𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠, zhong chenle

二

TWO — day dream.

Zhong Chenle. He was right in front of Yuyan, even though he had never talked to her. She got up from her chair and moved a strand of hair behind her ear. The boy was looking at her with a smile.

"I was the one who woke you up, the class is going to start soon. And I saw a free seat next to you... may I use it?"

Yuyan looked at him with wide eyes. Excuse me? What was going on? Whatever it was, she had to give him an answer quickly; he tilted his head and started to look at her weirdly. "Um, yeah, you can sit," she said.

While Chenle was starting to move, she stopped him in his tracks and asked, feeling a bit dumb: "Am I dreaming or are you really in front of me, talking to me?"

"You may be dreaming but I am indeed in front of you, talking to you," he smiled, "and I kinda would like to sit too."

"Go ahead, and I'm sorry, I'm tired."

"It's okay."

Chenle sat down next to her and fell silent. He took out his math notebooks and opened them. Wait, math? But they already had math period this morning, how come? Ok, it was definitely tiredness, what else could it be, deduced the brunette.

Yuyan took out her stuff, imitating the boy next to her. They indeed had math once again, seeing the teacher entering the classroom. Chenle was focusing on the lesson, she tried to do the same but sleepiness took over her, once more. As she started to feel drowsy, the girl felt a tap on her shoulder that startled her. It was Chenle who woke her up.

"You were about to get caught," he justified himself.

She thanked him with a nod and concentrated on the class. Well concentrating was a big word, she still couldn't believe what was happening; Chenle sitting next to her and talking to her as if they were childhood friends. Except that Yuyan had just arrived a few weeks ago, and the raven-haired hadn't spared her a glance before. Today was incomprehensible.

She let out a shaky breath. What was even happening? Yuyan tried to calm herself by opening and closing her fists, watching her knuckles turn white. The brunette couldn't help but overthink, over, and over. What was he trying to do?

As her mind drifted away with different thoughts going on through her head, Yuyan absentmindedly poked her notebook with a pen. The girl quickly pulled herself together when the teacher started to announce the homework.

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The seatmates exited the classroom at the same time when the bell rang. The boy left to his locker on the opposite side after shooting another smile at Yuyan. The latter was then rejoined by Meiling who was just as surprised.

"Was that really Chenle next to you?" queried her friend.

"Yeah, it was him," she replied while placing her books in her locker.

"But you..." a sigh escaped her mouth, "Well... Is there something you're not telling me?" asked Meiling with a hint of sorrow in her voice.

Noticing her friend's state, Yuyan stopped rummaging in her locker to find her gym clothes and shot the girl a comforting smile.

"No, I'm not hiding anything, I'm as confused as you are. I was sleeping on my table, he woke me up and then he wanted to sit next to me. I really don't know why, we never talked before..." She left her sentence in suspension, not knowing why the boy would act this way.

"Oh well, maybe he likes you and just never had the guts to talk to you before."

"Nah, I doubt it's that. Come on, let's go to the gym together instead of you saying nonsense."

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The girls barely finished changing when the teacher started the class. He simply informed them that they will continue to play basketball, like the last time they had a class together.

The students had to do a few exercises before making the teams and playing one versus the other. Yuyan wasn't the best in sports and nonchalantly followed what their teacher was telling them to do.

When the time to make the teams had come, Yuyan and Meiling placed themselves aside, knowing they would be the last ones to get chosen. But when Yuyan's name was called by one of the team's captains, the brunette's eyes widened. Is this a joke?

Yuyan trailed herself a path from the back of the group and joined the person that called her name. She was even more surprised to see Chenle's friend, Huang Renjun.