fusion in love | jongsan

III

"just because i've stopped teasing you, doesn't make us friends."

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san

i walked into school and was met with my friends who were waiting for me. i walked up to them and they smiled at me.

"yunho said he saw you and nerd boy together, what's up? hongjoong also saw the commotion yesterday and saw him running away." seonghwa spoke.

my friends and i may be trouble and sometimes assholes, but we're not bad people. we're just people who came from traumatic backgrounds.

"he had a small argument with his parents. i won't say much, it isn't my place to." i briefly said.

"i'm guessing you've made amends with him?" mingi asked.

"yeah. but it doesn't mean we're friends." i said, looking at hongjoong and wooyoung who were giving me looks.

"what? who knows, you could finally make another friend other than us." wooyoung laughed.

i just rolled my eyes and walked to class. when i reached class, i saw jongho and his friend talking. jongho saw me and he gave me a smile, his gums making its way to my vision. for some odd reason, my heart skipped a beat. i ignored him and quickly sat down at my seat. i held my chest. why's my heart beating so fast? i shrugged it off. trying to calm myself down.

"dude, you good?" yunho asked, breaking me out of my daydream.

"y-yeah. i'm fine." i stuttered. i never stutter.

yunho looked at me with his eyebrow raised but shrugged and looked back at his phone under his desk. the bell rang and our teacher appeared soon after. following her, was a tall guy with dark hair. his hair laid on top of his eyes but i recognised him immediately. my heart raced, for a different reason this time.

"san, isn't that-" yunho spoke, voice shaken.

"choi seungcheol." i interrupted.

seungcheol's eyes found mine immediately, discreetly, he smirked. i averted from his gaze immediately, looking at my ring. what the fuck is he doing here? my teacher asked him to sit down, in front of jongho. i felt uneasy about that. i know that guy like the back of my hand, so do my friends. this guy is bad news. worst than me and my friends. the entire lesson, i sat with an uneasy heart, glancing at him every now and then. yunho did the same.

when the bell for lunch rang, yunho and i were the first ones to walk out. we needed to tell our friends. we went to the cafeteria and our friends were already there. yunho was the first to speak the moment we sat down.

"guys! seungcheol is here!" yunho whisper-yelled.

"what? what do you mean?" hongjoong asked.

everyone else looked at me curious, wanting me to confirm what yunho just fired at them was true. i was distracted, playing with my ring. i didn't notice anything until wooyoung shook me.

"san-ah? is it true? seungcheol is here?" he asked.

i simply nodded. the others shared scared looks.