[18]

[18]

Chen sighed for the nth time that morning. Bitting the inside of his cheek as he watched his oblivious friend answer whatever flirting technique The council president did.

"Can you quit being a bitterfly" Joshua held the butterfly's collar and pulled him back to his seat, seeing that he was about approach at the pair. "and can you stop glaring at them!"

Chen huffed, crossing his arms before giving the other male a look of disappointment. "Really Josh? Our friend is being flirted by the president" he extended an arm to the pair's direction. "I am team Seojun for your information "

Joshua rolled his eyes. Why was he friends with this idiot again? "yeah and I'm in team I don't care" he deadpanned, turning his attention back to his book, seeing that he would end up with a useless information. Chen scoffed in disbelief, breaking away Joshua's hold of his collar and getting up from his seat to Sauter to the pair who were sitting on the platform. "jehyun! "

The called person looked up from the book he was sharing with Jung hoon and caught the sight of a frowning Chen. "what's wrong? "

"don't what's wrong with me" Chen stomped his foot on the ground and pointed an accusing finger at him. "what's with this" he then gestured to the senior who was unbothered and was busy listening music with his headphones. "huh!? "

Jehyun was confused at what his friend meant. That being said he decided to ignore the other and went back to reading. This caused Chen to widen his eyes and scoff in disbelief. He looked at Joshua who gave him a look saying 'I told you so'. He pointed at the two, teeth grinding in frustration. He then looked as his classmates who avoided his eye. "aish! "

"I don't like him" Chen rolled his eyes before sticking his fork straight at the center of his chicken breast. "yeah and Joshua is straight"

The said person ended up hitting him at the back of his head. "yeah and your an idiot" Chen ignored what the other retorted and focused his attention to the reading lion cub. "what's so interesting about this anyway? " he then proceeded to snatch the book and flip through its pages, brows creasing at each flip. "Josh what's preeminent? "

Joshua rolled his eyes, hitting the butterfly again."for heavens sake you're asking that as if you didn't win the spelling bee" up to this day he still wondered how the butterfly ended up representing and winning the said competition.

Jehyun on the other hand grew annoyed at his best friend. Ever since he entered the classroom after being escorted by junghoon, Chen wouldn't stop bothering him, even in between classes. The butterfly would suddenly poke him. "Ok let me get that back" he grabbed his book, "and to clarify I do not like him"

"yeah and I bet my month allowance against that" Chen snorted and rolled his eyes. At the mention of allowance, Joshua's ears perked. Chen month allowance as a total of 1 million in any currency in the world. Smiling to himself he pulled out his hand for a shake" and I bet going to detention if that doesn't happen"

"really? " Chen smirked wickedly before shaking the other's hand. "wah—Joshua finally got guts"

Jehyun sat there and watched it all happen. It made him wonder why the only sane person in their group suddenly bet against Chen , who rarely loses on these types of bets. Then again, Jin and Hiro aren't there to entertain the butterfly so Chen must have dragged Joshua to who knows where.

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"so where to? " jehyun smiled and walked beside Junghoon who waited for him in front of the gates. The senior's were dismissed earlier than expected and Jung hoon happened to text him in the middle of class for their unexpected hang out.

"dunno" the older shrugged, placing his hands in pockets. He planned on taking the younger to this library cafe so they can work on the junior-senior project. Speaking of that, he wondered why he never saw the younger with his partner. "by the way, where's your partner"

Jehyun hummed, holding Both of his hands at his back. "we agreed that would be doing the research while he does the talking"

Junghoon raised a brow. "isn't that kind of unfair"

Jehyun shook his head before turning to walk backwards. He smiled at the senior who looked at him worriedly. "nah~I like it even. I don't do public speaking but.. " he pointed at the senior, "shouldn't doing everything be considered unfair. Seojun won't even be here during the day we would teach"

"he wouldn't? "

Jehyun nodded his head. "yup he told Me he would be absent until the end of the week. " it was just a normal evening where jehyun would be busy doing his homework when the celebrity suddenly messaged him about his situation. The celebrity asked him if he could tell the teacher, which he did since he isn't that heartless. "yea—"

He felt the world slow down as he slowly fell backward. He watched as junghoon tried to reach out for him. Was he going to go to the hospital after this? He shouldn't have walked backwards. He closed his eyes and waited for the hard impact but there was none, instead he felt something wrapping around his waist. "junghoon? "

Jung hoon's heart beated rapidly as he held the younger. He was relieved that he was able to prevent the younger from falling. Who knows what could have happened if he didn't. He steadied the younger before looking around for a scratched, a relieved sigh escaped his lips as he saw none.

"you should be careful" he said softly, he didn't want the younger to think he was scolding him. He suddenly took the younger hand into his and kept him close, this caused jehyun to squeak in surprise.

"you look cute when you puff your cheeks"

Jehyun choked on his drink. What was the older thinking when he blurted that out? "r-really? "

Jung hoon nodded his head. "yeah that must be the reason why you stood out for me"

Shouldn't your heart beat rapidly after that? He subconsciously placed a hand on his heart and felt it pace regularly. What was that? It made him wonder why it didn't react the same way it did last time. Was there something wrong?

"Hyun, I asked you if you liked the place? "

Jehyun snapped back into reality and looked around. They were in a library cafe located a few blocks away from there school. The place was large yet packed with high school students like them. It seemed like the place is popular seeing that there was barely any seat left.

"Hyun? "

"oh yeah" he suddenly slapped his hand on the table. "I actually wanted to come here"

"oh then I'm happy I was able to bring you" Jung hoon nodded his head knowingly. Take that you oversized untalented penguin.

Jehyun, from where he sat, eyeing the older who was busy nodding his head proudly. His smile threatened to falter. Junghoon was like Seojun in some aspects as being proud about anything they did. He wondered if the two got closer.

Speaking of the celebrity, he wondered what he was up to. After the celebrity sent the meesage, the older didn't read his replies of asking how he was doing and why was he gone that long. It honestly bothered jehyun when he wasn't even read.

"I wonder what he was doing? " he subconsciously mumbled, not catching the surprised look on Jung hoon's face.