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12 DAYS BEFORE THE PARTY

"excused for 12 days? " Jehyun, Seojun, Chen, Joshua, Jin, and Hiro looked at the smiling council president who sat at the head of the meeting table with Jayden trying who was trying to kiss his cheek but was blocked by a book.

"why yes, I need all of you to help me with the fair " Junghion explained, bashing the book he used to stop Jadyen on his puckered lips. He was getting annoyed by the older. He even ignored the painful groan that Jayden voiced out. "is that ok ? "

"does this mean we would skip class? " Hiro asked. If that was the case then he would happily say yes. He would even force Jin to do it as well. They watched as the president nodded his head. "well I'm in and so is jin"

Jin looked at Hiro who was looking at him in return. Well, there goes his protest. When Hiro says his joining, then he's joining. "well it doesn't seem like I have any choice"

Chen and Jehyun shared knowing looks. They had something in store that wouldn't disappoint the council president. The two shook hands. "we're in as well president! "

"well since Chen is in then I am as well. This butterfly would force me anyway" Joshua shrugged from where he sat. "well more of drag me out of the classroom and scream to the heavens"

"I don't need to ask you two" he pointed to Seojun and Jayden with his pen. "cause you'll be joining anyway"

"as long as I'm with my lion cub then sure" Seojun shrugged his shoulders.

"and as long I'm with you chihuahua then I'm good to go" this earned a tired sigh from Junghoon who felt discouraged at what the soloist said. Why was he associated with the guy again?

"well that settles it. Now time for the assignments"

"alright who finished all the flour in the kitchen? " Chen asked, raising a spatula with his right hand and having his left on his hip. he used the spatula and pointed at his friends who were sitting on the couches of the council's office. Jehyun who was busy editing the banner design with Jin looked up.

"and why do you need flour when you're using the spatula? "

"because I'll be making donuts" Chen answered proudly before swinging the spatula and acting like he was doing some type of sword dance. he then used the spatula and acted like he was shooting Jehyun. "bulls eye"

"one, Chen you need tongs for that recipe" Jehyun sighed. "and two, you can't cook"

"I can actually" Chen sassed before swinging the spatula around again. "you can ask joshua"

"he said that you burnt your kitchen" Jin answered, finally looking up to watch the idiot toss the spatula in the air. "why are you bringing the spatula here anyway? "

"because I need to find the person who finished all the flour " his friends' lack of expression made Chen pout as he realized that they wouldn't be that much help at all. throwing his hands in the arm and the spatula, he heaved a heavy sigh. "I can't believe we're friends"

"neither are we"

lunch came fast for the group. half the day over and few more hours before the end of the school day.

Jehyun sat with his friends at their usual table. but something unusual was lingering in their table. maybe it was the fact chen looked like something exploded in front him and left some dust on his face, Joshua had all his attention on his phone(weird since he rarely uses it), Jin was being clingy to hiro, and the said Japanese was silently eating his food.

"okaaay " looking at his friends with concern, Jehyun clapped his hands together to get their attention. "what's wrong? "

"I blew up the kitchen"

"I just found this new app"

"I miss the twins"

"I'm hungry"

not the responses that he expected but at least he got them to talk. it took him some time to realize what he said that by the time he understood it all, he had his eyes wide open and Seojun sitting beside him with his tray and a bright blue box.

he pointed at Chen. "you blew up the kitchen!? "

Chen shrugged in response. "no one told me a lighter and the gas range could cause an explosion "

"how is there no fire drill ringing? " Jin asked.

Chen kept silent while Joshua stopped whatever he was doing on his phone to look up. "Chen somewhat managed to disalarm the drills"

"and how is he not caught? " Seojun skeptically asked.

Joshua shrugged before nudging the butterfly that sat beside him. "he's Chen. what do you expect? " he then looked at Joshua. "and you found a good app that lasts longer than the previous apps you installed"

Joshua shrugged. "hey! at least I didn't blow up the gas range. "

"not cool josh. not cool" Chen said, showing an expression that said. 'I don't give fuck'

"I'm not even going to ask you two" Jehyun pointed at the other two. he then turned to Seojun who shoved a box to his face. "what's this? "

"open it"

taking it into his hands, Jehyun gently opened the box and was shock at the sight of a red velvet macaroon. "what's with this? "

"it's for the 14 presents" Seojun simply answered.

"but" biting his lower lip, Jehyun couldn't help but feel guilty that he couldn't give Seojun something in return. "I don't have anything for you"

"who said you have to give something to me? " leaning closer, Seojun made their noses touch. "the one courting should be the one who would give gifts"

"courting? " jehyun leaned back, brows furrowed as he gave a look of help to. Chen who was silently enjoying the scene in front him.

"yup! staring today, I, Kim Seojun, will be courting Lee jehyun"

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"Junie! Danie! "

The two celebrities let out an exasperated sigh and turned around with the boxes they carried. They weren't please at the sight if Niommi who was running towards them. They mentally debated whether to leave the girl right now or stay. Not that they couldn't do that but they knew they would get a scolding from a chihuahua and a lion cub.

"talk about disgusting" Seojun grumbled as he and Jayden watched the girl pant in front of them. "she can't even look presentable when she's in front of us"

"tell me about it" Jayden rolled his eyes. He was disgusted with the sight of that female dog.

"I was wondering if you guys got a valentine date for the 14th already" Niommi looked at them with a glimmer in her eyes.

That fast? Seojun was really impressed at how fast Junghoon could act. It was like a day ago when he mentioned about the plan. Junghoon surely is a busy body around here.

"so do you guys... "

Ah right. The date for the party. Obviously he's going to be bring Jehyun and not this dog right in front of them.

"yeah we got already" both of them simultaneously answered, sharing a look.

Niommi's face fell. She already knew who these two were. It was quite obvious. And it was quite obvious that someone didn't listen to her warning.

🌟

"Niommi? " jehyun asked once he closed the door of their classroom. He was called by one of his classmates that a teacher was looking for him.

Seeing the girl, Jehyun fought the urge to roll his eyes. The girl was sitting on top of his desk, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes with that displeased expression on her face.

"didn't I tell you to leave him! "

Jehyun grew wary as the girl raised her voice and got of his table, marching up to him. Although they had a huge height difference, he couldn't help but shiver as she looked at him with pure hatred.

"what—"

"don't act dumb" Niommi wanted to hit him but knew she couldn't. She could get in trouble with the school and with her company. She was here to learn, not make enemies. "I said stay away from him but look what you are doing, you're seducing him! "

Jehyun furrowed his brows. Seducing who? The last person he knows that liked him was Junghoon but she doesn't know that. So who was she referring to?

"seojun you imbecile! " Jehyun widen his eyes in realization.

Niommi scoffed at his shocked expression. Didn't he see it? How Seojun only had eyes on him. He must have been blind and deaf for noticing how Seojun tried to woo him. In fact it irked her how Seojun would look at him with adoration but at her with disgust. "and I don't get why! You're not popular like me, you're not pretty like me, and you don't have much of a connection like me! "

Jehyun clenched his fist, stopping them from landing a punch in this girl. He's not supposed to hit girls, that's what sir Zyfe said but at the same time sir Rob said he can.

He didn't understand what she was blabbering about. How he looked and was nothing like her. There is this saying that everyone is unique. Even in biology it is mentioned.

"look Niommi, I don't get what you are saying but I want to apologise whatever it is." he pinched the bridge if his nose."what ever thing you think is between me and Seojun is wrong. I do not have that type of relation—"

His face faced the left side and was stinging. The audacity of this girl to slap him. Why if he wasn't the class representative then he would have dragged her using her hair until they reached the university's pentagon.

"you don't know Jehyun. You don't know how I admire Seojun since we were kids. In fact you don't know how hard I tried to confess to him only to be rejected time and time again" she seethed.

Well that's sad for you. Even thought he got slapped, jehyun wanted to say it ou loud. Hell he wanted to mock her. "have you ever considered how Seojun doesn't like your type of girl8 "

"and why do you say that huh? " she threatened him with her eyes. Jehyun rolled his eyes.

"I may not know him that long I was able to learn more this that fans don't know. I don't know why but it happened" he was holding back for too long that he felt like fainting. He should have brought his binder to calm him down. "so don't go saying that you are better than me when in fact you're not"

"what happened to this" Seojun cupped his lion cub's cheek and inspected it, frowning at the bruise. "where did you get this"

"I accidentally hit my face on my table" Jehyun knew it was wrong to lie but he couldn't just say that Niommi slapped him. He felt the hands on his face disappear. "Seo—"

Seojun twirled his around before embracing him from the back. Burying his face at the back of his lion cub's neck. He took a deep breath at the lion cub's wild flower scent. "I'll treat that later but for now let's stay like this"

It confused him. How jehyun would be the only person he thought was his. He hasn't said this to anyone and this would be the first time he admitting it but he feels like there are sparks whenever he's close to jehyun.

"seojun why are we like this? " jehyun asked. He watched the sun set in front of them. They were on the rooftop that they made their secret hideout after school. "seojun? "

"because... " why were they like this? "we just are"