Butterfly Effect | Han Taesan

6.

With every butterfly effect comes with a ripple effect. Like ripples on a wave, one simple move can make the ripples change completely, causing a disturbance in the creation of ripples.

After that day, meeting the boy on campus was rare as they were in different blocks, after all, they were leading two very different lives. Assignment season never seemed to end. In fact, work started piling up till the point the two spent more time in school or in their dorms than they did outside.

One was always cooped up in the studio, creating stories with his captivating lyrics, composing songs that should be placed #1 on Billboard charts, or even just writing literature scripts that Shakespeare could never think of.

While the other was too busy running around getting to media events, planning the school's next radio station podcast filming sessions, and to top it all off, being one of the key photojournalist for the school magazine.

When the then 18 year-old applied to be a communications major, she thought it was all about being good at talking. She had no idea what she was getting herself into. The constant projects never seemed to end, school partnered campaigns, events, filming documentaries, the first taste of entering the media world.

She should be enjoying the last few years of her youth before she steps into the adult world. But why is she putting in so much effort in for school, especially when she is only a freshman?

Well, the girl has no choice but to do well. Since young, her life had always been pre-planned for her. Start math lessons at the age of 4, join the middle school debate club, be student council president, everything else you could imagine, was pre-planned to make sure she grew up to follow in her parents footsteps. The moment she was born, her existence was set to be a doctor, just like her parents.

After secretly applying to be a communications major behind their back, she had to prove them wrong. She had to prove that she can do well without having her life pre-planned. Life is full of surprises, what's the point of chasing a dream that was planted in her head if she was never going to enjoy it? But is the girl enjoying what she is doing now?

The next few days after the little cafe study session, Saneul could barely be seen leaving her room unless she had classes. With so many deadlines approaching, the girl had to take a short break from work to focus on school. She did bring it up to the boy, letting him know that she would no longer be working on Wednesday's.

han.taesan

heyy
I'm so sorry
I don't think I can make it tomorrow for the jam and study session
I'M DROWNING IN ASSIGNMENT

no worries, same here
maybe we can reschedule?
are you free on Friday?

Friday sounds good!
15:30

That Friday never came. Something else came instead. The ripple effect.

The first ripple - A chain reaction.

han.taesan

yo I'm so sorry
my professor wanted to talk to me about my writing assignment
I think we will have to take a rain check today

it's okay!
my meeting with the radio station team is going to be delayed too
how about weekends?

I'm down
I should not have much going on
20:48

The second ripple - Rain checks.

The weekends rolled around and the two finally found the time to meet. As she was getting ready, the sound of her ringtone rang through the air.