Hyejeong’s POV

This feels weird. I stepped, gently, hesitatingly, confusedly, into the lush halls of the campus I once called home. FNC Institution was its name, and up till a few months ago I was a student of this prestigious institution—the best of its land, it could be claimed. It was a preparatory academy, or junior college, depending on which part of the world you lived on. In case you live in a part of the world which uses neither, a junior college is basically two years of schooling, post high school/secondary school but before college/university. Evidently, my stint in America has done nothing but to confuse the vocabulary which I now use.

Oh, before I forget—Hi, I’m 21, turning 22, freshly graduated, and go by Shin Hyejeong. You could call me Dongdong, but you’d have to either be my friend before that or be dead after that. Yes, I’m violent. I just finished my A-levels (a major test, think of it like the SATs, but both significantly harder and more significant). Yes, I just said significantly more significant. Go figure.

Anyway, now there’s this downtime between getting my results back, applying for university, and (presumably) getting into university. A downtime of roughly one year, one year of doing nothing. Being slightly restless and definitely penniless, I decided to apply to be a temp teacher at my old school. Being the valedictorian, that was not a tough job.

And so here I am now, back in campus. It felt just like 2 years ago, except that now I’m significantly smarter (valedictorian, ), more mature (12 relationships and counting) and not wearing that fugly school skirt anymore.

Oh, and before I forget. I’m gay.

Seolhyun’s POV

I’m scared. This is a whole new environment for me, a whole new place, setting, school, for me to adjust to. Though to be fair, I experience this same nervous thrill whenever I check out a new mall that appears in my district (this happens far too regularly, trust me), so yeah. I gaze up. The imposing, imperial gateway like entrance of the school gazed intently back. I turned away, and focus