A Wish Upon a Star | Yeonbin ✓

XIV

Since the teacher had instructed them to sit with their partners, Yeonjun had wished luck to Soobin and had left to go sit with Taehyun. Though with Taehyun, Yeonjun had been glancing at Soobin every so often because Soobin had been looking worried and his partner hadn't yet gotten there. When Yoonho finally came and sat with Soobin, Yeonjun had seen the relief on Soobin's face and wasn't as concerned anymore, turning his focus to Taehyun and the project.

"Worried about Soobin?" Taehyun asked.

"Yeah"

"You guys wanted to partner up, I'm thinking?"

"Yeah. I mean, you wanted to be with Gyu too, right?"

"Yeah but it's alright. Beomgyu's practically friends with everyone so"

"Ah~"

"I'm worried about Soobin too though, really"

"Why?"

"Yoonho, that Yoonho can be troublesome. He's staring at you right now"

Yeonjun looked behind, first seeing that Soobin was looking worse than before and then locking eyes with Yoonho who just continued gazing at him with high interests.

"Seems like a creep, I hope he's not troubling Soobinnie," Yeonjun said with balled up fists.

Taehyun shot a glance at them, "Soobin looks really bad"

"Yeah, I think that Yoonho really is giving him a hard time."

Suddenly a clear loud voice was heard from across the room, "Crying are you, you little loser?"

Yeonjun and Taehyun, along with the whole class turned to the back of the class where the voice had come from. Soobin had his head covered by his arms and on the desk, Soobin was crying.

Yeonjun got up and made his way to the pair as Yoonho jeered at Soobin with various insults, "Wow, the ugly Choi really is crying. Guys! Look! What a baby!" Yoonho poked at Soobin and tried to wring Soobin's hands of off his face to see Soobin's crying face.

Just as Yeonjun was about to grab Yoonho's arms off of Soobin, Yoonho turned to face him, "Oh! Hi Yeonjunnie!" Yoonho greeted. Soobin slightly lifted his head at the mention of Yeonjun's name, tears still dripping from his eyes.

Yeonjun pushed Yoonho out of the way and went to Soobin, "Soobinnie? Are you alright? What happened?"

Soobin didn't answer, only scrunched his nose as more tears escaped his eyelids.

Yoonho turned to Yeonjun, "Yeonjunnie, what perfect timing! We were talking about you just now!"

Yeonjun suddenly froze, his mind jumping to various conclusions, "Soobin's crying because of me...?" he whispered, more to himself than to anyone else.

"I mean, c'mon Yeonjunnie, I just told him the truth about how he doesn't really need to be with you and everything but the little loser just started bawling his eyes out, he probab-"

Before Yoonho could finish his words, Yeonjun landed a strong punch on his face, "Maybe he is really crying because of me but you don't get to call him a loser. Get out of our business," Yeonjun snarled.

Soobin just stared at Yeonjun, terrified to see Yeonjun's burning anger for the first time.

Just then, the lunch bell rang.

"Stay away from Soobin, you bully," Yeonjun spat at Yoonho, grabbing Soobin by the wrist and pulling him away, out of the class.

Yoonho, covering his now sore cheek with a hand, only just said, "We all know you're wasting yourself on that pathetic loser, Choi Yeonjun."

Yeonjun walked out the class with no retort, his clutch on Soobin's wrist gentle but the anger building inside him strong.