prologue (kim taerae)

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i'm lost in admiration, could i need you this much?
oh, you're wasting my time
you're just, just, just wasting time...

"dude, how are your ears still intact with that loudass music blasting through your earphones?"

taerae immediately removed his earpiece, "what did you say?" he asked jeonghyeon.

"i said, 'how are your ears still intact with that loudass music blasting through your earphones.'" jeonghyeon repeated.

"oh? was it too loud? sorry-"

taerae's words were abruptly cut when a loud voice suddenly alarmed the whole class.

"KUM JUNHYEON! GET BACK HERE, YOU IDIOT!" gunwook shouted from across the room. it was deafening enough for everyone to hear.

"ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, guys and gays... guess what?" junhyeon is surely enthusiastic this morning. his playful voice and menacing face covered the entire room. it was very apparent that he's having a blast teasing gunwook.

"i swear to god, kum junhyeon! if i catch you, i am going to kill you. don't you dare say it!" gunwook tried threatening the latter. but, he is THE junhyeon. he will never, as in never in his entirety of his life, take gunwook seriously.

"you'll never guess what. gunwook, our ever lovely gunwook who takes no interest in romance, has a crush on lee-"

junhyeon was immediately interrupted when a book was thrown at him.

"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!"

junhyeon quickly sprinted when he saw how furious gunwook was. well, the thing is, he wasn't scared; he was having fun instead-laughing while his life is on the line. what a menace.

"hey, you two! stop it before the next subject teacher comes in!" zhanghao, the class president, instantly acted as the adjudicator for the two.

"tell that to gunwook! he won't stop chasing me!"

"and whose fault is that? dumbass!"

taerae silently laughs. this scenario isn't very new to him nor to the class. gunwook and junhyeon are known as good friends, but they act like cat and dog, constantly bickering and teasing each other. taerae finds it funny somehow. he knows it's silly, yet he didn't find it a bother.

"oh god! look at gunwook! he's blushing like crazy." junhyeon continued to tease the younger while running away from him.

"i hope you trip this time!" gunwook stopped on his track to catch his breath.

"yeah! you wish-"

it wasn't that long until karma decided to do payback. junhyeon, who was just running away from gunwook minutes ago, hit his right foot onto the table-causing him to trip. well, he wasn't the only unlucky one because another person was caught up in their chaos.

and it was taerae.

taerae, who was just casually watching the scene unfolds, was suddenly grabbed by junhyeon (probably out of instinct) for support. however, because taerae is as light as a feather, he was easily pulled down by the latter.

and now, he's lying on the floor-all shocked and flustered-while being few inches away from junhyeon's face.

"CALLED IT!" gunwook grabbed his phone from his pocket and started taking pictures of the poor guy. while taking photographs, he was laughing like crazy instead of helping the two.

taerae can't help but shake his head internally. what has he gotten himself to?

"shit, sorry. are you okay?" junhyeon whispered to taerae.

taerae cannot utter any single word. just the thought of having a boy above him while being a teensy-weensy inch away makes his brain all fuzzy.

"this is why i told you not to play around." zhanghao calmly stated while assisting junhyeon to get up.

"are you okay?" taerae looked up at jeonghyeon, who is minute from laughing by the way, lending his hand to help his friend.

"shut up." taerae embarrassingly answered.

his heart was beating like crazy to the point that it was loud enough for him to hear. "i thought i was about to die right there!" he internally screamed.

"hey, are you sure you're alright? you might have hit your head or something." his train of thoughts was suddenly discontinued when he heard junhyeon.

"y-yeah. i'm totally fine." taerae smiled, like genuinely smiling (through the pain).

"thank god. i thought i'm gonna pay for your hospital bill or something. i'm broke as hell." taerae laughed at his silly comment, although it wasn't even that funny.

junhyeon tapped taerae's shoulder, "anyway, if you're hurt somewhere, let me know, okay? it's my fault so i should take responsibility of that."

junhyeon smiled at the latter before disappearing from taerae's sight.

"uhm... sorry about that." taerae jumped a little when gunwook started talking to him. well, he rarely spoke to him-only when necessary.

taerae smiles, "it's fine."

gunwook returned the gesture by smiling. he, then, excused himself and went straight to junhyeon to tease him.

"how does it feel to be y/n?" as soon as he sat on his seat, jeonghyeon can't stop making fun of him.

instead of wasting his energy to argue (because he's gonna lose anyway), he put his earpiece back.

♪ something happened and i'm head over heels.
i never found out, but i'm head over heels. ♪

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