ATEEZ l The story of a friendship #1

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The three boys had already looked all around the school and the teacher was nowhere to be found. All sorts of theories came blurting out of Wooyoung's mouth, all more crazy and dumber than the other one making the two others laugh. In the end, the ravenette concluded that the teacher must have gone out for a smoke when the rain started and was now locked out of the building. 

Of course, Jongho hadn't believed that theory either until Wooyoung confirmed that Mr. Lee was indeed a smoker and so the theory didn't seem so farfetched anymore.

"Can I tell you guys something?" Hongjoong started to speak, immediately getting Wooyoung's attention.

"Sure"

"Well Yunho, Mingi and I went to the storage room earlier, right?"

"Mhm"

"And well Yunho broke one of the shelves-"

"He did?!" Wooyoung screamed laughing making Jongho cover his ears and roll his eyes.

"Yeah and so everything tumbled down and would have fallen on top of me seeing how I was right under them but then weirdest thing happened. Mingi sheltered me, he wrapped his arms and self around me and got hit by everything, like all the boxes and even the shelf fell right on top of him"

"CUTE!!"

"Wooyoung, how is this cute?" Hongjoong facepalmed.

"Well come on, you two started the day hating each other and now he saved you?! You totally like each other"

"I don't"

"Well not at first but now that he saved your life you start to see him differently. He seems kind and caring, you start to look at him more, you focus on where he is and who he's with, you long for all the little things he did before because it meant he gave you attention, his smile is brighter, he's face is prettier and plus he's tall and totally boyfriend material I mean what more could you want" Wooyoung ended his sentence with a scoff whereas Jongho was smiling widely and Hongjoong seemed very quiet.

"Yeah that's exactly it..." The small brunette confessed making Jongho smile even more and Wooyoung squeal impossibly loud.

"CUTE!! I hope you two start dating"

"Shut up, Wooyoung. I don't want to date him" Even though Hongjoong said it in an angry voice, the blush on his cheeks told otherwise.

"Can you imagine them together? It would really be cute" Jongho said referring to the height difference.

15:03 pm

The trio had eventually gone back, announcing that the teacher was nowhere to be found. Wooyoung had also explained his theory which was accepted by everyone making it the official reason why the teacher had disappeared. 

 Wooyoung went to sit back next to San, Jongho who seemed very fond of his spot sat exactly where he had been sitting since the start of the day and Hongjoong stayed still. The boy looked around and saw Mingi was once again with Yunho. 

Sighing, the boy sat on the floor a few meters away from Yeosang and Seonghwa. The brunette felt a sudden shiver run through his body making Seonghwa look at him worried.

"You okay, Hongjoong?"

"I'm a bit cold actually" A lot of the high windows were still opened around the school and the boy had gotten cold walking through the halls. Even in the classroom a few of them were opened but were too high to be reached by them. 

Mingi, who had heard the conversation, got up and placed his jacket on top of the small brunette's legs, which Hongjoong had previously been rubbing, trying to create some heat.

"O-Oh it's fine, I'll be fine" Hongjoong stuttered and blushed.

"Keep it, I'm okay. I'm going to go back to the storage room and look for some blankets or something" Mingi added in a loud voice. 

At the mention of the storage room, San looked up before getting up himself, making Wooyoung pout. He was barely back from looking for their stupid teacher and now San  was the one leaving.

"I'll join!"

"Thanks, San. Come on, let's go" The two boys left as the others stayed in silence.

Yunho had crawled to where Wooyoung was sitting, placed his head on his thighs and closed his eyes. Wooyoung absent-mindedly started playing with his hair all the while talking with Jongho across the room.

"Seonghwa hyung?" Yeosang called out.

"Mmm?" The boy turned to his right and looked at the other, nodding his head.

"Come with me to the vending machine? I'm hungry" Seonghwa smiled at the cute request and agreed. 

The two boys got up and started walking in a comfortable silence. They quickly reached their destination but the vending machine being an old model had been shut off along with the rest of the power from the school.

 At first the boys thought about giving up but Yeosang suggested to go raid the kitchen and starving Seonghwa didn't need much convincing. The boys entered the kitchen and sifted through every cupboard or shelf they could find.

"Anything that doesn't need to be heated or cooked?" Seonghwa asked in a desperate tone.

"Nope, no luck" Yeosang sighed, he was so hungry. 

Looking around he saw a cupboard glued to the wall, stepping onto the counter, he struggled to keep his balance but managed to stay still on top of the surface.

"Be careful!" Seonghwa warned from across the kitchen.

"I'll be fine" Those words had barely escaped the boy's mouth when he backed one of his feet who ended up slipping on the border of the counter making the boy lose his balance and fall of the counter. 

In his fall, Yeosang had knocked off a glass who shattered on the floor seconds before the boy fell down.

"Yeosang! Are you okay" Seonghwa rushed to help his friend. Yeosang extended his hand, making the other shriek in horror when he saw blood surrounding his friend.

"Yeosang! You cut yourself!" Everything had happened so fast, the brunette's hand had landed flat on some broken glass and a large cut was visible across his palm and smaller ones on his knee.

"Y-yeah but I'll be fine"

"Stop saying that!!"

"Seonghwa hyung, don't panic" Yeosang calmly said as he tried to get up, the blonde helping him up. Seonghwa lifted Yeosang uninjured arm and swung it around his shoulder before helping the younger walk all the way to the classroom.