Stuck With You (Jinjoo)

Chapter 12

After their talk earlier, the atmosphere between them became heavy. They were already heading in front of the beach (the same place where they arrived) for the contest to officially start. Along the way, the two didn't speak to each other. Not a single word was uttered between them.

Yujin led the way, walking ahead of Minjoo. She was walking at a quick pace that made Minjoo quicken her pace as well. Minjoo watched as Yujin continued walking in front of her. She decided that she should say something to lessen the tension in the air. When Minjoo was about to speak, Yujin stopped in her tracks. Minjoo was confused for a second until she realized that they already arrived.

There wasn't much any change to the place. It lookes the same as earlier. The only difference was that on the far right of the beach there stood a big screen. It was being held by a stainless rack. The screen/tv was about 80 inch in size and had the text 'Twist of Fate' flashed on it. Standing next to it were the two mcs, Tiffany and Moonbin each holding some papers in their hands.

The students were standing in a single file, facing the waves as it hits the beach's shoreline. There were also a couple of beach chairs around the place. Two for each pair and between the chairs stood an umbrella and a small table that had complimentary snacks and drinks placed on them.

"This doesn't look like a contest at all." Minjoo heard someone say from beside them. It was Yena, who tried whispering to Yuri but failed to do so.

Minjoo looked around the place. Yena was right, it didn't look like a contest. Do all contest feels relaxing and calm as this?

"Hello everyone!" Tiffany greeted as soon as all the students were present. "I hope you got some rest and were able to eat just before our first challenge begins."

There were a chorus of response from the students, each one having a different answer—except for Yujin and Minjoo who kept silent.

"Now as you can see with our setting, the first challenge will not start just yet." Moonbin decided to speak after Tiffany. "For the first segment of our contest, we will be having a mini game first."

The students listened intently at what he was saying. Minjoo began to think of what this mini game could be.

"From experience, we both know that all of you don't know each other that well. But, given the time before the contest and the break this morning, we expect that you know even a little bit of something about your partner. With that, we'll be giving you these papers with questions on them that you have to answer." Moonbin lifted the papers he was holding.

"You'll be given a total of 20 minutes to answer these questions. You can sit, relax, and unwind while answering it. No pressure at all, that is why we set up the place like this. This is just a mini game intended for you guys to better know each other." Tiffany assured.  "Talking is not allowed while answering. You must answer on your own without asking your partner anything."

"Is the mini game for you all clear? Are there any more questions?" Moonbin asked them.

When no one asked, a sign that they all understood, Tiffany smiled. "Please line up everyone and get your pens and papers here. We will be starting now."

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Each students took a beach chair that was in front of them. They were seated by pair. Even if it was a mini game, the contest has already started. Although for the students, the mini game didn't give them much of a pressure. Since it was a mini game, they decided that they weren't going to be scored just yet so they answered naturally.

It seems like every single one of them knew a thing or two about their partners as they all answered in silence, not even asking the other for answers or even try to signal each other for a clue. All of them were answering smoothly except for Minjoo.