Beautiful | haobin

Two

After lunch, Zhang Hao had math class with Hanbin. He was mentally preparing himself for whatever was going to happen next. He kept looking at the door, hoping the teacher would come in before any of Sung Hanbin's admirers made their entrance. He can't afford getting hit in the head with another guitar. He's already dumb enough in math.

"Sung Hanbin!"

"There we go." Zhang Hao mumbles, closing his eyes and sighing, mentally preparing himself. He opens his eyes and sees it's not a band this time, thankfully, but it's a group of three people, holding letters, as well as stuffed animals, pushing each other, trying to get closer to Hanbin, who was already sat down in his seat behind Zhang Hao.

Did these people come prepared for Hanbin to break up with his boyfriend? They didn't even break up until right before lunch...

Zhang Hao just looks at them in disbelief and shakes his head. He can't believe people can be like that, but who is he to judge?

All he knows is he would never be that crazy in love.

"Move out of my way." One of the girls says.

"No, you move." Another guy says and pushes her.

"Can you two move?" A girls asks, annoyed, and pushes both of them away, finally being able to reach Hanbin. "I brought you a letter." She shyly holds out an envelope for him to take. "Please read it when you get the chance."

"No he won't!" The other girl pushes her away. "Hanbin, I also got you a letter!"

"I did too! Read mine!" The guy also tries getting Hanbin to take his letter.

"You all wrote me a letter?" Hanbin asks them. "Oh, what should I do?" He smiles, clearly enjoying the attention.

Zhang Hao rolls his eyes. He's so close to losing it. He had completely forgotten to do his math homework and he was trying to do it, but because of all the yelling, he's not able to focus. He's trying so hard not to get involved, but it's hard not to.

He closes his eyes for a few seconds, trying to concentrate and erase the background noise from his mind, but the talking just keeps getting louder.

"Hanbin, my letter's way better!"

"No! Mine is!"

"Do you mind?" Zhang Hao finally turns around, making them stop their conversation and turn to him. "Class is about to start."

"Fine." They say and walk out of the classroom with the envelopes still in their hands.

Zhang Hao notices Hanbin glare at him, but he ignores him and turns back around to continue doing his homework.

"That was rude." He hears him mumble.

'Rude? Me? Rude?' Zhang Hao scoffs and turns back around to face him. "Rude? Like how you lead people on because you like attention? Yeah, so rude." He nods.

"What did I even do?" Hanbin scoffs. "How am I leading them on?"

'Because you accept people's love confessions and letters even when you know you'll get back with your ex.' Zhang Hao thinks to himself. "That's really none of my business." He tells him and turns back to his seat. "I was just trying to do my work."

"You don't even know me. How could you say that?"

'Oh my gosh.' Zhang Hao thinks to himself and sighs. He was just trying to finish his homework, but now Sung Hanbin won't stop talking to him. He really should've just stayed quiet.

"Hey, you." Hanbin calls out since Zhang Hao is now ignoring him. "Hello? Hello? Helloooo?"

"Oh my gosh, can you just leave me alone?" Zhang Hao yells, making everyone's attention turn to him.

"Zhang Hao and Sung Hanbin, why are you disrupting the class?" The teacher asks, startling Zhang Hao.

When did he even get here? When had the class even started? He was too busy doing his work and getting annoyed by Hanbin that he hadn't even noticed.

"Great, just great." Hanbin mumbles as he and Zhang Hao kneel outside of the classroom with their hands up. The teacher had made them get out of the classroom, punishing them for 'disrupting' the class.

"Couldn't you have just let it go?" Zhang Hao sighs. "I was just trying to finish my homework."

"Well, why didn't you do it yesterday?" Hanbin shrugs. "You think this is fun for me? This is the first time I get in trouble in school."

"I had never gotten in trouble either. I didn't do this on purpose."

"Whatever." Hanbin mumbles and decides it's best to just stay quiet until the teacher tells them to go back inside. There's no point in getting mad.

Zhang Hao's eyes widen when he realizes something...

He had just gotten Kim Jiwoong's best friend in trouble. Hanbin would definitely tell him about it and his chances with Jiwoong would be ruined. Who would want to date the person who got their best friend in trouble for the first time?

"I'm sorry about getting you in trouble." He apologizes. "It wasn't my intention." And it wasn't, but he's just trying to get his forgiveness because of Jiwoong.

Hanbin just stays quiet. He doesn't know if he's being genuine or not. This is the first time they even talk and his first impression wasn't necessarily the best. He knows they have some classes together, but they had never talked until today.

"Seriously, I'm sorry." Zhang Hao apologizes. "If there's anything I can ever help you with, just let me know."

"Why would I ever need your help?"