𝐌𝐫. 𝐊𝐢𝐦 ✓

Three: Punishment

"I'll stay with you," Jin insisted, refusing to leave your side despite your attempts to shoo him away.

"No need, Jin. I'll be alright," you said, trying to reassure him. However, he remained unconvinced and concerned.

"You'll be writing a big chapter for 20 freaking times. It'll take you until night to finish, so I'm staying with you," Jin declared, crossing his arms in determination and looking away.

You maintained a poker face as you retorted, "Yeah, it'll take hours and hours to complete that, so you better go home and don't disturb me." Jin let out a sigh.

"I'll leave on one condition: if you call me when you're done, and I'll pick you up and take you to your house doorstep," Jin whined, acting like a 5-year-old.

"Yah! I'm not a kid! Besides, my house is just 15 minutes away from here!" you retorted firmly.

Jin's serious tone cut through the playful banter, his concern evident in his words. "Listen up, it'll worry me, so just call me, okay? I don't want you to get into any trouble. You barely know about this place," he urged, genuinely worried for your safety.

"Okay, fine!" You exhaled in defeat. "I'll go to the library and finish it now. Bye!" You pushed him away playfully as he giggled a little before nodding and departing.

With a mix of determination, you headed to the library to tackle the daunting task ahead.

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After six long hours of writing, you finally completed the daunting task. As you stretched out your arms, you checked your phone and saw that it was almost 9 pm. The late hour made you realize just how much time and effort the punishment had taken.

Notifications:

The annoying kid: Did you go home?!

Mama: Where are you?!

Mama, The annoying kid 35 missed calls..

"Oh my goodness! They must have gone crazy!" you exclaimed, putting down your cellphone without calling back immediately, you knew you needed a moment to rest after the intense writing session.

Your fingers were sore, but the silver lining was that you could now recall the whole chapter easily. The sacrifice of those six hours had paid off, and you felt a sense of accomplishment despite the chaos of the situation.

A very good looking book caught your eye as you were looking at the empty library. As you reached for the attractive book on the high shelf, your efforts resulted in accidentally knocking down the surrounding books, creating a small chaos.

Fear of being hit by the falling stack made you brace yourself, but to your surprise, a hand swiftly intervened, preventing the books from tumbling down. It was Mr. Kim, there to save the day.

You looked up at him, feeling a bit embarrassed about the clumsy mishap. He carefully placed the books back on the shelf.

"What are you doing here at this time?" Mr. Kim inquired, catching your attention once more.

"I-I... I was... Ms. Sam told me to write something, so it took longer than I expected," you stammered nervously.

"Oh, I was here for some work, but then I saw the lights were on, so I came to check, and that's when I found you," Mr. Kim explained, sharing why he came to the library.

"Is Ms. Sam still here?" you asked, realizing you had to hand in your punishment work to her.

"No, she left as soon as the classes ended," Mr. Kim replied, making your eyes go wide with worry. You looked down, contemplating what to do, and decided to give the papers to her the next day instead.