『JenSoo Short Stories』

BP High #2: 1st Session

"Aww man, we can't hang out later!" whines Hwasa as she sees Jisoo packing up quickly for her tutoring session with that hoobae.

"After the session, maybe ice-cream at Joe's Parlour?" replies Jisoo, still keen on hanging out with her friends on a day when they do not have after school classes.

Nayeon teases and merongs, "don't take too long or we will eat without you!"

"Sure thing, bye."

With that she walks to the library with hurried steps, not wanting to be late. Surprisingly, she feels rather excited about the task. It is not her first-time teaching someone but with such an important task, she feels empowered to help improve the hoobae's grades, no matter how bad the hoobae is, academics wise or character wise.

She reaches the library, not expecting to see a certain someone given the other's reputation. Jennie was late when meeting the principal, so yea, it sums up everything. Since the younger looked as if she wasn't too keen on the tutoring arrangement earlier, Jennie is going to be terribly late for sure. Jisoo pulls out a chair and puts her bag down before going to her favourite aisle, the fiction novel section. She looks at the books that line up neatly. Though she has read all of the books from the section, it is still fun for her to pull out a book and recall the story and her analysis of the text. She really loves literature. She has already thought about majoring in literature, though her parents told her that an arts degree wouldn't be valuable. However, she believes in chasing after her passion.

"Kim Jisoo, where are you?" she hears a booming voice calling out her name and instantly recognises the voice. She looks at her watch. 20 minutes late. Not too bad. However, she sighs internally when she hears the librarian's loud hush.

"That brat... This is a library for a reason..." she thinks to herself but decides to keep her calm. She walks back to the tables and chairs to find the brat standing there, with arms folded in front of her.

"Yes, I am here, there is no need to call out my name," she whispers in a hushed tone and pulls the other to the table where her bag is. After both of them settle down on their seats, she tells the younger, "anyways, you are late."

-----

"Anyways, you are late."

Jennie wants to explain herself. Mr Kwon, her literature teacher made her stay back after class to write lines for not paying attention. Thank goodness it is just 50 lines of "I shall pay attention in all classes". As she opens , trying to explain her stance, she realises that she has never wanted to clarify herself so much until today. Everyone knows that she is always late for classes, so it wouldn't be weird for her to be late for this unusual tutoring session. However, seeing how the senior in front of her has expressed her disappointment in her, she feels really bad.

"I... forget it. I didn't want this whole thing in the first place," Jennie mumbles but it is loud enough for Jisoo to catch everything.

The older understands her. Nobody wanted this in the first place. They have been forced into it but since it has happened, all they can do is to get the best out of it. She leans forward and puts out her hand saying, "it's okay, let's just start over again. We are going to have this thing until you improve your grades so it will be better for us to get along. I am Kim Jisoo, from class 3L."

"Jennie Kim, class 2L."

"Cool. Anyways, any goals for college?" asks the older to break the ice.

The younger is still sulky that she has to study even after classes. She decides to make the conversation short and replies curtly, "I haven't thought that far."