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after a meet and greet with my classmates, i fall into my seat, head hung backward.
"Mr. Gyeong is not coming to school today." i straighten up when Heeseung –also our class president– announces and watch the class break into chaos.
my eyes fall on the pink square box on my desk. strawberry shortcake. when i entered the classroom the – six– and only girls in my class handed it to me. "we made it ourselves. welcome back, Jake. we missed you." they had said.
my lips automatically curl up. although we all have our own differences and my class is extremely loud and pestering, they make me feel at home the most – when i'm not in australia.
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"it appears you don't consider it important telling us about your new friends," i look up when jay speaks.
the cafeteria is loud as it always was and i actually missed this though it has only been two months. makes me wonder if i was always this attached to school.
Heeseung across from me sips on his soup quietly as i speak. "i dont understand." i actually don't but then jay leans over the table between us and points down a finger at the name tag in my palms.
"the guy from the taxi, earlier. Park Sunghoon," he says.
"who again?" i ask, my tone screaming curiosity.
"the-angelic-polite-yet-cold-rarely-shows-up-crumbles-hearts-like-paper-transfer- hyung?." Jungwon trods upto our table with his food tray joining us in the seat beside me. "Park Sunghoon, it is."
"he's korean?"
"shouldn't you already know that?" Jay scoffs.
"well, i don't, Jay," i hold up the tag to his face. "all i know is i found this in the trousers he lend me and it reads, Benjamin Park. how do i know if he's korean?" i defend.
"huh? he lend you his trousers? why?" Jungwon cocks a brow.
"got them dirty."
"huh, normally he wouldn't even spare someone a glance, or talk, unless it's a teacher or like, when he needs to turn down confessions." he chuckles.
"relax guys." heeseung wipes his fingers with a tissue and turns to jay. "you too. you speak as if you knew all about Sunghoon when he transferred-"
"-while he was away." Jay points to me. "so how do they know each other?!"
i open my mouth to deny it again but jungwon snaps.
"Sir Park Jeong Seong, can you please stop being ridiculously jealous for a straight second?"
"wha- , i'm so not, and how dare you speak to your senior that way!"
Jungwon rolls his eyes.
"about Sunghoon," heeseung speaks hushing down the chaos. "he transferred in our class at first but then suddenly changed sections a day after. i believe the tag you have belonged to him. until recently, of course." he stands up with his tray. "Sunghoon doesn't seem like a bad guy but he does set boundaries up. he's like that to everyone, cold." pushing chairs out of his way heeseung walks away quietly.
i gawk at the other two guys craving yet more information. "i'll tell you all i know hyung, but..." Jungwon eyes the strawberry cake in front of me and i feel quite guilty sliding it to him but i also feel it's worth it.
"it's his Catholic name. Benjamin, i mean." Jungwon begins, shoving the cake in his mouth. "his transfer was already strange since it's the second semester and the fact he's being friendly to you is even stranger," Jungwon pauses to swallow the cake. "whatever, the school, stupid as they are, printed the english one on his name tag out of the two names provided in his form." he bursts into laughter earning drooling looks from girls around.
me and Jay, eye him, suspicious about the amount of information he has.
noticing us, jungwon stops shoving the cake in his mouth and says, "i only went to him because i had wanted to be friends but he broke my heart. i only did my part of research."
the bell rings signalling the end of lunch. Heeseung's already gone so we get up and start moving too.
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"my question as to why Park Sunghoon would lend you his trousers still remains unanswered." Jay sighs as we walk down the corridors.
"maybe he is a creep who has has a thing for ugly strangers like jake hyung."
"couldn't have expected better from you." Jay and i begin to speed up our pace –tired of Jungwon's twaddle– scurrying past his classroom.
"i have only ever seen Sunghoon hyung hang around with Sunoo!" he yells from behind and disappears into his classroom when we turn around.
Jay looks at me, resembling me as i know what expression my face has held.
"ugh! kim sunoo," jay groans.
not again please.
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this one was long. I'm sorry I tried to keep it short but I just.... *cries* I tried.
