Karma ━━ Jake Sim

𝟭𝟲 ͏͏͏͏͏͏ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ ͏͏͏͏͏͏⠀Zing!

"Ah, I've got Music in the East Wing." Jay frowns, tipping his head in the direction of the classroom, "It's the one class I actually like, so I probably shouldn't be late."

Sujin nods, "I'll see you around, then."

"Yeah," He beams, "Take care!"

"Bye!"

Jay disappears down the corridor, and Sujin makes her way up the flight of stairs.

As she emerges on the second floor - huffing and puffing from all the steps, mind you - the girl catches wind of a distinctive pair of voices echoing through the halls.

"Dude, the Headmistress' been on my ass all week... I don't know how much more of it I can take."

"'S why you don't go around dating her daughter, dumbass."

"We're not-"

"- Dating. Yeah, yeah, I know. Still, though - whatever you wanna call it, you guys have been on quite a few dates."

"Only two!"

"My point exactly! And another one, what, next week?"

"... Tomorrow."

"Sim Jaeyun, you rascal!"

"Shut up, Sunghoon."

Sujin rolls her eyes.

"Besides... Ugh - I don't know... I don't really think it's going anywhere, to be honest."

"Go on..."

"Don't get me wrong, she's a great person-"

"Debatable."

"She is! Most of the time, at least. But there's just something... missing. I don't know how to describe it."

"Do you know what that 'something' is?"

"Nope. I think it's just one of those things where I'll only know it when I feel it, y'know?"

"That's deep, man. I get it though, sometimes you just need the right person to- Oh!"

Rounding the corner at a hurried pace, the two boys almost collide with Sujin as she reaches the door of the lab at the same time.

"Jesus, you almost gave me a heart attack!" Sunghoon clutches at his chest dramatically, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm in your class, genius." Sujin drawls, fighting the urge to drop her face into the palm of her hand.

"Ah... true." Sunghoon chuckles to himself, "My bad."

Sujin lets out an exasperated sigh as she watches the boy pry the door open to walk inside. And she's about to follow right behind him, but not before she feels a soft grip on her wrist that keeps her rooted in place.

"Not so fast."

Sujin groans.

She's managed to successfully avoid the other boy's persistent nagging for the past couple of days, but she should've known better than to think he'd just let her off the hook. That guy always has something to say, apparently.

"What now, Sim?"

Jake purses his lips, ignoring her harsh glare and irritated tone.

"You're out of uniform." He states simply.

"Huh? No I'm n-" Sujin glances down at her attire, words dissipating as soon as she catches out the missing piece, "Fuck!"

Of course it's the tie. In her rush to get ready, the girl barely even had the time to think about putting it on. And God knows it would've added a good twenty minutes to her routine - a good twenty minutes she most definitely did not have the luxury of this morning.