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"Is everything settled?" asked a man in his mid 50s to his assistant. He was wearing a white suit with a red necktie to which he was busy fixing for minutes now. No one can deny that he was of importance to whatever business in the society he might have given by the clothes he wore and a commanding tone he had. He was known to be a hard working man and whatever task he want to start, he would finish it on time. Maybe it was because of this attitude he had that he was void of any emotion towards his work--something that he even carried towards his family. 

"Yes Sir," his assistant answered while his eyes followed his master's movements. "Mr. Kim Se Jung wants to have the meeting as soon as possible." 

The man faced his assistant when he was done fixing the somewhat troublesome tie. "Good that he agreed," he replied with a smirk evident in his face. "Tell him, it will be done in the soonest time possible."

He then went to get his suitcase and handed it over to his assistant signalling the latter to ready his car. His assistant immediately set off to do his task leaving him alone in his spacious study. While it had been merely a minute when his assistant went out, the smirk from which he gained due to Mr. Kim's response was still in his face, thinking that finally his plans of merging is now being carried out. 

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Jung Yerin was running late again for her World Literature class that day and swore that she'd get detention again for it. She was heavily panting when she reached her classroom and saw Joy already making a sorry face for her. 

"And what is your excuse this time Ms. Jung?" the professor said. Let's just say that Yerin being late to his subject was so frequent that he already took note of every excuse the girl has to say. 

Yerin, who knew she just got into another trouble by herself, gave her infamous eye smile to her professor hoping it would soften her professor's stance to her. After all, she thought, no one could resist her eye smile. She's Jung Yerin, and she knows everyone just love her, well maybe not all and clearly not her professor.

"You know well enough that today's the test and you still manage to be late," the professor said stermly. Clearly, he didn't bought the charms set up by Yerin. "I'm sorry Ms. Jung but you need to go to detention. You could take special exams I will be setting up for those who can't take it."

"But I didn't get to explain myself Sir," Yerin pleaded her case. It's not her fault that she's not a morning person and having to wake up early in the morning was a real bother for her. But there's no way she'll ever say that to her professor right now. She needed more time to think of a better alibi this time. 'Why didn't I think of any while running into this place?' She silently scolded herself. 

The professor looked at her with the 'please just go' face. "Detention Ms. Jung. Now."

Defeated, she took a glance to her friend Joy who mouthed that they'll meet after class, and went on her way to detention. When she finally came to the detention room, she was stopped in her tracks from finally entering the room when she saw that she's not alone this time. There, in front her, was a girl whose back was facing hers with chin resting in her right hand and staring at the chalkboard. 

She slowly went inside trying not to disturb the girl. She was used being alone in the room whenever she was sent to detention and it was her first time to be with someone. She took a seat behind the girl and just stared at the silver highlights of the one seated in front. Yerin was a friendly person and in most circumstances, in a flirty way, if Joy could add. But somehow, she caught herself just staring at the girl's beautiful locks, thinking what the girl looked like if she approached her.

Suddenly, the girl's head bobbed and Yerin took it that the girl was not merely staring and boring holes at the chalkboard but rather sleeping. Fighting her urge to walk near the girl to look at her, she focused herself on doodling but was distracted everytime she caught sight of the girl's head bobbing. Having been distracted, she stopped what she was doing and just went in front of the girl only to find herself staring. 

She just had to admit that the girl in front of her looked beautiful. She absentmidedly noted the girl's features from the girl's well trimmed brows that looked almost natural, long eyelashes, sharp nose, to her lips that was slightly parted. Yerin couldn't stop herself to stare a bit longer and her gaze solely on the girl's lips. She thought on how could someone look so beautiful and ethereal while asleep. It was unfair that some people like the one in front of her could look like what was she was seeing now while that person was not even aware of. 

The girl's head bobbed once more and Yerin quickly put her hands on either side of the girl's face just to steady the sleeping girl but found herself unable to take her hands away. Just then, the girl's eyes fluttered open and their orbs found each other staring. Yerin swore to herself that having stared and cupped the girl's face melted her away, she was sure that those orbs she was staring at would definitely, definitely kill her. 

"Uhm, just what're you doing?" The girl suddenly asked. 

Yerin was surprised at the sudden question and immediately brought her hands to her sides while her cheeks flamed red. She held her longer more than what she just ought to do that she silently scolded herself.

The girl who was awoken with dark brown orbs staring at her and soft hands caressing her cheeks found her situation uncomfortable. Though she was used to people gawking at her whenever she went, she was not used in the kind of set up she was in. Adding to the uncomfortability she had was the girl in front of her. She had to admit that though she felt uneasy because of the stare the other was giving her, she also kind of liked it in a way she couldn't fathom. It's like the stare she received only could see her and only her which she kind of liked given that the one staring at her looked beautiful as well. But then she also couldn't help but raise her eyebrow once she realized that the girl haven't replied to her inkling. "Do I need to repeat what I've said or should I just guess what you did back there?"

Yerin shook her head to regain her senses as she heard the girl spoke. 'What the hell Yerin?! She just asked you a question and your mind's going gaga at her voice!' She looked straight at the girl again and heaved herself a sigh. "I was just trying to steady you since you keep on bobbing your head,"

"You could just wake me up," The girl answered. No, she was not buying the stranger her excuse though she sensed she was liking the situation. Also, she was too amused in the flushed face of the girl in front of her that she decided a little tease won't harm. "You don't mean to squat there and hold my face until I wake up right? I mean, that'll be alright with me."

Yerin can't help but blush twenty shades of red at that. Did she really mean that? 'Pabo Yerin! Of course she's not that serious! Wake up to your senses and get a grip on yourself will you?'     

"No! I didn't really mean to do that," Yerin said. She sensed the girl was teasing her and maybe, she thought, the girl in front of her was downplaying being flirty. Not that she cares on the motive but she's Jung Yerin. A litle taste of the girl's medicine won't hurt she thought and besides, she just can't let the beautiful being in front be amused at the situation all by herself.  "But I just can't wake someone who looks so pretty when asleep. Oh, and I won't mind if you really mean that." 

It was now the girl's turn to blush her own shades of red at the statement. She was surprised at the sudden comeback that she couldn't turn the tables and found herself just shying and bowing her head. 'This is so not you Hwang.'

Yerin smiled her biggest smile that day knowing that she just won the flirty match that she only thought to herself. She was too amused and found it cute that her flirty comeback made the girl blush. 'Isn't she cute? Aww, I want to pinch her cheeks right now.' But before she could lose her sanity due to the adorableness being displayed in front of her eyes, she straightened her posture and put her hand in front of the girl's face. "I'm Jung Yerin by the way,"

"Sinb," the girl said while trying to regain her composure from the flirty remark just thrown at her. "Hwang Sinb." She took Yerin's hand and some kind of tingling sensation coursed from the contact to her being that she immediately withdrew her hand. 'What was that?'

Little did Sinb knew, Yerin also felt something from the touch of their hands that she could not describe either. But Yerin liked the feeling, that she knew, and would be willing to shake or hold hands with Sinb. 

"So Sinb," Yerin said. The way Sinb's name came out from makes her smile, maybe because of the last syllable being spelled out or because of the inkling that it would sound good if they were...Yerin silently shook her head at the thought. 'Chill Yerin!' So instead of settling on the second idea she came up with, she rested her case on the first one. "Why'd you get yourself  in detention?"

"The professor caught me sleeping so she sent me here," Sinb said while her gaze was following the brunette who took a seat beside her. "How about you?"

Yerin snorted upon remembering the events awhile ago that she pouted. "Well, I'm always late to my first class and this was no different so... I guess you could figure it out."

Sinb let out a small chuckle at Yerin's reason but more of the pouty Yerin she just witnessed. Sinb was just surprised that she got to see the pouty Yerin in close up view. 'So what they say is true. She's cute, just like a duck.' She thought. 

She knew who Jung Yerin was. Actually, Yerin don't even need to introduce herself to her since almost everyone in the campus knew her. Yerin was friendly to anyone that sometimes her 'friendliness' borders on the flirty side. And this flirty side of hers was always the talk of boys in Sinb's class. This was also the reason on why Sinb knew Yerin albeit not on the personal level. 
 
The two talked about themselves and found an uncanny chemistry between them though they won't admit. Yerin thought that it's still early to put label in the strange feeling she had while Sinb shrugged on the tingling sensation she'd been feeling whenever their hands would make contact due to their uncontrollable laughter that they hit each other. From an outsider's view, it looked like they knew each other from a long time given to the kind of joyous atmosphere inside the detention room. They talked more until their first class was over and they need to return to their second class. They bid each other good bye and left the room with smiles plastered on their faces.

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"It seems to me that something happened inside that hell hole of a room," Joy commented as she noticed her friend's smile hadn't been gone on her face from the moment they met outside the classroom to their lockers. "care to share what is it?"

Yerin closed her locker and faced Joy. "I met someone,"

"So someone from the detention room caught Yennie's eyes huh," Joy said. "He must be special knowing you."

"Knowing me about what?" Yerin asked in confusion.

"Knowing that you're not interested to any of them and that you're annonyingly invested in me and Eunha," Joy replied. Yerin was schocked upon hearing her comment and pretended to be hurt by it that she pouted. Joy couldn't help but laugh at Yerin, "Oh c'mon Yerin-ah, you being annoyingly clingy to us is a good thing though."

"Really?" Yerin's face lit up. "How?"

"Well let's just say that you keep boys at bay and you know how busy we are to even entertain them," Joy explained. Sure, she and Eunha are busy with her on the volleyball team with Yerin and Eunha with her vocal lessons but they knew that it isn't the whole reason. "By the way, who's the lucky guy?"

"Funny that you think it's a guy," Yerin chuckled. "but now that you mentioned it, I remembered how hot she looked in leather pants."

Joy, upon hearing her friend's remark, stopped in her tracks that Yerin had to stop also and looked at her. "Wait, it's a she?!"

 Yerin swore that Joy's face right now was somewhat bordering on being ugly and cute if those two words could even go together. Yerin laughed at the sight. "Yah! I didn't remember saying it was a guy."

"Well how could I know?" Joy said dumbfounded. "Anyways, how special could she be if she caught your eye?"

"Well to answer your question," Yerin said. "I don't know how but never did I met someone so... so gorgeous and hot. I mean how could that even be possible?"

Joy didn't mean to laugh at Yerin's naivety but she did anyways. "Is it because you're gorgeous and cute and not gorgeous and hot? Looks like you've got competition then aside from me and Eunha."

Yerin gently slapped Joy's shoulder when the latter couldn't stop from laughing. "I don't see what's wrong with being pretty and cute and hey! I'm not even competing in the looks department! You've been messing with my story here."

Joy stopped from laughing and wiped her tears due to the extreme laughter she had. "Sorry, can't help it,"

"That's just how I see her," Yerin said going back to track. 

"You like her already?" Joy teased. 

"What do you even mean by like?" Yerin jokingly threatened.

"Oh," Joy said. "You know, like like-like."

"I like her to be my friend," Yerin clarified. "Not in that kind."

Joy smiled while eyeing Yerin say those things. 'Aww look at you. Saying you like her to be your friend with your cheeks speaking otherwise.' She cleared and went to focus her gaze at the corridor they are walking. "Okay, you said so yourself. I won't push it."

"But now that I think of it, I don't remember seeing her in campus often," Yerin stated. She only thought about it when they bid each other good bye from the detention room. Surprisingly, she thought, she didn't even ask from what class Sinb is attending.

"It's either she's a new student or a freshman," Joy concluded. "Don't tell me you didn't ask her?" Yerin let out a sheepish smile and Joy can't help but face palmed. 'You're one hell of a pabo Yerin-ah.'  

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Sinb went for her second class when her phone beeped. She fished for her phone in her pocket and looked for the name of the caller before answering. "Yes?"

"You're excused from class. The CEO wants to have a talk with you so come here immediately." the voice from the other line ordered. 

Sinb, sensing something is about to happen, let out a sigh. "Alright, I'm on my way."

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So this is the first chapter. I don't know if it's kind of lacking but personally I think it did. Niweis, I'll try to make the second chapter a better one, though I don't know when can I actually write it or if I should continue writing this. 

Thank you for spending time reading it. I appreciate it a lot!