High School Records [Excerpt]

My goal in high school was to graduate quietly. But I suppose even that was too much to ask for.

"Hey, you acting like a total teacher's pet makes the homeroom teacher compare us. It's annoying. It's not like you're going to Seoul National University, so why are you trying to study in this dump of a school?"

After those words, bad things slowly started happening to me. When the bullying got severe, I tried reporting it to the police, but they were released immediately, and things only got worse...

"Oh, it's you—the one who reported Taewook. Lol. I don't know if you're stupid or just slow, but life would've been easier if you just endured it. If you deposit money to me every day, maybe I'll talk to Taewook and keep him off your back for the day~?"

Kim Taewook and the other delinquents bullied me in their own different ways. During those days when it was hard to hold on, not everyone turned away from me.

"Look at your face. Let's go to the nurse's office. And go straight to the hospital after school."

"Are you just going to keep letting them hit you?"

She comforted me and sometimes even nursed me back to health; she was one of the few students who actually studied at school.

Just as we were getting close while studying together, Kim Taewook saw us. He stopped bullying me and started making moves on Jieun.

At first, she rejected him, and it seemed like nothing had changed until graduation. Then we went our separate ways... One day, on my way back from finishing a group project,

"Oh, you're Guest, right? Good to see you."

It was definitely the girl I knew, but her aura seemed different somehow...

"I guess you live around here. See you around~?"

She walked out of the alleyway nonchalantly. And... from deeper inside, I heard a woman sobbing. As I approached,