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DAHYUN ALMOST MISSED THE BUS FOR HER LAST HIGH SCHOOL FIELDTRIP.
Thankfully her best friend Chaeyoung, who is an early bird (just for the field trip) saved a seat for her. Chaeyoung was the first one on the bus so she got the best seat in the bus: the back part.
The back seat of the bus is seated with five persons and yet they are missing one person. Chaeyoung is kinda worried about the worst possibilities that might happen at the back of the bus since Tzuyu is not coming with them (Tzuyu aka always missing in action, in fact she didn’t even bother joining this, she predicted it as a, “boring fieldtrip”).
In other words, Tzuyu keeps the balance within them, now without her who knows what would happen?
“so Tzuyu’s not really coming?” Dahyun asked while putting her pack bag in her lap, its still early in the morning and Dahyun already looked like a mess with her messy hair. She looks like she ran a mile.
“yeah she’s not and fix your hair bro!” Dahyun just rolled her eyes to Chaeyoung before standing up and called their other two friends who is later than her.
“KIM JIWOO!! CHOI YERIM!!” seems like its not just Jiwoo and Yerim who caught Dahyun’s attention, everybody on the bus looked at Dahyun, Chaeyoung felt embarrassed for her that she even hide herself behind her bag.
While Jiwoo and Yerim is running towards their sit at the back, it looks like a scene where 3 of the stars are colliding to form a new brighter one. Its still early in the morning and they are already letting out a lot of energy like they never ran out of it ever, their adviser even scolded them for being too playful there.
“ah I should’ve brought my shades!” Chaeyoung joked and that earned a bag from Jiwoo- well she threw her bag at Chaeyoung.
All of them placed their bags at the empty seat beside Chaeyoung (where Tzuyu is suppose to sit) so their sitting arrangement looks like: Yerim, Jiwoo, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Empty seat.
“did she look at us-“
Chaeyoung, Jiwoo, and Yerim started making unnecessary noises when Dahyun is about to ask about her crush again. As always, Dahyun always do her best to be noticed by her crush but sometimes some things don’t go as she planned. But at least just one look from Mina it makes Dahyun’s day 100% complete.
…
They arrived at their first and only destination where their advisers is going to supervise them, after this they can go anywhere but make sure to go back at the bus at the time given.
THE INSECTARIUM.
The three of them just politely follow what the guides say, they don’t want to get separated from their group (they are not the only school who’s doing a field trip). There’s a lot of people at the insectarium right now but Mina is the first person Dahyun saw when she looked away at Yerim who’s still discussing “why cockroaches are better than butterflies”. Dahyun thought “ahhhh is destiny playing with us again” then she just started combing her hair with her hands which Yerim found weird but she just shrugged it off and continued talking about cockroaches.
When Mina looked at their way Dahyun pretended to give a damn at what Yerim is saying. “hmm that’s interesting, but cockroaches doesn’t have colors so they are boring.” Yerim was about to say something when someone shush them all up, it was the guide. Dahyun mentally thanked the guide because it also shut Yerim up. Dahyun can still feel that Mina is looking at their side.
“first stop, butterflies,” the guide says then read a long ass paragraphs facts about the butterflies that probably most of the students doesn’t really care.
Like how can you even listen to the guide when you are being mesmerized with the beauty of hundreds of different dead butterflies that is displayed all around you. Dahyun was so amazed that she didn’t even noticed that Mina is already beside her and not Yerim anymore.
“so Yerim what do you think? Is cockroaches still better than butterflies-“ then Dahyun realized that Yerim is no longer beside her. “oh hi there butterfly- oh I mean Mina..” Dahyun cursed mentally then scratched the back of her head. Its because you are pretty just like the butterflies oh wait no- you’re much more prettier than them.
“is that what you and your friend talking about earlier?” Mina asked while looking at the butterfly exhibits. Mina freaking heard what Yerim and I were talking?
“uhmm excuse me what?” Dahyun realized she kinda sounded rude so she just cleared her throat. “o-oh I mean you heard us talking? woah I’m amazed with your hearing skills!” and now she sounded sarcastic. Dahyun sucks at this.
Mina kinda blushed when she looked at Dahyun, now she excused herself then just walked away. Aww Dahyun just ruined her chance.
Her three friends clapped at her but their faces looks disappointed. Dahyun is really bad at talking to her crush.
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“second to the last stop, it’s the itsy bitsy spider!” the guide twirls around. “joke I lied they aren’t small”
The students didn’t show any reaction at all. Nobody is moving but they are just looking at the aquarium tanks around them that is filled with different species of spider. Looks like the guide knows why. “so I see you guys are scared of spiders ey?”
“I can finally agree with you this time if you’ll say that ‘cockroaches are better than spiders’” Dahyun told Yerim but it was a wrong timing, nobody was talking that time so it was quiet and it looks like everybody heard what she said.
“who said that?” the guide asked and everybody pointed at Dahyun. “okay please step forward young lady”
Dahyun confidently stepped forward like she’s not afraid of anything at all. Well Dahyun is made of 85% confidence and 15% shame.
“do you fear spiders?” the guide asked, really anticipating for Dahyun’s answer. And so is Mina.
“no?” the whole students went ‘woah’ and some cheered and clapped.
On the other side, Chaeyoung, Jiwoo and Yerim already know what Dahyun is doing. Of course, they know that she is just going to show off in front of her crush again. So very Dahyun. If she’s bad at talking to her crush well at least she’s good at this.
“is that so? Then do you mind…” the guide opened the aquarium tank. “…putting your one of your hand inside? Also one of the spiders here..”
Not listening to what the guide is saying, Dahyun put one of her hand inside the tank without any hesitation and without even knowing what kind of species of spiders are inside. What’s important is that her crush is pretty sure amazed by her.
All of her classmates gave her some applause, her best friends are the most loudest of course and also her crush clapped at her too. Dahyun can already feel some of the spiders crawling on her hand but it doesn’t really bother her but its true that she doesn’t fear spiders or any insects.
“wow I’m really amazed of your bravery-“
She felt something has bit her hand but she didn’t move a thing. It sure did hurt a bit but its gone now.
“okay time to remove your hand now cause I’m the one who’s scared for you” the guide nervously chuckled and assisted Dahyun’s hand out. “thank you so much for your courage now you may go back to your friends”
Dahyun feels a little bit dizzy while walking to her friends. It feels like she lost all of her energy to speak or react. Her friends asked her if she’s okay and she answered energetically. Minutes after she feels like everyone around her is changing colors, she blink and blinked her eyes again and even squeeze her eyes until everything is back to normal. She thinks maybe she’s just hungry so she dragged her three demons (and they all agreed in a heartbeat) and just ditched the boring exhibits (its fine since they are on the last one already).
Why would Dahyun be scared with a spider’s bite?
And then Dahyun didn’t feel so good in the rest of the fieldtrip, she didn’t enjoy her last fieldtrip as a high school student. All she thinks of that time is her headache that she feels like her head is getting hit by a hammer every minute.
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When she got home she is all drained up even though she didn’t do that much activities in fact she literally forgot what she did the whole afternoon. All she remember was the feeling of wanted to vomit and most of the time dizzy, well then of course her super headache, but nevertheless she tried to act okay to her friends so that they won’t worry.
She even forgot the reason why she’s acting up like this but she just proceeds to sleep instead of thinking.
In the morning when she woke up she feels a lot more better than yesterday but something feels different about her body. Oh she’s still in her clothes from yesterday, she decided to take a bath first.
When she grabbed the doorknob of her bathroom she feels like her hands are a bit sticky, she just ignores it and then proceeds to the shower. When she was about to apply shampoo on her hair and wash it, her hair got stuck on her hand. She thinks maybe her brother played some pranks on her again thinking that he put some glue in her shampoo again.
“AH SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!” Dahyun cursed while slowly removing her hands from her hair, she just splashed some water to her hair to look like she took a bath then decided to just take a half bath and kept in mind to buy a new shampoo bottle later.
Now that she’s putting her uniform her hand still keeps on sticking to the cloth. What is happening to me?
When she tried to clap that’s when she realized that all of the sticky thingy is coming from her hand. She looked at her palm closely, there are tiny things that looks like from an insect she can’t recall. Now at the back of her palm theres a mark that looks like a bite. Where did she got the bite?
Then Dahyun remembers. Fuck that spider. But then she thought that’s impossible and then she had a thought again. Oh my god is this really happening to me!??!?!
“no way I am not-“ she tried sticking her hand in a wall and it stuck. She put her other hand and now she looks like she’s climbing the wall.
Dahyun surely reads a lot of comics and watches a lot of movies but she don’t want to believe that she’s turning into one of her favorite superhero.
“no way I’m spider man?!”
Since they live at the city surrounded by buildings she tried to test her skill if she really turned into spider man. She grabbed her bag because she might be late for school and forgot to tell her mom that she’s going to school already, she even skipped breakfast.
“I’M SORRY MOMMM!” Dahyun is enjoying every crawl she makes at the wall. She really is spider man now or perhaps spider girl? She can’t wait to tell her friends about this but are they going to believe her?
Now that she’s on the top of a 10 storey building, she really want to confirm one more time if she really turned into the spider man. All she has to do is jump and trust her hand if its gonna shoot webs. She’s trusting her life for this.
She took a deep breath.
1..
“I’m sorry mom for skipping breakfast”
2..
“and also I think I left my damn calculator at my desk at home”
3..
“MYOUI MINA I LIKE YOUUU!!”
Dahyun jumped and finally she shoots her first web. She successfully made her first perfect swing but then she collided at a wall badly, but she’s spider man anyway it won’t hurt but then she’s still Kim Dahyun so maybe it hurt a bit.
Now that shes late for her first subject but the good thing is her hands don’t normally stick that much anymore, she can now control it. Dahyun is sure a fast learner.
Dahyun just casually walked inside of their classroom just like its nothing, then she forgot the presence of her teacher.
“wow Kim Dahyun looks like you’re so early… for your next class” her teacher sarcastically said. Ugh not this teacher.
“yes maam I am” Dahyun placed her bag at her seat and to her left is Chaeyoung, in front of her is Jiwoo and behind her is Yerim. Chaeyoung gave her a fist bomb.
“where’s your necktie Kim Dahyun?” shit. Dahyun also left it on her desk along with her calculator. “Kim Dahyun I know this isn’t the first time-“ someone called their teacher so she got interrupted. “excuse me for a bit class”
Dahyun looks at Chaeyoung, Jiwoo, and Yerim but it looks like they can’t help her right now. She wants to go at Tzuyu’s locker maybe she has an extra necktie and also Tzuyu is not here again. When Dahyun looked at her desk someone placed a necktie on her desk. She looked at her right- it was Mina. Dahyun just winked at her as a thank you.
“so where was I again? Oh yeah Dahyun-”
“yes ma’am found my necktie already” Dahyun smiled and it looks like everything is alright now. The teacher didn’t scold her anymore and she just proceed to sit at her chair.
Why did Mina give me her necktie?
“give it back to me after the class okay” Mina whispered, Dahyun just softly answered ‘okay’.
Oh I’m just borrowing it.