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with her earphones in and her hands stuffed into the pocket of her jacket, hyerim walked towards the nearest exit of the building. the volume was turned up to help her block out any outside noise.
right as she pushed the door open, she was greeted with a view of the school's garden. there were a couple of students lingering around and she scanned the area for where to go next.
she saw the front gates and immediately headed over. on the way, she felt her phone vibrate in her hand and took it out of her jacket.
┎┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┒ imessage jisung → hyerim
3:43pm
JISUNG hi hyerim!! are you going home right away?
HYERIM pppprobably
my dad's picking me up
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after hitting send, hyerim lifted her head from the screen as to not bump into someone and shoved her hands back into her pockets. she waited for another vibration, but it never came.
now, she was sitting on top of a brick wall near the entrance of the school, kicking her feet back and forth against it. she looked out for her dad's vehicle and while doing so, a figure jumped up beside her.
hyerim took one of her earphones out and looked to her right, seeing jisung sitting next to her. sunwoo and eric were there too, but they were standing instead.
sunwoo eventually got tired of standing (despite him only being there for, like, fifteen seconds) and hoisted himself up on the wall on the other side of hyerim.
"who are you waiting for?" he asked.
"my dad," she responded.
sunwoo let out an, "ah", and leaned forward to look at jisung. "are you gonna walk with us today?"
jisung quickly darted his eyes to hyerim, who was facing forward and searching for the familiar car.
"no, i have to stop by the store, so i'll leave after."
but really, he wanted to make sure hyerim wasn't alone before getting picked up.
sunwoo believed him and shrugged his shoulders, sliding off the wall. he looked at eric and gestured that they should get going with a nod of his head.
"alright~" eric sang and skipped ahead, making sunwoo shout after him.
"see you tomorrow!" he called back to the two on the wall.
hyerim and jisung waved in return, and then it was just them. silence lingered between them for a few seconds before the taller boy saw her earphone hanging.
he laid his hands in his lap and fiddled with his fingers. "what are you listening to?"
"woodz," hyerim answered. "wanna listen?"
"sure."
because the wire was beneath her shirt, she pulled it out more from the collar and offered jisung the left side. he scooted closer so they could both be more comfortable. she put the right side in and when he did the same, a song called pool started playing. it had an r&b vibe to it, and it was obvious jisung was into it by the nodding of his head. it followed the beat and hyerim let out a soft chuckle at him.
"good?" she asked.
"very," he responded, giving her a thumbs up.
after it ended, jisung offered to show her another artist that went by the name 3racha. they were on soundcloud and had loads of followers, hyerim's account soon being one of them.
for the next five minutes, they went through a couple of 3racha's songs. jisung smiled at the sight of hyerim enjoying their tracks.
but of course, their time had to be put on pause once she glanced up and saw her dad's car pulling into the roundabout.
"oh! there's my ride," hyerim announced.
jisung took out the earphone and handed it back to her. she hopped down and sent him a grin.
"wait!" he stopped her. "who's your favorite in 3racha so far?"
hyerim thought for a second before saying, "j.one."
then her wrist slipped from his grasp and she headed over to her dad's car.
"see you!" she called back, closing the door after her.
