The news about the new girl spread like wildfire. All of Korea knows Quantum Arts is a very exclusive school. So, the fact alone that she’s been accepted halfway through the school year means she’s greatly connected. Aside from that, apparently, she also has the skills to back it up. And according to Dongpyo, she has the looks, as well.
Whatever the case is, Junho just hopes he doesn’t need to deal with a diva next door.
Junho has the habit of staying a little after school hours in one of the studios before going back to his room to rest. It has been his routine ever since he’s started going to Quantum Arts. But tonight, he’s opted not to stay behind. After all, he has to welcome the new girl first and make sure she’s settling well lest he earn his father’s displeasure again.
It hasn’t been thirty minutes since the last class of the day has ended and some students are still hanging out with their friends or walking back to their dorms. He honestly doesn’t expect the girl to be back so soon. After all, she has probably gone to hangout with her brother, Dohyon.
That is why when he goes up to his floor and hears the faint sound of music coming from his room, he’s surprised.
The room he’s given sits at the very end of the hall and it almost takes up a third of the floor. His father initially wants him to live in the dorms with the other boys but upon realizing that he needs Junho to go out even after the dorm curfew, he gives his son a separate room where he can be called to the Headmaster’s Office anytime he wants.
Junho still doesn’t know how the school split his room. All he knows is that they have asked him to move all of his things to one side. Hell, he hasn’t even asked how splitting a room with one bathroom works.
He studies the door in front of him. It doesn’t look any different than before. He looks around the hallway, up the ceiling, until he notices something shiny to his right. A doorknob. He walks over to it and sees a whole new door installed. Without thinking, he turns the knob and opens it.
Music floods out of the room and he’s momentarily blinded by the neon lights flashing inside. A soft, female voice calls out behind the door.
Junho is startled when the door opens further. A girl in a pair of black silk pajamas stares back at him, equally surprised. She makes a face when she realizes he’s not the one she’s been expecting and puts her arms across her chest.
“And you are?” she asks, raising an eyebrow.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you—“
“You already did,” she quips. “Just tell me what you need.”
Behind her, a flash of neon light passes through the crack of the door and Junho holds up his hand to cover his eyes. He hears the girl sigh. Out of habit, he holds out his hand for a handshake
A well-practiced smile easily appears on his face as he introduces himself. “I’m Cha Junho. My room is right next to yours. I was also the one who texted you about the female dorm being full and—“
The girl raises a hand. “Stop. You’re the AI? I thought the whole idea of having an AI is so you won’t need people to do what the AI does anymore?”
Junho shakes his head, unamused. “I’m not the AI. There’s no such thing in this school. I just texted you because I was ordered by Headmaster Cha to do that.”
“Oh, I know,” she replies as she inspects her nails, completely ignoring his outstretched hand. “I was just messing with you.”
Junho isn’t able to sleep as fast as he expects himself to due to several reasons. First, his room doesn’t feel like it’s his room anymore. Earlier this morning, he wondered how in the world will the construction team split up his room without tearing the entire thing down. He got his answer the moment he’s stepped inside his newly reconstructed room. Turns out, they have only placed a thin plywood to serve as the division from ceiling to floor. On the corners, he can see some sort of frame attached on the walls and the ceiling to perhaps support the divider.
In the back of his mind, Junho fears the wall could come crashing down at any moment. So, he refrains from leaning on it or even placing things of considerable weight against the makeshift wall. The construction team has taken the liberty of arranging his bed and other things in a way that somehow resembles how his room used to look. Junho is thankful, at least, because now, he doesn’t need to arrange everything again like he has thought.
On the other side of the room, he hears the second reason why he can’t seem to fall asleep. The girl has now turned off the music she has been listening to. Instead, she’s started playing her guitar while singing softly to random songs every now and then. Junho thinks she’s composing, but he’s not really sure.
Whatever the case is, he’s enchanted by the sound of her voice and his mind certainly won’t let him sleep and miss the rest of her singing. So, he lies on his bed, staring at the ceiling as he listens to the girl singing on the other side of the wall. It’s already 4am by the time she stops. A few more hours and dawn will break. Junho takes this opportunity to finally shut his eyes and fall asleep. And for the first time in a long while, he sleeps feeling less lonelier even just for a short time.
Summary: Junho is hiding something and only you can uncover it.
Also known as Junho’s everyday life as a robot…or is he really?
annaxmalina
titsay
yousharknotpass
germansingergirl
theartofmadeline
romaincrisis
blakekathryn
baratheonpilled
