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十七

"Am I biting more than I can chew?" spoke Gorya in a hushed tone, ruffling her hair in frustration. Haruka smirked amusingly as she popped another cherry in her mouth. The moment Gorya had caught sight of her that day, she instantly started complaining about Thyme waking her up at night because of his naivety in house management. But as she realized he was really trying, she felt bad for him and was considering making him some cookies as a gift. At first, she was so surprised at the unexpected protesting in the early morning that she had nothing to say on the matter. As the hours passed and her mind finally started defuzzing, she found the situation entertaining. The whole thing felt very Gorya and Thyme — always annoying one another but being caring afterwards.

Gorya rested her head on the table as she contemplated over her life. Haruka pushed the tiny tupperware closer to the tired girl but she seemed to be too out of it to notice. Besides the boy becoming her new neighbour, she had accidentally stained the dress Tia had gifted her to wear to the party. She was able to get it cleaned at a local laundromat thanks to a kind stranger, but now she felt too guilty to wear it. What if she were to dirty it again? Though that wasn't her main worry. Was she even worthy enough to be by Thyme's side?

1 day to go to Thyme's birthday party.

Haruka started to look around her surrounding, taking notice of the recently arrived decorations related to Thyme's birthday — a cardboard cutout, a personalized banner and a message board notice. She looked on with a bored expression. Was there a need to advertise his birthday for everyone to know, it wasn't like most of the student body was invited in the first place. Even though everything had been set the day before, students still seemed to treat the notice as if it had arrived at that exact moment. Excited chatter about the birthday party was all she could overhear among her peers.

She parted from Gorya after lunch, going back to her classroom. She was in the middle of her last class, taking notes of what her teacher said when she realized she had left her vest in the cafeteria. She rose her hand in the air, catching her teacher's attention as she faced the class.

"Yes? Miss Haruka?" she inquired. Haruka ajusted her posture, sitting straighter in her chair and grabbing her phone from the under-desk drawer.

"May I go to the bathroom?" she asked politely. If she were to tell her about the knit vest, she would probably tell her to go later but she didn't like to leave her things unattended. She wouldn't be able to concentrate for the rest of her class if she didn't retrieve her vest now. The teacher signalled for her to go and she stood up, carefully hiding her phone, and exited the classroom. She walked the halls slowly, taking her time and appreciating the emptiness as most people were in class. Keyword most as she knew F4 barely attended class. 

She walked into the cafeteria spotting the green vest on the chair she had occupied earlier. She made a beeline for the table, grabbing the cotton material and slipping it over her collared shirt. As she adjusted the collar, she noticed from the corner of her eye a boy walking by. He caught her eye because she didn't recognize him. She was usually proud of herself for remembering faces and names, but he was unfamiliar to her even though he was also wearing a school uniform. Was he a new student? She watched curiously as his figure disappeared around the corner. She was too focused on her thoughts to pay attention to her environment.

"Ya!" yelled someone as they shook her shoulders from behind. She jolted away from the person, ready to cuss the hell out of them. She glared at the trio in front of her as she turned around to face them. Kavin, Ren and MJ. Kavin must've of been the one to scare her as he was the one closest to her. MJ and him high-fived each other as they succeeded in catching her off guard. Ren smiled in amusement at her reaction. She sighed inaudibly, ears still ringing from the mini heart attack she just had.