~Chapter 3~

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After School

As Beomgyu was walking back to his home, he encountered a guy from the same school as him.

Instead of initiating any conversation with him, he kept walking towards his house. When he entered, he was greeted by his mother.

"Kapde change karke khana khane neeche aa jana. (After changing clothes, come down to eat food.)" His mother said to which he replied with a simple nod.

The moment he stepped inside his room, he kept his bag on the bed and layed down beside it.

He was tired. Today was actually very tiring for him. The students surrounding him on his table made him feel suffocated.

He sighed and decided to freshen up and then walk down to eat food.

Once he was done with bathroom, he wore a tshirt and pants and walked downstairs.

When he sat on the chair, his mother asked, "How was the first day at school?"

"It was fine...a little suffocating." He replied honestly.

"Suffocating? Why?" His mother looked at him with concern on her face.

"You know it's hard for me to make friends so I felt so lonely."
He replied as he took a big bite of his food.

"You'll get used to the atmosphere and soon make new friends." His mother reassured him with a smile and started eating too.

They both ate food in silence. No conversation was initiated again between the son and mother. Once he was done eating, he thanked her mother and went back to his room.

Before going to study, he decided to waste some time using social media.

As he was talking to few of his old friends, he received a notification from an unknown number.

His eyebrows knotted in confusion and he opened the message box by the unknown person.

When he read the messages, his confusion disappeared.

91-XXXXXXXXX

Hi! Ryujin this side.

This is the pdf of all the topics and work done till now.

XWork.pdfX

Thank you

He simply replied, thanking her for sending him the work. Without wasting anytime he sat his butt on the study chair and started copy pasting the written work from the pdf sent to him.

 Without wasting anytime he sat his butt on the study chair and started copy pasting the written work from the pdf sent to him

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Two Hours Later

His back started to hurt due to sitting two hours continuously on the chair doing work. He stood up and stretched a little when his mother called him.

"Beomgyu! Ek minute neeche aana! (Beomgyu! Please come down for a minute!)"

Beomgyu walked downstairs after hearing his mother call.
He stood in front of her and she handed him an empty bag.

"Please get these groceries from the nearest mart." His mother pleaded and handed him a sticky note on which the things to buy were written.

Beomgyu sighed and obeyed his mother. He took the bag and note and marched out of the house.

As he walked towards the store, he saw the same guy he saw earlier while coming back from school.

And like before, he ignored him.

When he entered the store, he saw the same guy enter too. Not just that, they both bought the same things from same brand and payed the exact same amount. Even the decimal digits were same.

When Beomgyu noticed these similarities, he decided to conversate with him.

"Are you from xx school?" Beomgyu mustered up the courage and asked.

"Oh yes." The other guy replied back.

"Which class are you in?" Beomgyu asked again.

"Tenth...what about you?"

"Twelfth. You're two years younger than me." Beomgyu chuckled.

"I'm 16."

"How come You're just a year younger than me? You started school late?" Beomgyu asked in confusion to which the other guy nodded.

Beomgyu too nodded in understanding and extended his hands for a handshake, "I'm Choi Beomgyu."

"I'm Huening Kamal Kai, but you can call me Huening Kai or Kai." The other guy, who's called Huening Kai, shook hands with Beomgyu and smiled.

Since both of them were neighbours, they walked back home together talking about their interests.

When they were near their doors, Beomgyu asked him another question. "What's your mother making for dinner?"

Huening Kai smiled and replied enthusiastically, "Pav Bhaji!!"

Beomgyu chuckled at his behaviour and assumed that his mother is making the same thing since the groceries he bought are the same as his.

After they bid each other goodbye, Beomgyu smiled. Afterall the day wasn't that bad for him. He made a new friend, what else he wants more.

 He made a new friend, what else he wants more

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🍒: So here is the third chapter yayayyaa. I hope you all enjoyed this!!

Don't forget to vote and leave a lot of comments teehee

I'll see you all in the next chapter. Bubyee~


Draft: March 24, 2024
Publish: April 1, 2024

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