Just College

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"Hi. Hi", Chan greeted, placing his snack tray on the table. His younger friends grumbled in return. "Why are you all so grumpy on this fine day?"

"Try catching up on a semester's teaching in just 3 days", Minho suggested.

"That's why I told you to be serious from the get go, Minho-ya", Chan chastised.

"Hyung, how is your project coming?", Jeongin asked quickly before the other hyung could snark a reply.

Chan sighed, slumping back on his seat. Jisung chuckled, "What's with the reaction?", he blindly reached for Changbin's nugget and he earned a smack.

"Keep your hands to yourself", Changbin glared.

Chan sighed again. These boys were adding to his stress level. "At this rate, I don't think I will have a project to turn in", he got their attention, and before they could ask why, "My project partner and I, are both tensed, awkward and shit. I can't work with her if she is that way"

Hyunjin hummed, "That's the unhealthy love sickness", he popped a cracker into his mouth.

"I'm not love sick", Chan snapped.

"Yeah. Yeah. Hyunjin, he sure isn't", Seungmin casually told him off.

"I noted the sarcasm"

"You were supposed to", Seungmin disclosed, and Chan gave an offended look.

"Hyung, you know we can't help you. None of us here has been in your shoes", Felix said and Chan nodded. He knew. They had nothing to offer to him in terms of this. "Ask your roommates or you just talk to her. You discovered the feelings you have for her so tell her"

An uninvited tray dropped on their table. "Who discovered feelings for who?", Yeji curiously butted in, sitting next to her cousin, who in turn groaned in stress. "Hi. Hi"

Minho scowled. "Do you always sit with people without invitations?"

"Yeah. It's my specialty"

"No cap", Jeongin muttered.

"Come again"

Jeongin put up a big smile. "That's a nice specialty to have, noona"

"You think so, don't you?", and the maknae nodded.

Minho rolled his eyes. "Stop sugar-coating your words. Just tell her the truth to her face. I'm with you"

And his maknae did, "That's not very nice. You should ask for permission before sitting down at a table. It's called table manners", he made hand motions to get his point straight. "And don't be butting into conversations like that also. It's unladylike, Yeji noona"

His friends stared, dumbstruck, just as Minho's loud clappings reached their ears.

"Was all that for me?"

"Yeah. He said what he said", Minho smugly replied with a satisfied smirk. "I trained him well, didn't I?"

Chan forced a laugh. "No. You did not. How are you next in line?. Gawd"

"Yah, Bang Chan. That's not very nice to say", Minho called out.

"It is, actually. Felix and Ari have it worse", Yeji tsked. "And you, Yang Jeongin, I need to tweak that ear of yours", she moved her hand forward to go on with her mission, but Hyunjin pushed it down.

"Why exactly are you here, Hwang Yeji?"

Yeji cleared her throat, regaining her composure. "Why else?. I want to have lunch with you guys"

"Your friends totally pissed you off, eh", Jisung said.

"Not them", She did a not so needed hair flip. The boys waited for who then. "Ryujin?", Changbin helped when she wasn't giving nothing out.