October's Sunshine • Jeong Yunho

02

It was the last class, chemistry. Since I was in the art section/part at my high school, I had nothing to do with chemistry, physics, biology, etc... and I got bored and tired because the class was from 7 to 8 pm.

Jongho, who was also my seatmate, had his head against his hand and doodling on his notebook.

I slowly took out my earphones and played Lucid Dream, Dreamer, Silent Cry, One In A Billion and Guilty on repeat. I put my head on the table and closed my eyes.

40 minutes later, I was jolted a bit to wake up by Jongho. Somehow I fell asleep during the class and didn't even realise it.

"Wake up sleeping beauty. Let's go home. And move your ass faster because Yunho and Mingi are waiting for us outside and freezing to death." He said dramatically and rolled his eyes.

I got up and sighed, feeling like my head would blow.

I took my things and left the school, seeing Yunho and Mingi in the park that was next to the school, freezing. Even if it was just October, it was already really cold.

As I and Jongho made our way to the two giants, Mingi came to me and ruffled my hair. "Looks like someone fell asleep."

I yawned and rolled my eyes. "Now I regret not listening to mom and only coming in this hoodie. I'm freezing."

Yunho took off his jacket and handed it to me.

I raised an eyebrow and looked at him. "Oh, no need Yunho. It's not that far away from the house. I won't be dying until then. And then what about you..."

"Please take it or you will catch a cold. And don't worry about me." He said and smiled warmly, making my heart skip a beat.

I shook my head and thanked him, putting the jacket on immediately.

I could see Mingi and Jongho looking at each other and grinning from behind.

As we walked towards our homes, the chilly evening air wrapped around us. Yunho and Mingi were engaged in a playful banter, leaving Jongho and me with a shared glance and a knowing smile.

Jongho nudged me, teasing, "Looks like someone's got a secret admirer giving away jackets."

"Yeah, right. It's just Yunho being his caring self." I whispered and rolled my eyes.

We reached my house first, and I reluctantly handed Yunho his jacket.

"Thanks for saving me from freezing to death," I said, trying to not show my pinkish cheeks.

"Anytime pal. Take care, and make sure to stay warm." He said and hugged me, making my heart skip another beat.

Me and Mingi entered our apartment and he started laughing out loud.

"'Thanks for saving me from freezing to death', said Soomin." He mocked me and hit my arm playfully, then continued. "Look at you. All grumpy and everything going crazy for a boy out of nowhere."

I rolled my eyes, attempting to brush off Mingi's teasing. "Oh, shut up. It's just a jacket."

He chuckled. "Sure, just a jacket. Yunho must be a magician if he managed to turn a simple jacket into a life-saving charm."

"Yah Song Mingi! Shut your ass up!" I said and threw a pillow at him.

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The next morning, I found myself at the bus station again. This time, however, the bus was less crowded, and I managed to find a seat without any encounters with angry grandmas.

Today we only had 4 classes and they were hard so I was worrying pretty much. As I exited the bus I checked my phone and saw that I was 10 minutes late.

Oh fuck, I said to myself and started running to school. A car splashed me with water and now I was all wet. This day was already going so well.

The first class I had Korean with a hell of a woman and I already knew I might get detention.

As I finally got to school I knocked on the door and entered the class, feeling all the eyes on me.

"H-Hello miss. I'm really sorry for being late-" I said, out of breath but she stopped me.

Her eyes met mine and I felt like going 10 feet under the ground. She was looking at me from head to toe and smirked.

"Ms Song you can go back from where you came or go to your seat but whatever you do it doesn't matter because you're already absent for today. Oh, and you also have detention after classes." Her tone was a harsh and strict one. She was also yelling.

I looked down and nodded, trying to keep myself from tearing up.

I went to my seat and sat down, feeling embarrassed as hell and still having everyone's eyes on me.

Jongho gave me a worried look and patted my back.

"You will tell me at the break what happened." He whispered.

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"I don't even know how I was late. Just when I got off the bus and checked my phone saw that I was 10 minutes late." I said and sighed, leaning on the lockers.

"The woman is crazy. Be more careful Soomin or you're fucked up." Wooyoung said and handed me a biscuit.

I shook my head and thanked him.

"Excuse me?" A girl asked from behind us. "Do you know by any chance a guy named Yunho? I'm new to this school and he told me to search for him when I get to school..."

She was so gorgeous. Average height, short brunette with blue eyes girl.

Mingi took out his phone and searched for Yunho's class. "He is on floor 1, class 4."

She smiled and bowed. "Thank you! Oh, I am Dahyun by the way. His girlfriend. I moved here recently and I kind of recognised you guys from what he usually posts on instagram."

'Girlfriend?'

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Now we don't ask why it took me 10 days to post the next chapter😞 I wanted to post it yesterday since it was my birthday but gave up since I didn't had any time or ideas😭

But here it is. Second chapter of this gorgeous and cozy, chilly, lovely, cutie patootie book.

I need to move my ass since I stayed 1 hour only at the skin of a Yeosang drawing I'm making. Like hell no😭😭