extraordinary disaster || baek kyung

4. pretty

"His role is even smaller than yours. Will he be able to change your fate?" Jinmichae attempts to dissuade Dan Oh's desire to change the story. Meanwhile, Lila hoovers up the leftover snacks from lunchtime, choosing to stay silent. 

She knows Jinmichae is lying through his teeth and wants no part of it. Whilst the chef and the extra continue their debate, Lila clambers onto the table in the corner and attempts to climb onto the floating chair.

Lee Dohwa bursts into the kitchen with a desperate look on his face. Lila almost falls from the shock. He freezes at the sight of her gripping the floating chair leg then collapses on the floor. Lila's eyes dart between the object and her startled friend. 

Her brows shoot to her hairline. "You can see that?" 

He frantically nods.

"Ah, this is not good." Lila sighs and hops off the table and makes her way to the others squabbling around the counter. "We've got another member of the awareness club, Jinmi." 

"Eun Dan Oh!" Dohwa exclaims, scrambling to his feet. He pouts at the extra. "Why is this place so hard to get to?"

Jinmichae chuckles menacingly. "Things are happening exceptionally fast in this world. Two characters already."

Lila nods in agreement, walking around the table so she can scrutinise Dan Oh and Dohwa from beside the disgruntled chef.

"Tell me about it." She muses. "There's a guaranteed shit storm incoming."

Dohwa breaks away from whatever Dan Oh is telling him to stare at the chef and his childhood friend. 

"They have egos too?" Dohwa gasps. "Lila does? Since when?"

"For ages. You're the same as stage you, Dohwa." She drawls, a little overwhelmed by his melodramatics. 

"Stage me?" Dohwa blinks.

Dan Oh sighs, throwing Secret on the table. "Read this."

Lila exchanges a hopeless shake of the head with Jinmichae.

This world is royally fucked and the story's barely started.

Hijack!

Lila blinks.

"Are you going to actually help?"

She side eyes Baek Kyung.

"Says the guy fixated on his phone, contributing zero." She retorts, haphazardly dumping a blue chemical into the glass tank. It wafts in his preoccupied face.

Kyung glares at her. Namjoo laughs. 

"Stop fighting." The main character lightly scolds them. 

Then for no reason at all, Namjoo stands up, causing a passing Dan Oh to accidentally knock his phone to the floor.

"Pick it up." Namjoo barks.

"Pick it up yourself." Juda stops Dan Oh from obeying him.

"Well, shit." Lila whistles lowly. Even Baek Kyung looks up from his beloved device.

"You should get off your high horse." Namjoo scoffs.

"It's you who should!" Juda oh so creatively counters. Everyone in the class begins to heckle sans the main leads. The two supporting leads exchange an unimpressed look.

"Everyone's so easily excited in this story." Lila chuckles.

Baek Kyung raises an eyebrow. "Story?"