bad boy and the nerd| seongjoong

seven

seonghwa knows he shouldn't care whether hongjoong acknowledges him or not, but it still hurts that hongjoong left him to go with solar, even though they were working on the project together before dumb solar showed up.

whatever, seonghwa grumbles to himself, closing all the library books he and hongjoong used to put them away. at least he said bye.

after seonghwa finishes putting all the books away, he spends around twenty more minutes in the library by himself. once the clock strikes three-thirty p.m., he decides it's time to head home before the library closes and he's kicked out.

"bye, seonghwa," the librarian calls out. "have a good day."

seonghwa smiles, waving back at the librarian. "bye, mrs. kim. you, too."

the librarian smiles back at him, and seonghwa turns to walk out of the library. once he steps foot outside, he immediately notices a familiar brown-haired male drinking water at the water fountain near the library. seonghwa gulps, and tries to be quiet as he walks out of the school.

unfortunately for seonghwa, though, he soon hears: "seonghwa-hyung?"

the older brown-haired male stops in his tracks, cursing under his breath. seonghwa slowly turns around, smiling at yeosang.

"h-hey, yeosang," seonghwa greets, a bit nervously. "d-didn't see you there."

yeosang smiles, and he walks closer toward seonghwa. the older does his best to not take a step back to not be too close to yeosang.

"are you okay, hyung?" he asks. "you haven't replied to any of my texts or calls."

"o-oh, sorry," seonghwa says. "m-my phone's been acting weird."

yeosang nods. "do you want to walk home together?"

seonghwa's mind drifts back to what yunho said: "he's in a gang. he's killed innocent people before, hyung. innocent people."

now, seonghwa isn't a wimp—except when it comes to hongjoong—so he wants to confront yeosang. hopefully, this doesn't get him killed.

"um...we need to talk, yeosang," he says, making the younger raise an eyebrow.

"about what, hyung?" he asks.

"let's just walk to your house," seonghwa says.

"do you want to take the bus or walk?" yeosang says as they walk out of their school.

"bus," seonghwa replies quickly.

yeosang nods. they walk toward the nearest bus stop, and wait for the bus to arrive. it soon does, and seonghwa and yeosang get on. the bus starts, and ten minutes later, they arrive in yeosang's block. seonghwa and yeosang get off the bus, thanking the driver. they walk toward yeosang's house, and seonghwa makes them stop once they arrive on the porch.

"do you want to talk out here, hyung?" yeosang asks.

"y-yeah," seonghwa says. "um...do you remember the other day when i went to your house, but left suddenly?"

yeosang nods. "yeah. your mom told you to come home, so i understand."

"yeah," seonghwa says. "i was lying."

yeosang wasn't expecting that, his eyes widening. "w-why were you lying, then?"

seonghwa sighs, really hoping yeosang won't kill him because of what he says next. "y-yunho told me...you're bad news. i actually went to his house after i left, and he said that you were in a gang."

yeosang's eyebrows raise. "why would you believe him?"

"he's the closest friend i have, yeosang," seonghwa says. "we've known each other ever since we were four, and he's always right about his gut feelings. he...also said that you're in the same gang as park jimin, and that's how he knew."

despite what seonghwa is telling him, yeosang laughs. "really, hyung? do you even know a park jimin?"

seonghwa looks at yeosang confused. but then he realizes yeosang's right. seonghwa nor yunho know a 'park jimin.' park and jimin are common names in south korea, so yunho probably made that name up. and even if yunho did know someone named park jimin, yunho would introduce him to seonghwa, because that's how yunho is.

seonghwa's never met a park jimin in his life.

"s-so, yunho was lying then," he mutters, more to himself than yeosang. seonghwa looks up at the younger. "why?"

yeosang shrugs. "i don't know, hyung. but i can assure you i've never been in a gang, and never want to be. even though it'd be badass to shoot people. bad people of course."

"it would be badass," seonghwa agrees. "so, you're not a bad person, then?"

"no, hyung," yeosang laughs. "yunho was definitely lying to you. we just don't know why."