*RING* RING
Your alarm bell rang, waking you up from your sleep, signaling another day to try to be productive.
You took a shower, prepared your things, and of course, ate your breakfast before leaving your house to go to your
University.
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"Man, it's really relaxing to walk in the countryside, I'll never get tired of this." You told yourself, appreciating the beauty of nature as you made your way to your campus.
It's been 2 years since that day you decided to leave all of it or rather, leave your life under the bright lights of being a celebrity. Free from all the stress and pain you felt when you realized that all the opportunities handed to you in that part of your life were not earned by your hard work and talent.
They can call you a coward and all the other bad things they can think of at you for choosing to escape from that mess but at that point in your life, you just didn't care anymore as you have no energy left to try and defend yourself from the haters who are probably still bashing you on their social media
But at the same time, you hoped that vanishing from everyone's sight would put an end to those issues and scandals that were surrounding your past projects, which would put a dent in your co-workers' reputations.
Though you can't help but miss them sometimes, especially when you see that most of them are doing well in their respective careers.
But among all of them
We know that one person you miss the most.
"I hope you're doing well today too Minju"
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As you made your way into your University. You were greeted by your juniors and seniors, whom you happily greeted.
At first, you were a hot topic among the students because of your history of being a celebrity, but luckily, unlike those people in the city who are quick to judge on the issue, your people here in the University sympathized with you and didn't judge you based on the news and gossip posted about you.
And for that, you're forever grateful.
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Currently, you're at the university cafeteria with your friend reviewing some PPT about some of your subjects.
"I still don't understand this, bro," Your classmate said while giving you his notebook, trying to show you something.
"Understand what exactly?" You replied while checking his notebook.
"ON WHY WE HAVE A PHYSICS SUBJECT AND A GODDAMN TRIGONOMETRY SUBJECT WHEN THE DEGREE WE ARE TRYING TO GET IS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.. LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND, " Your friend complained, clearly done with all the number stuff you've both been dealing with the past few days.
"Well, I guess it helps us hone our critical thinking skills, I guess," You said, trying to make sense of it while your friend nodded weakly.
As you and your friend bicker about random stuff, a fellow student approaches your table.
"Hi!!! " The student greeted you both while handling a flyer of some sort.
"Damn, KPOP groups will be performing for our University Week, that's crazy" Your friend muttered in amazement while you on the other hand were terrified reading the list of groups attending the event
"LOONA, GIDLE, FROMIS 9 and IZ*ONE... God are you playing with me right now? " You thought to yourself while looking at the content of the flyer.
Your friend on the other hand, who saw your reaction, saw this as a window to get a reaction from you.
"Looks like you knew some of the groups that are attending based on your reaction Y/n. " Your friend said, smirking at you while you just shrugged.
"Well, I'll be lying if I said that I didn't know some of them. " You admit
"I used to be a celebrity after all, and I've done some projects with some of them," You added.
"Well, to be honest, Y/n, the only project I remembered you doing with any of these members was that Woomanna thingy with Chuu.. Really enjoyed that skit, not gonna lie." Your friend told you, making you smile a bit.
"Yeah, me too, Chuu was really friendly, and super easy to work with too," You said, getting hit by nostalgia a little bit.
Your friend then tried to ask you about some behind-the-scenes stuff of being a celebrity which you answered while not giving away any sensitive details.
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After that "review" session that turned into a question-and-answer portion about your celebrity life. You and your friend head back to your room to attend the class.
The Class was boring in general, but you persevered to try to be engaged and active on the topic at hand, while your friend just slept the whole class.
After that class, you are now putting your things into your bag while trying to wake your friend up, who's absolutely drooling beside you, when your professor approaches you.
"Y/n, the university dean told me he wants to talk to you in his office after my class is over, so be sure to go there immediately, ok? " Your professor told you.
"May I ask why? " You asked.
Your Professor shrugged, seemingly clueless about why the dean would want to talk to you.
"I don't know myself, probably about the University fair since you are a celebrity," Your professor said while turning his back on you.
"Well, I'm not a celebrity anymore.... Just a normal college student now. " You replied making your professor laugh at you.
"Really doesn't change the fact that you're still famous Y/n. God knows how many times I have to scold all those students who try to ask me for your contact info. You definitely should pay me for being such a good asset to you" Your professor said while making his way out of the classroom.
"You have my thanks for that sir!!!" You shout, unsure if the professor heard it.
You immediately went to the dean's office as your professor told you and there you saw the dean checking a pile of documents.
He noticed you peeking and told you to come in and handed you a paper.
"We want you to be the University's official photographer at the upcoming event," The dean told you, while you, on the other hand, felt shivers down your spine.
"Me sir? Wh-why me? I know that you know my past history, right, sir?" You asked,
"Y/n the reason you were selected for this is 1. The college professors of your course unanimously voted that you're the very best photographer in this university"
"And second, we feel that among all the choices for this role, it is you that we are confident that you would not act like a creep towards the idols," The dean said, making you smile a bit.
"While I truly appreciate the trust and faith you have in me... I really just can't do it," You answered, making your dean frown.
"Y/n, you're acting like this conversation is some sort of a negotiation, IT'S NOT, but if you can give me a valid reason, I would seriously consider it, " Your dean said in a bit of commanding tone, making you intimidated a little bit.
"Well, Sir... I knew some of them, or rather, I used to be close with some of the members of those groups that are coming here." You honestly told your Dean, who gave you a sympathetic look.
"You still running away from your past Y/n" The dean asked you but you didn't answer
"Stop being a coward Y/n. I know it's not my place to tell you, but you have to move on... It's been 2 years since that scandal, you can't keep hiding from it because sooner or later, no matter how good you are at hiding, it will always catch up to you," Your dean said, trying to help you move on from your past demons.
You remained silent while Dean looked at you, realizing he probably won't get an answer from you right now, decided to dismiss you, and told you he would be waiting for your decision.
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As you're making your way home. A thousand thoughts are currently running through your mind.
"Am I really ready to meet them again? "