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JiEun's POV

The next day, our adviser announced that there is an upcoming camping for our section. Of course, half of the class is excited for the trip. Yes, half. The half who didn't cheer were the mature ones or the ones who hates these kind of things.

The camping wouldn't be in the school. Our adviser hadn't told us where yet.

After class, a classmate of mine approached my table. "Excuse me." She said. I looked at her. It's Eunki. "Yes?"

"God, you're so lucky." She pinched my arm. Huh? What does she mean by I'm lucky? Eunki looked behind me and she zipped her mouth and looked at me again. "Don't bother to know, but you're really lucky."

I was surprised by Serim when she slammed her fist on the table. She glared at Eunki. "Scram." She demanded in a bossy low voice. She's always like that.

"What does she mean by I'm lucky? Did anything happen last day? All I knew is Jisung, Jeno, Renjun and Mark carried me to the clinic then we came back to classes." I said. I didn't include the part where I cried my shit for Jaemin.

"She told you, don't bother to know. JiEun, curiousity kills the cat." She said. I looked at her. "But cats have nine lives." I replied. She just sighed. "The more you get curious, the cat's life span reduces." She glared at me before standing up and leaving the room.

Serim was quite weird today and I wonder why. I'm curious again. Ugh, they're so unpredictable. Or I am just dumb (yeah, maybe I am).

I just stayed in the room. I'm not hungry anymore. Curiousity made me full. Later, the bell rang and my classmates returned to their seats.

I was staring at the door when Jaemin and his friends entered. He had a bright smile on his lips. My lips twitched, placing a lop-sided smile. His happiness is also my happiness. I'm happy if he's happy.

I lost my smile when I remembered something. I'm not the reason why he's smiling right now. I hope I was the reason, though. I hope it wasn't a girl who made him smile like that again. I hope it was just Haechan and the boys.

"Hey." Someone snapped his fingers near my ear. I came back to reality and looked at him. It's Renjun. My heartbeat became rapid. He's a friend of Jaemin. "Oh, hey. Calm down." He rubbed my back. "Nurse Eunwoo said your heart is weak. You should stop panicking." He said and smiled.

"W-What brings you here?" I said. He took out a small box of gummy worms from his bag. "Eat that. I heard you like gummy worms." Renjun patted my head and went to sit on his chair.

I opened the box of gummy worms and I froze. The smell of the box is like Jaemin's perfume. I smiled. I took out a gummy worm and ate it. The teacher entered the room so I immediately hid the box in my bag.

I took another gummy worm and ate it before the teacher started the class.

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When lunch came, I walked over to Renjun. "Hey." I called him and he looked at me. "Oh, JiEun." He stood up and faced me. "Thanks for the gummy worms." I said and smiled.

"You're welcome." He patted my shoulder. When I turned around, I accidentally made eye contact with Jaemin. His eyes twitched, which I feel like he smirked.

But why?

I immediately left and followed Serim. I smiled to myself. The joy in his eyes never faded. My smile left my lips again. The joy in his eyes almost faded when I broke up with him.

JiEun, stop thinking about that. That's done already, and you know that he's not gonna forgive you. "You know, he'll forgive you if you might've explained your side." Serim suddenly spoke.

Was I thinking too loud? "What are you talking about?" I said in a low voice. She placed a small smile on her lips. "Nothing." And, she dragged me to the cafeteria.

Serim bought a lasagna and a macaroni soup, with two lemon juice. She gave me the bowl of macaroni soup and I started to eat. We were quiet when Serim suddenly spoke. "Renjun gave a box of gummy worms to you?"

I nodded. "Yeah. And.." I breathed heavily before speaking. "The inside smells like Jaemin's perfume.." I said in a whisper. I looked at Serim and she only nodded in approval.

Isn't she curious? Well, she almost don't care at anything so I let it slide. After we ate, Serim was assigned to return the borrowed books back to the shelves they're in, so we went to the library.

The librarian was out and the only one left in the library is the assistant librarian. "Oh, are you Jung Serim?" She asked Serim. The latter nodded. "Oh, good. Return these books to their shelves. I'm just going to take a break." The assistant librarian smiled at us and left the library.

I was going to help Serim carry the books but she pushed my hand away. "Find these numbers and call me." She said and handed me bookmarks. I searched for the A4 shelf. When I found it, I called Serim and she immediately followed.

I searched for the other bookmarks when a light pink-baby blue notebook caught my attention. It's shoved between two thick books on the third shelf. I tip-toed and took it.

I opened the notebook and I almost dropped it. The first page of the notebook screamed 'Na Jaemin's ;)'. My hand accidentally opened a random page.

I smiled for the nth time today, but I hope it won't fade. His hand-writing is still beautiful. I don't know what language it is but it's read as 'Mahal Kita'. Ugh, they're so damn unpredictable.

Under that word is a picture of me and Jaemin. I was shocked. It was our first picture together. I closed his notebook and hugged it. I returned it to it's place, then Serim called me.

"JiEun, where the fuck are you?!" I smiled and shouted. "I'm here! B1!"

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A/N:
Hello! Btw, 'mahal kita' is I love you in Filipino.

Annyeong!

-DONGSOXKIE💫