"Dahae-ah, hurry up!! It's 9.20 a.m. already!! Prof. Kim will kick us from class if we don't rush!" Minhee yelled at her friend.

"Don't yell at me! The building is just across the road and it only took 3 minutes to get there. Don't be to much, Minhee-ah!" Dahae yelled back at her when she came out from her shrine like room. 

Minhee know that everyone has their preferences about their bedroom, but if anyone saw Dahae's, they'll have the same thought. Posters and photos of her favorite boy band is everywhere on her wall.  There aren't any square inches of bare wall left. There are merchandise, banners and dolls too. The remarkable thing is her nightstand. Or should it called her worship table? She has her favorite member photos stand there with flowers, scented candles and many decoration around it. Minhee, too, has scented candles on her nightstand, but when it placed like Dahae did, it looks like a worship table to her. Minhee never shame Dahae for it. Everyone have a hobby, right?

Instead like Dahae who always cheer crazily when her boys appeared on TV or continuously insist anyone to accompany her to watch their shows, Minhee not interested to this kind of things, although she enjoys listening to music. She like songs of Tori Kelly or Ed Sheeran or Adele or anyone with soothing voice. But it should be underlined, she's not fanatic like Dahae. She's the type who enjoyed music by their voices. Their soothing voices to be exact. Besides, she always more busy with her assignment to pass this term. 

Minhee and Dahae majored in same field, Business. That's how they became friend. After Minhee graduate,  she plans to help her parents develop their small store back in my hometown, Busan. She came from average family. She's not rich, but not poor either. As for Dahae, she is beyond rich. She doesn't need to work at all to feed her future family for 7 generation. She has an apartment for herself, even though her family is here in Seoul. Minhee live with Dahae now. Of course in Dahae luxurious apartment. She made Minhee live there because she doesn't like to be alone. At first, Minhee rejected her offer. She doesn't want to be seen as a gold digger friend. She already had a place to sleep anyway, even though it's far. But Dahae still made Minhee live with her somehow. Minhee knows that her friend is a good person. She trusts her.

Most of a day, Minhee spends her time at library to do her assignment or just to read something. She comes almost everyday. She even befriended the librarian. They categorized her as a nerd and she's okay with that. Mostly because she doesn't care.

"I'm ready. Let's go" Dahae said after freaking 20 minutes. 

"The class is at 9.45 for Pete's sake. 3 minutes to the building and 2 minutes left to the class. Great." Minhee mumbled.

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When they reached the class, Prof. Kim's already there. Double great.

"Young misses, you're lucky i have just arrived. Hurry up, take your seat." They're 5 minutes late. The building's lift s*cks. Slow and always packed. They didn't have the choice to take the stairs, even though morning exercise always be Minhee's enemy. 

Oddly, their usual seat was occupied by a tall man. The classroom was small and always packed. Minhee and Dahae always sit at the very back since Dahae insisted her. Usually, there's only 1 seat left beside theirs and that seat always be Dahae's extra seat for her bag and other things. 

'That's weird. No one ever occupy their seat before. Even if he's transferred student. It's already in the mid. How can someone transferred in the mid.' Minhee decided to ask the tall man. She meant to ask for her seat because his bag occupied it.

"Excuse me" Minhee started to talk. 'Jeez, this guy is weird as h*ll' She thought. The man covered his face with a hoodie, a mask and glasses. He wore all black outfit. 

'Looked like a criminal on the loose to me.' Minhee thought again.

'Oh God! Who is this girl? What should i do? I thought i was already safe sitting in the back. Sh*t' The tall man thought. He didn't reply and continued to look down to keep his face hidden.

"Ehm. Excuse me." Minhee spoke louder. She's pissed. "Can you please take your bag? There's no seat left so i need to sit here" She continued. 

'Oh Cr*p.' The man cursed under his breath.

He took his bag with minimum action. He kept his face down because he knew that Minhee looked at him with confuse look. She stared at him for at least 5 minutes until the professor started the class. 

'Ugh. It will be a long day.' The man sighed.

'Oh my God. What's wrong with this guy. He didn't look at me at all. He is weird enough with his fully covered face and now his act is weird too.' Minhee told to herself. 

After the class ended, the man beside her instantly ran out the room. People stared at his sudden action and they started to notice his criminal-on-the-loose look. They started to whisper on each other.

"Yah, Minhee-ah." Dahae too started whispering.

"Yah!? How can you call me 'yah'?! I'm older than you."

"Oh for Pete's sake. You're only 6 month older and you always act like an eonni." She sulked.

"I am indeed your eonni."

"Shut up! Hey, don't you think that guy is something."

"Oh that criminal-on-the-loose guy? He is weird."

"What's with the term?" Dahae laughed. "You know, he could be a K-Pop star or an actor."

"What?! No way! He's too weird"

"Look, everybody is whispering to each other. They must think that guy is a celebrity. Only you who would think he's a criminal."

"Are you serious? Can you see what he wore?" Minhee asked, disbelief spreading across her face. 

"Well, they usually wear something like that when they are outside. You really don't watch TV or article, do you? I bet you also didn't know there's an amazing thing called internet. Tsch. I should be the one sitting beside him so i can analyse his face. I didn't notice him earlier" Dahae regretted. 

"Yah! You bully! You're too busy with your phone. I guess you didn't hear the lesson at all."

"It's BTS's fan meet in 5 days, you know. And it's Jimin's birthday too. Of course i need to know what Army plan to do for him. He's my bias!" Dahae's protective behavior towards her favorite boy band started to emerge. Yes, it's BTS. Minhee only knew there're 7 of them since Dahae always shouts 'my 7 boys are daebak' when they show up on TV. Her shouting always clearly heard from the living room even Minhee's bedroom's door is closed.

"Chill out, young lady. I'm not judging you. Do your thing. I'll be at the library" Minhee got up and started to walk out.

"You remember your promise, right?!!" Dahae shouted.

"What promise?" 

"Yah! Minhee-ah! How could you forget?! You promised to accompany me to the fan meet!"

"What?! Did i?!" Minhee seriously didn't remember anything about that. 

"You promised me at the bar before! I even recorded that." When Minhee heard the record, she quickly realized what happened.

"Yah! How could you take advantage from a drunk woman?!" Minhee shouted.

"A promise is a promise." Dahae tried to sound wise.

"Cr*p" Minhee cursed.

"Watch your mouth, young lady" Dahae smirked. Minhee didn't reply and just walked out.

'Ugh. A promise is a promise.' Minhee sighed to herself, thinking about how much harder this was going to get.

--

At the library, Minhee bowed to Mrs. Han, the librarian and said her greetings like she always did. "Annyeonghaseyo, Mrs. Han."

"Oh annyeong, Minhee-ah. You're here. Do you want me to recommend you some books?"

"It's okay, Mrs. Han. Today i'll be doing my assignment. I think i don't have time to read anything beside the references."

"Okay then. Do a good job! Oh and i think your usual spot is occupied. I thought it was you earlier but it's not."

'What?! Again? I thought my usual spot was unknown. You can't even see it if you don't walk to the very end of the hallway. It's even behind the big shelf!' Minhee murmured to herself. That's the spot Mrs. Han gave her because she came almost everyday. Mrs. Han pitied her, she couldn't concentrate if there's too many people. Mrs. Han even prepared her a desk there. 

"But how can? It's hidden." Minhee protested.

"Yeah, i don't know either. That man is something though." After Mrs. Han said that, she leaned closer to Minhee and whispered. "He look like a criminal wearing so many covers"

"What?!" Minhee shocked.

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