'Sometimes it's better to let someone go'
As Miyeon and Joshua strolled toward the classroom, her mind was already wandering back to the assignment she had hastily finished. Just then, she stopped in her tracks, her heart sinking as a realization hit her.
“Crap!” she muttered under her breath.
Joshua turned to her, eyebrows raised in confusion. “What happened?”
“I left one of my books in the library,” she explained, frustration clear in her voice. “I'll run back and grab it. You should go ahead to class. I'll be quick.”
Joshua frowned, his lips pressing together as if weighing his options. “You sure? I can wait for you—”
“No, no. Don’t bother! You’ll be late. Just go, okay? And do me a favor—tell Nari I'll be there in a few minutes.”
Still uncertain, Joshua hesitated before nodding. “Alright, but be quick. You know how Mr. Kang is.”
Miyeon flashed him a quick smile before turning and sprinting back to the library, leaving Joshua standing there, slightly dumbfounded. He watched her go, shrugged, and then made his way to class.
Miyeon waved him off with a tight smile, and without wasting another second, turned and bolted back to the library. The sound of her hurried footsteps echoed through the quiet hallway as Joshua stood there for a moment, watching her retreating figure before he sighed and made his way to the classroom.
Once inside the library, Miyeon beelined to the secluded corner where she and Joshua had been sitting earlier. Her eyes scanned the area, searching for her misplaced book. She spotted it lying haphazardly on the floor a few feet away from where they had been working.
'That’s strange,' she thought. 'I’m sure I left it on the chair.'
With furrowed brows, she approached the book and bent down to pick it up. As she did, a small folded piece of paper slipped out from between the pages and fluttered to the floor. Startled, Miyeon quickly picked up the note. Confusion crept in as she unfolded the paper, her eyes skimming the brief, hastily scribbled message:
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"Time is ticking by."
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Miyeon blinked, staring at the words as they settled in. Her gaze instinctively darted around the room, her pulse quickening slightly.
The library was filled with students hunched over textbooks and laptops, each absorbed in their own world. None of them appeared suspicious or even remotely aware of her presence. But the note made her feel oddly exposed, like someone had been watching her.
"Who even…?" Miyeon whispered under her breath, her mind racing. It was only her second week at university. How could she already have an admirer? Or was it some kind of joke?
Her thoughts drifted back to the other note she’d found on her first day, the one that said, 'Stay away from them.'
That cryptic message had unnerved her, but this one—this was different. This felt more... unsettling, like someone was watching her. She folded the note and slipped it into her pocket, pushing the troubling thoughts aside for now.
Realizing she was already running late, she hurried out of the library and back toward her class, her steps quickening with each glance at her watch. As she neared the classroom door, she cursed under her breath. She was five minutes late.
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Daylight To Her Midnight | YJH | Seventeen Fanfic
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