Covers- [TXT FF]

Episode 20: Pressure

Kai let out a heavy sigh.

"What a week we had..."

"Agreed," Soobin replied.

It was a rainy late spring, early summer morning. The sky was painted with gray clouds, and puddles of water decorated the sidewalks.

The five boys were trudging through the streets, visible eyebags under their pupils. It had only been a day since they came back home from Japan, and let's just say, four hours of sleep aren't great when you have school the next day.

Yes, they were happy that Summer Sonic had been a success, as their numbers and views increased under such a short time.

But it obviously comes with a price.

"I wish planes were more comfy," Taehyun sighed.

"I wish we could have the day off, but our professors made it clear we can't skip today," Yeonjun responded.

"It's so stupid!" Beomgyu complained, kicking a pebble across the stone pavement, splashing some water in the process.

"Calm down everyone. We'll manage, and let's go to bed early tonight," Soobin suggested.

"You always come up with the best ideas," Kai remarked, patting his shoulder.

"Thank you, thank you."

And just a moment later, the brick college building loomed in front of them.

"Here we go, another boring day with Professor Kim," Taehyun yawned.

"Ugh," Kai groaned.

"You wanna switch with my teacher? She is so mean sometimes," Yeonjun replied.

The three were walking through the hallway together. Soobin and Beomgyu had to go to the second floor, henceforth why the five of them weren't with each other.

"How mean?"

"On a scale from one to ten, an eleven."

"Sheesh," Taehyun shuddered.

"Yea, maybe I'll prefer a boring teacher," Kai said.

Yeonjun chuckled.

"That's what I thought."

"I just don't get it. If someone wants to be a teacher, then they should have their ways to— Tyun? Tyun, what is—"

Taehyun tore the piece of paper off Kai's locker, crumpling it into a ball.

"Woah woah there, what is going—"

"You shouldn't see this Kai."

"What?! Why?!"

Yeonjun frowned when he saw the piece of paper hanging on Taehyun's locker. He carefully removed it, and gasped when he saw what was drawn on there: it was a scribble of Taehyun, or at least, he assumed it was him.

But the drawing was horrendous; the person had exaggerated the size of his eyes, and wrote eyeball freak as the title.

"What the hell?!" Yeonjun yelled.

Before Taehyun could say anything, Kai already grabbed the piece of paper and looked at it. An angry expression crossed his face.

"Who did this?!"

"I don't know... I just saw them when we were walking... y-yours is even worse than mine."

"Show me."

"No—" Taehyun refused.

"Mine can't be that bad."

Taehyun swallowed the lump in his throat, and hesitantly passed the crumple to Kai. The blond unraveled it, and looked what was written on it: this should be the group logo cuz of you.