Do you? || Book 1

~15~

Why is San so obsessed with me?

How am I supposed to know, you attractive dumb man.

As if he read my thoughts, he continued "It's like, he can't go a day without staring at you or bullying you"

Having nothing to say I just shrugged and looked away before he could see how red I had gotten just by looking at him and another reason. Hey! It's not my fault that this man looks like the male version of Aphrodite. And he isn't one of the school's popular kids for no reason. The other reason was that not only did he look like a 5-course meal but he smelt like Rosewood, I am a sucker for scents, and his drove me crazy. 

Luck... Luck was not on my side today, he let out a chuckle, and it wasn't a giggle or laugh, it was a deep manly chuckle. I cannot believe that I'm attracted to someone's voice... Is that even possible? Apparently, it is.

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I looked at the way Jisung stared at me, I could see the heat rising on his face as he got slightly red, as if noticing it himself, he looked away. Years of practicing my stoic expression broke and I laughed, not only was I surprised at myself but also at Jisung who only seemed to grow red-er ? Is that even a word? Hope it is, anyway, I decided not to tease him. Instead, I wanted to start a conversation since it was getting kinda awkward now. 

"Have you decided which club you'll join?" He seemed to brighten up at the mention of clubs.

"Well, I'm interested in all of them and I don't know which one to choose," I felt a pang of hurt against my heart, it was fun to have him as company and I was hoping he'd say my club's name. I let out a sound of approval but he continued "Buttttttttttttttt, I really enjoy dancing, so I guess I'll join the dance club"

"No way" My mouth dropped as he said those words, it felt like my prayers had been answered "You like dancing?"

"Hey! Just because I'm a boy doesn't mean I can't dance" So he doesn't know. 

"You'll have to prove that on stage"

"And I will... maybe"

I smirked to myself, as I thought about Jisung's reaction when he finds out about my relation to the "dance club".

"You and your friends should sit with my friends at lunch... Chan tells us about Jeongin a lot. And Jeongin tells Chan about you guys a lot and since they and we are now friends, it won't hurt anyone would it?" 

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"I'm sure Jeongin would love to and I would" I replied. Still stunned from his offer, and his wordings, he called me his friend. He'd be the first friend i'd have except for Seungmo, Lix, and Innie. And that reminded me "But I'm not sure about Felix and Seungmin"

"My friends don't bite," Minho said as he sipped from the juice box.

"Felix seems to say otherwise" Minho laughed again as he looked at me with an amused expression and said, "Who was it?"

"Well not bite exactly but Lixie keeps on talking about how Changbin annoys him"

"Pfft, Changbin is always like that"

The school bell rang for the unknown-th time and Minho checked his phone, "It's break time, let's go to the cafeteria" I nodded and walked beside him, noticing the glares and disgusted looks we were getting, I looked down and walked beside him. He stopped by his locker to put in his books and bag. We started going towards the cafeteria, still looking down I felt an arm wrap around my shoulders, my head shot up in alarm, but I realized it was only Minho who looked annoyed. 

Oh shit, what did I do wrong?

I made him mad, didn't I...

I suddenly remembered the time I sat on the shit-eating, plum-haired asshole's lap and what I did to make him feel better, I shuddered and swiftly removed Minho's arm from my shoulder. I half expected him to hold on tighter or scold me for it but he seemed nonchalant and slipped his hands into his pockets. I pressed my lips into a straight line and we walked in silence. He held the door open for me and entered after me, it was a small but warm act. 

It made my heart skip a beat. Silence settled in the cafeteria as the students saw us walking together and all eyes were on us, I rubbed my arm in discomfort and Minho looked like he had enough and seethed "What." there was enough venom in his voice to put a Cobra to shame. Everyone instantly went back to their own business but didn't stop whispering

Isn't Minho hanging out with the slut who begged San to fuck him?

No, I heard San raped him

Pfft, San may scare off people but he isn't a rapist, it's the shuttle, he's the whore who begged San.

I bit my lip as I realized the more I spent time with Minho, the more people would look into my past and open closed cases. Thankfully, I spotted Seungmin, Felix, and behind them was Jeongin, they came towards me, Felix fist-bumped with me while Seungmin eyed Minho warily. 

"If Chan hasn't told you guys yet then he's offering seats at our table for you guys... only" A few girls nearby gasped in shock and some squirmed in sadness. I smiled at Minho and told him that he could go to his friends and that I'd be there in some time.

"San tried to come at me again today but I was sleeping in class and I was dizzy so I didn't know what to do, but Minho came and helped me, we went to the roof and sat there and talked, he's not a bad person and he and Chan both want us to sit with them-" I exhaled and inhaled after rambling- "I'll explain more in detail later, for now, let's join them"

"But-" Seungmin was cut off with Jeongin holding my hand and thanking me. "You can't always control us, Minnie, sometimes you need to take the risk with us," said Felix, as he stood beside me and motioned for us to move."I'm staaaaaarving" 

Seungmin followed us and he mumbled in an inaudible voice "Why take the risk of loving again when you only get hurt in the end" 

What he didn't know was that I heard him.