Bittersweet | Do Kyung-seok

𝟭𝟮. semi charmed life

CHAPTER TWELVE
people you know to people you don't

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     𝐓he uni cafeteria was packed when Chaewon and her friends got there. They ordered their usual and continued the day like normal. However, Chaewon was particularly feeling a little out of it today. She couldn't stop thinking about Soo-ah and the incident. She was sure she did not drop the flask. There was no way she could've. Not that she didn't like being blamed, but it was just bugging her ever since.

    She didn't notice Kyung-seok approach from the entrance until he spoke. He had one hand around the strap of his backpack. "How's your hand? Is it okay?"

    "Yeah," Chaewon muttered, stopping in her tracks while holding a tray of food. "It's nothing."

    He pursed his lips. "Did you really break it?"

    "Duh." Chaewon rolled her eyes at him. He raised an eyebrow like he didn't quite believe her. "I broke it, okay?"

    Kyung-seok didn't say anything else and walked away. She subtly shook her head at the boy's antics and sighed. Looking around for her friends, she found Mirae already looking at her from a table by the window. She waved her over and Chaewon began walking towards her friends.

     "Are they hiring an announcer or something?" Jung-boon sulked. She was telling them about her trying to get into a job at the same bar they went to for the frosh week party. "Why can't a waitress have a dialect?"

    "How can you fall in love at first sight?" Eun frowned, picking on her food. Then a small smirk came on her lips. "What do you like about him?"

    Jung-boon giggled. "He has a beautiful smile."

    "Ohh." Eun sounded like she was being sarcastic. "I didn't know that kind of smile was considered beautiful."

    "The moment he smiled, I felt a rush of dopamine spreading through my body."

    "Dopamine? Eat up."

    Chaewon wasn't even listening to them as she sat beside Eun. The girl was too busy zoning out, not even shifting in her seat. She kept thinking about what Kyung-seok said. Did she really break it? Then again, as she thought before━Soo-ah already grabbed the flask from her so there was no way she could've dropped it.

     Eun noticed, which made a small frown appear on her face. "Why aren't you eating?"

     "Huh?" Chaewon looked up.

     "Is it because of the mistake you made earlier?" Eun asked.

    Chaewon immediately shook her head. "No, no." 

    "You sure?" Mirae asked worriedly.

    Jung-boon frowned. "Is it because the TA scolded you?"

    "He didn't scold her. He was just telling her to be careful."

    "It's really not any of that," Chaewon dismissed, smiling forcefully at her friends.