Heartbeat Or Break

《01》

Ming POV

So I was talking with Wayo or rather I was talking at Wayo, originally discussing an engineering topic that I had been talking about all of lunch, but I guess he wasn't very invested in the topic either way. However, this was before I realized his gaze was fixated on someone, who of course was P'Pha, our senior and Wayo's unrequited love for I've forgotten how long.

Well, actually I probably wouldn't of noticed his severe lack of attention, if it hadn't been for Wayo crashing into a random stack of empty cardboard boxes and him ending up at the bottom of the unorderly pile.

I could not resist laughing as he struggled to swim his way up through the boxes, attempting to look the least embarrassing he could in his predicament. I was about to help my troubled friend, but P'Pha's hand had already found its way to Wayo's and he was now pulling my best friend effortlessly out of the cardboard.

"Be more careful and look where you are going, shorty" he chuckled as he held a blushing Wayo in his arms and instead of replying, my friend timidly nodded.

Then I noticed that the friends of our upperclassman had accompanied P'Pha to the scene. I knew one of the two, specifically the one with black hair was called Beam as Wayo had mentioned his name recently. However I did not remember the name of the brunette standing before the scene and that only intrigued me to find out more about the boy as he looked familiar, but I couldn't place it.

"Alright lovebirds, let's not make a nest now" I said mockingly, winking at the couple stuck in their own world. Wayo realized and attempted to rid of the embrace and embarrassment by jumping away from his crush and almost falling again.

I noticed out of the corner of my eye that the brunette boy chuckled, elbowing the boy beside him while doing so. Then I experienced a sudden impulse so I turned to stare at the brunette and he stopped in his tracks of laughter and so going by my impulse, I winked at him and a blush spread across his face which ended at his ears as well as his friend, Beam using his elbow to jab him in the stomach, probably harder than intended as the brunette buckled into a smaller, more compressed position with his arms spread across his stomach.

Yo, being the caring soul he is, went up to the brunette asking if he was okay and trying to reassure the boy out of his hunched position.

"Aren't you supposed to be a med student" P'Pha mocked, clearly being playful, but ending up with his collar being tugged down to the brunettes height and released with what was probably a subtle whispered threat, but it was obvious that they were close.

It was also then, when I realized how short the brunette actually was as his head was just about above where my shoulders are, although he was clearly not as short as my very small best friend Yo, but like Yo, their height... or lack of, only adds to their charm. A certain charm, that doesn't strike you as handsome and masculine, but cute and precious.

I suddenly got the bright idea of asking P'Pha for his number. "P'Pha can you look after or rather babysit Yo when he not in my care? So give me your number" I said in a ever so slightly whiney voice with puppy dog eyes, even though it clearly wasn't necessary.

He made a move towards his pocket, pulled out a piece of paper and beckoned to his friends for a pen. "Do you have a pen? Also Yo try to stay out of trouble, short stuff" saying that while smiling, then he wrote down his number and handed it to me, which I saved the number on to my phone as 'Wayo's Lovesick Cure ;)', smirking as I did, even though I knew I would change it to something shorter later on. His number was obviously going to be passed on to Wayo, who at this point mysteriously still hadn't got his number. Then again it is probably due to his nervousness around P'Pha, so he probably just ended up staring at his face, after that running away from that same face, which he calls handsome everyday and dotes on every hour. Quite amusing I guess.

I grab hold of Yo and start tugging him along. I turned and waved goodbye to them all and quickly said "I can count on you Pha" before dragging Yo away from the canteen, deeper into the campus.

"Give me your phone" I demanded, holding out my hand expectantly. Yo nodded and fumbled around in his pocket for his phone and brought it out after a few minutes worth of waiting. I copied out Pha's number into his phone and saved his contact as 'Mr I love you Doctor <3'. I said "there" while absent mindedly handing his phone back.

To which he got excited, started fanboying and started repeating "MING, THANK YOU!" as if a mantra, an extremely hyper one apparently. I watched him, smiling at his radiating happiness for a while before my mind began to wander.

"Yo, who was the guy with P'Pha? You know right?" I asked honestly.

"Beam?"

"No the other boy, the brunette?"

"Good question, umm well I don't remember but I think his name begins with a 'K' maybe? Sorry I can't help more" helplessly he rubbed the back of his head.

"It's fine I'll just ask when I have the chance" we then headed back to our respective blocks to resume classes. However all of the class I spent wondering how to get the name and phone number of the med student that had captured my attention.

I mean he definitely wasn't going to crash into a load of cardboard boxes, where I scoop him up into my arms like prince charming, of course that scenario is reserved for Wayo, the only person capable of being so engrossed in staring at someone to do that. Also the boy, he seemed like the type I would want to tease to see his reaction. I continued to ponder and turns out the lecture had finished and I was the last one in the room, even the professor had left. So I grabbed my bag, slung it over my shoulder, before taking my phone out and texting Wayo to meet me at the dorm entrance. I hurried to my car to drive back to the dorm and formulate a plan to find out who the brunette is and how to introduce myself, without looking too handsome and killing him with my masculinity. Thinking this I winked even though no one was there, then felt kind of stupid for doing it, but who cares?

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Hi KatsuKitKat here
Trying to write at least 1000 words per chapter
It's failing (well not really as this chapter is over 1000 excluding AN)

Hope you enjoy and please tell me if you want me to continue this!
Fighting!