-This…..feels tense, to say the least-
Gyun sat awkwardly across from the girl, while the guys sat next to her and across from him.
The atmosphere was tense, so Gyun awkwardly took a bite of his food. The contrasting stares of the girl who looked at him with a desire and enamored by his looks. And the brother who looked at him with annoyance, tightly gripping the table out of anger.
The girl spoke first, "So it's your first day right?" her tone was soft and playful
Gyun glanced up from his food to look at the guy's reactions, they seemed to be trying to hide how dissatisfied they were with him.
"Um yeah"
"Cool, well uh I'm Park Chaerin, 2nd year…" she said while playing with her hair as her eyes drifted to the ground.
"Ah, so you won't be in my class! Well, I'm Sung Gyun a 3rd year…." Gyun gestured to the trio sitting with her "How about you guys?"
The trio were silent,
"Argh, you guys! Come on" Chaerin nudged them, they rolled their eyes at Gyun but smiled at Chaerin.
"I'm Kang Siwoo, 2nd year"
"Jisun Joo 2nd year"
"Junho Park 3rd year"
Gyun cocked his head at the last name, "are you-"
Chaerin cut in "Yeah he's my little brother, but he likes to follow me around "
"No! No that's not true! Stop lying" Junho who was red in the face from embarrassment.
Chaerin shot back, "realllllyyyy?! You've been following me around since after you got rejected by that girl from that PC cafe you're always going to."
Gyun bit his lip to keep himself from laughing at a bright red Junho, but a smile still broke onto his face.
Unfortunately for Gyun, Junho Park noticed the smile, "bitch, I'm only sticking with you because mom said she was scared of Jason bothering you but screw you" he said before walking off.
Gyuns was silently laughing internally while keeping a calm face on the outside.
-School is better than I thought-
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3 hours later
Gyun was eyeing the clock, as the time ticked by for what felt like hours before the bell rang and school ended. Gyun let out a sigh as he got up, grabbed his backpack, and left class. The hallways were buzzing with gossip about school faction wars, Gyun ignored such nonsensical gossip and walked at a brisk pace trying to slip through the crowd.
Gyun got caught behind a group of girls who were talking as they walked down the hall.
-Why are they walking so slow!-
Gyun was internally screaming at the girls who were moving at a snail's pace, but he kept a calm facade, hiding his internal meltdown.
Just as he was finally just about to leave through the school gates after getting around the group of girls.
He walked out just in time to see someone sent flying towards him, Gyun smoothly stepped out of the way as the person's face planted near his feet. Gyun noticed that the person was a male student with a blue lapel on their uniform jacket, meaning they were a 3rd year of his school, Sumong High School.
'What in the? So there really is a fight?' Gyun looked toward where the student had come from.
A group of over 30 runaways who were all around high school age, led by a boy with long hair and bangs covering his eyes, forced their way through the school gates.
Gyun stepped aside letting them walk by, as he was observing them, his urge to fight which he'd repressed since he'd come to the modern world to better fit in a less violent society, stirred.
The schoolyard was silent as they cleared a path and watched the group, Gyun whispered to the person next to him.
"Who are they?"
"You don't know? They're pretty famous around here."
"Yeah Yeah" Gyun waved his hand annoyed at the other person's tone, "but who are they?"
"Well I don't know much but their leader, Kim Hajun was notorious around here as a middle school taekwondo 2nd dan (2nd degree) blackbelt who knocked out the previous leader of the south Gangbuk Union who was a high school 3rd year at the time."
'Taekwondo huh? So he kicks ?'
Gyun let the guy continue, " Last I heard though Hajun was pushed out of South Gangbuk by the guys from Gangdong, he looks homeless now and he's in Gangseo with us now."
"Interesting.... but how do you know so much? "
'I only planned on asking out of curiosity but this guy knows more than I thought'
The student pushed up his glasses, "the high school gang fight scene is pretty famous and some of the fights are organized and streamed and bets are made. There are several forums and you can even find a website where the fighters are ranked. I'm a pretty big fan of the martial arts so I follow it pretty closely but there's a kid in the freshman year who's an even bigger nerd than I am."
Gyun smiled, 'This guy's pretty cool, and now I'm kind of curious about how good these guys are'.
Gyun stuck out his hand for a handshake, "By the way I'm Sung Gyun"
'thats good right? He won't find that awkward right?'
Gyun did not have very good social skills before he transmigrated and his life of fighting and training in murim did not improve his social skills much either. So he hoped to change himself for the better by trying to make a friend.
The student shook his hand, "I'm Shin Juwon"
Gyun hesitated for a moment, before heading back to the school "Well Juwon I'm going to check out what's going on wanna join me?"
"Sure I was probably going to go back anyway"
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Author's note
Gangbuk and Gangdong are city districts within South Korea's city capital, Seoul