Pairing: Jae x OC
Genre: Fluff, college!AU
Word count: 2782
“Do you guys ever get those moments where you’re minding your own business and a random song starts playing in your head?”
Naz rolls her eyes as I address the question to our group of friends. I’ve been bugging her with the same one since last month, so I can hardly blame her. Maria shrugs, Sophia quick to mimic her actions. Zahra’s the only one who actually bothers to respond. “Sure, especially if it’s one I’ve been listening to a lot. It always starts playing at the worst moments too, like in the middle of a test.”
“That’s the thing, though. I don’t mean like that. I mean, sure, I’ve had that a lot,” I say. My friends grunt in understanding, knowing I can barely go an hour in silence without a pair of earpieces stuck in my ears, so that’d only be natural. “But since my birthday, I’ll hear a song playing in my head, and it’s not even one that I know, then I search the lyrics up and it’s a song that actually exists!”
My slightly terrified expression doesn’t seem to register on the faces of my friends. They’re quick to offer logical explanations.
“You probably heard it in passing, Syaji. Maybe from a shop?” Sophia suggests.
“Or maybe it was in a movie you watched but you just don’t remember.”
“Perhaps it was on a random playlist you listened to? You’re always saying how you forget you saved certain songs to your library until they come on shuffle again.”
“Anyway,” Sophie turns to Mar, segueing from the subject. “What’s new with you and Ahmad?”
Seeing how they don’t seem to be particularly interested – Naz has obviously stopped listening and is scrolling through a webcomic on her phone – I drop the topic. We carry on catching up, and I try my best to pay attention since we barely get to meet up, but the unfamiliar hip-hop track that suddenly plays crystal clear in my head hinders my efforts.
