Sassy || l.y & x.l

十

The teacher finally stops Yoona, but Krystal has something to say now. She asks if Yoona is so different from them, and Yoona admits that this whole situation has enlightened her. She's played into the "grades are everything" mindset of the school, and has been laying low because of her poor grades. So, she's quitting. She packs and goes, though she's already wondering if she went too far.

Back at school, Jungkook dumps one of his strawberry milks over Krystal's head, innocently wide-eyed as he admits that he did it on purpose. And now he's won me over completely. He calls Krystal by name and says that from now on, he'll remember exactly who she is.

Krystal's mother and advisor confront Principal Choi about the Ministry of Education complaint and Krystal's school performance, and is that a bribe they're counting out? Mom says she's also sent her a new office refrigerator, and inside, Principal Choi finds boxes full of (I assume) cash.

Yoona goes home, where her mother expresses incredulity that the ban against students leaving the school early was lifted. Yoona looks shifty-eyed, and Mom's no fool — she knows Yoona left without permission. Yoona just wails that the food is salty, and bursts into loud tears.

Yoona spends the night in her room, doodling notes to herself ("I'm not happy" "I want to be happy"). She looks around the room at her own uplifting, self-supportive notes, and wonders where it all went wrong. She thinks that she never used to give up — but if she doesn't give up, it won't end.