#247octavia

@247octavia // 2012 . classroom . university . 9:00 am

yeeun feared coming here. being in such a grand space, making her feel small. she was tired of feeling small- but here she was in an empty room with seats surrounding her from left to right, from behind and from the front. the podium seemed so far away and she wondered if the teachers were even worse here than back in high school. distant, secretive, always looking guilty for reasons yeeun doesn’t even want to think about. she knows she’s not supposed to judge so quickly, but school had never been a fun thing to look back to.

after weeks coming here, however, she’s found it less and less daunting, especially when octavia sits next to her. usually students move around, looking for new people each day or simply avoiding some the next day, but not her. already the seat next to her has a name and without words, everyone else knows it too.

yeeun felt like an outlier because she was older than most of the students in her class. she applied two years later than those her age. she assured herself it wasn’t going to be a problem even if for a while it was. it was until octavia sat next to her for the first time was when she didn’t feel much of an age gap and knowing they both went to the same high school gave a bigger incentive to keep in touch with her. but that wasn’t the only thing. oh no, there was so much more to octavia that yeeun doesn’t speak about. like the way her smile appears almost instantly when she looks at her (it’s because of me, right?), the casual skinship shared after class (of course not, we’re just friends), the way octavia pays attention to her no matter who is around (she’s a good friend then).

( — @247octavia )

Rarely did Jiyong make use of his spare time when he was done with all the mandatory work that was to be done, but today — for a change — he definitely wasn’t entertaining the idea of purposelessly spending the night by the desk, so right after finishing what had been clogging his mental to-do list, he dashed out of the office as hastily as though he was suddenly reminded of the iron he left switched on. Actually, he was trying to scamper his way out unnoticed only to avoid anybody who might’ve been wanting to gift him with a yet another more or less arduous task he particularly had no vigour for.

Successfully reaching his car and getting inside, his abode wasn’t the next destination, not at all. He had been planning to swing by Octavia’s place for a longer while, but a nuisance would always come up to bother him and tonight seemed like the perfect possibility to eventually visit her. Not with empty hands, of course. En route he got some noodles and fried chicken (because you could never go wrong with those) and once he was already near Prestige Hotel he just couldn’t stop himself from also dropping by the closest convenience store for a bottle of wine, which in fact was no Cheval Blanc but it was the candor of simplicity that was the key.

Ambling across the lobby with plastic bags while sporting an outfit that wasn’t the embodiment of extravagance, the CEO must’ve looked like a delivery boy and upon this small self-observation he stifled a snort. Walking into the elevator and pressing the hopefully right button, Jiyong briefly glanced at the watch glistering on his wrist. Although it was getting late, he had no doubts about Octavia still being up. With his own chaotic pattern he was the last one to preach about the exemplary sleeping schedule, but often he was at the verge of treating his friend with a concerned monologue.

@247octavia // 2018 . lobby . mvl hotel . yeosu . 12:00 pm

he was left alone once he and yoori arrived to the hotel. he said his goodbyes as if he wouldn’t see her again, but part of him felt like it was the right thing to say during that moment. something that tied to everything else from his past and kihyun felt a short moment of relief as the elevator doors divided them for one last time. after leaving his things at his room, he sits with his phone in his hands, starring at the screen with octavia’s messages displayed. they had been planning to meet ever since the invitation arrived to everyone in cheongnam. he couldn’t help but feel nervous being around people he had history with (history he wishes to forget) and be with someone he actually likes. he doesn’t want her to tie into his past and he only hopes she doesn’t want to see him anymore if something ever does come out.

[ txt ➟ octavia ] hey i’m here already. you? [ txt ➟ octavia ] i’ll be waiting for you at the lobby.

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