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5.3

I felt trapped. I was worried of what he was thinking. I wanted to chase after him and talk to him. But it wouldn't help the situation that just happened. I felt angry at Woojin, but at the same time I knew it wasn't his fault. He didn't know. He was only trying to help.

"Woojin, I need to go to the bathroom. You can go to class." I spoke softly, still distracted by Jinyoung. He removed his arm, which I hadn't noticed was still around me, and turned to me to give me a soft smile.

"Okay, I'll see you later." I nod as he walks away. I rush in the direction I saw Jinyoung walk off but the moment I turned the corner, he was no where in sight.

"Oh no." I mumble to myself and sigh. I walk towards my class in defeat. I don't wanna see Seongwoo after that situation but I know I have to go to class. I sat down and hoped to avoid interacting with anyone. But that soon failed when Minhyun came over to my desk.

"Are you usually here early?" I question him. He thought for a moment.

"Sometimes. You just don't pay attention because you're usually doing something else. I've even walked pass your desk before but you were talking to someone." I stare at him.

"Oh, I'm sorry then. It's not like I'm trying to ignore you or anything, I just genuinely don't see you." He chuckles.

"Maybe you need glasses." I shake my head.

"Nope. I just have a tendency of not being observant." He nods.

"I've kinda noticed." I jokingly punch his arm. In response he pretends to be in pain and we both laugh.

"It's up to you if you want to tell him or not. But you don't have to feel like you need to tell him." I sigh. I should tell him.

"Hey Minhyun..." I call softly, he quiets down his laughter and looks at me.

"Hmm?" He softly hums, acknowledging my call and waiting for me to continue.

"You want to know what's going on right?" His eyes widen for a moment.

"If you don't want to tell me it's fine you don't-"

"I'm willing to. I feel bad that you have to keep all these secrets but have no clue on what it's about. Also, this is something I have to start opening up about. It's good to get some practice before it gets to my brother." He nods.

"I'll tell you when we aren't around others. It'd feel more comfortable that way." He nods again. He clearly didn't know the reason but he accepted the condition I had set. He hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to do next. He then lightly pat my head.

"See you later." He spoke softly and walked off to his desk. After he walked back to his desk I remembered about Jinyoung. I need to talk to him.

"Seonmi, what happened with Seongwoo this morning?" Daniel cautiously asked as he approached my desk.

"You saw it?" He sighed and sat down at the desk in front of mine.

"Yeah. Is it true? Are you dating Woojin?" I shook my head.

"No, he's just took up the role as my protector. Mostly from Minho though. But now he's trying to help with the fan girls too. He's trying to help get them off my back. He's offered to pretend to be my boyfriend before but we never decided to do that." I saw Seongwoo walk into the class.

"Can you do me a favor?" He nods.

"Tell Seongwoo I'm sorry if I sounded harsh. I didn't mean to." He nods again.

"I'll tell him." He then gets up as the bell rings. I give him a soft smile and he does the same back as he walks over to his desk.

"Jinyoung...can we talk?" I softly ask. He nods. I pulled him to the side.

"Look, what you saw with Woojin, it's not what you think. We aren't dating. He was just helping because of the girls that like Seongwoo. You know how they are." He nods again.

"You don't have to explain anything. It's not like we're dating. You said you weren't ready and I respect that so you don't have to feel guilty for something like this if we aren't together." I nod.

"I know, but this is also a good time to inform you about the possibility of Woojin and I starting a fake relationship. That way you don't think I lied when I said I like you and that I'm not ready. I do like you. But, Woojin has offered that option to help me out with the fan girls to get them to leave me alone." I wait for Jinyoung to respond. He takes a moment, letting the words sink in.

"I like you too. If you think it'll work or that it's necessary then do it. If he can help you then let him. Don't worry about me but I'm happy you told me." He softly but quickly pulled me into a hug, gently holding my head against him. I wrapped my arms around his torso. We didn't stay like that for too long in hopes of preventing another rumor.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow." He says. I nod.

"See you tomorrow." I wave as he walks away. I wait for Seonho in the usual area so we could walk home together.

<A/N> Aye! It's a double update! Hope you enjoyed! I asked on my wall but I'll also ask here: Would anyone be interested in a trailer/preview chapter for the next book I'm publishing?

I won't officially start the book until I finish or start approaching the end of this book but I kinda want to post it to see the reaction of it to get a sense if anyone will actually be interested in it or not. If 5-10 people say they would like for me to publish the small chapter, then I will.

It's a stray kids book and the lead male won't be obvious in the beginning (hopefully) and it's kind of set in 2015. When 2000-1998 liners would be in high school with 1998 liners being seniors. I changed the ages of some of the members but not too drastically. I've been kinda working on it since like the summer or the end of spring. But anyways, I'll see everyone in the next chapter! Bye! <A/N>