fall. // yang jeongin

五

"you gotta take your time, you can do it."
—grow up; stray kids

‣ han gowon

me:
where you at

bent fork:
at library. ugh. i have a story for you. get some a bottle of tea from the vending machine pls.

me:
green tea as always?

bent fork:
just like kermit.

i quickly shoved my phone into my pocket and went to the vending machine. i took out some extra changes and got a green tea for ryewon, plus a milk tea for myself.

on the way to the library, i saw a boy running towards my direction. i barely avoided him as another guy chased him.

"JISUNG! GIVE ME BACK MY PHONE!"

"NEVER. UNLESS YOU PAY ME BACK FOR THE TWO BOOKS YOU BOUGHT WITH MY MONEY," jisung, i think, yelled across the hallway.

i silently walked away from the scene, judging those two in my head, and headed towards ryewon. surprisingly, she was holding a textbook, with a boy next to her.

"today after school then?"

"yep, thanks again."

"no problem."

he nodded at my presence, and left.

"what was that?" i asked as i put down my stuff and sat down.

she sighed, "apparently my grades are too low and mr. min is making jeongin tutor me. y'know, one of the guys i hung out with?"

"ohhhh. hey, that isn't too bad. i'll help you too if i can. tea, by the way," i swiftly passed it at her, but being the dumbass she is, she dropped it, making a huge 'thud' sound.

"SHHHHHH."

ryewon shrugged, and chugged down half the bottle in one go, "green tea is always relieving."

"but milk tea is better."

"you bent paperclip, did you forget that i'm lactose? no milk for me," she playfully glared at me, closing her textbook, "though i never take it seriously. i still drink milk tea at least twice a month."

"mood. oh, break is almost over. we should go to science," i looked at my phone and got up. science is the only class that we share. pretty sad, i know.

"right. but i need to go to my locker," she gently fixed her hair, obviously stressed out.

"hey, hey. life will be fine. i'll treat you lunch today, how about that?" i grinned at her while walking backwards.

she laughed and opened her locker, "yea sure. thanks-- oW WHAT THE HELL? JISUNG?"

jisung?

"sORRY. DON'T KILL ME. oh you're the girl i almost bumped into earlier. sorry about that," he jokingly stuck his tongue out.

ryewon sighed, "i'm studying with jeongin later after school. oh right, jisung, would you mind if gowon plays kirby with you guys? i told her that you have the game and she got really excited."

my eyes lit up, and i mentally thank ryewon, "cAN I PLEASE COME OVER? WE CAN BE BEST FRIENDS LOL. PRETTY PLEASE WITH A CHOERRY ON TOP?"

jisung laughed loudly, making everyone turn to us, judging.

"oops. sorry. also of course. changbin sucks at kirby somehow, and others are all going out. so why not? i found a new best friend guys!"

at that moment, i felt my heartbeat, and it was increasing faster than the speed of my grades dropping.

i have no idea what's going on. also fUk this is like gowon's love story instead. maybe i should make her the main character for the second book of stray kids series or summ.