Seong wore the clothes and came out wearing a white t-shirt with an unbuttoned dark blue shirt, beige pants, and white sneakers.

'Can a person change so much just by the clothes they wear? It's like I'm in a manga or novel,' Eun-Jeoung thought to herself and then said, "I picked this outfit. What do you think?"

"I like it," Seong said.

Ara replied, "It's better than the other outfits you have, but personally, I think mine is better."

"Let's see," Eun-Jeoung said.

Then Seong went back into the dressing room and wore a light brown turtleneck, a slightly darker brown coat, and black pants before stepping out.

'Same thing. At first, I thought that I liked him because I picked the clothes, but he actually looks good, maybe even handsome,' Eun-Jeoung thought.

Ara declared, "Yeah, mine looks better."

"Sorry, but no. Mine looks miles better. What were you even aiming for with that outfit?" said Eun-Jeoung.

Ara rebutted, "Nah, you're just out of touch with trends."

"I am out of touch with trends? I think you need to look at a few magazines," Eun-Jeoung argued back.

Before Ara could retaliate, Seong stepped in. "Could you stop arguing? It doesn't matter much. It's not like you're going to win a million dollars if you win."

"Yes, it does, and you're going to pick," Eun-Jeoung insisted.

Seong understood that he messed up by getting into a girl's argument. It was like he couldn't take his words back and let them argue. So, he saw the best answer possible in the moment. "I like them both equally," Seong said.

"Come on, going for the safe option so none of us get offended," Eun-Jeoung said.

Seong thought to himself, 'She would probably make my life a living hell if I didn't pick an outfit, and Ara probably wouldn't talk to me for the rest of the assignment, which would cause the group to have problems.' So he decided to stick with his answer "But I do like them equally. What do you want me to do about it?"

"Let's just drop it. It doesn't matter. You can think you won, Eun-Jeoung," Ara said.

Eun-Jeoung replied "I don't need your pity win"

The room suddenly felt really tense for Seong, but he could not understand it. So, he went to change back into his clothes. After he came out, they went and picked a few more outfits for Seong and exited the clothing shop.

"Do you want to continue shopping?" Eun-Jeoung suggested.

Seong replied, "Me and Ara got social studies in 20 mins, so we are going to leave."

"Bye," Ara said with a smile on her face.

As much as Eun-Jeoung wanted to punch her in the face, she let it go for Seong's sake and said, "Bye, both of you."

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"Bye," Seong said.

Seong and Ara went to the lecture 5 minutes late.

"Aww, the two love birds have finally decided to come to class," Ha-rin said.

Before Seong could reply, Ara bowed down and said, "Sorry for coming late to your lecture. Please forgive us."

This not only surprised Ha-rin but also Seong, who thought to himself, 'Why did you bow down for coming late to class?'

"Don't repeat it and sit down," Ha-rin said while still being a bit flabbergasted.

Seong and Ara both took a seat and paid attention to the rest of the class.

After the class ended, Seong and Ara started heading toward the dorms, and Seong asked, "Why did you bow down when we just came late to class?"

"Because it was the easiest way to get out of the situation. It may not work every time, but it has a hundred percent success rate the first time," said Ara.

Seong questioned, "Did you have a good time today? You can be honest."

"It's probably the most fun I've had in a long time. Thank you for inviting me," Ara replied.

Seong said, "Then we should go again sometime later."

"Yeah, that would be fun," Ara replied and then added, "This is my dorm. I'll see you tomorrow."

Seong replied, "Yeah, bye."

Seong headed to his math classes to see Alejandro already in his seat. He took the seat beside him and greeted him, "Hey Alejandro."

"Hey, Seong," Alejandro returned the greeting.

"How are you doing in the assignment?" Seong asked.

"I am in a desert biome. We haven't found any clues to create the cure, so we're just been guessing from the past two days and the temperature is killing me," said Alejandro.

Seong said, "Maybe you should also focus on your surroundings instead of the plants only." This was the best way Seong could tell him to look for structures without getting Alejandro's hopes up.

"I'll take that into account," Alejandro said.

Then the math lecture began, and the lecture room became dead silent for the duration of the lecture.

After the lecture ended, Alejandro said, "I am free tomorrow after 4 PM. If you want, I can tutor you tomorrow."

"Sure, I will be there after 4 tomorrow. Bye," Seong said.

Alejandro said, "Bye."

Seong headed to his dorm, dead tired, to see Eun-Jeoung fast asleep already. So Seong silently headed to bed and went to sleep.

Seong woke up to his alarm and went into the bathroom, seeing that Eun-Jeoung was still sleeping.

After he came out, Eun-Jeoung seemed angry. "Why didn't you wake me up?" Eun-Jeoung asked.

"I was going to after I got ready," said Seong.

Eun-Jeoung said, "Okay, I'm going to get ready." "Okay," Seong replied.

After Eun-Jeoung got ready, they headed to the botanical garden and went to separate sections. Unusually, Seong was the first to arrive, prompting him to patiently wait for the others. Amidst the wait, a girl with blonde hair and a ponytail approached him and said, "You're from group 3, right?"

"Yeah, I am," Seong replied.

The girl proceeded to ask, "Do you think your group will get the cure today?"

"I hope so," Seong said.

Before she could continue to pressure him with questions, Yun-Hee came and said, "Amelie, back off. Don't pressure him to give you information."

"I am not pressuring him into giving me information," said Amelie.

Yun-Hee questioned, "What are you doing, then?"

"Learning about my fellow classmate," replied Amelie.

Yun-Hee said, "I think you've learned enough."

At that moment, Amelie said, "Bye, Seong."

Seong wondered how she knew his name without him telling her.

Then Yun-Hee pulled Seong aside and asked him, "What did you tell her?" Seong then explained the entire conversation to her.

Yun-Hee, relieved, said, "Lucky you didn't spill anything valuable to her." Then both of them waited until the rest of the group arrived.

Day three of the assignment began

"So I did my research, and there are no diseases with these symptoms involving only exterior problems, so Seong was right," said Do-Yun. He continued, "When I searched about these symptoms, hundreds of diseases popped up. We don't have enough time try all of them, so I suggest we pick a random one and start working on it while we search for the second location."

Yun-Hee inquired, "Do you know what material we need to get to make this cure?"

"Of course, only a dumbass wouldn't research about that," replied Do-Yun.

Seong asked, "What do we need to make this cure?"

"We need three banana leaves, four acai palms, and one passionflower," explained Do-Yun, providing a detailed description of how they look.

Yun-Hee offered an idea, "I think we should do the same thing as yesterday, splitting into groups of two, but different groups this time so the group gets more comfortable with each other." with a secret intention.

Everyone agreed, and the groups were decided as Jin and Ara, Do-Yun and Dae, Seong and Yun-Hee.