Part III

"Jin?" Yuqi shook him, but he was not responding. "Jin? Jin? Jin?!" He still wasn't responding.

Tears slowly formed in her eyes and she leaned close "This wazt nuh suppo to happun" Yuqi wondered where they had both gone wrong. Jin was a first class student, but in the end. He put in so much effort and in the end he was failed. 

Jin took slow, unsteady steps away from the people that whispered about his score. Yuqi followed him, still calling his name. 

Sweat trickled down Xin's face as his stomach churned. "Why? Why? Why? How? How? But I—" He grabbed hold of the nearest waste bin and heaved everything he'd eaten. He dropped to his knees, sunken eyes lost in a gaze he paid no attention to. 

It was over.

"Jin pwease…" Yuqi pleaded for him to answer her. She thought maybe they should go talk to the professor that supervised his project.

The man got up, still feeling lightheaded.