// courtyard.

@moonbyul A long and fuzzy something caught Yongsun’s attention before the sudden voice did. Her eyes followed the girl’s tail, mesmerized for a good couple of seconds before resting on its owner; for a while, Yongsun could only gape, mouth held slightly ajar as her mind struggled to catch on. Surely this wasn’t a dream? Did this girl show interest? /Genuine/ interest on her own free will? Yongsun had to blink several times just to make sure the ring of light she saw surrounding the stranger wasn’t real.

A feeling of relief and euphoria bubbled in her chest and manifested itself in a bright-eyed toothy smile. “Hi! Welcome!” She chirped jubilantly, handing the dark-haired girl a flyer. “My name is Kim Yongsun and I’m the president of the Speech and Debate club! You’re just in time actually! The first meeting is starting soon so you came not a moment too soon!”

Clearing , she decided to dial down the pep before she frightened the potential recruit. “I was kind of expecting people to show up early, but the room I booked was empty so I decided to try my luck out here. You’re the first person to approach me!” Realizing how lame that actually made the club seem, Yongsun hastily added, “But I’m sure there will be a lot more! . . . Eventually. I hope.” With each passing word she seemed to visibly deflate. A dejected frown rested on her lips for a brief moment before being replaced with a nervous half-smile. “I-I’m not trying to pressure you or anything!” She assured with a quick wave of her hand, somewhat flustered. “But I would appreciate it very much if you gave this a chance.” Hopefully, a firm nod and a slight crinkle of her brow was enough to convey Yongsun’s sincerity and determination. “You won’t regret it! . . . Probably!”

< Nah, don't sweat it! I understand if you have school and stuff like that. BesidesI'vebeenprettyslowtoo >

@yongsun Having free time now that her classes ended, Byulyi walked down the hallways of the campus as she made her way towards the library. Before she forgot or got distracted, she wanted to get whatever homework done so she could do whatever she wanted for the rest of the day. Turning the corner, she saw a girl a few feet away, holding a stack of papers - flyers for something, probably - and smiling at people as she attempted to hand them out. Stopping in her tracks, Byulyi silently watched as students tried to ignore the woman, and she tried to listen in to what she was saying so she would know what the flyers in her arms were for. "Speech and Debate? Is that what she said?" She lightly mumbled to herself, stepping forward to get closer, soon realizing that the girl was indeed very pretty, and, no, stop that. That isn't the point right now.

"Hey!" Byulyi spoke once she was sure she was in ear shot. "What's the flyers for?" She looked down at the papers, trying her best to read upside down, and she was able to make out the big letters at the top that confirmed this was for a new speech and debate club. Huh, interesting, she thought, looking back up, smiling at the girl and bending her tail back so it wasn't in the way too much. "When's the first meeting? I could probably swing by and check it out."

[omg i didn't mean to answer back this late. sorry!]

@junhong Yeonjoo looked up at the taller and brushed her feathers aligned on her neck, "Oh... nothing... nothing's wrong..." Yeonjoo said, looking back to the ground. "Hmm~ Okay~" Yeonjoo agreed, yet still looked down. She stared at her shoes as she walked alongside Junhong.

Yeonjoo hummed softly as she walked next to him, for lack of a conversation starter. She tilted her head and finally looked forward as she followed wherever Junhong was leading her. Yeonjoo huffed as she checked the time on her phone and cracked a few of her knuckles as she walked

@yeonjoo Junhong chuckled softly and mused. "I don't know about me. There's just so many favorites. It all depends on what i'm craving then." Junhong had a smile so wide that it seemed to reach to his ears. His ears picked up the soft ding and tilted his head curiously. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye and his curiosity peaked as he saw her facial expression change and the color seemed to be drained from her.

"Is everything alright?" The question slipped out of his lips and his innocence seemed to radiate off of him. Despite his current age, Junhong had always kept his innocence about everything. It was almost to the point he could be considered naive to the world, perhaps he really is. "Hm, I remember that there was a ice cream place near campus, so over there!"

@junhong Yeonjoo tilted her head, humming as she thought, "Favorite ice cream flavor... I think for me it has to be cookie dough..." she hummed out, slightly sing-song like. She listened to Junhong and nodded, though she wouldn't have understood since she hadn't gotten to that stage yet. She walked along side of Junhong, brushing her feathers down every once in awhile, as they started feeling ruffled. She clutched the strap of her bag and reached inside of it when she heard a soft 'ding' come from her phone.

She took out her phone and opened it up, pulling out a text message from her friend. Immediately after reading her face had seemed to pale, she locked her phone and put it back in her bag quickly. But she didn't want to suddenly seem depressed around Junhong, so she tried to keep up with how she had been acting before. She cleared and looked at him, asking, "So where exactly are we getting this ice cream..?"

@yeonjoo Junhong simply shrugged and gave a slight glance at her from the corner of his eyes. "I don't know. Maybe now, or maybe later. Perhaps never, All depends on my mood" Junhong hummed. 'My, did she seem to become so frustrated over the game.' Junhong thought as he pulled her along the direction he chose. He could have just left her to her own devices, but he wanted to cheer her up. Then probably help her with the game.

Turning his head to look at her, a wide grin appeared on his face as he heard the soft laughter. "There it is, I was wondering when I would get some positive emotions out of you." Soft laughter spilled from his lips and he started to ask another question. "What /is/ your favorite ice cream flavor, Yeonjoo?" "What was the hardest stage for me..." Junhong echoed as he tilted his head to think. "I have to say, it was probably at the end of the middle. maybe 3/4ths of the way. dunt really remember."

@junhong Yeonjoo groaned again, throwing her head back quite frustrated. I mean honestly, she was usually great at games, and the fact that she played games like this one, completely similar, if not, exactly the same. She huffed and pouted looking up at the the taller and crossing your arms. "Yah~ Just show me how to beat just one stage! Please!" she asked.

Yeonjoo huffed and rubbed her left shoulder with her right arm, nodding at what Junhong was saying. He probably felt bad for her, but she shrugged that thought off. She huffed and nodded, but before she could reply, she was pulled in some direction. Yeonjoo didn't say anything about it, though. Yeonjoo laughed softly, covering , feeling Junhong's tail brush against the back of her leg. She smoothed down the feathers of her neck and looked at him, "So what /was/ the hardest stage in the game for you..?" she was really curious. After all, he did beat it in a week.

@yeonjoo Junhong inwardly sniggered and had his expression trained into one of blankness. "I don't know, could I?" Junhong asked with a tilt of his head, that made him seem more of a puppy than he normally did. The poor girl looked like she was going to pull her hair out from her anger, perhaps she couldn't beat the game? Junhong wondered if the game really effected Yeonjoo or was it the fact that he could beat it and she couldn't?

"Eh, it's not that bad. I mean, you could still be stuck at the beginning. The /very/ beginning." Junhong spoke trying to cheer her up just a bit. He felt a bit bad cause of how embarrassed she seemed. Clapping his hand on her shoulder, he pulled her along as he mused. "Ice cream sounds nice right now, doesn't it?" He asked as he started to pull her towards a random direction. "Oh, but I did." His eyes twinkled as he laughed, and his tail brushing against the back of Yeonjoo's leg as it swayed back and forth.

@junhong Today was an off day for Yeonjoo, her emotions were out of wack, she was impatient, she was doing everything she usually didn't do, and it was all because of that damn game and Junhong being an idiot and not answering her questions, "Can you at least show me how you beat certain stages of the game?? It's so hard!" Yeonjoo groaned, ruffling her hair as she got more angry just by thinking about every time she failed in playing this particular game.

Yeonjoo fiddled with the feathers on the back of her neck before smoothing them out. She knew Junhong's question and huffed. "A little bit before halfway..." she mumbled softly, looking down. She was so embarrassed that she had to tell him that! No doubt he would laugh at her. She looked up at Junhong and raised her eyebrow, "You did not just throw a Star Wars reference at me..." she said, smiling slightly for the first time in awhile at the reference to one of her favorite movies.

@yeonjoo He immediately straightened his back when he felt her grip on his shirt loosen and smoothed down any wrinkles that she had left. His lips curled into a grin as he saw her lip quiver with anger and that was rather amusing with him. She couldn't be really mad at him, it was all fun and games after all.

His grin only grew when she started complaining. He didn't know she would have this reaction to the game. He had some trouble when he was playing it himself and he managed to still beat it. "I just did. Maybe i'm just naturally good at games." Junhong said as nonchalantly as he could while inwardly he was laughing. "How /far/ are you into that lovely game anyways?" Everything about him was practically emitting amusement, from his tail wagging very much like a puppies, his ears twitching and his eyes shining with said emotion. "Patience my young padawan." He snickered as she tapped her foot impatiently.

@junhong Yeonjoo felt her lip quiver in anger at the taller boys way of speaking. To be completely honest she didn't know why she was somewhat friends with this guy, for a girl like her, he made her crazy in all the bad ways. Yeonjoo rolled her eyes, putting a hand on Junhong's tricep to bring him back up to get him standing properly.

"Thank you, King Obvious." she grumbled. Yeonjoo made a face and shook her head, "The game is irritating as and it's so hard." she conplained, rubbing her temples, "Seriously! How did you beat it?! What the hell did you do to be so good at the game??" she questioned. She didn't know if she should add on that Yeonjoo wasn't even half way done with the game... But she decided not to unless he asks or something. Yeonjoo huffed and ruffled her hair before smoothing the feathers on her neck down, waiting for Junhong to answer as she tapped her foot on the ground impatiently.

@yeonjoo Junhong was in the middle of the game when he suddenly felt someone pulling him back rather harshly, causing him to yelp slightly. His sense of balance was suddenly shifted when he forcefully pulled back and when she pulled down, Junhong struggled to not fall onto the ground on his . His dark brown eyes glanced up to meet her gaze and tilted his head slightly. "Well, It's nice seeing you again, Yeonjoo. I'm afraid this isn't a very nice way to grab someone's attention." Junhong asked as he closed the app of the game on his phone and slipped it into his pocket.

Junhong's shirt was still in Yeonjoo's grip and he glanced at her hand then up at her. "A bit aggressive today, aren't you?" Junhong mentally pouted as he wanted her to actually struggle to find him but now that she has him in her grasp, quite literally, he would find another way to mess with her. Perhaps, with that game that is seemingly driving her mad. "Yes, how did it go? Did you beat it yet?" Oh, he knew she hasn't beaten it yet, why else would she be trying to find him so quickly.

@junhong Yeonjoo honestly was not having it. She clenched the strap of her bag as she looked around for Junhong. As she was in the courtyard she faintly saw the tall boy, and the color of his hair, but just as quickly as she had seen him, his long legs walked away from her, and he was getting farther by the second. Yeonjoo was not going to deal with that. She started running, her top flailing as she brought her slightly short legs to attempt to catch up with him. "Seriously?! Why are his legs so long that he just has to take huge steps?!" she questioned herself as her converse grazed the ground while she ran to Junhong.

At some point, Yeonjoo had caught up to Junhong, putting her hand on the back of the taller boy's shirt and yanking him back towards her, pulling him down so he could come into eye contact with her. Yeonjoo was honestly never this aggressive, but this game—a game that Junhong himself suggested—did things to her, okay? She huffed and looked back at the taller, "You know the game that you told me to buy?" she started off, and waited for him to confirm that he had remembered, just in case him losing memory came by as often as he needed to be freed from boredom.

@yeonjoo Junhong was lazing on next to a patch of flowers with his phone in his hand, his slender fingers moving quickly around the screen as he was immersed in his game, his tail thumping against the side of where he was lying down lazily. As of this moment, the game he was currently playing was his only source of amusement, and that itself is losing it's charm really quickly. If there was one thing that Junhong hated the most, was being /bored/. Sighing softly, Junhong placed his phone down and stretched as he stood up. Dark gray ears perched on his head, twitching ever so slightly and his tail swishing back and forth. Bored, bored, bored. He had finished a video game recently, and it only took him a week or so. Now that game, caught his attention for a good while, he would just play it constantly immersed, only barely remembering that he should attend classes and actually take care of himself.

His ears twitched as he heard soft footsteps heading towards his direction. He heard the frustrated groan and grinned as he swiped his phone into his hand and disappeared to the opposite direction that the footsteps were coming from. Perhaps, she could provide him with some sort of amusement. His legs naturally taking long strides, as Junhong knew that in order for her to catch up to him, she would have to actually run towards him. Which, is if she found him, he mused as he turned at a random corner. Resuming his game on his phone, Junhong made sure to turn randomly and his feet just walking around like he was in a maze.

@junhong Yeonjoo was in her dorm, using her laptop. But this time it wasn't for school work as it usually was. It was for something that she did in her spare time if she had no more books to read, playing a video game. Thank god her roommate wasn't around to see Yeonjoo lose her chill though. She couldn't get passed a certain stage of the game, and it was really annoying her, she was honestly about to be pushed to the edge with this stupid game. "This is all Junhong's fault..." she mumbled as she dragged her mouse around the screen, clicking frantically and groaning in distress as she had failed the stage another time. "This is ing ridiculous." She complained as she shut her laptop, but not to hard to damage anything.

She got out from her dorm room and went on the search for Junhong. She kept mentally blaming him for convincing her to buy this game because he had finished it in a week. It's been two weeks for Yeonjoo, and she's sure she hadn't even gotten halfway passed the game. If she found Junhong, she was sure to make him tell her how to beat the game, or at least get halfway done. But the option of punching him was there too... "Where is he?!" she groaned as she walked around the hangouts around campus, still desperately looking for Junhong.

@taehyung There he is.
/murmurs softly while letting out an exasperated sigh while running my fingers through my hair chewing on my bottom lip/
Aish these people.
/tries to ignore the judgemental stares send my way, shakes my head still wondering if talking with you would be a good idea/
Uh, Taehyung?
/clears my throat, swearing profusely even though the weather was quite cool today with the soft brew ruffling my blonde hair/
Can we talk about the rumours spreading around the campus about us?
/lowers my gaze on the floor since looking at your face while talking seemed a little weird after all the false gossips spread around about us both/
Listen these things that have been spears around about us, I want to assure you I have nothing to do with this.
I don't even know how such gossip arose from, but I promise to make it alright again.
/fidgets with my fingers, hesitantly raising my gaze to meet yours and gives a small smile/
I hope you are not angry at me.

[]Sorry, I didn't know what to write, so a small starter.

@moonbyul “. . . yes, and the first meeting starts soon! There’s no membership fee so you’ll gain a valuable life skill for zero charge! It doesn’t get any better than that, right?”

The strained smiles and harried looks she received in response said otherwise.

She watched, crestfallen, as the two students shuffled off, hell bent on putting as much distance between them as possible. For once, Yongsun was at a loss for words; which wasn’t good news for the president of the school’s Speech and Debate club now that she thought about it. Why anyone would turn down an opportunity to hone their speaking skills was beyond her. Didn’t people realize how important this was? Silly kids. So far every request was met with polite rejection or complete and utter disregard. It did do a little number on her self-esteem but Yongsun refused to let this setback break her determination.

With only a few minutes remaining before the meeting, Yongsun steeled her resolve. Whether five or twenty people showed, she would still do her best. Too much time and effort had already gone towards the development of the club for her to quit now. She clutched the flyers closer to her chest tightly, eyes gleaming with focus, before diving back into the fray.

“Hi, have you heard of the Speech and Debate Club?”

“Not really I don’t—”

“That’s fine, tell your friends! You can’t miss me—I’m here every week!”

Yongsun smiled brightly, exposing a set of jagged teeth, as the boy reluctantly accepted the flyer. He began scanning the contents as he continued along the stone pathway so that was good enough for her. Every bit of exposure helped. Surely there was at least /one/ person who was interested.

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*Among the aged tiles and floral cities, I scatter a mass of bland flyers printed with the most unflattering photos of Eunbi. *On the bottom of the sheets in fine print reads "Is this really going to be the face of your next secretary"*

Baekhyun walked in and placed a couple of stickers of himself. He also placed a flyer of himself and giggled before reading it. "Please vote for me! I want to cheer on all the other candidates too~!"

@suji Lunch break finally arrived with the faithful sound of the ringing school-bell. Soohyun moved like a zombie through the building, his face towards the ground, constantly yawning, sighing or making other sleepy noises. Why did school always have to start so early? How could anybody be awake at this hour of the day? He had so many questions.

Without thinking much he followed the streams of people through the school, almost all heading for the cafes or the coffee shop, but parted off from the others as they passed by the courtyard. The sun was still at the ground with its warm rays, painting the open area with a bright light that made Soohyun groan out as he hurried for one of the nearby trees. He slung off his messenger bag at the trunk, scaling the full height of the tree with a practiced ease. Up amongst the leaves of the upper branches, just far enough down that he could remain in the shade, he eased down. One arm laid crossed over his chest, the other hanging down from the branch. His right leg hung with it on the opposite side of the branch, his left propped up a little against the trunk.
Now this was a place fit for a king, he thought to himself as he slowly drifted off into a light mid-day nap.

@baekhyun Chan nodded as he looked at the other before answering. "Hmm? Oh! I'm majoring in preforming arts. I like dancing and doing all that stuff," he said happily. "You must be really good at singing then," he said, grinning at the other.

@chan Baekhyun was happy and giggled softly as he saw how excited the other was. "Good," he said. He blinked a couple of times at the question and smiled as he answered Chan with, "I'm majoring in music, piano, singing, etc. What about you?"

@baekhyun Chan grinned brightly as he looked at the other. "Okay!" he said happily, looking at the other. "Hyung, do you mind if ask, what major are you?" he asked as he tried to calm his tail from wagging more than it was.

@chan Baekhyun smiled and nodded to the younger as they continued to walk along. "Yeah, we'll be there in a couple of minutes," he answered and noticed how Chan's tail wagged from side to side. He smiled and giggled when he heard what the other said. "I see, well, how about we go to the dorms, drop off some of our things and we'll go to the cafe together?" he suggested.

@baekhyun Chan smiled as he followed him happily. "I guess your my hyung then. I'm a freshman,18 years old," he said as he watched the other. "Are the dorms close by, hyung?" he asked, his tail wagging side to side as he walked. "I hope they are because I'm really hungry," he mumbled, his tummy rumbling.

@chan Baekhyun thought the other was rather cute as he saw him blush. He pulled the other up and smiled to him as they began walking towards the dorms. "You're welcome... Oh, I'm a junior, 22 years old," he answered with a bright smile. "I'm pretty sure I'm your hyung," he giggled softly.

@baekhyun Chan blushed slightly at the other laughing at him. He smiled awkwardly as he too the other's hand. "Hehe... Thanks," he said, getting up. "Umm... What grade are you, by the way? Are you my hyung?" he asked, tilting his head as his tail perked up again.

@chan Baekhyun smiled and nodded slightly as he listened to him. "Oh, don't worry too much. It's part of who you are right? You should have to hide it so much," he smiled. He blinked a few times before giggling softly, a hand coming up to cover his mouth. "Oh, I see." He stood up and then offered a hand to the other so he could stand up. "Come on, let me help you get there. After all, I was headed back there myself," he smiled.

@baekhyun Chan hummed as he looked at his tail, smiling. "Hopefully I get it down soon. Just so then I don't get myself into trouble," he said. He looked around, still not really sure where he was. "I'm not sure. I was supposed to go back to my dorm but I saw a squirrel and followed it... Now I'm lost," he explained. "Hehe... I'm still new here," he added.