✦ 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 | 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰

006 | know your limits

"Lunch time, lunch time," Junghwan sang as him and Haruto are making their way towards the school cafeteria.

The place is much more crowded on Thursdays because of a vacant class on the first afternoon period. Plus the arrival of the new students, it is now much noisier.

With a bored look, Haruto wandered his eyes around the cafeteria. "Should we eat by the bleachers?" he suggested after seeing how crowded the place is.

"We should wait for the others to arrive so that we can go together," Junghwan responded, in which Haruto nodded.

The two boys waited outside the cafeteria, expecting for Mashiho, Jeongwoo, and Yejin to arrive quickly.

"Hey? Junghwan, right?"

Junghwan and Haruto turned their heads on the side, only to be faced by a smiling Yoon Jaehyuk.

"Ah! Jaehyuk!" Junghwan excitedly exclaimed, making Jaehyuk smile.

"If I am not mistaken, you are Haruto, right?" Jaehyuk asks Haruto who is standing beside Junghwan.

Haruto only nodded his head, a small smile plastered on his lips.

"These are my friends," said Jaehyuk, stepping aside to show his friends.

"Hi, my name is Park Jihoon."

"Sup, I'm Choi Hyunsuk."

"Kanemoto Yoshinori, but you can call me Yoshi."

"Hamada Asahi."

"Nice meeting you all!" Junghwan grinned. "My name is So Junghwan and this is my friend, Watanabe Haruto."

"Oh, a fellow Japanese," Yoshi chuckled, making all of them to stifle a laugh.

"There they are!" Mashiho yelled from afar before dragging Jeongwoo and Yejin with him towards the school cafeteria.

Yejin happily went to the six new guys. "I bet you already knew Haruto and Junghwan?" she asks them.

"We did," Jihoon responded. "Mind to introduce these two boys?"

"This is Takata Mashiho and this one is Park Jeongwoo," Yejin briefly introduced the two boys.

"Man, another Japanese," Hyunsuk stated. "This is gonna be fun."

They talked for a bit, except for Haruto. He was just quiet while observing the new guys. Somehow, he felt kind of uncomfortable.

"Guys, can we eat now?" Junghwan pouted, making all of them to stop from talking and adore his cuteness.

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Sitting by the bleachers on the side of the school field, they ate their lunch while talking with each other.

"Say, why did you guys transfer here?" Mashiho asked as soon as he finished eating.

"Well," Hyunsuk began. "You know what our previous school is pretty known for."

"Does that mean that you guys are, you know," Jeongwoo shrugged.

Jihoon let out a soft chuckle. "We definitely are," he responded. "But, we changed for the better."

"Wow," Junghwan exclaimed. "That's so cool! I wanted to be like all of you!"

"No, Junghwan," Yoshi laughed. "That's not how it goes. We have already quit on being the biggest troublemakers, that's the reason why we are here."

With a pout, Junghwan nodded his head.

"You might think that it is cool to be like us, but it isn't," stated Hyunsuk. "We are a bunch of literal assholes─"

Jihoon immediately cleared his throat in order to cut off Hyunsuk from speaking any further. "Should we talk about the things that we did way back then?" Jihoon asked.

"Yes!" Junghwan, Jeongwoo, and Mashiho yelled in unison.

"Why?" Jaehyuk whined.

"Talk about that time when you ripped your pants as you jumped over the fence," Asahi spoke for the first time since they sat on the bleachers.

Jaehyuk looked back, glaring at Asahi who is seated behind him.

"Why don't you shut your mouth?"

"Why would I shut my mouth if its purpose is to let me speak? Are you a dumbshit?"

"Whoa there," Hyunsuk spoke as he slightly pushed Asahi away from Jaehyuk. "We are here for a change, always remember that."

Asahi rolled his eyes before drinking from the bottle of his orange juice. He did not mind as the others started talking again. Moments after, his eyes landed on Haruto and Yejin who are bickering just two meters away from him.

"Just give me the last piece."

"You already ate most of it!"

"Just give me the last piece and I'll shut up."

"Why don't you get a beef steak for yourself?"

"It tastes much better from you."

"Haruto!"

"What? Just let me have it."

Asahi furrowed his eyebrows as he watched Haruto ate the last piece of Yejin's steak.

"Why are you like this?!"

"It's because I am like this?"

"You're so annoying."

"I know."

Yejin gave one last glare to Haruto before getting down the bleachers with an empty tray on her hand.

"Yejin! Where are you going?" Jihoon asked as he saw her already walking on the school field.

Yejin held up her empty tray, in which Jihoon immediately understood.

"Guys, give me your empty trays," he told the other boys.

They thanked Jihoon as they handed the empty trays to him. Jihoon ran down the bleachers after that, walking along with Yejin as they headed towards the school cafeteria.

Asahi then eyed Haruto on his side who is staring blankly on the field.

"Why are you treating Yejin like that?"

Raising an eyebrow, Haruto turned his head on Asahi. "Do you have a problem with that?" he asks the latter.

"What a jerk," Asahi huffed. "Know your limits, Watanabe."

With that, Asahi headed down the bleachers. The other boys did not notice that Asahi had already left.

"What's with him?" Haruto mouthed out while staring at Asahi's back.