Chapter 1

'Bye Mom!'

'Bye Son, and don't forget to-'

She wasn't even halfway through what she said and started tearing up.

I know.

I know it's a difficult time, but I need to go to Washing Central if I have to continue my carrier as an English Major.

Dad left us a year ago. He said he would give up on his wine bottles and come again. But he never came. Maybe it was because he never gave up. Or he was trying to...and maybe he would have come...if-

'Ziddy.....hey....ZIDANNE!' My sister screamt, cutting through my thoughts

'When you come back, don't be surprised to find a pink room'

'Why would I? I mean, you have pinked half my room. I don't think there is anything left to do though..'

She gave a shrug and walked into the other room. She returned, holding some bags of chips, and threw one at my face

'Here, take....who knows, you might need them. And once you reach WCU, call me. I need to update you on the jerks out there'

'Jerks? I haven't seen any other jerk other than you!?'

'There are plenty of jerks. Guys, and girls. Watch out'

My sister had been to WCU a year ago. She started gossiping the very moment she got home. Apparently, she fell in love with a guy called Adam. He cheated on her on their first anniversary. She then became very sulky. A friend of hers, Cara was with her. Cara became best friends with my sister. She told Cara about how Adam proposed to her and cheated on her. Cara got suspicious and wanted to know more about this Adam. Turns out, they ended up dating and both moved to another university. Since then, she has only told me what had happened.

'Heard me? Watch out'

'But why? I can fend for myself right?'

'That's what you think. There is a weirdo named Kirstie. She has apparently dated almost ALL the guys there'

'Kirstie? Even Meg told me about her. Wasn't she the one who has pink and yellow hair?'

'Sure yes. She looks like a clown....but anyway, let's not spoil your experience, huh' She gave a wicked smile

'Bye Son. Here, I made you some cookies. its not too much, but hope you like it. Call us once you reach there. Rosé and I will be waiting for your call. Don't fall into bad company. We love you!'

Having said that, I got into my Zen and drove off

*******

It took me an hour to reach Washing Central. I got my luggage and stood in front of the campus. It looked amazing. The dormitory was a mile away.

By the time I reached there, it was evening. The birds were cooing their ways into the nest. So did I. I went to check out my room. I opened the door and regretted it.

I saw pink and yellow hair. Kirstie

She was sleeping on her bed. Why do the dorms have to be co-ed

This was co awkward. She wore a miniskirt with high boots. Her underwear was so visible. I felt like doing my gentleman duties and got a bedspread.

She woke up. Holy shit what's wrong with you. Much for your "gentlemen duties"....creep

'H-Hi, I am Zidanne. N-Nice to meet y-you'

'Out of ma way loser' With that she opened the door and dashed out

Ahh, that was bad. She could have at least been polite. I was just thinking where to settle my stuff, when I saw two guys come in. Both settled on each of the two beds, putting me in confusion.

'Umm, hey.....I g-guess this is my bed'

'Yours? Nope. Its mine X-69, see' he showed me his dorm card

I looked at mine. That's when I realized my dorm read 'X-96'. The little underscore below 9 had to mean something....

'Oh I am s-so sorry, wrong room'

'Its okay man, am new too. Jake. Don't worry, it happens...'

I ran out of the room, too embarrassed to look up at anyone. I found the door that said 'X-96' and locked myself in. One look at the walls made me regret coming here. There was a huge poster of a girl with pink and yellow hair. Wait. You know that face, don't you? The longer I stared at it, the more familiar did the picture become to me.

I felt the urge to puke. Why would anyone put up a poster of Kirstin? Not like she is a pop star or something. Or maybe she is. One closer look at the wall made me realize that she is one of those punks who go to late night clubs. Her tattoo and her piercings made it quite clear to me. There was also a poster of BLACKPINK and BTS. I was also pretty surprised to find an unboxed BLACKPINK album and two keychains on the bed. I have always been wanting to have those. But mom always said that the merch was always overpriced. She even told me that other than the songs, we are only paying loads of money to look at their pictures. That seemed like a very reasonable thing actually. But then the thing is that-

'What the fuck!? Who are you?'

'Oh, I am Zid- the fuck! this is the same girl...AGAIN

'Can you get your ass out of here, this is my room'

'Its mine too' I say, showing her my small piece of plastic with the words 'X-96' engraved on it.

She goes and plops herself on her bed, muttering a small fuck as I look at her in disbelief...

Wow