Seatmate(1)

'Don't talk to me. Don't talk to me.'

Jae-Hwa slumped on his desk, trying his best to minimize his presence. He even draped a towel on his head. No one could explain how he felt the moment he saw the name Ye Baek-Hyeon on his nameplate. He almost made a run towards the exit of the room. 

It was the bell who had forsaken him. Is this the way of the world? They want them to meet at all costs. 

"Good morning class. I will be your teacher for the advanced class, Miss Yuna. I know you all know me, but since we have a new classmate I would like to introduce myself again. "

Miss Yuna looked around the room and her eyes fell on Jae-Hwa. She saw him slumped down like a dead fish but did not bother telling him off since it was his first day.

Jae-Hwa noticed the disapproving look of the teacher and sat down properly, removing the towel from his head in the process.

"New classmate, please come in front and introduce yourself. You are a transferee here, but it doesn't hurt to make friends with everyone."

He was called, so there was no choice but to stand in front and tell his name to the class. Jae-Hwa did not bother looking at the person beside him and proceeded to walk in front of the classroom. 

'Relax, it's a simple introduction!'

"Good morning classmates I am Ryu Jae-H-argh. Ryu Jae-Hwa"

The class laughed as soon as Jae-Hwa bit his tongue from being too nervous. He wanted to dig a pit and just die there. It was his first day at school and he bit his tongue in front of everyone while introducing himself. 

Still, it was no big deal. He might have looked like a fool, but despite that maybe it was a good thing. If he is silly, the main gong would probably not like him. If he remembered correctly, Baek-Hyeon was a high achiever since childhood. He is an elite student with both beauty and brains. 

The author made him a character that has almost everything, except love. In the end, Ye Baek-Hyeon became crazy about fun things, maybe that is the reason why he thought the new transfer student who wanted to date him was fresh and lovable. The transfer student doesn't know anything about his wealth or reputation, he was his seatmate and only knew his name and face. In short, the Ryu Jae-Hwa who fell in love only with his face was fascinating.

But the Ryu Jae-Hwa this time was different, he would act as dumb as possible. Anyways, Baek-Hyeon hated foolish people, who couldn't shut their mouths. Jae-Hwa decided to be the annoying seatmate that would force the main character to want to change seats.

That was his second plan since his first plan of wanting to run away from the main character failed.

Miss Yuna felt like another troublemaker entered the class because as soon as Jae-Hwa was about to return to his seat, he tripped with his whole body hitting the ground with a loud thud. 

***

It was breaktime. The two didn't talk despite being seatmates, Jae-Hwa ran away from the classroom as soon as the bell rang. He decided not to come back until the break was over, he would enter as soon as he saw the teacher at the end of the hallway.

 "What are you doing squatting in front of the classroom? Are you going to the canteen?"

"I forgot to bring my money and my lunchbox."

The guy who approached Jae-Hwa reached out his hand for a handshake.

"I'm Won Jin-Ho. Let's go to the canteen together, I'll treat you as a celebration of our first day of friendship." The troublemaker felt like he heard some angel singing. 

Jae-Hwa was actually hungry, he wanted to either sleep or eat and he could do neither. It was his first day of school and first day of transmigration, everything in his life was a mess.

***

The only person left in the classroom was Baek-Hyeon. He angrily rubbed his temples, the new student kept looking at him he couldn't concentrate. 

'Why can't he just ask and get it over with?' 

If Jae-Hwa was a girl, Baek-Hyeon would think he was in love with him or something. The way he looks at him is so intense, that he can feel it despite not looking at him.

He opened the olympiad questions on his desk. The book was almost complete, but the person flipping through the worksheet could not concentrate for some reason, once again his mind wandered back to his new classmate. 

The new guy tripped and bit his tongue the first day, Baek-Hyeon laughed after remembering the scene. He did not manage to talk with him, because the class started after the introductions. 

"Wait! Don't pull me, I don't want to go inside, I'll die."

"What are you saying? You're exaggerating, we are just going to eat inside because the canteen is too full."

Baek-Hyeon's thoughts stopped as soon as he heard two voices fighting right near the door. He could instantly who the speakers were. One guy was his classmate since elementary so of course he would remember. 

"I hate studying! I don't want to go inside the classroom as I could."

'Is that the reason why he ran out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang?'

Baek-Hyeon heard Jin-Ho laughing loudly. It looked like the two of them were pushing and pulling in front of the door. 

"We are just going to eat inside. If you are worried about studying, you could always ask your seatmate. That guy is ranked no 1 in the whole school."

"I'm not worried about my studies, I'm going to be a house husband. Peh! Who needs to get good grades."

Baek-Hyeon could no longer stand the two guys at the door and opened it. As soon as he opened it, a back hit him and stumbled back. 

Jae-Hwa was so surprised he lost his balance, it was Baek-Hyeon who supported him by his waist so he would not fall for the second time today.