~ Together by a String ~ (Jiyoo)

~28~

"You girls finally showed up. I almost thought you two bailed out."

"Don't even start. Siyeon forgot it was finals day and she almost overslept!"

"Pretty typical of her.. Did you two study?"

"You serious? If course we did! It was mostly me forcing her, but I'm sure we'll pass, right Singnie?"

Siyeon didn't say anything, but nod as an answer because she was still crazily panting and taking deep breaths every few seconds.

Chaewon showed up with a greeting smile on her face, but didn't stick with us for long because she had to do her test in the school opposite of us. It was unfortunate she was the only one to be moved to another school to do the test, but we promised to meet up outside the moment we were done.

Handong and Dami soon popped up from the corner and greeted us, the two seeming calmer than expected. Handong walked up to me with a rather confident look on her face.

"You don't seem worried at all."

"I studied for a week straight so without any doubts, I'm sure it'll be easy for me. Not sure about Yubs though, she was mostly whining and asking for kisses."

"She can hear you, y'know?"

"I hope she heard that.. Anyway, where's Yooh?"

"Oh, she's-"

Right then, the bathroom door got opened up by Yoohyeon, who was as confident as Handong and Dami, maybe even more.

"She's here."

"Oh, everyone arrived? Great- Wait Jiu, how much time do we have left?"

"Like 10 minutes. You ready?"

"You bet I am!"

Yoohyeon jumped in my arms and hugged my waist, leaning her head on my shoulder. I wasn't going to lie, I was very nervous. I wasn't exactly the smartest student and probably wasn't going to pass, but something inside me had faith that maybe I was not as bad as I perceived myself as.

"Alright students, gather up and go in your designated classrooms. Good luck!"

A teacher called out and we all wished good luck to eachother. I was heading towards my classroom, but got pulled back by my wrist by Yoohyeon.

I looked at her with a confused pout but she smiled and cuped my cheeks and caressed them before kissing me.

"I believe you'll do good Jiu. Don't lose motivation."

"There's no way I'll fail now that I got blessed by you."

"Let's wait for eachother outside when we're done, hm?"

"Got it. Good luck baby- and I love you."

"I love you too, good luck!"

Yoohyeon pecked my lips one last time and ran to her designated classroom that was a floor above mine. I inhaled a deep breath and exhaled all the bad thoughts away and only focused on getting a passing mark. It's my only chance to prove myself better.