INT. MUHUNGHWA BUILDING - DAY
@stageprop, nari
approx. 3 months after jisoo’s death
the professor shuts their laptop closed with a click and effectively dismisses their class. the sounds of paper shuffling and bags zipping slowly begin to fill the lecture hall as students make their way to the two dour-faced TAs tasked with returning their tests back to them. even jiyeon could agree that it was a tad bit excessive to have a test the first month back for the semester. she, too, could get behind the grumbling and sighing of her fellow students.
it doesn’t take her long to reach the front of the line. the TA offers her a precursory glance before turning away to flick through a stack of tests until they’re able to find hers buried near the bottom. they nearly shove it into jiyeon’s expecting hands and then turn to the next student ready to begin the insurmountable task anew.
it’s an A. barely. but A regardless. in the grand scheme of things, it’s irrelevant and she knows it well. she also knows that lim namgyu (ewww. no one calls me that. my name is nari), will find a way to somehow surprise her again with a grade that either rivals her own or bests it completely.
she sidles up to the girl in question innocently enough, trying not to give away the nervous curiosity burning under her skin. she watches nari’s doll-like face careful, waiting for anything that might give away the answer to her yet-unasked question. finally, after the seconds pass them by like minutes, jiyeon asks: “what did you get?”
