Love Him, Not Me

01.

     It had already been a month since school had started and here I am, staring the boy that was sitting at the other end of the classroom. Unfortunately, I was a nobody in school while he was mister perfect, scoring perfectly at everything he does while can barely keep up my almost failing grades.

     I had been falling for him since last year but I never dared to confess my feelings to him because, well lets just face it. I bet he doesn't even like boys since he had always kept his eye on girls rather than other hot boys in our school. Plus, he was rich while I was just average. He had everything from fancy cars to huge houses while I just lived in a small apartment that had a small kitchen and two bedrooms.

     I had fallen for a guy that I had never spoken to because I never had a reason to since my seat was at the other end of where he was.

Oh and by now you are probably wondering who the boy is. Well its none other than the popular smart boy in school. Jaemin.

     While my mind was out in space and couldn't stop myself from smiling as I stared at him, a new teacher walked in.

"Good morning class I am Mr.Seo and I will be your new class teacher from now on because your previous teacher had ditched teaching and decided to be a stripper for some odd reason.": he said while looking through the class name list.

"Since its still the beginning of school, I will need to to switch your seating places in order for you to meet new friends or enemies, whichever one you like."

"Starting from Jeno, you will be sitting next to Donghyuck and.": he instructed everyone to change their places as I waited for my name to be called, crossing my fingers and somehow hoping to seat next to Jaemin.

"And last but not least, our schools most favourite student Na Jaemin with that Chinese boy over there who I don't remember your name."

     Once he said that, my heart stopped for a second before continuing to thump out of my chest. Is this real? Am I dreaming? Can someone give me a hard slap to my face and tell me its real?! Am I really going to sit next to THE Na Jaemin?! 

     I was snapped out of my thoughts when a text book was placed on the table beside me. I turned and my eyes almost popped out of my head when he showed me his classic pure boy smile.

     Once he put down his backpack and sat down in the seat beside me, he raised up his right hand.

"Hi I'm Jaemin, what's your name?": his hand waited in the air while I stare at him with my mouth slightly open.

"I- i'm Renjun.... H-Huang Renjun.": I cursed in my mind when I shuttered.

"Nice to meet you Renjun, I hope we can work along well with each other.": he said while shaking my hand.

"I hope so too.": I replied before Mr.Seo started his lesson.

After school:
     I happily walked out of the classroom and skipped to where my locker was. It was the best school day of my life since I finally got the chance to talk to Jaemin in almost two years. When I finished placed all my stuff in the locker, I was suddenly shoved against the locker. A hand then grabbed my shoulder, forcefully turning me around to face them even though I already knew who they were. It was none other than Calum and his two friends. Why does he always like to pick on me? I don't know.

"Hey small eyes. Where are you going with that ugly smile on your face?": he smirked.

"None of your business.": I replied harshly and instantly regretted it as he punched my jaw.

"I think we should rub that smile off your face. What do you think boys?": he asked the two as they nod in agreement.

"Alright then, lets release some stress.": he said before forcefully pushing my face onto the ground as three of them started kicking me everywhere.

     I covered my head and closed my eyes as they stepped and kicked me while laughing and calling me names.

"Stay strong Renjun, don't black out. You can do it!": I said to myself in my head as I braced the pain on my body.

     After what felt like an eternity, my bones felt broken and my body felt numb. My head was starting to throb as I felt dizzy but they soon stopped and walked away.

"We shall continue this tomorrow, don't miss us.": Calum laughed as he and the other two exited the school.

     I laid there on the cold floor for a few minutes until my sight went back to normal before painfully getting up back on my feet. I leaned against the locker for support and slowly picked up my bag that was on the floor before dragging myself out the school compound.

     The route to my small apartment wasn't too far away from the school so I would walk home everyday even if it rained because I don't have the money for transports like the bus or train. 

     About 5 minutes in the walk, a wishing fountain would be there beside a small coffee shop and every so often, some people would throw either a coin or an object that was important to them in the pool of water to make a wish.

     I never would have thought that I would do something as stupid as to make a wish to a fountain as I never believed that your wishes would actually come true but here I am, throwing a pendant that my grandma gave me when I was three in the fountain.

I stood in front of it and looked down at my own reflection before placing my hands together before closing my eyes.

"If you can hear me, I wish to find love and be happy with him for the rest of my life. He doesn't have to be tall, handsome and rich. I just want someone who is kind and generous even if he is poor and most importantly, love me for who I am.": I said in my head before sighing and walking away.

     Somehow, a part of me hoped that it would come true but the most part of me didn't and I didn't even know why I did that but I just ignored it and replaced my thoughts with moments of me talking with Jaemin.

But what he didn't know was that his wish was about to happen.