February 3, 616 AC
It's Kyuhyun's birthday! Although he doesn't care, his parents still attempt to forcefully celebrate it every year in some degree and whatnot even if he doesn't like to.
His parents rushed to their dining table,
Finding the birthday boy sat still as if like a rock, glaring at his parents coldly to putting his solitude away for a reminder he never wants be reminded of in the first place.
As his parents brought along a tiny cake smaller than what he receives for regular lunch, he plasters a unreadable, forced slight smile towards his parents before it was placed onto the circular table for the now three member-family to feast on the regular usual dinner of instant noodles, coffee with omurice but with a side of cake for the birthday boy to exclusively consume for himself.
His father flicked off the lights as he lit Kyuhyun's birthday candle on top of his cake.
"Happy Birthday, our great son Cho Kyuhyun!" Kyuhyun's parents exclaimed happily with big, genuine grins. "This looks fucking disgusting and weird." Kyuhyun thought to himself. It's not that he hated his parents, but it's that... Those big grins reminded him of... Himself that had never smiled ever since Ryeowook's disappearance.
"Now, make a wish." His mother softly said in anticipation before nodding in understanding before closing his eyes and holding his two hands together to pray.
"May I have another chance to play with my best friend for one last time." He prayed quietly before opening his eyes and blowing the candle. Although he knows it'll probably never come true, it feels that he needs to get it off his chest with something he found silly nowadays like this.
"Best friend? Ah.. What happened to Sungah & Reika?" Kyuhyun's father asks with a concerned, yet curious stare. Kyuhyun obviously lied. He just wanted to name people he knew in class just to get away from his parents' pestering about being alone all the time even before he met his actual best friend. So now, Kyuhyun deals with faking those lies and layer them with more as consequence.
"They're... Fine. They just don't hang out as often with me anymore." Kyuhyun responded with a straight and blank face that made his parents shove off their concerns and continue bonding with their son as he held his spoon scooped with omurice as he tries to digest it into his stomach, but his stomach refused to swallow it. His food seemed tasteless and weird in his mouth, but he's chewed on it now, it'd be weird to spit it out. It's his birthday after all.
And "I don't want to make my mom and dad disappointed over this. I've already disappointed them enough anyway."
He thought to himself as he forced the chewed slice of omurice down his esophagus as he watched his parents eat like usual before they turned to give the special boy of their household some attention that Kyuhyun didn't want.
"Why are they all happy?" He thought anxiously. "I'm gonna die soon, so are they happy that I'm gonna die..?"
"Really? From a man like you, I thought you'd get swarms of friends swooning." His father teased with a fake face of surprise before chuckling softly. Triggering the already pissed of Kyuhyun.
"... I don't need any, and I don't care. I don't wanna." Kyuhyun bluntly responded in a cold manner that genuinely stunned his parents.
"Kyuhyun... But then, you're going to die alone. You're gonna be lonely the rest of your life." Kyuhyun's mother awkwardly talked back with eyes filled with worry for Kyuhyun's maybe, sad future. "You can't just always depend on Reika & Sungah now that they seem busier than ever with school work."
Kyuhyun rolled his eyes as he continues forcefully munching on his food. Refusing to pay attention to their concerns. After all to Kyuhyun it's "none of their business that they should stick their heads on and explore."
As he bore himself in unappetizing food, he abruptly paused and walked away from the dining table, and to his room where he collapsed himself, bouncing slightly on the comfortable and cotton-like surface.
--- timeskip
February 16, 616 AC
A year since Ryeowook's unnervingly traumatizing death has passed, and it seems for Kyuhyun, he's stuck in an endless cycle of despair as he fell to accept his fate and suffer with his piece of mind until the next year where he meets his destiny in less than a year.
Kyuhyun climbed up the stairs up to the 2nd floor of the School building as he moved further to thankfully arrive to his rowdy, and chaotic classroom.
As he came closer to his desk, he realizes something odd today. On where his desk was, which was in a corner had a second chair besides him, which was surrounded by Kyuhyun's female classmates, In where Kyuhyun brushed it aside as he sat on his desk, and placed down his bag right besides his side. As he spectated the rowdy girls literally besides Kyuhyun.
"Jong- I mean Yesungie... Why did you move here?"
"Yesung-ssi, you know... If you were a triangle, you'd definitely be acute one... Wait- no Ah-!! That's weird.. I'm so so-" The girl stammered nervously as her cheeks brightened to soft red tone of fluster before another girl cut her off.
"Sungahnnie is so weird... Anyway, Yesung-ssi, What's your type..!?" The girl asked as her eyes twinkled in anticipation and excitement.
All the girls glazed about the them full of curiosity for this new classmate, well.. Kyuhyun was not an exception, because this isn't a romance fanfiction where he isn't like the other girls! Wait- I wish you hadn't thought it was!
Kyuhyun stated at the new boy they called "Yesung". Although he wondered how they already knew the boy's name, he didn't bother questioning everything. It's probably that he introduced himself. Nothing that special like popularity and stuff, probably.
This time he didn't bother about the chatter within and outside the circle his seatmate was located at, as it has begun to feel like a blur of noises outside his somewhat, blurry as well, and empty thoughts far to the horizon of this world.
As the clock ticked to 7:00 am, the school bells rang loudly as everyone sighed and got their notebooks out for their first subject, Math.
They all sat down and whispered beside the classmates near them with the few exceptions of Kyuhyun and Yesung that are awkwardly sat, waiting for their professor to begin their lesson.
"Thump!" Their professor slammed down her briefcase to signify that the class has started, and everyone shall be with their ready school tools, proper sitting manner, and a focus on the teacher herself.
"None of you need to introduce yourselves, right? Okay, great. Welcome to my classroom, Class 3-C." The teacher greeted with a stern, and yet gentle look. "In our first lesson with me, we will learn about GCF, Greatest Common Denominator. Has everyone been taught of this last year?" She asked before looking towards the class. And everyone shook their heads, as their professor sighed and decided to begin the basics through how to find the said Greatest Common Denominators.
The moment he heard the teacher's voice while looking down, he knew in a second who she was. It was Ms. Bada! Ryeowook's old adviser in class 3-A and his science substitute in his 4th year! Kyuhyun's gut told him from Ms. Bada's sweet yet intimidating aura, everything would turn out bad or the same for him whilst he took a deep breath to keep himself calm, reassuring himself that everything will be fine and better since it's the teacher Ryeowook looked up the most, meaning she's a good teacher right? His parents said don't judge a book by it's cover, so... He shouldn't think of such rude and disrespectful things to his new adviser.
The class begins with the introduction on "What factors are used to create a GCF for the numbers 18 and 12." Starting with 18 divided into 2 & 9(2×9), and 12 divided into 2 & 6(2×6), easily finding the number that appears the most and used to divide 12 and 18, 2. And then delved further into algebraic expressions being formed into Greatest Common Factors... Blah, blah, blah. All a blur his seatmate Yesung. (And because fuck math)
"Hey! Hey!" Yesung whispered, trying and wanting to catch Kyuhyun's attention for some reason that ended up in vain as Kyuhyun refused to budge, that is, as if Yesung's talking to a wall and ignored him, looking up at the board, and looking down in hiawws notebook to continue writing necessary points in their first lesson.
To be continued, if I'm not busy and lazy lol.
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Fanfiction--- DREAD --- A stubborn, and idiotic decision caused Kyuhyun's own view of the entire town around him to realize the truth of the unruly and sinister history of this town. --- CREDIT --- Cover: Kanamanamama Writing: Kanamanamama
