Irene arrived early as usual with a very fluffy pastel yellow-orange scarf around her neck. I can't get sick now, the election results day is coming and I have to be in my best state. She thought as she entered the academy grounds, not forgetting to greet the school guard at the front.

Changing her morning school routine, she decided to go straight to the cafeteria to get a can of warm coffee before going to the council room. It was to her surprise though that someone other than her arrived early again, standing in front of the machine. Well, that's two days in a row. She wasn't sure who it was since she's still at least four meters away and the student was wearing a thick scarf as well—only light pinkish purple in color—and was slightly covering half of her face.

When she finally came close, she heard a clunk sound signaling that the student was done with her order. Oh, yey! It's my turn. It's another surprise to her though when she realized who the student was. Yup...two days in a row.

"Ah", Seulgi muttered when she noticed Irene and then nodded, "Good morning, President"

"L-like I said, I'm not—", Irene paused. No, wait. I might jinx it. She lightly shook her head and decided to just nod back, "Yeah. Good morning to you too, Kang Seulgi-sshi"

Oh? Seulgi didn't know that the council member knew her name, her whole name at that.

Irene slowly stepped forward with her hands on her side and Seulgi glimpsed that she was actually lightly clenching on her school skirt. Irene gave a small smile to Seulgi and side-glanced over the machine and the soccer ace then realized what Irene was trying to do so as a response, she side-stepped once and looked over the can on her hand as she tried not to let a chuckle out of .

"Thank you", Irene lightly said and forced all her attention to the many options blinking on display.

Minutes have passed with Irene not choosing any order to press and Seulgi was finding peering at the side of the council beauty, having difficulty deciding what to buy, amusing.

Little did she know that the Council member's mind was not in the choices of drink but to the person standing a few distances from her who she felt had no intention of leaving anytime soon. She's really thinking I'm a stalker now...omo...what should I do..?

"Hey, Pres"

Irene had to collect her composure for a while, clearing before looking over the ace. "Yeah?"

Seulgi smiled and lowered her hands that were fiddling with the beverage seconds ago due to the inability of handling her fidgety limbs. "Can't decide which to choose?"

"U-uhm..", she had actually forgotten she was there to buy a drink. She stared back at the machine and realized that the drink she was supposed to buy was unavailable. Oh. She then faced the ace again. "Yeah…the drink I wanted to buy is out of stock, so it seems"

"Yeah? What was it?", Seulgi eyed the machine and so Irene did the same.

"Colombiana"

"Oh?", with the sound, Irene looked at Seulgi again and there she saw the girl smiling amusingly while shaking her head. "Here"

Irene's hands just automatically reciprocated the motion her mind was able to comprehend at that short moment and so before she knew, she was staring at her hands holding a very warm, very present can of Colombiana coffee. "Ah, but how about—"

She was interposed by the sound of the machine reading a bill in and she could only stare confusingly at Seulgi who's smile hasn't left her face since she saw her. "You can choose a new one for me"

"Huh?", Irene blinked twice and Seulgi only shrugged as an answer before hooking both her arms over her chest as if waiting for a verdict. "I mean…I don't even know what to choose earlier and you're telling me to choose one for you now?"

"Yep"

Irene blinked again and lightly tilted her head with her brow, raising in a challenging question. "But what if I choose something inedible or not to your liking?"

In which Seulgi answered as she shrugged, "I trust you"

Irene gawked incredulously at Seulgi once more before she moved her gaze to the apparatus, striding her sight from here to there as to select the beverage that would catch her eyes.

Seulgi watched as the famous calm and collected vice president's expression changed so much in a short interval and she couldn't help but chuckle with the last face Irene unconsciously showed her when she had finally picked a drink. Irene's expression shifted again when she picked it up and handed it over to her. "Here"

Seulgi chuckled again. "May I know why you chose this, ma'am?"

"That", Irene pointed at the scarf around Seulgi's neck. "And I figured you'd perhaps like something sweet right now"

Okay, can't deny that. Seulgi was still smiling and Irene couldn't help but mirror her. 

"I..gotta go", Irene pursed her lips before she started ambling, then she lifted the can of coffee to view, "Thanks again for this, Kang Seulgi-sshi"

"It's nothing but you're welcome, President"

Irene grinned. "You can just call me Irene like everyone else", she snickered before walking out of the cafeteria.

"Like everyone else, huh?", Seulgi muttered before she changed her line of sight from the figure who just left the facility to the can of warm strawberry milk on her hand.

×××

Irene had been staring at the documents in front of her for a long time now and Yeri wasn't sure if she should call either Wendy or Ms. Kim to consult whatever she should do in instances like this. She worried that maybe the President-to-be had been overworking herself and is now facing the collateral.

"Uhm…unnie?", Yeri tried calling her.

"I forgot to pay her"

"Huh?"

"Oh my god", Irene released the pen she was gripping onto to slide her hand over her neck area lightly, another mannerism that the council members are familiar with but in this case, they know the emotion behind it. It could only mean that the council beauty was either concerned or frustrated.

"Unnie, what's wrong?"

And as if waking up to her senses, Irene reacted to Yeri's voice and blinked twice. "Oh my god, Yeri…", she glanced over the documents on the table and back to the council treasurer and she sighed incredulously. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I was distracted for a second"

Clearly, it was not only for a second but Yeri didn't want to add on her senior's displeasure much more. "It's fine. Uhm, you look concerned over something…", Yeri tried to open it up as a means of helping the older and also to cope with her curiosity. "Do you need to rest, vice president?"

"No, I uhm..", Irene thought for a second, "Actually, I think I need a quick visit to the infirmary"

"You don't feel well? I can accompany you"

"No, I'm fine Yerim-ah. I'm just gonna ask for, uhm..", Irene slightly bit her bottom lip, "A medicine"

"..Okay"

"Yeah, I'll just be quick"

And Irene went as fast as how Yeri sees the vice president go when she's summoned by the faculty.

"She must really feel unwell..", she muttered before she continued with the estimations.

×××

Should I just leave this on her locker again? No, of course not. You'd be stared upon as a stalker completely for sure! Irene was having an internal battle with herself as she stood unmoving between the soccer team's lockers and the soccer field.

The lockers aren't really shown from anywhere since it's surrounded by trees and the bushes and the fence circling the field really hides it from anywhere's view so as to keep the players' privacy. With that said, Irene knew that no one can really see her frozen solid there for at least five minutes debating with herself as if her life depended on this one decision.

"President?"

Irene tried her hardest not to scream and so to cope with her sudden anxiety and embarrassment, she just squeezed her eyelids closed for two seconds and lowly cleared before she faced the student who caught her standing there being a creepy stalker.

"Oh, Joy"

"Hi there", Joy said as she slowly walked closer to the council