Connected to You. | Hyunsung [Editing]

Chapter 5

[ J i s u n g ]
[ M o n d a y , 1 5 t h A u g u s t ]

Another Monday, another day Minho drove the two of them to school.

Usually they wouldn't talk much, but today Jisung had a lot to be excited about so naturally he talked about it.

"Today I have no lesson alone", he proudly announced. "Finally", he added. "You don't know how stressful it is to meet so many new people, when you have no one to stick to. It's so stressful. Especially if you don't like making a lot of interactions with other people." "I know, Ji." "Oh and I'm gonna meet Seungmin in school. You don't know how much we texted over the weekend. Gosh I love that guy already." "Mhm." "Oh oh maybe we all could spend lunch break together. You could meet Seungmin, hyung, that would be so amazing." "If it makes you happy." "Hell yeah it does", Jisung said, smiling widely just at the thought of his new and old friends meeting.

Just then Minho pulled over into a parking lot. "We're here", he quietly said. "Oh, I didn't notice I talked that much. Sorry Min hyung", Jisung now said, feeling a bit guilty. He didn't let his older friend talk at all. Minho just smiled at him and ruffled through his hair. "It's fine, I'm happy when you are", Minho waved it off and made Jisung blush.

The older had a weird effect on Jisung. Not in a romantic way -he could never- but in a very close friends way? He didn't know how to describe it, but Minho always managed to make Jisung happy even though the older tended to be a bit grumpy most of the times.

"Let's go inside, shall we?", Minho suggested, while trying to grab his bag from the back seat. "Yeah let's go, Seungmin's probably waiting for me anyway."

Inside the two parted their ways after hugging each other shortly. Then Jisung went to meet Seungmin in the cafeteria. The two boys talked a bit and then walked to their first class, which happened to be Music.

Jisung had learned that Seungmin was a singer and had participated in various singing events organised by the school, which was why most music teachers loved him. Jisung on the other hand had never participated in any music events. He did play a bit guitar and he thought of himself as an okay singer and rapper, but participating in ab event? Never. That's why he respected Seungmin a lot for being so confident in himself. Jisung probably wouldn't have found the courage to do so.

In the music class they -of course- sat down next to each other still talking and they almost didn't even notice the teacher entering, if it wasn't for Haknyeon -the guy from Jisung|'s Geography intensive course- to interrupt them.

The teacher was a white woman with an European accent. It could be German, but Jisung could be wrong. She was convinced that she knew more about Korean culture than any of the present Korean boys. The lesson ... well it was basic to say the least. They repeated fifth class stuff and the teacher wasn't ashamed of it one bit. It wasn't an understatement to say that Jisung and Seungmin hated her with a passion. She on the other hand to have found a liking in Seungmin just as all the other music teachers.

"Fuck, that was a bad lesson", Seungmin said as soon as they left the room. "Agreed. 100%. Couldn't agree more. Wow, how is she even a licensed teacher?", Jisung asked, still in a shocked state. "I have no idea." There was a silence of them progressing, that they had to deal with this woman for the rest of the year.

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Seungmin and Jisung sat down in front of their last class before lunch break: Physics. They were peacefully talking, until Seungmin was suddenly tackled by a taller person, leading to Seungmin, Jisung and the unknown person crushing together.

"You meanie ditched us! And you didn't even reply to my and Jeonginnie's messages! You don't deserve to live", Jisung heard an angry voice on top of them. He groaned before he asked -under pressure since two people were laying on top of him-: "What do I have to do with this? I'm kinda dying down here." Then he felt the pressure lifting. "Thanks", Jisung said, being able to breathe normally again. Seungmin was still lying on the ground, seeming somewhat zoned out. "Is he ... triggered?", Jisung asked no one specific. "It's still hyung to you and yeah, we'll be dealing with a really stressed out Seungmin after this I guess.". Jisung looked up to see Hyunjin standing there, seeming somewhat ashamed.

"Hey guys, oh what happened here? Your hair is a mess Jisung." Felix had arrived too. "Lemme fix that, while you tell me what happened here. Hi Hyunjin hyung, by the way", Felix continued to say. He kneeled down next to Jisung and pulled a brush out of his bag. "Well, Seungmin and I got tackled by a certain someone", Jisung started to explain. "Sorry", Hyunjin said rubbing his neck. "And then Seungmin got triggered and that's basically it. Lix, this is Seungmin by the way", Jisung continued, ignoring Hyunjin's apology and pointed towards the still zoned out boy. "Yeah, I know him from History. Oh look, he's waking up", Felix announced happily. He had just done his final touches on Jisung's hair and was now nodding, happy with himself. "You okay Seung? That wasn't my intention", Hyunjin said and kneeled down next to the puppy-boy. "Yeah I'm fine, just be careful next time", Seungmin said, while getting up. "Did the teacher arrive?", he continued to ask. "No, not yet", Felix replied. "Oh look, there he is", Jisung said and grabbed his bag. The others groaned in response and also grabbed theirs.

The teacher led them into the classroom and the four of them decided that they would sit together. Jisung and Felix on the one side, Hyunjin and Seungmin on the other side.

"Anyone here good in Physics?", Jisung asked, getting head shaking in response. "Yeah me neither. So we're just going to be bad in Physics together."

And that's what they did. The teacher was one that talked a lot, so the four of them decided to play three in a row in a four player version. How that worked? Don't ask me. It probably didn't, but they still had fun. The teacher ended up disliking them, as far as Jisung could guess, but he didn't mind. Physics was a subject he had always disliked, so why not make something fun out of it?

After the lesson they even decided to spend the lunch break together.

"Do you think Minho hyung will be able to handle that many new people?", Felix asked Jisung after he pulled the smaller aside. "I don't know, we'll have to try? He's really difficult sometimes", Jisung responded slightly worried. "He said that he'd be happy as long as I am so I think he'll be nice, but again not sure", he added. Felix nodded and the two of them joined the other two at their table.

"Our friend Minho will join us later", Felix announced and Jisung hummed in agreement. "Oh, that's convenient, because our friend Jeongin will also join us", Seungmin said smiling and Jisung and Felix only nodded, as they had no problem with another person.

A few minutes later Minho sat down next to Jisung, who was in yet another conversation with Seungmin across of him. "Hi", he mumbled and Jisung happily hugged the older. "Guys this is Minho hyung", Jisung announced and the others greeted the older happily. "Are you a grade above us?", Seungmin asked Minho to what the older nodded. "How do you guys know each other?", Hyunjin asked unable to hide his curiosity. "Do you wanna tell them hyung or should I?", Jisung asked Minho and the older just shrugged. "Okay then you do", Jisung decided. He wanted his friend to be social. Minho groaned and said: "Our moms are friends so I know him ever since he's been born and Felix joined in eight grade, because he cried on some stupid school trip and Jisung decided to adopt him." "Oh that's cool, I wish I had a friend I knew that long", Hyunjin said pouting. "Well, you suck I guess." "Minho hyung", Jisung exclaimed and hit his friend.

Just then another person joined them. "Hi", he only said. "This is Jeongin, he's a grade under us or well, two grades under you Minho hyung. I saved him from his classmates. That's why we're friends", Seungmin introduced the younger boy. "That's a lie. We don't remember how we got friends", Hyunjin corrected Seungmin. "That's not true hyung. I'm sure I saved him." "Hey Seungmin, you're lying." "Ok that's enough", Jeongin interrupted them and said towards Jisung, Felix and Minho: "Sorry, they're weird. I have no clue why I'm friends with them", making Felix and Jisung giggle.

The six of them continued to joke around like that, while eating their lunch. At some point Minho seemed to get a bit annoyed and left to which the other three, who didn't know him, reacted a bit weirded out.

Jisung shared his last lesson (Biology) with Felix. Nothing special happened there. Just Felix being better than Jisung in literally anything.

Minho drove the two of them home. This time both of them were quietly listening to some music and when Jisung left Minhos car he felt he missed something about Minho once again.