Look, man. I’ve known you since… second grade?<\/p>\n
I remember when we were such great friends.<\/p>\n
You, me and Tong-whoon \u00a0tested for our second degrees at the same time.<\/p>\n
You used to be so friendly. I don’t remember, but I’m sure we used to be best friends.<\/p>\n
And then…<\/p>\n
And then.<\/p>\n
I had to quit taekwondo.<\/p>\n
I….<\/p>\n
I…. Didn’t see you for a few years.<\/p>\n
Then.<\/p>\n
I had to move to the Mukilteo School District.<\/p>\n
I saw you on the first day of OV. You were pretty cool, I guess.<\/p>\n
But after all those years of not seeing you, I didn’t know you anymore.<\/p>\n
We shared a few classes here and there, then.<\/p>\n
8th grade rolled around.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t believe it.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the year, you were…. yourself. You were a cool guy.<\/p>\n
But by the end.<\/p>\n
I had seen that you had turned into….<\/p>\n
Someone…<\/p>\n
Someone who I really despise.<\/p>\n
Orchestra auditions.<\/p>\n
You got into 2nd, but I got into 1st.<\/p>\n
You \u00a0basically tore yourself down because you didn’t do as well as I did.<\/p>\n
We had a nice, sit-down chat after the end of 8th grade. I won’t forget it.<\/p>\n
You asked me what other people were saying about you. I did the same.<\/p>\n
I told you. “[He] doesn’t like you. You’re being way too arrogant.”<\/p>\n
“Alright. I’ll work on it.”<\/p>\n
9th grade.<\/p>\n
You got even worse.<\/p>\n
Italy.<\/p>\n
You left all of us Sophomores to go hang out with the upperclassmen.<\/p>\n
It created distance between us.<\/p>\n
Distance that is still there today.<\/p>\n
Orch Auditions.<\/p>\n
You got into Kammerstriech.<\/p>\n
You pointed at my face and laughed.<\/p>\n
Literally.<\/p>\n
10th grade.<\/p>\n
I avoided you at all costs.<\/p>\n
I wanted to avoid the drama.<\/p>\n
The few times I DID talk to you, though…<\/p>\n
It was alright.<\/p>\n
Orchestra party.<\/p>\n
Arrogance.<\/p>\n
It exploded.<\/p>\n
Now I have a new hatred for you.<\/p>\n
A hatred that cannot be explained.<\/p>\n
I’m trying.<\/p>\n
I’m trying to forgive you.<\/p>\n
But it’s difficult.<\/p>\n
Difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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