2: Encounters

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~ Inside the Campus, 16:30 ~

I left my unpacking process because it was taking a lot of time for me to settle stuff. Also, I want the tour before night, so I decided to pause the process for a while. The campus is tidy, like the marble tiles are shinning with the fall of light on them. It is slightly dark already, but still, the sun is visible. The orange and yellowish sky look so romantic. The couples are sitting on the grass in the open garden of the campus, facing the sunset. I take my video cam and film my surrounding with a smile, keeping it as the memory as usual.

"Hey!" As I was recording, an unfamiliar face pops in front of my camera, making me startle. I back up promptly and trip over my own foot, but fortunately, the person grabs my arm, preventing me from the fall. "Sorry, I guess I frightened you." He apologizes.

"It's fine," I stammer a little and take my arm from his grasp.

"Hi, I'm Jung Hoseok. You are a newcomer?" He gleams at me.

"Yes, hi, I'm Jeong Ray." I introduce myself as well. Hoseok looked bright, but his physique has a stark contrast with his behavior. He comes out as a very intimidating person with the arm tattoos and the black leather clothing he is wearing. But he sounds merry and bubbly. "You are a newcomer as well?" I ask, being curious about him somehow.

"Uh... Well, no." He says, sounding a bit embarrassed. "I was held back for this semester so, I'm somehow you senior but in the same semester." He explains, and from this, I can already make out that he was Chaeryoung's friend.

"Oh, well, nice meeting you, Hoseok. But I'll be going," I say at the smiling figure. "See you around?" I smile at him, trying not to be rude or anything.

"Okay. By the way, if you want, I can give you a campus tour?" He offers help, but I was about to reject it until my phone started to ring.

"Sorry," I excuse myself again and look at the screen. It flashed "Dad <3," making the corner of my lips quiver up quickly. "Uhm, sorry, but I need to take this," I bow a little. "I'll see you around." After that, I take a quick flight toward the garden to pick the call.

"Hey, dad!"
"Hey princess, how has it been until now?"

"Really good. The place is beautiful.""And your roommate?"
"Dad! I said I am going to be fine,"

I lie, knowing what type of person my roommate is, even though she seemed to be friendly, but a sign of danger as well.

"Did you reach?"

"Yes, we just did."
"Okay! Rest now. You both have exhausted yourselves today."

My dad chuckles softly, making me smile softly. The call goes on with me on one end and my parents on the other end on speaker, arguing. It feels really comforting hearing them bickering on one end.

"Hey, hey, if I am not there doesn't mean you can fight without me, okay? There is no referee there,"

Both of them stop their small bickering session and break into laughter.

~Dormitory, 6:00~

I wake up as usual and climb down the ladder without bothering anyone. Both the girls came back around one yesterday, drunk, so I didn't want them to wake up because of me. I brush my teeth real quick in the bathroom, which is inside the room. After that, I take my outfit with the towel and walk straight to the Girl's bathroom. It is consolidated for all the girls. No one is here since it is still very early. All classes start from 10 in the morning, and the semester still has two days before it begins formally. Today was the starting of trial classes, and I want to attend them. That is why I woke up early.

The bathroom is also empty. I keep my clothes in the locker allocated to me and take the bathrobe inside one of the cubicles. I turn on the shower and let the water wash my body. It feels refreshing to have a shower early in the morning. I squirt the body wash into my hands and rub it around my body with a luffa until the foam covers my body entirely.

I wash off the foam and cover the towel around me, wiping my body with it. I walk out of the cubical and dive into the bathrobe. I hear a little hustle bustle outside. Maybe everyone was getting up gradually. I swiftly change into acid wash slim fit jeans with a Grey Cami top. I keep all of my bathing essences inside and walk out with dirty laundry and my towel.

"What will I do with this?" I question myself and have no choice but to walk back into the room to ask Cae about it. I slowly enter the room, anticipating them to be asleep, but both the girls are up to my surprise. Chaeryoung is on her phone, eyes penetrated onto the screen, whereas the other, whom I still don't know yet, was in the washroom brushing.

"Hey, Morning!" Chaeryoung notices me and starts the conversation.

I smile and reply, "Morning." I look down and back at Chaeryoung. "Do you know where I should wash these?"

"Yeah, the laundry is downstairs, next to the warden's room. You can wash there, after the class in the evening. The cleaning staff cleans the area in the morning," I nod towards her and place the dirty clothes on the floor. "You up early?"

"Yeah, just habit." I pick up my bag and unload all the books on the vacant bed.

"Hey?" Chaeryoung and I look in the direction of the voice. "New roommate?" She asks, and I nod in reply. "Wow, Welcome!" She smiles widely and walks towards me. "I hope we didn't disturb you last night?"

Yes, you both did. "No, I'm a heavy sleeper." I lie, don't know why?

"Hi, I'm Kang Bae. You?"

"Jeong Ray, nice to meet you," I say and wait for a foreseen handshake but receive an unexpected hug from her. I smile as she pulled back.

"Wait, our names rhyme. Chae, Bae, and Ray." All three of us chuckle at Chaeryoung's consciousness.

"Crazy~~," Bae says and turns back to me. "I hope we can become friends in the future." She says with a charming smile plaster on her face.

"Yeah, Sure," I smile stiffly, even though I wasn't sure myself about them. These girls appear to be dangerous and come to me like some bad news, with whom I don't want to involve myself. But their friendly behavior just makes me contradict myself only. "Friends." I let it out with a hint of uncertainty.

~Garden, 8:00~

I walk out of the room, after the brief meeting with Bae, to the garden. I take a seat over an empty bench. It had a circular wooden table with chairs looking like a half truck of the tree. I place my bag around the table to only hear a loud wail. I get startled when I see a boy sitting up with messy hair. He looks like some thug from movies.

He has tattoos all over his right hand also has ink imprinted around his neck. He is wearing a mesh sleeveless top exposing his masculine torso with leather jeans. He also has a red leather jacket, which he places on the table.

"What the fuck?"

~ˣₒˣₒ Pals~ ♡

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