Astronomy // Duty After School

Chapter Fifty-Nine.

"Everyone, let's take a picture!" Tae-man hollered.

"It's not the same if you're not in it!" Deok-jung added.

"So let's go!"

"Wait up!" Chi-yeol hollered as he and Il-ha jogged to catch up with Deok-jung, Tae-man, Yeong-shin, and Na-ra.

"Shall we go, too?" Ae-seol asked Bo-ra.

"Yes," Bo-ra nodded. The girls got up and headed over to the picture booths, joining the others in on taking pictures together. They had fun trying on different headpieces and posing with them.

"(Y/n)! Yeong-hun! You two missed everything!" Sun-yi complained as the pair came jogging into sight.

"I think we'll live," (Y/n) mused, peering down at the pictures the girls were showing her.

"We should do something quick together," Ae-seol said, gesturing to her and (Y/n) and then at Na-ra and Yu-jeong. (Y/n) nodded, heading over to the stand where all the headpieces are. She held up two pairs of bumblebee sunglasses and handed one to Ae-seol.

"We'll be the flowers," Yu-jeong said, putting on a flower crown while Na-ra grabbed a headband that had two stuffed tulips poking up like antennas. The girls headed into the only other photo booth as Bo-ra's friend group was in the other.

"Filters?" (Y/n) asked, clicking the black and white filter. She then leaned against the back of the booth, acting depressed.

"Stop it," Yu-jeong laughed, swatting (Y/n)'s leg before turning the filter back to a normal setting and hitting Start. (Y/n) flapped her hands as though she was bee at flight, Na-ra held her hands under her chin, Yu-jeong made a heart with her hands, and Ae-seol held her pointer fingers on either side of her head as though they were antennas.

"The music's fun," (Y/n) commented, bopping her head after the first picture was taken. The girls joined in on her dancing and (Y/n) looked so proud of them in the next picture. Na-ra took the end of (Y/n)'s scarf and tossed it around her neck while (Y/n) clasped her hands together and fluttered her eyelashes at Yu-jeong and Na-ra. Ae-seol plugged her nose as though despising the smell of flowers. For the final photo, (Y/n) puffed her cheeks and closed her eyes as the two flower-wearing girls pressed kisses to each of her cheeks. Behind them, Ae-seol stood on the bench and made an X, discouraging the girls. "I'll put them in my phone case when we're back," (Y/n) said as they waited for their pictures to print. They had three copies and Na-ra was just fine giving up her own copy as she already had two other photo strips with the others. (Y/n) was quite proud to see Il-ha and Yeong-hun talking. Genuinely talking.

"Let's take one together!" Na-ra beamed, trading the flower antennas out for bunny ears. (Y/n) put on a headband that mimicked bullfrog eyes.

"I like that," Yeon-ju agreed, nodding rapidly.

"Yes, that's a good idea!"

"Yes, let's do that!"

"Good, good!"

"Let's take one!"

"But we can't all fit, can we?" Bo-ra asked.

"(Y/n), can't we use your camcorder?" Yeong-shin asked. (Y/n) nodded, taking the camcorder from Chi-yeol. They all grew excited and clustered together.

"What about you?"

"(Y/n)! You have to join, too!"

"Yeah, set the timer and hurry!"

"I'll go get the camera stand," (Y/n) whispered, returning the camcorder to Chi-yeol, who nodded as (Y/n) headed off to go get the stand. She had left Chi-yeol with the memory card so he could ensure the picture actually got saved. Chi-yeol paused and his eyebrows furrowed as he came across the last video recorded on the card. The others grew alarmed by Chi-yeol's expression and jogged over to see what was up. The others jogged over to see what he was looking at. They watched a clip of So-chul holding the camera in the hospital. There was a long moment of him simply staring into the camera to the point Wu-taek was about to teasingly ask if So-chul was just checking himself out.