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CHAP 2

"Please appear before me." - ASAP, STAYC

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"I don't understand why you like coming here so much, this neighborhood is kinda sketchy," Jeno stated as they walked out of the coffee shop with their drinks in hand.

"Yeah, but you have to admit that the coffee is bomb AF." Hyuck took a sip of his coffee and looked around at the greenery nearby.

"I mean, it's alright," Jeno chuckled and rolled his eyes, tucking his empty hand in his jacket pocket. "Do you want to grab lunch together later?"

"If you're willing to meet me on campus. I only have half an hour in between my classes today so I was thinking about just grabbing something close by." Haechan said, hooking his empty hand with Jeno's.

"Yeah, I don't mind. We have the same class dummy." Jeno reminded him.

"Oh yeah, sounds like a plan then! You pick the place and text me where to meet then?"

"Will do. This coffee really is good, Hyuck, I have to admit." Jeno said with a small laugh.

"See! I told you it was worth it!" Haechan laughed, too..

"Come on then, you're going to be late for class." Jeno smiled. He unhooked their arms and grabbed Donghyuck's hand, pulling him quickly across the street.

They reached the front of a building where Haechan's class was held. "I'll meet you at the place okay, I gotta do some stuff before lunch." Jeno ruffled the top of Haechan's hair.

"Okay, sounds good! See you in a bit, Jen!" Haechan opened the building door, stepping inside.

Jeno turned and started walking away.

As he walked off, he glimpsed a familiar face entering a building nearby. He scoffed to himself. Asshole. He continued to walk with only his destination, and lunch with Haechan, in mind.

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"Ugh, finally," Hyuck mumbled as his classmates began to walk out of the classroom. He brought all his things together in his backpack and started to walk out of the room.

Ding.

Haechan looked down at this phone, walking out into the courtyard.

Jeno: Meet you there!

➤Jeno pinned a location.

He quickly typed out a response but bumped into someone before pushing send. "Oh, god, I'm so sorry!" He looked up at the other person.

"All good, don't worry! I should have been looking where I was going." The other man apologized.

"It's okay, I'm kinda at fault, too." Hyuck chuckled.

"Um, since I have you here, would you please help me find this classroom. I just transferred here and I don't really know where everything is. My name is Mark, by the way." Mark stuck his hand out for the other.

"My name is Haechan," he took the hand in front of him. "And sure, what class is it?" he took his hand back..

"It's....Algebra II." Mark held his class schedule out so the other could see it.

"Oh, that's actually my next class, it starts in about 30-40 minutes and it's in that building over there." Haechan pointed to a building across the courtyard.

"Oh, okay, thank you so much." Mark looked over to where the other was pointing at.

"I gotta go but I'll see you later then!" Hyuck remembered the lingering response on his phone screen.

"Yeah, for sure! Nice to meet you, man!" Mark grinned as he walked away..

Haechan turned back to his phone and hit the send button while turning to the designated location. He slipped his earbuds and pressed on a song. STAYC's 'ASAP' blared into his ears as he glanced at the buildings around him. He spotted a familiar one with huge letters across the top.

"Architecture 101"

He sighed and looked away. He shouldn't, but he pulled his phone back out and stared at the messaging app. He typed out a message but hesitated to press send. After a moment of debate, he shook his head and deleted the text, locking his phone. Renjun has better things to do, I shouldn't bother him.

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