Something Magical [Jangjorimz au]

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"Ughhh not this B again" Wonyoung yells at her  paper.

Wonyoung closes her eyes and looks at the paper again thinking the grade might change. But no, it’s still C. She grabs her hair with both of her hands out of frustration.

"Hey Wonyo what's wrong" a familiar voice asks.

Wonyoung looks up and sees her two friends standing beside her desk. 

"Ah Rei and Jiwon" Wonyoung says and sighs.

"Yo what's wrong, you seem so frustrated" Jiwon asks.

"Obviously I am frustrated, I got B again" Wonyoung replies.

"But it's not bad though. I also got a B" Rei says.

"And mine is worse, I got a C. I didn’t even study for this test since I was busy with sports" Jiwon laughs out.

"Jiwon, stop laughing. And Rei, you know my parents. They are so strict that they might kick me out of the house after seeing that I got a B again. This is the 3rd in this semester for god's sake" Wonyoung holds her temper.

"But you studied hard this time,everyone knows and saw it. I am sure your parents will understand. Right Jiwon?" Rei looks at Jiwon.

"Yes I agree" Jiwon nods.

"Ugh you guys just will not understand" Wonyoung slams her desk and gets up. Then she grabs her stuff and walks away.

Rei and Jiwon look at each other then look at Wonyoung who is walking away from the classroom. They just sigh and start packing their bags too. It's hard to calm down Wonyoung and they know it well. Wonyoung was the top student in their school but after getting into college, her grades aren’t getting that high like she expects. They can see how hard Wonyoung is trying but somehow it's just not working at all.

It’s 11 pm already. And the bus stop is quiet. The last bus will come at 11:10 pm. Wonyoung is sitting on a bench near the bus stop hanging her head low. Her eyes are puffed not only because she was crying but also because of the amount of stress and anxiety she got today. After the class she went to 5 different lessons and the last one ended at 10:30 pm. She is too tired and stressed out. Plus she didn’t have dinner.

"I am so hungry god. Should have eaten something before coming here. But if I go to any place to eat, I will miss the last bus" Wonyoung takes a deep breath and sighs loudly.

Suddenly a person appeared out of nowhere and sat on the bench beside Wonyoung. It was a girl wearing a coat and a weird hat on her head. She has put her one leg on her other leg and starts humming weird music. Wonyoung kinda gets annoyed by this stranger's weird appearance but she just crosses her hands on her chest and tries to keep calm. The person was just looking around while humming as if she was so happy. She then looks at Wonyoung and smiles a bit.

"Do you want to see magic?" The girl asks.

Wonyoung frowns and looks at the stranger. She can't tell if the person is joking now or what since she has this wide smile on her face.

"Excuse me, what?" Wonyoung asks.

"I asked, Do you want to see magic?" The girl asks again, pulling out a handkerchief from her coat's pocket.

"I am sorry but I am really not in the mood for any jokes or these fake magic tricks right now" Wonyoung replies, trying her best to hide that she is so annoyed right now.

"Fake? No no it's not fake at all. I am a real magician with real magic ability. I don't do tricks" The girl shakes her handkerchief and it turns into a big black stick. She looks at Wonyoung proudly.

"You know, I saw this magic trick over 100 times in my life. This is very basic. Plus I am so tired and hungry right now. Not really in the mood for this" Wonyoung replies. She couldn’t just hold the annoyance in her tone anymore.

"I know you are tired and frustrated right now. This is why I asked you if you want to see magic. You know sometimes all you need is a little bit of magic in your life. And everything becomes magical for you" The stranger smiled wider this time.

Wonyoung was about to say something but the bus appeared. So she just grabs her stuff and walks to the bus. But before entering the bus she looks at the stanger one last time to say something.

"Maybe I need some magic in my life. But not the fake magic tricks to how you press on that small metal to make it a long metal stick which I can literally buy in any online page" Saying this Wonyoung enters the bus. Soon the bus leaves.

"I think she missed something. It wasn’t a small metal. It was a handkerchief which I turned into a metal stick. People doesn’t believe in real magic tsk tsk" 

The stranger says and shakes the metal stick to turn it into the handkerchief again. Then she just puts the handkerchief back in her pocket and walks away from the bus stop.

Wonyoung takes the seat beside the window in the bus and checks inside her bag to see if everything is in there. She finds a lunchbox in the bag and frowns. She doesn’t remember to pack any lunchbox. She takes it out and opens the box. The food is still warm. Maybe her mom packed it in her bag before she left home. But how come it's still warm? Wonyoung just shrugged off and decided to eat it. Maybe she is so hungry that she is finding the food warm. After 40 minutes she arrives home. 

"I am home" Wonyoung says while taking off her shoes.

"Take shower before eating, Wonyo" her mom says.

"But i already ate on my way home. Thank you for packing my lunchbox for me" Wonyo replies.

"Lunchbox? But I didn’t pack any lunchbox for you" Her mom replies.

"What? Really? Then who put that lunchbox in my bag" Wonyo asks.

"I don't know dear, but it wasn’t me" Her mom says.

Wonyoung just frowns and goes to upstarts. She gets into her room and puts her bag on the chair. She unchains her bag to take out the books from it. While putting the last book a small pink paper falls inside of the book. She picks it up and reads what was written.

"Hey I hope the food was warm and good. Next time don't forget to eat before the class. Always remember your health is more important than studies. I hope you will have a nice sleep later

-From the stranger magician :)"

"What? So it was that weird girl?" Wonyoung frowns for the nth time.

"How the hell she snuck it into my bag. I was literally holding my bag all the time. It's so creepy" Wonyoung keeps looking at the note.

"Giving shivers to me. Gotta be more careful" Wonyoung scrambles the note and throws it in the trash can.

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