𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 // park sunghoon ff

03: squirt

sunni pov

when I got home that night, I threw my backpack across the floor and did a backfall onto my bed. I now was lying there staring at the wall.

a masquerade...
intriguing.
exciting.
original.

suddenly it became all I could think about. normally dances aren't my thing, but I fell in love with the idea of going to a dance for the first time in my life. for some reason, I had a great feeling about this one. it was so..... thrilling. even just the thought of it was awesome.

I couldn't wait.

—————— next monday morning ————————

I crossed out the date today on my calendar and left a big red circle on february 6th. that was the night of prom. only less than a week to go.

I arrived at school early (for once)

"whoaaaaa look who's here on time for once!" said sunoo.

"shocking" replied jieun. "what's up with you today sunni?"

"there's only a week till prom. if I want to go I need to get my grades up and turn in all my missing assignments." I said. that was the deal I made with my parents. there was no way that I WASNT going to prom, so I had to work my ass off to get there.

hard work started now. I pulled my hair up in a bun and took out my glasses (yes i'm fucking blind).

"oh shit. you're serious about this?!" exclaimed sunoo. "you even brought your glasses!"

"of course. if my grades don't go up, I won't even be here on saturday." I responded.

riiiiiiiing

that's the first period bell. I had a math class to ace.

"bye sunni and sunoo! see you soon!" said jieun as we parted ways.

"bye!" sunoo and I said.

we headed to class. I was so determined to bump up this grade that I had studied for TWO HOURS last night. shocking right?

I found that the more focused I was, the faster the periods went by. I aced 2 quizzes and took full notes in my first 5 classes. it was going by like a breeze.

as I headed to lunch, I dropped my abundance of books off at my locker.

I haven't opened that thing in like- weeks.

the locker door was jammed, so I kicked it and it opened. no problem.

after that, I was off to lunch. I went to the cafeteria and sat down at the normal table. everyone was already there waiting for me.

"I heard someone is trying to raise her grades so she can go to prom." said jay.

"who told you that?" I asked.

"jieun. I don't think your best friend would lie." jay said condescendingly.

"alright alright you caught me red handed. you can lecture me for being responsible if you'd like." I replied.

"I've got nothing to say. I'm proud of you squirt." said jay.

god I hated that nickname. IM 160 CENTIMETERS TALL. IM NOT THAT SHORT.

"shut up princess. I told you to stop calling me stupid nicknames." I snapped back.

"I'll only stop when you stop calling me that." jay said.

"jay, she's not gonna stop calling you princess and neither are we." said jieun.

"fair point. call me squirt all you want." I said laughing.

"dammit. I thought that might work." he said laughing. "anyways, squirt, you look nice today."

insert cricket noises

"THE FUCK DID YOU SAY TO ME?!" I said.

"chiiiiill. it was only a compliment." jay said.

I ignored him and moved on.

after lunch, I had 3 more periods to go before I could go home and get my missing assignments done.

those 3 periods went by like a breeze.

I drove home and got straight to work. 27 missing assignments can't wait all day.

——————- time skip: 1 AM ——————————

after 5 hours, 2 monsters, and one full performance to "Not Shy" by ITZY, I was done with my missing assignments. just like that, most of my grades went from Cs or Ds to Bs.

I felt good.

five more days
then you can have the time of your life
take care of yourself and your grades
you're so close
you've got this
you're s-

BRRRING BRRRING BRRRING

well. that was my alarm. I must've fallen asleep somewhere in my train of thought.

back to the grind I go. I thought as I walked out the door.

only five days left.

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HELLO!! I'm sorry it took me so long to update this!!! I've written about 6 failed chapters at this point, which is why it took so long. I think I finally like this one enough to publish it. hope you enjoyed!