"Another goddamn test", annoyance seethes through her teeth like a hot knife to a butter, melting all the joy and let it drain. She slams her pen onto the table and throw her head back, clearly not pleased. The blond boy beside her flinches at the outburst, not that it's new to him, just the drop in her tone makes him scoot away a little. a bad tempered woman isn't one you want to cross path with even when she's your best friend.
"It's not like you study for it anyway. Besides, you're born genius, Ara", he sighs as he remembered how she got a perfect score on her chemistry test after showing up late because of hangover. He knows she won't be studying for the said test even when she's groaning about it. She just doesn't like sitting like a cactus for 2 hours straight. Well, she doesn't like anything anyway, besides drinking and reading fantasy romance.....and watermelon.
A short silence put the set of bestfriends in comfort for a split second before Ara let out another sigh again. "But my mom- She's gonna kill me if I show up with shit results, Jimin. Fuck", and swearing, she loves to swear.
Jimin shakes his head and pushes his round glasses up his straight nose while his eyes still glue to the complex genetic codes on his papers. Genetics isn't his strongest suit yet he still strive for distinction and work hard is the only way round. Unlike his best friend who barely put in effort and still manages to crack the shells to a genetic equation like cracking a sunshine-side-up. Even the thought of it makes him roll his eyes. It's just not fair.
"Stop swearing....", Jimin breathes out and scratches his blond lock. Eyeing the picture of a weird looking lizard, his mind begins to run the gears and push buttons, anything to figure out the amphibian. Then, a head rest on his and long black hair pools on his arm. It didn't bother him much after years of being closest to her and learning her body language of acceptance - which is physical touch. It used to be a little annoying as she would crash into his petite body for a hug back then and caused them to tumble down the stairs. But now, Jimin even finds himself returning physical gestures as a respond to hers.
Ara let out a huff as her eyes scan through his papers before clicking her tongue, "it's an amphibian. Blue tongue skink, so?", she crooks an eyebrow at Jimin, waiting for him to connect the dots. As if a light bulb lit in his mind, Jimin's face brightens in realization and snaps his fingers, "blue melanin! Of course!". He cheers for himself and immediately drops down the given answer. It's something about figuring out a question that brings such great satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment.
That's what Jimin was talking about, even with all the whining and groaning over a mere test, Ara just seems to get the answers to everything with a single click of her mind. Stupid genius ass. As Jimin writes down a whole as paragraph, Ara stares at him with admiration as she always does. She always finds him admirable, even when they were toddlers.
He seems to always have dreams and ambitions, always heading somewhere in life, always craving for improvement and strives for a better tomorrow. The concentration he's able to hold in lectures, the organized planning he has for his future career path or even the neatly written grocery list he prepares whenever he shops. He's someone who could shop at Target and get that one single essential thing he came for and not even glance at the discount racks.
Meanwhile, Ara here has nowhere to head towards, no path to wonder and no dream to catch. It's not like anyone is forcing her onto a path she despise but sometimes she really wishes someone would so that she could crawl out of this void of hopelessness. She have been following Jimin around since primary and surprisingly was able to keep up with his good grades and enrolled into such prestigious university as KAIST in Daejeon together even when she isn't an egghead like him. So if Jimin is aiming to be a scientist, Ara will follow suit. What else can she do anyway.
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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦 // 𝗝𝗝𝗞 (FT 𝗣𝗝𝗠)
FanfictionSomeone once said, "a simple life isn't one to be born with, but one to achieve instead". Jeo Ara thought her life was as simple as a university student who is trying to figure her life out and seems to be failing to do so. But after unfolding her t...
