The Close Strangers

t h i r t e e n

"Mark, you gotta see this thing, mate!" Felix exclaims in excited when he sees Mark once he comes into their classroom.

Mark looks up for a split seconds before continuing to play his game.

"Look!" Felix shows Mark his biggest smile after exclaimed for the second time in the past 30 seconds. This guy successfully caught not only Mark's attention but also their whole classmates.

Mark drops his phone, taking the brochure which Felix has been holding right in front of Mark's face to read it. He can see the "OPEN AUDITION" on the top of it.

As Mark reads the brochures, Felix climbs the long desk, sliding himself, before gets off the desk to sit properly on the chair beside Mark.

"So?" Felix asks as soon as Mark puts down the brochure with a bright smile on his face.

"Have you registered for yourself?" Mark asks Felix, receiving a headshake from the Australian guy.

Mark nods in satisfaction, knowing that his friend is obviously wanting to register themselves together.

"Let's do it after class," Mark says as he gives back the brochure, "Anyway, let's ask Channie to join. I think he has a big interest in dancing."

Mark continues his game, so Felix decides to do the same thing.

Not long after that, someone comes near Felix and Mark's desk. A girl hand suddenly blocks their views, distracting them from their activities.

Mark looks up, squinting his eyes in annoyance at the time his eyes meet Yuqi's eyes.

"So, I guess you guys are ready to join the dance club?" Yuqi asks as she brushes her hair which turns into straight today.

Felix only stares at her, secretly calming himself down because the girl in front of him has no idea how she accidentally caused Felix lost his game by blocking his view earlier.

"Hello?" Yuqi waves her hand in confusion since no one replies her, "Are you guys turning into a wall?"

Yuqi jumps in surprise when Felix suddenly shouts, "WONG XUXI! Your girl is disturbing us! Could you please take her away?"

Felix is supposed to talk only to Lucas, the one who just enters the classroom, but this guy successfully makes the whole class turning their heads and changes Yuqi and Lucas into the center of attention.

Lucas sighs loudly as some of the guys in class start to tease him. Since Lucas is easy going, he's close to every single person in this faculty and becomes so popular by then. The bad thing is he always becomes the center of attention everywhere which makes people know almost everything he does.

"So, you guys are officially dating now?"

"Lucas, I thought you were with Kim Doyeon though? I saw you take her home last night."

"China couple? Wow, that's cool, dude!"

Everyone keeps shouting, meanwhile, Felix and Mark are laughing out loud.

Those two guys immediately run away when they realize what Lucas is about to do to them. Mark runs towards the classroom door as Felix runs into the corner of the classroom, which is actually a very bad choice because the giant Lucas could catch him easily.

Now, the whole class is ready to watch the World War III, except for Yuqi who decides to go to the back row, listening to some music instead of listening to those guys fighting.

Mark laughs even loudly when Felix starts to shout in a high pitch tone as Lucas pinches his body here and there.

He's too busy laughing while watching the China guy bullying the Australian guy until he accidentally bumps into someone behind him.