Chapter 69: Wave
Arriving early at school, Ha Giyeon looked around the empty classroom before sitting at his desk. He pulled out a workbook and began solving problems, the only sound in the room the scratch of his pen on paper.
Only after 7 a.m. did footsteps begin echoing along the stairs and hallways. He took out a mask and put it on, refocusing on his workbook.
“Oh? It’s Ha Giyeon.”
“Whoa, are you okay?”
One by one, as students entered and spotted him, they asked if he was alright. He responded, flustered but with a small smile.
Others in the classroom watched him quietly.
The students who arrived after him weren’t part of Nam Taekyung’s group.
Nam Taekyung usually came a little later, and Ha Giyeon always arrived first. As they watched Giyeon quietly solving problems as usual, they gradually began to take interest.
To be honest, they’d been wary of him the moment they found out he was Ha Dohoon’s younger brother. His first impression had been that of the quiet, studious kid every class ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) has—one you might not even remember if not for the attendance sheet. If he hadn’t been Ha Dohoon’s brother, they probably wouldn’t even know his name.
Unlike the flashy, attention-grabbing Ha Dohoon, Giyeon was quiet and unremarkable.
At first, sure, he seemed reserved—but once it was revealed that he was Dohoon’s brother, everyone assumed he’d hang out with the same crowd—the so-called iljin group.
In their class, the iljin group obviously revolved around Nam Taekyung. He stood out with good grades and a high profile, but the guys around him were iljin through and through—picking on other kids, starting trouble, swaggering around acting tough every day.