Chapter 1

“SeulGi!”

SeulGi has heard her name at least a hundred times this morning already and it’s not even past seven yet.

She has grown too tired of hearing it that even her own name seems unreal to her own ears.

“SeulGi!” The unending chant never seems to end.

“I’m here.” SeulGi lazily says just so the ranting girl with pink ends would shut up already. “I’ve always been here.”

“Even if I don’t want to.” SeulGi mutters under her breath.

“Why weren’t you answering?!” The girl with pink streaks widens her eyes at a bored SeulGi.

“I was.” SeulGi replies rather lazily again.

“Then answer louder!!”

“I WAS!!!” SeulGi expands as much as she can while still stopping herself from slapping the girl in front of her silly.

“How dare you answer back!”

“What?! You get mad when I don’t answer, and then you get mad if I answer! What do you want me to do?!”

“I want you to serve me like you’ve been asked to do!”

SeulGi grunts as she tries hard to control herself, her fingers bending with force as she tries to calm herself and let all the Zen come in to her.

“Alright,” SeulGi says calmly just after she exhales, “If that’s what you want, Irene.”

“Princess. Princess Irene.” Irene corrects SeulGi.

“Okay, Princess Irene.” SeulGi sarcastically and spitefully says.

“Good.” Irene turns her back at SeulGi. Her long, beautiful hair following her motion, “Carry my things to the car and let’s go to school.”

SeulGi could only sigh and curse life – or Irene – for being such a .

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“Leave.” Irene says with both her hands suspended on mid-air as she shoos SeulGi away. “I don’t want anyone seeing you with me. Not this early in the morning.”

“Like I want to be seen with a like you this early in the morning as well.” SeulGi crosses her arms.

“One more word from you and your family will be sleeping under a rock.”

“I think I’d like that more.”

“Don’t dare me, Kang.”

“Stop being an , Bae.”

“That’s it.” Irene takes her phone out from her pur