#adding Bea Tag to this post was not enough I needed u to see this immediately

[tacoma-narrows]

@faaarawayyy

you go to her #me tag and it’s just all these pictures of evil fish

[alccaddsccup]

I didn’t mean it like that

this was a request from an anon, i hope you like it!

Ina x MC

warnings: angst

tag list: @ikingsley @swimmingshoebakerydreamer @kaitlynliaofanxx @barnibumblr @veenast @livvynka @hellyeah90sbaby @youranonymous42

lmk if you want to be added to the tag list!

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Bea is staring down at her phone with a furrowed brow as she scrolls through the numerous posts on The T. She knows she should be helping Ina mark papers but she can’t stop thinking about the rankings

“Bea? Please do not make me remind you that you are here to grade papers, not scroll aimlessly through social media” Bea sighs but begrudgingly puts her phone down on the table as she continues to mark the papers

After a few minutes of uninterrupted work, Bea’s phone screen flashes. She ignores it and continues marking the work before her but several more flashes light up the phone and she picks it up with a huff. Multiple texts from Zoey appear on the screen

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babe have u seen the rankings??

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u should probably check them

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girl????? this is a crisis

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hello????

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LOOK AT THE RANKINGS

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In the final message, Zoey includes a screenshot of the current rankings. Bea has fallen back into 6th position which means she can no longer attend the year end gala as a competitor for the ‘person to watch’ award. That means all the hard work Zoey and herself put in was for nothing. With dread seeping into her body, Bea hastily unlocks her phone and checks the rankings. Surely enough, she has fallen down into 6th place

“Bea! Put your phone away” Bea looks up at Ina with wide eyes, it was unlike her to get frustrated with her that easily

“Sorry Ina, I’m just having a bit of a crisis at the moment” Ina’s gaze softens at Bea’s worried tone and she puts her pen down before taking her glasses off and placing them atop her head

“Would you like to talk about it?” Bea nods before going into detail about how she is no longer able to compete for the award. At the end of it all, a slight smile tugs at the corner or Ina’s lips

“What’s so funny?” Ina tries her best not to smile at Bea’s annoyance

“Nothing’s funny!” Ina looks away to compose herself before she continues

“I just thought your crisis would be about something important” Bea looks back at Ina with a disbelieving expression. She blinks slowly in an attempt to compose herself

“This is important to me Ina” She emphasises Ina’s name as the anger inside her slowly seeps out

“Of course it is. But on the grand scheme of things, these asinine rankings are irrelevant” Ina puts her glasses back on and picks up her pen

“Maybe you should focus your energy on things that are actually important” As Ina goes back to marking she hears movement from the other side of the room. Bea has stood up from her chair and is gathering her things, rage showing clearly on her face. Ina’s brow furrows

“Where are you going?” Bea turns to face Ina with a sneer

“Away from you. You obviously think I’m stupid for giving a damn about the rankings” Ina’s eyes widen in shock as she stands from her seat

“Bea I never said that!” Bea rolls her eyes as she continues to the door and Ina pushes herself out from her desk hastily, causing her chair to topple over and hit the floor with a resounding thud

“Bea!” She rushes forwards in an attempt to grab onto her arm

“I didn’t mean any of it like that” But Bea has already gone

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A few days after the altercation between Ina and Bea, Bea sits in one of Ina’s lectures with a glazed expression. She barely pays attention to whatever it is that Ina is saying, her annoyance at her professor making it hard to focus. Suddenly, she is snapped out of her daze when she hears someone call her name

“Bea?” Ina looks at Bea from across the lecture hall with an expectant gaze. There’s also a softness in Ina’s eyes as she waits for Bea to reply

“Sorry professor, I didn’t hear the question” Bea looks back at Ina with a face devoid of emotion and this causes Ina’s brow to furrow momentarily; she had never seen Bea act so cold towards her before. Shaking off her concern, Ina repeats the question but is given a shrug as response from Bea. Ina plasters on a bright smile although she does not know if she looks happy or frustrated in that moment

“Come on Bea! I think you’ve got an answer in you somewhere” Bea rolls her eyes before averting her gaze from Ina to study her nail cuticles

“I said I don’t know” Bea says this forcefully which causes the fake smile to fall from Ina’s face and the rest of Bea’s classmates look to her in shock. Nobody was ever rude to professor Kingsley, especially not Bea

“Ms Hughes, please see me after class” Ina says this curtly before turning away from Bea and she tries best to continue her lecture with enthusiasm. However, the weight of Bea’s resentment weighs heavily on her. She quickly runs out of steam and so takes the decision to end class a few minutes early

The way Bea is behaving really troubles Ina; the pair had argued before but Bea had never acted so cold. It made Ina panic a little bit. The thought of not being able to do anything to help repair the damage between herself and Bea made her feel helpless and afraid

Bea picks up her bag and swings it over her shoulder, the zipper still undone, as she rushes to leave the room before Ina can catch her. Unfortunately for her, everyone else races for the exits at the same time and so she gets trapped in the middle of the commotion. Suddenly an arm reaches out towards her and pulls her from the huddle of students; annoyance spreads through Bea as she sees who pulled her away from the exit

“Bea, we need to talk” Bea pulls her arm from Ina’s grip before making her way over to the professor’s desk. She sits on the edge of it and crosses her arms

“What is it?” Ina is momentarily taken aback by Bea’s abrupt tone but she quickly smoothens out the worry lines of her face and smiles sadly at Bea

“I’m really sorry about what I said the other day. I didn’t mean for it to-” Bea holds up a hand as she pushes herself up from the desk

“Listen, professor” she emphasises the word ���professor’ and Ina definitely takes notice. Every time Bea calls her that, it feels like a blow to her stomach; a sharp reminder of the forbidden nature of their relationship

“If you don’t have any work for me, and you’re not going to scold me, then I’m gonna go, okay?” The tone Bea uses is a condescending one, but it doesn’t make Ina feel angry at her, it just makes her feel sadder and even more regretful than before. She hangs her head

“I’m sorry Bea, I just-” Bea cuts Ina off by walking across the room to the door. She doesn’t even turn around before she leaves

“Goodbye professor” she disappears into the corridor. Ina takes a step towards where she last saw Bea but she stops herself from going any further

“I’m sorry Bea, please forgive me” she says this weakly into the empty air of the lecture hall; no one is around to hear her 

[purplesurveys]

1157

survey by hxcsingingsk8r

Phone Scavenger Hunt

First off, what phone do you have? I have an iPhone 8.

And what provider do you use? It’s a local one you wouldn’t know about, called Globe.

How long have you had your current phone? I can’t remember if it would be 3 or 4 years this 2021. Either way, it’s definitely been a while and I’ve been itching to upgrade. It’s too early to make such a big purchase, though.

Do you have any cases for it? Describe them. I have a clear case that I bought last year. Before that, I had a pink Otterbox case that I managed to destroy even though Otterbox is normally known for its durability. I just have a very unique ability to wreck everything I’ve ever owned lol.

How old were you when you got your first cellphone? I was technically 6, but it was meant to be a present for my 7th birthday. We threw a birthday party a month in advance because my dad had to fly back abroad for work before my actual birthday, but we wanted him to be present at the celebration so we decided throwing a party early was the best route.

What about your first smartphone? [If the answer is different] It was an iPhone 5S.

How old are you now? Dunno what this has to do with the theme of the survey but I am now 22.

Okay, move onto the scavenger hunt part

What is your lock screen picture of? It’s of Kim Seon Ho at a restaurant, lmao.

Home screen? It’s one of the shots from a recent promotional photoshoot Hayley did for Good Dye Young.

How many pictures are thre currently on your phone? This question just made me so anxious hahaha. I have way too many photos; and upon checking, it turns out I currently have 6,266. My god do I need to clean up my camera roll this weekend.

How many videos? I have 227. I have no idea it’s gotten to be this many; I barely use my phone to take videos. I’ll go ahead and delete some of them right now, just to give my phone (and its storage) space to breathe.

What is your most recent picture of? It’s a work thing...I guess I’ll explain it so it can make more sense. So one of our clients has got this Lent campaign going on, and to spread word about it we’ve tapped a handful of food bloggers to try out the offers themselves and post about their experience on social media. Now that we’re in the middle of Holy Week they’ve gone ahead and uploaded their own posts, and I’m in charge of taking screenshots so I can show to the client that the execution had been successful.

And the most recent video? It’s a private vlog. Every Sunday, or at least every other Sunday I take a few minutes to sit down and do a weekly video thing where I talk about my ~mental~ and ~emotional~ status, and it’s basically a way to be in touch with myself and keep track of my progress. Who knows, maybe I’ll actually get to uploading them one day.

Do you have any albums? If so, of what? Yeah. I have one for Cooper, one for Kimi, and a bunch of tiny albums I’ve made where I compiled 4–5 photos of friends to post on their birthdays.

What pictures have you favorited? I have a lot of favorited photos. There’s no required category for me to label them as such.

Do you have any shared albums with friends or family or work? No. I’m not sure if I can do that, or how to do it if it is allowed.

Do you have any alarms set? For what time and for what occasions? I have a bunch of alarms but only because they’re archived into the Clock app and I just haven’t gotten around to deleting them. When I was still new at my work, I used to have alarms set for certain work tasks I have to take note of every week – but now that I’ve gotten into the groove of things, I don’t need the alarms to be reminded about them anymore.

Check your weather app, what is the weather and temperature where you live? It says ‘Mostly Clear’ and shows a temperature of 26ºC.

Do you have the YouTube app? Do you have your own channel? I do have the app and my own account, but I never use it to post videos. It’s nice to have my own channel so that my homepage can be tailored to my interests.

Do you have an email app? Which one do you use? I just have the default Email app that comes with iOS, but I never use it because it’s so wonky. It doesn’t refresh new emails and it takes forever when it does, and it doesn’t always show the full thread of email conversations. If I absolutely need to check my email for something I usually have to pull out my laptop.

Does it say that there is an update available on your phone or any apps? Yes, it reminds me everyday hahaha. I don’t update unless Apple has been planning a big revamp with new features, though; and if the updates are just to address bugs, I disregard the reminders.

Go into your contacts, how many contacts do you have total? It says I have 178.

Name all of your contacts under the letter M: Feels a tad bit invasive, so I’ll just name five people I have under M: Lui, Kim, Patrice, Danika, and Andi.

Name all of your contacts under the letter U: I don’t have anyone under U.

Do you have any contacts that are businesses rather than people? Which ones? No, I don’t really use text to contact businesses. If I wanted to inquire or order from one, I usually head to their social media page.

Go into your notes, how many notes do you have saved? This is another one I have a hoarding problem with lol. My phone says I currently have 561 notes, though I’m fairly certain the biggest chunk of it comes from minutes I’ve taken down from work meetings. It was a whole lot less when I was still in school.

What kinds of things do you save in your notes? Like I said, I use Notes for taking down minutes from meetings. There are also a few surveys on there, from times I didn’t have internet and couldn’t post them on here.

Do you have any voice memos saved? What of? Yep. Some of them were recordings I had to do for journalism classes I was assigned to do voiceovers; some are interviews, also from my journ class; and the rest are of me rambling.

Do you ever use the calculator app? Pretty frequently for work.

Do you ever use the Maps app? Not really. If I needed directions, I would check out Waze for that.

Do you have any health/fitness apps? Which ones? I still have the Nike Training app from the very brief time I wanted to start working out earlier this year.

Do you have the Instacart app? The what now? I’ve never even heard of that.

What about a delivery service like Postmates, Uber Eats, Grubhub, Doordash? I have the McDelivery app for McDonald’s, but I also have other general delivery apps like Grab, Lalamove, and Transportify.

Do you have something like Venmo, Cashapp, or Paypal? I have the Paypal app but I never use it. I also have a couple of e-wallet apps just in case I’d have to use them as a payment method, since some businesses  I purchase from prefer certain ones. Ultimately, though, I use Grab’s mobile wallet the most often.

Do you use Bitmoji? I think I did before? I never used it all that regularly though. Didn’t see the point.

What other keyboards do you use besides English? Any? Filipino, Korean, and Emoji.

Which social media network apps do you have? Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Tumblr, TikTok, and Snapchat. So I guess I have all the main ones?

If you have Instagram, what is your handle and how many followers? I have a very private one I only use for work. I didn’t want it to have any followers but at present there’s Angela (because she asked to follow it this week) and Bea (idk why).

What do you typically post on the various social media platforms? The only ones I regularly post on are Twitter and Facebook, and on either I share life updates (if there are any) and memes; though on Facebook I have to watch out what kind of memes I share and make sure they aren’t too offensive because I’m friends with relatives, workmates, and media on there lmao. But on Twitter, I basically have no filter.

Do you make TikTok videos? I don’t make any myself, but I do enjoy going through the app.

Do you only add people you know on Facebook? Yes, for the most part. I’ve taken to adding people as long as they’re from UP or my high school even though I’ve never met them as well, but if I sense that they only added me to try and sell me insurance OR try to get me into MLM, then it’s an instant unfriend for me.

Do you have an app that tracks Instagram followers? No, because I don’t need to track my Instagram followers. I’m off the radar as off the radar gets.

Do you have a Snapchat? Yeah, it’s still on my phone just because but I literally never touch it anymore.

Do you ever take selfies with filters? What app's filters do you use? Eh, just before. I don’t really take selfies anymore, period.

Do you use any apps like Depop or Poshmark or Etsy? No. Out of these three I’ve only ever heard of Etsy, too.

What messengers do you use to talk to people? Any besides just texting? I have Messenger to stay in touch with family and friends; Whatsapp and Viber for work; and Telegram just in case my friends want to play games.

Do you have any photo editing apps? Which ones? I have this app called Foodie that has some pretty filters. Otherwise, since I’m not on Instagram anyway I’m never on the lookout for photo editing apps; no one ever filters their photos on Facebook and Twitter lol.

Do you have any games? Which ones? I do have a ton of games on my phone. I never play any of them, but I keep them just in case I get bored enough to start revisiting them. I have word games, drinking games, games similar to Heads Up! where one person will have to guess the word on the screen while the phone is on their forehead, and gimmicky games like 1010! and Candy Crush haha.

Do you have any rideshare apps like Lyft or Uber? I have Grab, which is a rideshare, parcel delivery, food delivery, and online grocery app all in one.

Now go to the actual phone app, whose phone numbers are saved as favorites? I don’t tag any of my contacts as favorites.

Who was your most recent outgoing call to? I can’t recognize the number, so it was probably a Transportify driver that I called to give him directions to my house.

Who was your most recent incoming call from? I also can’t recognize the number, but this time he was most likely a Grab driver.

Who was your most recent missed call from? Again, can’t recognize the number HAHAA

Why did you miss that call? On purpose? Were you sleeping? Busy? My phone is on silent 24/7, so I must have missed it while I was working.

Who is your most recent voicemail from and what's it regarding? We don’t have voicemail in the Philippines.

What was the last thing you Googled or searched on your phone? Candle tunneling and how to fix it.

What music app do you use? Apple Music? Spotify? Something else? I use Spotify, but I also availed of a 3-month trial on Apple Music earlier this year just because. I think it’s supposed to end soon but I have no plans to shift.

What playlists have you made on there? I have playlists called, “robyn discovers kpop,” “winding down,” “angst,” “not my loss,” and my personal favorite, “paramore but fuck you.”

Lastly, what is the most recent song/album you've added to your collection? What Type of X - Jessi.