Sharp Is The New Round

II. "Supportive friends"

I watched them as they played, it was truly a flattering experience. Being the first judge to 5 handsome guys, and them playing in front of me, it's like I'm in a private concert!

They played the song they played earlier when I was passing by the room. Now I have to listen to its full song.
I was probably frozen the whole time, I didn't know how to react.

They finally finished the song, and Yejun asked me to rate their performance.

I reached for my ballpen inside my skirt pocket and the paper I saw in one of the chairs inside their room.
I wrote the numbers on the paper and showed it to the 5 of them.
All of them looked in disbelief and disappointed, and I had to figure out why.

I looked at the paper again and saw that I wrote 10/100 instead of 100/100 or 10/10.

I chuckled in embarrassment and changed the ratings to 100/100.
They all laughed and complimented each other's hard work.

Thirty minutes later, they asked if they could walk me home since it was getting dark outside, and it was risky to be a female walking alone at night.
I said yes because I would love to have their company.

It was dark, the lamp post and the light through the windows of the other houses were the only light we had to see.

"Now, Hana, keep in mind that it's dangerous for women to walk alone at night," Bamby warned me. Even though I'm fully aware, I'm still grateful.

"That's true, always have a person with you to be safe." Noah agreed and added.

I just smiled at them and nodded as we walked. My house is just a few blocks away and we are near.

Yejun lives only next to my house so we are neighbours. Like I said in the first chapter, we met by crossing into each other as we walked on the streets.

"We're near," Yejun claimed.

"You live in this subdivision too, right Yejun hyung?" Eunho asked.

"Not just me, Hamin too" Yejun replied.

'Hamin lives in our subdivision too??'
I thought. It was a piece of great news for me because that meant I could bump into him one day, accidentally of course.
Accidentally....scripted by me.

"Hamin...he lives here too? How come I never saw him here before?" I asked.

"Oh. That's because we just recently moved here" Hamin from the back answered.

I just nodded and continued to walk.

Now there it is, my house.
At this time, no one is home yet but me, so I can enjoy my time alone.
I stepped forward to our gate and looked at the 5 boys who guided me to get there.

"Thanks for your service, my escorts!" I said teasingly and waved goodbye.
They also said goodbye and headed to their own home.

I entered my house and took a shower after a long day at school.
I did all of my homework so I could rest earlier, I...may have procrastinated a little.
Tomorrow is Friday, which is nice because the weekend is getting nearer and I can finally be at ease.
Though now it's not as exciting as it used to be, since I wanted to see more of Hamin now that I like him.
Who knew a guy would motivate me like this?

The night passed and it was already morning, I had to get ready and go to school.

As I walked inside the gate of Seonghwi Art High School, a familiar slick from a few meters away greeted me. Black hair and wide shoulders, with his sling bag, walking like a normal high school student.
'Isn't that Hamin?' I thought and walked faster to be able to see closer.
Hamin looked back and our eyes met.

"Ah- noona." He said while looking flustered

"Hamin...I knew it was you!" I exclaimed and cheered.

"You approached me because you saw me?" He asked and stopped walking to face me with his body.

"...Yes?" I answered.
He smiled. This was the first time I saw him smile from a closer view. Now that I think of it, whenever he smiles, his eyes always close, like those foxes I see on TV shows.

"Well, since our classrooms are just next to each other, let's walk together," I suggested, which I think sounded like a demand.

"Sure, noona."

He gladly accepted my offer and we walked together.
Spending even just a second was a dream come true for me as if I'm the luckiest person alive. Others may not think the same, but this is how I feel toward him.

3RD PERSON POV:

Noah and Yejun were just a few meters apart from Hamin and Hana, and Noah seemed to notice.

"Yah, Yejun" Noah called
Yejun stopped reading his textbook and looked at Noah, still walking.

"Is that Hamin?" Noah added and pointed at Hamin's back from 20 meters away.
Yejun looked at where Noah pointed and nodded in confusion.
"Yeah..." He said.

"And he's with...with...with Hana?!" Yejun added and yelled.

"Keep your voice down." Noah scolded his friend Yejun.

"Sorry..." Yejun mumbled

"Are they dating without us knowing?" He whispered and squinted his eyes.

"As if" Noah scoffed.

"Hamin??Dating?? Nah...He's well known for rejecting female students" He added.

"Same as you." Yejun protested.

Noah scoffed again and just laughed.
The 5 of them are well known for rejecting various female students in their school since they are popular in their school.

Hamin, Eunho, Bamby, Yejun, and Noah receive confessions from many girls, but Noah and Hamin's fans are the bravest ones to ask them out personally.
Yejun's fans tend to just communicate with him since he is approachable and you can always strike up a conversation with him no matter what.
Eunho's fans tend to confess to him through letters, being too shy to ask him out face to face.
Bamby's fans...are the same as Yejun. Bamby is approachable, and one of the reasons why he attracts students is his cuteness. Despite having a cute figure, he can be manly, manlier than you could ever imagine.

BACK TO HANA'S POV:
My dreams came to an end when I bid goodbye to Hamin before entering my classroom.

The classes are already finished and I couldn't stop thinking about the time I had spent with him. Walking with him alone.

It was break time, which was the time for us to eat. I headed to the cafeteria to get something for me to feed on because I was getting hungry, and I didn't bring my lunch box.
A voice of a teenage boy called me, somewhat sounded manly.
I looked in the direction where the voice came from and there I saw Bamby waving his hand in my direction, and he was with his gang.
Noah sitting next to Hamin and was sparkling as always. Yejun just smiled, and he sat next to Eunho. Eunho is next to Bamby and is stuffing his mouth with food, and Hamin just staring at his tray.

Of course, I headed to where they were seated, but I couldn't help but notice the amount of female students staring at me.
I almost forgot that the five of them were chased by many girls.

"H-hey guys.." I said uneasily, feeling the death stares of some students.
'As if they were close to Team Plave anyway.'
I tried to calm myself down.

"Oh, it's Hana," Yejun announced.
Noah then elbowed Hamin, not that hard enough to hurt though, it was as if he was teasing Hamin.

"Ow- Hyung!" Hamin yelled while Noah was just smirking and laughing. Yejun knew what Noah was trying to do.
The other two, Eunho and Bamby were easy to catch on and laughed.

"Noah hyung, is something going on?" Eunho asked sarcastically and chuckled.

"I don't know, ask Hamin," Noah answered playfully and elbowed Hamin twice.

All of them were laughing and Hamin and I were just confused about what was happening.
Do they know something that we don't know?