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01 Ability _ Ajijakga

"Child, I give you special powers."

"I'll show you what this ability is every time you meet me, so use it well."

"Wake up from your dream, you who have power"

신여주 [20]

"omg...!"

I think I had a strange dream. It was like the voice of an old woman, who seemed to be a little older, was saying something to me.

I gain powers... special powers at that. What kind of powers could they possibly give to someone so ordinary as me?

신여주 [20]

"It's my first day of college anyway..."

신여주 [20]

"My dreams have been tangled since morning..."

I thought it was just a dream and went into the bathroom to get ready for school. What kind of ability is that?

Oh, my name is Shin Yeo-ju. I'm 20 years old. I successfully got into the university of my choice, and today is my first day there. Don't worry about that dream I mentioned earlier; it's just a dream.

Drumroll_

Is this a lecture room?... As I opened the door to my major, the composition lecture room, and entered, everyone's eyes were on me. I tried to ignore it and looked around for a seat.

신여주 [20]

"My place..."

"Sit here."

민윤기 [25]

"All the other seats are taken."

신여주 [20]

"Ah... yes, thank you."

"Brother, what are you doing here?"

김남준 [22]

"I told you to go and film the beat together..."

민윤기 [25]

"Oh, so that's what happened."

김남준 [22]

"When will you ever pay attention to me..."

민윤기 [25]

"That won't happen."

김남준 [22]

"By the way, who is this? It's my first time seeing her."

민윤기 [25]

"Oh, you're a freshman, right? You passed the composition department with a 15 to 1 competition rate."

김남준 [22]

"Wow,... awesome. You're that guy."

김남준 [22]

"hi...!"

신여주 [20]

"Oh, hello_"

Two people with seemingly opposite personalities approached me. Both looked like they'd tear this school apart, but one was gentle and sweet, and the other was as expected.

민윤기 [25]

"Would you like to hang out together from now on?"

민윤기 [25]

"You don't know anyone in the same department as me."

신여주 [20]

"Yes, that's right?"

김남준 [22]

"Let's go together, the more the better."

신여주 [20]

"Yes, that's right."

민윤기 [25]

"Let's go eat lunch together at the cafeteria later. Come to the science lab."

신여주 [20]

"thank you_"

민윤기 [25]

"Let's go back to our seats."

신여주 [20]

"you,"

widely_!

민윤기 [25]

"Ah, ah... sorry."

As one of my seniors was walking back to his seat, he tripped over the leg of his desk and fell towards me, and we ended up hugging each other.

The senior who fell down and said sorry had an X mark on his wrist. There was an X mark on my wrist too.

신여주 [20]

'What is this...'

김남준 [22]

"I'll go, see you at the gym."

신여주 [20]

"Oh, yes_"

As my senior moved further and further away, the mark on my wrist began to fade. As I stared at my wrist in confusion, the professor came in and began class.

I came to the library with a little time left before my lunch appointment with a senior. I was browsing the library, which was on a whole other level than my high school library, and it was a university library.

신여주 [20]

"Huh? That book... It's a really famous book."

I saw a book I wanted to read and tried to get it out, but it was too high up, so I tried to climb up the small ladder, but then a hand came right in front of me.

김석진 [26]

"You were going to take out this book, right?"

김석진 [26]

"That ladder is dangerous, if it weren't for me you would have fallen"

신여주 [20]

"Oh, thank you."

김석진 [26]

"Are you a freshman?"

김석진 [26]

"Where are you from?"

신여주 [20]

"Yes, I'm in the composition department"

김석진 [26]

"Oh, really?"

김석진 [26]

"I'm Kim Seok-jin, a student in the art therapy department."

Art Therapy Department... I've heard that a lot. Anyway, the person who introduced himself as a professor of art therapy spoke to me with a kind look in his eyes.

김석진 [26]

"But it's lunchtime. Aren't you going to the cafeteria? Do you want to go together?"

신여주 [20]

"Oh, I have a lunch appointment with some seniors from the same department, but I have some time to spare."

김석진 [26]

"Oh, really? That's too bad_ I'll buy you a meal when we meet later."

신여주 [20]

"Oh, yes, thank you_"

신여주 [20]

"I'll go now. It's almost time_"

김석진 [26]

"Okay, I'll say hello later..."

김태형 [20]

"Hey, let's go eat, I'm hungry."

김석진 [26]

"Oh, I told you to wait a minute!"

신여주 [20]

"...taehyoung kim?"

김태형 [20]

"...Goddess."

김석진 [26]

"What, you two know each other?"

김석진 [26]

"That's great_ You two are the same age, shall we meet up later?"

신여주 [20]

"...Oh, I really have to go now."

신여주 [20]

"Goodbye, it was nice to meet you."

김석진 [26]

"Huh? Wait a minute! Aren't you going to take the book?"

김태형 [20]

"...He's still the same."

I never wanted to meet an enemy again, and I met him at university... What a stubborn, bad relationship.

After seeing Kim Taehyung, I fled from the library and returned to the science lab. My mortal enemy, a bitter enemy, was none other than Kim Taehyung... It felt like a black mark on my seemingly smooth college life.

Perhaps that's why I was beginning to feel sleepy. Trying to calm my heart, which was still startled by the arrival of my seniors, I lay down on my desk and closed my eyes.

When I opened my eyes, I was in pitch-black darkness. A darkness where no light could be seen.

"There you go again, my dear."

And in that darkness, a voice was heard. It was the voice I heard in my dream last night.

신여주 [20]

"...who are you?"

"Didn't I say I would give you powers last night?"

"And you saw that ability in action in that short time."

신여주 [20]

"What is that..."

"Didn't you notice anything strange? I was watching you the whole time."

신여주 [20]

"...ah."

At that time, when my body and that senior's body made contact, the same X mark appeared on both my wrist and that wrist, and when our bodies moved away, that mark disappeared.

"I remember."

"That's your power. A sign that tells you what that person thinks of you."

"It appears on your wrist and that person's wrist."

"At first it was just a hug, but as time goes by, the skinship becomes more intense and you'll have to leave a mark on your wrist."

신여주 [20]

"What do you mean, please explain in more detail..."

"It's time to wake up from this dream_"

"See you again tonight."

신여주 [20]

"Wait a minute, over there...!"

신여주 [20]

"omg...!!"

김남준 [22]

"Oh, surprise!"

김남준 [22]

"You're awake...?"

신여주 [20]

"Ah... what time is it now?"

김남준 [22]

"It's lunchtime. Let's go eat at the cafeteria."

김남준 [22]

"I was tired, so I woke you up... sorry."

신여주 [20]

"Ah... no, it's okay."

김남준 [22]

"Then let's go now. Wait for Yoongi-hyung."

신여주 [20]

"Oh, senior. By any chance_"

김남준 [22]

"huh?"

신여주 [20]

"Could you please give me a hug?"

김남준 [22]

"...what?"

신여주 [20]

"Just this once... please."

김남준 [22]

"Uh, uh... okay..."

I awkwardly walked into the arms of my senior, who spread his arms wide. Then, a mark appeared on my wrist. X, on my senior's wrist...

The X and ● marks were appearing alternately and faintly.

김남준 [22]

"Uh... now... is it okay?"

신여주 [20]

"Ah... yes, thank you."

The senior from before had a clear X mark, but this senior has a ● mark and an X mark appearing alternately...

My unanswered questions just kept growing. I had to ask them for sure tonight.

Hello! I'm Ajijak, a writer who collaborated with Asukrim. 😉

I ended up writing the first episode, but I feel like the plot is too scattered...😅 This work has a complex worldview, so I hope you'll focus on each line and each sentence and read it carefully 😆

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