Just College

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Daya promised to get a pair of new Adidas trainers for Dayeon if she covered for her and let her stay in Seoul one more day. Oh you know the girl loves free things, so she agreed to cover for her elder sister. Daya smiled at her sister's text. It was good to have her sister know about the skeleton in her cupboard so she could have her back.

Placing her phone on Nari's vanity, Daya moved the mascara brush through her long lashes. Nari stared at her, spinning her game chair to and fro. Seungmin had asked the girl to go out with him before she returned to the Northern province and Daya was excited as fuck. You couldn't blame Nari for staring. She was even putting on make-up.

Daya lined her lips with a soft brown and painted the lips a nude colour, applying some fruit lip gloss over it. She smacked her lips gently, scrunching her nose at the gorgeous fellow in the mirror. She whirled around to Nari and the girl's lips rounded at the makeover. "Well, you look good. Damn"

"Thank you", Daya shook her shoulders and Nari was laughing soon. Daya put the Rhode lipstick in her black purse. "Do you think my fit is good?"

Nari hummed. The short sea-green dress stopped at her thighs and had just one sleeve, saving it from being strapless. The black heeled boots she wore elevated her height and she looked cute with her hair all in a bun. "What are you guys doing today?"

"I don't know. Probably lunch?", Daya fixed her bracelet, the one Seungmin had given her, "And... fun?", her fingers played with the strands of hair framing her face.

"Yeah. You all are having fun"

Daya knew she was referring to the newlyweds who had already travelled to China for their honeymoon. "Not that kind of fun, Nari. You are driving, right?"

"Yes, Daya-sshi", Nari grabbed her keys and left the room with the girl. "Don't forget Dayeon's shoes"

"I wouldn't dare"

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Seungmin pressed his sneakers on the brake pad abruptly and Hyunjin jerked forward, cursing him soon. "I'm sorry", Seungmin said with no iota of remorse. He looked at the black car in front of him again. Nari and Daya stood by it, waiting for them. "Is it just me who thinks I'm getting sick?"

"No. I have always known you were sick", Hyunjin bit. "In the head", he huffed at his friend's annoying laughters.

Seungmin honked loudly and Nari jumped in her own skin. She could have put up her fingers but she remembered they were still her seniors in school. Hyunjin got out with a big ass grin. He waved his fingers. "Hello!", he pushed his hair back and faltered when Nari barfed.

Yeah. She was still immune to his charms. It was really humbling. Or so he thinks.

Daya bowed her head to him and he stepped away, letting her get into the car. He shut the door and Seungmin zoomed off immediately. "That bastard", Hyunjin groaned in displeasure.

Nari pointed at her car. "Care for a ride?"

Hyunjin jumped on the offer. Thus, he spent his 2nd day of January, 2024, driving through the city with Nari. It was like a car date but none of them would dare voice it out. They bought food at the subway drive-through. Hyunjin took it up to him to feed Nari since she was behind the wheel and she didn't complain. Hyunjin found himself laughing and talking with the girl and what scared him the most was that he loved it and would do it over and over again if you let him.

Hyunjin stared at the girl after they had their fill. Her side view was glorious. Her silk black hair was still in her regular wolfcut but it didn't stop at her neck anymore. She was growing it out while maintaining that lovely wolfcut of hers. "I never thought you would grow your hair out"

"Someone got me a haircare set that grows hair so fast. I had no choice", Nari turned a corner at a sharp bend and spared the boy a glance. His eyes were so expressive, she almost closed up. "What?", she focused on the road again.

"It was me, wasn't it?", Hyunjin's voice sounded foreign even to his own ears. He wasn't a soft guy and he didn't like soft guys either but... damn. Yoon Nari was unhealthy.

"Yeah. Those products were nice. They are almost finished but I will get them again"

Hyunjin exhaled through his nose, staring at the roads. "What do you have to say to the person who gave you such an idea to change your former products?"

"Thank you, duh", Nari said and her car was filled with laughter. Nari knew she was gone when she felt her heart thump faster.

Damn.

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"What do you need the shoes for?", Seungmin asked, fixing his black face cap properly as they walked into the Adidas company itself.

"Dayeon wants it as a bribe", Daya replied.

Seungmin didn't pry further. He brought her to the company after they had lunch at one of the best restaurants around. It was evening already and he had to return home before nightfall so he wanted to just buy the shoes directly from the company instead of driving all the way to the next district for the sneaker store.

Daya was amazed at the numerous sneakers in the place. Wow. Wow. Wow. That was all she could think about. Maybe she should grab some nice converse shoes for her mom and grandma too but that would cost a lot. She twirled around to Seungmin. He raised his brows. "Are you getting me some shoes?", she had to ask so she could pick for her family instead of for herself.

"Do you want some?. If you do, go ahead", Seungmin permitted and curse him for liking the way her eyes lit up. She gave her bag to him and hurried to shelves to pick out shoes. Seungmin glanced at the black purse. "Wow, Seungmin"

Carrying a lady's bag wasn't something he was gentleman-enough to do but here he was in the Adidas store doing it for Jeong Daya.

Seungmin walked to the shelf she was trying to get a shoe from. He picked the green trainers very easily and brought it down for her. Daya laughed, mumbling a thanks and it was right then that a photo was taken from outside of the glass walls surrounding place.

A huge evidence of the two. The pink acrylics clicked on another picture and another and another. The phone was brought down and the fingers swiped through every picture. Every angle was clear. Kim Seungmin and Jeong Daya in the Adidas branch in Myeongdu-gu.

Can he still deny it with these pictures?.

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#Mirian.