for someone who can barely keep track of their own schedule, yuul has a remarkable knack for remembering jeno’s. coordinating time in an otherwise hellish day to see her best friend at least once is clearly more important than remembering that she has to attend her general education course if she wants to graduate (and ‘forgetting it exists’ is apparently never a passable excuse). today in particular, however, she’d found herself sprinting into a familiar building with a purpose. 

the classroom she’s been staking out for the past ten minutes doesn’t show any sign of releasing the students trapped within from its grasp and she is grateful, belatedly, that the guy at gongcha forgot to put ice in the cup of boba she picked up for jeno on her way to the building because it definitely would have melted by now. her own cup has already been drained and discarded in the nearby bin under the watchful eye of the custodian that caught her accidentally Not Recycling last time she was here. yuul has learned her lesson and she’ll never neglect the planet again 

approximately one (1) minutes passes and eternity weighs on her shoulders like a lead weight. patience isn’t her strongest suit and yuul is on the verge of admitting defeat and also maybe drinking the beverage she’d bought specifically for jeno, when the door finally, finally, opens. a stream of students comes pouring out, chatter filling the hallway as they walk past her in both directions.

she idles, leaning back against the wall and sinking down ever-so-slightly until she’s essentially miming sitting on a chair. 

the next time yuul looks up from her phone, where her kakaotalk messages and spam of emoticons has gone unread, she locks eyes with the exact person she’s been waiting for.

“did you see my messages?” she asks immediately, in lieu of greeting—and despite knowing that he hasn’t. with much futility, she straightens up again, heaving herself back into an upright position and first, extending the drink to jeno and second, looping her arm with his, too naturally. “i need your moral support today. i woke up this morning and decided that today is the day that i, lee yuul, will finally adopt the dog of my dreams.” 

the grin on her face is wide and electric. 

“i even figured out a name,” yuul continues. “i’m going to name the dog william.”