❝ 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐲. ❞

|𝐈𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞|

The psychology professor was rambling in his lecture about some out of the world topics. The eighteen-year-old students clearly seemed to be in a trance, not understanding what the professor was enunciating. As it was just the first day of the second semester, the students were still trying to configure what was happening in the first class because a subject as deep as psychology was surely wrecking their brains, making them go bonkers about the confusing topics.

Jungkook and Calista, Jimin and Jena and Taehyung and Ruby sat side by side in the middle three benches. Together they made a group of six students who were great friends since the first semester of the university.

"What the hell is he spitting out right in the first lecture!" Jungkook cursed under his breath, trying to whisper as low as possible, unable to handle the mind-boggling psychology lessons. Calista, who sat right beside him, nodded in agreement and sighed in tiredness. Jimin and Taehyung too, heard what Jungkook said and a low chuckle left from their mouths.

Since the professor was continuously speaking from the podium, the students couldn't even murmur because everything could be seen and being caught for indiscipline, right on the first day of the new semester was definitely not on anyone's wish list. In a few minutes, finally, the professor turned around to use the smart board whilst holding the stylus, giving a chance to the students to murmur amongst themselves. But what they saw was more amusing than their gossip.

This was the moment when everyone's eyes went wide but no one dared to utter a word unless they wished to write an extra assignment given as punishment by the professor for talking in class.

He was a lean fellow most probably in his mid-forties, with a body structure almost equivalent to that of a skeleton, he appeared like he had been starved for days but again, that's how less muscles he had in his system. His bald head proved man must be busy out there writing some research paper and the eye bags under his eyes didn't fail to make him appear like a panda, to be exact, a malnourished panda. The description of his body almost made everyone burst into a cackle of laughter but they swallowed their laughs because they didn't wish to have disciplinary action on them.

He wore a plain blue shirt paired with beige pants neatly tucked inside, as it appeared from the front but then, he turned and that's when it everyone's eyes widened, they gulped a lump down their throats but nobody dared to utter a word. The class became pin-drop silent and it was tough for the students to even blink their eyes, for what they witnessed.

As far as the girls could see, the professor wore an exceptional kind of belt...

His pants were reaching below the V-line and may god forbid if they reached any lower than that, they would've fallen below and that would've been quite a goggle-eyeing spectacle and with the amount of secret cameras, that is, device cameras, lunging out in the classroom, that scene would've definitely made headlines across the university forum and meme pages.

Speaking of his belt, it didn't appear like an ordinary belt. It had some cravings on its surface, most probably the brand name carved on it in bold letters but who in the world wears such a weird outfit, that too in front of his students?! It didn't only appear disgraceful but indecent too.

"Calista, you're also seeing what I'm seeing right?" Jena, who sat in the front seat of Calista whispered in a hushed tone, without turning around and the girl, as amused as her, replied with a 'hmm'. Before the boys could make any remark, the professor spoke up, making everyone's faces gloomy.

"Alright, class! You need to submit this assignment by next week, the details are written on the smart board and it's a group work. Failure to do so would result in the deduction of your credit points for this semester. I hope you all will give your best." The professor muttered in a robotic tone, least interested in reading the room. He earned all sorts of pleading glances from the students because it was just the first day of the new semester, no one would be crazy enough to give an assignment, RIGHT ON THE FIRST DAY, but the heartless fellow showed no mercy.

It was the lunatic psychology professor we're talking about, anything was possible in his class.

Taehyung rolled his eyes, followed by a deep sigh from Jimin and Jungkook banged his tightened fist on the desk making Calista flinch and peek at his side with a 'Are you crazy?' look. Nevertheless, the truth was, they had to complete this assignment by hook or crook.

The professor noticed the saddened expressions on the student's faces and suddenly, his psychology lesson turned south. He started rambling about the future, the topic everyone was least interested in. In fact, they felt like digging up a burrow in there and hibernating for days, considering his out-of-the-world knowledge, sleep was a better option. Certainly, never in their wildest dreams did they imagine, the new semester to be this tedious and monotonous.

"Students, you should not slack off like this. What will you do when you start doing a job or your own business?! Also, in the very future AI robots might eat up your jobs and you need to be smart enough to find an alternative. There might be chips that can extract your memory data and it can be used to transport it to someone else's memory, robots might rule the world. Maybe, the dead can be brought back to life by the advancing technology..."

His rambling went on and on and everything went above from the students' heads as this was totally out of context. They were practically dying from inside and each passing second felt like an eternity. Finally, their prayers were heard and after a blood-chilling torture of an hour, the class ended and the students let out a deep breath of relief, that they didn't know they were holding for so long.

"Guys, let's go to the playground. I can't sit here for a second anymore!" Jena yelled at the top of her lungs and the other five nodded whilst wrapping up and soon, followed her.

As they settled on the huge porch area of the university playground, they started their discussions about the events of the tiring classes. Surprisingly, they were the only people in the entire playground and the bright sunlight was basking through their eyes, as summer was at its peak. The lush green ground with recently sprinkled cold water upon it and the bright sunlight, made it the perfect 'summer day' to chill out. They peacefully ate their popsicles and sat side by side, on the porch.

"This darn psychology professor! Who the hell gives a group assignment right on the first day of the semester? Uhh!" Taehyung expressed his frustration, stomping his feet on the ground and the others sighed, relating to his agony.

"Seriously dude! This is crazy!" Ruby uttered, joining Taehyung whilst throwing a random small rock on the ground, followed by Jimin's ordeal.

"And then his psychology lessons... I wonder if he knows what he's saying!" His nose flared with annoyance and his seatmate, Jena consolingly patted his back.

"And why are we forced to study this darn subject by that 'humanoid robo' who's half of the time in the future, when this subject isn't even related to our respective courses?! I want to be a software expert, Jungkook a business person, Jimin a model, Jena a music producer, Taehyung a soloist and Ruby a fashion designer! Is this combined class of 'psychology' even needed?!" Calista frustratingly gritted her teeth, revealing everyone's dream professions and the not-so-needed, additional subject of psychology in their major.

"By the way, did you guys see his outfit clearly?" Jungkook questioned out of the blue, catching everyone's attention, his brows wiggled mischievously and the boys didn't fail to join his streak.

"You mean that weird belt he carried?" Calista interjected as clarification but the former playfully flicked her forehead, making her yell at the male in annoyance.

"Yah!" She tutted, rubbing her forehead and Jungkook, along with others, laughed seeing her expressions.

"That wasn't his belt, you innocent cow! That was his fucking underwear!" Jimin revealed, making Calista's eyes go wide.

"WHAT?" She questioned in a high voice, unable to believe his words, the popsicle in her hand fell.

"Yes!" Everyone nodded in affirmation and spoke in unison, taking the poor girl aback in shock.

"Who in the world wears his underwear above the pants? Was the prof not aware of how obscene he appeared?!" Jena questioned, shaking her head with a 'so done' face and the others laughed reminiscing about the scene.

"Obscene or not that 'humanoid robo' rambling about chips and shit, looked hilarious!" Taehyung muttered, making everyone laugh their heart out. Meanwhile, Calista mourned the loss of her popsicle.

"I would buy another one for you, stop pouting like a kid!" Jungkook consoled the girl, earning another glare from her.

"But that was the last one they had today!" She stomped her feet, like a kid and to put a halt to their banter, Jimin took out his device and asked everyone to stand beside each other to take a group picture.

"Guys! Let's take a picture as a memory of the start of our 'hilarious' second sem. I'm pretty sure we'll laugh our ass out when we see this picture in future." He proposed the idea and everyone nodded in affirmation, standing beside each other.

Y/N and Jungkook stood side by side in the middle, the boy shyly glanced at the girl because of their close proximity, her arm was touching his arm and not to forget, the beautiful smile that adorned her naturally glowing skin. While, Ruby stood to the right of Y/N along with Taehyung, whose hand was just an inch above her shoulder and Jena stood on the left of Jungkook along with Jimin, who just ran towards them and made a small victory sign, as he set the timer of this new camera filter application for clicking pictures called as 'Snapshot' on the camera stand.

They all smiled cheerily as the timer hit ten and was about to run backwards.

"What if we really end up in the very future after clicking this picture, the future that the 'underpants' prof is speaking about?" Jimin muttered his fantasy with a cheesy smile and everyone chuckled, listening to his creative fantasy whilst shaking their heads.

Just as the timer hit three, two and one, the psychology professor walked right from behind them and a picture was clicked.

But...

Everything went black in front of their eyes as the time felt as if it had paused and they were the only moving species in this blackened part of the universe. Their eyes were struck close and their bodies felt paralyzed, not a single movement could be done by them, no matter how hard they tried. They couldn't even let out a voice because every single atom of their body seemed to be struck with a pause button. They were trapped in what appeared to be like a galaxy- countless stars surrounded them and they were floating in the air like massless feathers.

"Jung...kook, s-save... me." Calista managed to utter under her breath, her voice barely audible as her trembling hand moved a little towards the said male, his eyes barely open and she wasn't sure if he heard her or not. Even her heartbeat seemed to be stopped and everything appeared to be colliding and they got sucked inside a black hole.

The next moment they knew, they woke up in a totally different atmosphere.

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POTATO'S NOTE:

Alright! Things are about to go interesting from this point onwards, are you excited for it?

Are you guys enjoying the plot?