"Annyeonghasaeyo!! Zhang Yixing imnida, but you can call me Lay. I hope I can get along with all of you, thank you! " the new boy greeted, flashing a dimple as he bowed.
The group of girls sitting at the front of the class started murmuring among themselves, swooning over Lay's charisma.
You rolled your eyes at the oblivious group of gossipers before going back to reading your novel.
"Lay, you can take a seat beside Ms. (y/n). (y/n), raise up your hand so Lay can see you! " your teacher instructed.
You then raised your right hand up absent-mindedly, still concentrating on your book.
Just then, a shadow was cast over your book and you looked up to lock gazes with Lay.
You raised an eyebrow at his odd behaviour but he just shook it off as he grinned at you before plopping down into the empty seat next to you.
"What are you reading? It seems interesting. "
You kept silent as you just flashed him the book cover, with the tittle on it.
"Harry Potter, huh. What's so good about the series anyway, " he wrinkled his nose in disgust.
You shot him a glare before ignoring him.
Arrogant people like him were not worth your time and effort.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry! I was just joking~ why aren't you talking to me? " he whined, grabbing your arm.
"Hands off me. "
"Playing hard to get, now are we? " he chuckled, shaking his head, clearly amused.
"..."
"Can we, perhaps, be friends? " he held his hand out, expecting you to shake it.
Instead, you slapped it away and ignored him.
And this continued for the rest of the school term.
You were usually really friendly to everyone, but you just had this weird feeling whenever he was around you, so you just decided to not acknowledge his presence.
While Lay, on the other hand, was hurt.
He saw that you conversed with all of your classmates willingly, but you only talked to him when your class needed to do pair work.
"(y/n)..." Lay suddenly spoke up when the both of you were doing your Math test.
You hummed in reply, turning your head slightly to face him.
He opened his mouth, as if to say something, but closed it again when your Math teacher walked past your desk. ( bc usually my teachers walk around the entire classroom everytime we have a test/exam haha )
"Nothing... " he mumbled.
You found his behaviour weird but decided to shake it off. It probably wasn't important anyway.
‹ time skip ; after school
"(y/n), I have something to tell you... Come with me to the school rooftop? " Lay fiddled with the hem of his school uniform.
Before you had a chance to reply, your brother suddenly ran up to you and grabbed your hand.
"Kaja! " he swung your hand back and forth, and dragged you to the school gate.
You looked back at Lay and saw that he looked crestfallen, heartbroken even, confusing you.
Your heart ached to see him like that but you were even more confused as to why you were behaving like this.
You were supposed to treat him like a stranger! Childish of you? Yes. But you needed those weird feelings you had around him to disappear.
For some reason, in the nest few days, Lay had been giving you the cold shoulder. It was as if the tables had turned.
One day, you couldn't take the awkward tension anymore so you went up to him and confronted the male.
"Lay, why haven't you been talking to me? Have I done something wrong..? " you locked gazes with him reluctantly.
"What the hell, (y/n). You were the one ignoring me in the first place however much I wanted to talk to you and be friends. I should be the one asking you that, " Lay rolled his eyes.
What..?
"I clearly tried talking to you over and over again, but you always ignored me. It's so annoying! I want to be closer with you. Why? Because I fell for you. I love you. But what's the point when you'll never ever notice me. Do you know how hurt I was?! And anyway you already have a boyfriend who's much more good-looking than me. I can see why. You're probably just embarrassed having to sit with a loser like me, righ- "
"W-wait... You l-love me? And what boyfriend? I don't have one... " you cut him off.
"Don't deny it! Remember when a guy, I think his name is Suho, held hands with yo- " his eyebrows furrowed the more he rambled on.
"He's my brother, Lay, " you chuckled.
Lay's expression softened as he stammered, "W-w-well, then, uhm, er, I'm, "
"I-i love you too. I kept avoiding you because I always had this weird feeling inside me whenever I was around you. It turned out to be love. I've never experienced it before, so the feeling was new to me. I-I'm so so so sorry for hurting you, I'm just so so so so sorry... I never knew y-you felt this way... " you felt really guilty of yourself.
If only you realised your feelings for him earlier, this wouldn't happen at all!
"S-so... " he fiddled with the hem of his untucked uniform.
"Are we official now? " you finished his question for him shyly.
"We are whatever you want us to b-be, " he blushed.
"We're official now then. "
