Barom smiled and said to himself "I wonder why no one wants to be her friend... I mean she is beautiful and she seems nice. I hope I will know some day..." With that thought, he left the store and started making his way home.    When you arrived home your father seemed really pissed. You knew he was only pissed because he hadn't gotten what he wanted from the woman he had brought home. You were about to greet your father but instead, he raised his hand and slapped you across your face, causing you to fall on the floor. He walked up to your body and kicked you in the stomach saying "It's all your fault that your mother left. Like come on why do I even have to take care of you? Why don't you just leave like her as well so I can have some PEACE!" You let every word of his sink in as you laid there on the floor clenching onto your stomach. He kicked you a couple more times and then left you there. You sat up slowly and made your way to your room like usual. You closed the door and sat against the wall crying. After 10 minutes of crying you got up slowly and grabbed the first aid kit to apply some medicine on the bruises. You laid down on your bed and decided to get some sleep. You tossed and turned but couldn't get any sleep since you felt pain every time you moved. After a couple of hours you finally fell asleep crying from the pain.    In the morning you got up early and made breakfast before heading off to school. You did the usual and ironed your fathers clothes, placed his breakfast where he wanted it, and lastly cleaned the house before you left. As you were walking to school, Barom had noticed you and decided to walk with you. "Hey what's up? I didn't know you went to this school! Seems like we will see each other more now!" You looked at him surprised to see that he was still talking to you. You looked around and noticed the girls saying "Why is he talking to her? Doesn't he know any better?" Instead of answering him you quickened your pace and ran inside the school. Barom tried stopping you but one of the girls came in front of him and said "Your kind of cute... But why are you talking to her? Don't you know she is a freak? Have you seen how she dresses? And her hair... EMO!" Barom looked at her with disgust and said "Its because of people like you that cause _______ to not have a normal school life." He pushed her aside and walked off saying "You disgust me!" The girl looked at him with a shocked face and walked off like nothing happened. When Barom entered the school and walked into his first class he noticed that you were in his class. He also noticed that there was an empty desk beside you and decided to sit down. As he sat down he said "Hey how come you ran away from me?" You looked towards him and said "Umm... why are you sitting here?" He looked at you confused and said "Can't I? I mean we are friends right?" You smiled for the first time and said "Nae we are!" He smiled, but soon faded away when he noticed how bruised your cheeks looked. He touched them, causing you to flinch back. "Not to be rude but what happened?" Without even answering his question, you hid your face and turned the other way. He looked at you with worried eyes and said "Sorry, I guess you don't want to talk about it..." He turned to face the front and decided to pay attention to the teacher. The teacher introduced him as a new student and then began teaching.   It was now lunch time and you made your way outside like usual since no one wanted to sit with you. Barom followed you and sat right next to you. You looked at him surprised and started choking on your juice. Barom laughed and said "How come you are always surprised or shocked when I show up?" You just stared at him and watched him as he ate his food. When you weren't choking anymore you said "It's because I'm not used to having any friends around me.... And when you're around me all the girls just stare and call me a freak!" Barom just snickered and said "Who cares what the girls say, I like being your friend and it doesn't stop me from bei