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Chapter 3 - Seatmates

"Let's mix you up, shall we? Yeah let's do it, stand up everyone, new seating arrangement!" Professor Kim enthusiastically clapped his hands, signaling the students to stand up.

Donghyuck gets to his feet lazily. Jaemin on his side is already cursing though.

"I just wish I won't seat beside Jeno." His friend whispered. "Not only is he annoying but he's also a hypotenuse bitch, he would surely laugh at me if I can't excel in Math."

He shares the same worry as Jaemin, he wouldn't want to sit beside Mark Lee as well. Though the chances of them being placed beside each other are unlikely, he also knows that he's lucky at being unlucky.

"My Joy noona said he lets them sit wherever they like but if he finds out some people aren't going along well, he goes on and makes them sit beside each other. She said Professor Kim is updated to the latest rumor mill." Said Class B's Park Wonbin and that seriously made them nervous.

"Oh my God!" Jaemin said dramatically. He raised a hand, getting their teacher's attention. "Professor Kim, please don't let me sit beside Park Wonbin or Uchinaga Aeri! I hate them." Then he smiled apologetically at the two.

Donghyuck hissed at his friend's drama as he elbowed him in the side. "What are you doing?"

Jaemin giggled and whispered. "I don't think Professor Kim will let me sit beside you so my target is the top one or the cute guy."

"Oh don't worry, I have other plans." The cute professor smiled and took out his seating plan. "Lee Minho, Choi Jisu, go to the second row. Han Jisung, take the seat behind Lee Minho."

It was a known fact that Lee Minho and Han Jisung were both pursuing Choi Jisu but recently, things have been changing. There's a rumor that the two boys were seen going out together on an alleged date.

Professor Kim Minseok is sure to have a field day as he arranges the seat. Some were laughing, some were complaining. When it comes to Jaemin's turn he smiles at his student teasingly. "Na Jaemin, Kim Min Jeong, Lee Jeno. Play rock, paper, scissors and the losers will sit beside each other."

Before they went on with the game, Jeno made a subtle gesture at the two saying he would play paper. It's as if he's telling them for Jaemin to play scissors and Min Jeong to play the same as him and lose too.

Jaemin snickered at that. Just like him, Jeno doesn't want to sit beside him, it's fair for both of them to hate each other but his pride couldn't take it!

"Did you see what he said?" Min Jeong asked, unable to catch Jeno's gesture. Jaemin, as the menace he is, saw this as a chance to upset Lee Jeno.

Sometimes, he gotta ignore what's convenient for him just to shit on his enemy.

He smiles at the girl. "I think he was saying he'd play scissors... I'm not sure. Just copy him, I want to sit beside someone else anyway."

The girl nodded.

"Kai, Bai, Bo!" Everyone chanted and the three of them made the throw. Min Jeong had scissors, Jeno had paper, and Jaemin pretended to gasp when he "realized" he was also playing paper.

"Eh! Wait! I thought you'd play scissors! I misunderstood..." He pretended to gasp at Jeno, then he glanced at Professor Kim. "Can we give it another—"

"It's decided. Lee Jeno, Na Jaemin—seatmate."

Jaemin knew he would regret this but seeing Jeno's glare as they walked towards their seats made everything worth it.

Since this has become a game, most of the students are starting to enjoy it too... unless they get seated beside someone they don't like then they'll start to whine.