The Bet (SF9 DaBin) ~ Book 1

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"Please don't come tomorrow morning. My father is driving me to school" Inseong sent to Jaeyoon before going to sleep, feeling uneasy as he thought back to his father's outburst and to what would happen if his father and Jaeyoon met. He turned his phone off, hoping the younger would just accept it and wouldn't show up the next morning. The whole night he had nightmares, fearing that his parents would find out that he wouldn't stop seeing Jaeyoon, he just couldn't. He liked him for so many years already, ever since they met. Inseong could exactly remember their first meeting and not long after he realized that he maybe liked him a bit too much.

"Class starting from today on you'll have a new classmate, Lee Jaeyoon. I expect you all to treat him nicely" the middle school teacher introduced a tall boy, making most of the girls immediately starting to whisper. Jaeyoon was slightly uncomfortable due to that, his nervousness increasing as he saw all of the disapproving faces from the male students. There was only one student who didn't even pay attention at all, instead writing something in his notebook.
"The Class President will show you around later. For now you can sit there" she said, pointing to an empty seat almost at the far end of the class.  He has always been a bit self-conscious so the whispers didn't help him at all, making him feel completely out of place while walking towards his assigned desk.

"Lee Jaeyoon, right? " a boy stopped in front of his desk at the beginning of their break, making him look directly at the one person who didn't care about his arrival.
"Ah yes" he replied nervously, surprised when the other boy brightly smiled at him.
"My name is Kim Inseong, I'm the Class President. Let's go have lunch".

It didn't take long for Inseong and Jaeyoon to grow closer, making it easier for Jaeyoon to adjust to everything in the school and not getting mocked too much. It was not hard to hear Jaeyoons heavy Busan dialect and most students weren't really fond of it, having trouble understanding him at times. To Inseong his dialect sounded lovely and interesting, it was exciting for him to hear the different dialect and learn it himself. It made Jaeyoon happy that his new friend wasn't judging him but wanting to learn it so he could understand him better and talk to him without him having to adjust. In Inseongs eyes it was fair for both of them to adjust, in school they were talking without dialect and out of school Inseong would show him at how much he improved. He didn't exactly know when or why he started falling in love with Jaeyoon. Maybe it was a combination of his dialect, dimples and kind personality or maybe it all started when they were growing up and the younger started working out. Inseong still had no idea, all he knew was that he was head over heels in love with the younger.

Sighing Inseong turned over in his bed, trying to finally fall asleep. He couldn't afford to be sleepy in class, he was the top student after all and failing even one exam wasn't acceptable. He had to give his all, his parents wouldn't accept him giving only 99%. He knew that Jaeyoon understood, he knew his parents and how much they expected of their only son. It was Jaeyoon, his sweet, kind and patient Jaeyoon. He could talk with him about everything and knew he would understand, he wanted him to know how much he struggled right now but he couldn't. His pride didn't allow him too and he never stood up to his parents, no matter what it was he would always listen to them in the end. This time he didn't want to give up this early, he needed Jaeyoon by his side but he also knew that his parents needed time. If he would force them to accept their relationship right now it would make everything worse. For now he could only hope that Jaeyoon would be patient enough.

It wasn't easy to fall asleep and when he woke up in the morning he still felt the exhaustion from the previous day. There wasn't much he could do about it so he just got ready, joining his parents at the table to eat enough in order to be able to concentrate.
"From now on I'll drive you to school and take you home as soon as your classes end. You won't see any of your friends before or after school, you'll study in your break and at home. Understood that?" his father announced during breakfast, his gaze hard on his son.
"Yes I understand father but I've scheduled a meeting with a coordinator today after school. The meeting ends at midnight."
"I'll be there at midnight then" he replied, finishing his breakfast. Inseong felt bad for lying to his parents but he needed to talk with Jaeyoon, it wouldn't be fair to just stay away from him after confessing. He already felt bad enough for writing him yesterday and then turning off his phone. For now he only hoped that luck was on his side and everything would work out for him.

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Instead of letting them all be happy I decide on adding more drama 🤦🏻‍♀️ Also I'm sorry for not updating in the past days but I was so busy working out and taking care of my horse 🤦🏻‍♀️