* Chapter 1 *

Park Ara Pov:

It was a bright day, I could tell. I could hear the birds singing melodramatically from my isolated bedroom and the glittering ray of sun shine upon my eyes through the open window nearby.

I tried to block the cruel rays of sunlight with my thick blanket on my icy bed but I guess, the God won’t let me sleep anymore. *Sigh* I lazily got up from my bed with a frown on my face then I landed one of my leg on the carpet. Accidently, I tripped on my own leg which makes me bumped hardly to the ground. “Ouch!” I groaned as a sharp pain shot through my ankle. I unwillingly pushed myself to stand upright defying the gravity and dragged myself into the bathroom, to prepare for the first day of school.

School, that is a place which sums up a teenager’s life; they find their friends, happiness, and even love. Love, that’s the thing I want to know and understand the most in my life. I’ve seen some people suffering over the one they love and I’ve even asked them a thousand of questions in my mind, “Why do Love seems so important to them?, Love is just a complex emotion.”

Even if wasn’t the love shared by couple, people still got love from their parents, family, relatives or friends. Sadly, I was not none of those people. I do have a father, but you know what? He is a kind of person that people wouldn’t even dare to make an eye contact with, the Mafia. My mother? Well, she is a room salon owner. I hate both of them for being that kind of person and I hate him, my father, for forcing me to be a part of his gang.

As a teenager girl, I want to spend my time with my friends or experience everything what the teenager do but I don’t have a chance to experience them. I envy normal school girls; they could cope well with school life unlike me who totally failed interacting with people. It could be either my appearance or behavior which made almost the entire school avoid or you could say afraid of me. I have a long curly hair which falls on both side of my face and I never made an effort to tie them up. I have a pair of dark brown eyes looks very sharp and intense. I also have a habit of placing both my hands in the pockets of my hoodie which I wear almost every day. I don’t usually talk because it is meaningless to talk to anyone at school and I always put on my poker face. I rarely smile because there is no reason for me to do that, also I am not normal girl, you should know that. I feel apathetic and spiritless. After a few minutes, I clear up my deep thoughts and walk out of the bathroom. Right now, I only have long, thin towel with me to cover up my body so I quickly pulled out my uniform from my dresser and changed into it. I grabbed my bag together with my phone and a toast and headed to school.

Outside of my apartment, I plugged the earphone into my ear preparing for a boring school day. Unlike other students, I don’t take a bus, MRT or car to go to school because it would just waste my allowance so I always walk to school, and it is also not very tiring because the school is just a stone throw away from my place.

When I arrived to front of the school gate, I heard some students whispering and muttering about me while giving me a look. I tried to ignore them as usual. I heard the school bell later. While walking towards my room, I saw some students running into their room not to get detention unlike me. I just keep clam and walk in a normal pace as I don’t care about school rules or detentions.

When I finally reach in front my homeroom, I could hear the form teacher, Ms. Im, calling for the attendance. Without a second thought, I pull the door harshly, attracting attention from the whole class. I manage to stay calm and give a slight bow to say I am sorry for being late. After I got a nod from the teacher, I headed to my seat which is located in the 2nd row, last column. I then folded my arm and lowered my head to take a nap after I pull off the earphone and placed the bag below the desk. Before I could even put down my head, I heard Ms.Im announced, “Well, guys. This year you’ll have new transfer student from New York. Please treat her well.” She then gestured the person to come into the room. I could tell that the person was a girl since I heard the introduction, “Hello everyone. I am Song HyoMi and I just transferred from New York this year so I hope you guys get along with me,” she ended with a sweet smile on her face. Her voice was soft and girly so I could immediately imagine her appearence. Then I heard Ms.Im talked again, “Since you’ve done your introduction,” she hesitated for a while but continued, “Please take a seat beside Park Ara.” Another annoying student, I thought as I open my eyes but remain at the same position. While the girl name Song HyoMi is walking toward me, I could hear the whispering of the students which made me irritated like hell. After she took a seat beside me, I could see her staring at me from the side of my eyes. “Okay that’s all for today but start collecting your mind and prepare from midterm exam,” she said and the student started to groaned, she then continued “Class president,” “Yes?” the class president, Luhan answered. “Clean the empty desk,” she said. “Yes ma’am,” he answered then Ms.Im walk out of the room. Without any hesitation, I said in a low monotone voice, “Go sit over there.” Everyone stop doing their job and look at our way as if there’s no tomorrow. At first I am thinking of the girl would asked many question about why she needs to change place or blah blah blah but to my surprise, she took all her things and move to the side unseated table without any questions.

HyoMi pov:

“Hello I am Shin Eun Ha,” one of the students introduced by running toward my seat. “You did a good thing. Don’t try to make her mad or get involved with her,” Shin Eun Ha continue as both of us took a glance to the poker face girl. “Park Ara. You know the 7:1 legend right? She is the leader,” she then continued eyeing at her again. “What should I say, She is ‘Yijing,’ but simiIar to street fight. Even guys avoid her” Eun Ha continued in a soft voice so no one can hear her. “Even guys?” I asked a little surprised. “There’s really true reason why they can’t,” she said with serious face then took a closer toward me and whispered into my ear, “Her lover is an impressive guy.” “Really?” I asked wanting to know more. “That’s it for now. Anyway, don’t go near her. It’s the best if you pretend she’s invincible,” she said while shaking her head and I then took another glance at Park Ara who just ignore the whole class.