CRUSH; wang kunhang

第三集

friends

  "hey, i guess we go to the same school," i said, as we both parked our bikes in the school's parking lot.

  "yep, and i guess we'll be seeing each other more often than expected," he said, smiling brightly. damn, he has one brilliant smile.

  "well, i'll be off now, see you around hendery," i said awkwardly, turning around and waving.

  i could hear his cute little chuckle fade as i walked towards my class.

  i looked around, and everyone seem to have already made their own friend groups. i hated transferring in the middle of a school term, everyone already gets along well and i'll be treated like an outsider. not to mention, my korean isn't very good as well.

  i quickly took an empty seat near the middle of the classroom, since i could see the chalkboard clearly. i begun to notice a few stares from everyone but i tried to ignore it. i took out my book and a pencil and revised a little bit on the material i missed out on. 

  "good morning class, we have a new student, ying yue. please take care of her and treat her nicely. now we continue with the class..." the teacher said boringly. i coughed a little before continuing to study.

  i took some time to look through the classroom.

  the windows looked quite fresh, and a bright coat of beige paint smoothly laced around the walls of the spacious room. a display board, featuring an array of students' top work in the near end. practice books, folders and stationary was lined along the chestnut wood table against the wall.

  my classmates all chatted with each other and sneakily passed notes to each other. i just sat quietly with a highlighter in my hand.

  i sighed, thinking how i could make friends here when everyone's group seemed full already. lessons passed by in a flash and lunch came. i quickly packed my bags and found a table to sit at. i simply picked a table, not realising there was already a bag reserving it. i marched onto the food counter and got my meal.

  cautiously, i walked back to the table with a tray on my hand, only to find out there were four students already sitting down, they spared me some glances as i apologised profusely and carried my bag.

  "oh no, it's fine! the other tables are already full, just sit here with us," a soft voice called out. i looked up and saw a girl student smiling at me. i stared at her friends for approval, and they just nodded. 

  i thanked them and placed my bag down, putting my tray on the table. 

  "by the way, my name is haneul and this is jae eun, yangyang and xiaojun. i've never seen you around before," haneul introduced.

  "oh, yeah. today is my first day, i'm yingyue, or river. i transferred here from hong kong, i'm from class 9N," i said, bowing.

  "aw, you're so cute! also you don't have to be that formal, we're friends now right?" xiaojun said. friend, that's a nice word. i nodded and smiled happily.

  "hello, what did i miss?" i heard a familiar voice say.

  hendery walked towards the table and took a seat.

  "oh, also this is hendery, he transferred from macau last year! hendery, this is―" jae eun got cut off by me and hendery saying, "we've already met." jae eun looked shocked so i explained, "we're neighbors." 

  "i see you've made friends already, quite fast for your first day here," he said smiling at me. "yep. i'm not that antisocial," i pretended to be hurt by his comment. 

  "since we all are friends here, you wouldn't mind me telling them about how you thought i was followi―" he exclaimed loudly, before i covered his mouth. 

  then the situation began to feel awkward, the both of us becoming a blushing mess while everyone looked confused and smirking.

  "haha, let's forget that ever happened."

  "whatever you say, stalker."