bad boy and the nerd| seongjoong

three

"are you new here?" seonghwa asks. he hasn't seen yeosang around before.

"yeah," he replies. "i transferred here from pohang."

"wow," seonghwa says, a bit surprised. "why did you move here?"

"my mom's job," yeosang sighs. "she works as a secretary for kim inc., and they forced her to move here. she made me leave my friends, my family members, and my childhood behind." tears brim in yeosang's eyes, but he is quick to blink them away, not wanting to appear weak in front of seonghwa, or as a cry baby.

"you can cry if you want," he assures. "i don't mind. i know how hard it is to move from the place that was your childhood."

yeosang smiles at seonghwa thankfully, grabbing a napkin to wipe his tears away. "y-you know, you look really familiar. what did you say your last name was again?"

"...park."

yeosang's eyes widen. "your parents are the ceos of park industries!"

"yup," seonghwa confirms.

"no offense, but what are you doing at a school like this?" yeosang asks. "you should be going to a private school, at least."

seonghwa shrugs. "i wanted to go here. i don't want to go to another school just because i'm rich. i want to be a normal teenager, too."

yeosang nods. "don't people recognize you, though? your parents are very popular."

"they do, but my parents told the school to not let anyone bombard me with autographs or pictures," seonghwa explains. "and for that, i'm really thankful."

yeosang giggles. "so...if you don't mind me asking, do you have a girlfriend...?"

"i'm not straight," seonghwa quickly states, shuddering at the thought of even being straight.

"are you gay, then?" yeosang asks.

seonghwa nods. "you?"

"me, too," yeosang replies. "do you have a boyfriend?"

seonghwa shakes his head. but, as if on cue, the cafeteria doors open, and a big group walks in. a.k.a. the popular kids. amongst them is hongjoong, and he has his arm around yong-sun's waist. seonghwa's cheeks turn red, and he stares at hongjoong with obvious hearts in his eyes. yeosang raises an eyebrow at the look on seonghwa's face, and follows his gaze, looking at hongjoong. yeosang puts two and two together, and a small smirk creeps onto his face.

"i assume you have a crush on kim hongjoong?" he guesses.

seonghwa breaks out of his trance, looking at yeosang as if he is crazy. "w-what?! of course not! pfft, w-why would you say that?"

"the way you looked at hongjoong, and the way you just responded," yeosang says. "come on, seonghwa. i don't care if you do have a crush on hongjoong. he's hot, but he's not my type."

"okay, but you have to swear to not tell anyone else," seonghwa says seriously, and yeosang nods. "i-i do, actually."

yeosang's jaw drops, even though he expected this answer from seonghwa. "wow. does he know you exist?"

"yup," he replies, and he is actually relieved about that.

"i say you go get your man," yeosang encourages.

"don't you see his arm around kim yong-sun?" seonghwa says pointedly, motioning toward them. "he obviously likes her more than me."

"you could still try," yeosang points out. "it wouldn't hurt."