Kang Jun. You’ve always done well, haven’t you? Like a bat, you’ve managed to survive just fine.

It’s pathetic that I’ve ended up acknowledging that I’m the bat in this scenario, but still, I’m surviving better than those who talk down on me. Come to think of it, maybe my parents are right. The kids probably hate me because I’ve survived, and it makes them jealous. No, it’s obvious.

“Yeah… definitely.”

The door creaks open.

“Get everything cleaned up before the next class, and finish all the handouts!”

Ignoring the noise, I hear the thumping of slippers stomping through the hallway. The teacher didn’t even glance at the back door where I was sitting before heading straight to the teacher's office. Thud, thud. The sound of smarter high school students hurrying to fill their stomachs is mixed with the chaos, and it’s getting closer to both the front and back doors. I stood up quickly so the kids wouldn’t see me. It was then that I leaned toward the back door.

“Huh?”

One of my classmates called out, surprised, as he noticed me.@@novelbin@@

I pretended to meet his eyes, then slowly shifted my gaze. Naturally, my initial focus was on Yohan. Always start by scanning the most important things, right?

Yohan had stretched out his left arm and laid his head down, propped on the desk. Surprisingly, there was no one around him. A few people were standing near him, talking to each other while gathering their wallets.

I quickly scanned the room.

Im Yungi was there, with an empty seat beside him. It seemed like Baek Haon had rushed out immediately after class. What had happened? I could see Shin Jaehyun and a few other scattered students, like islands in the room. I squinted and looked toward their pockets. Was there a phone there? Or in their bags...

“Kang Jun? Why are you coming in now?”

A sudden unfamiliar voice snapped me out of my thoughts. I quickly turned my head and saw the source of the voice, a student who greeted me cheerfully as soon as he saw me.

“Huh? What?”

You didn't buy this chapter

Buy Now (3 coupons)