Boys in Blind Lights [**rewrite**]

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Being a morning person, Seokjin doesn't really find much difficulty in staying awake during class. 

What he does find difficult, is concentrating on the lecture when his phone won't stop vibrating in his pocket. 

He knows who it is, which is why he doesn't bother answering. Manager Ahn has been spamming him with messages all morning despite the fact that Seokjin had already told the guy yesterday that he had a morning class today and after this, he would have to rush home and change for his interview. If Lee PDnim wanted a meeting, then Manager Ahn would have to find a way to tell the CEO himself that he needs to reschedule. Seokjin was a bit tired of doing his job for him.

Eventually, he resorts to turning his cellphone off while the professor isn't looking. It is thanks to this that he's able to focus properly for the remainder of the class. 

The course over with, Seokjin quickly packs his things and rushes out the door with a quick bow to his professor. Behind him, he can hear the comments of his classmates; can hear how they make note on how Seokjin doesn't stay behind to socialize.

It's Seokjin's third week in and yes, he's aware he hasn't really taken the time to converse with his fellow classmates in any course but it isn't really because he doesn't want to, more like because he can't. 

For him, getting in was a miracle itself. But being able to fit in his courses in accordance to his company's schedule was an even bigger miracle. CEO Lee had been hesitant to let him start up university to begin with, but Seokjin wasn't going to let the opportunity pass. He knew how uncertain the future was and knew that studies were important. His mother always made a huge emphasis on it. 

Still, CEO Lee hadn't been too happy hearing that Seokjin had registered for his spring classes, but Seokjin had already made it made known that he wasn't going to continue working with Ant Hill after his contract ended. Juno didn't take this lightly, of course, and had brought it upon himself to give Seokjin more work around his classes. Extra interviews, extra photoshoots, extra variety shows to appear on. Anything to bleed Seokjin dry of his worth.

So, yes, his classmates could talk all they want for the moment, Seokjin will clear things up when he has the chance. He didn't like tense atmospheres and making people uncomfortable, so he'll speak to them when he doesn't have to run to an interview or anything of the like. He'll prove to them that he's not someone who thinks he's better than them just because he already works in the industry. If anything, he feels below them.

His classmates were all fresh, new, eager. Seokjin felt dried out. Most of them were around the same age but all so different. Seokjin felt like an old man sometimes, feeling too tired and just wanting rest all the time, but he'll never complain about it out loud. He knew he should be thankful for living his dream as young as he was.

Quickly (but cautiously), Seokjin drives down to his apartment. Isn't too worried about the noise he makes as he all but yanks the door open, knowing that Taehyung and Jimin must be awake by now. 

Previously, Seokjin had lived with his parents. They were all from Seoul so the commute from his house to school and his agency wasn't that big of a deal. 

Taehyung's family lives in Daegu, so Tae had been living in the company dorms for two years, until Seokjin got his own apartment. So now they were roommates. It wasn't much of a change. Despite living at the dorms, Taehyung had often gone and spent the night over at Seokjin's house. His parents loved him and frankly, Seokjin did too. He was like a little brother. One Seokjin didn't have since he was the youngest in his family.

"Morning Hyung!" Taehyung greets him from the couch when he steps into the foyer, toothy grin wide.

"Morning," Seokjin replies back. Was it really still morning? He checks the clock. 11:33 am, still morning and he already felt like he wanted nothing more than to throw himself back into bed. "Morning Jimin," he adds to the small boy sitting on the floor in front of Tae.