❝ focus on your chemistry's textbook, not the one you are brewing with the professor's son.❞ wherein lee donghyuck is failing his chemistry class so he decides to take extra classes from his professor. there is a slight problem, he has to face the p...
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"lee donghyuck"
in the corner of the huge classroom, a tanned male quietly raised his hand as he walked towards his professor's desk. he was dreading this day ever since he took the exam. he was absolutely sure he was going to fail.
as he approached the professor, he gave him an uneasy smile, contrary to the glare he was receiving. donghyuck knew by that impression alone that he had let the teacher down.
"donghyuck, you have once again received below 40%. with this rate, you're going to fail the whole semester," the professor said, handing him the sheet of paper as he rubbed his temple.
donghyuck knew it beforehand, but he still couldn't help feel extremely disappointed with the result. he had studied. he really had tried. but it took him hours to understand the concepts which others understood in a few minutes. and so, he couldn't even finish reading all the materials they were supposed to.
he knew he wasn't stupid. he had aced his biology and mathematics class, which weren't easy subjects at all. he just simply didn't understand chemistry and hated the subject. he wished he could drop it, but it was a mandatory subject in his course.
he knew he wasn't dumb at all, but the grade on the paper really stung. his brother had aced this subject and graduated at the top of the class. he was sure his friends too would have performed well on this test.
why was god doing this to him? academic validation was the only sort of validation he needed, and now he was being deprived of even that.
"donghyuck, i need to speak to you. rest of the class, you're dismissed," the professor announced. the class immediately shuffled to pack their bags and move outside. donghyuck saw his friend jaemin give him a sympathetic smile and signal that he would wait outside.
as the room settled into silence, mr lee, the professor dragged his chair to sit near the student. donghyuck liked him. he was a middle-aged man with a great humour and understanding nature. three things all his other professors lacked. he was also an omega, and despite that, he had the capability to command the room so properly, the student wished he could be like that too.
mr lee had always been nice to him, despite his horrible grades. he always tried to make class fun for everyone and didn't hold any sort of superiority complex, despite him being an extremely honoured professor at the university.
he was also a good friend of his parents and had taught his brother who had pursued the same course three years back.
"hyuck, listen to me. i understand you're facing difficulties with this subject, but you need to share them with me in order for us to find a proper solution," mr lee spoke calmly, pointing to the sheet in donghyuck's hand which was crumbling under his tight hold.
"i simply don't understand the concepts properly, and when i do, it takes a lot of time. so much that i don't have any time left to learn anymore," donghyuck replied. voicing out his problem made it feel much too real and now he felt tears spring up in his eyes. he felt stupid. mr lee must think he is not bright as well, irrespective of his spectacular performance in other subjects.
