From: Bae Joohyun

R u free this weekend?

Seulgi looked at her phone, perplexed. What is she up to now?

Setting the phone back on her bedside table, she looked up at her clock. The clock read 11:59.

Seulgi groaned. She was supposed to answer all of her assignments, but apparently fell asleep after the tutor session. So she got up and trudged to her mini-kitchen and opened her fridge.

All that was left in the fridge was a half-empty carton of milk, leftover Chinese takeout, and a slice of cake.

Seulgi sighed. She felt too lazy to go to the nearest convenience store. She didn't even have her own ride to get there faster. She made a mental note to do some grocery shopping on Saturday, and then decided not to eat dinner anymore, since she was too tired to decide what to even eat with the very limited choices she has.

As she brushed her teeth, Seulgi wondered how her life came to be so mundane. 

Contrary to popular belief, Seulgi didn't spend 24/7 thinking about schoolworks and college applications and high grades. She also wanted to go to parties and convenience store runs and shopping malls, just like other girls her age do. But she never really gave her social life much of a chance; the only reason she even had Moonbyul was because the latter was so persistent with being friends with her back in freshman year.

While her sister Suzy was known to be a social butterfly, Seulgi seemed socially... inept. While Suzy always got exclusive invites to big parties, she, on the other hand, would have a hard time continuing a conversation after "hello".

Seulgi was aware that another reason not a lot of people gave her a chance to be in their inner social circles was because right from the start, she came off too... serious. Too cold. Too strong. Her enrolling in the same school as her sister Kang Suzy already gave her a name in itself alone, but joining the Debate team as a freshman cemented her status as herself, Kang Seulgi, and as a student not to be intellectu