rainbow boy - minsung

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"x=9" i answered after what seemed like hours of writing equation after equation. a sigh of relief escaped me when i was praised for giving the right answer. calc is hard, and i'm not sure how i do it. i look down to a messy desk of lead dust and eraser shavings along with a cramping hand from writing for so long. i gave a soft blow to my desktop to clear it of the residue.

"you overwork yourself too much, han jisung ." said a familiar face the next desk over. that's my name. han jisung. but i really just go by jisung... no one calls me my full name except for woojin when he's being sarcastic as he was now. i was lucky to have him in this class to talk to, he helped calm me down when i started to panic or go a bit over the top. we're in 10th grade. sophomores. this is period 4 pre calc, and luckily the last 45 minutes until lunch.

"i don't know why Iive been working so hard recently... normally I'll just sit here dumbfounded on what's happening but i actually understand now." i stated, confused but excited i was getting somewhere. "trust me..." woojin smirked" i know exactly why." i saw his gaze stare over my shoulder and i turned around. there she was...emma bang. dammit. forgot she was in this class. or well... i didn't . i mean you can't miss her. emma was always talking to her friend ,and my sister, kat in this class since she sat behind her. she has soft brown curls, light green eyes, an a smile that could make anyone's heart melt. everyone could agree, but it was me they agreed with. i like her.

"i still don't know why you don't talk to her. she's clearly returning something with you. the way she's always around the group and talking to you." woojin smiled now.

he thought we were the cutest thing yet i didn't even have the courage to ask for her number. she was chan's little sister too, so he would have to ask for his permission with everything. he knew about my interest in her, and was a bit shocked but didn't really mind. he just wanted what was best for her.

"she's chris's sister, you idiot. why wouldn't she be around us?" i fought back with. my cheeks burned now , and i wasn't gonna let woojin see. i folded my arms on my desk and buried my head in them , messing up my hair.

and just to my luck, the bell rang several seconds later. woojin quickly stood and gave me a pat on my back. "come on you big baby. we're gonna be late to meet the others." he chuckled.

i stood without worrying about my messy hair and quickly followed him out. a sea of your typical high school kids flooded the halls.

woojin and i had a routine in order to meet up with everyone for lunch on time. first, we went to our own lockers right beside each other. then we split to pick up hyunjin and minho. woojin would go left passed the music rooms to get hyunjin from dance and i'd go right to get minho from his biology.

woojin and i nodded and quickly rushed through the halls to meet our pick ups at their own lockers. the loud speaker went off before i could reach minho's locker though, calling several students to the office. ironically his name was one.

so i pulled over to take a breath. my palms were sweaty and hair still all over the place. i brushed it down with my fingers and turned to go to the lunch room.

there everyone gathered at our table. the second row, third table. chris had gotten changbin and jeongin, woojin sat across from hyunjin, and felix and seungmin we're in line to buy. minho and i always the ones to come last since his locker was a good walk away from both mine and the cafeteria.

the second i sat down everyone expected the bell to ring as normal. but since i didn't make the full walk to minho's locker there was about 20 seconds to spare. when it did ring,  felix and seungmin returned with the slop of cafeteria food on a plastic tray.

today the first to start the conversation was felix, normally it was chan or minho. "ok so let me ask you guys one more time... are we 100% sure I'm not going to die eating this? every time it's what's for lunch it scares me." he asked anxiously.

honestly i'd be scared of the muck, too. it was supposedly curry, but it looked like a bowl of mush. seungmin would just eat the snacks he got because he didn't wanna risk it at all.

"no, felix. it's contaminated. you're gonna die." changbin sarcastically stated to him.

"you're lucky i love you, binnie." he stated with a stare and burning cheeks.

as I was about to bite into my own food i felt a familiar presence and heard a soft voice join the conversation.

"you'll be fine, felix... not dying on my watch today."

it was minho. he gave a little laugh before looking around at everyone. "where have you been? it's been 10 minutes and felix hasn't stopped complaining about the food!" hyunjin hollered to him.

"i forgot my own lunch... my mom dropped it off for me. " minho stated embarrassed. "and let me guess... curry?" he smirked to felix.

his face was pale from running out of air with anxiety over the food that his freckles would clearly stand out. "maybe..." the aussie boy replied.

changbin found it kind of cute of course. they had been the bromance of the group. not dating or anything, just really cute together most of the time.

"y-you can sit next to me, minho. there's room right here." i offered as i patted an open spot between changbin and i. seungmin was on my other side, but he wouldn't move.

"sure, thanks ." minho replied with a soft smile. it always felt warmer with him around. he was the person i felt i could talk to the most.

"so. " minho began, the brown bag in his hands starting to unfold. "how are things with you and emma?" i blushed a bit at the question, hoping that wouldn't have been the topic.

"uh... were still the same. nothing really happened between us." i replied to my friend. emma and i were getting no where... and it was cause i was always nervous with making moves or confessing things or secrets.

"she's been hanging around you a lot recently though... what's up with that?" minho stated confused . i just shrugged and started to eat.

my head jolted up as a hand softly found its way on my thigh. it was minho. "i'll change the topic." he smiled softly to me with a whisper. his eyes moved from side to side thinking of something to tell me. i thought it would take a minute for him to think so i turned to eat again. my bite was interrupted by his thought though.

"i don't have anything to study for after school today... i can walk home with you if you want?" he offered. i felt better all of the sudden. "oh. yea..." i began. looking up to him with a wide and excited smile i continued. "yea! actually. that would be great, thanks." 

minho and i live next door to each other. ironically like in movies, our windows can see each other rooms too, so i often see him playing music and he's caught me dancing or singing... which is embarrassing as hell.

minho's handsome smile was his reply. it was kinda cute for some reason..? not sure why i thought that. i shook my head to rid the thought and finished up my lunch.

afterward i went up with jeongin and hyunjin to throw out my trash. i felt different now...way calmer and more awake then earlier. and normally i didn't feel this way.

i sat down next to minho and seungmin again and listened into the discussion. minho was talking of course, his stories were enjoyable and entertaining.

"well... if everyone is free tonight after school, i have a proposition. fire at my house at 7?" he asked everyone with a shrug. everyone was totally in ( including myself ). "that sounds great, minho. thanks for the invite!"

my body felt all tingly and warm again. and i liked it. paying attention to the feelings within my stomach distracted me from the bell ringing, seungmin had to shake me for my attention. quickly I grabbed my back pack and stood.

"see you later, ji." minho said as he patted my shoulder on his way out of the room. i couldn't find the words to reply due to how happy i was and just turned to watch him leave.

"see you later.." i whispered to myself. something just told me today is gonna be a good day.

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ah! and there we go. my first ever published chapter on here and honestly my first real creative writing piece?? im pretty excited! feel free to leave feed back. ill try to update once or twice a week maybe?