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chapter 3: square up, loser

Ava checked the time on her watch, impatiently waiting for a certain someone to show up. Her headphones played a 2PM song she loved, and as she tapped her foot in anticipation, she heard a loud car horn behind her. Taking off her headphones, she turned around, eyes lighting up upon seeing him. 

"Hannie, you're late!" she whined as she sat in the car, strapping herself with the seatbelt, and he waited for her to buckle up before driving. 

"Sorryyy!" he dragged out the word cutely, scrunching up his nose, "I drove up halfway and then realized that I left my phone at home, so I had to go back and fetch it." 

"It's okay," and why would the simp be mad at him? 

Jisung drove further, and she said, "I shouldn't even be mad at you, though. We have a different set of jobs, yet you always drop me at my workplace. You are not even obliged to do it." 

"Ah, shut up," he brushed it off, "What are friends for, baka?" 

"Okay, weaboo," she teased him, but inwardly hoped that they didn't just have the title of 'friends' to them. He probably did not know- oh, he definitely did not know how she had been head over heels for him for about two years, since their college days. 

The two had met in university, both studying languages but for different purposes. Ava wanted to work in the embassies as a translator, while Jisung wanted to be a lyricist, and currently, both of them had achieved their dreams. However, the adoration she harbored for him overpowered every other emotion she had for anyone and everyone. 

And glancing at his side profile as he drove the car, she looked away, out of the window, smiling. 

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Eunbi walked into the college campus, tearing off her set of headphones from around her neck and folding it to keep it in her bag, and Nana, who was accompanying her, spoke, "I'll go see the director for some changes in the schedule." 

"Alright, see ya," Eunbi shrugged, and Nana walked off. 

Although Nana was younger than Eunbi, she was a prodigy, and therefore, she was a core member of the staff teaching the students about graphic design. When Mia had taken in Nana and Eunbi, the latter had been excited about meeting a person younger than her who could teach her about her work. Nana, who had always been too kind for her own good, was always shielded by Eunbi at the university, for the times when people would disrespect her for being younger than them and yet teaching them. 

And as Nana left, Eunbi heard that same annoying voice call out to her, "Cupcake!~" 

She turned around exasperatedly, rubbing her temples when Jake Sim, the cause of her misery, walked over to her with his friends. She could swear that she wanted to rip that annoying smug smile off his face. 

"Are you done?" she grumbled. 

"Hm? You think that winning that one award for graphics makes you better than me?" Jake cocked a brow. 

"Honey, even if I didn't win that, I'd still be better than you," Eunbi folded her arms. 

A vein popped on his forehead, and his friends sighed, muttering, "These two and their nerdy arguments." "For real, who even fights because the other is a class topper?" "They're literally just racing to be number one." "Weird flex, Jake and Eunbi." 

Eunbi glowered at his friends, and due to her intimidating aura, they gulped, backing off. Jake, however, wasn't afraid of her scary aura. He found it rather hilarious that she pretended to act scary and mighty all the time. 

"Listen up," Jake spoke, stepping forward, "I am gonna be the one who bags the trophy of the next biggest graphic designer, and I'm gonna love seeing you cry when I do." 

"Uh huh?" she stepped closer to him, too, "I bet it'll be fun to watch you cry for your mama when I win it. Square up, loser." 

The two glared at each other in dangerously close proximity, and Jake's friends whispered, "Are they gonna kiss?" "KISS! KISS! KISS!" 

Eunbi gave Jake one last look of glare before looking at his friend (who was begging them to kiss) and growling, "Stop fucking wasting your dad's money if you're just gonna be in the audience, jerk." 

And with that, she walked off. 

(a/n: eunbi boss girl moment woop woop 

i wrote three chapters in a day lmaoooo obsession is THIS (posting them one by one) 

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