Another Bad Boy Down

The next few days flew by uneventfully. Two weeks passed by since that commotion in the hallway outside my classroom occured. The students have been avoiding any physical or even eye contact with me since then.

I won't complain about the fact that they are not making any big trouble but sometimes this becomes a disadvantage to me, especially during group assignments and PE classes. My classmates would always quarrel as to which team should I be included in. They take forever to finally decide a very efficient way for them to conclude my fate or should I say their fate, and that is how; ladies and gentlemen the so called drawing of lots started in my class. The unlucky winner will be this goddess' teammates.

Hooray for them. They take it as a burden but they cannot deny my brilliance, academically. In sports, I admit that I am not superb but I can be of great help-- well, that is if they just let me play. I can't believe they made me their bench warmer! Oh, I miss the old days, the times when they intentionally hit the ball hard towards my direction during volleyball and the times I hit the ball back with a bone breaking spike in return.

I wonder if they were also like this to that Ashly, who called herself Neo's childhood friend. She seems confident that no one will harass her even though she is close to Neo. Ain't the students of this school going outside the usual script that happens in novels and dramas? The one being bullied is the beautiful and smart me, while the one being looked upon is the nerd with fake eye glasses?

I know that reality is often different to what is written on books but this is unfair. They already treat me as the villain even though I haven't done anything wrong. On the other hand, the so called innocent nerd have been poisoning her fiance just so that she can live happily with her fiance's cousin? This is a messed up fairytale!!! The worst part of it all is that I never even auditioned to be a part of this cast!

One meeting with Neo and they already labeled me as the serpent who will cause their demigod chaos. They won't believe me even if I desperately yell that the true cunning fox is that nerd by his side. It is too tiring to be this beautiful at times, I don't even have a friend whom I can share all this burden with.

The only friend I have is currently missing. I can't reach his phone and when I asked his male friends especially Kyle, the student council president, he said that he also haven't seen Vincent for two weeks. He tried asking the council members but none of them have any useful news about Vincent either.

******present time******

I am currently in my family's car. Mr. Shin and I are going to the Gu's villa for a surprise visit. I honestly thought that Vincent will naturally show himself as time pass by but Fadjie bar it has already been more than a week and still not even a shadow showed up.

Neo have been sending me a long stalk of thornless red rose every morning lately while Ashly is like a human cctvcamera who have been monitoring my every move.

She shows up like a magician anywhere I go. She would magically appear then disappear like smoke. She never said or did anything to me yet so I didn't mind her at all, there have already been a lot of eyes monitoring me since I was admitted to this academy anyway, a new pair of envious eyes won't make a big difference.

If Vincent was around, I am sure that he will do something to make everyone feel a bit ease around me. He would use his kind and bright facade to ease the tension. This must be the reason why Neo and Vincent's fans have different approach in accepting the fact that their male demigods actually have female close friends by their side. The one role they can never be.

Vincent is only showing a kind and understanding demeanor in front of everyone that is why they sometimes don't take his warnings about not bullying me seriously. That is because, they think that I am seducing Vincent, and that I am taking advantage of his kindness. They would only bully me when no one is around, physically or verbally.

They do 'try' to bully me but I would never let myself get bullied by such insignificant reasons. Vincent is actually a devil in disguise. He would do something behind the scene to make the lives of those who bullied me not as comfortable as before. He have many connections and his resources are vast, punishing them without any trace of his involvement is easy for him but I always stop him from doing so. I can protect myself just fine, a punch in the face is not that hard to do anyway. He can just focus in finding a way for me to getting out of the student council hall without a bad mark in my record.

Neo on the other hand is evil, inside and out. He did not hide the fact that he is ruthless to everyone that is why when he gives an announcement like do not touch this and that, everyone follows instantly. If he wants to protect his childhood sweetheart then just one sentence is enough to make everybody shut up and not make trouble.

I was thinking about different things thoroughly that I did not notice that we are already parked in front of the Gu Family's Villa. I went out of the car and scanned the surroundings It have already been 4 months since the last time I went here, the maids who have been serving the Gu family already know my identity so when they saw me they instantly greeted me with respect.

The butler bowed his head in greeting to me and then smilingly said "Miss Ava, I am so sorry. The second young master Gu is not home at the time being."

"When will he be back?" I asked him.

"I'm sorry miss, I cannot answer your question because I also do not have any information when." He apologetically said to me. He also said that at the time being Mr. and Mrs. Gu are in the company while Vinz, Vincent's older brother, don't come visit often due to his work at the hospital.

"It's okay Mr. Ry. Please do tell him that I came to visit once he returned." I said to the Gu family's butler with respect.

I then turned to leave the villa. I just stepped out of their main entrance when I saw a white car slowly parked in front of my car. I did not wait long to know who was the driver of that expensive vehicle when a tall slender figure emerged from the drivers seat. The tall handsome figure walked towards me elegantly and a smile on his lips. I smiled back and greeted him.

He lightly hugged me in return of my greeting and said "Rae-Rae! How have you been? It's been a long time since I last saw you."