FRAT LINE|Year 2&3-KNJ✔️

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During the quiet afternoon of a Thursday, Malia arrived on campus with a smile on her face.

Did she miss most of her classes today? Yes, she did.

But an email was sent out to her professors by the Dean, with Coach Tammy included, stating that she'd be out on an excused absence and would still be doing the work assigned by the deadline given.

Malia's pretty great at keeping up with her academic responsibilities. It's not something that any of her professors are worried about. Not even her math professor, even though she struggles in that class some days.

Like today, for example. She knows that the professor went over something new but she wasn't there to learn it. So insert Yoongi, whose basically been her personal tutor.

"I think I should start getting paid for my efforts here." He says as she walks over to his table in the library.

"I'll pay you when I pass. How bout that?"

"And if you don't?"

"Then you suck as a teacher."

Yoongi smacks his teeth and side eyes her as he opens up the textbook module. "Maybe you just suck as a student, Miss 'I don't have to attend class because I got a brand deal so screw this school'."

"You'd do it too."

"For a check." Yoongi adds, clarifying that's the only way he'd ever allow somebody to get him to miss days of class at a time. If he's getting paid.

"Which I'm getting." Malia tells him.

"Speaking of you getting paid, how was the shoot? Did you like it?"

"It was different than anything I've done for the dance team. I was nervous so I had to be told how to pose for the first couple of shots. Or given suggestions, rather. But I liked it. Everyone was really nice and they gave me my first merch box."

"Box?" Yoongi asks with a raised eyebrow. "How big of a box?"

"Like... they gave me an iPad to put stuff in my cart and got everything for me big of a box."

"What?"

"Shh!" The librarian whisper yells at him.

He smacks his teeth and waves her off, rolling his eyes.

"That's crazy."

"It is. I did the shoot in the Nike Pro Women's collection though. It was fun. I liked it." A smile stretches across Malia's face. It involuntarily amuses Yoongi to smile as well.

"I'm glad you had fun. As much work as you do for the team, you deserve it. I've only ever seen you dance during the games but I know you and Camryn choreograph and help with outfits most of the time. That's cool. You're a great dancer."

"Yeah.." Malia says, face beginning to warm from the compliments. "Uhm, they actually interviewed me, too. About almost everything. They're announcing me as their newest Nike athlete and ambassador over the Thanksgiving break and then releasing my shoot and interview, too."

"That's huge. Are you excited?" Yoongi has stopped paying attention to the laptop and has turned his attention to her.

"Yeah. They asked me about the topic of my suspension from the dance team. Just how I felt about it while being so passionate about dance but not going into great detail. I told Sadia and Johnny that I didn't want to talk about it to everybody because the reason isn't really my business so."

"And those are your Nike connects, right?" Yoongi asks, making sure that he's remembering things correctly the way she told him.

"Yep. They're super nice. My mom likes them so I know they're good people. She don't like nobody."