Students bustled out of the large building excitedly, catching up with their friends to make plans, or beginning their route home. What else could you expect from a college on a Friday?

"You're still stuffing your face? Even after that lecture from Professor Birch about diabetes?", Shauna scoffed.

"Everyone dies eventually", Tierno reprimanded, a rather depressing statement for someone so happily treating themselves to a donut.

"At least he's not a stick like you", chuckled Sawyer, pulling his backpack onto his shoulder.

"Hey! Last year was the abolishment of all types of body and look shaming. You'd think with the gender abolishment coming up, you'd respect modern decency by now!"

"Oh, I will. Especially after Han-Jiu announced he was standing by it"

"Who?"

"The K-Pop star? Known as Ash in America?"

"Ash is the kid of that tech businessman. You're thinking of someone else"

A young adult with ginger hair and scrappy, nerdy clothes stumbled after them.

"Guys! Where are we going?", he gasped.

"We're hanging by the mall. We'll bring you some takeout since, you know, you'll be in the library studying all day"

"We should be! Tomorrow's the final"

"He kind of has a point", Sawyer agreed, "You don't want to end up like Professor Sycamore's son. No qualifications, jobless and, pretty soon, homeless too"

"How do you figure that?"

"This morning he was ranting about how his son randomly used his college fund to fly to Japan"

"I don't see anything wrong with that", Shauna said, "I love a spontaneous life. That's what my life will be like, after I get my big break as a dancer"

Sawyer's phone vibrated in his pocket. He pulled it out and, after a few swipes, began squealing with joy.

"Speaking of dancing...Jiu's new music video came out today! I've been waiting for this one for months! It's already got, like, a million likes on YouTube-"

"Already? Wow, that kid's going places. Only seventeen and he's doing stuff like that. Especially after his coma"

"Don't you think it's weird how the dates of his coma align with-"

"Just go to the library, Trevor"