bad boy and the nerd| seongjoong

two

"oh my god, yunho, shut up!" seonghwa exclaims, rolling his eyes, as he gets out of the car.

"i just want to know," yunho whines. "did you have sex with hongjoong or not? a simple yes or no question."

"why do you wanna know?" seonghwa mutters as he walks toward the front door of his house.

"because it'd be the first time you've ever gotten with someone."

"not the first time."

"oh. right."

seonghwa rolls his eyes again, opening the front door. he lives alone. well, for now. his parents are both on a business trip, and they won't return until next month. or year. seonghwa doesn't really pay attention to what they say.

"you're lucky you can live alone with no siblings," yunho grumbles, and seonghwa is glad he drops the subject of him and hongjoong. "living with them is plain torture. especially with no parents around."

seonghwa giggles. "hehe. you hungry?"

"not really."

seonghwa nods, and plops down on the couch, grabbing his backpack. "let's get started with homework, then."

with a sigh, yunho nods and sits down next to seonghwa.

--

the next morning, seonghwa wakes up to his phone ringing. he is alone since yunho had to go home around four p.m. to take care of his younger siblings. seonghwa didn't really mind and continued his day as normal. and of course, a certain silver-haired male totally didn't cross his mind.

seonghwa groans, opens his eyes and pats his nightstand for his phone. he finds it and grimaces at the bright light shining on his face. he swipes the green answer button, his vision too blurry for him to look at the caller id.

"hello?"

"hey, sweetie," his mother's voice greets on the other line. "did i wake you up?"

"no," seonghwa lies. "why are you calling?"

"i just wanted to check up on you," his mother replies. "is everything okay? you haven't burned the house down, right?"

seonghwa laughs. "no, mom. you have nothing to worry about. i am very responsible."

"sure." his mom doesn't really believe him. "well, i just called to say hi. have a good day, sweetie. love you."

"okay, mom." seonghwa hangs up, throwing his phone to the side, as he rubs his eyes to get rid of the sleepiness in them. he gets up, his lower back aching a bit, but he can manage. he goes to the bathroom, washes his face, and changes before he walks downstairs. as seonghwa arrives into the kitchen, his phone starts ringing, and he sighs, taking the device out, and checks the caller id: yunho. "what do you want, jeong?" he says.

"is that a way to greet your best friend?" yunho gasps, sounding offended.

"yes," seonghwa jokes. "but for real. why are you calling?"

"i can't make it to school today," yunho replies. "suyeon got sick, and my mom's making me take care of her."

"it's fine," seonghwa assures. he's gotten to use it. yunho always has to take care of his siblings, so sometimes he can't make it to school, and seonghwa gets his homework for him, so it's fine. days like these, he walks to school alone.

"okay. thanks for understanding again, hyung."

"yeah, yeah. bye, you hoe."

yunho laughs. "bye, hyung."

seonghwa releases a small laugh before he sighs. he finishes his breakfast, before heading toward the bathroom to brush his teeth. he gets the rest of his stuff, before heading out of his house.

seonghwa starts walking toward his school, which is only ten minutes away walking. five minutes in walking, he hears footsteps behind him and grows paranoid. he speeds up his pace, but the footsteps hurry up as well. seonghwa bites his bottom lip and decides to turn around to see who it is. he sighs in relief once he sees hongjoong.

"don't scare me like that, you bitch," seonghwa scowls, making hongjoong laugh as he swings his arm around his shoulder.

"it was fun getting you so scared," hongjoong snickers. "but honestly, you should already know it's me, park. i've been doing this for over a year now."

seonghwa rolls his eyes. "whatever. you know how scared i can get."

"scaredy-cat," hongjoong smirks, and seonghwa smacks his chest.

"how did everything go with yong-sun yesterday?" seonghwa asks, trying to make light conversation.

hongjoong shrugs. "it went okay. why? you wanna hear the details of how we fucked?"

"no," seonghwa immediately replies, feeling his face burning. "geez. why are you always so dirty-minded?"

"who knows?" hongjoong says, and seonghwa rolls his eyes at him.

they soon arrive at their school and separate from each other, hongjoong pushing seonghwa as he passes by him. seonghwa just ignores him and walks toward his locker to get his stuff.

as he opens it, the locker next to his opens as well, and seonghwa glances next to him. ironically or not, yong-sun's locker is right next to his, but they never talk. yong-sun is a popular beautiful girl, whilst seonghwa is just an ugly boring nerd.

(his words.)

seonghwa glances at yong-sun. her blonde hair cascades down her back, the ends in loose curls, and seonghwa looks at her neck. there is makeup on it—you can see it almost immediately—and seonghwa feels his heart drop. she and hongjoong did have sex after all.

don't be sad about that, park. it's hongjoong. of course, they had sex, seonghwa scolds himself, slamming his locker closed. the sound startles yong-sun, and seonghwa smiles at her apologetically, before walking away.

--

when lunch starts, seonghwa has no one to sit with. he is only friends with yunho, and only trusts him. he doesn't really care enough to make new friends, but he should since yunho is going to be pretty busy taking care of his siblings. sighing, seonghwa skims the lunch tables, before he finds a table with only a brown-haired male sitting there alone.

taking a deep breath, seonghwa heads over toward the table.

seonghwa slowly sits down in case he startles the male, and when the brunette notices there is someone else, he looks up, smiling at seonghwa.

"hi," he greets, a soft smile on his face. "i'm park seonghwa."

the brunette smiles back. "i'm kang yeosang."