story extra; park jisung

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"Jisung I'm so stressed—" Taesa said in worry, "I- I don't know what to do, I'm so overwhelmed."

Jisung in response had rubbed her back, attempting to calm down Taesa despite the fact he had cried his eyes out the night before.

"Take your time Taesa," Jisung started to say, "Why are you so stressed?"

"First of all, I have this dumb project to do in biology— I don't even understand what's going on," She exclaimed, "I have so much work to do, so I thought I'd rely on my partner a little and ask her what's going on."

"Mhm, continue," Jisung said, making eye contact with Taesa.

"And then— it turns out— she doesn't know what she's doing either! Can you believe that? I got paired up with apparently one of the most smartest people in my class— and she apparently doesn't know anything. I— I knew more than her!" She said, with her eyes widening and hands in her hair. "How am I supposed to even complete this project?!"

"Oh, well, who's your partner?" Jisung said, in curiosity.

"I think her name is Mi- Mira? Yun Mira? I'm not sure."

Jisung's facial expression stayed the same; the idea of him and her knowing each other seemed to be erased from his mind.

"Do you know her?" Taesa asked. "She honestly seems like she has a bit of an attitude, and I don't know if I can work with someone like that."

"What do you mean?" He asked, completely avoiding her question.

"I mean— I talked to her and she seemed sweet and all but I feel like she's the type of person to talk about someone behind their back, you know what I mean?"

"I don't think you should be judging her so quickly," He quickly responded. "Oh, do you know her? I've never seen you two together. You're always hanging out with me or with your other guy friends."

Jisung paused for a moment before saying, "No. I don't know her."

And that moment in the library was when I finally realized that I no longer knew him either.