Time Lapse

Chapter 5

A/N: ALRIGHT WRINKLIES! I made a lot of errors in the last chapter because your silly author forgot the characters and is dumb 😅 So for clearance, in Hiro's perspective, it's supposed to be Hiro and not Haneul because Haneul is with Yeji, duh silly author 🙄 Also, Yunho is not a character it's supposed to be Heechul, I was being very indecisive and I guess I forgot to change the names 😓 Also, Hyujin = Hyunjin because your author can't spell. Now on with the story!

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Ryujin's Perspective

"So you have to imagine the space over and over again. It will take total concentration which is why it's easier to travel when no one is around," the instructor says.

"But Seonsaengnim! Our sunbaenims can travel when there are people around!" A kid raises his hand and shouts.

"That is because they're experienced and are at a higher level than you. Don't worry, you will be like them too if you study hard and try your best."

"Alright!"

Ryujin was sitting in one of the classrooms in the SAPP agency. Throughout her therapy, the blue-haired girl demanded to be taught about time traveling as soon as possible to not waste time (how ironic). Since she was a beginner, she had to be in a class with young children. Thankfully, none of them are irritating her and the class was small, holding only about fifteen students including herself. She's sitting at the back as she stares mindlessly out the window.

They were on one of the higher floors of the agency building, so Ryujin was only able to make out tiny blobs of people walking around. Some held briefcases, probably going to work, others seemed to be students catching the bus to school. There were even some kids running around, worrying their parents as they get chased down the sidewalks. It was a typical day out there, in the real world. Or maybe she should call it the normal world instead, for this traveling mumbo jumbo is all real too.

The skies were bright blue as the sun rises from the east. It was early in the morning, hence the many people in the city shuffling around at a fast pace. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky, and if all this time thingy never happened, she'd be enjoying the day with Yeji. They'd probably hang out at the ice cream store after school. Or maybe if they're feeling a little more hungry they would get tteokbokki in that family-owned stand not too far off from their high school.

High School.

But Ryujin wasn't in high school. She was in college and should be on her way to her fourth year.  Yet, her memories lie to her as they erase the entirety of her college life in her head. Yeji doesn't exist, neither does Haneul. Her "so-called" friends are foreign to her. And she was in a relationship with a pretty girl. Ryujin feels bad for the girl. Who wouldn't if they're significant other loses their memory and can't seem to remember them? Ryujin knew it was hard on Lia as much as she was struggling with herself, but she couldn't help to lash out. Yeah, Lia is hurt because she's forgotten, but imagine Ryujin's perspective. She wakes up in a completely different time frame, almost three years in the future. An unfamiliar girl claims to be her lover and is the first person she sees when she wakes up. Her two best friends do not exist because they're stuck in this fiction-like contraption and it's up to her to save them! Because apparently, time-traveling is a thing and her brain was taken out and replaced, making the short-haired girl super-human or something. And like the cherry on top, add the fact that Ryujin is completely paralyzed from the waist down.

So yes, Ryujin's stress and anger should be justifiable.

"Ryujin-sshi, what is the location of where all Shifters go to in order to see the timeline of their memories?" The teacher calls out and breaks her train of thought.