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JIA

"Jia! You better be watching the women division instead of the men during the competition okay?" Mira said, reminding her the two division was held at the same day. 

Jia chuckled at her cousin. "Tuesday, second week of February." 

"What?! What do you mean Tuesday?! The competition is on Tuesday!" Mira said in disbelief. Jia's body froze when she found out that the finals was the same day as the competition. 

"I-I don't know what time the competition is so we're not completely sure I can't make it." Jia says, nervously. 

"By the way, how are you and Ahra? She got dumped and here you are planning to watch his performance." Mira asked. "And don't even make an excuse saying that you also want to watch me! I know you, Jia. You shouldn't have panicked that much when you found out the finals and competition were at the same day." 

Jia had to put her phone a bit away from her ears since Mira was starting to raise her voice and speak in the fastest way possible. 

"We're fine. I was actually planning on asking her if she wanted to watch with me. After all, you're also performing." She said. 

"Hm is that so? I doubt she would say yes though but there's no harm in trying right?" Mira said. "Well I have to go! I'm pretty sure I'm distracting you from your studies." 

Jia says her goodbye before dropping the call. She only had a week left to prepare for the finals and here she was at her kitchen eating the very last pudding from her fridge. 

She was really looking forward to watching his free skate and to think there was a big chance she may not see it made her a bit sad to be honest. Though it doesn't seem like it, Jia still maintained her distance from Sunghoon at school. She would often see him with his friends but usually she found herself isolating in the library. 

She convinced Jay to stay with his friends instead of wasting his time watching Jia study. He was stubborn of course but she was also stubborn hence why Jia is now alone in the library. 

Walking back to her classroom, she passed by Ahra who looked prettier than ever. She smiled at her and waved. 

"Still studying for the finals?" Ahra asked and Jia nods. 

"By the way, Mira's competition is next week do you want to watch with me?" Jia asked. "It's fine if you don't want, I understand." 

Ahra smiled. "Thank you for the offer but I think I'll pass but tell them my good luck." 

She nods. "Okay then." 

Jia had tutoring sessions after class. It kind of felt nostalgic for her as she remembered spending her after class hours with Sunghoon, teaching him lessons but also having to hear him complain about how useless the lessons was for his skating career. She missed teasing him about his inability to differentiate alchemy from chemistry. 

Once she opened the door to her room, her eyes immediately fall to the paper bag sitting at her desk. It was the gift she bought for Sunghoon. Though she didn't receive a gift from him that was no excuse to not give him a gift. Christmas is after all about the beauty of giving.