Of awards and achievements

Of awards and achievements (final)

(Word count: exactly 4,400 words. Me too was amazed that it was an exact amount ㅋㅋㅋ)

*10 years ago*

A boy sits in the swing, staring at the children playing as he has no playmate. Little Jaemin felt jealous as he holds his red and blue toy car between his cute small hands.
"Why would no one play with me?"
He was in the verge of crying, he only ducked his head low looking at his cars. As tears start to fall from his eyes he saw two white shoes in his line of sight.
"Why are you crying?" The boy says.
"No one wants to play with me." Jaemin sobbed.
"Oh what nice toys cars you have there. Come play with me to the sand box! I have buckets and shovels." The boy smiles, his eyes forming into cute crescents.
"Really? You'll play with me?"
"Yes silly. Now stop crying and follow me." he laughed.
"Thank you very much!" Jaemin hugged the boy. The boy was taken aback. He felt a strange feeling. A strange feeling ramming inside his little heart. But what would he know? He was only a kid.
They played to their hearts' content and Jaemin knew that the boy's name was Lee Jeno. It was time to go home. Jeno's mom came to fetch him. And Jaemin was sad they couldn't play anymore.
"Let's play again tomorrow Nana!" Nana, he liked the nickname.
"Ok Jeno I'll wait for you!" As Jeno turned around Jaemin called him again.
"Wait! Here, take this blue car. It's yours now. Bring it tomorrow ok? Bye!" He leaned in for a quick peck to Jeno's chubby cheeks. Jeno was shocked, but still he was very happy.
"Byebye Jaemin-ah! See you again tomorrow!"
The next day, Jaemin waited at the swing again. He waited and waited but no Jeno came. He waited a little more, but still there was no sign of Lee Jeno. Jaemin cried that afternoon, clutching against his hands the red car.

*Present time*

"NA JAEMIN! Get out of there now why are you taking so long? It's first day of school come on!" Lee Donghyuck, Jaemin's best friend and neighbor for who knows how long banged on his room door. He had already done preparing as he was excited that it was the first day of school.
"Alright, alright I'm coming! Why are you excited? It would still be the same."
"I heard that there is a new student coming and some said that he's cute! It's your time to shine Jaemin! You should forget that Jeno boy whom you met for only a day and move on."
"I'm sorry, it's just that I was really heart broken that time. But still! No boyfriend for me!"
"For a person that smart and always on top, I'm sorry to say but you're kinda stupid."
"Shut up. Now let's go so that we wouldn't be late."
"Says the one who took too long to prepare."

The boys bid Jaemin's mom farewell, and they took the bus on their way to school. And they arrived to Neo academy. They were now in their senior year and they're here to welcome a new start.
They went to the bulletin board to see their sections. They were classmates still, but Jaemin was particularly distracted at the name below Donghyuck's it was Lee Jeno, he was the transfer student.
"Jaemin! We're still classmaaaates! After all these years we were never seperated. Were they that afraid that I'd prank them if we were to seperate? Jaemin?"
"Oh right. Haha."
"What's wrong why are you staring at the name lis- oh. It's Lee Jeno."
"Yeah."
"Are you sure he is THE Lee Jeno though? There are many Lee Jenos here in Korea."
"You're right. Let's go to class shall we?"

The boys went to their classroom which was in the fourth floor, and by the time they arrived they were catching their breaths. They took the seats in the middle of the room but the closest to the window. They only talked to their classmates telling them their experiences on vacation while waiting for their teacher. Their teacher, Mr. Kim who has cute bunny teeth arrived and the students went back to their seats whispering to each other.
"Alright class, good morning! I welcome you to a new school year. I hope we would have fun this year as you're all seniors now. Let's make this one memorable! But for now let me brief you to our new grading system. This yea-" a knock on the door was heard.
"Come in. Oh you must be the new student. You're late though. Please introduce yourself."
Jaemin couldn't say anything. He still looked the same after all these years. More handsome even. Donghyuck just looked at the awestruck lad.
"Good morning sir I'm sorry I'm late. I was lost. Good morning everyone my name is Lee Jeno, 17 years old. Please take care of me." He plainly said.
"Ok you may find your seat now."
Jaemin can't help staring at him and as Jeno approached he was ready to greet the latter, and as he was about to smile, Jeno only passed by him. His smile dropped, and he only looked at the teacher who was discussing in front.