Kang Jin-Ho stared at his test papers in a daze.

It was raining. The test papers were covered in red "rains." It wasn't a simple rain, either. Something this severe would be categorized as a deluge. A passerby would have commented that it must be a monsoon or something.

'What... went wrong here?'

Kang Jin-Ho's face was stiff. Red slashes indicating wrong answers clearly outnumbered the circles indicating correct ones.

“But, but I studied so hard...!”

Jeong In-Gyu trotted over to Kang Jin-Ho's desk. He sneakily peeked above his friend's shoulder and checked the test papers only for his eyes to nearly bulge out of their sockets.

He cried out in shock. “What the heck? What's gotten into you, dude?! Did you really get all these wrong?!”

“...”

"Holy cow. Jin-Ho, you are a certifiable moron now. And you used to be in the school's top ten, too! I'm telling you, you must've hurt your head in that car accident!"

Kang Jin-Ho would have preferred if his so-called friend was kind enough to clarify his position. Was Jeong In-Gyu worried about Kang Jin-Ho's future or was he making fun of him? If it was the former, Kang Jin-Ho should thank him, but if it was the latter, he would feed the boy a knuckle sandwich. But now... with how unclear Jeong In-Gyu's intentions were, all Kang Jin-Ho could do was sit there in silence while his lips and fists quivered in anguish.

“Sheesh, Jin-Ho. Dude, I think my test score is better than yours.”

"Urgh..." Kang Jin-Ho gripped his papers hard as the look of sorrowful defeat dominated his face. "Just what went wrong here?!"

Jeong In-Gyu tutted loudly. “Shouldn't you be asking what you got right in...