She walks into the university not surprised with the little amount of interlocutors in the university. Trying to find her way to the deans office, she gets lost but was immediately sited by a student of the university. She comes running towards Lia and taps her shoulder to get her attention, Lia turns back surprised to see a girl very little In height with her back pack on one shoulder, wearing blue jeans and a white Hoodie with black Adidas trainers. She has short brown hair, light brown eyes, her lips were medium sized, her radiant skin, her lashes were short and almost unseen, her cheeks, red. She waves excitedly at Lia while smiling. Lia smiles back and says,
"hey"
Holding the strap of her bag, she replies,
"Hi, I'm Wang lin. I'm assigned to lead freshmen to the deans office and so here I am"
The strong accent in Lin's voice hitting Lia's ears first, Lia nods.
"yeah, I am actually lost"
Lia says.
"well then, this way"
Lin replies, pointing to an opposite direction from where Lia was initially facing. Lin grabs Lia's hand and leads her to the stairs.
"So, what year are you in?"
Lia asks halfway up the stairs
"I'm in my third year"
Lin replies as the walk up the flight of stairs.
"okay, that's nice, what's your course? "
Lia asks
"Microbiology"
Lin replies while giving way for someone. Lia nods and remains quiet.
"how long have you been here in Korea?"
Lin asks as she moves behind Lia, giving way for yet another person.
"I just moved here yesterday.....from America"
Lia says, smiling. Lin beams and hooks her hand on Lia's clinging to her.
"that's so cool, I always wanted to see America"
Lin says with a huge smile on her face.
"whoa..calm down, if you smile that wide you're gonna break your cheek bones"
Lia says, chuckling and Lin joins in.
"Well...since you're here, I'm gonna show you around Korea, this place has beautiful sites,and trees, and amusement parks, and food.... "
Lin rambles on till they reach the top of the stairs.
"okay okay, I think I get it "
Lia says in a joking tone, cutting her off as they walk down the hallway
"oh sorry, I'm talking too much aren't I? It's just that in so excited to show you around, it's gonna get so fun"
Lin says excitedly.
"okay calm down"
Lia says, smiling.
"Give me your phone, I'll type my number in"
Lia says, sticking out her hand towards Lin. Lin hands her her phone and she types her number in before returning it.
"okay, now you can call and text me whenever you like, and when you're ready for our little your around the city, just call me up"
Lia says smiling.
Seconds later, they arrive at a brown polished wooden door with a sign on it with both Korean and English language on it. Lia mentally reads the words,
"Dean's office"
"well this is it"
Lin says, pointing to the wooden door,
"bye, I've got class, don't wanna be late"
Lin says, walking away whilst waving at Lia. While waving back, Lia sighs. She turns back to the door, her heart beating faster as she feels anxiety reeling in.
"being anxious is not an exception now, breathe baby breathe"
She says to her self, trying to calm her nerves.
Her hand trembling as she raises it to knock on the door.
*knock knock*
A male's voice yells out from behind the door
"come in"
She exhales and twists the door knob walking in.
She walks in slowly, her eyes glued to the wooden floor.
"ahhh Miss Grey, take a seat"
A deep accented voice echos across the room. Lia snaps her head up to its source. Her gaze is met with the gaze of an elderly man in a black suit, sitting behind a wooden desk with a welcoming smile on his face.
She walks over and takes a seat on a rolling chair before his desk. Placing her bag on her lap, she squeezes its straps nervously.
"I'm Mr Jang Han Seo but you can call me Mr Han"
He says, keeping a professional tone.
"Now as you know, our establishment...."
Their conversation continues on a few minutes.
"thank you Mr Han "
Lia says, smiling
"you're welcome, how will you find your way?"
Mr Han asks
"I'll ask for directions"
Lia says, receiving a quick nod from Mr Han before she closes the door and in a breath, she walks down the hallway towards the stairs.
She came out of the restroom then her and lin started heading back to the class, as they took the left corner, Lia suddenly stopped dead on her tracks upon a sight which she knew would give her nightmares as she saw her boyfriend, James making out with a girl which she had never seen in her life but knew she would hate till the end. She was heartbroken, tears rolled down her eyes as she took two slow steps back, she could feel her heart pounding In her head as she felt the shiver in her bones. She felt as though her heart fell out oh her body and shattered into pieces . She didn't know what to do but run, she ran as fast as she possibly could leaving lin dumbfounded in the hallway.
Lin then calls out Lia's name but Lia didn't bother looking back, she ran far not caring where she was headed.
She slowed down as she could run no more, she bent down in the hallway and dipped her head in between her arms as she folded them across her knees crying with the memory of what just happened playing endlessly in her mind.
After a few moments of sobbing, she heard the sound of a door open, she slowly raised her head as someone wearing a black coat walks right past her. She realizes where she is and stands up, she wipes the tears off her face while sniffing and says to her self
"wow, first day and I'm already crying, how typical. I'm not meant to cry for him, it's pathetic"
Managing to give her self a pick up speech, she heard someone call out her name and turns to the direction. She sees lin running towards her and halts when in front of her.
Lin asks Lia what happened but instead of Lia saying the truth she instead says
"I forgot something in the toilet so I ran to get it"
Lin then raises an eyebrow in confusion and says
"but this is the males toilet, it's quite far from the female's "
Lia then looks around and says
"I got lost on the way "
Lin nodds and they make their way back to the class.
"phew, the counselor or advisory guy isn't in yet"
She sighs in relief as she looks into the class. Lin giggles and says
"really, you don't know what his title is? "
Lia smiles and says
"the dean told me he would come but I guess he forgot to tell me the title"
Lia waves lin off as she heads into the class and her smile fades almost immediately. She makes her way to the back of the class. She looks around as she sights an empty seat and rushes to it not noticing the person sitting alone in it because she sees a man in a brown suit walking in.
"Atleast get your foot of mine"
She quickly turns her head left to identify the deep unknown voice she heard from her right.