Iseul sat in the third row of the lecture hall for first year statistics. She had arrived early to the lecture to avoid a recurrence of yesterday's epic fail. Fiddling with the rhinestone and leather bracelet that adorned her wrist, she watched as students filed slowly into the lecture hall. Looking behind her, a flash of a rhinestone encrusted phone case caught her eye. Pretty. A small smirk pulled at her lips as she placed her hands into her bag. To anyone else, they would think that she was looking for something in her bag. They know nothing. Dipping her head, she closed her eyes, imagining the case before warping the image slightly to a size that would fit her phone and altering the colour of the rhinestones so they shone blue instead of pink. She skimmed her fingers lightly across her left palm, imagining the texture of the phone case, the weight of it in her palm. Her eyes flashed open, lips curling upwards as she pulled out her creation. She took her phone from her pocket and slipped the case on. "Iseul!" The girl looked up, startled before she saw Tao, who was clambering across the seats to sit next to her. "You know there's stairs right?" She pointed out. "Huh? Oh yeah, but where's the fun in that?" Tao grinned, not looking even the slightest bit embarrassed. Iseul shook her head smiling. "So we're in the same stats lecture then, cool!" "Yup, should be awesome." Tao said grinning. "Are you good at stats?" "I was ranked in the Top 10 for mathematics in my old school. How about you?" "Oh wow congrats. I got ranked in the Top 25." He answered, still smiling. "Ooo, cool! I love your phone case! So sparkly!" "Thanks, found it in my bag this morning." She said, not completely lying. After the lecture, Tao took Iseul to the cafe from yesterday for lunch, ordering them food and coffee. "Did you get what the lecturer was talking about today?" Tao asked. "Yup, did you?" Iseul asked. "Sort of, I didn't expect it to be this full on for the first lecture." "If you want I could help you with it later? I've got another lecture in an hour but after that I'm free." "Oh my gosh yes! That would be great!" "Okay, where do you wanna meet?" "Could you come to my place? I'll shout you dinner too!" He said eagerly. Iseul laughed. "Sure, what's your address?" Tao grabbed a napkin and a pen and wrote down his address. "Here," He said, passing Iseul the paper. "And my number is underneath so you can text me before you come." "Okay, cool. My lecture ends at 4, how much time do you think you'll need?" "Mm... Not sure, maybe half an hour?" "Alright so I'll come maybe 6?" "Yup sure, I'll get D.O to make sure dinner is at 6.30." Tao said with a grin. The two talked about their courses while they ate lunch, unfortunately, the coffee didn't taste quite as good as it had the other day. Looking at her phone, Iseul realised she had fifteen minutes to her next lecture. Saying goodbye to Tao, she headed to her science lecture. "Well then, aren't you two early." Iseul smirked when Kai and Sehun came running into the lecture hall, 5 seconds to being late. “Hey at least-“ The lecturer walked in, cutting off any protests from the two boys. The lecture was mostly uneventful, save for a two week project that they were assigned to do in threes or fours to help the students get to know each other better. "Iseul do you wanna go to the library to study for our project?" Sehun asked as the trio left the lecture hall. "Yeah sure, do you mind if I go home first to drop off some of these textbooks?" "Nope, go ahead. We'll meet you at the library?" "Okay, see you there." After dropping her books off at home, Iseul walked to the library, gathering any relevant books as she waited for the two boys to arrive. The rest of the afternoon was spent reading up on scientific discoveries and chatting about random topics with Kai and Sehun. Iseul found out that Kai and Sehun had been to the same schools as each other since they were seven and that Sehun was actually younger than her by two months. At about 5.45, she said bye to the boys and started making her way to the address Tao had given her, texting him as she left the library. "Guys she's coming!" Tao shouted out to no one in particular. 'You know what you have to do?' 'Consider it done.' The door was yanked open before she could even touch the doorbell. "Iseul!" The happy panda yelled as he pulled her into a hug. "Hey, Tao." She said, awkwardly patting his back. "Come on, let's go to my room!" "You really are excited for tutoring aren't you?" She asked as they moved through the large house, not seeing a soul. "Of course! If I study now there will be less to study when it comes to exams!" "Hey, are you okay?" Tao asked, concerned. The two of them had finished going over the stats stuff and were chatting about random stuff before dinner, when a blinding pain had pierced Iseul’s head, causing her to let out a short scream and clutch at her head. Suddenly the pain was gone, replaced with nothing but a sense of floating. Iseul's eyes opened, the normally stormy grey depths now eerily calm. The girl stayed still, staring into space as if caught in a trance. The closer he looked, the more Tao could see a faint purple glow echoing behind her eyes. The trance lasted a few more seconds before the glow faded and Iseul came back to herself. Before Tao could comment on her eyes, a knock sounded and the door opened. "Tao dinners in- Oh! Iseul! What are you doing here?" "She's tutoring me hyung." Tao answered quickly before Iseul could. "How long till dinner?" Tao asked eagerly. "2 minutes. See you guys at the table." Suho said with a wave as he closed the door. "Is Suho one of your roommates?" Iseul asked out of curiosity before Tao could ask her about her eyes. "Yeah, you met him at the book shop ay?" "Yup, so how many roommates-or house mates-," she said mildly distracting herself "-do you have? We seemed to pass quite a few doors on the way here." "Eleven excluding me." "Oh wow, so many." "Eh, you get used to it." Tao said glancing at the clock. "Yay dinner time! D.O cooks the best food." He said, pulling Iseul off the bed. “What did you find?” “Nothing. There wasn’t anything.” The boy stammered, shaking slightly. “I don’t understand. How can there be nothing?” “I don’t know. It shouldn’t be able to happen.” The tremble in the boy's voice scaring the other. “It was so cold, so empty.” Tao skipped over to the door, yanking it open before slamming into an invisible force. Startled Tao leaped back in fright, bumping into Iseul who smothered a laugh when Tao cautiously creeped forwards, reaching out an hand to poke the barrier. The action making Iseul chuckle. "Chill Tao, it's just cling wrap, I've seen this tons of times back in the States, used to get it a lot for April fools'." Straightening up, Tao gave her a sheepish grin before clearing the plastic from doorway. "Aw damn, you ruined our prank Iseul." A grinning Baekhyun whined as he and Chanyeol came around the corner, evidently having overheard their conversation. "You guys live here too?" Iseul asked surprised. "Yup, now if you'll please excuse us, we have revenge to plot." Baekhyun replied grinning evilly as the two of them hopped down the stairs two at a time. Tao and Iseul were making their way to the stairs when they heard a shout from the third floor. "Tao wait for me!" The two got to the landing just before the boy. He looked up as the two approached. "Oh! Iseul you're he- Ah sh*t! Ow. Damn I forgot about those last steps.” Lay said from Tao's arms, where he'd landed after tripping down the remaining stairs. "Thanks Panda." Lay said, patting Tao's head as said boy looked at Iseul awkwardly. “So Lay, you live here too?” “Yup. The house actually belongs