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"great. I'm seeing jaemin number two" yeonjun mused, kicking his house slippers off before landing his feet on the center table of karina's dorm room which she shared with a Chinese girl named ningning. ningning was out of the said apartment, something about meeting a Giselle he guessed. he rolled his eyes, tossing the remote on his hand to jungwon who quickly caught it.
karina grumbled profanities under her breath while coming out of her room with some snacks. she now regrets calling dibs on hosting their annual de-stress activity, binge watching movies in one of their houses (usually jaemin's house or his cafe)
their little group (not so little in beomgyu's opinion ) was composed of their class' most savage bitches named yeonjun, beomgyu, Jungwon, sunoo, hyunjin, jaemin, donghyuck (he wasn't ever in their class but he spent much time being a bitch in theirs that they decided to adopt him) , and xiaojun. the name : GUCCI gang.
how ironic as none of them owned something gucci (unless you count the one that was fake)
"no one asked your opinion neon head" karina retorted, kicking hyunjin's legs as the short man was blocking her way. seeing hyunjin have no plans on moving his legs, she walked over him, squeezing herself between jaemin and xiaojun, the two best friends bickering about who was hotter, Lucas Wong or Lee jeno (you can tell who fought for who). she tossed the snacks to each one, surprising Jungwon who was busy scrolling for a drama to watch.
their seating arrangements were karina, yeonjun, jaemin and xiaojun on the couch; sunoo, hyunjin, and donghyuck on the floor behind the center table; beomgyu and Jungwon in front of the center table.
fortunately, all of them were free despite it being the first Friday of the month. usually, their first Fridays were filled with schedules that were needed to be met. that was mostly toward her and jaemin as they were part of very important orgs in their school.
"what did karina do this time? " donghyuck asked, turning to yeonjun. he sat on the floor behind the center table between jaemin's open legs. since he was the only one who wasn't in their class, he was usually late to all the happenings in their group. getting no answer from yeonjun, he turned to jaemin who was still focused on bickering with xiaojun despite karina now in between them. he pinched the bunny's calf.
Jaemin hissed, glaring down at donghyuck who met him with a bored look. "explain" the sun said.
before jaemin could even get a word out, the person of the topic spoke up while he cupped her cheeks, a pout on her red lips. "winter is making me feel hot"
"like the winter in your classroom? " donghyuck clarified. he didn't know any other winter but he just had to make sure. "the one—"
"the one who's the new auditor of the council" karina groaned, now covering her face. frustration was clear in her body and voice which made her friends stop what they were doing; xioajun stopped glaring at jaemin and the bunny did the same; Jungwon stopped scrolling through the drama options and turned his head to the girl; sunoo and hyunjin stopped whatever they were talking about on the floor; and beomgyu stopped chewing.
she didn't like being frustrated. it wasn't like her. she could solve her problems easily, especially with her quick thinking. she was like the girl version of jaemin as they would say. she was level-headed, cool for a better word but that all went away when Kim fucking minjeong.
she somewhat hates winter's guts for making her that way. making her a puddle of nerves who her friends (mostly jaemin) to clean up. not to mention how dense the said girl was. gosh, karina could straight up say that she likes her but winter would take as 'like me as a friend' type.
but despite her numerous claims that she hates the younger's guts, it didn't erase the fact that she liked her. like, it was statingly obvious.
"did she turn you down or something? " donghyuck hasn't heared from anyone that one of them confessed to their crush. jaemin had jeno; xiaojun had that guy from section three; beomgyu had taehyun; yeonjun had soobin (the fox had little luck really as beomgyu was always their to disrupt his plans); sunoo was interest in a lower classman; Jungwon (altho he doesn't admit it) was pining after a guy name Jay from donghyuck's class; hyunjin made it clear he wouldn't tell them (he had many trust issues with this people); and he himself had no one to confess to (jaemin would like to disagree as a certain Canadian was waiting for his own slow burn enemies to lovers story but we could go there later). "but seriously, are you all much of wimps to confess to your crushes? "
"you're one to talk " karina snapped, rolling her eyes. "you literally have a slow burning romance of enemies to lovers with that Canadian boy. Mark, right? I'll probably have white hair and you two won't even have sex by then. still the same bickering over the same topic, who was better than who"
"alright silly girl, " xiaojun coaxed, running a hand through her hair. between all of them, he was the only one who could calm them down due to his calm (jaemin would again disagree as xiaojun could never under the category of calm ) nature. "I'm guessing winter joining the team isn't your cup of tea but you can't change that. "
"because kun is a stubborn president who rarely listens unless it's ten hyung who says them" jaemin quickly added only to earn a glare from the rest. he shrugged his shoulders. he was right anyway.
"but why, out of all other qualified people, did he have to chose winter!? heck, jeno is even better! " karina seethe, hands now at her sides and clenched. she was gritting her teeth, wanting to just grab something and squeeze and pull it. and unfortunately, it happened to be hyunjin's hair. the llama cried on pain, trying to pry off karina's hands. "didn't I tell you cut it!? " she hissed, ignoring the cries.
"hey hey hey" jaemin was trying to help hyunjin pry of karina's hands but the girl had a stubborn hold on it. seriously, this wouldn't have happened if hyunjin cut his hair. "don't bring jeno into this and please let go of hyunjin's before he goes bald. we agreed he'll go bald before graduation"
"jaemin you fucking idiot! " hyunjin managed to his despite the pain. "I-ah! karina let my hair fucking go! I feel like it's being uprooted! and shit! if you can't handle having winter in the room—fuck this shit! just stay somewhere else! "
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and she did. she really did.
karina found herself trying to go to the most discreet places on campus that was accessible for high school students. the high school and elementary library, the empty faculty which was free to use if you belong to the council and school paper, the covered court (she regretted that decision as she couldn't do any work as the seniors thought flirting on her was a good past time), the underground canteen (she does not want to go back there. it was cold and she was the only person there ) and even jaemin's favorite spot, the fucking high school school paper classroom.
but despite those hiding spots, Winter had the ability to locate her. it was like the younger had a tracking device implanted on her. she was starting to be convinced and this was because of the sci-fi movie they watched yesterday.
"—and I heard jeno and his little girl friend are going to hang out but it got cancelled. something about jaemin needing help. can you believe it? he claims that he sees jaemin as friend but puts him first. sometimes i—"
karina wanted to drown our winter's voice but failed. even if the background was noisy (curtesy to xiaojun and hendery visiting), all she could here was winter and her latest news about their class' most frustrating ship, nomin.
"—I really feel like jeno fell out of love with his little girl friend before he could be in a relationship with her. I don't know. he and jaemin are better seen together than jaemin and Lucas. and speaking of Lucas, many people from section one is saying that he and jaemin could make things official with a little push and touch of love"
karina hummed. jaemin and Lucas and whatnot. it wasn't her problem. her current problem was in front of her on her laptop screen. and it screamed to be fixed but with winter being present, she sadly couldn't do so.
she wanted to slam her fist on the keyboard. growing frustrated again because she was slowly melting to a mess and because of the problem. their level's pop jazz team needed some funds and were wondering if they could borrow some from the council. it was directed to her since she was the governor and because they were scared of kin and already expected his answer. "denied"
the council president now stood in front of her table, gentle placing down the printed copy of the team's proposal. he crossed his arms over his chest, a displeased expression on his face. "karina, I know you want to help them but their request is plain silliness. their moderator, miss Yoona, can pay for that and since it's an all girls team, it wouldn't be hard for them to convince her spend a few bills on them. "
"not to mention but costumes? karina, we give funds for events that are big for the school not to some pop jazz team who's too stingy to pay their own ridiculous costume " came a sarcastic voice. karina recognized it as the council vice president Kim Doyoung.
she sighed, already expecting this. there was no point of printing and submitting them a revised copy of the proposal. "I get it. we don't give it on silly matters"
"karina, " kun called in a calm voice, "I know you're trying your best and believe me, I was just like you when I was in your position. I wanted to help everyone but you know what my predecessor said, better focus on the big things rather than the small one"
"what kun is trying to say is, there are bigger things these funds can go to like the one for the upcoming love festival. everyone is going to experience it" doyoung added, offering a smile to the girl. "you'll get it in no time"
she hoped. other than Winter, the other thing that can melt her cool was the pressure of being the newly elected freshman governor. she had many things on her plate.
"yeah" she let out after a few seconds, head down as red on her laptop. if she looked up at the two then maybe she would cry. "I'll get used to this soon"
"we hope so" kun replied before turning around to face doyoung. "come. I heard the teachers need us"
once the two were out of ear shot, karina let out a shaky sigh, slamming her laptop shut before taking the papers kun left and rolling it before throwing it to the trash. pointless.
"hey, " came winter's voice. she almost forgot the younger was there for a moment. winter placed a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it in comfort. "you're doing great"
honestly, that was the first time someone said that. the usual things she would here from people regarding her job was she could try again. she's still new to this things. even jaemin told her she just needed time.
it was nice that someone appreciated her efforts.
she turned to winter, giving the girl a smile. "thanks"
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