Boss • l.ty & w.yh

9

"-But I'm still more handsome than him right?" Jaemin asks you with puppy eyes, leaning closer to your face. You just scrunch your nose at him before pushing his face back by slapping your palm on his forehead.

"Whatever boosts your ego Nana" You say with a chuckle.

Right now, you, Jaemin and Chenle were in the cafeteria. Jaemin was seated beside you as Chenle sat in front of you both.

"So... does this mean that you're getting over 'him' " Chenle asks, wiggling his brows at you.

"Oh my God Chenle, Yukhei is just a new friend" You say with an eye roll "Who's also kind of an eye candy" You murmur.

"Speak of the devil and he shall appear" Jaemin says, clapping his hands for effect before shaking it as his arms were directed to the cafeteria entrance.

Yukhei had just walked in, eyes scanning the cafeteria as if he was looking for someone. And when his eyes locked with yours, he instantly smiled and walked towards you.

"Now look who's walking here" Jaemin says teasingly. "Should Chenle and I leave you two lovebirds alone?" Jaemin adds with that smile that every friend gives whenever their crush is around.

"Ew Nana. It's been, like, one day!" You say, scrunching your face once again. But your conversation is cut short when Yukhei is already standing in front of your table.

"Hey!" Yukhei says to you with a smile.

"Hey Yukhe-"

"Well y/n! It was nice chatting but-" Jaemin suddenly says, cutting you off and snapping you back to reality.

For a moment, as you looked at Yukhei, it felt as if you two were the only people in the room.

"-Chenle and I have some thesis to do so see you later!" Jaemin, then, grabs Chenle by the arm and runs out of the cafeteria.

"SECOND YEARS DONT HAVE THESIS YET YOU ASS!" You scream to Jaemin's retreating form.

Once Jaemin and Chenle are gone, you sigh.

"So the guy who just ditched me was Jaemin, and the guy he dragged along -if you don't already know- is Chenle... Those two dorks, plus a girl who is currently out of the country are my only actual friends in this school" you mutter to Yukhei, introducing the two idiots who were already gone.

"Well you guys are an odd bunch" Yukhei says with a chuckle, sitting down in front of you.

"Yeah we are" You mutter, resting your chin on the palm of your hand.

And it's silent for a moment until you sit up properly, flash Yukhei a smile and tell him that you two should get some lunch.

You quickly get up, head over to Yukhei's side of the table, grab his hand and walk towards where the food is.

"So Yukhei how's school for you so far?"

It's silent and you furrow your brows at Yukhei's lack of response so you look back to see him staring at your interlocked hands with wide eyes and a zoned out look.

You immediately stop walking and pull your hand away.

"Sorry if you don't like holding ha-"

"No... It's alright!" Yukhei quickly replies. "I just..." He trails off for a moment, thinking of how to explain himself.

"I'm not used to things like that" He says bashfully, scratching the back of his neck, cheeks a little red.

You stare at him in shock for a few seconds before bursting into a fit of giggles at his suddenly shy self. "Who knew that Wong Yukhei, the 'player' like transfer student doesn't do skinship" You tease.

"You're just too straight forward" He defends but you just hum in response and skip ahead.

After a few skips, you suddenly feel someone grab you by the arm before holding your hand in theirs, interlocking their fingers with yours.

Seconds later and that person is walking in front of you, now leading you to where the food is.

It's Yukhei.
And it's now your turn to be silent and stare at your interlocked hands.
Is this what he felt earlier?

Too zoned out, you didn't really hear Yukhei speak but you finally noticed him when he looked back at you with a smile.

"I said that I wasn't used to it, but that doesn't mean that I don't like it" he says with a chuckle.

You two finally line up for food and you don't know why but your mind is on anything else but food at the moment because your cheeks feel hot and your heart feels like it's about to ripped out of your chest. 

You hear Yukhei chuckle, probably noticing your red cheeks and you're grateful for the fact that he didn't tease you but shocked by your own actions.

Maybe you only feel this way because you haven't had a new guy friend in a while.

Yeah. That's probably why.

~~~~~

"Who do you like more, asshole, the guy who she never talks about, or this new Yukhei dude?" Jaemin asks Chenle, dragging the word 'or' as they watch the whole holding hands scene unfold from another table on the other side of the cafeteria.

"I don't know... " Chenle says, trailing off as he sees you all flustered with Yukhei chuckling at you.

"You know how y/n says that coincidences are never really coincidences" Chenle asks absentmindedly as he continues to blankly stare at you and Yukhei.

"Oh my God. Don't tell me that she influenced you as well?!" Jaemin asks with an eye roll before banging his head on the table.

"Well, even though she never told us who 'asshole' was, I'd still trust him more than some random pretty boy" Chenle replies, glaring at Yukhei. "He obviously has some plan" He adds in a joking manner.

Jaemin shoves Chenle a little. "Stop joking around! He could just be friendly"

Chenle glances at you and Yukhei for one last time and just hums in response to Jaemin's statement before they continue eating.