in another life | yang jungwon ✔️

4.3 | preparations

the next few days, ayame was the same. she was happy and bright just like she had been for a few weeks.

but she was hiding how she truly felt and the truth of that night.

she didn't tell riki and she especially didn't tell jungwon. she didn't want to burden him anymore.

she didn't want to burden anyone.

and she wouldn't be a burden to anyone anymore.

ayame was sat on the bottom of the floor, placing tissue paper in three bags and placing tissue paper within 3 other boxes.

riki then knocked on her door, "ayame?"

"hold on!" ayame responded before shoving the bags and boxes under her bed and shoving the tissue under her bed. she stood up and sat on her bed afterwards, "come in"

riki then opened the door, "what took you so long?" he chuckled

"i was just changing" she responded, giving an excuse

riki nodded before asking a question, "can we go to the carnival on saturday?"

"that's..my birthday?" ayame spoke like a question and he nodded again

it was monday and her birthday was just in 5 days. 

"i wanted to do something for your birthday but i know you're busy so.. i wanted to ask before hand" riki explained

ayame thought about it, biting her lip. she then put on a smile and just nodded, "we can go"

"really??" riki's eyes lit up and ayame smiled again, reaffirming her answer, "yay! thank you!"

riki then left her room, closing the door.

ayame's smile faded and let out a big sigh. she ran a hand through her hair and was about to cry but she stopped herself

"you can't cry anymore..no more.."

she composed herself before getting off her bed and grabbing the bags and boxes out from under her bed and pulling them out.

she walked over to her desk and sat down. she grabbed out multiple pieces of paper that already had some things written on it. she took in a deep breath before grabbing a blank piece of paper and began writing

a lot

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the next day at school on tuesday ayame was spaced out the whole day. she was in her own little world and she was waiting for the bell to ring so she can leave school quickly and get things ready.

as soon as the bell rung, she shoved all her things in her bag and was going to leave but she needed to know a few more things.

she walked over to jungwon's desk, standing in front as he packed up his things

"hey jungwon" ayame spoke and he looked up, smiling

"what's up?" he responded, putting his final things in his bag

"do you by any chance know anything that jay, sunoo, and hyunjin would like?"

he raised an eyebrow, confused, "would like?"

"yah like..i don't know small gifts or something like that" she reasoned

"well jay likes clothes, hoodies in particular, and sunoo likes jewelry and gift cards. hyunjin she likes flowers and jewelry as well" jungwon spoke and ayame nodded, taking a mental note

"why though?"

"i just wanted to get them something small for being nice to me" she spoke

"you're so nice" he chuckled, "do you have a budget or something?"

"no budget" she responded, "i should get going though. talk to you later"

jungwon waved bye and then the girl left the classroom.

she has a multitude of things to do that day so immediately the first place she went too was her old job that she had quit already.

she entered the cafe and immediately her coworkers were annoyed as she walked in.

she walked to the counter and the guy there crossed his arms, "come back to work? buy something?"

"why would i want to support a bad management and people who abuse their coworker?" ayame scoffed but the guy in front of her didn't understand her since she spoke in japanese. she just shook her head and spoke in korean, "i just came to give back my uniform and keys" she placed the items on the desk

"are you going to finally kill yourself?" he asked, tilting his head

she chuckled, "none of your business" she then turned around and exited the cafe, "glad i never will return" she muttered to herself before going on to do her next thing

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ayame sat on the bus home with multiple bags from stores after she went to the mall to buy a few gifts for her friends.

the bus finally stopped at her stop and the girl got up from the seat and walked out of the bus.

she then walked a few more to get to her house. she reached her house and opened the door. she took off her shoes and went upstairs into her room.

she then closed her door and set the gifts down on the floor.

she sat down on the floor and began organizing the gifts. she grabbed a bag and took out a hoodie along with a silver ring. she put the hoodie into the bag before she got up and walked over to her desk with the ring.

she grabbed an envelope from her desk and a piece of paper that had writing on it. she folded the paper and put it in the envelope and put the ring in it as well. she put a tape on the envelope before walking back and put the envelope in the bag then put more tissue paper on top.

she placed the bag away before she proceeded to do the same process with all the bags and gifts.

ayame took about 15 minutes to finish the other gifts, leaving her with one more.

she grabbed the box that already had the gift in it. she then walked over to her desk and placed the box on her desk. she sat down on her seat before grabbing another piece of paper and an envelope. before she put the paper in, she read over the paper and sadly smiled at it, "thank you" she mumbled before folding it again and placing it in it's envelope. she then placed it in the box and covered the box with it's top

now her 6 gifts were done and now she just sat in her seat, thinking about the upcoming week.

she grabbed her planner from her backpack and began writing out her plans for that week.

she was too happy that week.

but no one suspected anything.

someone should've.

[a/n: future perfect grew on me. sunoo carries that song]