Chapter 1: The Truth
2-5-26:
Chan:
It felt like it was any other day of the year, except it wasn’t. It was the last day of my Sophomore year at Korea National University of Arts, and the last day of the 25-26 school year. I decided that after greeting my loved ones and receiving congratulatory praises from other students, I would leave. And so I did, I walked to the nearest 7-Eleven to grab some cheap food for my empty dorm. I was used to being alone in this dorm, but a change would be nice, a new friend, perhaps. “As if that would be possible, Chris,” I whisper to myself, as I reach for the not-so spicy Ramyeon. “hopefully this year I’ll make some friends, so then I won’t be as lonely.” I add, walking towards the register, I set all of my items on to the counter, and the lady, Sae-yong, as her nametag reads, is saying the total, “Sir, that will be 15,000₩, how would you like to pay?” I hand my card to her, watch her scan it, and place it back on my hand. I put it back into my wallet, and then I head out. As the door jingles to a close, I step out onto the pavement; feet dragging along to the sound of a busy street. When I suddenly feel a cold presence near me rush past; somewhat like the hastiness someone who is late. Then all the pressure in my lungs escapes out as someone knocks into me like a bowling pin, They say a quiet “Sorry.” and rush past, golden hair flowing in the wind as they run away. Then the initials ‘L-F-Y’ on my wrist starts to glow golden too, I crack a small smile, heading my way to the dorms.
3-25-26:
Minho:
The dorm was quiet, but the good kind, Felix and I were inside my dorm; My roommate was nowhere to be seen, probably already in class. I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth, when I heard Felix yelp, I rushed out of the bathroom to see what’s wrong, and he’s laying on the floor like he just fell. I laugh at him and say “You look so stupid right now, Lixie” as I pull him off the floor. “Shut up, hyung,” he says, his voice deepening. Then he adds “I need help, I don’t know what to wear, I tripped heading to your bedroom to find something to wear.” I walk into my room and fish out a white t-shirt, a grey sweater, and black sweatpants, handing them to him. I head back to the bathroom and spit the glob of toothpaste out and rinse my mouth, I pack up my bag, and double check that everything's in there, then wait for Felix to be done. He steps out of my room, bag slung-ed across his body, and we walk out the door locking it behind us. I look back one more time at the dorm of my dream school, then Felix and I head our separate ways to class.
Felix:
I look at my phone one more time to make sure I’m in the right room; sure enough room 915, I open the door and see that Minho is in here too. I casually walk over to his seat across the room, and sit right next to him. “Lixie, why are you sitting right next to me? It’s by first name, not last name?” Minho whispers to me, “Can’t I sit next to my favorite brother, Cam?” I replied back to him. “Don’t you dare call me that, Lee Yongbok!” he whisper-yells, just then, I hear the door open and immediately I get up from the seat to find where I actually sit, as I’m walking down the steps, I see the most gorgeous man ever walk into the room, and my scent spikes. “Jeez Lixie, calm down, it smells like saccharine strawberry-and-vanilla cookies over here.” Minho says, fanning the air. “Sorry, Hyung,” I say back, quickly taking a breath, and gaining my composure. Then, the pretty boy speaks, “The name’s Hwang Hyunjin” they say to the professor, and I hurried to introduce myself to them. “Hi, I’m Felix, I heard your name’s Hyunjin?” I say trying not to stutter, “Yeah that’s me, who’s that over there? I saw you guys talking earlier.” he says pointing to my annoying brother, Minho. “Oh? that’s no one important” I lie, but out of nowhere I hear a voice saying to me ‘tell him the truth, Felix, who is he?’ I do as it says without meaning to. “Oh him? He's my brother, Minho. His English name is Cameron, we come from Australia, but we traveled to Korea to go to KNUA for our degrees in professional dancing.” I finish, suddenly feeling weird why I said all of that to him. Hyunjin just nods and sits down near the front of the class, I walk over to the professor to ask where I should sit, and he just points next to Hyunjin. I walk over, and sit down next to him. I wait for the professor to start the lecture, but a few seconds later, students start pouring into the classroom and taking their seats. There was this one guy in particular, Jisung, who also sat next to Hyunjin. The lecture started after that, it was quite boring, we just learned about the syllabus, grades for the year, major assignments, and presentations. Soon enough, class was over. I started to walk out of the classroom, when Jisung caught up to me. He said “You’re Felix right? I’m Jisung, wanna be friends?” I look straight into his eyes to read his mind. All I hear is: ‘I seriously need some friends, my mom is getting too worried about me, Felix looks friendly enough.’ I feel bad for him. “Sure, wanna go get drinks at a cafe sometime?” I answer him, he nods and I head the opposite direction, towards Minho’s dorm, I have to tell him about Jisung!
5-5-26
2-5-26:
Chan:
It felt like it was any other day of the year, except it wasn’t. It was the last day of my Sophomore year at Korea National University of Arts, and the last day of the 25-26 school year. I decided that after greeting my loved ones and receiving congratulatory praises from other students, I would leave. And so I did, I walked to the nearest 7-Eleven to grab some cheap food for my empty dorm. I was used to being alone in this dorm, but a change would be nice, a new friend, perhaps. “As if that would be possible, Chris,” I whisper to myself, as I reach for the not-so spicy Ramyeon. “hopefully this year I’ll make some friends, so then I won’t be as lonely.” I add, walking towards the register, I set all of my items on to the counter, and the lady, Sae-yong, as her nametag reads, is saying the total, “Sir, that will be 15,000₩, how would you like to pay?” I hand my card to her, watch her scan it, and place it back on my hand. I put it back into my wallet, and then I head out. As the door jingles to a close, I step out onto the pavement; feet dragging along to the sound of a busy street. When I suddenly feel a cold presence near me rush past; somewhat like the hastiness someone who is late. Then all the pressure in my lungs escapes out as someone knocks into me like a bowling pin, They say a quiet “Sorry.” and rush past, golden hair flowing in the wind as they run away. Then the initials ‘L-F-Y’ on my wrist starts to glow golden too, I crack a small smile, heading my way to the dorms.
3-25-26:
Minho:
The dorm was quiet, but the good kind, Felix and I were inside my dorm; My roommate was nowhere to be seen, probably already in class. I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth, when I heard Felix yelp, I rushed out of the bathroom to see what’s wrong, and he’s laying on the floor like he just fell. I laugh at him and say “You look so stupid right now, Lixie” as I pull him off the floor. “Shut up, hyung,” he says, his voice deepening. Then he adds “I need help, I don’t know what to wear, I tripped heading to your bedroom to find something to wear.” I walk into my room and fish out a white t-shirt, a grey sweater, and black sweatpants, handing them to him. I head back to the bathroom and spit the glob of toothpaste out and rinse my mouth, I pack up my bag, and double check that everything's in there, then wait for Felix to be done. He steps out of my room, bag slung-ed across his body, and we walk out the door locking it behind us. I look back one more time at the dorm of my dream school, then Felix and I head our separate ways to class.
Felix:
I look at my phone one more time to make sure I’m in the right room; sure enough room 915, I open the door and see that Minho is in here too. I casually walk over to his seat across the room, and sit right next to him. “Lixie, why are you sitting right next to me? It’s by first name, not last name?” Minho whispers to me, “Can’t I sit next to my favorite brother, Cam?” I replied back to him. “Don’t you dare call me that, Lee Yongbok!” he whisper-yells, just then, I hear the door open and immediately I get up from the seat to find where I actually sit, as I’m walking down the steps, I see the most gorgeous man ever walk into the room, and my scent spikes. “Jeez Lixie, calm down, it smells like saccharine strawberry-and-vanilla cookies over here.” Minho says, fanning the air. “Sorry, Hyung,” I say back, quickly taking a breath, and gaining my composure. Then, the pretty boy speaks, “The name’s Hwang Hyunjin” they say to the professor, and I hurried to introduce myself to them. “Hi, I’m Felix, I heard your name’s Hyunjin?” I say trying not to stutter, “Yeah that’s me, who’s that over there? I saw you guys talking earlier.” he says pointing to my annoying brother, Minho. “Oh? that’s no one important” I lie, but out of nowhere I hear a voice saying to me ‘tell him the truth, Felix, who is he?’ I do as it says without meaning to. “Oh him? He's my brother, Minho. His English name is Cameron, we come from Australia, but we traveled to Korea to go to KNUA for our degrees in professional dancing.” I finish, suddenly feeling weird why I said all of that to him. Hyunjin just nods and sits down near the front of the class, I walk over to the professor to ask where I should sit, and he just points next to Hyunjin. I walk over, and sit down next to him. I wait for the professor to start the lecture, but a few seconds later, students start pouring into the classroom and taking their seats. There was this one guy in particular, Jisung, who also sat next to Hyunjin. The lecture started after that, it was quite boring, we just learned about the syllabus, grades for the year, major assignments, and presentations. Soon enough, class was over. I started to walk out of the classroom, when Jisung caught up to me. He said “You’re Felix right? I’m Jisung, wanna be friends?” I look straight into his eyes to read his mind. All I hear is: ‘I seriously need some friends, my mom is getting too worried about me, Felix looks friendly enough.’ I feel bad for him. “Sure, wanna go get drinks at a cafe sometime?” I answer him, he nods and I head the opposite direction, towards Minho’s dorm, I have to tell him about Jisung!
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