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This is how it all went down.
Yu-Hyun hadn’t brought a pen, so he borrowed one from the teacher for every exam. However, the machine didn't recognize Yu-Hyun's answer sheet because his pen had been faulty. Seeing his temporary report card with all subjects scored as 0, Yu-Hyun went to file a complaint, which led to the confrontation.
Usually, leniency would not have been granted since it was the student's fault for using a pen that the machine couldn’t pick up. But because Yu-Hyun used one of the pens kept in the teacher's office to lend to students, there was a collective consensus to re-grade his answer sheet.
As a result, Yu-Hyun’s combined mark for all four subjects was 398 out of 400. Needless to say, it was the highest score in the whole school. Due to the impact of the situation,, word spread among the students like wildfire.
Naturally, there was a change in the rankings. I went from 61st to 62nd, and In-Ah went from 1st to 2nd. I looked at In-Ah's expression as she received her temporary report card. She was expressionless as she looked up at me, and our eyes met. She smiled as I approached her.
"..."
I didn't know what to say, so I kept my mouth shut. It would be strange to ask if she was okay, but at the same time, I didn't feel like starting a casual conversation either. In-Ah nonchalantly folded her report card in half and put it in her desk drawer.
"Second place is still pretty good, right?" In-Ah said, smiling bashfully.
She smiled with her usual bright and cheerful smile. I tried to suppress my complicated feelings and smiled back at her. I hoped In-Ah didn’t catch on to the hidden emotions behind my smile. Even if she did, I hoped she would pretend not to notice.
"I don't really know because I ranked 62nd," I said jokingly.
"62nd is pretty good as well!"
"Are you making fun of me?"
"No, that’s not what I—!" In-Ah hurriedly explained, looking frazzled. "You're still in the top ranks, although you didn’t do as well as the previous evaluations.”
"Wow, what a roundabout way to tell me that my grades dropped..."
"No, no. That’s not what...
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