Dear Lady Of The North Pole,

Interesting fact of the day: Pearls, are made of nacre. Reading about it reminded me of what you said last time. Nacre is, according to Wikipedia: strong, resilient and iridescent, and so are you. It’s alright to have different sides to you, it’s okay to change color at the angle of illumination. It’s what makes you beautiful. And hey, you get to be a beautiful pearl by the end of it. I tried my best to kinda be poetic, but I know you’ll understand what I’m trying to say by comparing you to mollusc goo (ew)

Hope you’ve been feeling better.

Yours forever,
Fossil From the Future

Mina doesn’t hold back her smile as she folds the letter and places it in the light green envelope in which it was delivered to her locker. She takes out her books for the day: Calculus, English, Physics- oh . Jihyo had borrowed it from her before she left for the week. She said she would return next Monday, and that she had given Mina’s book to her friend. Mina’s smile drops at the thought of Jihyo’s friend. Why her of all people

“It’s the pout patrol, here to arrest all your pouts” Mina smiles again series pecks placed all over her cheeks “Why the long face baby” Momo asks

“It’s nothing” Mina kisses her girlfriend. Momo smiles into the kiss and prolongs it, savoring the time she has with her girlfriend.

“There’s definitely something, you never give kisses that long,” Momo jokes

“Are you complaining about your girlfriend Ms. Hirai?” her adorable pout is back again, now more exaggerated

“Fighting already?” the light airy fragrance of flowers surrounds the two girls as Sana wraps her arms around them

“Nah” Momo hugs Mina tighter “Not yet at least”

Mina doesn’t know what to feel about Momo’s statement. Had their fights gotten that regular. Would it cause a fight if Mina expresses this worry to Momo? So Mina says nothing, she closes her locker, taking one last glance at the green envelope

“Mina, you didn’t take your physics book” Mina untangles herself from the group hug

“There’s that frown again!” Momo exclaims then proceeds to put her arm around Mina's shoulder “You’re pissed that you forgot your physics book?”

“I didn’t forget my physics book, I gave it to Jihyo and Jihyo’s out of town” Mina turns to Sana “But she told me she gave it to your chemistry partner” Sana smiles

“And you want me to get it for you” Mina nods “Babe you have physics with her before my chemistry class, I’m afraid you’re gonna have to ask her yourself”

“I don’t get why you are always so...” Momo shrugs "I don't know how to put it. Angry? When it comes to J-"

A loud ring of a locker door being slammed shut captures the attention of the three girls. Couple of lockers away from them they see a tall boy, a junior year jock she assumes going by the jacket, sizing up a frail freshman. It’s been a few weeks since school has started and with everyone settled in, the mean kids seem to finally have the time to… be mean. Mina decides to walk up to him and give him an earful, bullying is not acceptable and she would make sure to get her point across. She shrugs Momo’s arm off of her and marches towards the scene. But before she could say anything she sees a blur of red hitting the back of the boy's head. It produces a small ‘thump’ and the boy crumbles to the floor, clutching his head.

“Still practicing that move, must've slipped out of my hand”

Both the boy and Mina turn to the source of the voice, one looks in fear while the other looks in annoyance. She had a smug smile on her face as she wound the thread of the yoyo in her hand. It's not like Mina didn't expect that view, it frustrated her none the less. A crowd was gathering around them, being the drama seekers they are; it looked like the students were ready to cheer on a fight that might break out any second.

“Yoo Jeongyeon, why did you hit that boy”

A fight between Mina and Jeongyeon

“No, it’s alright. She said it slipped from her hand” The junior blurts out

“See, he gets it”

“Please we both know that’s a lie”

“Can I please go now?” The sophomore pleads, tears in his eyes. Jeongyeon looks at the two boys

“Scram” Both boys run from the girl and the crowd. Jeongyeon moves to open her locker, ignoring Mina's glare

“Why do you think you own the school?”

“They were in my way" Jeongyeon shuts the door of her locker and leans against it "and I thought I was helping the kid” When Mina only continues to glare at Jeongyeon, she scoffs “What is your problem Myoui”

“You are” 

Jeongyeon steps closer to Mina, not backing away from the staredown

“Okay people, let’s get back to our own lockers, we only have five more minutes before first period!” A cheerful voice makes way through the crowd “Good morning Mina”

“Good morning Dahyun” Mina says curtly, without breaking eye contact with the blonde head ache in front her

“Come on dude, let’s go” Jeongyeon puts her arm around Dahyun and walks away. Not before throwing Mina one last smirk.

“That was” Sana pauses "something"

Mina lets out a huff of frustration and stomps her way back to her locker.

All the students were settling into their classrooms there still was a good five minutes for first period to begin. Mina entered her classroom, AP Physics, it was the only class she didn't share with Sana. Jeongyeon's the first one she sees as soon as she enters the classroom, the blonde was sitting on top of the teachers desk still playing with her yoyo. Mina marches over to her, 

"Yoo Jeongyeon"

“Ah Myoui, look what you did. Broke my good Yoyo streak”

“It’s not my fault your monkey brain can’t handle two tasks at once” Jeongyeon continues playing with her yoyo as she stares right into Mina’s eyes. There it is again that stupid lopsided smile she wears when she’s smug. How Mina wished she could wipe it off her face

“Who even plays with Yo-Yo’s anymore”

“People who don't care about what others think" Mina crosses her arms but stops herself from getting into another verbal spat with the blonde

“I’m here for Jihyo’s-”

“Jihyo’s out with her parents, emergency at her aunt’s place”

“I know , will you ever let me finish my sentences” Mina sighs

“And lose all this precious time of conversation?” Jeongyeon pouts. 

“I’m here for my physics textbook, she told me she gave it to you before leaving”

“That she did” Jeongyeon continues to play with her yoyo and Mina uncrosses her arms and sighs “oh you want it right now”

"Yoo Jeongyeon get your off my desk" Ms. Hwang walks in 

"Good morning" Jeongyeon says with a cheeky smile and walks towards her desk along with Mina

Although the other students see Jeongyeon everyday their reactions to her never cease to amaze Mina. Some look at her and blush, others flinch despite her doing nothing and most just gape in awe as if they were watching an angel walk the earth. Mina understands these reactions, she didn't agree with them but she understands. Jeongyeon grabs her bag and takes out the clunky textbook, Mina peeks into the bag. There was nothing else in it. 

“Here you go madame” Jeongyeon winks at her. Mina only takes the book and mumbles a "thank you"

“You are more jumpy than usual” Jeongyeon lowers her voice "You okay?"

Mina only nods and walks back to her seat. She sits through an hour of Yoo Jeongyeon arguing with Ms. Hwang on special relativity.

Around 12pm a thunder strikes, and it pours. Monsoon had passed already, there was no sign of rain up until then. Mina was sitting at their usual table, staring out the large glass doors that separated the cafeteria from the open space outside. All the kids having their lunch outside had to run back in because of the rain but one leather jacket clad, blonde haired girl remained outside, she spread her arms and looked up to the sky as if she was trying to absorb the rain into herself. She spins around in the rain like she was having the time of her life and not risking the chances of falling sick. Mina shakes her head at this sight. She will never understand Yoo Jeongyeon.

"She's adorable" Sana says as her and Momo sit next to Mina

"Nah, total weirdo" Momo counters "But she's cool i guess"

Mina doesn't say anything. She watches on as a smaller figure, according to Mina's guess- Dahyun, runs to Jeongyeon with their school umbrella and attempts to drag her back into the cafeteria. Once Dahyun succeeds to get her back in, Nayeon stood in front of them prepared to dry her best friend off with the gym towels she has in hand. Mina hears Jeongyeon sneeze and mentally pats herself on the back for predicting it. 

School ends earlier than usual with sports periods being cancelled due to rain and everyone rushes back home. Momo walks Mina to her car and bids her goodbye with a kiss. Mina would've invited her girlfriend over if she were feeling better but there was this unexplainable anxiety building inside her for no apparent reason. She decided to sleep it off once she got home. Her parents weren't home yet, so she makes herself a snack and goes up to her room. She changes into the most comfortable pair of pyjamas and sits at her desk with her plate of food. She takes out the green envelope she recieved in the morning and reads it once again. WIth a smile, she begins to write a letter of her own

Dear Fossil of the Future

Plan on sticking to this name? It's quite odd. Are you a fossil found in the future or are you a time travelling fossil who came here from the future? 
Jokes aside, thank you for your awkward oyster goo analogy, it put a smile on my face and surprisingly it did make me feel better. I still think it's unfair that you can see me but I don't have the privilege of seeing you. Nevertheless it's fun writing to you, strangely therapeutic. I don't have much else t

Mina stops writing when she hears the doorbell ring. She was in no mood to run so she takes her time to get to the door. She could tell from the windows that it was dark outside, the sun was completely blocked by the thick grey clouds. As she nears the door, the bell rings again and with annoyance Mina throws the door open. She is taken aback at the sight of a young girl, completely drenched and shivering. The girl was of around her height, maybe a little taller, she looked pale because of how cold she was. Mina steps closer

"Are you okay?"

The girl blinks once, she tries and fails to take a deep breath. She looked like she was about to faint

"Mom" she whispers and before Mina can register what she said, the girl falls towards her. Mina instinctively reaches out to catch her and stop her from falling. She holds the girl close, she doesn't know what to do. Luckily, right before her arms could give out under the cold weight of the girl, Mina's father's car pulls into the driveway and both her parents step out.

"Dad! Help!" Her parents rush to her side

"Who is this?" Her father asks as he helps her untangle herself from the awkward hug with the unconscious girl 

"I don't know, she ranf our bell and then fainted in my arms" Mina watches as her father carries the girl into the house "Shouldn't we take her to the hospital?"

"The roads are blocked" Mina's mother replies "We should get her warm first"

After being carried into the house, the girl kept going in and out of consciousness, Mina's mother helped her change and put on some warm clothes while Mina herself went to go get change from her now wet pyjamas. They gave the girl additional blankets and laid her close to the fireplace in hopes of getting her warm.

"We should call her parents and inform them" Mina's dad says

"All her belonings are laid out on the table" Her mom informs. Mina observes as her mom gently pats the girls head, her eyes hold a sort of affection Mina had never seen before.

Mina and her dad walk over to the table

"No phone? That's odd" Her father remarks. They go through her wallet, there was no money either, just a bunch of weird looking cards

"Ha! ID" Her father claims excitedly. They read the name

Ryujin Kim-Myoui