nerds | hwang minhyun ft. wannaone

III

"Hwang Minhyun? Don't even think about getting close to him" Jenny said as she sipped her Iced Americano. And no, we're not at Minhyun's cafe, we're at the local Starbucks. Jenny decided to treat us out of the blue so why not.

"Why?" I asked.

"Here's the thing, even if you managed to get close to him, you'll be nothing but his study buddy, that's it. I heard that he's pretty nice at first, but the girls that confessed to him either get rejected harshly or is friendzoned" Sewon said, earning a "Damn" from Hana. That's the thing that i both like and hate from Sewon, she is damn straightforward.

"He never dated before? Like, at all?" I asked out of curiosity.

"He's Rachel's ex btw" Sewon continued. I almost choked on my drink.

"Rachel? Choi Rachel?" i asked, making sure that we're talking about the right Rachel, as there are like, what? 5 Rachels in our year alone.

"How on earth a guy like him get a girl like Rachel?" Jenny asked, out of curiosity.

"Don't you know? Rachel practically bullied every girl in the class who spoke to Minhyun only after he broke with her, a year ago." Hana said.

"What a freak" I replied with a dissapointed-but-not-surprised kind of look.

"Before you two asked why, it is because she was caught cheating with Seongwoo" Sewon continued. 

"How do you two know all about this?" I asked, wondering how these two knew basically everything about Minhyun and Rachel's relationship.

"Its because both you and Jenny never kept up with any of the gossips in the school" Hana said.

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"Hey Jihye, do you have 5000 won?" Rachel asked as she slammed my desk. I opened my earphones unwillingly and replied, "Uh.. Nope. Why would you want it anyways?" 

"Chill i'm just asking" she replies with a mischievous smirk on her face. This is not right. Something's fishy.

Not long after, the bell rung. I glanced at my schedule. Economics; one of my faves. Jenny and I were finishing up our assignment when a paper ball hit the back of my head, followed by some small giggles. I immediately turn my head to the back and saw Rachel hifive-ing her friend. I knew something was fishy. What a bitch

Jenny and I tried our best to concentrate for more than 2 hours while half a dozen girls kept on throwing paper balls to our heads. Jenny was this close to shouting at them several times, but the others always stopped her and calmed her down.

Recess finally came around and as the teacher went out of the classroom, so did Jenny and I. That is, before we were blocked by 5 or so kids standing on the doorway.

"The fuck do you want?" i asked with a high voice.

"Get away from him" Rachel replied.

I smiled and said "I ain't even that close to him"

"It doesn't seem like you both are together anyways" Jenny added.

"Well if you'll excuse us, we have some business to attend to" Sewon said, appearing out of nowhere along with Hana. She pulled both of us through the crowd that is standing in front of the classroom door.

The four of us went to the rooftop garden, where we can eat and do our shits without half a dozen girls screaming in front of our faces. Even though we live in a huge metropolitan city, the air is still kind of fresh. The skies were full of clouds, the winds were strong and so was the smell of the flowers that were present in the rooftop garden.

I ran to the railings, climbed on it and shouted. A sense of relief came to my heart. My throat wasn't as heavy as it was before. A drop of tear fell on my face. 1 year. 1 year and i'm out of this hell-hole.

"I don’t give a shit I don’t give a fuck"
All those words, those words are said to hide my weak self.

Not even a year ago, i wasn't even brave enough to lift my head up against Rachel and her friends.