Work Text:
What do you want for dinner today?
i’m thinking curry
We had it just three days ago?
it was good. can we have it again?
Why not, I guess. I’ll pick some up on my way home.
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Suji’s always been an exact person. She measures out her rice on a scale, instead of approximating in the cooker. The onions that Jaeun is partial to are cut neatly and precisely, mixed in just enough to still be visible (Jaeun likes to pick them out but gets sad when she can’t find them). Two plates, two pairs of chopsticks, two napkins. She sets the table simply. No tablecloth, because why bother with another thing to wash when you can just wipe the table?
While she waits for the rice to finish cooking, she cleans. Jaeun is not exact. Her coat is hung haphazardly over her desk chair, her work shoes messily stacked by the door. Suji doesn’t mind. She’s exact enough for them both. She briskly folds the plaid fabric and slides the shoes into a cabinet right as the timer goes off.
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Dinner is ready.
ok coming
Don’t forget your headphones on the roof deck again.
hahaha you got me
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Mealtimes have never been an elaborate affair, but they try to eat together whenever they can- Suji’s crammed class schedule has always clashed with Jaeun’s long business hours. They chat idly about their day, about the new dog at the adoption center, who is admittedly very cute, for all that Suji still refuses to allow a pet in the house. Why should she, when Jaeun has access to dozens of pets every day at work?
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i’m gonna go to sleep
Ok. I might study a little longer.
kay
can you turn off the hallway light
Done. You’re so lazy.
Sleep well.
hehe thx
gn
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When Suji finally puts away her flashcards, eyes blurry, it’s already past 1am. Jaeun’s tangled hopelessly in the blankets, as usual. She remembered to close the shades before bed, at least. Natural sunlight is all well and good until the windows angle them directly into your eyes. She tries to get the blanket out for a fruitless thirty seconds before giving up and grabbing the second one from atop the dresser.
I’m heading out.
good luck on your test
you’ll do great :)
Thanks. Go back to sleep or you won’t be able to wake up later.
zzzzz
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Her classmates like to bitch about the early morning classes. Oddly, Suji has never minded. It almost makes her nostalgic for high school, ironic though it might be considering the experiences she actually had. Maybe it’s just that nothing can beat those few months in Happy Class. Anyways, all that practice in handling stress makes college exams a breeze.
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jiae wants to go to that new coffee shop
the address is in the gc
do you want your caramel macchiato
Sure, thanks.
I should be there in 15. Class ran late.
we’ll grab a table
text me when you’re here
Where are you?
by the window
in the second booth
turn around
nope, other way
There you are.
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Jiae hasn’t changed since high school. She’s still all big eyes and jitters, for all of her pretty new clothes and sharp bob cut. Suji doesn’t think that she’s totally over Happy Class either. After all, she went back to teach at Love High School. All her students adore her, synonymous to the school name for once. She’s seen the confession letters… kids really do get bolder every year.
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hey, this cat looks like you
[image of a cat with a scheming face]
Thanks?
you’re welcome
…
How’s everything?
good. miss you
Miss you too.
I’ll be home Friday.
can’t wait :)
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It was good to visit Doa, and interesting to be in America, but Suji finds herself missing home most of her trip. It's a relief to pack her suitcase and board her flight. Jaeun stands unobtrusively at the baggage claim, picking at her nails. The nail polish Jiae brought over two weeks back is still in the process of peeling off.
Jaeun is wearing Suji's sweatshirt that she didn't pack because it was in the wash. She is, horrifyingly, wearing socks with sandals. Her black hair, still a little too short to tie back, is falling out of her best attempt at a ponytail. She is the most beautiful sight in the world.
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Curry for dinner?
yay!
do you wanna try the spicy one this time
Whatever you want.
you're the best
I know.
See you at home.