Han Jisung”

Summer has passed, and autumn has arrived again. The trees have begun to shed their once-green leaves, covering the asphalt and other surfaces with a brown-gray blanket. But along with autumn came a new academic year, and adults who had already entered university began returning from vacations, villages, and summer cottages. Jisung has been attending university for several years now, not just one week into his architecture studies, and certainly not the first day of spitting poisonous words at Lee Minho. Han was a third-year student, while Minho was a fourth-year, a final-year civil engineering major. They see each other day in the hallways or during shared lectures, in the principal's office or in the parking lot, and each time is like the first: they tease each other, engage in verbal spats that escalate into fistfights, sniping and insulting. And everything would be fine, since they only saw each other within the walls of the university, but this academic year, everything changed… "Han, we had to change your dorm room number because there were renovations. The good news is the dorm is now an apartment-style dorm, the bad news is we were forced to put you with Minho." The loud words were so deafening that it felt like Jisung had been punched in the jaw. It was more repulsive than any insult. He nodded silently, his brows drawn together, and slowly rose from the chair next to the principal's desk. His mind was racing, smashing, dreaming of smashing Lee Minho's disgusting face against the wall, but not living next to him. The office door slammed shut, and Jisung, his legs moving quickly, walked—no, ran—towards the dorm building, kicking small stones along the way, which in his dreams hit his enemy's head. The electronic lock beeped obnoxiously as Han swiped his key card across the screen, and a click was heard. He slowly opened the door and was met with a sight that both angered and delighted him. A beautiful, modern interior, plenty of appliances, and muted gray tones. -You again. Han hissed as he walked past Minho.