L.O.V.E Story

Nuri pov:

I can't believe I'm here. I can't believe I’m in Seoul, South Korea. My dream of being a celebrity photographer will begin here. I bet you're wondering why South Korea? Well it's because I’m a big fan of k-pop. It would be great to take pictures of the biggest k-pop stars around! But, I just have to finish school first.

In case you're wondering I’m a sophomore in high school. People are surprised when they find out I just a sophomore. I act way more mature for my age than I should. I just grew up in a very orderly and sophisticated environment. I grew up in a Korean family living in the U.S. I guess you could say

I'm a nerd...and I'm proud. This is my first time in Korea. My family owns a business and we are pretty wealthy. They didn't approve of my dream of being a photographer because they wanted me to take over the family business. Because of my way with words, they agreed for me to come here by myself. I have relatives living in Korea so whenever I'm homesick they will be there. But I decided to live alone. I don't like being the burden of others. So my father bought me a nice condo in Seoul, just a couple blocks by my school. My father sure knows me well, he knows I don't like to take the bus.

As for my love life, I've never had a relationship longer than 2 weeks. I'm pretty retarded when it come to guys so I try to avoid them. I don't have much girl friends either. But I don't mind, I like being alone.

Tomorrow is my first day of school. I'm pretty nervous. I've never been to a Korean school before. And I have never worn a uniform. I don't get why people hate them so much. It's better than those girls that where short shorts everyday even if it's cold outside. School work is what we do at school, not go clubbing. Enough of my rants.

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Nuri woke up Monday morning and got ready for school. She looked in the mirror, the uniform really isn't that bad. (It looks like the uniform from boys over flowers. She love that uniform!)

Nuri walked down the street planning to get some breakfast on her way there. Nuri saw a nice cafe and decided to get herself a breakfast sandwich.

“May I help you?” The cashier asked.
“Yes. Can I have a number 3 please?” Nuri asked.
“Sure. That will be 3000 won.” he said.
She gave him the money and he handed Nuri the sandwich.
“Kamsamnida.” Nuri said and left.

Nuri made her way to school again.
Once Nuri arrived to school, she made her way to the front office.

“Excuse me. I'm new here. My name is Kim Nuri.” Nuri said to the front desk lady.
“Oh! I have your schedule here. Your first class is down the hall. Third door on the left. And give your teacher this paper.” She said to Nuri.
“Kamsamnida.” Nuri said and bowed.

Suddenly the bell rang. Great, she late. What a great first impression.
Nuri walked into the classroom and she felt eyes staring at her.
Nuri gave teacher the paper.
The teacher cleared his throat.

“Class we have a new student joining us today. Her name is Kim Nuri. Nuri please introduce yourself.” He said.
Nuri bowed. “Annyonghaseyo. Nuri imnida. I hope we can be friends.” she said and smiled.
Nuri heard whispers around the room.
“You can sit next to,” The teacher looked around the room. “Oh! You can sit between Younin and Siwan. Younin and Siwan please raise your hands.”

In the back of the classroom Nuri saw two people raising their hands. She made her way to her seat.

“Annyeong!” The girl supposedly named Younin said and waved to Nuri.
“Hi.” Nuri said shyly and waved back.
She giggled.

Nuri turned over her other side and saw the boy name Siwan. He was just looking to the front of the classroom looking very bored.

“Hi! My name is Nuri.” Nuri said to him.
He looked at Nuri up and down. “So?” Siwan said and looked back to the front.
Someone's rude...
And then Siwan sighed. “They should've at least got us a pretty new girl...” he mumbled.
“Excuse me?” Nuri said.
“Nothing...” Siwan said.
She stared at him thinking of a comeback.
“They should've at least got me a hot classmate...” Nuri said loud enough for Siwan to hear.
He turned to look at her and smirked. “What?”
“Nothing...” Nuri said copying his tone of voice he used with her.
Nuri heard Siwan snort. “She doesn't know who she's messing with...”
Nuri snorted back.

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English was first. This was Nuri forte since English was her first language. She didn't even need to take notes. Nuri was staring off into space when she suddenly heard the teacher yell.

“KIM NURI!”

Nuri jumped. “Yes?”
“The first day and you're already not paying attention?”
“It's just that I already learned this stuff years ago.” Nuri said.
“If you're so smart then why don't you tell me the answer to number 20 on page 233 in ENGLISH.” he said emphasizing on the word.
“But teacher, that's 9 chapters ahead of what we're learning now.” A student said.

Here's her chance to pown the teacher.
Nuri smirked. “A BCR is a Brief Constructed Response. You write an answer to the question, for example, what is the theme of Romeo and Juliette? You would answer the question. Then you would cite by adding 3 or more quotes to support your answer. Then you would explain how the quotes support your answer. Then you would make an inference about the story or text consisting of more quotes and explanations. Then you would connect the story to your life or to another story.” Nuri said in perfect English.

Everyone gawked at Nuri. Even the teacher, the idiot next to Nuri snorted, “Nerd.” Siwan said. Nuri glared at him.

Then the bell rang, break time. Then everyone started leaving the classroom for a snack and to hang with friends for 30 minutes.
“Wow!” Younin said. “Do you mind...tutoring me?” She asked.
Nuri laughed. “No problem. I could use a friend around here.”
Younin laughed too. “I could use one too. I transferred here last week. Hey let's go to the courtyard and talk. And maybe get a little snack.”
“Sure.”

They went to the vending machine and got a small bag of chips to share. The courtyard is beautiful. It's full of flowers, benches and picnic tables. But there was no one around.

“Why doesn't anyone come here?” Nuri asked Younin.
“People don't appreciate this place. They normally just go to the cafeteria for lunch and breaks. I'm normally the only one here.”
“Well not anymore!” Nuri said smiling at Younin.
Nuri laughed. “Let's go sit over there.” she said pointing to a picnic table.

They sat there and Nuri helped Younin with her English.
After fifteen minutes they decided to continue during lunch.
“So why did you transfer here?” Younin asked Nuri.
Nuri started to tell Younin her story about being a photographer.
Suddenly, the door to the courtyard opened. Then a group of boys walked in, pushing a boy walking on the path in the process.
Younin sighed.

“I thought you said you're normally the only one here?” Nuri asked Younin.
“I am...I don't know why they're here...” Younin said.
“Who are they?”
“They're the kingka's of the school. They never wear the school's uniform because they sweet talked the principal. They boss and bully everyone around that gets in their way. Except their fans of course. You see the one walking in the front? That's the leader, Moon Junyoung.”

Nuri started to study them. Then she saw the annoyed Siwan guy. He's a kingka? Great. Nuri told off a kingka.

“That one there is Kevin Kim. He's the calm one. I haven't really heard him talk much. The pretty boy with the jet black hair is Im Siwan. Yup he in our class. He's the fashion leader of the school. He's best friends with the one with that one.” Younin said pointing to the guy walking arrogantly. “That's Hwang Kwanghee. He's the diva of the group. The one reading the book is Kim Taehun. He's the only kingka that doesn't think arrogantly of himself. I've talked to him before. He's actually pretty nice. The one that looks like Ryeowook from Super Junior is Jung Heechul. He's dating a queenka of the school, Malilith Ila. The cute one with the earphones is Ha Minwoo. He leads the schools dance team. And last one is Park Hyungshik exclaimed as a Prince.” Younin looked at Nuri laughing.

Nuri glared at Siwan.
“And the short one there with the big muscles is Kim Dongjoon. He leads the school's acrobatics team. He's the maknae. They call themselves Children of the Empire. ZE:A for short.”
“What kind of name is that?” Nuri asked Younin.
She shrugged.

“Yah! What are you two doing here?” Someone yelled.
They looked up and the 9 boys were looking down at them.
“We were here first.” Younin said. “I'm here everyday and this is the first time I've seen you here.”
“The girls were crowding around us too much and we got annoyed so we came here for a quiet environment.” Junyoung said.
“Well we aren't gonna crowd around you guys so you can just let us be.” Younin said.
“No. We want this place for ourselves. Kingka's only.” Kwanghee said.

Nuri really had enough of these guys attitudes.
She normally never get mad like this but she have no patience for these so called 'kingka's'.

Nuri stood up and pointed to the leader. “Look, we came here first and it was nice here without you guys. If you think you rule the school because every girl swoons over you then you're wrong.”
They were taken aback by Nuri statement. Guess they never had a girl talk to them like that before.

“I just got here and I already despise you all. You can go your way and we can go ours. Come on Younin. Let's go sit somewhere else. You can't boss us around like you do everybody else.” Nuri said and grabbed Younin's hand.

“And you.” Nuri said pointing to Siwan. “Your scarf, you're wearing it wrong. You're supposed to loop it and bring it to the front. Not the other way around.” Nuri said and left. He calls himself a fashionista?
“Oh...that does look better...” Nuri heard Siwan say. Living in the U.S. does have it's perks.

“Nuri...no one has ever corrected Siwan's style before! And no one has ever talked to them like that before! You're a legend!” Younin said.
“No, I just don't like them bossing people around. I'm sure we aren't the only ones they talk like that to.”
Younin nodded.

The 9 boys seated themselves at the end of the courtyard as far away from Nuri and Younin as possible. They didn't even notice Nuri and Younin presence except for that Siwan guy. He kept glaring at their direction. When he looked at Nuri, she stuck her tongue out at Siwan. He gawked at her.

After 15 minutes the bell rang again for class to start.
Great just what Nuri needed another period with Sijerk, She mean Siwan.

to be continued...