opposites attract | gotpink [new version]

. unexpected events .

Chaos makes the muse.

The four words hit Jisoo's current situation with accuracy. Haunting her down sounded brutal, yet it made sense after the devil's outburst she prepared herself for the worst-case scenarios: Ganging up on her, beating her in a dark alley, or burning her in a locked room.

Jinyoung, on the other hand, played smart. They were playing chess, pulling teen pranks here and there. He was pulling his strings, getting on her nerves. Jinyoung started by playing his cards to have her assigned partners, leaving her on read.

She said her thanks for passing him the wrong project requirements. He wouldn't hide a smile after pushing her arm while writing, ruining her organized notes and she wouldn't fake it either, aiming the basketball at his head. The lectures turned into wars between them being neck to neck trying to win first place in their stupid game.

Jisoo should have felt relieved that Jinyoung didn't turn out to be a Mafia boss who would kidnap her, but the game was getting harder to play every day. She wanted peace and he had her engaged in warfare.

"Jinyoung Park and Jisoo Kim."

Jisoo shook her head in disbelief. The professor's announcement of them as lab partners for the rest of the semester made her curse under her breath.

He sighed, feeling the warmth of his figure next to her. "Today is my lucky day." His whisper made her scoff.

"Mine is a nightmare, be careful not to burn us down," With a sarcastic comment, she reached out to the testing jar.

"Aww! Are you worried about me, princess?" Jinyoung gave her a wink, quickly grabbing a droplet of hers within his grasp.

"I'm nobody's princess. All I care about is my marks, so play fair and do your job."

"I don't play fair; I don't mind failing if you will go down with me."

Jisoo was 100% sure that his words were lies that were sneaking to fuel her up, and she could see his wicked smile getting wilder, catching her annoyed expression. The ticking time wasn't on her side to respond, so she chose silence, focusing on what she was supposed to do.

"Even your silence is pretty like you. It sucks to be your rival when I can be your lover." She felt his chest as he bent in front of her to grab another reagent. He was close enough for her instinct to make her elbow rest against his stomach, but not so close that it seemed like a romantic scene from a movie.

"Feisty, aren't we?"He masked his pain, and when he stepped back to work after his earlier statement, she sighed in relief. The minutes of working in silence felt like heaven, lasting short.

"Hey! Watch out!!" Jisoo's loud outcry snapped Jinyoung out of his trance as she pushed his burnt hand off the Bunsen burner. The test tubes suddenly dropped to the ground, making everyone in the lab gasp in shock.

"Get out and meet me in the office!" Their chemistry professor flared up in anger, jabbing his finger toward the door. Jisoo. Jisoo couldn't process his professor's request as she led Jinyoung to the sink. Her hands instinctively turned on the tap to run cold water over his reddened ones.

"Didn't you hear me?" The professor's voice got louder. Jisoo took a glance at her silent partner before replying on their behalf.

"We are very sorry, sir. We will wait for you in the office right after visiting the infirmary. His hand needs to get cured.".