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Mizi woke up with a jolt at her desk and looked up at the chestnut colored haired boy standing over her “What?” She asked, pulling strands of hair out of her mouth and quickly wiping the little bit of drool from her cheek with her sleeve, hoping he didn't see it. “I said that’s my seat, can you move?” He asked with a frown and annoyance written over his face. Mizi turned and saw the rest of the class seated and staring at her before realizing it wasn't her class at all and she had managed to sleep through the entire passing period. She sprung up grabbed her bag and scrambled to cram all her papers off her desk and back into her bag before running to the door and booking it down the hall with her pigtails flowing being her while yelling sorry to the boy still standing beside her desk “Hey wait you forg-“ he tried to call after her but she was already gone.
Dammit Ivan! Why dint you wake me up!
She thought as she raced through the halls to her history class up the stairs and across the other side of the school. Mizi burst through the door out of breath from sprinting up the stairs and across the school. “Well look who made it” Mr.Hyun Woo, her history teacher said “I’m sorry I fell asleep and no one bothered to wake me up!” Mizi reasoned while giving a death glare at Ivan sitting beside the window smirking at her. “It’s alright” Mr.Hyun woo said while walking over to the board “I won’t count it as late please just take a seat already.”
Mizi scurried to her seat next to Ivan and kicked his leg once she sat down “That’s for not waking me! Some kid in the next hour had to wake me up because I was in his seat!” She hissed in his ear “You looked so peaceful I dint want to disturb you, and i thought the bell would wake you up!” Ivan snickered while rubbing his shin where she kicked him “Next time you want my help in winning over that boy you like I won’t be so obliging!” she whispered while taking out her notebook and pen “Aww okay I’m sorry, I’ll think about waking you up next time!” Mizi kicked his shin again.
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“Dint you want to show me a photo of those shoes you really want?” Ivan mentioned at the end of class while they were packing their bags “Oh yeah!” Mizi said before reaching into her bag for her phone and coming up empty handed and then checking her desk “I think I forgot my phone in french, that’s probably what that boy was calling after me for!” Mizi whined while the bell rang and she followed Ivan to the door “Wanna call after school?” He asked while starting to walk away from her to his next class “Sure!” She said before going off back across the school to French to get her phone.
“Excuse me, sorry I left my phone in here. Did someone already find it?” Mizi frantically asked the French teacher Mr.Luka while he was writing something on a paper as the students piled in for the fifth hour, praying nobody took her phone since it wasn’t in her desk when she checked. “You're not supposed to have your phone out during class but yes someone found it, check the top drawer of my desk.” He answered absentmindedly while still writing. Mizi was about to leave with her phone for her next class before Mr.Luka called her to come back into the room “Hold
on, I wanted to talk to you about your grades” he said while pulling out and showing her the latest test she got 11/25 on
I thought I’d get worse, I guessed most.
She noted to herself.
“Your failing my class and if you want to try to get your grade up to at least a C by the end of the year I would recommend not gossiping with your friends or sleeping through my class the whole time.” he said leaning back in his chair with a irritated look on his face “I know, I'm sorry sir i'll try to do better on that.” Mizi said while slowly creeping to the door to get a head start so she wouldn’t be late for her next class too. “If you really want to try and bring your grade up I recommend a tutor.” He said turning away
“A tutor?” Mizi asked pausing
“They can really help bring your grades up fast, and who knows maybe You'll become friends.” Mizi thought about it
“Sure but how do I get one?”
“I think I know just the person, hold on.”
He said before calling out for someone and a girl with short silky black hair wearing a light blue cardigan over a white button up and black skirt stood up from the back of the class beside the window and made her way next to Mizi.
“Sua this is Mizi, Mizi this is Sua, she’s one of my best students.”
“ Hi!” Mizi said, giving a small wave and lightly rocking on her feet to the girl who gave a small wave back.
“Mizi here needs a tutor, would you be open to it? I can give you extra credit if you do it as well.”
The girl seemed slightly surprised by the question for a second before replying “Sure.”
“Can I get your number if you're my tutor so we can work out times to meet and stuff?” Mizi asked, handing The girl her phone.
“Of course.” She replied softly, taking her phone and typing in her number
“Sorry what was your name? I didn't catch it.” Mizi asked, looking up at the girl's soft purple eyes
“It’s Sua.” She said before politely excusing herself back to her seat.
“If you're done you can go to your class now, Mizi I hope I didn't take up too much of your time..” Mr.Luka said before turning back to continue working on a paper.
Sua…what a cute name.
Mizi thought to herself while running to her next class again to beat the bell which seems like a reoccurring theme for this day and wondering what Ivan will have to say about her new tutor when they call.
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“Hi! Over here!” Mizi called out, standing up from her seat at the bench and excitedly waving her hand over her head towards the girl across the park. Sua turns to her and gives a little wave back before walking over across the fresh spring grass and taking a seat across the table from Mizi.
“It’s a really pretty day; I’m glad you suggested going to the park,” Sua says, pulling her notebook out of her bag for their first lesson.
“Before we get to that want to get something to eat? There’s an ice-cream stand across the park.” Mizi asks, leaning over the table.
“Um, sure, but I don’t have any money.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll pay for you! Think of it as your payment for helping me in French.”
“Alright.” Sua agreed, putting her things back in her satchel and slinging it over her shoulder, standing and waiting for the other girl to follow.
“Why did you choose French?” Mizi asks on the walk across the park to the stand.
“My older sister took it so I already knew some and i dint really care for the other options, What about you?” Sua asks, glancing at Mizi’s bouncing ponytail and her multitude of hair clips as she walked beside her.
“My best friend took it” Mizi said pausing before asking “Hey, do we have any classes together? I feel like I see you somewhere.”
“We have gym and English together.”
“Really? I'm sorry, I never noticed you!”
Sua gives a small smile. “It’s alright, I keep to myself.”
They eat their ice cream together on a bench side by side: strawberry for Mizi and chocolate for Sua.
“So what do you like?” Mizi asks turning to Sua
“What do I like?”
“Your hobbies and stuff, what are you into?”
“Um, well, I do singing, and I like stargazing.”
“I sing too,” Mizi says, pausing to lick her ice cream. “I also do ballet. Do you have a telescope and stuff for stargazing?”
“Mhm.”
“That’s so cool. I do theater too,” Mizi rambles. “Did you see our school’s Beauty and the Beast?”
“Um, no.”
“I played Belle! It was so fun I would love to get another role like that again, I played Elle in my freshman year for Legally blonde too.”And they talked (mostly Mizi rambling and sua nodding her head) for the rest of the time on the bench together.
“Want to go in the creek? It’s probably really cool and it’s so hot out.” Mizi asks, standing up after they finished their treat.
“I’m alright; I don’t want to get wet.”
“Come on, it would be fun!” Mizi begs while taking off her flats and walking across the grass to the cool trickling water. She dips her toes in the creek and calls out to Sua on the bench
“Come on, it feels great!”
“But we’re supposed to be studying.”
“We can do it later, don’t worry!”
Sighing, Sua gives in and sets her bag down, gets up and walks to where Mizi is now standing in the water with her dress hiked up under the cool shade of the green trees.
“The water’s not too cold, and we can just study after!” She offers putting her hand out for Sua to hold onto.
“Fine.” She agrees smiling and takes her shoes off before grabbing Mizi's hand and wading into the water and the cool smooth stones below it next to Mizi.
“It does feel nice..”
“Know what else feels nice?”
“What?” Sua asks, looking up from the water before Mizi splashes her in the face.
She gasps, wiping the water from her face Before splashing Mizi back, then chasing after her as she runs off down the bend laughing and they spent the rest of the day in the creek together playing and chasing after each other under the fresh spring trees and blue sky.
Mizi picks a twig out of her hair from when she fell in the creek and rings the water out of her dress.
“I should probably go home and change; I’m soaked!”
“We never even got around to studying.” Sua remarks, picking up her bag and slinging it over her shoulder.
“Sorry, there’s always next time though!” Mizi says, putting her shoes back on, giving Sua a grin.
Sua gives a small smile back. “I should be getting home; it’s getting late.”
“Yeah me too.”
“See you at school.” Sua says, giving a little wave before turning and walking away in the opposite direction of Mizi.
“Bye! See you at school!” Mizi calls back waving before starting her own walk home in the cooling afternoon sun.
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She kicks off her wet shoes in the doorway next to the other pairs as her cat Daisy comes around the corner and rubs her head against Mizi’s leg. “My Daisy!” Mizi thrills while picking up the furry calico cat and spinning around with it in her arms.
“I had the best day! What about you?”
“Meow.”
She runs to her room and kicks open the door, revealing the clothes piled on the floor and the messy vanity. She sets the cat down and changes out of her sopping wet clothes and throws herself onto her bed and takes out her phone to call Ivan and tell him about her time with Sua while she towel dries her hair, As soon as he picks up Mizi launches into a rant about her time with Sua.
“And she said she plays the piano too and has a telescope and books for stargazing! We never even got around to studying, we just spent it in the creek.”
“Sounds like someone’s in love,” Ivan snickers on the other line.
“Can’t I just think she’s cool without it being a crush? And we’ve already talked about this, I like boys!” Mizi argues defensively.
“What about all those boys you declined?”
“They’re just not my type.”
“Yeah, sure.” He says sarcastically while Mizi continues.