Chapter 7

"How was the exam?" Kimi asked the moment Lucy entered Yugjae's apartment.

"It made me nervous, but I think it went well," Lucy replied, placing her bags in a corner.

"Did you collect everything?" Yugjae appeared there, watching Ryeon and Jaesun place more bags in the corner.

"Yes, everything is here..."

"Are you feeling okay?" Kimi approached her friend, reaching for her hand to guide her to sit down.

"The students were staring at me... the coordinator called me to her office, and..."

"She called you?" Yugjae sat down. "And you didn't go, right?"

Lucy let her eyes wander around the room. Jungso entered at that moment with the last bags. They were Kimi's, which Lucy hadn't even unpacked at the university.

"I went..."

"But what happened? Did she... not expel you, right?"

Lucy shook her head, her wide round