Then There's Us. [ Hyunsung ]

4

Inside the noisy class, none of the students paid attention to the squirrel like guy who was sitting quietly in his seat. None of them bothered to ask him why he was absent and it seemed like he didn't want anybody to ask him either. He had both of his earphones plugged in his ears. Just what kind of song was he listening to? Why was he always alone? Nobody wanted to know that....perhaps but someone was actually staring at him rather intensely.

Hyunjin who was sitting behind Jisung just stared at him. He couldn't help but stare. He wondered if this was the same person he saw yesterday. Talking about yesterday, he wasn't able to meet Jisung but he did meet Jisung's mother. She looked exactly like Jisung but a female version of him. Hyunjin would not lie about this. Jisung's mother was a real stunner and it runs through the blood. If not, where would Jisung get such a good looking face from? What? Even Hyunjin admit that Jisung was good looking.

Albeit not meeting with Jisung, he did saw Jisung. When Jisung's mother told him that Jisung wasn't home, he was a tidbit relieved since he was socially awkward with people who don't talk much although he did bothered Jisung a lot. He was walking back home when he heard the kids in the neighbourhood laughing. Hyunjin didn't have much interest about them. He knew that there was a playground just ahead of him since he used to live in this neighbourhood. As a child, he often went to the playground.

Thud

Hyunjin stared down at his feet and saw a rubber ball. He picked the ball up and stared ahead where he saw a kid estimated at the age of 5 to 6 running towards him. He frowned. Such a small kid but his parents weren't with him. "Big brother! That's mine!" He said while reaching his hands upwards. He made a cute gesture that was able to grab anyone's heart. Hyunjin smiled and patted the kid's head. "Here" he said.

"Thank you" the kid was really well mannered for a 5 years old. "Kid, where is your mom?" Hyunjin asked while crouching down. The kid blinked a few times before saying. "Mom is not here anymore" hyunjin felt like he had asked a sensitive question but he stopped himself from feeling guilty when the kid continued "mom is at the market...there's a big sale...is what dad said"

"Then did you come with your dad?" The kid shook his head. "Dad had to go back to work...the big boss called him!" The kid emphasized by spreading his arms to show how big this big boss was. "Then with whom did you come with?"

The kid pointed at the playground ahead of them. "With big brother squirrel!" Hyunjin raised an eyebrow. Squirrel? "I always come with big brother squirrel because he is kind! He always bring us to play at the playground! Or tell stories! He is a cool big brother!"

"Say, are you a cool big brother too?" The kid asked with shining eyes filled with admiration. Hyunjin dryly laughed. "Yeah, I'm a cool big brother too... I think." Hyunjin said when the kid suddenly grabbed his hand and dragged him to the playground. "Then, you should meet with big brother squirrel! Cool brothers should hangout with each other!" He said when they arrived a few feet's in front of the playground.

What he saw a the playground wasn't surprising, it was the usual kids people would see at the playground but what he didn't expect was none of the kids there brought their parents and what surprised him more was that the one accompanying them and the one called big brother squirrel was the guy who sat in front of him in the class. "Big brother squir-" hyunjin immediately covered the boy's mouth. " hey, is that your mom? " hyunjin said when he saw a lady in her 30's carrying a shopping bag. Since the lady was also holding other plastics, he guessed that she was back from the market. The kid smiled and nodded before running to his mother.

After the kid and his mother walked away, he gazed back at the figure sitting on the slide. Hyunjin felt something warm inside him when he saw the always stern face guy smiling and laughing to those kids. Oh...so, even he can even make that kind of expression. Hyunjin thought as he unconsciously smiled at Jisung. That made him wanted to tease Jisung again. "I wonder if he would make any other expression"

He widened his eyes once he realized that he was smiling at the raven haired guy. He quickly fixed his bag on his shoulders and walked away, not turning back even once, afraid that he would unconsciously smile again. He shook his head a couple of time. How stupid...he thought.
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Hyunjin didn't know whether Jisung came to school again because of him or not but considering that he didn't even see Jisung face to face, it couldn't be because of him.

Instead of that, he was more curious as to why Jisung didn't come to school. He leaned his chin against his palm and stared at Jisung again. It had been a habit to stare at Jisung whenever he had the time and the others didn't seem to notice it and hopefully Jisung wouldn't. If not, Jisung would be very terrified knowing that a psychopath was staring at him so intensely.

Clatter

Hyunjin lifted his head from his palm when he saw Jisung standing up from his seat. He stared at Jisung as the raven haired guy walked away from the class. Hyunjin stared at the clock hanging just above the whiteboard and frowned. It was 6:36 in the morning and the first period start at 6:40. Did I stare too much? Hyunjin asked himself, wondering if he was the cause of Jisung sudden leave. He shook his head. He was over thinking about it.

"Hyunjin! See my cat just gave birth!" Hyunjin raised an eyebrow when the girl sitting beside him tapped his shoulder and shoved her phone towards his face. Hyunjin took the phone and smiled. "They're cute"

"So, you like cats too!?" The girl asked and Hyunjin nodded. "Yeah, they're cute" he said again as he stared at Jisung's seat. However, his words merely sounded nicer than what he really wanted to say. Would she be terrified if I tell her to scram?

"What about you show it to Minho hyung? He likes cats too"