Disconnect || Lee Minhyuk

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Jung Soo Yi

i walked to the classroom with my abdomen hurting because i ran too quickly after seeing minhyuk approaching me and jooheon with a scary expression on his face.

"geez, why am i acting like this towards that guy? i didn't have to run, but why is he bothering me so much?" i frowned while rubbing my painful abdomen as i entered the classroom.

"right. but he's not even doing anything just yet. why is his presence like that? what an intimidating person..."

"he's probably talking to jooheon about me right now and cursing at me, telling him about how stupid and careless i was..."

i stopped on my tracks and allowed my crazy thoughts to flow in my mind like that.

"ah, i don't know anymore." i shook my head off of it and continued making my way to my seat.

but because i was absent-minded, i accidentally bumped myself on someone's table which caused the person's water jug to fall down on the floor.

because of me being clumsy out of the blue, i caught some of my classmates' attention which made me so embarassed.

"i'm so sorry!" i said as i bent down and reached towards the jug that rolled away on the floor.

"hey, you don't need to pick it up--" someone rushed towards me and spoke.

it was too late as i already had the jug in my hands. so, i looked up with my mouth slightly open and noticed that in front of me was actually shownu himself.

"... but thanks anyway." he showed a small smile.

"ohhh... " i reacted.

i quickly cleared my throat and brought myself to my senses.

"shownu, this was yours? i'm really sorry." i bowed and quickly examined his water jug, making sure there were no damages. afterwards, i dusted it off before handing it back to him.

"don't worry about it. the boys sometimes chase each other around the classroom too and then bump on my table. so as you see, it happens all the time to my water jug." he said.

"but that must be quite frustrating to have your jug fall down from your table all the time. i'll be careful next time." i said.

"haha, sure." he gave me a nod and put his water jug back on the table before going back to interact with his friends.

well soo yi, good things truly do come afterwards. i suddenly couldn't stop smiling as i sat down on my seat. because of that, i put my head down and made myself pull off a serious expression first before i brought my head back up.

i slowly turned back and attempted to watch shownu who was among his friends. however, he was apparently already in standing in a position that was facing my direction.

because of that, he suddenly was able to catch me looking at him that quickly.

i held my breath the moment he glanced up and met my eyes. i got so surprised but i managed to keep it in.

i slowly turned away, and as i did, i eventually released my breath out and exhaled it all away.

with that small interaction with shownu, now my day sure is complete!

Lee Minhyuk

jooheon and i walked together to our classroom, and upon arriving, i dropped down on my seat and ruffled my hair thinking about the incident that happened this morning.

"i thought it was just your resting face, but you really do look frustrated..? did anything wrong happen?" jooheon asked right away.

i messed my hair up once more and took a deep breath before turning to face jooheon who was on my side.