"Appa!!! Andwae!!" Hyun was very mad as he was told to get into an academy.
"Chagiya…" Jihwan called Dahee.
"Hyun-ya…you choose, get into the academy or help your appa and samchon at the torturement palace…" Dahee crossed her hands on her chest.
Hyun was gulping, he was hesitant to answer that question. He knew that the torturement palace wasn't a wise choice as he hated that kind of place, so filthy. But, going to the academy also wasn't a wise choice as he needed to sit there for hours!
"Or…going to the earth and learning there as normal humans, no power and magic were allowed…" Dahee said, tough with her son. They spoiled him too much and now is the time where he needs to learn.
"I choose earth!" Hyun said with confidence, knowing that he's gonna make it.
Jihwan then sends him down and he immediately takes all of his power.
"Appa!! Why did you absorb all of my power?!?" he said and can't even let out a simple magic trick.
"Your eomma said, no power or magic allowed. I just do my job son~" Jihwan tapped on Hyun's shoulder and Hyun was speechless.
"Without my power, what can I do on earth?!" he said.
"First, try to get an apartment or you can just stay in my apartment and second, get a job so you'll get money to buy food. Human forms need some food." he advised him.
"Appa, can't you lend me even a bit of my power?" Hyun asked with mercy.
"Nope~! C'mon Hyun~ earth wasn't bad…here's the place where I met my wife~" he said while grabbing Hyun's shoulder.
"Yeah, both of you told me about this many times…eomma hid under the bed and you're the doctor psycho~" Hyun teased Jihwan.
"Yah! Not doctor psycho! I just do what I need to do as a demon! Now go! I'll come back after 3 months~" Jihwan waved and flew away, leaving his own son in the middle of the road with no one around.
"For real, appa left me here…" said Hyun and he walked around the town, finding the apartment that his father left for him.
Once he got there, he laid on the bed and sighed heavily.
Suddenly, someone pressed the doorbell.
He snorted in anger and opened the door aggressively.
"What?!" he yelled and made a girl in front of him flinch.
"U-umm, I was just trying to greet you since you're a new neighbor…I never saw anyone walk inside or outside of this house" the girl said. Her gentle voice made Hyun kinda guilty for scolding her.
"No need to greet, better for you to get into your own business, don't disturb others…" he said and was about to close the door but the girl held the door.
"What again?" he asked in frowned.
"I-I want to give you this…please accept it…" she said while giving a container of food, she looks like a good neighbor.
Hyun takes it and closes the door.
The girl was blinking in front of his house door before going back into her house.
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The next day, Hyun walked out of the house in the morning just to get into the college that his father had already signed up for.
"I wasn't supposed to agree with this crazy idea…" he said and locked the door, suddenly meeting again with the girl. Who knows that she's living next to his door.
"M-morning~" she greeted and he just walked away.
All along the way, she's following him from the back. Then, Hyun stopped in the middle of the road.
"Why are you following me?!" he said.
"I-I…" she was speechless because of his sudden question.
"Are you stalking me?!" he asked.
"I-I was just going to college…" she said and he was frowning.
"Where's your college?" he asked.
"My college was *****" she said and he was quite surprised.
"What kind of coincidence…am I bringing bad luck?…" his heart whispered.
"You're not lying?"
"No…for what I need to lie?" she asked with her head lowered.
"Okay then…" he said and walked away without feeling guilty.
"Yah!" she called him.
"What? I am almost late…" he said.
"Aren't you going to apologize?" she asked and he chuckled.
"For what?" he said and just walked away without looking at her.
"Arrogant…" she mumbled and kept walking too.
Both of them arrived at the college and Hyun was getting into his class that was also the same with the girl.
"I shouldn't agree with eomma about this…" he said after sitting in the class, next to her.
Dancing and singing class. Well he can handle it as it looks so easy. He can even play the piano. What's the worst thing that can happen?
"So today, we're gonna learn some simple waltz steps, a ballroom dance that is usually for an event. First waltzes were danced in the location of today's Germany and Austria, back in the 13th century. It was the oldest current ballroom dance" the teacher explained.
"Today I was going to watch all of you dance waltz with your own partner, you're gonna choose it for yourself and I'm gonna give you marks on how good the performance is…" he said again and everyone started to whisper to each other.
They then pick their own partner but Hyun didn't do anything except look at the girl next to him, wondering why his luck was so bad after meeting her.
"Did anyone already get their partner?" the teacher asked and some of them raised their hands, including the girl.
But then, Hyun grabbed her hand "you're my partner…" he said and they looked deeply into each other's eyes for a long time.
Until the bell suddenly rang and it made the girl get back into her senses.
She immediately stands up "meet you in the dancing hall after the last class then…" she said and just walked away with her books, not waiting for his response.
"Not bad…" he smirked while looking at her walking away.
Hyun was walking around the building, looking around and ended up at the cafeteria. His presence gives an aura to all the girls. They were looking at him and some of them even tried to approach him.
"Annyeong oppa~ are you alone? Why don't you eat with us?" a girl approached him but he pushed her on the forehead and everyone was giggling.
"Tch...Pathetic…" he mumbled and approached that girl's table. She's eating alone and there's only one chair. He looked around and grabbed one of the chairs from another table.
He takes a pudding from her lunch box.
"What are you doing?!" she was mad.
"Trying my luck…" he said and ate all of the pudding in one bite.
She dared not to stop him as he looked tough and taller than her.
Suddenly, at the moment when he was looking at her while she was eating. A group of boys approached their table and knocked on the table.
"Sorry for disturbing your dating…but we need to talk to her…" a boy said to Hyun and he just kept focusing on the girl.
"Are you deaf?!" he's getting mad and slammed the table, making her flinch.
"I don't understand animal language, sorry~" he made a fake smile that turned into a scary smirk.
3 of them can feel the shiver down their spine "we're gonna come back tomorrow…" he said and walked away with his friends.
Hyun looked back at the girl and remembered something.
"What's your name?" he asked.
"Baek Nayoung…" she said without looking at him.
"So, sosim (timid in Korean)…" he called her and she looked at him frowning.
"I got a name?!!" she stands up.
"But I didn't say that I'll call you by your name…" he said with a poker face.
"Don't be late for the practice or I'll lift you up…" he stood up and patted her head before walking away.
"Did I just pat her head?" his heart whispering with a calm face.
"Humans are just like animals anyway, why do I need to care…" he mumbled and walked back to his class.
"Did he just pat my head?" she was confused but at the same time felt calm.
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"So, what are we going to do now?" he asked.
"Maybe watch a tutorial…" she suggested.
"Good idea…I'll get my laptop…" he got his laptop that Jihwan told him to buy along with a cellphone.
"I heard that waltz was quite hard…" she said to him.
"But Sir said that it was easy, it should be easy…" he said while his eyes were still searching for a suitable video.
Both of them watch the video and remember their own steps before practicing.
One hour later…
"Ouch!" he whined in pain after Nayoung accidentally stepped on his foot again countless times.
"I-I'm sorry!! I forgot the steps!" she said and he walked towards her angrily.
"Let's stop here, I can't do this anymore…you're really slow in this…" he said with a cold voice and grabbed his stuff, walked out the door.
He slammed the door hard and heavily sighed "what a dumb…" he mumbled and walked back to the class.
Nayoung was standing in the middle of the dance hall and thinking how troublesome she was.
When it was the end of the class, everyone returned home and some of them were hanging out at the nearest cafe or just sitting at the cafeteria to gossip.
Hyun walked out of the main door and all the eyes were focusing on him but he just ignored it.
Then, there's a junior who was approaching him with a heavy breath.
"Move…" he said and he still stands in front of him.
"Are you noona's boyfriend?!" he asked.
"Who's noona?" he asked in frowned.
"Baek Nayoung noona…" he said and Hyun sighed.
"What happened?" he asked.
"She was being bullied by Junseo and his friends!" he said.
"So? What's the point of telling me this? Go tell the teacher…" he said and was about to walk away when the boy held him by arm.
"The teacher wouldn't do anything…please help her…" he said desperately.
"Where?" Hyun asked and put aside that boy's hand.
"At the male toilet on the first floor, near the cafeteria!" he said.
"For real…what a bad place…" he said in calmness and walked there.
Once he was in front of the toilet door that closed, he could hear a few evil laughs. Hyun was trying to open the door when it was locked.
"I hate this kind of drama…" he said and kicked the door, even though he doesn't have any power with him, his strength was still part of his body that he worked for without magic or power.
"Annyeong ssaekki~" he smirked before putting his beg on the sink.
He saw three boys were standing in front of Nayoung while her condition was sitting down with ripped clothes.
"Are you going to harass her? he asked and Junseo, the leader of the group walked towards him.
"What are you gonna do then? Kick our ass?" he laughed and was followed by others.
"No, but since I don't have my swords with me, let's say that you're lucky today…" he smirked and walked past him, giving Nayoung his jacket to put it on her chest.
"So, who's gonna be the first of punching bag?" he smirked.
"Eenie, meenie, mynie…you…" Hyun pointed at one of them named, Jiseung.
Hyun grabbed his collar but Jiseung grabbed his neck. Thought that Hyun would get choked but he looked like didn't feel anything.
"Don't touch me with your filthy hands…" Hyun kicked his stomach and he fell down in agony.
Other two looked at each other, they were surprised but it doesn't mean that they will run away like a chicken.
"Now you…" Hyun kicked a person's head that standing next to Junseo and he became unconscious.
"Junseo right? How was your day today? Good?" Hyun asked before walking towards him and Junseo slowly walked backwards.
"Better for you to stay away or I'll beat you!" Junseo threatened him.
Hyun stopped and lowered his head. He bent down to tie his shoelaces.
Junseo took the chance to kick him but Hyun grabbed his leg and looked up. His death glare almost made Junseo cry.
"Hana…" Hyun pushed him into one of the toilets.
"Dul…" he punched his face and Junseo spit out blood.
"Set…" Hyun kicked his head and Junseo fainted on the floor.
Nayoung, who was still sitting down in agony at her feet, was shocked and shivered.
Hyun walked to the sink and washed his hands, fixed his hair and grabbed his bag. He walked out.