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They all stopped when they saw Iseul. "Iseul!" Felix called her and she turned to him. She saw some unfamiliar faces and bowed to them. "Some people have come to meet you!" He cheered excitedly and Iseul walked in the room. She saw two familiar faces whom she saw during the cafeteria and then a completely new face.

"Hello! I'm Lee Iseul." She introduced herself. "Hey Iseul! Remember me?" A boy who was short and buff asked her. She remembered he was the one who called her with her brother's phone. 'Okay, size like a gnome, is buff and very loud. Obviously none other than my favorite among them.' "Changbin Oppa?" She asked and he jumped from excitement. "See! She remembers me! You guys said that she must've forgotten about me because I'm small."

"You remember me?" The girl asked her. 'Okay, the only girl in the group circle was Eunji and her bestie, Aera.' "Aera?" She smiled too. 'But seriously, why are they all asking me about their names as if they are some annoying relatives.' "Noona, do you remember me?" The boy, who seemed the youngest among them asked. 'Obviously it's Jeongin. Only he would call me Noona.' "Jeongin." He nodded too.

The group went home after dinner and Iseul was now in her room. She arranged everything in her room and tried to sleep but many thoughts were running inside her mind. "Weren't they eight? Did they kick the last one out or something?" She found herself wondering. "Whatever, it's not my problem." She went to sleep right after.

"Iseul." Hyunjin looked at the painting he made smiling satisfied. He made a beautiful painting of a girl sitting at the lake where they used to often meet. Almost every day, until he has to ruin it. Hyunjin gulped, guilt was eating him when he remembered that Minho himself invited him over for dinner, a perfect chance for him to meet her. But he himself didn't think that he was ready to face her yet.

He remembers Minho's words from the party, that was a blur in his mind. "If the universe wants the both of you to be together, you will meet again." He sat straight. "What if the universe wants us to be together?" He mumbled to himself. "But wouldn't she hate me, now?" He looked down at his pet dog, Kkami asking him the question. "I better find her tomorrow." He said determined to find her and went to sleep.

Next day came and the students were going into their classes, some were in the halls, and some were wandering around. Hyunjin walked to his locker and was putting some books inside and putting some books in his bag. "Have you seen those three friends that came in the cafeteria yesterday? I've heard that they were troublemakers of their school." He heard one of the girls say. He slowed down his pace, finding the conversation quite interesting.

"God, the two boys literally gave bad boy vibes." Another one giggled. Hyunjin rolled his eyes, he recalled the incident he had last night with one of them. "No, they might look like bad boys, but they are top students." He heard another one say. He felt two arms wrapped around him and instantly knew who it was. "Hey Ara." He mumbled. "Hey!" She smiled cutely. Hyunjin felt like gagging at that.

"Ready for the class?" She asked him and he nodded and flung his bag on one of his shoulders. They walked down the hallway and saw many students whispering while looking at them. "Guess what, we've become the center of attention for now." She giggled. "Since morning I was only hearing about those three who came in the cafeteria. Like I don't they are attractive."

Hyunjin glanced at her, here is she at the regular rant when she is deprived off some attention. "I mean she looks okay. Why drool over her, she is not at all that attractive. The boys looked good, but she didn't match their energy. She was tall like a boy. Nothing seems special to me. Since the moment she walked in, every single boy had their gazes on her. You didn't like her, right?" She asked him while pouting and showing puppy eyes.

"No, why would I? I didn't even look at her. I was looking at you all the time." Hyunjin said with a smile that would melt the heart of girls, although not every. "Aww, you're so cute." She hid her face in his arms, trying to hug him, but not realizing that she was basically suffocating him. "Ah- ah, Ara! I have class, we have class!" He called out and dragged her to the classroom. While going in, he saw the girl from the other day, approaching the same hall.

He went inside and then sat down with Ara attached to her side. He sat at the second last seat because the last seat seemed to be occupied by the two brothers whom he saw and encountered last night. He wanted to sit somewhere far but sat in front of them as the only place left was the front two seats of all the rows. He wanted to sit on the window side, but Ara ran and sat there instead. He literally felt like throwing her little figure out of that big ass window. But he suppressed his urge and sat down.

The girl, whom he spotted, entered the hall as well not long after him. The room again went silent. Boys, watching her with admiration and girls with admiration and jealousy both. She walked past Hyunjin and he felt like a creep when he tried to sniff her perfume, which smelt like heaven. He restrains the urge to go and sniff and focused on the front. The students were talking among themselves since neither the bell rang nor the professor came.

A boy suddenly walked up to her. Hyunjin saw him and his seatmate also was eyeing him along with the whole class. "Uhm, Hi! My name's Seojun, by the way. What's yours?" 'Smooth.' Hyunjin thought. "Why?" She asked. "Uh, I was thinking that maybe we could become friends? You look friendly." He smiled at her and she scoffed. "Do I look friendly?" She raised an eyebrow at him.

The boy was sweating. He gulped and nodded slowly. "You sure?" She again asked with a serious look. The boy they sprinted away from there and her other two friends bursted out laughing along with some other students. "Seul-ah, be nice and kind to him. It's not Mulchong (🤭) high, where everyone knows how you are." Someone said from the other side of the class and the other who were laughing also nodded agreeing to them.

Many students in the class were dumbfounded by this sudden incident. "Everyone, don't worry, these three are no harm to anyone." Another boy said. "And how can you assure us?" A girl asked. "We went to the same high school. Mulchong High." Hyunjin's eyes widened. That was the same school where Iseul got the admission to. It was a top school and had hostels as well. It was hard to get admission there and entrance exams are held for admission. But once you get in, your life is set.

Unfortunately, they don't have a university facility but if you were a student there, you can easily get enrolled in any top universities even abroad because of its reputation.

Before Hyunjin can turn and ask her whether she knows Iseul or not, the professor walked in, and the lecture started. When the class ended, she and her two friends sprinted out of the room. He was packing his belongings, but his ears perked up at some students scurrying to those students who studied in Mulchong high. "Hey, what's her name? She's so beautiful." He heard a boy say and scoffed but stopped dead in his tracks when he heard her name.

"Lee Iseul."

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