How 21 Students Saved the World

10 - All these Classrooms and No Learning

For the 130th time, Mark threw the ball on the floor, which bounced against the wall and came back to him.

For the 131st time, Mark threw the ball on the floor, which bounced against the wall and came back to him.

For the 132nd time, Mark threw the ball on the floor, which bounced against the wall and-

"Can you stop playing with Mr. Park's ball that you found," Haechan said, lifting his head from the floor where he was lying down. "You're giving me anxiety."

"There's a first to everything," Mark said. For the 133rd time, Mark threw the ball on the floor, which bounced against the-

It did not bounce against the wall, as there was a slight tremble.

"Great, no WiFi, not light, a creepy person outside and NOW an earthquake??" Haechan yelled, getting off the ground and walking towards the door. "You know what? Thank you Mark for being the best friend ever but I'd rather die sooner than later, buh by-"

"Are you fucking stupid??" Mark screamed at his crush, pulling him away from the door. The creepy person must have heard them since he continued to pound faster on the door. "Doesn't he have anything else to pound on?"

"That sounded really dirty coming out of your mouth," Donghyuck said.

"Sh-shut up, you know that's not what I meant." Mark reached behind his neck to scratch it, feeling his cheeks get red. "I can't believe you were about to die."

"It's called being dramatic Mark, you know I would never leave you." Haechan sat down on the floor again. "I want to go hom- actually, I want to go to your home, now we won't have your sleepover."

Mark took off his hoodie, taking out the long-forgotten candy bars and setting them on the desk before lying on the floor next to Haechan, putting his arm below the latter's head. "We can still have a sleepover, just no mac and cheese."

Haechan set his head on Mark's arm, the two of them facing each other. "I don't know, Mark, mac and cheese is kind of a deal breaker."

"True, true." Mark put his hoodie on top of them, the two scooting in closer so that they could fit, practically hugging at this point. "We'll just ask the police tomorrow when they come if they can bring us some."

"Sounds good to me," Haechan said, staring into Mark's eyes, neither saying anything as being in each other's presence was enough.

***

"It's going to take a miracle now for me to see Jungwoo," Lucas said, sighing.

"Don't be so dramatic," Ten said, an idea popping in his head. "Look, if Jungwoo comes in the next five minutes, I'll buy you a giant cake from that one Chinese bakery, if he doesn't, you buy me one."

Lucas nodded. "Deal-"

They heard knocking on the door, with Johnny and Taeil shouting to open up.

"How do I know you're not the police?!" Ten yelled over the knocking.

"Because I love you!!"

"Good enough." Ten opened the door, with Johnny, Taeil, Yuta, Doyoung and- "Jungwoo, why would you do this to m- YOUR FACE-"

"HA! You owe me a cake now!" Lucas yelled at Ten, who was letting the others come in. "He said I wouldn't be able to see Jungwo- JUNGWOO YOUR FACE-"

Ten locked the door after they got in the room. "Okay, what are you guys doing here and is Xiaojun okay and Jungwoo, what happened to you?"

"Yeah, about that-"