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ii. MONDAY BLUES ❛ ... i say we ditch. ❜
MINKYUNG feels a wide range of emotions as she stares up at the unfamiliar campus, ignoring all the weird looks she receives that increase tenfold with every step she takes. The closest to the campus she's ever been is the front gate, every time she had to wait for her brothers to finish school, but never once has she stepped foot on the premises. The boys at Gangnam Institute are their sworn enemies, for reasons that Minkyung does not yet know, but she assumes there's a good reason for it, and doesn't bother to question it.
She fiddles with the hem of her uniform instead, avoiding eye contact with everyone. Minhyung's already disappeared off to his little group of friends, and even Daehwi, sweet little Daehwi, is gone, leaving Minkyung to face this unfamiliar school by herself. Several boys stop to look at her, whispering softly, and Minkyung assumes that word about this ridiculous trial has already spread across town. Her Gangnam Academy uniform leaves very few other options for what she could possibly doing on the front steps of the district's all boys school.
There are no new text messages on Minkyung's phone, her lock screen void of any new notifications from Yeji, who said she'd be there five minutes ago and has yet to turn up. The more Minkyung is left to stand by herself the more anxious she becomes, because her uniform stands out like a sore thumb, and she seems to be the only school aged female in the vicinity, despite the fact that classes are supposed to start in under half an hour, and there should be eight of her classmates suffering here with her.
How is it that she's the first one to arrive, when Minhyung spent at least ten minutes looking for one of his shoes this morning, and they left the house at least ten minutes later than they usually do on weekday mornings? I mean, sure, the travel time is almost halved, because they're all being dropped off at one school instead of two, but Minkyung is distressed and she misses the familiarity of the Gangnam Academy, where everyone wears the same uniform as her, and she can place a name to almost every face.
"I'm here!" comes a familiar female voice as a body comes skidding to a stop beside Minkyung, and she lets out a breath of relief at her best friend's appearance. Any situation is always less overwhelming when Minkyung and Yeji (and sometimes Minhyung) are together.
Yeji looks out of breath, if her pink cheeks are anything to go by, clearly having run across the carpark to get to Minkyung. She's definitely not late by any standards – the first bell isn't supposed to ring for another twenty minutes – but Yeji was raised by parents that always stressed the importance of being on time, and she had to drag her older brother out of bed that morning just so that he would drive her to the Gangnam Institute. She already feels slightly out of place, because she doesn't know the building the same way she knows her own school.
Yeji smiles sheepishly. "Where's everyone else?" she questions, sparing a quick glance around.
Minkyung shrugs. "I don't know. But Minhyung and Daehwi ditched me as soon as we got out of the car, and the longer we stand here, the more I consider we just ditch."
