strict parents - seungjin ✓

chapter three

hyunjin spent the whole night rereading his texts with jisung, and even memorized everything. he searched up seungmin's username too but it was private so he just sent a request.

in the morning, after he arrived to school, he immediately looked for jisung. he found him with felix by the fountain. "jisung, did you mean what you said last night?"

"which one?" the squirrel boy chuckled, looking up to hyunjin. "about him starting to like me too."

"hm.. i'll ask you something first"

"what?"

"is minho hyung single?"

"gosh- fuck, yes! he's single, now tell me"

"oh! what about changbin hyung?" felix chimed in, raising his hand like a student who has a question. the tall boy sighed "yes, yes they're both single! now tell me."

"well yesterday at lunch he said 'yeah hwang hyunjin is cute and all' and we didn't listen to anything after that"

"wasn't it something like 'my parents are strict so even if i like him i can't date him'?"

"fuck, this is some tweedledee and tweedledum shit" hyunjin huffed and looked around. "wait- he said even if he likes me?" his eyes widened in realization. the sunshine twins nodded, causing the taller in front of them to smile a bit.

"oh! by the way, do you guys have his phone number? i sent a request on instagram but he hasn't accepted at all.."

"he wouldn't, especially not until the big tests are over.." the freckled boy shrugged. "so give me his phone number" hyunjin said.

"give me minho's number first"

"and and! changbin hyung too"

"for fuck's sake!"

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the ferret boy smiled like a fool, holding tightly to the piece of paper on which jisung and felix wrote their best friend's number. (they tried to write what they remembered and ended up writing three different numbers before realizing they had their phones and they could just copy it from there.)

hyunjin didn't bring his phone so he just had to wait until he gets home.

as he walked down the hallway, he didn't notice any of the greetings and smiles he got from the students, mostly girls, and the other students found it odd, because he was an absolute flirt before. today he was totally not in the same world as them.

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"hwang, please focus" the teacher hit hyunjin's head lightly with a book, causing him to snap back to reality. "sorry ms. park" he apologized, and the teacher sighed, walking back to her table.

"the bell's about to ring, so i'll let you guys out early" she said as she grabbed her books and the students cheered, running out of the classroom for recess like children.

as hyunjin got up, he saw his class teacher talking with the science teacher, and then both of them looked at him. he gulped a bit, as he was never really that good in science. they were definitely talking about him.

he tried not to look at them and slowly walk out, but then they stopped him.

"hwang, let's chat" the science teacher, mr. kim smiled. "mitochondria is the power-"

"your parents told us to find you a tutor"

hyunjin gulped. "sorry?"

"your grades have been really low, and you need to raise them a bit especially for this upcoming big test. you're good in physics and biology and all but chemistry.. your marks aren't very good. we told your parents and they said they'll pay extra for your tuition" ms. park smiled as well.

"kim seungmin from my class would be a good tutor.." mr. kim said and hyunjin's eyes lit up.

"but if you-"

"i'll gladly take extra classes with kim seungmin."

"see! you're a good student if not for your grades" both of his teachers chuckled. "ouch?"

"we'll talk to the boy and if he agrees, please start this evening, okay?" his science teacher pats his back and they both left the classroom.

hyunjin stared at the wall for a bit, then smiled.

"i will fail in chemistry for sure."

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"aren't.. there any other students that could-"

"oh believe us, kim, nobody's better than you, especially in chemistry! you'd be the perfect tutor for hyunjin! you could become friends too!"

do i even want to befriend him?

"i think i could teach him but my parents wouldn't really allow-"

"we actually asked them already, don't worry!" ms. park smiled and seungmin gulped.

"you'll take extra credits and you'll get paid too! it won't take long either, since you'd be such a good teacher for him"

the two teachers stared at seungmin with hope and he sighed. "fine, okay. i could give it a try" he forced a smile.

"good! you two start this evening, okay?"