FAKE & TRUE.

Chapter 7: The more you know.

⤻ HWANG HYUNJIN.

Yang Jeongin didn't come today, was it because of yesterday? Hyunjin rests his face on his hand, eyes stuck on the empty seat. Hyunjin could care less, but he was curious. "-What about you Hyunjin?" Jisung asks Hyunjin, disrupting the brunette from his thoughts. "What?" He makes two of his friends sigh, head hung low. "Never mind. What's got you all distracted?" Jisung asks, head tilting. Hyunjin shrugs, huffing out of his nose.

"Do you guys know anything about Yang Jeongin?" Jisung and Felix look at each other, eyebrows quirking up. "Who's that? I don't think I've ever heard of that person. Is he from school?" Felix asks, making Hyunjin sigh. "He is from school. His seat is right there." Hyunjin points at the empty seat pushed against the window.

"Ah~ him! I don't know about him, he may be mute." Jisung points a finger on his chin, pretending to think. "And why? Don't tell me you're going after boys now that you've basically done the whole population of girls." Jisung jokes, a playful smile on his lips. "No. It's just that I falsely accused him of stealing my phone, yet he didn't accept my apology."- "Hwang Hyunjin apologising? HAHA!"

Hyunjin runs his hand through his locks, keeping one hand warmly snugged in his pocket. The weather's getting colder, they should be able to change into the winter uniforms soon. "Though, I think I've heard Yang Jeongin's name before. My sister used to go to his old school I think." Jisung says, Hyunjin's ears perk at the mention of the name. "Really? What'd you hear?" Felix wraps an arm around Jisung's frail shoulders.

"My sister said that he was actually sociable once, he had a best friend and at one point began to grab the attention of the seniors because of how he had really fit that 'little brother' position. Then, some big incident happened and he transferred and lost his old self. Seems pretty strange. Not sure if it's him though." Hyunjin felt small after hearing Jisung's words, like he had shrunk and that everything else around him was huge. "But, it could be my sister creating fake drama." Jisung broke into a smile, patting Hyunjin's shoulder, because the latter had stopped in his tracks. "I think you freaked out Hyunjin." Felix informed Jisung, cackling.

The story Jisung had told kept Hyunjin awake. He couldn't nap to get rid of his lingering thoughts or mess around with girls, the story just made him more curious about the boy, there was so many unanswered questions. What was the incident? Somehow, he wanted to imagine Yang Jeongin chirpy and less-emotionless than now.