Should've Held Onto You (CHA EUNWOO)

5 - Driving

I was lab partners with Bin. I quickly realized he was not good at science.

"Ugh, this smells disgusting," Bin took a big whiff of the chemical we were working with.

"Bin-ah! You can't just go around sniffing chemicals! It could be harmful.. Seonsaengnim even said these can be irritants. Pabo, I don't want you getting hurt!" So I hit him.

"Yah! If you don't want me getting hurt, don't hit me! It's not my fault I have a good nose."

"Moonbin-ah, Miyeong-ah." Seonsaengnim looked at us with a warning glance, and we immediately quieted down.

We continued the experiment. Before I left, we were always like this. Bin was like a brother to me, and we often bickered, but not to the point where we were at all mad at each other, just friendly quarreling.

"Miyeong.." He sighed, looking down at me while the chemical mixture heated up to the right temperature.

"Mhm?"

He cleared his throat, seeming nervous. "Well.. ever since we were little, I've always-"

"Bin-ah!" I shrieked as a fire erupted from the test tube. He snapped around, catching sight of he flame before screaming at a high pitch and running away to the corner of the room.

I rolled my eyes (because he's so manly) and backed away from it. At this time, the teacher was already beside me with a fire extinguisher.

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"I can't believe you set the lab on fire," Sumi giggled as Dongmin, Bin, Minhyuk, and I followed her outside the school as class was dismissed for the day.

Bin defended himself, "I didn't set the whole lab on fire, just the test tube! And, besides, Miyeong was my lab partner, sooo..."

"So what?" I laughed. "You insisted on doing all the work to 'show me how it's done'; I didn't touch a thing."

He stuck out his tongue at me, and I responded, "You're so mature."

"Oh, I know."

"Oh, I'm sure you d-"

"Um, guys," Minhyuk nudged me, making me look at him quizzically. He nodded to all the people staring at us, and I blushed. He smiled, his eyes closing cutely. "Miyeong-ah," he wrapped an arm around my shoulder, "you're too cute!" He reached to pinch my cheeks, but I swatted his hand away. I heard people whispering, but I ignored it.

"Not today, Minhyuk!" I was slightly squished as he still had an arm around me, holding me against him.

Minhyuk put his other hand to his chest, pretending to be hurt. "Are we not close enough for you to call me oppa?"

Raising an eyebrow, I asked, "We're the same age, aren't we?"

"I give you permission to call me oppa."

"I didn't really ask."

"Come onnn."

"Rocky," Dongmin grinned, amused, "stop harassing the poor girl."

"I'm not-"

"Yah!" Myungjun was standing beside a car, JinJin smiled beside him. They were waving ferociously at us, and we made our way over to them. "Are Sumi and Miyeong joining us today?"

In confusion, I asked, "Joining you for what?"

Jinwoo grinned. These guys are always so happy. "We don't really have a practice tonight, but we're going in for an extra Astro practice day to get ahead. A lot of times Sumi tags along. You're welcome to come as well. In fact, it'd be pretty cool to get a second opinion. Oh! You could check out the cover of 'Uptown Funk' we're working on!"