JENSOO ONE SHOT COMPILATION (CONVERTED)

Of Train Stations and Coincidences

She's late.

Kim Jennie is late for her first class, which started thirty minutes ago.

Am I going to make it?

Rushing past the many train commuters, she makes her way to the ticket booth and purchases her train ticket. Panting heavily, she checks the schedules. The train going to her School Station left five minutes ago.

And the next train will arrive in ten minutes.

"...If it weren't for that 10-page essay for the English Lit class," she says irritably, plopping herself down on a nearby bench and setting her bag beside her.

She woke up five minutes before her 8am class, resulting to her mad rush to the train station earlier. She was up until 3am the night before to finish her essay, which was returned to her by her professor asking for its revision. And he's expecting it on his desk before 10am today. I can't even argue that I have other reports to finish.

Bringing out a copy of Korean History and Civilization from her bag, she opens it to her bookmarked page. Since I already missed my first class, might as well study for my next.

Just then, she hears a noise nearby. She looks up to see a girl apologizing for bumping into an older woman.

"S-Sorry, I didn't see you because of the stuff I was carrying"

"It's alright, dear. Just be careful next time."

The girl smiles and, once again, apologizes to the older woman who smiles in return. She then makes her way to the other bench, across where Jennie is, and sits down, depositing her things beside her. Her voice sounds nice, a bit husky, but, nonetheless nice. Jennie blushes, having realized what she was thinking.

The other girl pulls out a sketchpad from her things and starts flipping some pages. Looking closely, Jennie observes that the girl looks really stylish with her red collar blouse and black skirt. She takes note of the girl's hair. Dark-brown with a black ribbon tied to the both side. The girl looks up and their eyes meet.

Crap.

Jennie diverts her eyes.

"The train going to the next Station will arrive shortly. Passengers, please proceed to Platform 4A"

Hearing the announcement for the arrival of her train, Jennie gathers her things and gets up. She makes her way to the indicated platform and doesn't dare look back to the other girl, knowing that her red face will give way to her embarrassment.

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Mornings should not start this way.

Today is Saturday, which means that Jennie has an obligatory weekly meet-up with her two friends from high school.

We will arrive at the next Station in five minutes, is heard from the speakers.

Jennie is currently sitting near the door, preoccupied with a book. She has just finished her gym exercise for the day and is on her way to a nearby shopping district to meet her friends.

Looking up from the book she's reading, she watches as the train slowly comes to a halt. The door opens and the passengers exit the train car. She goes back to her reading.

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?"

Jennie didn't notice the train start moving, too absorbed with her book. She looks up.

Brown sparkling eyes

That is the first thing Jennie sees. The color of the girl's eyes. The same girl she saw last Monday. The girl who caught her staring.