How to Not be Awkward (Chanyeol)

Lesson #2 Ask basic questions

Now the only things I know about Park Chanyeol is that

1. He's defense something in our basketball team

2. He's close with Oh Sehun (I saw them playing soccer together in our field often, along with the other members of the basketball team and of course the soccer team in our school.)

3. He's my seatmate.

4. He lives in the same neighborhood as mine.

Now these things are the general knowledge I have of him but other than that, I don't know anything about him. I don't even have that sort of friendship with him where I'd casually smile up at him or asks assignment with so why did I save him in the first place?

I vaguely remember that Baekhyun and Chanyeol are friends like really really close friends and Chanyeol might not be my friend but Baekhyun is and I know that Baekhyun would feel devastated if he finds out that Chanyeol got kicked out of our school. He was the one who persuaded Chanyeol to change schools since he's in a private one (put this on the list of the things I know about Park.) and I might just add it here that Yifan and Chanyeol are the stars in our basketball team. Their teamwork in the court is really something and getting him out of the team might ruin our chances for the State Championship.

But still, even for myself, it sounded dumb, which should not be a surprise since I'd been doing dumb things for half my life. But really, I don't even know him personally and as I list this up on my mind, it feels so stupid. Why did I even bother to save him? We're not close!

We were both quiet as the janitor gave us the cleaning materials. He glanced my way once but I can't be sure, maybe he just found something behind me so I ignore it.

He opened the door and waited for me to come in, much to my surprise. I scrambled inside in an unflattering manner, I must have blushed at that. I don't know if he saw.

I got to the right, he go to the left. We left each other as we cleaned our area. I didn't know what to say so I kept my mouth shut and he probably didn't have anything to say either so he didn't say anything  either.

It was so quiet that my mind started wandering again.

I was in the middle of daydreaming and I was even humming to myself when I heard a pot breaking along with a big loud curse.

I winced at the sound but I ran over to his side of cleaning area. He was crouched low picking up the pieces of the pot, cursing again and again under his breath.

"Let me help." I said quietly, crouching low with him as I helped him pick up the pieces.

He cursed again, much to my discomfort. "Are we going to have a second detention because of this?" He suddenly asked. It was the first sentence he uttered to me ever since we got here.

I shrugged. "Probably not. They couldn't possible have all the pots around here counted up."

"I guess" he muttered.

I dumped the pot remnants on his dust bin and he put them in the trash while I cleaned up the soil scattered all over the floor.

"I can do that." He called over me. I stopped cleaning and let him do the job.

I watched him diligently cleaning the floor. And for some reason, I couldn't imagine him smoking, I mean just look at Park Chanyeol! I don't know him but he just doesn't seem like a kid who does illegal stuff especially in school.

I furrowed in eyebrows at the sudden thought. I was about to leave when he said,

"Hey"

I raised my eyebrows thinking what could he possibly want right now.