"Minjun, get up." she barged into his room for the third time in the half past hour, her toothbrush still in her mouth.
The groggy boy flipped over in his bed again, snuggling up into the blanket.
"Five more minutes." he slurred.
Irritated at this point, she snatched the covers off of him, turning on his overhead lights.
"We're gonna be late, we have to leave in ten minutes." she hissed in annoyance, storming back into her restroom.
After she rinsed out the toothpaste from her mouth, she looked up in the mirror, examining her look.
Luckily, she had gotten a decent amount of sleep the night before, making her eyebags a lot less prominent. Her medium length black hair fell right above her chest where the warm denim jacket was clothed. She was snuggled up into warm layers, seeming that Seoul was a lot chillier than Jaegu. She also applied light makeup, hoping to make a good impression on her first day.
Hesitantly, she looked at the colored contacts sitting on her restroom counter, contemplating her next actions.
It's better than everyone questioning why your eyes are purple.
Quickly, she applied the lenses that were tinted a foxy shade of burnt orange, changing her whole appearance. Her eyes blinked harshly at first, but eventually adjusted to the discomfort.
"Minjun, we have to go!" she yelled as she ran downstairs with her bag, taking her keys off of the rack. Before putting on her shoes, she took the prescription tube from the medicine cabinet, popping one tablet into her mouth and dry swallowing it.
"Good luck on your first day, Minseo!" a female voice rang from the stove.
Awkwardly, she smiled back. "Thanks." she mumbled. Despite living with her stepmom since Minjun was born, she still felt awkward regardless of her kind efforts.
A tired boy came down the stairs in a large hoodie and sweats, not caring about his appearance.
"Did you even brush your teeth?" Minseo questioned, watching him lazily drag himself to the front door.
"Mouthwash and gum." he smirked, making her face scrunch up in disgust.
I hate teenage boys, she thought to herself.
Minseo started the car engine, googling where the nearest gas station to the school was. Minjun was dozed off in the front seat, hogging all of the heater from his sister.
Letting out a big yawn, she began on route, turning on her phone to play music on the aux.
"This dude is trash." Minjun grumbled, hearing the same discography she listened to over and over.
"Which one, there's thirteen." she chuckled, pulling into the gas station. As she parked, she turned off the car, making her little brother groan in discomfort.
"Go get something to for breakfast inside, make sure you get my-"
"Cold brewed mocha with a third of the cup filled with ice and a bagel with blueberry cream cheese spread, I know." he recited the order she had engraved into his mind, taking the cash from her hands.
She pressed the buttons on the machine, inserting the gas pump into her vehicle.
Leaning onto her car, she unlocked her phone hoping to see any messages.
A disappointed sigh left her lips as she clicked onto the conversation, beginning to type.
seongbin <3
Today, 12:46 a.m.
hey i woke up from a nightmare :(
Seen 7:01 a.m.
Today, 7:10 a.m.
good morninggg it's my first day
have a great day at school bby
"I can't believe he left me on read this morning." she muttered under her breath.
After the machine indicated that her tank was full, she grabbed her wallet out of her backpack, fumbling with the zipper. The card from one of the compartments fell out into the lane on the other side of the machine, making her eyes widen.
"Shit!" she hissed, running over to get it.
As she reached down to grab it, the sight of gleaming headlights stopped in front of her, making her flinch at the anticipated impact.
"Watch where you're going!" an annoyed voice yelled from the window, honking the horn to startle her.
Once again, she flinched, standing up to walk to her car. "You didn't have to honk the horn." she spat back, stomping over to the other side of the machine.
The boy parked his car, turning off the engine to get gas himself.
"Maybe if you didn't get in my way, we wouldn't have a problem." he spoke back, inserting the pump into his car.
Minseo looked over to his side of the gas pump, locking eyes with his rustic marmalade orbs. "Do you always have an attitude this early in the morning?" she hissed, losing her patience quickly.
The boy pressed his tongue to the side of his cheek, staring down her figure.
"Do you always get on random stranger's nerves?"
He looked up and down at her appearance, intrigued by her more street sense of fashion. His eyes landed on her burnt orange ones, indicating one thing.
"You're a fire shifter? Are you in high school?" he questioned, seeing that they were around the same age, yet he never saw her around.
Feeling nervousness build up in her system, she turned away, opening the door to her car again. "Mind your own business." she mumbled back, shutting it close.
"I wasn't even trying to be mean..." he said to himself, shaking his head at her sudden rudeness.
Minjun came out of the gas station with her requests, hopping back into the front seat.
"They didn't have blueberry cream cheese spread, so I put strawberry." he handed over the brown bag to his sister, making a frustrated look plaster on her face.
"Minjun, I'm allergic to strawberry." she seethed between her teeth, making his mouth fall into an 'o' shape.
"Right..." he scratched the back of his head, opening the can of his energy drink. Minseo sighed deeply as she put the car in drive, accepting that she'd have to starve until lunch.
The boy on the other side of the gas pump caught sight of the boy who just entered her car, making him raise an eyebrow in curiosity. He saw the yellow letters boldly imprinted on his navy blue hoodie, spelling out the name of a school.
JAEGU HIGH BASKETBALL
"Jaegu?" he read to himself, recalling the name of the city outside of Seoul.
"Hyuck, we're gonna be late." Chenle yelled from the passenger's seat. Donghyuck watched as her car exited the parking lot, going into the direction of their high school.
Snapping out of his thoughts, he paid for the full tank, hopping back into the front seat.
"Have you ever seen that girl?" he asked, heading back onto the road.
Chenle tilted his head in confusion. "The one you almost ran over? Never." he shrugged.
"I didn't almost run over her, she got in my way." Hyuck remarked, turning into the school.
"Jaegu isn't in the Republic, right? Isn't that where non shifters live?" he leaned his head on his hand against the window, furrowing his eyes in confusion.
"Hyuck, it doesn't take a genius to know basic geography."
Shooting an annoyed glance towards him, he parked his car next to Jeno and Hyerin's, turning off the engine.
What's a non shifter doing in the Republic?
Wait, no. Her eyes were orange- why was a fire shifter going to school in Jaegu?
two — gas stations
first interaction already :o
lol short & pretty boring chapter
my books rlly b like: enemies to lovers ❤️