Reborn: The Unexpected Twist

The dark, intimidating aura became present in the classroom as Taehee walked towards her seat. Taehee's eyes stared at the ground, and everyone's nerve were on the edge.

The heavy tension made everyone frightened to the extent that they tried to produce as less sound as possible. 

All of their eyes were on Taehee, and a grim expression sat on Taehee's face. As Taehee suddenly slammed down her bag on the chair, everyone jumped back and gulped.

Facing backwards, Taehee shot a glance at everyone else. Everyone shifted their eyes from Taehee and stared at the ground instead.

That's when the door to the classroom opened, and Im Jieun stepped into the classroom. Her legs started to shake as her eyes fell upon Taehee.

The current expression on Taehee's face did not look friendly, but Jieun was confused on why Taehee did not take any actions against her. Nonetheless, she was relieved as well.

Sitting down on her place, Taehee crossed her legs, and raising her head, Taehee's eyes stared at Jieun. 

The hair on Jieun's body stood up as she grew aware of Taehee's stare, and nervously, she looked at Taehee.

Taehee's eyes did not shift away from her, and Jieun froze in her steps. Scared, Jieun did not dare go towards her place and stayed rooted to her position.

About five minutes passed, but Taehee's eyes did not leave Jieun. By now, Jieun knees were about to give in, and she held on the the table beside her for support.

Never did Jieun think that she would be this intimidated by merely someone's gaze.

Taehee's action of imprinting fright into Jieun by staring at her did not go unnoticed by others, and they considered themselves lucky for not being on the other side of that gaze.

"Aren't you going to your place?" A male student asked, whose table was being held by Jieun.

"Y-Yes," Jieun stuttered out.

As she was about to walk to her seat, Taehee's gaze grew intense, and Jieun's blood grew colder. Her knees finally gave out, and she fell down on the ground with her face touching it.

The entire class burst out into laughing, and the humiliation she felt caused Jieun's cheeks to be coloured red. 

A victorious smirk formed on Taehee's face, and she turned away from Jieun's face, which Taehee considered to be disgusting.

Taehee practiced this trick for a long period of time yesterday, and the result of it today satisfied Taehee somewhat. 

Although Jinhee said Taehee to not do anything, Jinhee would not notice if Taehee messed around a little.

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The door to Jinhee's room opened, and raising her head up, Jinhee noticed that it was Min Hyunbin. Jinhee's mouth curved up into a smile when she noticed him walking towards her.

An irritated expression sat on his face as he walked towards Jinhee, and his hair was tousled messily. Held within one of his hand was a polythene bag.

"It's a surprise seeing you here, Min Hyunbin," Jinhee commented.

Placing down the polythene bag on the table with a loud noise, Hyunbin voiced out, "If it wasn't for the old man nagging me, I wouldn't be here."

"I'll pretend to believe that," Jinhee spoke out teasingly.

"Shut up!" Hyunbin exclaimed.

"And also the old man said to that he and Mom will visit you in the evening," Hyunbin added.

"Don't you have school to be at though?" Jinhee raised an eyebrow.

"Because of you, I couldn't," Hyunbin pointed.

"I'm sure it's because you knew you'd fail the exams," Jinhee vocalised.

"I, Min Hyunbin, never fail. In fact, I am the top student in my grade," Hyunbin boasted, "Unlike certain someone."

Ignoring the last few words from Hyunbin, Jinhee vocalised, "Could it be that my little brother is a nerd?"

Red covered Hyunbin's cheeks, and he exclaimed, "Yah! Whom are you calling your little brother?! I'm obviously taller than you."

Arching her eyebrows, Jinhee teased, "So, you don't mind the brother part."

Noticing his mistake, Hyunbin's cheeks turned to a darker shade of red, and he spoke out, "O-Of course, I mind. I don't want to take someone as pathetic as you as my sister."

"So, if I'm less pathetic, you'll take me as your sister?" Jinhee questioned.

"Tch! Someone like you can not be any less pathetic." Hyunbin folded his arms over his chest.

Jinhee grew silent for a minute, and then, when something came into her mind, Jinhee voiced out, "Hey, Hyunbin, do you want to play a fun little prank?"

Min Hyunbin's eyes lightened up, and interested, he stared at Jinhee. Pranks were something he greatly enjoyed, and taking part into those was what he looked forward to.

Jinhee let out a chuckle.

Realizing how he looked at that moment, Hyunbin let out a cough and composed himself. An arrogant expression sat on his face.

"That depends on what type of prank it is."