****** 

' Arghh my head- Jesus Christ, how much did i even drink last night?- ' Kate groaned as she looked around her surroundings. 

' WHY AM I OUTSIDE THE DORM!?!?!?!?!??! ' Kate's eyes popped out as she looked at the front gate to her dorm. 

[ DO NOT ENTER!!!!  BUILDING UNDER LOCKDOWN ] 

' y-you go to be kidding me.....  Wasn't the lockdown gonna be in  like 3 DAYS FROM YESTREADY? wait then today is suppose to be.... JUST THE 2ND LAST DAY! why did.... huh? what the actual hell is going on? help- 

wait ....

yes!

 HELP

' Sir SIR?!?!? ANYONE THERE?! ' Kate shouted as she entered the school's office box near the front gate. 

A old man slowly walks out with a irritated expression 

' What do you need miss? ' he asked, clearly grumped out. 

' Well from what i know, the lockdown begins from Sunday and today is FRIDAY. Why is the campus dormitory already in lockdown??? ' Kate asked as calmly as she could. Well cause internally she was freaking the fuck out. The reasons :-

1. she has no one to go to, in Seoul except the dorm cause she's a international student for hells sake. 

2. she didn't know how to speak fluent Korean cause she planned to... study it later, that is if she had to survive outside of the campus. And so she started searching her pockets and found that she had her phone, wallet?,... and her bike keys......  ' I don't at all remember keeping them in my pocket but... I guess this is the best it can get. 

And at the reply she got from the security guard, she knew she fucked up real hard. She was crying and screaming, DRUNK , for her parents all while holding a god damning beer bottle. And so she got kicked out of the dorm by the supervisor.  Great. Just fucking great. 

Covid 19, It had already started it's mass murder, and Seoul, sadly became a victim as well. The campus was supposed to go onto lockdown, 1 week from now. But the rapid increase of cases forced the schools and campuses to go into lockdown way too soon. 

Students who stayed in the city had no problem as they all left to their homes. The main problem were the campus dormitory students. It's fine for the people who were from Seoul but the international students were in deep shit. The lockdown was so suddenly announced with only 1 week prior time for international or students living in different regions of the country to leave. Well your " social bee Kate " wasn't gonna just sit down and do nothing. And so she threw the party. That one god damning party which had her kicked out of the dormitory. 

******* 1 days before the sudden lockdown ******

' I can't believe this is actually happening ' Niki spoke as he took a sip from his Juice bottle. Niki, Jake and Heeseung sat down one by one, on a random bench in their cafeteria. 

' It feels like it was yesterday,  when i saw the news of that one, cruise ship going into lockdown, on the news paper in the library. And now the whole damn country is going into lockdown. ' Heeseung sighed as he picked up his own juice box. 

Niki and Jake both nodded as they laid their heads down. 

' So Jake... you leaving tomorrow?.... ' Niki asked. He could feel a lump in his throat as he spoke. Jake and Heeseung were there for Niki during these two years of collage. It was fun...... with both of them. They made a badass trio and now..... Jake needs to go back. His family didn't want him staying away from family while this whole pandemic was going on. 

' Yea... But...we will keep in touch right? ' Jake's voice came out like a whisper.

' We will. ' Heeseung spoke, his voice low, but Jake and Niki heard him. 

' We will...... reunite again. For sure. Our bond isn't s-something that will fall that easily ' Heeseung's voice cracked, as he gave a soft, sad smile to both the boys in front of him. 

 Niki suddenly got up, not able to bear the sadness. '  now, who's down for some good old basketball? ' He smirked 

' Followed by some cold beer with chips  ?~ ' Jake chipped in as Heeseung chuckled. [ Niki is the same age as Jake here so don't kill me. ] 

' LETCHUUU GOOO ' Niki  screamed as he and the other two ran out of the cafeteria.

**** Jay ****

" The world looks stupidly dry today " whispered Jay as he walks out of the last class of the last day. All he wanted to do now, was to go back to his apartment, lay down, grab some beer and listen to music. But he knew better to not do that on the  last day this world will be open. So he began driving, letting his heart take him where ever it felt like. Not bothering to grab a drink he drives straight to the Wholesale nurseries. Parking the car in a, almost empty parking lot, he puts his mask on as he walks towards the shop. 

As he walked onto the empty open area filled with planets, he noticed how beautiful each plant looked. They all looked so happy and bright, nothing like how the city was. Dull and empty. He soon snapped out of that depressing moment as he started walking towards the plants. 

After a good 10 minutes of wondering around the huge field of plants, he settles on a German chamomile. He at first loved how delicate it looked and as he looked it up, he found out that it even helps to clam a person down. Just what he needed. He walks to the casher and pays for it and walks back to the car. He takes a deep breath. " It's gonna be fine " He pats himself as he sits in the car. His heart for some reason not wanting to leave the place. He starts driving back to his accommodation, but as soon as he arrives, he notices the unusual amount of cars. 

 " I guess Kate is throwing another party " He thinks to himself. Not wanting to stay there suffering to the busting music, he chooses to escape from there and finds himself at the opposite side of the city, watching the sunset, on his favorite beach. 

****

"Thank god i picked a flat with a good view of the sunset, otherwise i would really go crazy" He talks to himself as he sits down on, one of the benches. Opening his sandwich, he takes a big and quick bite before pulling the mask up. "We can't even eat a sandwich is peace urgh" He groans putting the food back into the cover as he begins to take sips of his drink through his mask, just admiring the sunset from the beach for the last time, until god knows when again.

This beach holds many memories to him.  After a hectic day in the school, listening to all kinds of disgusting rumors about him, keeping his hard stone poker face, he used to come here and cry it out if he could, otherwise just sit here till midnight, doing his assignments or just.. Suck it all up and prepare to put on the poker face for tomorrow. The beach always accepted him. No matter if he was broken, Happy, tired, sad, motivated. It just stayed with him without judging him. He put his phone out as he begins recording the waves crashing with each other. It was like raw music to him. Beautiful and pure. 

He doesn't remember for how long he was here, but he gets a feeling he stayed a bit too late. So he drives back home, Stopping at the supermarket on the way to grab the essentials.  

 Upon arriving he finds a big commotion happening, but it was just Kate crying her eyes off holding a beer bottle, shouting for her parents. 

 "When does Kate NOT get into trouble" He shakes his head as he silently walks back into the building not bothering to help her. Well in his eyes, Kate was just a big, BIG trouble maker. And she was that person who Jay didn't want to get involved no matter what. You could conclude he despised her, from afar. 

As he walked out of the lift, the smell of strong beer and wild perfume, almost knocked his senses off. He shakes himself as he pulls his room keys and enters in. Only to be disturbed as soon as he finished his bath.  He sighs as he walks towards the door. Opening it, he leans on the door frame as he spots a familiar figure in front of him. She stood, holding few papers or books to be more precise, and a bag..... Hold up a Bag?

' What do you want?' He questioned as he looked at her up and down. Lowkey judging her a by the bag hanging off her shoulders. Definitely she wasn't here for him... right?

' Can i crash your place just for tonight? ' She asked. Clearly awkward just like the boy. 

' Eh?..... ' There was some silence before The girl broke it. 

' I live next door. I'm Kate's roommate Y/n. There are almost 4 couples eating their faces off in my room alone so you can imagine the rest. I didn't want to sleep outside with corona going on and... you seemed like the only option ' She spoke, avoiding eye contact at all costs. 

' Aren't you scared of me? ' He questioned, not really grasping the situation. 

' The rumor's you mean? To be honest you could cut my skull open and I'd come back as a ghost and thank you for removing me for his world cause it's that bad.  Don't worry i won't disturb you or anything. and also i will be leaving tomorrow morning it self. It's just one night. What do you say?' She spoke, not at all phased by the words she just spoke. 

Jay on the other hand, was quite, astonished with her words, but stood aside so she could enter.

' Shoes off please ' He spoke as he closed the door only for it to be pushed open again. 

' WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ' Jay shouts at the random stranger who by the looks, was clearly drunk and out of his mind. 

' Chill man. I packwed that girl few more clothes, cause mew and my girlfriend are gonna crash at her placee for a fewe days. MAY YOU BOTH KISS BY THEN BYEE ' That random stranger screams and throws the bag at Jay as he disappears into the flat opposite. 

' Wha.. W-What the FUCK!? ' Jay screeched, not really able to process everything.  

' you could say it's the new way to say "Have a nice day"  ' Y/n speaks as she gently grabs the other bang from Jay's arms. ' Are you gonna let me intrude your house without you introducing it to me first? 'This snaps Jay out of his trance. 'Well it is almost like it. Cause this was all unplanned as hell' He sighs as they both stand in the door way, zooming out. 

' Okay make yourself comfortable in the hall room. I'll Make us some snacks and we'll sit down and talk about why and how you actually will sleep in my house tonight ' And just like flash he was off, into the kitchen. Leaving Y/n to slowly walk in the hall room. She released a big sigh as she sat down on the black leather sofa. This was gonna be a big night.