Collateral Love | Tao

Chapter 26

Sehun was back at school the next day, and was now ready to take everyone out in the top ten competition. He was in 13th.

Sehun handed me back my poem, "It's really good."

"Well, do you think I'll get a one hundred percent?"

"How am I supposed to know? I'm not grading it," Sehun shrugged, "It is better than mine though.

I read through it again.

We are the sun and the moon
We share the same sky
But can never be together
We can only chase each other in circles
And hope that one day we may see each other

"I really want to go to China, Sehun."

"I think your poem can get you there. I'm not sure mine about wanting a dog will."

"If it's important to you, maybe," The bell rang. I was so nervous.

Tao always looked so good, every time I walked into that classroom.

"Would anyone like to present their poems for extra credit?"

Jongin stood up, "I will!"

"The floor is yours."

Once Jongin was in front of the class I could sense his nervousness, "Uh, this is dedicated to Kyungsoo."

Jongdae stifled a laugh behind me. Jongin said he would show us that he was a good boyfriend, I guess him standing in front of the entire class and pronouncing things wrong was his way of doing so.

He finished with, "Uh, thank you," and a bow.

I could tell that everyone was trying to hold in their laughter, but Kyungsoo had a big smile plastered on his face, and I guess that was all that really mattered to Jongin.

"Uh, thank you for that, Jongin," Tao scratched his head, Jongin probably could've used that extra credit, "Anyone else?" He looked at me. No way in hell, "Okay, if nobody else is going to present, could everyone please pass their poems foreword?"

Oh god, my hands were getting clammy, I was so nervous for this to get graded. He passed out worksheets, it was similar to the worksheet we did the night before, so it wasn't too difficult for me. Our poems were graded and handed back by the time the bell rang. I wouldn't turn over my paper yet though. There was a message on the back too, but I was having a difficult time reading it.

"What did you get?" Sehun asked in the hallway.

"I haven't looked yet. What did you get?"

"I got an eighty percent, so yours must be like a hundred."

I flipped it over, Sehun was right. I jumped up and down, "Hells yes! That probably means I'm not failing anymore," I ran back into the classroom, "What's my grade, Mr. Huang?!"

Tao looked pleased with my excitement, "it's a seventy."

"C minus!" I smiled, "Two letter grades closer to Beijing!"

"That also puts you in 20th place."

"Three places closer to Beijing!" The first years that were coming into the classroom stared at me like I was a maniac. I high-fived Tao before jumping out of the room, I couldn't wait to tell my mom after school.