✦ 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 | 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘰

011 | stay away

Smiling brightly, Junkyu walked beside Haruto while clinging on Chaemin's right arm.

"Stop being grumpy," Junkyu tells the younger boy, trying to cheer him up. "Don't think about it too much. It has been two days since you told us about it."

"Junkyu is right," Chaemin agrees. "Why would you worry that much if you don't even like her?"

"I don't know," Haruto sighed. "Maybe I'll just keep on teasing her until I get sick of it."

Junkyu shook his head after hearing Haruto's statement. "That was so dumb of you," he remarked. "The more you tease her, the higher the chance that you'll fall for her."

"That's possible," Chaemin said, agreeing to Junkyu once again. "But still, it depends on you, Haruto."

The young boy only shrugged his shoulders with his lips pursed together.

Dropping Haruto by the tall gates of Treasure High, both Junkyu and Chaemin bid their goodbye to the latter.

"Have fun today!" Junkyu beamed before dragging away Chaemin with him.

"Why am I so lucky to have them," Haruto mumbled under his breath as he watched the two getting further away from him.

"Isn't that Junkyu and Chaemin?"

Looking behind him, Haruto saw Jeongwoo with his eyes squinted.

"They dropped you off?" the younger boy asked, in which Haruto nodded in response.

The two boys waited for Junghwan to arrive, but they did not expect themselves to wait for more than five minutes.

✦

HARUTO

Jeongwoo is already complaining on what's taking for Junghwan to arrive a little late.

Maybe he is still having some donuts.

"I'll be fine here."

"Are you sure?"

"Uhm, yeah. You seem to be taking care of me often. What's with you?"

"Geez, it is just normal for me to take care of you because you are my younger sister."

Landing my gaze on the other side of the gate, I spotted Yedam and Yejin. Jeongwoo must've noticed them too since he let out a chuckle while the siblings are bickering.

"I love that kind of relationship that they have," said Jeongwoo out of the blue. "They really seem so close with each other."

I nodded my head in agreement, suddenly remembering what Yedam said on that early morning.

He is willing to change himself because Yejin wanted him to.

"Sorry I was late! It took me long to pay for these lovely and delicious donuts!"

Junghwan's voice brought me back to my senses. He was standing right in front of me, but I did not expect that Yejin was with him.

"Are you okay?" Junghwan asked me.

I nodded my head as a response before my gaze fell on Yejin once again.

"Good morning, freaky girl," I greeted her with a smirk.

"Good morning to you too, Haruto."

I was taken aback when she greeted me back. Yejin would usually tell me to back off or just leave her alone.

"Kids! Y'all coming in or what?!"

I sighed when Mashiho's voice filled our ears. He was already waiting for us near the hallway.

"Let's go!" Junghwan excitedly exclaimed as he dragged the three of us in one go.

The three of them were giggling, but I remained the cold look on my face. Then, I noticed how Jeongwoo would steal glances on Yejin.

Jeongwoo barely talks to the girls here in our school unless he needed to. He is also close to Chaemin, but they only talk with each other in person.

He's comfortable with Yejin and I just find it strange.

"Hello? Earth to Haruto?"

For the second time, I was brought back to reality when Mashiho's called out my name. I gave him a questionable look.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

Jeongwoo then let out a sigh. "He has been like that after Junkyu and Chaemin dropped him by the school gate."

"I was just thinking about... something," I trailed off.

"You can tell us if you want to," I heard Junghwan said.

Looking at Yejin for one good second, I immediately shook my head.

"It is not that serious," I reassured them. "I gotta go to class, see y'all later at lunch."

"Do well!"

I gave them a small wave before making my way to the staircase that would lead me to the upper floors of the school building.

Being a little clumsy sometimes, I accidentally tripped on one of the steps. Unfortunately, I felt someone walking behind me and I couldn't help but to think of my embarrassment.

"Did not missed a step, lucky you."

I looked back, only to see Asahi looking up to me.

"We could've rolled down the stairs together if you fell backwards. That would be a big trouble."

"Mind your own business, will you?" I hissed, continuing on my way up.

"Fucking rude."

Letting out a huff, I halted on my steps and looked down at him once again.

"Watch your tongue. You don't know me."

"Even if I know the real you, you can't scare me."

I rolled my eyes on his statement. "Thinking highly of yourself because you are from YG High?"

"And you are also thinking highly of yourself because you are in Treasure High. Don't get me wrong, Watanabe."

"What's your problem with me?" I asked him. "Why are you always so mean?"

"Stay away from my friends," he quietly responded. "Stay away from Yejin."

"And who are you to tell me that?"

"Don't drag yourself on being with us. Your friends also, tell them to stay away from us."

That was all that Asahi said before walking past me, leaving me alone by the staircase in pure confusion.

Are they that dangerous?