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The Novel's Extra's Anomaly, Chapter 16: A Slice Of Life(Pizza)!
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[Korea, Cube, 2025, 15:37, March]
{PoV: C.C.}
"Hey, C2!" A voice behind him called out, and with a slight smirk, he turned around to greet the familiar voice.
"Yeah, what's up, Suho?" He asked with a knowing smirk as he saw the other people with Kim Suho, namely three people and a couple of mobs, Yoo Yeonha, who looked like she was barely keeping her laughter in, Chae Nayun, with a pissed-off look on her face, and finally Shin Jonghak, who was about ready to throw hands with C2.
"So about that notebook…" However, before Suho could finish his sentence, Chae Nayun interrupted him.
"WHAT PART OF THAT IS 'SO SIMPLE EVEN A TODDLER COULD UNDERSTAND'!? HUH!?" A very, very angry Chae Nayun shouted at C2; however, all she got in response was C2 crying and laughing while slapping the table (poor table), which set her off and Shin Jonghak off as well. At the same time, she managed to not to throw a fist at C2; her Simp did not do this and tried —yes, tried — to punch C2, only to fail spectacularly, as he somehow fell face-first to the ground.
After laughing for a bit(it was ten minutes), C2 finally responded to Chae Nayun. "You see that notebook would've been so simple a toddler could understand if they knew even a basic level of knowledge about the subjects." He said with a cackle.
"So, Nayun, what you're saying is, you don't even have that level of knowledge?" Yeonha jumped in with an "innocent" look on her face, and at this very innocent question, a look of horror slowly swept across Chae Nayun's face as she quickly backtracked.
"Wha-what? No, no! I understood perfectly! I was just playing around a bit!" She said that, with the self-confidence of a kid with eighth-grader syndrome, the only person who believed her(other than herself) was Shin Jonghak; not even Kim Suho had the ability to believe her on this.
"If that's so…. you wouldn't mind us asking a few questions about the test?" C2 said with the look of a child who successfully pulled off a prank. "Riiiiiiiiiiight???" He said with a smirk, giving a slight nod to Yeonha, who, with eyes practically beaming with appreciation, gave a nod back.
"Right, Nayun, since you said you understood perfectly, you shouldn't mind a quick pop quiz. Right?" Yeonha continued with a devious smile on her face.
"Of course I wouldn't mind! After all, I am a genius! Hmph!" Chase Nayun responded with the conviction only an Idiot could muster, as she puffed her chest.
"That goes without saying, Nayun is great after all." Shin Jonghak added with the same zeal as a religious fanatic speaking of their God.
"Suuuuuuure… let's say that and get on to the questions then." C2 followed up, not trying to hide the scepticism in his tone.
However, before C2 and Yeonha could begin their questioning, Kim Suho spoke up. "Actually, we don't have much time for that at the moment C2. Instructor Lee Min-seo asked us, well, me, they just tagged along, to go find you and bring you with me." He said calmly while unknowingly saving Chae Nayun from a boatload of embarrassment.
"Oh? Lead the way, then Suho." A very curious C2 responded to Kim Suho. "Ah, but first let me finish this." He said, pointing at the half-eaten family pizza and large chocolate milkshake before him.
"Of course, wouldn't want all that food to go to waste after all." Kim Suho said with an understanding smile on his face. With a nod, C2 resumed eating his food rather quickly.
While C2 was taking a large sip of his milkshake, a loud thunk was heard, followed by a shriek as a fork was embedded a centimeter into the table mere millimeters from Chae Nayun's outstretched hand that was reaching for a slice of C2's pizza.
"Try that again, and I won't miss next time, Nayun." With all the seriousness of a police officer informing one of a loved one's passing, C2 said as he was simultaneously going for another sip of his milkshake and holding the fork next to her hand.
"JESUS CHRIST C2! WHO DOES THAT!" Chae Nayun shouted at C2 as she quickly pulled her hand away from the pizza.
"A man protecting his food, that's who." He said with a stone face, betraying the internal elation he felt inside at Chae Nayun's reaction.
"C2…. I don't think nearly impaling Nayun with a fork over pizza is–" Kim Suho said, only to be cut off by C2 before he could finish. "You're absolutely right, Suho; it wasn't enough. Next time, I'll break half the bones in her body." He said while giving Kim Suho a sagely nod.
""""YOU'LL WHAT!?""" The group collectively shouted at C2.
Taking it more as a question than disapproval, he continued as he munched on the rest of his pizza. "Well, the human body has 206 bones; of them, 106 make up our hands and feet. So while breaking every bone in your body is, quite frankly, tedious and takes way too long. BUT, breaking just half of the bones in your body only requires me to break your hands and feet."
"C2, my guy, buddy, friend, pal… why do you know this?" With a hand placed on C2's shoulder, Chae Nayun asked with a strained smile.
"Wouldn't you like to know whether boy?" C2 replied, a smirk plastered across his face.
"Dude, what?" A very confused Chae Nayun said with a flat, unamused tone.
"I was bored, okay? So I read about the human body." He said, balancing his empty cup on his pointer finger.
"Who does that?" An even more confused Chae Nayun asked, clearly unable to comprehend that some people like to read for fun.
"I mean, not everyone is…" Pausing for a moment, C2 gestured towards Chae Nayun in general. "Like you." He finished with an almost pitying tone, which managed to get a rather undignified snort out of Yoo Yeonha.
"And what's that supposed to mean!?" She shouted, her voice laced with indignant confusion. Yoo Yeonha, placing a hand on Chae Nayun's shoulder. "It just means he's jealous of how unburdened you are. You don't overthink things. Truly, no unnecessary weight up there." Seeming to accept Yoo Yeonha's answer, Chae Nayun gave a thoughtful nod, content with it.
Standing up from his seat, C2 looked at the still very confused Kim Suho. "So, should we get going?" He said, gesturing towards the restaurant's door.
"Yeah, let's go, can't keep the instructor waiting too much longer after all." Kim Suho replied as he stood up from his seat.
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Holy fuck. That took longer than planned. This chapter quite literally took me over a year, like no joke, I began writing this chapter around October last year and only finished it now(08/11/2025). A little shorter than I want, but it is what it is. Sorry it took so long, life's been a bitch, but it's looking up.
You can just skip everything below this btw it's just me throwing some of my thoughts into the ether.
Crazy year, eh? First, I moved into my own place, then I started an unpaid internship (or whatever the fuck it's called). Got diagnosed with ADD(literally just ADHD without the H) as well, which explains a whole lot tbh. Nearly got run over as well, lucky me that I managed to get out of the way before the fuckface hit me. Hmmm, other than that? Finally figured out why I always felt like shit, turns out the only thing I'm really allergic to is black mold, and guess what was in our basement in copious quantities… that's right, black mold, it was also somehow in pretty much every other place I've lived with my mom and little sister, somehow. So yeah, I've been having allergic reactions for who knows how many years, constantly. Happy to report my place does not have any black mold(Yay!). I've also finally begun to try and find a psychologist to talk about all the shit that's wrong with me; hopefully, I can get the grant from the government for it so I can actually afford it.
I've also slowly, but steadily, been building my own world. Quite enjoyable. Maybe I'll actually be releasing it for all my lovely readers to read at some point. No promises, though.
Now then. You. Yes, YOU. The Reader. How have you been? Read any good books? Played any fun games lately? Enjoyed your life as you want to? You don't have to answer if you don't want to. Of course, I genuinely wish all of you well, except for a few exceptions, but we all have those, right? Now run along, go do something you like doing.
I'll be back, sooner this time, hopefully. Well, we'll see. See you whenever I manage to write another chapter, could be a week, a month, or a year, but I can say I will be back with another. And in case I don't see you, Good afternoon, Good evening, and Good night!
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