(JinHwi | PanWink) Started with a Dare

Chapter 1

Daehwi's POV

New school, new life. I feel a bit nervous while walking through the gates of the university. I don't know if it's right that I accepted this offer. Everybody in the university enters in a car. I think I am the only one who went to school, walking. I am amazed with the cars that pass by me. It comes in many different colours, sizes, styles and brands. Seeing this at the start of the day makes me more nervous. It makes me overthink of things that might happen as I start my life in this university.

Although I am a full scholar, I still worry about the expenses that I'll be spending in this school, not to mention the prices of the food that I just saw in the cafeteria. The price of one meal, is almost my whole daily allowance. I'll remember to bring packed snacks and lunch for the following days.

I thought I was familiar with this campus already since I was given a tour when I enrolled but I can't seem to find the room assigned for me. I've been thinking if I should just ask someone for help or just find it my self. It's almost time and I haven't found it yet. 

I saw a guy, I'll just ask him for help, he looks nice and I think it's safe to ask him.

"Uhmmm... hi" I greeted him

He was just staring at me.

"Can I ask for your help?" as I was talking to him, I noticed some devil glances and whispers from the students around us.

"Uhmmm... I am new here. I can't seem to find this room. Can you tell me where this is, please?" I was waiting for him to respond but he just walked pass me. How rude!

I sighed and tried looking for another person to ask. Before I could talk to the other student, I heard someone shouted, but not that loud.

"Are you coming or what?" I looked around and saw the guy I was talking to a while ago, looking at me with an annoyed face. More eyes are on me right now. What a day, Daehwi! What a day!

"I-I'm sorry. I thought you wouldn't help." I walked fast to reach where he is.

He stayed quiet while we are walking to where the room is located. I already saw the room. I was about to say thank you to him but he entered the room first. So, he's my classmate huh. I hope he's a kind one.

I walked inside the room and went near the guy.

"Uhmmm. Thank you for the help...Uhmmm.." I don't know what to call him

"Jinyoung" he said.

"Oh! Thank you Jinyoung. I'm Daehwi by the way." I thanked him then bowed.

I started to look for an available seat at the middle part but I failed in finding one. I ended up sitting near Jinyoung's table. Before taking a seat, our eyes met. I just gave him a small smile then looked away.

As our professor is teaching, I was bothered. I can feel that someone is looking at me. I don't want to look though since, I'm not the type of person who likes to interact with people, specially with super rich people, who's allowance is more than the total amount of money that I have in my bank account. I just told my self to just listen and focus in the discussion.

After 2 subjects, it was finally lunch time. I went straight to the cafeteria since I am so hungry. I only have $10 in my wallet at the moment. 

Ever since my parents passed away, I've been with my aunt who is a maid. She told me that the son of his boss goes to this school too. 

I've been doing part time jobs to contribute with the daily expenses at home.
Recently, I wasn't able to go to my job at the bubble tea house because I was busy arranging stuffs for my scholarship.

I check the menu and the only food that is under $10 is a sausage with rice which is $7 and a bottle of water which is $2. Atleast I have a dollar left in my wallet.

After buying, I couldn't find a place to sit. I've been looking around and saw Jinyoung again, he was staring at me again. I thought of going to where he is seated but I noticed that no one dared to sit next to him and the other guy who's been with him since our 1st class. I decided to seat at the staircase and eat my food there. After 3 bites, someone accidentally hit me. My tray fell, and so is the food that I am eating. I became the center of attraction again. Way to go Daehwi! This is not what I expect from you.

"I'm sorry, nerd! Hahahahaha" after that he went pass me and laughed with his friends.

I felt a bit teary-eyed since this is the first time that someone treats me like that. In addition to that, I was really really hungry. This is the first meal that I have for this day. I only had 3 spoonfuls and now, my food is gone.

I tried looking for money that might be inserted somewhere in my wallet but, I saw nothing.

I decided to endure my hunger and went to the library since I still have an hour vacant time. As I went to the library, I placed my things on one vacant table. I looked for reference books that I might need for the subjects that were tackled a while ago. It took me about 5-10 minutes after finding the books that I needed. As I went back to my table, there was a paper bag left there.

I checked what's inside the paper bag and saw food in it. It was my favorite too. It's been a while since I last ate fried chicken. It made me very happy but curious at the same time. Who would give me something like this? Maybe the person left it in a wrong table. I decided to close the paper bag again. Then, I saw a sticky note. "Sorry about what the guy did to you a while ago. Eat up! Don't starve yourself –BJ"

BJ? Who's BJ?

A smile grew again, knowing that the chicken was really for me. I went out of the library and ate the chicken near the school's garden where there are benches. After eating, I decided to go back to my room. I threw the garbage and kept the sticky note. My smile never disappeared while looking at the sticky note. It makes me feel that someone really cared for me.

I got into the classroom and saw a lot of my classmates are already there. While waiting for the professor, I kept on staring at the sticky note that I just received. As the professor arrived, I placed a kiss on the sticky note and kept it in the pocket in my chest area, close to my heart. I don't know why I did that but it really made me feel special.