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"Alright, that’s it Chan. Get out of here."

"The hosts do know that the whole school is listening to them flirt, right?" Minho cut in as he placed his food tray on top of the table and sat on the chair opposite Jisung.

Jisung merely chuckled as he picked at the food on his plate. "Let them be. We both know Chan-hyung is a chicken and can’t just confess to Woojin-hyung." He then shoved a forkful of lettuce leaves in his mouth and munched away. Jisung looked around the cafeteria as chewed on his food, his wide eyes carefully observing the people around him.

Somewhere to his far left, he could see one of his friends, Lee Felix, laughing at something so hard, his voice cracking and his face turning tomato red. There was a crash somewhere to his right, and Jisung turned his head to the opposite direction and saw Hwang Hyunjin, one of the most handsome guys in the Engineering department, but also one of the kindest people Jisung had ever met in his life. He was helping a girl stand up from the floor, on his face a warm smile. Jisung could see that Hyunjin’s shirt was stained with what looked like coffee. Sometimes, he wondered how Hyunjin could be so kind and forgiving to people who had done him wrong. Hell, the girl he was helping up was probably the one who spilled coffee all over him, but he just smiled at her as if she didn’t ruin his school uniform.

"Jisung, there’s no use if you hold a grudge against someone. Not only do you keep getting angry at someone, you might even ruin your relationship with them. It’s better to understand, forgive, forget, and if you can’t stomach seeing that person again, just avoid them."

Oh, Hyunjin, how I wish it was that easy to forgive someone.

"You know, Jisung, you look like a bunny nibbling on carrots when you eat," Minho cut off Jisung’s thoughts, snapping him back into reality. Jisung was slightly disoriented with his previous thoughts that he had to to pause for a few moments ot process what Minho had just told him.

"Did you— did you just call me a bunny?" Jisung asked with an incredulous tone to his voice. "Wha—what do I even have in common with a rabbit?"

Minho then pointed to his mouth and his cheeks. "The pouting lips and the puffed out cheeks while munching...actually, you don’t look like a bunny. You’re more like a squirrel."

Aghast, Jisung threw a lettuce leaf at Minho’s face, which the latter barely avoided. "Why the hell would you call me an animal? If anything, you’re the one who acts like an animal here."

Minho’s eyes widened as if he was offended. "Excuse me, but I am a very civilized human being."

Jisung scoffed at the preposterous words coming out of his friend’s mouth. "Civilized? Don’t even try to lie to me, Min-"

"And last but not the least, we have the Twelve Poems of Christmas Poem Writing Competition!"

"Woojin, what is this all about?"

"Well, Chan, and all of Park Uni, it’s a chance for all the up and coming poets to showcase their talents in poem writing, with various themes related to Christmas and its elements."

"Ooh! Can I write a poem about love then? Mistletoe kisses?"

"Huh, always the romantic, aren’t we, Chan? But, yes, you can talk about anything in your poem, as long as there are some elements about Christmas within it."

"Well, when does this start, and how does this go?"

"You can start sending your entries as early as today! Every day, from Sunday to Thursday at 8:00 am, we will open the Stray Radio Twitter Page’s DMs and will close it at 8:12 am. Within this time, students, you can submit your poems in any form that you want. Remember, it must be an original poem. Plagiarism is a big no-no! All the entries sent to our DMs will be judged by the Literature majors. But, don’t worry! All your poems will be submitted to them anonymously, so there is no bias whatsoever in the choosing of the poems. Further instructions will be posted on the Stray Radio Twitter Page and seen in posters posted on the Student Council Bulletin Board. Have a good day, Park Uni!"