Mute Girl and Black Prince

The Black Prince

Dahyun ran back inside the school building. She didn't notice the time and she blames Cha Eunwoo because of it.

Catching her breath, she stops for a moment and look around her. She mentally slapped herself after remembering that she is still not familiar with this school, which means that she doesn't know where her classroom is. She quickly glance at her watch and fear started to build inside her when she saw that she only have 3 minutes left before class starts.

I should've let Youngjae take me to my classroom, she told herself.

Then she remembers Cha Eunwoo and everything that happened awhile ago. She stomped her feet and puff her cheeks. I hate that guy!

Losing hope, she decided to just go back to the school garden and ditch her first class.

But she stopped for a moment when she heard someone grunting... or more like in pain.

She's thinking if she should follow the sound where it came from, but thinking of what happened this morning, she's scared to encounter another weird schoolmate again. I don't want to get in trouble again, she thought.

But she is Kim Dahyun... a soft-hearted girl. She hates violence. She has a soft spot to people who are in pain. And she hates herself for being like this.

Because of that, she turned back and followed the sound. It's upstairs, she thought, staring at the stairs. She took one step. With each step she takes, her heart beats fast.

"Fuck!"

Dahyun halted. It's a guy, she doesn't know if she should continue.

"Damn... it hurts."

When she heard him whining in pain, she can't help but get even more worried. She hurriedly went upstairs.

The rooftop? Dahyun slowly opened the door that leads to the rooftop and there he saw a guy lying on the ground while clutching his wounded arm.

She covered her mouth in shock.

She was about to approach the guy but she heard another voice.

"Get up!"

Dahyun hide behind the door, heart beating fast. She covered her mouth in fear and cold swears started to form on her forehead. I think I should leave. I don't want to get involve in this kind of situation. She was about to leave until she heard a loud punch. She stopped on her tracks and covered her ears. Oh no, please stop! But the punches won't stop. Dahyun shook her head and her body started to shake in fear. Stop! Stop! Stop!

She doesn't know what has gotten into her, but her feet dragged her in front of the door. She kicked it hard, making a bang sound, which made the other guy to stop punching the wounded one.

Dahyun hurriedly approached the guy lying on the floor. She was about to help him get up, but she was surprised for what he did to her.

He slapped her hand away, and hardly pushed her on the floor, making her scrape her knee. She winced in pain.

"Hey, you! Where do you think you're going? Get back here!" The other shouted at the wounded guy, who hurriedly escaped from the scene. He was about to ran after him, but he saw Dahyun and her bleeding knee, which made him stopped. "Aish!" He grumpily approached Dahyun, standing beside her. "This is your fault! If you didn't intrude then that thief will not escape!"

Dahyun stared at him. Thief? What does he mean?

"That guy stole the test papers for the upcoming preliminary exams. He's a cheater! A thief! A liar! And you..." he pointed a finger at Dahyun, "you're an idiot for letting him escape."

But I didn't know... Dahyun wants to reason out, but she didn't dare to speak a word. What's the purpose of reasoning, if the damage already happened? And what's worse is, she made it bigger.

Dahyun sighed and bite her lip. I am such a failure. I never did anything good.

"Aren't you gonna say something, or apologized maybe?" The guy said. Then he gave her a scrutinizing look. "Or maybe you're involve with him? Are you friends with him? Do you know him? Tell me!"

She looked at him in horror. She waved her hands, and signalled that she didn't know that guy.

"Stop lying!" The guy accused. He slowly come closer to Dahyun, making her move away until her back met the wall. The guy leaned his face closer to hers, making eye to eye contact. Dahyun is feeling uncomfortable from the too much closeness, so she looked away and just decided to close her eyes. "Why won't you say something? Come on! Defend yourself!" He waits for her to say something, but still she didn't utter a single word. "I said, speak!" He yelled at her face.

Never in her life did she experienced being yelled like this. That's why the feeling of fear fastly build up inside her, which resulted for her to open her eyes and look at him in fear. Her face became white, cold sweats formed on her forehead, her body shakes vigorously and tears formed in her eyes.

The guy was shocked for what he did, and he was even more shocked when he saw the girl in front of him looking at him in fear.

He didn't mean to yelled at her, or to scare her. Yes, he is mad. And he knows that it's very wrong of him to let it all out on her.

The moment he saw her from the door earlier, he just knew that she's innocent. She also looks unfamiliar, which made him realized that she's new in this school.

He mentally slapped for himself for being wreckless with his actions.

He moved away from her and sat down on the floor. He run his hand through his hair from too much frustration, trying to make eye contact with Dahyun. But when he saw her eyes glistening with tears, he can't help but look away.

"I-I'm sorry..." the way he said those words kinda sounds like it's the very first time he ever said it.

Because it is true. He is the Black Prince of the school. Everyone is afraid of him. And he never ever once apologize with his every actions, whether you're a girl or older than him.

But now, here he is. Apologizing for the first time. What's worse is, it's with a girl.

He doesn't know what has gotten into him. Was it because he knows that he's wrong, which made him apologize? Or was it because there's something about this girl, which made him feel weak?

Brushinh away his thoughts, he got up on the floor, dusting his pants. "5 minutes before break time. You better get down from here before the students come up here to eat their snacks or to get some fresh air. You don't want to be seen on that state, right?" He turned around, getting ready to leave. But still the guilty feeling won't fade away. He get something inside his pocket. "Aish! What am I doing?" He mumbled to himself. He turned back on her direction and hurriedly placed his handkerchief on her lap. "Wipe your tears." Then he started to walk away, leaving her dumbfounded.

She gently grabbed the handkerchief and saw something embroided on it. She run her thumb as she reads it through her mind.

Kim Yugyeom