fusion in love | jongsan

II

"your presence tenses me up, but it feels good. it doesn't make sense, help me."

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san

i groaned at the sound of my phone ringing, i picked it up and saw that someone was calling me. without looking at the contact name, i answered.

"hello?" i said tiredly

"yah choi san! don't tell me you're still asleep! get your ass out of bed and come meet us at the park! we're all waiting." the voice on the other side spoke.

i immediately knew that voice belonged to wooyoung. i grumbled before hanging up. it was when i noticed the time on my phone that i realised i was going to be late.

"shit!" i exclaimed as i quickly got out of bed and ran to the bathroom.

i didn't take long to wash up and get dressed. after taking my bag and making sure that i look presentable enough, i headed out. i locked my apartment door and when i turned around, i was met with a tired looking jongho. since when did he live in the same apartment building as me? when he noticed me, his eyes widened. his eyes were puffy and red, his face looked flushed and he didn't hold any light at all. he felt and looked different. i didn't have the time to think or talk to him, it's not like i cared.

i walked quickly to my motorcycle and put on my helmet. after starting the engine, i rode off. i arrived at the park in a few minutes and saw my friends waiting for me. each of them standing by their own motorcycles.

"about time. did you oversleep?" hongjoong asked.

"i just forgot to set my alarm." i replied, not making eye contact.

"let's go, we'll be late if we hang around here for long." seonghwa suggested.

everyone agreed and they got onto their motorcycles. i was naturally ahead of them because i always liked to ride fast. i arrived few minutes before they did and when they arrived, we walked into school together. students who were standing at their lockers quickly went to their classes when they saw us. we never meant to make them fear us, we just have things going on in our lives and we take it out on them but honestly i don't think we really care.

we walked into class and everyone was already looking at us, we ignored them cause we haven't done anything so we just went and sat down. we were fooling around when i felt someone's strong gaze on me. i turned and saw jongho, his eyes still puffy and red. his face still looked tired. at this point, i wanted to ask if he was okay but that honestly wasn't my business.

the bell rang and our teacher walked in. she started talking about some project shit i wasn't really paying attention. then she mentioned about our partners for the project. my ears perked up as i hoped i was paired with at least one of my friends.

"san and jongho." my teacher announced.

i looked at jongho's direction but he didn't look at me. i just shrugged when wooyoung nudged me.

"dude, you're literally paired with the biggest nerd here. you sure you don't wanna change your partner?" wooyoung asked.