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𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃, 𝐉𝐀𝐘.
↳ a love letter a week, and it has you wondering who’s your secret admirer. you have nine weeks, eight candidates, and one story to live. will you find out who your ‘jay’ is?
a/n :: here’s part two my sexy friends, i’ll be starting to add a little warnings tag from now on because parts will start to get longer and may include some triggering topics!!
wc :: 2.9k (i’m sorry it’s getting longer and longer i know)
warnings: mentions of sex (kinda, not explicit), a singular mention of death, someone’s borderline a bully but not quite (they’re just mean)
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You’re listening to Ryujin go on and on about Han Jisung at practically 6 a.m. (okay, it was around halfway to 8 o’clock, but her words were making you lose track of time), your head resting against the cool metal of the locker, almost wishing you were banging your head against it instead. As much as you knew your friend had a thing for the boy, you never thought you’d be stuck in the middle listening to her over analyzing everything that happened in English the day before. Sure, the precarious boy could be outstanding at pipetting in chemistry, but his social skills weren’t the best. Or at least, they weren’t the best with you.
“Anyway, I’ll shut up now, you look like you just watched The Conjuring and threw up on yourself.” She exclaims rather dryly, and you raise your head, glimpsing at the questioning look on her face. “By the way, that movie was shit. I’ll get to the point, then. I was gonna ask who you’re going to homecoming with.”
You scoff, rolling your eyes at both the comment on one of your favorite horror movies ever (that you’ve watched four times already, each time with the same girl who insists it’s not scary but ends up peeking past her fingers anyway) and homecoming. “Myself,” you reply, returning your head to its original position. “Do I look like the kind of person that would go to homecoming with a date? Really?”
“You went last year,” she points out, and you realize it’s true with a groan. It wasn’t your fault that you couldn’t refuse the captain of the basketball team when he proposed the idea in the middle of the cafeteria, halfway through the sixth period. Honestly, San wasn’t too bad anyway, he just wanted to have some fun with a girl that wasn’t following after him in the general sheep crowd; after the night was over, however, you swore to yourself that you would never come to a dance voluntarily wearing stilettos without one of your go-to friends. “And you liked it. Plus, I was thinking, we should all get dates this year! You know, since it’s our senior year and all. You won’t have another hoco to miss after this one.”
“Get dates? You’re acting like it’s buying takeout.”
“It basically is,” she shrugs. “You go out, ask for something from someone, and they either give it to you or not. Though I’m not really sure if restaurants are allowed to refuse service.”
“We could just all go as friends,” you suggest, finally opening up your locker. “As great as having some random dude as my date, no thanks. Like you said, it’s our last year. And hoco’s been fun since freshman year for us anyway, what’s the point of setting us up with dudes when we’re just gonna ditch them?”
“Who said I’m gonna ditch my date?”
“Me, I just did,” you deadpan, shuffling through your books to grab onto your chemistry lab book and stuffing it into your bag. “Remember sophomore year? Yeah, you might not want to remember it, but I do. Lee Daehwi?” She groans at the sound of the familiar name, making you chuckle.
“Okay, fair enough, but I’m not gonna ditch my date this time. Not if I get the one I want.” Ryujin smacks your arm to grab your attention, making you hiss before you see the knowing look on her face as she wiggles her eyebrows. You cross your arms in confusion, trying to scan and rescan her face for hints to what she was getting at, but when your mind finally clicks, you freeze. And then, your jaw drops. “Shut up.”
“I-I didn’t even say anything!”
“I know what you’re gonna say!” She points at you, shaking her finger before bringing it back down. “Look, like you said, it’s senior year. I don’t have a chance, really, not after this one. Either I ask him out for homecoming in the next week or I mope around for the rest of my life regretting not going to a high school dance with the hottest guy in school. Yeah, okay, I guess that kinda does sound a little pathetic.”
You consider it for a moment, imagining how awkward the interaction between Ryujin’s infamous crush and her would be; there would be a whole lot of tripping at the feet and ten times the amount of stuttering. Plus, you’re sure that the boy didn’t have the heart capacity to receive a request without passing out cold. He’s a little fragile after all. “You think Jisung’s the hottest guy in school?”
“Duh, who else do you think? That Hyunjin dude? Yeah, maybe, I saw him a few times in the past few days, but so what? People just get hyped over some guy whenever they come to the school and like four days later he’s no longer a cool transfer student and just ‘the guy next to me in calculus.’” You give her a look, one that you hope resembles something that conveyed the message of ‘you just brought up Hyunjin completely unprovoked’ but she doesn’t budge, her eyes trailed on her nails as she continues. “...and I’ll ask Jisung. Chaeryoung said she’s going with that other guy from your chem, whatever his name was, him. So then, it’s just you.”
You’re reminded suddenly of the letter that you pulled from your locker a few days earlier, the one that followed after the previous introduction and pleaded for you to attend the dance. Even if the letter had never arrived, you were planning on it anyway, but now, you had a purpose. “I don’t really want a date,” you say carefully, your eyes darting across the busy hallway before focusing on the blue of your best friend’s hair. “I mean, I don’t know, maybe, whatever. I don’t feel like stressing out about asking someone, so maybe if someone asks me, I'll be their date. But don’t count on it, alright?”
Ryujin narrows her eyes at you, as if searching for something underneath (something that wasn’t there, you’d like to point out, but she’s still looking intently) before humming. “Alright, sure.” She finishes abruptly, clearly wanting to add onto her sentence but refraining from doing so, making you raise an eyebrow at her shenanigans.
“Spit it out, c’mon, I know you have more to say.”
Your best friend gives you a deadly look but considers it, resting her back against the lockers before turning back to you. “Okay, this is just a thought, got it? Just something running through my head right now that I want to share.”
You cross your arms. “A thought? You? Thinking? Well, that’s no good.”
“Shut up and listen to me first,” she waves you off, shuffling closer until you can see the glimmer of her eyeshadow smudged on the side of her winged eyeliner. “Think about this. You, Y/N, a beautiful girl with absolutely no intention on going to homecoming with a date because of the lack of attraction towards snotty teenage boys, asking the Hwang Hyunjin, a transfer student that’s extremely good-looking and apparently affectionately kind who has no intention on going to homecoming with a date because of the lack of connection with beautiful girls, to homecoming.”
You blink twice, looking up at the ceiling as you quietly process her words. It’s a bit jumbled in your head, but once you think it’s clear enough, you look at her. “Ryujin. May I express my feelings about this ‘thought?’”
She scans you up and down, and then nods.
“It’s absolute bullshit.”
“Hey!”
“I hate my life,” you say to yourself as you swing open the door of your car, stepping out rather impatiently onto the asphalt. Having forgotten to grab your psychology notebook at the end of the day, you found yourself taking an unwanted U-turn back to the school to pick it up; in your defense, you would rather maintain your A in the class even if you had to stop by the gas station on your way back. Like you were told, a class requires commitment.
You march your way into the school once again, wondering why the school officials never thought to add any precautionary measures to the buildings. It makes you wonder if someone had ever snuck onto campus since you were a freshman. From the very deep memories of your sophomore year, you remember a junior at that time sneaking in one of his friends during finals week thinking he’d get away with it. Honestly, Juyeon was something else.
Just as you make your way to your locker, you quietly scroll through your phone distractedly before seeing a text pop up in your infamous group chat.
[3:05 p.m.] chaechaer: guess what guys!! :D
[3:05 p.m.] praying mantis: don’t wanna guess
[3:05 p.m.] hwangji: she’s finally getting dick
[3:05 p.m.] chaechaer: i’ll fucking bite you yeji.
[3:06 p.m.] hwangji: bite me baby i wanna see you try
[3:06 p.m.] you: spill c’mon
[3:07 p.m.] praying mantis: y/n.
[3:07 p.m.] praying mantis: why are you at school right now
[3:07 p.m.] chaechaer: gasp
[3:07 p.m.] chaechaer: looks like i’m not the only one getting dick
[3:08 p.m.] you: oh fuck off, i came back bc i forgot something
[3:08 p.m.] you: wait did you just say ‘not the only one’
[3:09 p.m.] hwangji: so you ARE getting dick???
[3:09 p.m.] hwangji: spill mf, right now
[3:09 p.m.] you: ryujin, are you checking my snap location rn??? hello??
[3:10 p.m.] praying mantis: ofc i am, i’m your guardian angel :)
[3:10 p.m.] you: you’re a stalker
[3:10 p.m.] praying mantis: but whose dick are you getting? that’s the real question
You roll your eyes as hard as you can, hoping that your best friend would know even from a distance. Just as you continue to tap furiously into the glass of your phone, you’re suddenly hit by your left shoulder, sending you flying down to the ground in an instant. “Shit,” you whisper under your breath, brushing your hair out of your eyes well enough to look up and see that the hard object you just ran into wasn’t a wall. In fact, it was a human.
“Watch where you’re going,” the boy snaps at you, rather loudly in fact, making you flinch as you slowly stand up, gathering your phone. “This wouldn’t have happened if you weren’t on your phone. Who walks in a hallway with their head down like that? Do you want to die?”
It takes you a minute to realize who’s actually standing in front of you, and it’s only when you’ve managed to gulp down his harsh words. Seo Changbin. He looks at you from head to toe, the scowl still evident on his face when your eyes widen. Suddenly, you’re a little more aware of yourself, shifting uncomfortably in his gaze as he doesn’t move.
“Well?” He crosses his arms across his chest, now approaching you. “I don’t hear an apology.”
You instinctively back away, avoiding the boy’s eyes before you’re looking right back into them. If you weren’t mistaken, there was no one in front of you until there was, and there was no way that you could’ve ran into someone without noticing their presence earlier. Scoffing, you mimic his posture, looking behind him to see if you’re right about your assumption. In fact, you are, seeing the door of the locker room staring right back at you. “Me? Shouldn’t you be watching where you’re going?”
Changbin looks taken aback by your retaliation, somehow making his forehead lines fall into a straight line. “Don’t talk back to me, bitch.”
“Bitch?” You want to laugh, but instead, you press a smile down. “Seriously? Who do you think you are?”
You’re honestly appalled at the way the admired swimmer is acting towards you, but you’re not surprised. You would be lying if you didn’t say you weren’t in the faintest surprised. The entire team could act like a handful of bullies that didn’t have any other free time on their hands, if you looked into it more. Changbin seems to be dissatisfied with your answer, closing in on you as your back presses against the wall.
“What did you say to me?”
You’re about to respond with an equally harsh answer but there’s a sudden call of Changbin’s name from the end of the hallway, making the both of you turn your heads. Yet another swimming team member comes jogging your way, sporting a school branded shirt that tells you exactly what he’s part of. The boy stops a few feet away from the two of you, a large smile spreading across his face as he looks from Changbin to you. You scratch your head. Is Bang Chan currently standing in front of you? Or was it just a figment of your imagination?
“Hi! What’s your name?” He asks, coming closer before glancing over at Changbin and stopping. “W-What? Wait, what? What did you do to her?”
“I didn’t do anything!” Changbin defends immediately, making you raise an eyebrow as he holds up his palms. “I didn’t! Nothing happened, Chan. It’s all good. Let’s just go now.”
Chan doesn’t budge when he grabs onto his arm, tugging to pull him away, but he instead focuses his attention on you. His smile persists. “Hi sweetheart, judging from the look on your face, he did do something, right?”
You’re taken aback at his soft voice, a complete contrast from what you just heard from the other boy. Pursing your lips, you try not to let your cheeks flame up. Sweetheart? “It’s nothing—he just ran into me and tried to pin the whole thing on me—it’s all good, really. I’m fine, I didn’t get hurt. So…”
“You didn’t get hurt? But he ran into you?” Chan shoots Changbin a sharp look, one that looks much darker than the gaze he returns to you. “Are you okay? It might’ve been a hard fall. I can take you to the nurse’s office, if you’d like?”
“N-No, it’s fine!” You shake your hands in refusal, an awkward chuckle leaving your lips. Chan only laughs brightly in response, his entire face somehow appearing ten times more charming than before. You notice with another fleeting glimpse that there are dimples that crease into his skin as he smiles, now making your heart do an unidentifiable leap inside your chest. “Um, okay, I actually have to go now! I’ll, uh, yeah! Bye!”
You turn in your heel, trying to walk at a casual but extremely quick pace at the same time, which proves to be difficult. Just as you’re about to turn at the corner, there’s a shout from down the hall.
“Hey!” Peaking your head back, you see Chan waving his hand at you. “What’s your name?!”
“Y/N!”
“Nice to meet you Y/N! I hope to see you around!”
Gulping, you lean back against one of the lockers near yours, placing a hand over your chest as you finally notice the thumping. You take a deep breath, shaking your head a few times to get the entire situation out of your head; it doesn’t work, not with your brain taking you back to that exact moment once again. You just spoke to one, no, scratch that, two extremely talented swimming players with your own two eyes. And perhaps the rapid beating of your heart wasn’t just because one of them was being nice to you. But you wouldn’t admit that now, would you?
dear y/n love,
hi hi! i’ve missed talking to you (yes, i know, there’s no way you can respond to me, but anyway), but this letter will be unfortunately short today. please don’t think too much of it! my class is about to end, haha.
i saw you at one of the swimming meets a few days ago, and oh my god, i really couldn’t take my eyes off of you. i don’t know if anyone has ever told you, y/n, but you are so beautiful. i remember what you were wearing; was it...a black shirt? and jeans, oh yes. your sense of style is so simple yet somehow so perfect. i couldn’t even take my eyes off of you, oh god, i remember all my friends yelling at me to pay attention but all i was doing was staring at you. sounds like a problem, huh? but i enjoy it. shit, this sounds kinda creepy again, doesn’t it? i’m so sorry, love, that’s not what i was going for. i just...really admire you. a lot.
also, the homecoming game is this weekend! i hope you end up going, you can even go with your friend! the blue-haired one, yeah, ryujin, i think. that’s her name, right? oh god, you probably think i’m even weirder now that i just told you that i know your friend. fuck. anyway.
once again, i hope to see you there! there’s something waiting for you there and i want to be able to surprise you, even if i don’t want to reveal my identity just yet. see you soon, love.
signed, jay
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PROGRAMMA FERRARA-ROMA Film Corto III edizione Sala Estense, Ferrara; Venerdì 25 gennaio 2019 Ore 15.30- 19.30 Ore 20,30 - 23,30
PROGRAMMA @ FERRARA - ROMA FILM CORTO III edizione Sala Estense, Ferrara Venerdì 25 gennaio 2019
Ore 15.30- 19.30
Sezione Award Winning
- MENU’NOIR (15’ ) di Alfredo Mazzara. Cinque donne a cena, intorno ad un piatto di ragù, svelano meschinità, debolezze, rancori - a lungo celati- solitudine. E la menzogna che domina sovente “l’umano agire.
- ANNA & BASSAM (10’ ) di Davide Rizzo. Un ragazzo pakistano di nome Bassam trascorre finalmente un pomeriggio con Anna, una ragazza lettonedi cui è innamorato. Lei sembra ricambiarlo, e tuttavia l’attentato parigino al locale Bataclan sembra frantumare nel ragazzo ogni certezza.
Sezione Concorso
- I WAS (15’,07”) di Gianfranco Boattini. Come nell'opera di Shakespeare le tre streghe predicono al Macbeth che sarà signore di Cawdor e Re diScozia; qui le tre figure femminili, protagoniste velate e camaleontiche nel celarsi, svelano ad un io bambino inconsapevole la possibilità che ogni uomo ha di liberare lo schiavo che si sente libero.
Sezione Percorsi visivi
- L’ULTIMA RIMA (19’,45”) di Carlo Fracanzani. Una studentessa straniera decide di venire in Italia per scrivere una tesi di laurea su Byron e Shelley e il loro periodo romantico in questo paese. Dopo le difficoltà iniziali, l’incontro con un ragazzo studente di letteratura come lei sarà, terminerà una significativa svolta.
- IL LUPO (19’) di Benjamin Thum. Nelle Alpi sudtirolesi è stato deciso l’abbattimento di un lupo. Fabian accompagna il padre durante la battuta di caccia, nella speranza di migliorare il loro difficile rapporto. Ma gli eventi prenderanno una piega inaspettata
Sezione Nuova Animazione
- SIGNAL (1’ - Corea del Sud) di Hwangji Lee. La routine quotidiana, nel vortice di segni e segnali, azioni e (tele)comandi, che hanno finito per sostituirsi a sentimenti ed umanità: specchio di un’evoluzione tecnologica che rischia di tradursi in alienazione.
FUORI RASSEGNA “Omaggio a Folco Quilici” ( 7’40”)
Un docu-film sulla giornata dedicata al regista e documentarista ferrarese nel 2018, dalla Ferrara Film Commission, realizzato da Teo Rinaldi, filmaker ferrarese vincitore del Ferrara Film Corto 2018.
Sezione Multimedia art
- BIRHPLACE (5’ - Indonesia / Paesi Bassi ) di Silvan Der Woerd & Jorik Dozy.
La storia simbolica di un uomo che arriva su una Terra perfetta e trova la sua nemesi sotto forma di inquinamento oceanicoSezione Percorsi visivi
- L’INIZIO (5’,41” ) di Piergiorgio S. Due fratelli, un evento drammatico che diventa detonatore di emozione profonde, ma anche catarsi. Perché è solo nell’incontro di “anime” che è possibile alimentare la speranza.
- NEL SUO MONDO (10’ ) di Cristian Scardingno. Una bambina di sette anni entra in un bagno pubblico di un aeroporto. Chiusa in un piccolo spazio siaccorgerà che la differenza tra suo mondo e quello degli adulti. E in pochi minuti la sua vita cambierà
Sezione Award Winning
- IN PRINCIPIO (19’,51”) di Daniele Nicolosi. Un uomo si sveglia in un mondo post apocalittico, nel quale pochi superstiti vagano sulla Terra come ombre inquiete. Nel suo lungo peregrinare, l’uomo incontra un vecchio sopravvissuto, intento a consumare un frugale pasto all’interno di un edificio abbandonato. I due si dividono la magra cena ed iniziano un dialogo dai risvolti sconcertanti…
Sezione ConcorsoColosseo d’Argento per la Migliore Sceneggiatura” a Valentina Romanelli
- ABSENCE (17’,35”) di Valentina Romanelli. E’ il racconto di un momento nella vita in cui presente e passato si confondono, l’attimo in cui un evento doloroso ma universale permette alla protagonista di riconoscersi in quanto essere umano. Ma sarà il suo sguardo di bambina che annullerà il tempo, attraverso il potere magico di un gesto che cancella ogni male.
Sezione Cinema Solidale
- REWIND (10’41”) di Luca Molitisanti. Una ragazza si sta dirigendo in teatro per fare un’audizione. Prima di lei si alternano un mimo, una ballerina e un mago, ma è il suo monologo a catturare l’attenzione della regista. Racconta di un ladro, di indifferenza verso il prossimo e d gioco d’azzardo. Ci ritroviamo catapultati nelle scene descritte, poi di nuovo con lei sul palco: nella vita non c’è il tasto “rewind”, non c’è una doppia chance.
- SADOCK (3’,30”) di Geraldine Ottier Sadock è il nome di un artista di strada. Da qui, ed attraverso la finestra di un’abitazione che si affaccia sulla piazza dove dà vita alle sue pitture, l’uomo è testimone involontario di un “amore malato”: quello della solare Margherita ed il marito violento. Sarà anche grazie alla sua arte che Sadock troverà il modo di non restare testimone muto
Programma - Ore 20.30- 23.30
Sezione Concorso Colosseo d’Oro “Migliore Cortometraggio”
- THE ESSENCE OF - EVERYTHING (20’) di Daniele Barbiero. Gea e Lucius si conoscono su un’app d’incontri, soltanto che lei è Vita e lui è Morte. O, meglio, la loro impersonificazione, travestiti in forma umana per adempiere ai loro rispettivi doveri. S’incontrano nella più imbarazzante e disastrosa cena romantica dell’inizio dei tempi.
Sezione Mostre
- DIALOGUE SURREALISTE (1’,50”) di Maurizio Ganzaroli
Il dialogo tra artisti internazionali ed il maestro Farina che li ha portati in Italia, al Palazzo Diamanti diFerrara.
Sezione Award Winning. Vincitore del Premio ETTORE SCOLA per la Sezione Award Winning
- GUARDAMI (6’,34”) di Geraldine Hottier. E’ la storia di Giulia Rosa, una bimba di 10 anni che in un tema racconta la sua famiglia, una mamma un po' fuori dal comune e un papà dolce e protettivo. Giulia ci fa entrare nella sua quotidianità, e attraverso i suoi occhi ci rivela quanto la propria famiglia sia la gioia preziosa che un bambino possa desiderare
- EYES (13’,24”) di Maria Laura Moraci. Una trovata espressiva degna di nota per porre l’accento sull’indifferenza. Il film è dedicato alla memoria del giovane Niccolò Ciatti, deceduto a Lloret de Mar, a seguito i una rissa con tre ragazzi, davanti agli occhi omertosi di altri coetanei
Sezione Award Winning Colosseo d’Argento “Migliore Interpretazione Maschile” a Filippo Scarafia e “Migliore Interpretazione Femminile” a Daphne Scoccia
- PRENDITI CURA DI ME (20’) di Mario Vitale. Alice è tormentata da un incubo ricorrente: il trauma, mai rimosso, di una violenza subita. Chiusa in se stessa, la ragazza ha smesso di parlare. Fin quando non incontra Marco: la comune frequentazione di una piccola videoteca e l’amore di entrambi per il cinema degli anni ’80, le doneranno un ritrovata serenità
Sezione Multimedia Art
- GYEOL (1’,44” - Francia) di Jin Angdoo. Un gioco di fiori e colori, leggi della fisica e effetti sorprendenti. Un’allegoria del reale e l’apparente, il sogno e la visione.
Sezione Cinema Solidale. Premio “Cinema Solidale”
- MIA (6’,27” ) di Mario Spinocchio. Mia è una donna innamorata incapace di “vedere”, “ascoltare”. Vittima di violenze da parte del compagno. Percossa e segregata, Mia è un'anima da salvare. E la consapevolezza latente che è indispensabile reagire
FUORI RASSEGNA - EVENTO SPECIALE
- IL PESCE ROSSO DOV'E'(52’,00” ) di Elisabetta Sgarbi. Un mondo di uomini d’acqua che vivono nel Delta del Po, tra fiume e mare. Eredi di una tradizione antica,faticosa, spesso povera, ma gloriosa. Hanno l’orgoglio dell’appartenenza a un mondo instabile, periglioso, soggetto ai fortunali del meteo e della sorte, ma che non cambierebbero con nessun altro luogo.
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