chapter 40: getting closer [16+]

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1:35 PM, Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022

"Ugh~," Choerry slumped in her desk. You turned to the left to look at her.
"What is it?" you smiled lightly and raised an eyebrow.
"You know what," she rolled her eyes as she laid her head down on her desk.
"Exams?" you replied. She began to bang her head on the desk surface. It was only one more week till final exams started. Last ones for all of high school at that.
"You wouldn't get it," Choerry huffed.
"You actually have the attention span and memory to study, for me it's just..." she paused.
"Agh!!!" she sprung up in her seat. You tried not to laugh at her.
"I hate it!" she yelled and gripped her scalp.
"I can help you if you want, I figured out some pretty good ways to memorize stuff from Youtube," you offered her kindly. Choerry turned to you with a bright face.
"You'd really tutor me??" she raised her eyebrows. Your eyes widened at that word.
"Well—maybe not..." you scratched your head.
"Oh," she frowned.
"Sorry...uh—um, I can send you those videos though," you said.
"Cool!" her mood was up again.

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You turned the hall corner. The first thing your eyes spotted was the back of a boy with black hair getting things out of his locker. A grin spread across your face. You crept up behind him.
"Hello Choi Beomgyu," you whispered right behind his ear. He turned his head around.
"Hello Y/N," he said. Huh?!
"What? That didn't spook you??" you said disappointedly. He chuckled.
"You just can't get me, I'm too good," he smirked. I'm pretty sure I've scared you before.
"How'd you know?" you raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't, you just can't scare me," he said in a cocky tone. You pouted with an annoyed look.
"I do like when you whisper in my ear though," he smirked again before turning back to his locker.
"Oh shut up," you rolled your eyes.
"I think you're just mad 'cause if I did that, it would've scared the crap outta you," Beomgyu grabbed his black book bag off the hook in his locker.
"Uh? No way, I don't get scared by things like that," you folded your arms.
"You sure?" he asked as kept his eyes on his backpack. Suddenly, you felt a breeze behind your ear.
"Hello Y/N," someone whispered in your ear.
"Ah-!" you jumped and grabbed your neck. Goosebumps spread up your neck as you whipped around.
"Hehe," Choerry giggled. Beomgyu snickered.
"Oh my gosh," you rolled your eyes in embarrassment.
"I'm gonna beat your ass if you do that again," you pointed to Choerry as they both laughed at you.

The three of you walked down the hall to leave.
"Y'all doing anything today?" Choerry asked. Suddenly, you remembered something.
"Nah-," Beomgyu was cut off by you.
"Yes! Yes we are!" you said as you squeezed Beomgyu's wrist. He turned to you with a raised brow.
"Oh, what are you guys doing?" Choerry asked as she pulled out her phone. You paused. Then, as she looked down at her phone, you turned to Beomgyu.
"My parents aren't gonna be home till 9:00," you whispered in his ear. His eyes widened, then relaxed into a grin.
"Y/N's gonna tutor me at her house," Beomgyu shoved one hand in his pocket and kept the other one interlocked between your fingers.
"Huh?" Choerry lifted her eyes from her phone. Beomgyu?!
"Yeah..." you looked down.
"But I asked you to tutor me and you said no!" Choerry whined. Dammit, I really don't wanna lie, you bit your lip.
"That's 'cause he asked me first," you pointed to Beomgyu. Beomgyu flashed an awkward smile.
"Oh, dang," Choerry sighed. You and Beomgyu exchanged glances.
"Gah-!!! I hate studying!" Choerry whined. You and Beomgyu flinched at her sudden yelling. The three of you passed the threshold of the exit door. The weather was pretty sunny and warm.
"What about studying?" a voice from the left said. The three of you turned your heads. It was Jeno and Yeeun.
"Hey-hey," you waved to them.
"What's up?" Jeno said.
"I'm gonna fail!" Choerry cried.
"I can't study for shit!" Choerry said. Yeeun and Jeno joined the three of you.
"I'm sure you'll figure it out, you always do," Jeno said.
"If it wasn't for stupid-pretty-boy-Hwang deleting half our project, I probably would've had more time to study too!" she complained.
"Stupid-pretty-boy-Hwang?" Beomgyu was confused.
"Hwang Hyunjin," Choerry rolled her eyes.
"Oh," he turned away. You felt him tighten his grip on your hand.

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