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Prologue+1

"Are you ever going to say anything to him about it or you just gonna ignore your crush forever? We graduate in less than a month, Malia. You've liked him since forever."  Janae puts her hands on her hips as she looks at her best friend.

"I am not going to tell that boy I like him. Look at him and then look at me. The only reason he even speaks to me is because our moms go to church together. He's being courteous, not friendly."

"I highly doubt he'd make a point to sit next to you and start conversation just because he's 'being courteous'. We're going to graduate and you're going to regret not telling him. Watch."

"I doubt it." Malia slams her locker shut and walks to class with her friend.

A brown haired boy standing three lockers away smacks his friend's chest as they walk away.

"Hear that, Seok? Pippy's got a crush on Joon." Taehyung sniffles as he wipes his nose.

Hoseok snickers as he watches Malia walk with her friend. "Yeah... I think he might kinda have a thing for her too, though. He's always watching her."

"Doubt it. He's been so bummed about that other chick." Taehyung's frowns as he rubs his temples with the bottom of his hands. "God, I hate her."

"Don't tell him that." Hoseok warns. "Touchy subject."

"Whatever. Come look out for me. Gotta go to the bathroom."

"Taehy-."

"I'm not asking, man. Just come look out."

Hoseok sighs as he follows Taehyung down the hall.

"Fine."

Taehyung laughs to himself as he walks to the bathroom. "Crush on Joon? God, how embarrassing."

His tongue swirls around the lollipop in his hand before he puts it into his cheek. As he walks into the bathroom, he reaches into his pocket.

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"Wassup, Malia." Namjoon leans against the locker as she puts her books into her backpack.

She looks over at the sound of his voice. His hands are in his pockets with his back against the metal. He's got a toothpick in his mouth. He's always chewing on one.

"Hi, Namjoon." She says as she zips her bag up.

Her voice is barely heard over the background noise of lockers slamming and post class chatter. She's always been more on the quiet side. Even if the halls were empty, she wouldn't be heard very clearly.

People know her name simply because she's so quiet, and because she's incredibly smart. Also because her best friend is one of the more social students.

Janae also has the reputation of not taking much shit from anybody.

"What you gonna be up to after school on Friday?" Namjoon asks as he follows Malia to the school's front doors.

His friends watch as they walk by. Malia's eyes are trained to the ground, her hands holding the straps of her backpack tightly. Namjoon being near her makes her nervous for so many reasons. One of them being that he's been her crush for sophomore year. The other being the obvious social group difference.

The people that he's often seen hanging around are the ones that make Malia's life a little harder on school grounds.

"Probably studying. We have finals coming up." Malia replies.