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Nina’s day might’ve started peacefully as she got into her school in time in a much cheaper way. But when she reached her class, her desk and chair were vandalized again.
“Hah…” she huffed and looked around. This time, however, she chose not to confront them.
They’d probably stop if I ignored them.”
They stopped picking on Penny when Penny ignored them. Well, Penny did more than just ignore these types of things. But well, Nina wasn’t Penny, who could carry all sorts of things in the school. Nina could only bring a scrub.
Nina scrubbed her desk and chair and finished before class even started.
When the class began, the pranks would usually stop. So Nina’s peace lasted until the bell for recess rang. Instead of going to the cafeteria, Nina stayed at her desk to eat.
“What is that smell?!” Suddenly, someone in the class yelled. “It smells… cw!”
“Did someone fart in here?”
“That’s so disgusting!”
“It’s not a fart! It’s Nina’s snacks!”
Everyone slowly gazed in Nina’s direction. Nina, who tried to ignore them, paused from eating. She slowly gazed up, only to see everyone looking at her in dismay. She almost couldn’t swallow her food as she hung her head low, closing the lunch box where her snacks were.
Without a word, Nina carried the lunch bag and went out. On her way, she could still feel their gaze on her.
Nina found herself in the cubicle in the girl’s restroom. She ate her snacks with tears in her eyes, but she didn’t stop eating.
‘It’s okay. So what if it smells bad? It tastes good!” she told herself, sniffing hard while wiping her tears with the back of her hand.
How ironic, she thought. Not long ago, Nina also complained about the smell of some of Jessa’s dishes. But she was also aware of how to starve. She didn’t want to starve, just like yesterday. Her subconscious thought of transferring to her cousin’s school slowly solidified.
While eating, Nina suddenly heard some voices outside the cubicle.
“Patricia, you still have a scratch on your cheek. Here’s the powder.”
Patricia grunted and waved. “Don’t give me that. I have my own face powder. Do you think I’m Nina, who takes charity from others?”
The student frowned a bit, but then smiled. “Right. You have a face powder. Patricia, did you say you got it from Italy?”
“Duh? I got it from our family friend from Korea!” Patricia gloated as she looked at herself in the mirror. “Tch! Every time I see this scratch, I want to pull that snake’s hair more! Ugh!”
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“Patricia, just let that loser be, one of Patricia’s new lackeys coaxed. “She’s not at your level.”
“That’s right, Pat. Unlike you, she doesn’t have anything to be proud of! I heard her real family poor dirt!”
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“Of course, they were! Which is why that snake kept clinging to the Bennet Family because she knows she’s nothing but garbage!” Patricia laughed as she started touching up her light makeup. The girls with her also laughed, saying more awful comments about Nina to get on Patricia’s good side.
Unlike Nina, whose life was still miserable, Patricia was able to make friends quickly. It wasn’t surprising since Patricia was still a daughter of the Miller Family. Nina, on the other hand, was just the “lucky” girl who was able to get a taste of someone else’s life.
[Who is actually abandoning who? Who is still miserable now?]
Jessa’s remarks last night rang in Nina’s head, making her look down.
‘I can’t even get angry at Patricia,‘ she told herself. I dragged Patricia into this mess. She has all the right to get angry.’
Before pinning Patricia on something Nina had done, Nina was able to convince herself. Only when the outcome happened did she realize how wrong it was. Even so, it was hard for Nina to fully accept her wrong, but instead got rid of the thought and stayed quiet.
“What is that smell? Is someone pooping?!” Patricia gasped and pinched her nose. “Ew! Who poops in school?!”
Because of the smell, Patricia didn’t stay long and hastily left the restroom. Following behind her were her new lackeys, who also spoke harsh comments to whoever was defecating.
Nina stayed quiet throughout and still ate all her snacks.
Since there was still time, Nina chose to walk around the building first. Although she was at the bottom of their class section, she was still in the same building as Penny. Nina didn’t mean it but her feet somewhat led her to her previous class classroom.
When she realized it, she stopped. Coincidentally, the window to the classroom was on her side. Turning her head, she caught half of her class arranged their seats in a circle. Everyone was eating their snacks together with Penny.
There’s only a few who bring lunch boxes before,‘ she thought, glancing at the different and new lunch boxes on each table. Now, every one of them was eating snacks together.”
They all look so happy.
Nina’s eyes stung and for a moment, she wished to be in there too. But before bitterness could. creep into her heart, Nina peeled her eyes from them and walked back to her classroom. When she arrived, the difference in the atmosphere between this class and the top section was
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undeniable.
Nina tried to ignore it and went straight to her desk. When she reached her desk, she noticed. that some of her notes were ripped apart. She clasped her lunch bag but chose to not say anything.
The next day, Nina chose to eat her lunch in the cafeteria to avoid more complaints from her classmates. But as she quietly enjoyed another of Jessa’s cooking, a juice suddenly splashed straight into her food.
“Oh, sorry!” one of the girls, who spilled the drink, snickered.
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