65. Hut in the Woods

Somin, Mia and Teho

In a moment, the road opened into a spacious meadow uncovering the mountain hut. Old, wooden, but no doubt stylish. Small windows with cute little crocheted curtains gave up the owner's love and care mixed with grandma's old but inviting style. All and all it was a magical place in the midst of a dense forest you can only find on foot. In front of the building, students were swarming everywhere.

The moment when the unlikely pair came in, girl admirers surrounded Teho with an impenetrable wall, since he was alone for the time being. Somin got her stuff from his arms before they emerged and with an annoyed sigh went inside to search for Mia.

Once Somin stepped in, the feeling of impending doom enveloped her.

Even though the interior was lovingly cared for and the warm brown of the wood was pleasant to look at, there was no means of escape.

Where?

The smell of wood cleaning polish was heavy in the air and the shy girl felt trapped.

Clearly sleeping here will be a daunting task.

Somin dreaded as the building resonated with the buzzing of voices.

Mia was busy in the dining room near the bar, "Somin-ssi, you arrived! We're in a room together," she exclaimed and the previous heavy silence between the girls was gone.

"Really, aren't you gonna be with Teho?" Somin raised a brow suspiciously.

"We'll probably be partying until morning hours. There'll be no time to have a... you know... time anyway so," Mia said hesitantly.

"Well that's just great," Somin answered sarcastically.

I don't need to sleep. The hot and bothered girl thought while her mood continuously dropped.

Mia showed her to their room and Somin rested until dinner. She threw her bag into the corner and lay on the awfully old squeaking mattress, probably with metal strings. Her body immediately submerged a little as the degraded material couldn't hold the normal weight anymore.

That's gross.

The room was claustrophobically small with worn down furniture, the thin wooden walls holding together only by chance, all the noises in the hall perfectly loud and clear.

Well, I'm fucked. Somin silently felt her stress levels rising.

It gets even better.

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Dinner went quickly by and everybody behaved thus far. Teachers had their speeches about the vague program, knowing from experience it'll change organically, nobody paid much attention to them anyway.

Somin sat next to Mia and Teho sharing a light, almost polite kiss.

What the hell? Somin was pretty sure he staged it just to spite her.

Coming down a bit later than Mia, Somin noticed that the pair didn't seem to greet each other so far or go for their respective throats like before. Once the pink-haired girl entered the room the theater began.

Should I feel angry or jealous?

It changed from the way it was before and even then it seemed fake to her, Somin could swear, she felt the shift in the mood.

Interesting.

Somin, now you're being a creep, leave them be.

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