❂ campus cafeteria

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@GEORGE MILLER [not really. some stuff happened over the new year and i'm sorry to say i've lost muse for our plot. thanks for checking though, maybe something else can happen in the future but for now i'm just really struggling to get any replies done]

@JUNG SOOJUNG [hey, you alright?]

@JUNG SOOJUNG He saw Maya in the hallway in a woman's arms. "Oh, thank god," he exclaimed and ran to them. "Maya, baby," he said reaching for the girl. He took her into his arms. 'Oh, I'm so glad you're safe." He bounced her gently. "You were litterally right next to me, and I looked away just once..." He sighed. "You've gotta stop running off like this, baby girl." Maya snuggled against her daddy. "I'm just glad you're okay. I looked the whole campus for you, little miss thing! Aww, my baby."
"Bah!" said Maya, cutely
"You've gotta stop scaring your daddy, little girl," he said, laughing.

@GEORGE MILLER How could anyone be so careless as to lose a little angel like this in the first place? Soojung sighed softly, hoping for the best as she waited just a little bit longer in the cafeteria, figuring she'd wait just a little bit longer before heading over to the office so they could make a call out.
"Whats up, little one?" She'd asked as Maya touched at one of her cheeks, causing the woman to smile and lean into the touch briefly before pretending to gobble at her hand, causing the young girl to screech in delight at such an action taken upon her.

"I know, you miss your parents. But we'll get you back home soon." Soojung promised, a firm nod of her head and the smile she gave seemingly settling the child down even more to her delight, though the apple slices were all gone now. Definitely wasn't the way she'd been intending on spending her evening but she didn't mind too much, how could she? Maya was so sweet, warm, kind, she was already so much kinder than most people Soojung could think of or that would come to mind in the first place.

Giving a glance to the big clock on one of the cafeteria walls, the woman figured now would be the time to at least begin heading towards the office. Hoisting Maya up over one of her hips a little more, Soojung held the child close whilst she was now playing with the ends of her rather long and silken hair, mumbling something that sounded like 'pretty' and 'soft' which had the elder smiling once more. Man, she hadn't smiled this much in a long time. Feeling more than grateful for that as they passed down one of the hallways, she had paused at the sight of a very disorganised and scruffy man coming their way, both Maya and the student staring in surprise but not saying a word.

@JUNG SOOJUNG George was now on the other side of the campus and still hadn't caught sight of her. He had looked everywhere. Well, except for places that were off limits. And for the school's greenhouse. Oh, and the Nutritional Sciences building which was all the way across the street...well highway. George looked across the highway...which was six lanes wide, plus a center turnlane, and it was full of traffic. Oh dear god, if Maya tried to cross that thing...
He shook his head, trying not to even think of such a thing. THe last thing a guy like him needed was a stress-inducing situation. He couldn't get worked up. "Calm down, calm down," he whispered to himself, running his hands through his luscious hair resisting the urge to yank it all out. "She could be in the greenhouse, or an off limits place, or oh god, the damn dorms. !"
He kept looking, screaming and hollering her name. He looked everywhere. He went in the woods surrounding the school, a creepy basement under a stair well, the dorms, the greenhouse. He ran back into the main building, gasping and freaking out. He was a mess. He only had one place to try here. Checking the cafeteria again...

@GEORGE MILLER Soojung didn't particularly look the part of someone who was maternal. What with her skin tight jeans and high heels that she wore and had a clear taste for designer things, or her very put together face or how she never had a hair out of place atop her head. She screamed everything a mother was not, cold, unapproachable... That was until she came around children, especially little girls. Why? They reminded Soojung of her own little sister, Jessica, and how she'd been her one saving grace throughout the horrible deal her parents had sprung upon her in her younger years. So when she'd found herself with a small window with enough time to buy herself something small to snack on between her lessons, she hadn't been expecting anyone else in the cafeteria, let alone someone small and that small someone walking into the back of her legs.

"Well hello there." The woman smiled, tucking some of her hair back behind her ear before she crouched down, giving the girl a wave. It barely registered for Soojung that Maya was disabled, for all she saw was a little girl in need of her parents.
"Where's your parent, little one? Up?" Holding out her arms, the woman was motioning first to lifting the girl up to see if she should mind, and when those arms were outstretched instead she gave a small smile and lifted Maya up into her arms, holding her against her hip with surprising ease.

Soojung soon realised the girl was very interested in the slices of apple she had bought, smiling to herself as she had to juggle around a bit but managed to feed the child a slice of apple.
"Lets try find your parents, hmn?" The woman murmured more to herself as they milled around the cafeteria, glancing down the hallway and figuring the child couldn't have wandered far from her carer.
"Tasty right?" Soojung murmured, smiling at Maya as she continued to happily eat the apple slices, figuring if no one showed up she'd have to just take her to the front office and make a call out for someone.

@JUNG SOOJUNG It was yet another long day of school and work, as usual. Today was different, though, because Maya's babysitter had cancelled last minute. So, George had to take her to school with him, and just hope everything would turn out fine. He sighed as he pushed her wheelchair down the hall, knowing that this wasn't such a good idea. Maya didn't understand alot of things as it is, and didn't always do so well in public spaces. Sometimes loud noises spooked her, and bright lights freaked her out. Plus, she needed to be tended to constantly, and he was in school, so it was hard to meet both needs at once like this. Plus, if she started crying and a scene got made...geeze, he didn't wanna even think about it. But, maybe he shouldn't be so worried. He only had three classes today, three long ones.

Later on, after the first class was done, and there was a 45 minute break before they had to go to the next. George took Maya outside where it was more quiet and peaceful. He picked her up and carried her as he walked around. "Hey, little Maya, how's my baby girl?" he asked her in his naturally deep voice. It was deep and manly, but one Maya was used to and loved more than anything, since it was her daddy's voice. "You doing okay? I know it's hard being in public sometimes, but sometimes things don't work out..." A few birds in a nearby tree tweeted. "Hey, Maya, look. You see the little birds?" He showed them to her and she giggled. He walked with her a little more, staying close to the chair, when she said , "Eat, eat," which meant she was hungry.
"Come on, let's get some food," he said. He put her back in her chair and pushed it inside to the cafeteria. He went to a vending machine and bought some stuff. "Okay, Maya, I got the..." He almost had a heart attack when he saw that her chair was there, but not her. She had been right beside him, and the second he turned his back...! She escaped from her own chair, undoing the belt...again! THis had happened before. He freaked and searched the whole campus for her.
On her little adventure, Maya returned to the cafeteria, looking for her daddy. While walking, she bumped into a grown up. "Bah," said Maya, looking up to see a woman.

i hereby declare that this rooms ity has been taken by kim taehyung ✩ (/coughs the bestest in all the land)