“As I’ll ever be.”

“And you thought that that was going to be bad.” Eun Hee and Jin Ae were now strolling across the hallway on their way to Art class. Jin Ae pushed her lightly but smiled all the same.

“Shut up, I still messed up during some parts.” Eun Hee rolled her eyes.

“Always the perfectionist, look you did great –“

“Jin Ae-ssi! Good job on your speech, I’ll definitely vote for you!” They both spun around to see a group of people passing by, waving to her. Jin Ae smiled brightly and gave them a small bow.

“Thank you!” She and Eun Hee turned back around and continued their walk with Eun Hee slightly nudging her friend.

“Told you so.”

“You should really stop this whole ‘I told you so’ thing, it’s getting annoying.”

“Yeah, but you know I’m always right.”

“Whatever Eunnie.” The two continued bickering playfully until they reached their class. They took their regular seats at the back behind their easels. There were a few students who smiled up at Jin Ae, to which she would respond with an equally – if not bigger – wide smile.

“Alright class, before I get started, I would like to introduce a new intern of mine.” Jin Ae blinked and exchanged curious glances with Eun Hee. Their teacher gestured towards someone hiding in the storage area and Jin Ae let out a small gasp when she saw who it was.

“Everyone, this is Bang Minsoo – or you can just call him Bang-ssi or…” The teacher looked at him expectantly and Minsoo just smiled at the class.

“Minsoo’s just fine.”

“That works too. So Minsoo-ssi will be here for the rest of the year and he will be assisting me with this art class. He’s currently an art student over at Seoul University so if any of you have any questions regarding college exams and where to apply to, don’t hesitate to ask him.” There was a dull “ne” and the teacher nodded while Minsoo took a seat off to the side of the class.

While the teacher went on with a small explanation about composite sketches, Eun Hee carefully moved her easel over in order to block their view of their teacher. She then leaned over towards Jin Ae who still had traces of shock lining her eyes.

“Dude, you never told me Minsoo was an art student.” Jin Ae shrugged, her eyes still staring blankly at the front.

“I only knew that he went to the same university as my brother, but I never knew he was an art student.” Eun Hee then peeked over her easel at stole a glance at Minsoo who seemed to be scanning the classroom. At last his gaze became fixed on the two easels somewhat too close for comfort.

“Oh crap, I think he saw us.” Eun Hee hunched over her easel and Jin Ae instinctively crouched down as well.

“What the hell man, so much for being discreet!” She whispered frantically. They then heard muffled instructions about having to draw a sketch of any inanimate object within reach and Jin Ae quickly bent down further to retrieve her art supplies from her bag. As she rummaged through her bag, a shadow fell across her, causing her to freeze.

“Jin Ae?” She gulped and glanced up at Eun Hee who looked a little too preoccupied with her own art supplies. She slowly raised herself up and then turned around to see a bewildered looking Minsoo. Giving him a sheepish smile, she raised a hand in greeting.

“Uh hello, fancy seeing you here.” He grinned down at her.

“Who would’ve thought that I’d be interning in your class. Anyway, it’s great to see a familiar face; you have no idea how nervous I am.” Jin Ae then turned her body so that she was now fully facing him and she tilted her head to the side.

“You’re nervous, really? You don’t seem like it.” She added thoughtfully.

“Well it’s not like I’m much older than the rest of you guys, I mean I did just graduate last year.”

“No but I mean – what?!” Jin Ae looked up at him with raised eyebrows and he chuckled.

“What’s with the expression?”

“I thought you were Jinsang’s age.” She blinked as he shook his head.

“Nope.”

“So how’d you two meet?”

“We were both stuck having to volunteer over at the university library one time and well, as cliché as it sounds, we sort of clicked. As friends I mean.” He quickly added and Jin Ae couldn’t help but to grin slightly.

“So you should concentrate on your sketch, what are you drawing Eun Hee?” Finally being acknowledged, she looked up from her sketch and pretended to be slightly startled – something Jin Ae saw right through.

“Oh! Minsoo-ssi, yeah I’m just sketching the erm, desk.” She nodded at the teacher’s carol and Minsoo nodded. Jin Ae sent Eun Hee a knowing glance before staring at her own blank sheet.

“I have no idea what to draw.” Jin Ae pouted slightly and tapped the edge of her easel. Minsoo put his hands in his pockets and cocked his head to the side.

“Draw someone.” He said abruptly.

“But we were told to sketch an inanimate object.” Then Minsoo shook his head and chuckled.

“Jeez, you two talk too much during class. Your teacher said you can draw either an inanimate object or a sketch of someone by memory.” Jin Ae nodded slowly and tapped her lip. the curved upwards as she grabbed a pencil and began to lightly draw guidelines.