Familiar

"Seo-yeon Lee! Where are you?! Seo-yeon! Please, answer me!", I turned around to follow the sound only to find darkness surrounding me from everywhere. "Where am I? Who is calling me? Why is this place so scary and dark?", I murmured to myself. " Seo-yeon Lee!", I heard the same deep voice."Why can't I move my body? I'm scared. Wait a minute, this sound, it sounds familiar. Very much familiar. Is it that boy named Ryung Gwan's voice?", I inquired as I tried my best to follow the sound.

"Ahh!", I shouted as I fell from my bed. "Ouch.. huh? Where am I?", I inquired as I was scanning my room. "Ah right, I'm in my room. The same dream again. Wait a minute, what time is it?!", I exclaimed as I carelessly ran out of my room to get ready for the university. After an hour, I, fortunately, boarded the bus and entered the university. It had been the past few weeks since I started going to this university. At first, it felt awkward and also tiresome as many people weren't able to digest the fact that I was friends with the K-5 members. Frankly, even I wasn't able to believe in reality.

"Hey Seo-yeon! Good morning.", Jae-eun greeted me as she approached me. "Good morning Jae-eun.", I greeted her back. "There you are! We were looking for you guys.", Sang-won and Ho-jin approached us. "Yeah as if, Didn't you both also arrive just now?" Jake-eun taunted them. "Now don't disturb us. We are having a nice ladies chat.", She added. "Oh come on! We are not crazy. Do you think we'll waste our time looking for someone like you? We only came after we saw our cute Seo-yeon, right, Ho-jin?", Sang-won played along and started teasing Jae-eun with the triangular smile on his face, as he kept his hands around my shoulders.

"What?! You sure are dead meat now!", Jae-eun glared at Sang-won and was about to beat him when he dodged. "Sure! Why not? But to kill me you need to catch me first!", Sang-won again started poking fun at Jae-eun while running towards his class followed by angry Jae-eun. "Sang-won! Enjoy your freedom till I catch you!", Jae-eun warned Sang-won in an annoyed manner. "Hahaha. They don't change.", Ho-jin giggled. "I guess you're right.", I agreed. "Hey Seo-yeon, do you know where Ryung is?", Jungkook asked me changing the topic. "Sorry, I don't know but why?", I inquired.

"Nothing. I haven't seen him at all. So, I was a bit worried.", He replied. "Ahh, it's adorable to see how much you are worried about him but don't worry I'm sure he is fine, maybe he has already entered the class.", I assured him as I patted his shoulder. "Maybe you're are right but don't call me adorable. It's embarrassing.", He warned me, which again I found adorable. "Hahaha, alright I won't.", I giggled. "It's time for class, let's go.", I added. "Alright, let's go.", He replied with a warm smile on his face which showed his cute bunny teeth.

After we had parted at his floor, I headed towards my class. While I was heading there, I was quite worried about Ryung as Ho-jin told me that he was missing but that little tension suddenly flew away as I saw him sitting in the corner of the room. He had headphones plugged in his ears and kept his eyes closed. As I scanned him, he looked more attractive. Without even realizing, I was already heading towards him.

"Umm.. H-hey", I greeted him very awkwardly but he ignored me, as expected. I wondered what his problem was, why did he hate me so much? Leave it. I would better take a seat before the teacher arrives. It was a chemistry practical class in the lab, my favorite class. I wanted to be a perfume researcher ever since I was in middle school. I liked the wonderful aroma of perfumes and candles. It had been my dream to make them. I was excited that finally, I can fulfil my dream.

I wondered why he was in this class. "Did he also like chemistry? Wait a minute, Seoyeon, are you mad? What were you thinking right now? Just wake up. Can't you realize that you have been staring at him for a while now. Just stop it already.", I whispered to myself as I brushed off those unnecessary thoughts. "Is everyone present?", the teacher asked a girl to which she nodded as a reply.

"Great! So class for the midterm assignment, you will have to study the formulas present on page no. 145 and use these formulas to make chemicals of your own choice but never forget about your safety. Also, you'll be doing this assignment in pairs. So everyone, pick up the chits present in the bowl where everyone's names are present. Whosoever's name you pick will be your partner. So, what are you waiting for? Start picking up the names.", the teacher said as she kept a glass bowl at her desk.

"I'm sure I'll get a good partner.", I murmured with great confidence to myself as I picked up a chit but soon my confidence was broken into small pieces as I found familiar letters in the chit. It was true that overconfidence is bad for us. "Why did I say that I was sure?", I murmured. I was scared to death as I was heading towards him. "You're my p-partner for this assignment. Let's do a great job together.", I gathered all of my courage to blurt out those words with a warm smile on my face while my feet were still trembling in fear. "So? Hey, listen. I won't be repeating myself, I have no interest in this assignment nor in you. So you do all the work alone. Now, what are you waiting for? Move!", he yelled at me as he pushed me away.

"What?! How am I supposed to finish all of these by myself?!", I exclaimed as I glared at him. "I don't know. That's your problem, now move!", he pushed me again while I kept on staring at him, head out of the room. "Hey! Wait! Ryung Gwan, You jerk!", I shouted at him trying my best to stop him yet he ignored me again. "How can I finish these all? It's too much. I swear to god you will regret it Ryung Gwan." I murmured to myself.