I took my usual seat which is in the front row but right next to the window. I placed my backpack on the empty seat next to me. It was still quite early so I decided why not go and listen to some music first. I ran my hand though my hair before leaning back on my seat while staring outside the window, waiting for the students to arrive.

I averted my gaze from the view to glance at my classmates, that's when I saw the president of the class, standing up and making her way out of the room. I also managed to caught a glimpse of probably Ms. Kim, who's standing right outside the room. Probably waiting for Yiren or something, I averted my gaze from them when I received a text from Soobin.

ʜᴇʏ

6:53 ᴀ.ᴍ

ʜᴇʏ

6:53 ᴀ.ᴍ

ʏᴇꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ?

6:53 ᴀ.ᴍ

ꜱᴏ, ɪ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱꜰᴇʀᴇᴇꜱ....

6:53 ᴀ.ᴍ

ᴏᴋᴀʏ ꜱᴏ...?

6:53 ᴀ.ᴍ

ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ꜱᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴀʟᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴅᴀʏ?

6:53 ᴀ.ᴍ

ᴡᴇʟʟ ʏᴇᴀ ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏ ʙᴜᴛ.......

6:54 ᴀ.ᴍ

ʙᴜᴛ?

6:54 ᴀ.ᴍ

ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴀɴʏ 'ɴᴇᴡ ꜱᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛꜱ'

6:54 ᴀ.ᴍ

ᴘꜰꜰᴛᴛᴛ

6:55 ᴀ.ᴍ

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜱᴏ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴏᴜʀ ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟ 'ɴᴇᴡ ꜱᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛꜱ'?

6:55 ᴀ.ᴍ

After that, Soobin didn't even bother to reply to my text anymore. I playfully rolled my eyes at him until i heard a commotion happening on the corridors. I cocked my head to the side while furrowing my eyebrows at them. Yiren still outside, but Ms. Kim is no longer there

I took off my earphones and slid it and my phone back in my pocket. With a sigh, i stood up from my seat and made my way out of the classroom to see what's happening. Yiren gave me a confused look when she finally noticed my presence.

, I asked her.

She shrugged and pointed something at me, , she answered me but still looking unsure.

I gave her a curious look before looking around me who had their heads turned into one direction. I placed my hands on my ships as i took a step forward to see a better look of what's all the commotion about. It can't be.

I gulped once i saw so was walking in the middle of the corridor, whilst everyone's attention are on her. My eyes widened as I stared at her in disbelief, I really don't believe what I'm seeing with my very own eyes. My breath hitched on my throat before rubbing my eyes with the back of my hand, I looked up once again which made my eyes widen even more.

Even my jaw fell open as I watched her slightly bow at everyone she passes with a smile on her face. I didn't even realized that the name slipped past my lips, Hwang Yeji?

Yiren turned to look at me, , she asked me with her eyebrows furrowed together. I nodded at her question, , she mumbled under her breath as she crossed her arms over her chest.

, I whispered while gawking at her.

She hummed, , she informed me.

I snapped my head to look at Yiren, , i questioned her.

, she answered while tilting her head to the side.

I placed my hand on my mouth to stop myself from creating unnecessary noises. When i noticed that Yeji is getting closer to us, I immediately opened the door and went inside the room. I peeked on the rectangular window on our door, waiting for her to pass.

When I saw her finally walk past me, I slowly exhaled while covering my mouth. I leaned on the door frame while closing my eyes, still burying my face on my palms. Everyone's eyes in this room might probably staring at me right now, but I couldn't care less.

I opened the door slightly to check on her one last time before finally making my way back in my seat. I clutched my head as I stared down on the floor, I'm probably dreaming, right?

Pinching my forearm and felt the pain, wait, i'm not dreaming at all.

I winced while soothing my forearm, slowly sinking in that this is pretty much real and I'm definitely far from dreaming. I broke out of my trance when I heard someone inform everyone in the room about her arrival, the old students became excited and happy that the Hwang Yeji was back, judging by the murmurs and whispers that erupted after the announcement.

I shook my head while keeping my eyes shut tightly as massive amount of questions came popping in my head. Why is she back? Since when did they came back? How could this happen?

A long sigh escaped from my lips, , I whispered to myself. I massaged my head, refusing to believe that they're really back in Korea. By the way, where is he?

Just then, my thoughts were interrupted when the door opened. I already assumed that it would just be our professor since it's almost time for our first period. I lifted my head and just like that my question have been answered.

I frozen on my seat, staring at them with wide eyes while feeling my blood pressure suddenly dropped low at the sight that I just saw. I quickly averted my gaze from them and instead looked down on my lap, allowing my hair to cover up mostly of my face.

I remained silent while observing the surroundings, my heart skipped a bit as I listened eagerly to everyone's reaction to them. I didn't know what to do in this situation of mine except trying to convince myself that it's just a mistake. They shouldn't be here, perhaps they got lost and confused hence they entered the wrong class? Slightly lifting my head just a bit, I managed to caught a glimpse of them scanning the whole area.

Probably looking for an empty seat where they could sit, I secretly prayed that they wouldn't noticed that there's an empty seat literally right next to me. From the corner of my eye, I saw them walk away and took a seat somewhere else which made me sigh in relief.

I nervously fidgeted my fingers on my lap, trying to drain out the thoughts running inside my head. There were murmurs and whispers that can be heard in the room, but I didn't bother lifting up my head. Afraid that I might actually meet their gaze or something.

I bit my lower lip, thinking what I did in my life to deserve this kind of situation. I was practically holding my breath and was shifting on my seat uncomfortably. I really don't know what to do in this situation of mine. Debating whether I should walk up to him then pull them into a very tight hug and not let go, in fear that they might disappear again. And might as well forgive forget and accept him back in my life like nothing happened a year ago?

Or should I do a flying kick on their face for disappearing in my life like a dust?

I took steady breaths as I tried to fight back the tears that were forming in my eyes, suddenly I felt someone stand beside the empty chair next to mine. My heart raced like crazy and sweat began forming on my forehead. I know that he's staring at me but I kept my gaze in front, keeping a straight posture and literally refusing to meet their gaze at all. I pressed my lips into a thin line, where's Shuhua and Soobin when I needed them the most?

I silently cursed inside my head, as well as summoning all the gods for them to away and leave me alone. But of course they had other plans, I heard them clear out their throat which made my palms sweat even more. They placed a hand on my desk which caught me off guard, ", I heard them say. Great.