The Reason? - Yoon Jeonghan

Chapter 34

Ophely was one of the first to arrive in her classroom, maybe it was the fact that she had so much more to learn than the other students, but she preferred being early wherever she went. She took out her belongings, ready to start the day by going over some of the words and notions they would be talking about that day in her lessons. She was never too prepared.

"Ophely!" A new voice cut her off from her studying. She looked up from her jotters to see a bubbly girl coming her way, her school bag already discarded on her desk two rows in front. The French girl smiled as she saw her friend coming her way.

Inyoung was the only girl Ophely felt comfortable talking to. She was open and didn't judge others much, she particularly didn't care about certain facts and that was why Ophely enjoyed her presence. She wouldn't judge her for her faults nor the fact that she was different. It was peaceful to spend time with her.

And during the past few months at school, nearly two, Ophely was glad to stand beside her as she blabbered on about her favourite kpop band and favourite comebacks of the week. That Friday was no different than any other. She had heard from the previous weeks all about the newly debuted group Noir, as well as a full rant on BTS' japanese album, and UNB's debut, a group that had come from 'The UniT', Ophely still wasn't sure what it was. And then she had heard all about Vixx's new album. And now she was hyper about Gfriend's upcoming album release. Ophely couldn't really integrate all of that information, but she still listened to Inyoung as she expressed all of her happiness through her love of Idols.

But as she came closer to her, Ophely could see the dark circles under her eyes and heavy footsteps. However she still acted full of energy.

She dropped her bag on her desk and went to sit down in front of her friend, who had made a bit of space on her desk for the girl to lay down, like she had done multiple times in the past.

"I just thought about it, but do you listen to any kpop?" Inyoung asked, burying her tired face in her arms on her friend's desk. "I stayed up way too late watching the comeback shows..." She muttered out, her voice muffled by the fabric of her uniform jumper.

"I don't listen to it much, but I know Seventeen." Ophely answered ruffling Inyoung's hair. "Do you?"

"I'm such a Carat, I love them so much." Inyoung sat up and looked at her friend in front of her. "We have fifteen minutes before the teacher arrives, please tell me who's your bias."

"What's a bias?" She wasn't used to the terms her friend used, just like Flora back in France. She was also a fan of kpop and would just use all of those terms in front of her. She didn't understand them much. "My fave?" She asked, Inyoung nodded in response. Ophely could only shrug her shoulders to her friend, how was she supposed to choose a favourite? It was like asking someone to say her favourite friend. It always depended on what it was about.

Each friend had something she treasured, she couldn't just choose a bias.

"Mine is S.Coups. Like," Ophely laughed at her friend's face as she said it, eyes looking at the sky with an easy smile. "He is just so proud of the boys and also he strong and tall, his smile is adorable."

"True. Though he scares me a little." It wasn't really a lie, Ophely might have had the least conversations with him than with the rest of Seventeen. He preferred keeping his distance and watching her with what seemed to be slight disdain.

"Nah, just a tough-guy act in my opinion. Someone has to protect that mess of a family." She couldn't help but laugh at that, holding her hand in front of her face as she couldn't hold in her wide smile and glistening eyes. Inyoung wouldn't hold in her chuckle either, making fun of her own statement. "He's a bit caricatural in front of the cameras in my opinion, that's what I meant."