Lies and Secret

Chapter Four

Lee Seung-Gi’s Point of View

I got to school earlier than Hyun Soo today because, I was barely able to read at home or at any of my part time jobs. Midterm exam is coming up in less three months time and I need to start studying really hard. Most of my classmates, if not all of them only start to study two weeks if not a week before any of our exams but I don’t even dare try that. Sure I am a fast learner and I'm at the top of my class I still need a lot time to study because i feel like I can do better but time isn't something i have a lot of

On normal days I wake up as early as 5AM, wash up and then head out to my first part time job which was delivering milk, it usually takes me an hour to deliver all the bottle of milk I needed to then I head to the bus stop where Hyun Soo picks me up from and we drive to school together (we haven’t been able to do that since So Ra was the one with Hyun soo’s car) School closes by six pm and others go for extra classes for our upcoming College scholastic ability test (CSAT) till about ten pm but I don’t have the luxury of doing that, I can barely feed myself talk more of paying huge amount of money for extra classes instead during such hour I go for my other part time jobs.

It varies on different days really, sometimes I have part time jobs at the Café where I only clean up before heading to the BBQ restaurant where I help serve customers on days like this I am usually done by ten pm and head up to the convenience store, I take over from the other part timer that stays during the day while I stay there till about four am before going back home and resting for less than an hour.

These are the most stressful days which occasionally happens two times in a week the other times I go straight to the convenience store after school stay there till nine pm then I go to the Café to clean up before they close then to the BBQ restaurant I usually get home by twelve AM and crash straight on my bed

Why am I doing this?

Well unlike my other classmates who are lucky enough to have parents who pays for their needs I don’t have that luxury, my mother died years ago and the only thing my father cares about is alcohol and more alcohol so I have to take the responsibility for both myself and for the father that doesn’t give a damn about me

It’s hard, I’m not going to lie but what can I do?

I have to work to save up for College tuition, for basic human needs. I am really lucky to have gotten a scholarship from middle school to this high school where I never thought possible in a millions years; but how sure am I that I would get the same opportunity for college?

“Hey! Hyun Soo’s dog” I hear a hiss from behind me as I walked down the hallway. I stop at my track, turned around and of course it was no other than Do Min Su and her twin brother Do Min Woo. I expected this much when I first came to the school, of course there was going to be someone who would hate me for coming here, my background is so different from theirs and they do not fail to remind me any chance they got

“You’re alone today where is your boyfriend?” Do Min Su mocked

“I think Hyun Soo might have forgotten to put a leash on him” Do Min Woo adds with a smug face and slight close lipped smile

Do Min Su and Do Min Woo were the only part of the school I dreaded, their father is one of the board directors of the school so in their minds this was their play ground. Their reason for bullying me was that I did not belong here and that I was leeching off Hyun Soo which I am not, he is my friend. My best friend and they hate the fact that I am friends with him and Min So Ra

“What do you want?” I sighed not in the mood for them today

Do Min Woo slams the books on my hand to the floor and then pushed me to the wall with an arm across my neck “Well we want you gone. You know, disappear” he replied “You see, you don’t fit our schools image and I don’t even know why Hyun Soo is keeping you around”

“Hyun soo is my friend”

“Friend?” They barked a laugh at my face “Have you ever seen a rich and a poor being friends? More like master and slave” Do Min Su smirked

“It’s okay sis” Do Min Woo laughed “I mean they are boyfriends. But I am curious, which of you is the top and the bottom?”

“We are not in that kind of relationship” I yelled earning a slap from Do Min Woo

“Not in that kind of relationship? Liar. We know that truth, we see the way you two look at each other and hug each other and all those gay s**t. Are you not ashamed of yourself? How can you like a fellow man or are you just so desperate for money you gave your ass up to Hyun Soo”

I clenched my fist together as I try to calm myself down. If I was to react I know too well I am the only one who will end up hurt

Do Min Woo grab me by the hair and I let out a groan “Let go!” I grabbed his hand glaring at him

“How dare you glare at him with those stupid eyes of yours?” Do Min Su hits me on the face

“There is even a video of you two sleeping together. How can you still deny it?” he spits on the floor “Disgusting”

I let out a laugh. Choi Hyun Soo and I have never even kissed and there is a mysterious video of us having s*x?

“You think he is joking?” Do Min Su asked walking close to me “If you don’t withdraw from this school we will show everyone the video it will not only destroy you but your lovely boyfriend Hyun Soo” she threatens

I laughed “I’ll like to see this so call video that you mysteriously have” Do Min Woo pulls my hair tighter and I let out a groan

“If only Choi Hyun Soo wasn’t by your side it would have been easier to kick you out” Do Min Su added “How did you even bewitch him? he was never like this before”

“Let go!”

He pulls on my hair tighter

“What are you doing?” A female voice roared from across the hallway, I hear running footsteps before Do Min Woo finally let go of my hair. I fall to the floor on my books

“Who is that?” Do Min Su asked her brother. I looked up at who was walking towards us and see Rosaline

“Hey mind your business, there’s nothing to see here” Do Min Woo said

“What are you doing to him?” she asked anger in her voice as she walked towards us

A rush of embarrassment fills me up that I quickly stood up. I can’t believe someone from my class saw this; I have successfully hidden the fact that I was being bullied from everyone for three years and now in the most unexpected situation Rosaline finds that part of me I want hidden

“Who is this crazy b***h?”

“This crazy b***h is his friend, why?” Rosaline stood in front of me like she was going to protect me. She is as small as So Ra and the fact that she thought she could protect me despite being nothing less than five feet five inches was both concerning and hilarious

“Friend?” Do Min Su spat “Hey Lee Seung-Gi another friend?”

“Why are you bullying my friend?”

Why does she keep saying my friend like we were actually friends? We are nothing more than classmates, I barely even know the girl

“Rosaline please stop”

I begged. I don’t want this to become a big issue, I am going to graduate in less than six months, I have held up for this long I don’t need her making an issue out of nothing

“Oh it’s you psycho Rosaline” Do Min Su snicker “I’ve heard about you, you’re the crazy psycho from Aust…” Before Do Min Su could finish her sentence Rosaline grabbed Do Min Su by the hair bringing her to her height. The shook on Do Min Woo’s face reflect on my face as well

“I’m glad you’ve heard about me” A slight lipped tight smile goes up her face

“Hey you psycho b***h, let her go” Do Min Woo yells

“Take a good look at him" she gestures at me "He is mine, you mess with what is mine again, I’ll make sure both of you lose something every important to you” she threatens then pushed Do Min Su into her brothers arm,

“Hey! You fuvking lunatic” Do Min Su launches herself for a fight but her brother stops her, that doesn’t mean she stop cursing as Do Min Woo dragged his sister away

I turned to this short girl that somehow had a personality three times her size and wondered if it was an Australian thing to do or maybe it was just a Rosaline Park thing to do

“Are you okay?” she asked

“Are you okay?” I responded “Is your hand okay?”

“I’m stronger than I look Lee Seung Gi” she replied with a bright smile then bent down to help pick my books, I bent down also joining her

“Thank you but I really didn’t need your help”

“Don’t tell me your fragile masculine ego is so scattered now that a girl saved you?”

I huffed like Hyun soo would when someone would say the most unbelievable thing “It’s not about my ego. Those twins would not let me or you be and would try to retaliate”

“I can handle them” she hands me the books she helped me to pick “The question is why aren’t you trying to handle them?”

“What am I supposed to do? Fight with them? It is only going to cause me more trouble, their father basically owns the school and immediately I am summoned to the principal office for fighting I know the next thing is expulsion.” I explained “I worked too hard to just let the twins get what they want”

Rosaline thought about it for a while then replied “okay if it suits you to have your ass handed to you every time then I guess you do you” I can’t help but laugh at her way of thinking “With the way Choi Hyun Soo and Min So Ra are close to you I thought that maybe they would have at least helped”

“Both of them don’t know about it”

Yes, I didn’t tell So Ra or Hyun Soo that I was being bullied, I know Hyun Soo more than anyone and I know how much he cares for me, if he knew that someone was causing me harm not a single soul in this school would have rest. He is hot headed, one of his quirks I love and hate. So Ra isn’t as hot head as Hyun soo but once that bubbly and lovely girl gets angry she can even be worse than Hyun Soo so of course I won’t tell them about it.

I don’t want a blood bath between royals in school

“So I know something about you that Choi Hyun soo doesn’t” her lips turns up to a smile and I can’t really tell why she felt so pleased to hear that. I was only keeping the secret because I didn’t want to drag Hyun Soo into this mess

“Don’t tell him”

“I won’t” I stared at her unsure if I could really trust her with this secret of mine “Cross my heart and hope to die” she said in English with a thick Australian accent

“Thank you” I decided to give her the benefit of the doubt as i stood up “oh and I don't belong to you" i said

"What?" she questioned

"Earlier you said i was yours" i reminded "I'm not. i belong to someone else” I corrected