The Beginning (1/1)

The Beginning             Yuri never considered herself as a loser.  There were a lot of mean kids at school but she was never at the receiving of jokes and mean pranks.  She is not one of the popular kids either, unlike her brother and Yunho, but she shares lunch table with a very pretty transferee, Yoona and she is friends with the school’s sweetheart, Tiffany.             Her life is pretty normal.  She goes to school, joins a club – the fencing club, watches her brother’s games and even goes to movies with some classmates a some weekends.  She’s not a wallflower in parties, too.  Even though she never dated, she has friends who are the same.  But that doesn’t mean that she’s not interested in guys or dating one.            There was a guy in some of her classes, Jongsuk.  She caught him looking at her a few times and she thinks that he was extremely cute but he never really asked her out so nothing happened.  She even tried smiling at him so they could be friends to begin with.  The guy could just never take the hint.             She was going to be a high schooler that next autumn and her love was the least of her problems.  Her brother was doing great as a second-grader, as well as his best friend.  She was so pressured to make a good impression so she’s reading some advanced lessons.            “You know that it’s useless, right?” Changmin said.  He and Yunho were in in front of their TV, playing a video game.  She was reading one his books on the couch.  “You’ll never remember those when you get to bed.”            His friend just laughed, more like sniggered.  “Don’t worry, Yul.  You excel in fencing.  You can, at least, be proud of that.”            She didn’t know if she should be pissed or not.  Her brother has always been smart and competed in quiz bees.  Yunho isn’t that smart but he’s grades are full of A’s.  Still, it’s not reason enough to be mean to her.             “You’ll be amazed when you see me in one of those advanced classes,” she said trying to ignore them.             “We’re not holding our breath,” Yunho said which gained a loud laugh from her own brother.            “Assholes,” she muttered.  Unfortunately, her mother chose that time to pass by and heard her.            “Yuri, you are not going to high school with that foul mouth, are you?” she said, laundry basket in hand.            “Sorry, Ma,” she said.  She waited until her mother is out of earshot and gave the two laughing guys a kick each.  She would rather go to her room and listen to some music now.  “You just wait until I make it.”            “As Changmin said, we are not holding our breath.”