It was my first day of grade 10 at Yonsei Highschool in Seoul, South Korea. I had just turned 16 not long ago, and my parents had decided to send me to a more prestigious school for my final 3 years of education before college, hoping I’d get my grades up.

I was battling with puberty pretty bad the past few months like most boys my age were, hence the drop in my grades that my parents wouldn’t hear the end of, blaming it all on my ‘new girl obsession,’ my body finally feeling attraction towards kids my age.

And so, wearing my black blazer with matching pants and a white button up, a red tie around my neck, and my backpack on my back, I ran a hand through my short black hair, sighing softly as I walked through the huge highschool campus, my 5’7 stature being towered by the grade 12’s, making me feel small.