NOT EDITED IM SORRY I DIDNT EVEN READ OVER IT

shivering, marjáni shoved her pockets into her thin jacket, hurrying towards the restaurant she dreaded to work at every morning.

once she entered though, she didn't regret it as much when the heat hit her frigid body. "what a relief," she muttered to herself before going into the back to change into her work attire.

and like every morning, she repeated the same quote she constantly told herself: "one at a time."

she just needed to take it one at a time.

throwing on a purple lipstick to make her feel better and get herself into a winter mood, she walked out, and took everything one at a time, doing the job she had to do.

after a couple of hours working, she decided to take her break as she rested on her arms. as she was doing so, she heard the conversation of the group behind her.

"boi. how the fuck did you get a pencil up your ass."

"don't judge oh my god! you guys all went to the movies without me! so...i got bored."

"i can't, hyung- i can't deal with him. what the fuck is he?"

"stop cursing you dumb shit."

"i'm sorry, jin-hyung."

what the hell? marjáni thought. who sticks a pencil up their ass? hopefully it wasn't the pointy side.

"wait, taehyung. did you insert the pointy side first?"

"..."

"dude."

dude. marjáni also thought. or at least thought she thought.

in reality, she said it aloud without realizing it but the table behind her heard her.

"bruh, i think that girl heard our converstation."

she did lol.

"you say lol aloud, too?!"

marjáni finally turned around and pointed at herself as she realized the six boys heard her dumb self.

a brunette was waiting for her answer as she blinked. it took her a moment to realize these were kookie's friends. scratching the back of her neck, she chuckled awkwardly, "um, not really?"

the guy frowned in response as the boys laughed and another brunette asked him, "why are you so weird?"

the boy who frowned looked up at the other brunette like he was an idiot, "you dumbass! at least i didn't shove a pointed pencil up my ass!"

"language!"

"shut the hell up, jin."

"excuse me?"

"i'm sorry, jin-hyung."

"that's what i thought."

marjáni stared at them once more before getting away from them. but not before muttering, "smh."

"you say that aloud, too?!"