Further Than the Moon

Irene

[A/N: this chapter talks about homophobia. Also, has comments about the Bible, some may feel offended (do not complain about it in the comments, thank you).]

Last first day, and to my surprise, Sooyoung was already up and getting ready when I woke up.

"Good morning, unnie." She tapped my butt.

"Yah! Good morning... How come you are up before me?"

"Ahh, I wanted to get ready soon. What if I find a new man on the way today? Or a woman. You never know."

She didn't have to do much to look pretty, Sooyoung was always stunning. I'm jealous of her. I got all dressed up quickly, not forgetting about my glasses, as an accessory.

The bus came right on time, I sat by Sooyoung's side, already starting a conversation about a girl she saw, also getting inside the bus. "Oh, unnie. She's coming..." And we pretended to look distracted by what's outside.

I turned my head to stare out the window, when something hit my head from the back. "Ahh, dear Lord..." How that hurt.

"I'm so sorry." It was a girl, she sat next to us to tie her shoelaces. I guess that's what caused the accident. "Are you okay?"

I turned around to check on her too. "Yes, it was just an accident. Are you?" She nodded with puppy worried eyes. I had to smile. "Nice shoes." They were yellow.

Sooyoung was laughing, I'm not sure if it was at me, at the girl or at the whole situation. "She's friends with that girl from outside. Guess we are both lucky today!"

I spent lunch on my own, like I always did, at the library. Later next week, Sooyoung told me she met a new student, Yerim, of the university, and she was going to show the campus to her that night. Which meant, I would have to study by myself again.

But I don't like staying alone at our dorm. At the library, there's more people around me, and so I went there.

Sooyoung would've liked to come with me. That one girl she was talking about all week was here, with her friend. You know... the puppy eyes who hit my head.

I don't have a problem focusing or studying at all, but it seemed kinda hard with her staring at me all the time, thinking I wouldn't notice. It was almost my time to go, I was hoping she would come to talk. But it seemed I would leave disappointed at some random thing again.

Wait, wait. She's coming.

I pretended I was really interested in my book, and only looked at her when she was in front of the light, making a shadow over my view. "Yes?" I asked, marking the page I was reading before closing the book.

"I hit your head last week. I'm Seulgi."

I couldn't hold it back, I had to laugh a little, denying with my hand. "You shouldn't worry about that, it's not hurting anymore. How's your head?"

"It's okay. I just wanted to apologize once again, I should've tied my shoelaces. I was late and forgot about it." I noticed something in between her fidgeting hand.

"And what is it that you're holding?"

"It's a drawing, for you. I hope you like flowers." I took the paper and admired the image, the flowers were so well detailed, It's amazing. On the back side of it she wrote a message apologizing, once more, for the accident.

"I certainly do. Thank you." And I didn't know what else to say, neither did she, as it seemed. I packed my stuff and got up. "Are you here alone?"

"No, no. I'm with my friend." She pointed at her, who waved back at us. "Are you leaving now?"

"Yes, it's getting late. See you around, Seulgi. Thanks again." I waved goodbye at both, before turning around and heading out. She called right away.