It was yet another slow, tedious Monday morning for Nova. Following the same old routine, she got out of bed and walked to her, yet again, empty kitchen to whip up her signature pancakes. After cramming the pile of deliciousness in her tiny mouth, Nova dressed in her Angelwood Academy uniform and headed off to the her Number 1 most visited place after her own home; school, specifically Angelwood Academy. Going to school allowed her to detach herself from her life at home. She was grateful for having a place where all she's required to think about is studies and trying to outrun her childhood school bullies.
Stepping off the bus, Nova stalked toward the building, turning back every now and then to ensure she does not have any unwanted company. Arriving at school two hours before school begins, is her new strategy in order to prevent constant emotional and physical abuse from her greatly loathed perpetrators. Nova dug her tiny fingers into her skin tight jeans and pulled out her the key to her euphoria; the most precious, endeared item to her. Impatiently unraveling the tangled wires, she hurriedly yet softly placed the buds in her ears and skimmed through her playlist on spotify. (A/N no intended endorsement)
"Ah!" she gasped in satisfaction after finding her new favourite song. As 'Black on Black' by NCT played, she skipped to the pharmacy library feeling giddy after remembering the campaign she organised to convince the school to building a pharmacy library. Nova agreed on assisting the librarian in keeping the library organised and up to date in return for the school to continue allowing the library to thrive and grow.
The next two hours were spent organising the books, ordering new material, managing the subscriptions and typing catalog cards. There was still heaps of incomplete work left to do including sending almost a dozen trolleys to the running morning classes. Phew lucky I have a free period now, Nova reassured herself.
Huffing and puffing, Nova whipped the sweat from her forehead for the millionth time. Pushing the carts-two at a time, she focused on the carts and paid less attention to the hallway and in front of her. As a result of her typical clumsiness, Nova's 'great' idea of multitasking and travelling with two carts at a time failed drastically. A roar shook the ground and snapped Nova out of her daze. The midnight black eyes glaring at her caused her blood to turn cold and her cheeks to heat up simultaneously.
"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!" the fuming man yelled. Embarrassed, Nova shrank to half her size as the teachers peered outside their classrooms to see what the racket was about.
"Lee Taeyong! Keep it down the juniors are having their exam!" Mr Stark, the biology teacher scolded. To this Taeyong rolled his eyes and with some respect replied: "Will do, teach."
After hearing the reassuring sound of the classroom doors closing, Nova bowed to Taeyong and repetitively apologised, hoping to escape from his presence as she didn't quite enjoy feeling so prey-like under his gaze. Attempting to walk off, Nova felt a hand grab her upper arm and pull her back to face the arrogant yet stunning man. She turned to peer at the large hand which wrapped around her arm. The mere contact caused Nova to panic slightly and boosted her adrenaline.
Feeling the adrenaline build up in the tips of her toes and fingers, Nova ripped off the hilariously large hand-compared to hers- and slipped her arms onto his shoulders. The little voice at the back of her head told her to stop but her reflexes kept her going. Nova turned around taking a step away from him and grabbed his arm lifting him off the ground with her hips. With one last step, she used all her strength to roll him off her hip and flip him onto the ground at hip-height.
Satisfied with his response, Nova gave one last glance at him as he lay helplessly on the ground recovering from the blow. In midst of her standing up straight, he caught her off guard as he pulled her by her arm toward the ground and in one swift move lifting himself off the ground with force and flipping over her. Taeyong smirked and pinned her wrists above her. Squirming under his hold, she muttered a series of profanities under her breath. To this he chuckled throwing his head back , baby pink hair shifting from its original position and leaned in closer. His minty breath fogged up her glasses which amused him. Nova grew nervous and readied herself to headbutt this jerk's face, however paused frozen with his next words.
"Next time get ready to strike as soon as the victim is on the ground or get away from them, otherwise this," he nodded indicating to their position, "is the aftermath." Taeyong advised with an overly cocky demeanour. Having been fed up with his nonsense, looking down at their awkward position, Nova shoved him off and immediately stood up dusting her clothes. Bringing herself to look at him again, she took a confident stance and scoffed.
"There won't be a next time, next time" she said in a mocking manner. And with that she picked up the books that had fallen after the collision, placed them back into the trolley and continued her way to the classrooms. Speeding up slightly, she sharply turned the cart around a corner and felt relieved to finally breathe out a long enough held breath. Clutching onto her heart she questioned herself where that rush of confidence came from. She took deep breaths in and out watching her chest rise and fall with each breath.
Shaking her head, Nova quickly recovered and continued on her way to complete her tasks. "Never again" she murmured to herself repeatedly. Using her strength like that could be dangerous especially in public. Her head spun as she thought of all the possible outcomes if she was seen by him practicing these dangerous techniques of self defence. A shiver ran down her spine and her hair rose as the goosebumps covered her arms. Rubbing her arms, Nova sighed for the millionth time this morning and made her way to her medical biology class after dropping off the trolleys at the classrooms.
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Key to her Euphoria
Fanfiction"I'd rather not hang out with bad boys, especially bad boys like you." Nova argued back to Taeyong. "Oh honey, I like the term 'misunderstood', but yeah you're right, I am a bit of a bad boy." Taeyong growled with darkened eyes. . . For as long as...
