delivery girl

Ch.8

I skipped writing episode 8 and the beginning of 9 because I didn't find them necessary, but I'll still make sure the necessities are included.

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The day after Daniel's eventful shift at the convenience store, the goons felt that Jiho had officially been put back in his place and felt comfortable enough to make him get their lunch.

The small boy opted to finish his assigned task as quickly as possible as a way to distract himself from the pitying stares of his peers. After the cups, silverware and trays were set up perfectly, Jiho took a step back to admire his work.

'Whew, all done. When do I get to eat?' He thought to himself. Then suddenly, the air of the cafeteria began to buzz with excitement. 'There's something in the air.. Then obviously...' he turned around and saw Daniel's smiling face and Zoe draped over his arm. 'The new guy has come!'

Daniel tuned out Zoe's babbling when he caught sight of Jiho, 'Eh? The guy from last night?' He thought as he eyed the scrawny figure. After looking for long enough, Daniel had decided that yes, that was definitely the boy that he was forced to fight in his other body.

Jiho sweat-dropped as he watched Daniel make his way through the lunch time crowd, 'He's got quite the presence!'

He watched as Daniel smiled at him and waved and Zoe's facial expression dropped. 'Huh?'

The taller boy came closer and closer. 'He... I think he's coming up to me...'

Daniel finally deemed himself close enough to Jiho, and leaned down a bit so they were face to face. "Same class, right? Let's eat together." Daniel suggested with a charming smile.

'Good to meet you.' Daniel thought as he reintroduced himself to the smaller boy.

Jiho flinched back at Daniel's forwardness, 'Huh?'

People in the cafeteria began to whisper about the interaction between to two males in completely different places on the social hierarchy.

"What? Why him?"

"Crazy."

"Jealous~"

Later in the lunch period, Zack and his three goons were shocked to find an uncomfortable looking Jiho seated at the same table as Daniel and Zoe.

'Our patsy.. Why's he there?' Zack internally questioned as he watched Daniel try to make conversation with the unresponsive boy.

'Let's be friends!' Daniel thought, completely oblivious to the fact that Jiho was uncomfortable.

Zack gritted his teeth and huffed when he heard girls swooning about how Daniel was looking out for the weak.

"Must be looking out for him~"

"Heart of gold."

'Is he trying to make me look bad?' Zack wondered.

Zack tensed when he heard someone bring up a rather sensitive topic.

"Wow- Is it him?"

"The guy who took Zack down?"

"Haha, yep."

Zack growled and whipped around to see who was bringing the infamous fight up.

"He's pretty." Drawled a boy wearing sunglasses and a hat indoors.

"Wow, he's handsome!" The shorter guy to his left gasped.

'Vocal and Dance Department?! It's Vin Jin!'