Monday Afternoon, Week 1

On the other side of the cafeteria, Bomi and Chorong were standing in line for their food.

"Unnie, I can't believe you're actually going to eat lunch with us again!" Bomi said to her roommate as they moved down the buffet line.

"Did you have fun while I was gone?" Chorong laughed.

"Yah! Do you have any idea how much I missed you unnie? How could you go off to China and leave me? I swear, that girl I had to dorm with last year was a real but she calmed down after I gave her the old one two."

Bomi balled her fist and punched the air in dramatic fashion. The student behind them startled at the sudden movement and nearly dropped her tray.

"Bbom-ah watch it." Chorong hissed. She bowed apologetically to the girl who gave them a weird look.

"Aish everyone's such a wimp these days." Bomi said as she scooped more food on to her tray.

When they finished getting their food they made their way to the register and scanned their meal cards.

"Let's surprise the girls." Bomi said, taking Chorong's tray. "I'll hold your food, hide behind me."

The two headed towards the table where their friends Eunji, Naeun, Namjoo, and Hayoung sat.

"Guess who's back!!!" Bomi yelled excitedly.

The other girls looked at her curiously.

"Bbom-ah don't tell me you got two meals for yourself again." Eunji said. 

Bomi blew a raspberry at Eunji. 

"Yah...I really brought someone special today." 

"Who is it?" Hayoung asked.

Chorong peeped up over Bomi's shoulder. 

"Chorong unnie!!!" The other girls exclaimed. 

"Omo we missed you!!"

"You changed your hair?"

"We thought you forgot about us!"

"Why didn't you call us?"

The girls swarmed Chorong in a giant tangle of arms. 

"Yah yah I can't breathe!" Chorong whined.

After much gibberish the girls finally let go of Chorong.

"Wahh unnie I can't believe it's really you." Eunji said in amazement.

"See what did I tell you?" Bomi said as she set down her tray at the table. 

The girls hurried to make space for Chorong and Bomi at the table and sat back down. 

"It's so good to see you guys." Chorong said, looking touched but slightly flustered from the hug attack. 

"Did you bring us anything?" Namjoo asked.

"Oh!" Chorong exclaimed. She quickly rummaged in her bag and produced 5 small tins. 

"I almost forgot." She said as she distributed them to each of the girls.

"What's this?" Bomi asked, curiously shaking the tin.

"I got you guys some fancy loose leaf teas." Chorong explained. 

"Wahh it smells amazing!" Hayoung said. 

Naeun was quietly struggling to open her tin. She almost dropped it in surprise when it finally popped open. 

"Oops." She said.

"Careful it's expensive." Chorong said nervously.

"Yeokshi unnie has taste." Namjoo said.

The girls continued to pester Chorong with questions about her trip to China and all too soon the conversation devolved into chaos. Bomi as usual was laughing loudly through a mouthful of food.

"Bbom-ah, do you really have to laugh with your mouth open while you're still chewing." Eunji scolded, wacking Bomi in the head.

"Can't a girl eat in peace?!" Bomi said, still chewing.

"Aigoo aigoo I'm amazed you even have a boyfriend with manners like that." Eunji said pinching Bomi's stuffed cheek.

Bomi whined something in protest but it was indistinguishable through the food.

"I mean you've seen Eunkwang oppa though, they eat the same way." Laughed Hayoung.

Bomi scowled and continued shoveling stew into as the other girls at the table giggled.

Namjoo pulled out her purse and began fixing her mascara which had smudged from laughter.

"Girls, we've gotta be trying harder than this we can't let Bomi unnie beat us at the dating game." She winked at the reflection in her compact mirror and flipped her hair dramatically.

"Unnie," Namjoo said, turning to Chorong. "Tell us for real, did you really not meet any boys in China?" 

Chorong pouted.

"I already told you guys I'm gonna be an actress so I can't have a boyfriend." 

"That's why you gotta date now while you still can!" Naeun said. 

"She's right you know, you only have one year left you can't be a motae solo forever." Hayoung said.

Chorong rolled her eyes. 

"Don't worry I'm not going to die single okay."

"Aish seriously." Bomi said as she tried to steal an egg roll from Eunji's tray. "All you guys ever do is talk about boys the food is getting cold over here." 

"YAH!" Eunji yelled and brandished her chopsticks. 

Naeun who had been checking her phone yelped as she tried to dodge Eunji's elbow.

Chorong and the other girls laughed as they watched the two having a chopstick war over the egg roll. 

It really had been too long since they'd last eaten together. It was good to be home. 

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A/N How to unlove Bomi x food.