The world is ending in 3 months and Chaeyoung looks forward to it, so she takes her time to take a stroll to her favorite bookstore.

“Hi.”

The girl behind the desk smiles at her, “Hello. How can I help you?”

It’s a lovely Monday afternoon and all her classes are done. Chaeyoung had initially wanted to waste it in bed, like she always does, but here she is, taking chances.

“Hello. How can I help you?”

“I was wondering if you have this book.” Chaeyoung shows her a crumpled piece of paper. Advanced Calculus Exercises for College Students.

“Okay. I’ll take a look in our system, if you have a minute.” The girl behind the desk stands up and walks to the desktop beside her, and wow, she’s tall.

“Sure.”

The girl sits back down after a few moments. She glances down at the piece of paper just to make sure, “Yes, we do have the book. It’s at the shelf at the left-most corner of the room.”

“Thanks.”

Chaeyoung walks to the corner of the room, taking her time to look through each shelf.

Chaeyoung comes back with the thick book in her arms and pays for it. The coins are still warm from the clutch of her palm because she had held onto them the entire time she was in the bookstore.

The girl behind the desk looks slightly appalled like all cashiers do when you pay solely with coins, but Chaeyoung ignores it. She refuses a plastic bag that she’d have to pay a cent for because she ran out of them paying for the textbook. It’s something she’d usually find pathetic, but now it’s just funny. Almost everything becomes comedic when you know the world is about to end.

Chaeyoung holds the textbook to her chest the entire walk going back to the dormitory.