The Road We Walk On

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Juilliard School, New York

Similar to Rona, Seokhoon had managed to overall adjust well to the pace of school. For him, having been in private school since your and really focus on music, Juilliard honestly felt no different to him. It was more intense and now his classmates were not just rich kids whose parents had money to throw behind them. A lot of his classmates were in a way genius, this just means that Seokhoon can't just 'get-by' and be relaxed about studies. He had to put in 100 if not more into his practice and his attitude at school.

When he was at Chungah, to a large extent because of his parents, the school could not do much against him even if he acted out. But here at Juilliard, they do have a zero tolerance policy against any kind of aggression regardless of whether it is physical, online or verbal. The old Seokhoon had to basically no longer exist in Juilliard.

Of course because Seokhoon had changed quite a lot since he met Rona. The people at Juilliard never really knew that Seokhoon was before this. Now he was really seen as a prince, not just a prince in terms of looks and style but in attitude. Seokhoon would still be cold and unmoving but one way of looking at it was that he was almost like a shadow gentleman. If someone dropped something or needed help with something, Seokhoon would just silently appear and help. Despite him never really breaking out a smile whenever he was in class, it was because he was more or less expressionless that the coolness of Seokhoon spread.

Seokhoon never really bothered to try to actively make friends, even though he knew all his classmates more or less. He tended to stick to Seungho and George, while 'shunning' everyone else. He was cordial to Gabbie just on the account that she was Rona's friend.

Gabbie had to really try her best to stick to Seokhoon as much as she could. Rona and Seokhoon really did not like being late for classes, that's why Seokhoon would often be in class fairly early. If Rona had classes slightly earlier than him, he would still come with her on campus and just hang around until his own class had to start. Therefore, Gabbie could never really sit beside him. She was often just on time for class, and by the time she entered, most of the seats had been taken.

Seokhoon did find Gabbie's sticky behaviour a bit annoying and there were many times where he wanted to tell her to back off. But he held it in because regardless she was Rona's friend. Yet, there was no denying that her behaviour was really creeping him out.

Yesterday, Gabbie was trying to follow the three of them for lunch, when they ran into So Hyun who had also finished her classes. Seungho saw So Hyun and despite not knowing her very well called out to her. So Hyun turned at the sound of her name to see Seokhoon, Seungho, George and Gabbie walking towards her.

So Hyun-shi! Do you want to grab lunch with us?

Sure, but I am currently on a strict diet so I can only eat certain kinds of food.

What kinds?

As long as it is not deep fried and salty - it should be all good.

How about we head a cafe that I know off near campus. It won't take us too long to get there under 10 minutes tops. They serve various kinds of salad and healthy versions of dishes. I have tried it, it's pretty good.

That sounds like a good idea, George. We all in?

Hey, but I was hoping we could eat somewhere on campus instead. How about you three go, and me and Seokhoon head to the cafeteria?

So Hyun found Gabbie's words really strange. Why did she rope her and Seokhoon? As she saw Gabbie trying to edge closer to Seokhoon, she realised what she was seeing. Her eyes narrowed. No wonder Gabbie has been acting really strange.

Seokhoon shattered Gabbie's hopes of them being alone together, by agreeing to George's suggestion.

If you wish to eat on campus, you can head there yourself. We won't see you off. Seokhoon curtly said, and left Gabbie standing there. Gabbie stood there in shock and anger, did he just blow her off?

Note: Gabbie can't quite take a hint huh.