Chapter 8: (1/2)

When I walked into school, Hyuk wasn’t there to greet me as he usually is. I thought it weird since he never misses a day and he promised me in freshman year that he’d always greet me the first thing. When I arrived in my classroom, I found him falling asleep on his desk. A small smile formed on my face as I walked over to him. I could hear him snoring a bit and I couldn’t help but laugh.

I sat down and watched his tired and sleep cloaked face in silence for a few minutes, admiring his features. His nose, his lips, his eyes. Everything looked so perfect. I sighed and turned away, putting my head in my hand, leaning on the desk. I thought about how it was the fourth quarter in the year and high school would be over before we knew it. I wondered if I would see Hyuk again after we both left for college. Then I pushed that thought away. Of course, I’d see Hyuk. Plus, the college he said he would be going to wasn’t too far from mine.

Suddenly, he woke up and broke me from my thoughts. He rubbed his swollen eyes and yawned. He blinked a bit before noticing I was there.

“Hyung, you should have woken me up.” He muttered, once again rubbing his eyes.

“It’s not my fault you fell asleep.” I ruffled his blonde hair. He pushed my hand away, giving me an slightly amused look.

“Hakyeon-hyung seems a lot better today.” Hyuk commented lazily. I smiled to myself. I was glad I was able to help my friend out of his slump. I promised him I’d come over today and help him clean his apartment. I didn’t really want to, but I knew I had to keep him happy or he’d end up drowning in a pile of trash.

“I took him to the amusement park last night.” I responded, pulling out my pencil and folder from my backpack.

“Really?” Hyuk pouted, seeming to be a bit jealous. He loved amusement parks and I forgot about that when I took Hakyeon there. I nodded for an answer and Hyuk dropped the conversation. When the teacher came in, our attention when right to our studies, as we didn’t want to be caught talking like yesterday.---    At lunch, Hakyeon was hanging all over me, seeming to replace me with Leo. Leo was silent and every now and then he shot me a glare. I knew it was because Hyomi told him about our little meeting. I didn’t care to be quite honest. Hyomi could do whatever she wanted. As I was talking with Hakyeon and Hyuk, someone caught my attention out of the corner of my eyes. It was Hyomi. She was approaching out table fast and I knew it wouldn’t end well with the fact that Hakyeon was there.

“Oppa!” she called, waving at me. Her hair was bouncing up and down in her ponytail as she walked. Hakyeon and Hyuk both looked up.

“Who’s she?” Hyuk whispered to me.

“Hyomi.” I said quickly. Hyuk’s eyes widened a bit.

“The girl that… you know.” He raised an eyebrow at me, making me nod. Hakyeon looked quite confused since he didn’t know that according to Ken and Hyuk, it was Hyomi’s fault Leo said no.

“Oppa!” Hyomi called again, sitting down beside me by pushing Hyuk away. I gave her a cold glare.

“Hyuk was sitting there.” I spoke harshly. She looked at Hyuk then back at me.