The boy colored gray

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 "Jimin, come on! We're going to be late, again!" Just like yesterday, he was there, it was raining, and we were late. This time, we made eye contact. He smiled, I waved. We entered through the main entrance, shook off any rain on us, and walked into the office.

"This is the fourth tardy this week, that means detention for the both of you after school...again." We took our slips and made our way to our classrooms, "I saw that you looked at him at the field." I eyed him, and he was smirking, "Just an observation, nothing else really. See you after class!" He ran off to his class and felt me standing in the middle of the hall. Kim fucking Taehyung, you damn ass.

"Hey Blondie, what're you doing here? Class started ya' know." He made his way toward me, he still smelled like tobacco and citrus. Even with all the fluorescent lights he still carried a gray complexion like yesterday and today in the rain, "I got here late."

"Hmm, yeah I saw you and the brunette on the field this morning. Are you guys always late?"

"Uh yeah, that's pretty much what we're known for by the staff here."

"Huh."

We stood there for a minute, or was it two? I couldn't even look at him without blushing, fuck. I noticed he kept fidgeting again, he probably needed to smoke again. "Do you need to smoke again?" He looked confused, "Wha-" "Hey, you two back to class!" A hall monitor yelled from the end of the hallway. We said our goodbyes and left to our respective classrooms. Would it be wrong for me to say he was dreamy?

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"I wonder what we have for lunch today, what do you think we'll have Min? Hello? Jimin, are you listening to me? Oh my god, you really do have a crush, more like the crush has you...Oh my god is that the third year!"

"Where? Where is he!?" I frantically looked around the canteen looking for him, Taehyung started laughing next to me. "You ass!" I spat as I punched his arm "You lied to me!" "Hahaha! Dude I'm sorry, but you were so deep in thought that you completely ignored me." I huffed and sat down on the seat, this crush is getting out of hand. "Tae...it's like, it's like the only thing in my mind right now. I can't stop thinking about him, everything reminds me of him, Tae! How the fuck is that even possible! I don't even know his name!" I yelled as I laid on the table "There, there. It'll pass...I hope. How bad is it anyways, it can't be that bad, maybe you're making it a big deal because it's your first crush."

"Remember that time when those termites were in your house? They were everywhere, even in the smallest of cracks, and after your dad had hired those workers to fumigate the house and you guys still found all the termite carcasses everywhere." I mumbled

"Holy shit, that bad?"

"Yes"

"Well best friend, you're doomed!"

"Tae~! Don't say that. How do you deal with crushes, huh?" I whined as I sat up and leaned up against him. "Well, I normally just let it run its course. I fantasize about them here and there, then I realize that nobody can beat Seo-Hoon." Seo-Hoon was a famous actor, and Tae absolutely adores him.

"Huh, what about that kid from third-grade?" Tae sighed heavily and stared into the distance dreamily, "Ah~ third-grade kid. I really fell for that boy right?" He's right. Back in third grade, Tae followed that kid everywhere. I was afraid that he would eventually leave to hang out with that kid, but unfortunately, he moved before the year could end and we never heard from him again. "What was his name again?" We sat looking at each other confused, "Not sure, it was Jung something." I nodded, "I wonder what happened to him, he was a cute little third grader."