Pʟᴀʏ ᴏғ Aɴᴛᴏɴʏᴍs || 2Sᴇᴏᴋ

Act II, Scene 5

This day at school isn't presaging any changes. Everything is happening alongside wit the usual rhythm. A lesson, a break, a lesson, a break all over again for a few hours. Nothing special. Just another monotonous day, when you need to sit at your desk and try to learn from more or less interesting lesson. 

The biggest dream of many is the bell that will announce the end of the lasy class. 

SeokJin who is fighting with his heavy eyelids caused by another almost sleepless night, and trying not to fall asleep during classes, almost jumped when a deaf sound of the impact could be heard in the classroom. 

The whole talkative bevy at the back of the room, which is Jung and the pack, goes silent, knowing that this was supposed to mute them, but they don't feel ashamed of it. It is only a matter of time until they start to talk again, not caring about the lesson, because it is one of the easiest subjects. Well, it is how they feel it. 

JungGuk is already opening his mouth to as JiMin about something, when the teacher started to talk. 

"My dear, I know that this subject isn't interesting to you, but we have to do the core curriculum that we have. Believe me or not, if it was up to me, I wouldn't be here teaching you this. But I have to, and you have to study. I thought it would be a good idea to involve you into a project. You're going to work in pairs and together prepare a presentation for a drawn topic."

A buzz can be heard in the classroom, when everybody wants to be paired with person the like. The women smirks while looking at her students.

"But, but, but... Your partners also will be drawn. I will go through the class and give you numbers. People with the same number will work together."

Now the only sound that is going through the classroom are groans, paused by tapping of teacher's black heels. She walks from desk to desk giving away small leaves. 

"Professor Lee, what if someone doesn't wan to work with the person they drawn?" asks one of the students, while looking at SeokJin who tightly holds on a paper with "13" written on it. 

"You can't change your partner, and the work has to be done together or you won't pass. Not only the project but also the whole subject. And believe me, you'll need this note. Good, now you'll be rising your hands when I call for your number, I will write down who works with who. After this, you'll come here to draw the topic of your project."

That's how the next ten minutes passed, on calling and writing. Half asleep SeokJin listens, waiting for his number and he almost automatically rises up from his sit. Only when he stands nera the teacher's desk and his name is written on the list beside the name of his partner, he realizes with who he'll have to work. 

There is HoSeok, standing right next to him and holds a small box in his hand while taking a small paper from inside of it. The topic of their presentation.

"What do you have there? Show me." The teacher takes the paper from the older of the boys "Oh, very good topic. 'Mindsets of contemporary families. Closeness and indifference.' You can make it interesting. Both of you are clever boys, I'm sure you'll make it right."

Both of them only nod their heads and go back to their places. Jung is uncontented because he can't work with one of his friends, while Kim stresses himself out just thinking of the project together.

The rest of the class goes on continuing drawing and organizing everything. Everybody sighs with relief when the bell rings.

"Remember to give me the projects at the least after the winter break. You have two months to do this!" Tells the teacher before the flood of students appears on the school's corridors.