ISLADay one of SADI's sports festival finally arrived and as for the opening event, the event moderators decided to do a couple's dance battle to begin the competition. It was announced that there will be three genres for the dance: hip-hop, interpretative, and pop. In each genre, there will be representative pairs from their teams. To begin with, the SADI Violet, which is the team I belong to, has Myung-soo and Nana for the hip-hop genre, Woo-hyun and Lav for the pop genre, and lastly Min-hyuk and me for the interpretative genre.For the SADI Gold, they have Jae-hwan and Yun-ha for the hip-hop, Mizuki and Minerva for the pop, and Hak-yeon and Na-bi for the interpretative one. I can't believe I'll be going against her all of a sudden."How are you feeling right now, girl?" I looked at Nana who approached me and gave me a bottle of water.I took it from her, placing it on my lap. "I feel so nervous right now. I can't seem to find Min-hyuk anywhere.""What woul

ISLAToday is the day for the fashion department's runway presentation. The organizer said that the attire presented will be put up in an auction which means I would also be taking part in that event.All the models including me were asked to stay in a single room in order to prepare. Lav and Min-hyuk were preparing and tidying the attire I'm going to wear while Su-bin has been preparing the makeup kits. He called me to sit on the stool in front of the vanity makeup table since he will be the one to do my makeup. Actually, it was supposed to be Lav but since she is needed more when it comes to the attire, she let Su-bin handle it.It was kind of awkward now that I'm facing Su-bin while he was in the middle of looking at the variety of makeup sets on the table. We haven't really hung out after the last time we participated in a dance performance."Is there anything you would like to try amongst these eyeshadows? Like something you prefer based on the colors," Su-b

ISLAOh my god! What did I do? What did I JUST do?! I can't believe I kissed Eun-woo. I can't believe I kissed my stepbrother!I am sprinting right now, rushing out of the lecture room after the awkward thing that occurred between Eun-woo and me. Why did I do that?! Am I out of my mind?I ran and ran, ignoring whoever I passed by even though they were already calling my name. I have to get out of this place. I cannot afford to look at Eun-woo after what happened between us!I would rather die!Eventually, I left SADI without notice and was still wearing the attire made by Lav. I’ll just return it tomorrow. As I completely got out of the university’s main gate, I accidentally bumped into someone who immediately caught my arm when I was about to fall out of balance.It was Mizuki who was looking at me curiously. “Isla?”We both ended up having a normal conversation inside The Rolling Pin bakery. It wasn’t really that awkwa

SU-BINA FEW HOURS EARLIERToday is the last day of the sports event and I can’t help but be nervous. Not because I am one of the participants in the wrestling and relay race, but because now is the day that Isla may accept or may reject me.When I came out of my bedroom, I saw Su-min who was acting suspiciously. She seemed to panic about something and I could not understand why. So, I tried to approach her and saw her cautiously scrolling her phone.“What is that?” I asked her out of curiosity.I was startled by the way she reacted after getting surprised as well. She got up from her seat and casually hid her phone in her pocket.“Oh oppa!” She giggled awkwardly. “Are you done?”“Yes. How about you?” I asked her as I approached the sofa to take her bag. As a gentleman and a brother, I don’t mind carrying her bag.“I’m good to go.” She looked at her watch before grabbing my arm and pulling me towards the door. “

ISLAChuseok, also known as Korean Thanksgiving Day, is one of the most important and festive holidays of the year. It was the right time for me to bond with my mom after waiting for too long.My stepfather introduced us to the historical way how women in the family would get together to prepare labor-intensive dishes.One of the dishes is called songpyeon or half-moon rice cakes filled with sesame seeds, red beans, brown sugar, chestnuts, or pine nuts.It is the quintessential Chuseok food with other highlighted dishes including freshly harvested rice, fruits like Asian pears, apples, jujubes, and rice liquor.While in the middle of preparing the dishes, my mom suddenly asked me about Eun-woo for unknown reasons."Dear," she said. "Have you noticed anything suspicious about Eun-woo?"I glanced at her, cautiously. "Suspicious? What do you mean by that?""I don't know if you see it, but that stepbrother of yours is as good-looking as your stepfather–""Ew! Mom, can you stop?" I exclaim