Soon after, the school was in chaos once again. She had originally thought it was a simple fight between classmates one of whom felt offended, but as it turned out, the incident was surprisingly serious. Neung-woon confessed that he had been secretly filming girls in his class using his cell phone.
Before and after PE time was the target time, and it was said that his cell phone contained more than a month’s worth of videos. The teachers tried to minimize the severity of his actions in consideration of the school’s image, but the rumors spread like wildfire within a few hours. According to the rumors, there were videos of girls who were in the same class as him last year and this year.
“Aren’t you furious? Maybe it’s on his computer too.”
“It’s disgusting.” Commented the girls who were in the same class as they rubbed the goose bumps on their arms.
Ha-yeon was among one of those girls filmed by Neung-woon. She hadn’t spoken with him before, but they were in the same class last year. Feeling upset and preyed upon, she clenched her fists, not knowing how to express what and how she felt. It was the first time she had felt shame since she was born. Later, Neung-woon sought out Van to find out the extent of the fallout and rumors regarding himself from the incident. This kind of school gossip spread faster than flames scorching a dry field.
“Bastard.”
“Isn’t he a complete pervert? I don’t like him.”
“Wow, do I have to stay in the same class as him? It’s really disgusting.”
“It’s the worst. I really hate it.” Neung-woon, whose face was distorted from listening to the girls’ blatant gossiping, could not raise his bowed head.
The tips of his ears were hot. Some of the girls said they would report him publicly and not keep quiet. Even though Neung-woon trembled numbly, he couldn’t get angry.An hour later, Kang Tae-wan opened the door and headed directly to find Neung-woon. Then he stood in front of Neung-woon’s desk with a face that was marginally less angry. He pushed Neung-woon away from his seat, then thoroughly searched through his desk and bags.
“Hey! What are you doing!” Neung-woon’s cell phone spilled from the dropped bag. Tae-wan grabbed the phone and snatched it.
“Hey! you! Son of a b*tch! What are you doing… !” There was no time for Neung-woon to react.
The liquid crystal of Neung-woon’s mobile phone shattered with a cracking sound. Tae-wan threw Neung-woon’s cell phone out the window to make sure it hit the wall. Neung-woon glared at Tae-wan with a red-green face.
“If you bring your cell phone back, then you will die.” Tae-wan warned with a terrifying expression. Then, Neung-woon jumped up from his seat.
“I’m not even photographing you, why are you upset! Son of a b*itch! F*ck you, things are messed up! I’m ruined because of you!” Neung-woon’s body trembled so much that it looked strange.
Earlier, Neung-woon felt generous and decided to share a video with the popular Tae-wan. He thought that any male would naturally like such videos of course. Instead, there was a harsh curse and the next thing was a fist flew. Moreover, the situation exploded out of control. As the situation began unraveling, rumors about there being pervert in school spread consummately. He was told his parents would be contacted as well. His parents reached out to Tae-wan about what happened, but he wouldn’t give them an answer. Neung-woon felt bleakness ahead and could no longer a future for himself as a result of what happened.
“Hah, yes. F*ck. Didn’t you just film me? Just take a picture of me and sell it somewhere.” Tae-wan said in a low voice.
“… What?” Neung-woon felt overwhelmed.
“I’ll say it for the last time. Don’t ever bring your cell phone to school in the future. If you get caught carrying it again, you’ll end up like you did today. Okay? And do some reflection. I wouldn’t have done this if I was a kid who used his brain sometimes. Immature imbecile.” Tae-wan turned around after seriously warning Neung-woon.
He came over and sat down in a snap in the seat next to Ha-yeon. The eyes of all the students in the classroom were focused on Tae-wan. Tae-wan only looked ahead, as if ignoring all of those gazes.
“Ugh.” Eventually, Neung-woon burst into tears, wrapped his arms around his bag and escaped as if running away, and the students gathered together and poured out curses on him.
“Crazy kinky moron.”
“Oh, I hate it. I will never let go of this. I will tell my parents.” The children were angry in their own way.
Among them, only the back seat of the classroom was quiet. Ha-yeon, who was looking ahead, turned her head and looked at Tae-wan. There was a wound on the side of his face.
“Does your face hurt? It has to hurt.” Ha-yeon said insistently.
Tae-wan’s head, which had not responded to anyone’s words, turned around to face her.
“It doesn’t hurt.”
“It looks painful. I feel angry.”
“Is that all you are only going to say?”
“… … .” Ha-yeon bit her lips strongly at the words Tae-wan spat out.
She vaguely guessed that she herself was also secretly photographed by Neung-woon, but it was a fact. Tae-Wan’s confirmation caused her heart to shiver. She hated Neung-woon’s actions, but more than anything else, she was more concerned that Tae-wan might have seen her undressing in one of those videos. She couldn’t even ask if he had seen it.
“It will never happen again,” he reiterated. With an apologetic expression as if he was guilty. Ha-yeon couldn’t ask why he had that expression.
“It’s not your fault. OK? Do not worry about it. And since it’s not your responsibility, stop getting angry.” Instead, she gave the same answer as she had given herself.
“But still.”
“… … .”
“But, I just keep getting angry.” Tae-wan turned his head while he said something she didn’t know about. Ha-yeon looked at Tae-wan’s back.
A faint wound remained even on the neatly cleaned nape. Looking at his back, a lot of emotions went through her heart. However, Ha-yeon couldn’t name a single thing about how she felt.