13 mai
๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ | ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐13 mai is a campus day at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, paced by two precise time markers: 11:11 in an auditorium and 12:13 in the cafeteria. Across the morning and lunch, the focus rests on friendship, tentative romance, and the small but meaningful changes taking hold in the lives around Shelby Anderson Barnum and Dorcas Peters.
Morning Reunion
At 11:11, Dorcas enters the university auditorium and hurries to Shelby. She embraces her and kisses her cheek; Shelby laughs and returns the hug, accustomed to Dorcasโs exuberant affection. The ease of this greeting gives the scene its starting point: their friendship is expressed through familiar, unguarded physical warmth.
Dorcas tells Shelby about a young man she met a few weeks earlier in another university department. The previous evening, they had dinner at Aurora, gone to the cinema, and walked through the city center at night. Dorcas says her feelings have not yet become love, but that she is growing attached to him. Shelby shares her happiness, though she has never met him; she had previously imagined that Dorcas might eventually end up with Namjoon Kim, with whom Dorcas gets along well.
Other Relationships in View
The conversation turns to Cassiopรฉe Smith and her girlfriend. Dorcas is glad that Cassiopรฉe has found someone with whom she gets along so well, and believes her friend deserves happiness amid the difficulties at her fatherโs home. Cassiopรฉe has not seen her father for some time, but drugs are no longer part of her everyday lifeโa change Dorcas regards as a weight lifted from her shoulders. The account connects personal recovery with the support and happiness found in relationships, without suggesting that every family difficulty has been resolved.
Lunch with Ross
At 12:13, Shelby enters the university cafeteria, looks around, and finds Dorcas at a table with a handsome blond man with hazel eyes. She joins them with a slight smile. To Shelby, he has a benevolent yet mysterious air; she finds him difficult to read, in a way that reminds her of Jungkook Jeon.
The young man greets Shelby, who recognizes him as Ross and says she is pleased finally to match a face to the name. As Dorcas quickly takes over the conversation, Shelby and Ross both smile at her enthusiasm. Shelby notices that Rossโs expression suggests he likes Dorcas more than Dorcas herself seems to realize. The encounter gives the morningโs account of a growing attachment a face, while leaving the relationship at an early, still-developing stage.
