The Star-Crossed Moon

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"Aish!" Ah Ri clicked her tongue. It was already five o' one, but Kwangmin was no where in sight. She looked around the vacant soccer field with squinted eyes and stood on the metal bleachers. It was completely empty. Not one person was out practicing either. 

"I swear, when you come I'll—" 

"Pres! Pres!" A familiar voice called out ahead. Ahri looked forward and caught the familiar sight of a black haired boy, running towards her. Ahri tilted her head, annoyed. Then all of a sudden Kwangmin tripped on his own feet! She couldn't help but stifle a laugh when she saw his helpless figure. His body was planted on the cold, dewy ground. Ahri didn't bother to help him up either since he was just half-way across the field. She lazily waited for him to stagger forward. 

"Pres! I-I..." Kwangmin panted, and placed his hands on his knees. "I-I'm sorry I'm late. Again. I'm such a-" He paused to catch his breath. "A fool. I'm sorry." 

Ahri only laughed out loud. His face was hilarious — It was so comical that she couldn't hold it in. His face was covered with bits of grass and brown dirt. But, it was like he didn't notice at all. 

"What?" Kwangmin looked up at Ahri with a raised brow. "What's wrong?" 

"Ahaha," She laughed and wiped a tear from her eye sarcastically. "Your face! Look at your face!" And so she continued in her hysterics. 

The boy touched his face slowly, only to draw his hand with many brown specks on his fingers. He reached for his forehead and took out several pieces of green grass. Kwangmin then immediately brought both hands to his face and brushed of the dirt as quick as he could. He shut his eyes to prevent the excess from entering his large eyes which were irritated easily. When he had finished, the President remained silent, looking at him seriously, but with a certain sparkle in her eyes. 

"Done?" Ahri smirked at the latter who just averted his eyes from her's. Her ponytail drifted to the right as a cool breeze blew by. 

"Yeah," Kwangmin dipped his head. "Sorry for the delay." 

"Right!" Ahri jumped up from the bleachers and stood a few feet from Kwangmin. "Let's get to it!" 

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From five in the morning to twelve noon, Ahri and Kwangmin worked.

And worked.

And worked.

First, they inspected the field and cleaned up any litter they could find. They moved to the closest area to the field, which was the school garden and there, they swept up the fallen leaves from cobblestone path and drained the accumilated water in some of the pots. They even pulled weeds in the fower beds. Bright tulips and carnations were in full bloom and flaunted vibrant shades of red and pink.

 Unfortunately for Ahri, she was bitten by mosquitoes four times and the result was itchy bug bites which swelled a bit. A bite appeared on her left kneecap, on her right thigh, on her right shoulder and one was especially large on her left cheek. She tried to ignore the itch, but she couldn't help but scratch at her bites every now and then.