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Chapter 3 - Episode 3. Help me, please!

From that moment on, we became friends, exchanged numbers, and now we often text each other. 

I was so happy walking to school because I had made my first real school friend! 

Everything was going well—I even forgot that I had ever been bullied before. 

But I shouldn't have... 

When I entered the classroom, everyone was glaring at me. 

One of my classmates, who used to bully me, came up to me and asked: 

*"I saw you walking somewhere with Ren yesterday. Did something happen between you two?"* 

I didn't understand what she wanted to hear from me. 

*"Well, I wouldn't say that... but he's my friend now..."* (Yumi) 

*"Haha! Did you all hear that? She's friends with Ren! Don't make me laugh."* (Classmate) 

I told the truth, but as usual, they didn't believe me. 

*"I'm telling the truth!"* (Yumi) 

The classmate laughed and slapped me across the face. 

In my mind, I wanted Ren to come to my rescue. 

I started crying, and hearing my sobs, Ren walked in. 

*"What the hell are you doing? What did she even do to you?"* (Ren) 

*"She dared to lie to us! Can you believe she said you're her friend now?"* (Classmate) 

*"Well, it's true."* (Ren) 

*"But even if it weren't, what the hell gives you the right to lay a hand on her?"* (Ren) 

*"Well..."* (Classmate) 

*"'Well' what?"* (Ren) 

*"If any of you touch her again, I'll make your lives hell!"* (Ren) 

I couldn't even respond—I was too shaken to speak.

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