Sufferings in School

After they ate, they all parted ways to do their own things. Justin and Luigi went back to train with their club members while Sophie, Mira and Eugine headed back to their classroom first.

Kang Jun was sitting alone when somebody approached him. He looked to see who it was.

A girl with big round glasses stood in front of him.

"Oh, it's you." He racked his brain to remember the girl's name. "Hannah, right?"

The girl's eyes widened in surprise. She never expected that the school prince will remember her name. In her heart, she felt warm. She cant help but smile.

"You remember me." She said, flustered.

Kang Jun smiled. "How can I not? We've already met a few times. Anyway, what brings you to me?"

Hannah was captivated by Kang Jun's smile but soon remembered her purpose. She gave a P.E uniform to him, one that has the initial of CMR.

"This... I think it was owned by one of your friends. Could you please return it to her. Also... Please tell her Im thankful."

Kang Jun looked at the P.E uniform and saw the initials in it. "This seems to be.. Mira's? How come you have it?"

Hannah didn't answer and only smiled. Seeing her reaction, Kang Jun no longer asked. "Fine, I'll return it to her. Anyway, are you okay? Is anything bothering you? You looked quite stressed."

Hannah smiled but couldn't meet his eyes. "Im fine of course. Im just stressed about the projects, that's all."

To her, its more than enough that Kang Jun was willing to talk to her. There's nothing that she could ask for more.

"I see. Well, dont stress over things too much. Im sure you'll do fine."

Hannah nodded and smiled in response. What she didn't know is that a pair of eyes was staring at her with hatred.

After school, Somebody intercepted Hannah on her way home. Seeing the figures blocking her path, her face slowly paled.

Jenny walked towards her. Hannah tried to back away but Jenny grabbed her and pushed her against the wall. She tried to get away but the two other girls with Jenny held her. Her breath started to get short and quick in panic.

Jenny brought her face close to Hannah and whispered. "Didn't I tell you to get lost? You even dared to talk to someone from the star section. Do you think Im a joke?" She said while pulling Hannah's hair.

Hannah whimpered in pain.

Jenny continued. "Listen to me. I dont want to see your face in ISOA anymore. Also, if you talk to someone from my class again, I will make sure that you will regret it."

Hannah shook her head. "Stop this please."

The hand on her hair tightened. "You cant do it? You really think Im joking." Jenny pushed her down.

"Get lost. This is my last warning."

When Hannah got home, her mother saw her dirty uniform.

"What happened to you?!"

Hannah shrugged and made up an excuse. "I fell down after climbing a tree."

Her mother stopped. "You climbed a tree?! This girl! What have you been doing? I told you to study well right? You're wasting your tuition fee."

Hannah stared at her mother then looked around their small house. She saw that their mugs are chipped and her mother was using a dented pot to cook. ISOA's tuition fee is not small at all. For not full-scholar students, it could be heavy.

Hannah's family is not rich at all, her parents run a meatshop and their income was supposed to be enough to sustain them. However, her parents keep on insisting to send her to ISOA to study. Its because once you graduated from ISOA, the chances of getting into a nice university with scholarship is higher.

"Ma, why dont I just transfer out of ISOA?" Hannah said quietly.

Hannah's mother froze.

"What are you saying suddenly?"

Hannah bit her lip. "ISOA's tuition fee is too expensive for us. Even though Im already in partial scholarship, the tuition is still too heavy for us. We haven't even paid the tuition for the last semester yet."

"What are you saying? Is the school asking us to pay now? Is that why you are worried? Dont worry, your father and I already borrowed money, we're just short on little. Just wait okay? I will talk to your teacher. You just need to study well."

When Hannah heard this, she wanted to cry.

"Ma-"

"Dont say anything anymore. You're already graduating. We've already come this far, dont worry about anything else."

Hannah swallowed everything she wanted to say. In the end, she nodded. When she got to her room, she sat on her and stared at the wall blankly.

She felt so guilty whenever she sees her family's condition. Her parents cant even afford to buy new clothes for themselves. Whenever there's money, they always think about her tuition and their debts. Since she starter studying in ISOA, her family's condition worsened so much.

Yet at school... She couldn't even walk with her head high. She spent her time in school staying in the corner, trying to lessen her presence as much as she can. Her classmates ignore as if she's invisible. She's not that smart too. Maybe if she was smarter, everything would have been fine. However, the longer she stayed at ISOA, the dumber she felt. Then, there's Jenny..

Slowly, tears ran down her face. She covered her mouth in order not to make a sound. She didn't know what to do anymore.

Alone in her room, Hannah sobbed silently.