“Jihyo, I’ve told you everything and sent you an exclusive clip as proof. What are you ‘what the ’-ing with the hoobaes for?” “Jeongyeon-unnie, you need to know that your so-called ‘proof’ only made things even less convincing.” “Pfft, just say you have trust issues and go, ‘Hyo.” “You’re literally the cause to all of my recent headaches, Im Nayeon, so I don’t want to hear none of that coming from you ever again.” “Yah, just because you have more braincells than me doesn’t mean you can talk to your favourite Nayeon-unnie informally!” “Scold me once you’ve started acting your age, goddamn it-” Smart enough to not get herself involved with the trio’s shenanigans (since the last person who unintentionally did so ended up on the floor with a big- bruise on their forehead as a souvenir), Kim Dahyun fixates her attention onto the mysterious piece of paper instead. She casually plucks it out of Jihyo’s grasp to move things along, simultaneously making it easier for the girl to throw punches if that’s ever necessary. Her action causes the other peaceful students to huddle towards her, with Momo now kneeling on the sofa to rest her chin above Sana’s head. Sana doesn’t resist Momo’s bodyweight and passes it on by leaning into the third princess, practically squishing Mina to death. Mina’s left to suffer in silence, doing everything she can to prevent herself from collapsing into the oblivious Dahyun. “Alright, let’s see what we’ve got here…” the pale student hums as she quickly scans through the contents within, slightly judging the horrendous handwriting. “‘Operation Reverse Cinderella, the ed up transformation from riches to rags’… okay, what on Earth am I reading right now?” “Hmm… the goal is to ‘introduce the babes to ordinary sh*t but make it so they’ll never be able to forget, even if they wanted to’… well I don’t think anything else can scream ‘Nayeon-sunbae’ as loud as this.” Chaeyoung finishes the role of a text-to-speech bot in her best friend’s stead and blinks blankly, her gaze soon travelling to another part of the paper. “And what do we have here…” Operation Reverse Cinderella was born during a break in between their classes, the girls of 302 being productive when it comes to self-entertainment. Minatozaki Sana unintentionally triggered it when she was mindlessly complaining about her head butler to her ex-tour guides, calling him a ‘stingy old fart who must’ve had the saddest childhood ever’ for ruining her and Momo’s pool-diving extravaganza back in Japan. As expected from a person like Jeongyeon, the girl’s immediate reaction was to suggest for the princesses to “just do it again as a big ‘ you’”, which then resulted in Nayeon to carelessly rip out a piece of paper from her poor notebook while Sana praised the other for being such a genius. The oldest female proceeded to scribble down a brief battle plan (which was still enough to baffle the heck out of Dahyun and Chaeyoung in the end), instructing her new classmates to note down whatever they’d like to experience during their wonderous state of freedom. To their dismay, however, they ended up getting rudely interrupted by the school bell just 2 minutes into their exciting discussion, forcing the students back to their respective seats in order to start the next class… but of course, none of the four girls managed to pay any attention to their following lecture as their minds were completely occupied by the bucket list that’s consisted of three things so far: 1. Play in the pool fully clothed (without getting scolded) 2. Visit a dog café and compete to see who’s the most popular with doggos 3. Watch the sun set at a beach before playing with fireworks Since Momo and Sana were the ones who pitched those ideas in the first place, they’re currently just anticipating the responses of the other girls. Mina, who’s capable of telling who wrote what with a single glance, is currently frozen in shock from their relatively-normal requests… plus she’s still getting squished by the duo, so it’s not like she has the additional energy to give them a reaction, anyways. On the other side of the table, Tzuyu immerses herself within her own world by turning this situation of theirs into a spontaneous Korean 101 class. She’s trying to recognise the Hangul letters, but she quickly realises that even if she sounds them out correctly, she still doesn’t understand sh*t. Thankfully she has Jihyo right by her side to help her out whenever she needs a quick update on what the ’s going on… If she’s not too preoccupied by 302’s notorious idiots, that is. “I uh… can someone please elaborate on what that first one is?” Chaeyoung becomes the one to break the silence by raising her voice along with a brow, successfully (though unknowingly) snapping Mina out of her trance. “I mean, I get the activity itself but… what’s with the brackets?” “Ah, that’s my request, tiny one!” Sana is quick to reply, torturing Mina further by unintentionally yelling into her poor eardrums, “You see, Momo-ring and I have actually completed that objective already, but the experience was sadly ruined when Ryo-kun scolded us for it. I swear it would’ve been such a happy memory for us to reminisce about when we’re old wrinkly ladies, but all I can remember now is his frowny brows and mean eyes!” “I so could’ve won our bet and make Sa-chan do something super embarrassing, too… what a shame.” Momo recalls with a displeased tut, merely increasing the Korean duo’s confusion while Mina can only let out an exhausted-sounding huff. “So what you’re basically saying is… you want to piss off your grumpy butler again for the sake of redeeming your happiness?” “Exactly! And I’d love for Mi-tang to join us this time!” “Um… I’m grateful that you’ve thought of me, Sana-sama, though I still do not wish to leap into any pools whilst sporting a sundress.” “You jumped in wearing a what-” “Alright focus, ladies and more ladies!” Having resolved their 125,824,835th bickering session at last, the regular customers find themselves returning to a sight of a bamboozled Chaeyoung. Lacking the extra s, however, Nayeon merely shrugs it off before taking out a ballpoint pen from her pencil case. She then rolls it over towards the person who has the list, appointing her as their secretary without giving her a chance to refuse. That causes Dahyun to make another medieval baby face, though unfortunately it remains ignored. Jeongyeon, the one who has acquired everyone’s attention, pretends she wasn’t just getting her kicked in public by Jihyo (to which she somehow achieved without even having the need to stand up from her seat) and simply picks up their discussion from where they’ve left off. “Okay, what else are we adding onto the list? Name it and we’ll make it happen, even if we have to offer Nabongs to the devil as sacrifice.” Sana immediately raises her hand, subconsciously waving it to the tempo of Nayeon’s rapid-firing swear words. Dahyun the Secretary readies her weapon, not wanting to know the consequence of not doing her forcefully-appointed job properly. Tzuyu fails to hold in a drowsy yawn as Jeongyeon picks on the sole volunteer to speak up. “Oh, I would love to give cooking a go!” the Minatozaki princess exclaims eagerly, “We never get to set foot inside the kitchen as our chefs would prepare everything for us, but I’ve always dreamed about experiencing the process and making something myself!” “Sorry to burst your bubble right away, Sana-sshi, but cooking is more of a nightmare than a sweet dream.” Jihyo quickly follows with a low grumble, feeling exhausted just from thinking about the task. “I’m in charge of preparing all three meals for my siblings whenever my parents are out of town, so trust me when I say it’s a pa