"Hey, Gez, how did the coding experiment go?!"

Gez let out a slow, annoyed groan as a young woman sat next to her after finding her in her usual seat, slumped over the desk.

"I hate coding," she grumbled "I'm just going to be so glad when we finally go into our branching courses next year."

"Aw, but you said you could have fun with it!" the girl pouted as she pulled her notebook and pens out "Did it at least do anything when you programmed it into your project?"

Gez let out a soft huff and shook her head.

"Huh, you sure? Did you do it right?"

"Probably not…"

"Aw, and I was so hyped to hear all about it. You also worked so hard getting all the data possible for a hundred percent completion!"

Gez wanted to smack her former self around the head for wasting so much time, energy and money on the stupid game.

"Yeah, well, rumours are just rumours. I pretty much just put a bunch of gobbledygook together from hunches, guesses and fucking theories."

"But it fit together as a code!"

"Well, call it a coincidence and trust me, never do it because you'll be sorely disappointed."

Or you know, get trapped in the virtual world of said game. Gez's friend looked confused but shrugged.

"So…guest lecture today, should be fun!"

"It's a CEO of some company, he'll be ranting on about marketing and shit."

"Wow, someone got out on the wrong side of the bed today."

Gez sighed.

"I'm sorry, Jackie, it's just…ugh…"

Her phone buzzed and she nearly jumped out of her skin. Jackie leaned over, expecting it to be a notification from the game and looked disappointed when she saw that Gez was getting an actual call.

"What number is that?"

Gez shrugged as she hung up. A few seconds later the same number popped up again and Gez sighed.

"It could be Luke, he mentioned getting a new phone with a new number…"

"Shouldn't he be texting?"

Gez hung the call up again and glowered at the number when it buzzed again.

"I'll just take it in the hall," she murmured and stood up "Shouldn't take too long."

She jogged out of the room, nodding to a few students who wandered in and went down the hall a little to answer the phone.

"Hello?"

"It's me."

Gez froze, staring at the window in front of her with her phone hovering by her ear. She looked at her screen again, seeing that she was indeed having a call and not some programmed call from the game. The time ticked by as she held the phone to her ear again.

"It's who?"

"Me."

Gez screamed as the voice answered her by her other ear and her phone flew into the air. She scrambled around, catching and slipping a couple of times before grabbing her phone securely and looking up at the tall man who cancelled the call and put his phone away with a smirk. Gez's eyes widened as she recognised his features.

"Ah, I…who are you?"

The man smiled, tilting his head and gazing at her with soft eyes.

"Anne, do you not recognise me?"

Gez continued staring.

"Uh, you look like someone out of a video game or something so unless…"

"A game?" the man frowned slightly as he opened his satchel to pull a business card out and hand it over to her "Maybe this might clear things up."

Gez stared at the business card and her eyebrows shot up. She then frowned.

"Jumin…"

"Ah, Gez, you've met our guest lecturer, I see."

Gez glanced to the side as her usual lecturer for this class came and smiled.

"You know where to go from here?"

"Yes, I'll be there in five minutes."

"Excellent, don't keep us waiting."

With a cheery wave, he walked towards the direction of the classroom and Gez looked up at Jumin.

"How did you even get my number?! How do you recognise me?! Why are you here?!"

"We could discuss these things over dinner. London does have some interesting restaurants but I'm sure your recommendation will be fine. It'll be on me, of course."

"J-Jumin…"

"I don't see why you altered your body for our universe," Jumin looked Gez over "Although you could do with losing weight but you are adorable at this height."

"Jumin Han, I don't care how important you are, I will murder you on the spot!"

Jumin smiled at Gez's flustered look and placed a hand on her head.

"It's still you. I'm glad."

Jumin then walked down the corridor to the classroom and entered it. Gez collected her thoughts slowly before following. She plopped next to Jackie who was on her phone with the game. She then swiped Jackie's phone to look through it.

"Hey! You've got your own copy to play with and you've completed it to perfection!"

"Deleted it, took up two gigs of data, needed the space."

Jackie looked mortified at the thought of deleting the game and Gez's eyes widened when she saw who Jumin had been replaced by.

Instead of Jumin stroking Elizabeth 3rd, there was Rena feeding two cats, one black the other brown. Instead of the adorable photo of Jumin at a shoot, there was Rena looking quite bored but photogenic. There was no trace of Jumin at all, it was Rena in his place but slightly different. She drunk wine with just as much elegance as the CEO however she didn't obsess over her cats. She was definitely living in his penthouse though and a quick glance at Jaehee's pictures indicated she worked her to the bone like Jumin, just minus the cats. And apparently, she kept up the persona of a mysterious rich successful lady who had plenty of suitors. Gez nearly scoffed. Rena would never have time or patience for a relationship.

Neither did Jumin.

…Oh.

Gez then noticed that Jackie hadn't completed Rena's album and handed the phone over silently, making a note to investigate Rena's involvement further.

"You didn't go down her route?" she said slowly to Jackie who quickly moved back to the chatroom area.

"Who, Jaehee?"

"No, her boss."

"Oh no, saving her until last," Jackie stuck her tongue out "She's like a psychopath, works Jaehee overtime and my poor Zenny keeps getting bullied by her."

Gez smiled at that. Her smile wavered when Jumin cleared his throat and began his presentation. But not before he flashed her a secretive smile that had her blushing.