*The next four chapters are just character introductions.Feel free to read for understanding or just skip to chapter 5*
Go WooJin And Hwang InYoup
The students made their ways to the showers. The bustling of shower doors as they went in and out was loud. Remarks were exchanged and friendly insults were made. The year had just begun and everyone is back from the Christmas break. They had arrived in the school yesterday and today were going to be formally welcomed back into the school, new classes would be allocated and any announcements would be made where necessary. Student council head Go WooJin would be addressing the entire school today. He woke up feeling very tired and extremely tired. He has privileges unlike other students of a private bathroom , kitchen and all the like .Things that other students shared he didn't have to share.His space was like a regular apartment and thus it could accommodate two separate bedrooms each with ensuite bathroom.
However WooJin had not yet been given a roommate because the other rooms have not been so filled that a new student had to live with the student head. Plus studying and majoring in chemistry and physics is no joke. He would be so engaged in reading that he would forget to eat or ever sleep. However despite how much he strained himself it didn't affect him negatively in any way.He still managed to look perfect in every way possible, he didn't even develop eyebags. However today he didn't feel at all in the mood to talk to any body. He got up from his bed and threw off his shirt on the floor and went to the bathroom half dressed. He opened the shower and just stood Inside.The water fell from his chestnut hair onto his entire body.He felt that his lower waist was unusually heavy.
He opened his eyes to check, that's when he realized he was still wearing pants and immediately he took them off and threw outside onto the floor. He sighed as the wet pants hit the wooden floor. He then reached out of the shower and grabbed the pants to wring them. He put all his energy into wringing them and realized that the shower water was falling onto the pants.
He sighed, then threw the pants on the other side
After the water had fell on him , he still felt tired . WooJin left the bathroom and went to the kitchen. He took out the milk and the cereal bowl. He poured in the milk and .. something was missing.He didn't brush his teeth,he went back to the bathroom and he slipped on the puddle he had made earlier by throwing the pants on the floor.He fell like a baby.. his back was the first thing to touch the floor.. As he laid there tears fell from his eyes almost as if they were waiting all along. He didn't make any sound whatsoever as he cried. He is not clumsy at all. It's just that.. He doesn't want to have to see him.. Coming to school was hard, studying and keeping a good grade is even hard but having to meet him everyday is probably the hardest thing WooJin has to do. For all the two years that WooJin has been here, seeing In Youp s foresaken face is the epitome of why WooJin gets panic attacks and becomes disoriented.
Even though WooJin thought about In Youp through the break, he never once wanted to meet him. He doesn't fear him at all , it's more like he hates him but has no way of escaping him. WooJin can try to lie to himself and say that InYoup won't show up but the truth is whether or not InYoup showed up WooJin will still be restless. The tears fell and just then , WooJin heard a knock on the door. He pretended not to hear it and then the knock came again. It's obvious that WooJin is one of the most wanted bachelor in campus but these girls would have made deals with the devil if they try visiting him at his private time. He got up from the floor and went over to the sink to splash water on his teary face. After that he headed to the bedroom to put on some clothes, and that's when he went to the door. He took a deep breath in and faked a smile. He opened the door and found a student who had his back turned to the door.
The student turned around and it was just Han GiChan, the vice head of the student council.He smiled at WooJin who had his face as hair wet.
"You look cute" remarked GiChan , obviously mocking WooJin.
GiChan , a second year law student became WooJin s assistant a few months after he arrived on campus and began his first year.his reasoning and leadership skills were impeccable but are far from being as refined as WooJin.
"What do you want?It's too early for you to be here", replied WooJin as he was getting playfully annoyed by the early visit.
"What.. President Go WooJin, don't break my heart.Students are already gathering at the pavilion and your hair is still wet.", joked GiChan as he knew that WooJin doesn't like early visits
Go WooJin left the door and went back inside and headed to the kitchen.He poured himself a juice and gulped it at once.Then he remembered that he didn't brush his teeth as the sweet juice developed a bitter taste. GiChan walked into the kitchen and offered himself a seat. WooJin s apartment is quite modern.Everything inside from the furniture to the decor was quite sophisticated.He looked at WooJin who was leisurely drinking his juice.
"What?" ,remarked WooJin raising his eyes from the juice to meet GiChan as he felt GiChan s gaze on him.
GiChan smiled like a little kid and raised the books that he was clutching to playfully hide his face.Woojin rolled his eyes and placed the cup on the counter and headed for the bedroom to get dressed.He opened the bedroom door and went to the closet.his uniform was hanging to the handle and he quickly got inside it.Half way through dressing he noticed that his hair was wet.He signed and used his bed sheet to dry it.He went to the bathroom and this time noted the puddle on the floor and skipped over it.He brushed his hair and made it was presentable as possible.He smiled at the mirror to check if he looks worthy of standing in front of hundreds of students.He was perfect..
Hur HyunJun and Yoon SanHa
HyunJun blinked his eyes as he broke from his sleep. He pushed the covers of his face and stared at the ceiling.His roommate who was already dressed in faculty uniform,sat on his bed and tied his sneakers.
"Hyun .. you should get ready.aren't you going for the assembly?",asked the roommate with a petit thin voice
HyunJun wiped his face with his hand and rolled over to face the wall so that his roomate stops talking.When he saw HyunJun turn over he immediately stood from his bed to go for the assembly.
"Hyun,you should get up,they might check rooms",he said this standing by the door and noticed that HyunJun didn't even move a little.He shut the door and left . HyunJun uncovered his face as sighed. He has to find a way to tell Jang EuiSoo about this scandal because both their necks are on the blade.He got up and went over to the window.He saw students , moving harpazadly..He thought to himself, that one of those idiots is going to ruin his life and he has to find and stop him before it's too late. He was just about to leave the window and he spotted a tiny little kid..He was carrying a huge backpack.Hyun squinted his eyes to see and then the kid looked at HyunJun s direction, they locked gaze for a moment,It's not certain if the kid could see him but HyunJun saw him clearly."he looks familiar"..The kid broke his gaze from HyunJun s window and continued walking away.Hyunjun continued to look at him as he walked away.Hyunjun was broken from his stare at the kid by a buzz.He turned to look at the source and noticed his screen lit.He walked over to the phone and picked it up from under the covers.
"enjoying the view??" ,
HyunJun almost dropped his phone.He ran over to the window and scouted the view like a vigilante.His pulse started to raise and he was hyperventilating.He stormed over to the bed and clutched himself and covered the sheets over his face. He was having a panic attack , he had always had these but always too proud to admit his weakness. He clutched himself tightly and tried to avoid thinking about the situation.He was getting stressed.
Lee Felix And Choen SeungHo
Felix rubbed the tears off his eyes.As he sniffed and sniffed more tears kept coming..His whole porcelain face was flustered and redden. Today was supposed to be a happy day and he is already crying in the storeroom for art supplies.He had just arrived for peacesake.. Would anybody die if one of Felix s tears didn't drop for a moment.
He tried to distract himself by reaching for the paint on the top shelf but as he reached more tears kept coming..He was deeply heart broken.
There are times when some people might call him oversensitive, others might say he overreacts but no one ever says that he is over hurting.All they do is judge and compare..
Just yesterday he carried all of Hwang InYoup s bags here and even cleaned his room, a thank you would be nice but what does he do..He completely ignored this
.Felix starved himself to clean his room and he doesn't even care."all he ever thinks about is that stupid year three chemistry girl.If they claim to be in love why didn't she clean his room" , asked Felix , obviously talking to himself, with only the walls listening to the breaking of his heart.
It's true she was treated like some sort of princess by InYoup
After Felix had cleaned the room and sat in the chair to await InYoup, hoping that he would notice and would be over the moon.Felix waited for hours and then as InYoup s roomate rattled the keys at the door ,Felix jumped from the chair thinking it was InYoup.The roomate opened the door and Felix s smile melted into undeniable disappointment.He waited for a few minutes As he was about to leave, InYoup walks in and smiles at Felix who was on the chair.Seeig this display of affection , Felix reacted with a smile only for it to be replaced by a frown when Inyoup s girlfriend stepped into the room behind InYoup. She saw Felix and rolled her eyes.Felix ignored her and turned his attention to InYoup who was quite impressed with the cleanliness of the room.. Felix saw this and his eyes lit up.
"Hyun,what do you think", asked Felix with hopeful eyes
"It's dirty" , interrupted the girl.Everyones eyes turned to her as she said this.
Feeling thier gazes on her,she boastfully said"Look at the dust oh my gosh the smell..In let's leave this place",
" What !!!"remarked Felix clearly annoyed.
" Babe we just got here", exclaimed InYoup
" And we 're just leaving", interrupted the girl again
"But babe"
"You stay ,"said the girl in an agressive tone
"Okay..just don't go the room IS really dirty,my roommate will clean it",submissively said InYoup, with that sentence, Felix s eyes returned back to InYoup and he was teary.Once again In is choosing a stranger over him.
Felix quivered as he asked" Hyun.. do you really think it's dirty.."
" Yes,and disgusting too.",the tone of In s voice showed that indeed In had shifted to the girl s side
Felix left the room and as he reached the door he heard that girl say " phew,it was really stuffy in here but it better now",Felix felt his heart sink instantly.he went to his room and forced himself to fall asleep.
So on his way to the assembly,he saw people engaging happily and it reminded him of his wrecked friendship.He immediately stormed to the art room to pour his eyes out.
He recalled everything.he started to imagine what In might have said after Felix left.Probably something like
" the room is not that clean at all" or "that she isn't worthy of being in such a place".the worst of all was when he asked the roomate to reclean the whole place,in front of Felix.Couldnt he atleast wait until Felix left the room, did their friendship mean nothing at all.Of course time and distance change people but Felix and InYoup have been friends since elementary.Things started to change when InYoup was in high school and was getting famous.He started to hang with the like of Hur HyunJun and Jang EuiSoo and completely forgot about Felix but who does he run to when things get worse.Lee Felix...The scapegoat from elementary,the one person who would do anything for him
A buzz woke him from his deep train of thoughts.He reached for his backpocket while still wiping the tears from his face.He looked at the screen .
"Can I come in".
.He looked at the message several times and then he looked at the sender,'Choen SeungHo'..He was confused but not confused..
Was SeungHo standing by the door..He wasn't sure how to react to this statement or curiosity. Whenever SeungHo shows up, Felix never knows how to react but he is fully aware that not reacting to someone s message can he justified to be called rude, but what can he say.Does he want SeungHo in the art lab with him alone.He didn't know what to text back. And then he wrote back
'come into what' ... that's an intelligent answer, Felix smiled at his intellect.He felt childishly satisfied at himself.He even pouted his pink lips.
Another buzz 'yes or no'..
Felix giggled at the message altogether..He replaced the phone in his pocket and left the cabinet to go and check if SeungHo is really waiting by the door..All the way to the door ,Felix was smiling like a girl in love..He touched the metal handle of the door but hesitated to open.A huge bang erupted in his heart,he rubbed the chest while still smiling and he turned the handle to open the door.
Yoo Jun and Choe ChanYi
"Gosh, it's going to be a long semester", sighed Choe ChanYi while racing through the course outline that has just been sent to his phone.He looked at the the time. Only ten minutes before he has to attend the assembly.For someone who is studying in the faculty of business,ChanYi hates assembly and meetings the most.He would rather be stuck behind a desk than to interact with people.And under this faculty he chose administration and management of all the courses.It s not that his grades were bad ,it's just that he likes to be the one dictating to a group of people rather than sitting in a chair and listening. His brain wondered if he should miss the assembly but then again ,he might miss something important.He replaced his phone in his pants pocket and headed for the assembly point.He chose the longest route ,which is through the admin block.On the way,he kept thinking of what he should suddenly say he is sick of ..'fear of oxygen' ,'an allergy to the sky'.'childhood trauma caused by sitting on a chair'.. Ahh he could get expelled if he says such stupid things ..
"if only I was as convincing , then everyone would believe that sitting on a chair makes me feel like a door", as he said this, he kept pouting his lips, almost embarrassed at his reasoning or rather lack of.
He walked slowly with his hands folded over his chest until he passed by the office admin. He looked at the door wondering if he should get inside but hesitated. Instead he peaked inside and saw a student sitting on the chairs.
"who is that",said ChanYi to himself.He tried to identify the student who was already in the dean s office on the first week of semester.He squinted his eyes but failed to recognize the student.
"He is new", answered Yuta Nakamoto nonchalantly
ChanYi was startled and turnaround to see who was talking.
"Hyun.. where did you come from", replied ChanYi and he was smiling as he was embarrassed by his spying at the office.He rubbed the side of his head that was full of golden brown hair while smiling with eyes closed.
Yuta didn't show any emotions,his face was completely expressionless.He is always like this.Whether or not he is happy you can't tell.At first glance,one would be justified to thinking that Yuta is too proud of himself but what can he do , that's who he is.
Yuta ignored ChanYi and headed towards for the door that was in front of ChanYi.Yuta had his arms folded and he looked quite authoritative.He pushed down the handle and entered the office and shut the door.At this point ChanYi was too oblivious to continue looking inside because of Yuta.. ChanYi turned his body until he was resting on the wall.He looked upwards and sighed several deep breaths.Yuta would be pissed if he found him here.ChanYi returned his eyes back to the floor and bit his lower lip.A familiar laugh entered ChanYi s ears.He turned his face towards the direction and saw Win Win.He couldn't perseve clearly at first but raised his head to completely look at his direction.He stared at Win who was looking to the side along the corridor.What is he looking at.A shoe tip emerged from the corridor followed by a hand that was dressed in beautiful tassels.Immediately after this ,the whole body of the mysterious person emerged.ChanYi unconsciously untightened the grip oh his teeth on his lips and his lower lip slided out of his mouth..He watched as Yoo Jun went over to Win..Chanyi 's playful face was replaced by an ice expression.Everything faded into the background.Its almost there was only the three of them but most of his attention was fixed on Jun.He gawked at Jun who was laughing histerically with Win.Why is he here.Chanyi had clenched his jaw so tight so much it twitched.At this point ChanYi wishes he had attended the assembly.Jun while still laughing unawarely looked away from Win and his eyes landed on ChanYi who was already staring daggers at him with undisputable fury.Jun 's expression suddenly matched ChanYi 's, only less agressive.They glared at each other undisturbed.Win noticed that Jun had gone quiet and was staring to the side.Win followed Jun s gaze and saw that these two were starring at each other.He placed his hand in Jun s shoulder to shake him back to reality.
"Jun, what's wrong",inquired Win as he was confused as to what is going on
The gentle tug from Win made Jun revert his gaze back to him.Win s hand didn't move from Jun s shoulder.
"It's .... nothing",said Jun sounding like there is a heavy reason as to why that is because his voice was much lower.
Jun looked back at ChanYi s position but there was nothing to see,only an empty space.He sighed halfheartedly ,partly unsurprised and looked at the floor.Jun turned from his position and headed back to the corridor in which he came.Win was confused..Why did Jun suddenly get drenched in a mellow mood.Win stood there leering at the empty spaces back to back.He looked at Jun who was walking slowly and somewhat like his feet were carrying bags of sand.Win walked over to Jun and as he went over to him, Jun suddenly stopped walking.Win stopped for a moment then proceeded to walk and he stood in front of Jun.He placed his hand on Jun s face and turned Jun's face side to side and finally straight to look directly in his eyes.Jun was not understanding what Win s objective was..
"Win, what are you doing", he said brushing away Win s hand.
"Checking for premature madness", replied Win clearly mocking Jun.
Jun smiled and brushed off Win."I am not the fish you always study", joked Jun as he likes to clown Win s major in aquamarine biology
Win puffed and replied"you are just like them, infact you are like starfish, the not fun kind" he mocked and continued
" but for real Jun, first it was the texts then photos.How are you going to keep doing this.You should do something"
Jun turned around and walked back to Win. But as soon as he was next to Win ,he lost his strength and kept quiet.He had not told Win the whole story and if he tries to defend himself now,it will just show Win that he is hiding something.Besides how do you tell your best friend something like this..This could potentially ruin their alliance on top of the fact that really important and innocent people could get expelled.
"Forget it..You are just going to die in silence.But whatever the case, just know I have your back one hundred percent",Win reassured Jun.Its times like this that Jun feels both lucky and cursed.Win is willing to support him despite the fact that Jun is being stupid and submissive.And it's heavy for Jun because he has to hide this even from Win.
Win hugged him from behind and placed his arm on Jun s hand and they walked away.
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