The End of a Life
1154 Words
Dara and Stephen were in class. Gray had gone to fix a problem with his name not being on the registration list for the olympiad. Despite many hours having passed since Dara found Stephen injured, he was still fuming.
Immediately after Gray left, Oswald Yang and his gang entered through the other door. "I slapped him straight across the face,"
Dara's ears perked up. 'Who is he talking about?'
"Haha, sick,"
"That's what I like! I love how quiet my classroom is!" Oswald noticed Stephen, who was resting his head on his desk. "You're supposed to study in the classroom, not go to f*****g dreamland, am I right? Man, you can't be doing this. I should give him a little wake up call,"
Dara kept a close eye on Oswald. 'I can't be the one to act first. If Oswald throws the first hit, it's self-defense,'
Oswald pulled the chair from under Stephen. "W-What do you want?" Stephen asked weakly.
Dara stood up from his seat. 'Were you the one responsible for hurting Stephen!?'
"Why hello there, Mr. Ahn the f*****g jackass. Did you really think it was a good time to sleep?" Oswald mocked. "How can I help you? I might have just the right thing to keep you alert," He raised his hand and was about to slap Stephen.
Dara grabbed Oswald's wrist. "Leave him alone,"
"Dara, stop!" Stephen said. "I'm fine!"
"Hah? Who do you think you are?" Oswald turned to him. "Do you know who I am?"
"You're a piece of s**t," Dara responded. "Were you the ones who hurt Stephen?"
"What if we were!?" Oswald threw a punch...only for it to easily be caught by Dara. "Huh?"
"How weak," Dara scoffed and threw a punch to Oswald's stomach.
Oswald gasped and stumbled back. "You fucker!"
"You're all talk," Dara swiftly kicked Oswald's head, knocking him to the floor. He then delivered a powerful stomp to Oswald's throat. "Who's next?" He turned to Bryce Oh and Desmond Kang.
The bell rang and the teacher arrived. When Mr. Bang saw the state Oswald was in, he was fuming. Dara was immediately brought to the principal's office.
"Dara Na, you are in big trouble!" The principal, Daryl Bae, was fuming. "You assaulted another student for no reason! What do you have to say for yourself?"
"No reason?" Dara held up his phone and showed them that he had filmed the entire incident starting with Oswald approaching Stephen. "Oswald Yang attacked first,"
"Give me that phone! You shouldn't even be using it in class!"
"It was prior to class' start," Dara pointed out. "You're just trying to get rid of the evidence and cover up, yet again, Oswald Yang's offenses. This incident was in self-defense,"
"You arrogant brat! How dare you talk back to us!?"
In the end, they forcefully took the phone from Dara and deleted the video. Dara was expelled from Byuksan Middle School and blacklisted from the local high schools.
But as Dara left, he wasn't worried at all. In fact, he had the intention to destroy those school officials. All he had to do was wait for Mom Kwan and Dad Kwan to return from their business trip. Oscar Yang wasn't the only city council member.
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"Dara, shouldn't you be heading to school?" Donald asked the next morning.
"I got expelled for protecting my friend," Dara smirked. "But don't worry. Mom and Dad will be back from their trip soon,"
"The parent of the offender is a person in a position of power, huh," Donald stated rather than asked. "If you're not worried, then I shouldn't worry either,"
"Don't destroy the house while we're gone," Kingsley said as he and Donald left for high school.
"I won't," Dara said. 'I have evidence of it being self-defense against Oswald Yang. I recorded with my spy pen the conversation about the school officials trying to cover up and protect Oswald Yang,'
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"Dara," Stephen asked when he left school early. "Why did you do that?"
"Because Oswald Yang was pissing me off," Dara answered. "Shame I wasn't able to also beat up Bryce Oh and Desmond Kang before the teacher came,"
"You got expelled because of me!" Stephen argued. "You shouldn't have done that! You actually worked hard to keep your grades up and now you won't be able to get into a high school you wanted! I would've been fine!"
Dara finished tending to Stephen's additional wounds. "Oswald Yang isn't the only one with a connection to a person in power, Fen Fox. I've already compiled the evidence I have," He held up a pin. "There's a tiny camera that can record stuff. Wear this if you still intend to go back to school with Oswald Yang there,"
"I have to go back," Stephen said. "If I don't, they might go after Gray next. I need to make them target me only,"
"Can you withstand this for the rest of the week?" Dara hated how he had to ask such a thing. "My parents will be home next week,"
"I'll make sure their focus stays on me and not Gray," Stephen nodded. "Don't tell Gray anything. He'll be even more worried,"
"He'll find out sooner or later," Dara pointed out. "He's in the same class as you,"
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Next week Monday came. Dad Kwan and Mom Kwan arrived a bit later so by the time Dara and his parents arrived at the school, it was lunch time. "Dara, you can go," Dad Kwan ordered. "We'll deal with the principal. I have a copy of the recordings,"
Dara arrived at Class Four. He noticed that Stephen and Gray's seats were empty. "Where are my friends?"
"Gray went to the olympiad," Jeremy Park informed. "S-Stephen Ahn went to the roof with Oswald Yang's gang,"
Dara's eyes widened and he immediately ran down the halls and to the stairs that led to the roof. "Fen Fox!"
"Dara!?" Stephen exclaimed. "Why are you here!?"
"My parents are dealing with the school admin," He glared at Oswald, Desmond, and Bryce. "You fuckers are gonna get what you deserve!"
"Since you like to play hero," Oswald held Stephen near the edge. "Why don't you come and save him then?"
Dara was about to charge at Oswald, but saw him loosen his grip on Stephen's shirt. 'He won't let Fen fall. He wouldn't go as far as to kill someone, right?' He took a deep breath and then lunged at Oswald.
Oswald was caught off guard and had planned to force Dara to stand still and endure a beating. He let go of Stephen's shirt, causing Stephen to fall from the roof.
"Stephen!" Dara exclaimed and as he reached the edge, he tried to catch Stephen's hand, but ended up grasping empty air.
Still angered by Dara humiliating him, Oswald shoved Dara without thinking.
Dara was sent over the edge of the roof just like Stephen.
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