╰ the fire that’ll catch you ╮
`╰ backdated: 2016 holiday party ╯
at face value, kana is just out of high school-- now a hardworking university student, studying to be a botanist. kana knows the truth. in reality, her brain has been out of high school for...what, five years now? once upon a time, the kana (no, kang seulgi back then) of another life used to enjoy parties, even if it wasn’t in the typical way. she would go for the people-watching, and bring a good book with her, because drunk and foolish people inevitable grew boring.
kana now? out of practice. she’s too old for high school parties now, in both body and spirit, but this isn’t a high school party. it isn’t even a league party, actually. she’s pretty sure it’s some kind of illegal, contraband party hosted by sunggyu, but she hasn’t been one for league rules in years, either.
does she really want to be here? no, but she knows stoking any divisions within the league will only hurt her and the future she wants to build. missing a party may not seem important, but she knows these things tend to have a ripple effect, and she doesn’t want to risk hers being a negative one.
so, she attends, constantly carrying a cup of fruit punch (spiked, undoubtedly-- whether it’s known or not, kana doesn’t care) that she doesn’t ever let empty below the halfway point before she refills it. everyone is so loud. they’re mostly obnoxious, too-- the party a cacophony of energy overall.
even about two hours in, she can’t really relate. she definitely made valiant attempts, too, and met her social quota for the night, so she’s content. she’s even more content to bail, but she catches sight of leon, of all people, standing by himself. leon standing by himself is expected, of course; the surprising part is that he’s even here. that probably makes two of them.
she makes her way over to him easily, taking a sip of her drink. “this sucks,” she deadpans. “do you want to get out of here?”
`❃ @ccxleon