August. XX25
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"Oh Gosh."
Gin stunned. She looked on in disbelief when she found that there was water dripping constantly over her head as she walked just a few steps from the bus stop. For a moment she just stood there, frozen like a stone. She foolishly let the raindrops hit on the top of her head. Only after the rain eagerly poured onto the land, Gin finally woke up.
She ran as if trying to save her life.
Her clean white sneakers immediately become repulsive brown due to the splash of mud. Gin groaned to find that no matter how hard she tried to stay away from the puddles, her feet would still step on many of them. Not to mention some damned cars which did not care about some poor pedestrians like Gin were being too mean to splash water on Gin's body that had begun to get wet.
Gin didn't know who to swear at. But candidate number 1 has certainly belonged to an annoying woman who was currently the reason why Gin was forced to leave her soft comfortable bed on her precious holiday.
If it wasn't for her phone that wouldn't stop ringing deafeningly, followed by the roar that sounded like a witch old woman constantly echoed in her eardrum that could break her phone's speakers, and not to mention this witch old woman also threatened Gin saying that she swore to follow her butts constantly on campus for a whole month, Gin would never be willing to agree to that cursed woman's invitation.
The place she was about to go was actually not up to 5 minutes walk. But Gin still hadn't found it after looking around the place. Trying to walk further, finally, a restaurant's colorful banner entered Gin's retina. Gin did not hesitate to cut the line of the man that had placed his hand to the doorknob.
Kring.
After the door opened, the crowded atmosphere directly entered Gin's sight. She took a break to take a breath. She was also shivering because the cold was chilling her bones.
"Gin Sunbaenim?"
It was the voice of a young man called out from behind Gin. She looked back and found a junior looking at her with a hesitant look. Gin recognized that young man. She greeted him back with a smile, but it looked really ugly.
"Oh, Yujin-ah."
At first, Yujin wasn't sure if he greeted the right person. Not until Gin finally turned around to show her face, Yujin heaved a sigh of relief. Since it would be awkward if he called the wrong person.
Yujin also gave Gin a smile but the smile gradually faded away when he saw Gin almost drenched.
"Sunbae, are you okay?" asked Yujin worriedly.
Gin gritted her teeth. "I think I'm far from fine, Yujin-ah."
Yujin grimaced. With a pity look, he immediately led Gin to come in.
"Hyo In Sunbae must force you to come again, right?" asked Yujin with a thin sneer on his lips, trying to brighten the atmosphere.
Gin frowned. "Don't talk about that woman."
Yujin gulped a spit. He hurriedly shut his mouth, not brave enough to provoke Gin's anger. But thanks to that, the atmosphere turned awkward. Gin didn't have energy to care about this hoobae's feeling when she was still trying to calm herself down.
Yujin tried to dilute the atmosphere. "We're having a new welcoming party here. It started an hour ago. I'm late because there's something I have to do first," said Yujin with a small laugh.
Gin didn't give any reaction to Yujin's laughter. Even a sour face now appeared on her face.
"Tsk. It's a complete waste of time. Those hoobaes must have thought that I have nothing to do so had to go to another faculty major event," Gin grumbled in an increasingly bad mood.
Yujin could only laugh awkwardly, thinking that it was better not to say anything more. He gulped his saliva nervously when he felt an evil aura coming from Gin's body while he clumsily followed Gin's careless steps.
Meanwhile, the person who was the target of Gin's curse now looked so carefree while laughing. Her voice could even be heard from three meters away. Not to forget to wave her hand eagerly after seeing Gin getting closer.
"Ginu-ya, You're finally here! Come here quickly!"
"Do you think I'm deaf? This girl has no shame," grumbled Gin, reluctantly stepping towards the table filled with many new faces.
Yujin was next to her pretending not to hear anything. He walked directly in front of Hyo In and said hello.
"Hello, Hyo In Sunbae. Hello everyone."
Hyo In gave a wide smile and patted Yujin's chest. "Aw Yujin-ah, it would be better if you come early. Okay, sit next to us."
Hyo In's voice could be heard by everyone around here. Those who knew Gin and her emotions immediately greeted him.
" How are you, Gin Sunbaenim."
" Hello, Gin Sunbaenim."
"Yo~ Song Gin. What's up?"
" Over here Gin! Come sit with us. Get off of your ugly expression, it scares these hoobaes."
Gin just nodded to the junior who greeted her. To some of them who she was quite familiar with, she would be more generous by responding to it with a hum.
Different from the bright atmosphere of the seniors, the freshmen students didn't feel the same. Some of them glanced at each other. They really couldn't recognize the girl in black sportswear whose body had been partially wet. Moreover, the face she displayed was not friendly at all as if he was about to kill anyone she thought was disturbing to the eye. The freshmen students thought it was so rude but they couldn't do anything if their own seniors didn't mind it.
Intentionally or not, Hyo In completely ignored Gin's wry face. She carelessly pulled Gin's arm to sit her down. If Gin's reflexes weren't good enough, instead of sitting on a chair, her ass might have ended up kissing the floor.
"Lee. Hyo. in. It seems you are getting bolder," Gin said through her teeth.
The girl with the ponytail and glasses sitting in front of Gin smiled slightly as she handed Gin a full glass of beer.
"Stop releasing off that unpleasant aura. We're here for fun, Gin."
Gin took the beer glass but didn't answer. Precisely, she didn't want to talk at all. Not in a partially wet state and also surrounded by strangers. Not to mention she wasn't blind to notice that several pairs of eyes looked at her as they were seeing a gangster roaming around Gangnam.
Hyo In turned around after hearing Semi's words. "Semi-ah, there's no need to worry about it. If it weren't for my insistence, maybe for 24 hours she wouldn't have let his ass off the bed at all. Hmph. Thinking about it already makes my head hurt."
Semi raised her glasses in a cool manner. Her eyes were small while her pupils were dark black so her gaze always looked sharp when she was in a serious state. She nodded in agreement with Hyo In's perfunctory words.
"You're not completely wrong, Hyo In. Gin, you should be grateful for that."
"You're just a crazy woman," said Gin, looking at Semi sharply.
Semi shook her head. Either because she was concerned or really didn't care about Gin's fluctuating feelings, she wasn't offended at all by Gin's cursing. Semi took a sip of beer casually and continued to talk with Hyo In.
"By the way, didn't this year's batch choose their leader? Why haven't I seen the tip of his nose yet? Do they think this woman is just a display senior?"Hyo In said, putting on a ferocious expression as she added beer to her glass.
Yujin, who was sitting at the same table, suddenly responded to Hyo In's words with a smile. "I got the call on my way here before. He said that he had urgent business so he came late."
Hyo In was propping her chin with her hands which were nailed with pink color. She gave Yujin a mischievous smile.
"Is that true? Then Yujin-i is very reliable~"
"Still I feel bad for some things," added Semi with an answer that didn't match with her straight face.
While they had a nice chat, Gin felt like she was an alien on another alien planet. She had cursed several times in her heart since she was unable to vent her anger. Gin had actually frozen to death because of her wet clothes but no one took the initiative to help her at all. See? It was a completely wrong decision to come here.
Unable to take it any longer, Gin stood up so recklessly which made her chair squeak. It soon attracted the attention of those at a nearby table to stare at her. Gin was also frowning, which meant she was in a terribly bad mood. Several juniors felt their hairs stand on and their spines shiver.
"I'm off."
Instead of being surprised, Hyo In remained calm. This wasn't the first time Gin had acted rudely like that.
"You're just sitting here for over 10 minutes and your seat hasn't warmed up yet. Now you want to leave? Aigoo, that's rude, Ginu-ya. As a senior, you have to cheer up the juniors~"
"Stop talking shit, Hyo In. I am sick of it. You know that anything related to your faculty is none of my business. So don't involve me with these annoying things in the future."
Gin, in her annoying feeling, spoke in sarcasm. Every ridiculous word that came out of her mouth sounded extremely sour.
Those who were familiar with Gin's attitude did not comment. Meanwhile, the new students had a different opinion. They were furious with Gin's cynical words and intended to retaliate. But before they opened their mouths, their seniors glared fiercely which implied to shut up. The juniors immediately closed their mouths and could only swallow back their words that had been on the tip of their tongues.
Hyo In burst out laughing all of a sudden. So loud it made everyone on that floor stare at Gin's table.
Gin stood there, not moving like a statue. Her mind was blank as he looked at Hyo In who was laughing so hard in disbelief. Had this woman been poisoned by alcohol or had her nerves been cut off? Since Gin didn't find her spoken words funny at all.
Hyo In never dared to laugh at Gin. It was just when she saw her angry face plus her drenched state, messy hair, and pale lips like a corpse, it somehow looked very cute.
Just as Hyo In was about to speak, someone broke the gunpowder-filled atmosphere.
"Ooh. Did we miss something?"
Two tall men stood behind Gin, not knowing when. Hearing this, everyone woke up from their trance state. The freshmen seemed to get a shot (especially the girls), some of them immediately standing and talking at the same time so that it sounded so noisy.
The man who spoke before looked very charming. His skin was white and his face was attractive seeing it from all angles. The small smile that tugged on his lips brought a seductive hint that those who saw it were afraid if they had unknown heart disease because their hearts were pounding vigorously when they looked at the beauty.
Whereas another man standing beside him was also not bad. Even if not much expression appeared on his face, it wouldn't reduce his handsome points. In addition, do not forget the masculinity that radiates from his body.
The quiet man started to walk and stopped at the table where Hyo In was, greeting with the formal attitude of a junior to a senior. "Hello, Sunbae. I'm Gong Ju, this year's class president."
A few seconds later, the first man stood beside Gong Ju. Not as stiff as his next-door friend, he with a faint smile also introduced himself.
"I am Wang Jiyu. Nice to meet you."
"Since you guys are so attractive, we will forgive you for being late. But only for this time."
Hyo In was waving her hand, showing her generosity. Yet they wouldn't be stupid not to notice how her eyes glimmered with cunning intent.
The greetings section became lively but no one noticed Gin was still standing stiffly on her spot. Knowing that it wouldn't change anything if she kept staying here for just a second, Gin quickly left the place.
No one noticed when Gin disappeared.
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