Attention || Seulrene | Ongoing

Past. Present. Future.

Four years ago.

A beep, then a voice. Monotone and mechanical.

Another beep.

"Please don't wait for me. I forgot something. Heading towards the room now, I'm just gonna take a cab home. Don't worry, okay? Love you." She said while turning into the corner.

She walked faster as the sun was setting and the shadows made the whole place look eerie. She shivered. "You're beyond stupid, Kang Seulgi!"

She opened the door of their room. Thank gods it wasn't locked and she headed towards her desk where her notebook was still laid flat on it. "It's still her-"

She stopped. The hairs on her neck stood up as she heard something indistinct- like a... voice.

A pained one.

Holy shit. Are the ghost stories real?

Putting on a brave font, she walked closer to where she heard the sound. A strangled scream almost escaped her lips as she caught sight of dark tresses covering an insanely fair skin.

With the noise she produced, the girl with the same uniform as hers looked up. Blood shot eyes, pale face, red lips.

"HOLY SHI-Aw! What the hell?!" She groaned in pain when something hard collided with her forehead.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE?" She screamed, her voice pierced through the quiet hallway.

Still holding her aching head, Seulgi picked up her things and headed toward the door. "My mouth is shut."

"Fuck!"

//

"Another transferee."

"I just hope it isn't as bad as the last one."

"Hm."

"Look at her height though." Jisoo nodded while pertaining to the girl infront. "She looks intimidating and bitchy. But I bet she's nice."

Seulgi looked at her, incredulous. "What?"

"Gut feeling. She's nice. Well, nicer than you know who."

After half listening to the transferee who was introducing herself, she muttered again. "She's worse than Voldemort, though. Doesn't she own a lot of pink things?"

"Hm? I guess."

"Then she isn't the dark lord." She hissed, "That bitch is Dolores Umbridge. An insane cat lady who doesn't like cats."

It was supposed to be a giggle but what came out of her mouth was a full on chortle. Everyone looked at her, and she covered her mouth with her hand. "Is there something funny, Ms. Kang? Something you wanna share?"

She could only shake her head and muttered an apology before kicking her friend's shin who only snickered in return.

Then her eyes caught a pair of brown ones looking at her, clearly amused and at the same time curious. She lowered her head in shame but not before seeing her smile.

"What's her name again?"

"Who? Dolores Umbridge?"

"No, stupid. The transferee."

"Chikin? Don't look at me like that. That's the last I thought of when she was speaking."

"You're hopeless."

//

"I see you were laughing at me."

"W-what?"