𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 /GXG/

🔹️Shadow

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CHAE WON
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It's after six in the afternoon that the classrooms are empty and cleaned. Here, the colors of the late afternoon predominate. There is no sun, the lights on the small table posts are on.

Mom is on the phone with me talking about my right to come and go. She just tells me that sleeping too much is a waste of life, because if I want to go to college, I should sleep less and study more.

Okay! I don't even know if I would be motivated to go to college just to get a degree if it's not what I want.

There was a day when she was assigned to my grandmother and said that I was making her proud by being an 'A+' student.

At first, I laughed a lot, having enjoyed hearing this so much. It made me want to be the best of who I am. But then I kept thinking that if I didn't get high grades, there won't be anything left of me that they could be proud of.

''I just wanted to go to the cafe and my friend Sannie's house.''

''Every time you think about asking me something, you remember what you did, Chae won?! Remember? Well, what you did! Do you want to talk about something?''

"That is all, Mom. Good night! "

I disconnect the call and leave my cell phone on silent, face down on the round table.

Ji-hye passes me exhaling perfume. She walks down the ramp towards the main entrance. I heard that she kisses the handsome doorman inside the guardhouse.

We only have two classes in common: mathematics and chemistry. We only talk when necessary, and when we don't, we are polite to each other. This is necessary to keep peace between us because we have a common friend: Akari Tokizaki.

Akari doesn't like talking to me when Ji-hye is around. Yesterday, Akari and I were hanging out when Ji-hye joined us to set up a blind date.

Ji-hye started by giving the characteristics of this boy to make Akari excited and tips on what they could do.

It was embarrassing to hear something so intimate about them. I guess I shouldn't have heard that. I was lost, not knowing where to look, I even started counting how many months were left until the year ended to keep my mind under control. Until Ji-hye went into detail about what this blind date would be like for Akari to kiss the guy. Then I started to remember Na-young and me.

I feel a little pain in my chest when I remember, and sometimes the image of her face and how stupid I was comes to mind.

It seems like Akari accepted because I saw her leave all dressed up. She is wearing baggy gray jeans with a gray hooded sweatshirt.

I end up getting up from my chair and going inside. The glass sensor door opens to the sides. The cafeteria is reasonably full. Most girls like to hang out with their friends or do something else fun.

I'm disgusted by Se-yeon's dinner. I don't doubt she can spit in my seaweed soup.

She and I exchange cold glances, and when she realizes I'm just blurring her vision, she points to the exit using the spoon for me to get out.

I decide to buy a snack, and I go up to my room.

When I turn on the light because it's very dark, I see that Yan asked to change the curtain for a black-out one so that the sunlight wouldn't bother her ㅡ since summer doesn't take long to start.

There's the sound of shower water falling to the floor.

Da-hye will pray the rosary after taking a shower. She takes 30 minutes with all those Hail Marys. She asked me to go with her, but I find it boring to repeat the same thing.