You feel more focused after using relaxation techniques to calm yourself down. You open your eyes just before you turn to enter class. You see Jungkook running down the hall, wiping his eyes before running into the boys' restroom. 

'It looks like he's crying.'  You shrug your shoulders, surely not, and open the door to your math class with dread.

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You feel a pat on your shoulder and, snap out of your reminiscing and look up.

"Mia, you're still here? Your coffee must be cold by now. I brought you another fresh cup. I'm heading home now. I'll see you tomorrow." Binnie hands you a hot cup of coffee and a donut.

"Thank you, Binnie. See you tomorrow." You watch her leave before you set the coffee aside. 'If I drink any more coffee, I won't be able to sleep tonight.'

You smile and eat the donut. You didn't realize you were so hungry. You pull a bottle of water out of your bag and open it. After taking a few sips, you stare at your laptop screen, lost once more in memories.

You enter the math classroom and see two of the boys who dragged you into the restroom sitting at their table, the one you must pass to get to yours. You clutch your books tightly against your chest and try to get by as hastily as possible.

Your heart is racing out of fear, and your palms are sweaty. The one sitting closest to the aisle is fast enough to turn and flip your skirt up, and the others laugh.

You feel your face getting hot as you know you're blushing. You swiftly sit and keep your head down as you remove your pencil and paper. 'Could this day get any worse?'

You sigh when you hear the teacher come in, "All books and bags on the floor under your tables, and get your pencils out."

He walks through the room, handing out the tests. He pauses by your table and leans towards you, "Are you ok, Miss Kim?"

"Yes, sir."

He pats the test he placed in front of you, saying, "Good luck, Miss Kim." Then he walks on to hand out the rest of the tests.

When a test is done, he lets each student leave as they turn it in. Today, you waited until everyone else had left, then stood and walked up to his desk to turn yours in.

"Miss Kim, you're usually the first to turn your test in. Are you sure you're feeling ok?"

"Yes, sir. I'm not ill."

He smiles, "Well, I know at least one person who will get an A. You never disappoint me, Miss Kim. Have you thought more about signing up for advanced math classes? You do qualify."

"Thank you, sir, but I will be moving before the semester ends."

"I will ensure that you are qualified to take advanced mathematics in your records so that you can start at your new school next semester."

"Thank you, sir." As you leave his class and go out the door, you bump into Jimin and Taehyung. They were a grade ahead of you but needed a little help to pass math, so your teacher recommended they have you tutor them, which was nice. Their parents even paid you. These two were so sweet and eager to learn.

Taehyung smiles his cute boxy smile and says, "Hey, I got an A yesterday on my math test. Thank you, Mia."

You smile, "You're welcome." You look at Jimin, "How did you do?"

He pouts, "Well, I didn't get an A . . ."

You start to apologize, but he stops you. "I got an A plus!" He smiles, "Thanks."

He looks at Taehyung and then back at you. "We couldn't have done it if you hadn't tutored us."

Taehyung sadly looks at you, "Is it true you're moving?"

You giggle, "I see Gi let that get around fast. Yes, I'm moving to Seoul with my family soon. I can recommend someone else to help tutor you in math if you want."

Taehyung pouts, "But I don't want nobody else."

Jimin nudges him on the shoulder, "But you were just eyeballing the new girl."

Taehyung rubs his shoulder. "Owe. I meant I don't want anyone else to teach me math. Mia made it look so easy. I had other tutors before, but none made it fun." He smiles at you.

"It was great to hear about your test scores. I knew you guys could do it." You smile at them both and hold each one's hand, giving a squeeze of encouragement.

"I have first lunch so I will see you guys later." You walk away and look back to say, "I'm starving. Math tests always do that to me."

They laugh as you go to your locker to put your things away before going to lunch. Jungkook has first lunch, too, so you take a deep breath and head to the cafeteria. You meet Gi on the way, and she grabs your arm. 

"I'm so hungry. I skipped breakfast this morning because I overslept." Arm in arm, you get in line to pick up your lunch. Gi gives you a gentle poke. "Don't look now, but Jungkook is here."

You look for him anyway. He is sitting with his friends, laughing and nudging him, but he isn't laughing with them. He happens to look in your direction, and your eyes lock. He breaks contact first and lowers his head.

You feel your heart racing, and his eyes seem filled with regret and sadness. There's more to that look than you know.

You look away and back at Gi. She casually bumps your shoulder. "Come on, let's sit. I want to eat. Did I tell you I'm hungry?" she grins as you walk to your usual table for lunch. Before you sit down you glance quickly over at Jungkook but he is gone.