bloody secrets: enhypen

2. cold stare

"kim sunoo and yang jungwon, both of you will be in the 2nd year class while sim jaeyun, you are in the 3rd year class," mistress kang hands them their schedules while taking them to their rooms. "as you can see, this is a night academy so i expect the three of you are well rested to last the whole night."

well-rested is an over-statement. they felt so tired from cleaning their dorm but their brains were in overdrive that they couldn't sleep too well. jake and sunoo were lucky enough to get 4 hours but jungwon had 3 hours of on-and-off sleep. the two older ones tried to tell the youngest to sleep more and they'd explain the situation to his teacher but he refused.

"i'll be fine, don't worry. and i packed some candy so if i do feel tired, i'll have sugar to help," he smiled while patting the front pocket of his backpack.

"well, i hope the three of you all have a good first night of school and come to any of the faculty if you have any questions. or you can even ask your classmates."

after the students bow, the woman leaves and leaves the group in a circular area that branch off into different paths. each space was labeled with a golden plaque that had either a 1, 2, or 3 written on it.

"well, this is it," jake breathes a bit and looks at his friends.

"will you be ok hyung?" sunoo asks with a worried look. at least he had jungwon, but the oldest had no one.

"don't worry about me, i'll be fine," he winks. "i'm introverted but i can at least make a friend, hopefully."

"it's too bad we have to give our phones to the teacher during school. then we could text each other throughout the day-night," jungwon corrects himself. he was still getting used to the whole "school at night, sleep at day" schedule.

"it's fine, we can get through it!" the oldest grabs their hands together and shakes them. "let's fucking gaur!"

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"you must be sim jaeyun, nice to meet you," a woman with a stack of folders in her arms reaches her free arm out to the student and they shake hands. "i'm ms. bae, and i'll be your teacher for the year."

"nice to meet you ms. bae," jake smiles politely and folds his hands in front of him after letting go. currently, he was standing right outside the door to the classroom and he could hear the commotion from inside. some shouts were heard but it was mostly mumbled conversations happening on top of each other.

"i read your record and it seemed you transferred from australia?" ms. bae looks at the new student with interest.

"yes, and i did attend another school in seoul for a while before coming here."

"i presume you did your research about here then?" irene asks with dark eyes as well as a hard stare, that made jake flinch a bit. he only knew the school was rigorous with its education and it was in the middle of nowhere. on an island off the coast of korea, to be specific.

"um, is there anything i should know?"

"if you don't know, then you'll know soon enough," she gives a mysterious smile before opening the door. "alright, everyone to your seats!"

jake could hear chairs squeaking on the floor and the talking quiets down until it was silent.

"you all may know but we have a student joining our class. i'll let him introduce himself and please help him settle down," she gestures for jake to enter the classroom.

once the boy reaches the front, he looks at the row of faces in front of him but stops when seeing a familiar face. it was the same male who had come into his room earlier.

"hello, i'm sim jaeyun but i preferred to be called jake," he bows, and once standing straight again, he makes direct eye contact with the boy. it sends shivers down his spine, how focused the glare was on his own eyes. and jake seemed to have failed to realize there was an open seat next to him.

"so jake," irene looks around before landing on the row with an empty seat. "there is a desk opened next to jay and sunghoon. can you two raise your hands?"

and they do, and once again, the aussie gulps when the cold boy does.

"you can take a seat," she gives a small smile and jake complies. the walk down the aisle seems long until he reaches his desk. with careful movements, he takes out the chair, sets his backpack on the floor, and takes out his pencil case and notebooks. but as he goes up to set his stuff on the desk, he's surprised by how focused the same pair of eyes are on him. those damn, beautiful, dark eyes.

"so your name is jake?"

the boy turns to where he hears what was said and nods.

"and you are?" he still didn't know the other's name, only that it could jay or sunghoon.

"sunghoon, park sunghoon. and welcome to decelis academy."