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aera bit her bottom lip as she tried to contain her squeal. it was the boy she had bumped into earlier during the day.

"no aera, you said you wouldn't fall for any douchebag in this school," she muttered to herself but had earned the attention from jaemin.

"what douchebag?" jaemin whispered to aera who had turned a deep shade of red.

"aera? are you having a fever?" jeno whispered after noticing aera's  panicked state.

"you guys, shut it!" aera whisper-yelled causing the two boys to be taken aback.

"park aera, is there something you'd like to share with the class?"

"nothing ma'am," aera responsed as she shot a glare at her snickering best friends.

"in that case, could you please read the poem assigned to you?"

aera sighed as she got up from seat, trudging her feet as she walked to the front of the class.

all eyes were on her. all eyes except soobin's, who looked bored.

"FATE slew him, but he did not drop;
she felled-he did not fall-
impaled him on her fiercest stakes-
he neutralized them all.

she stung him, sapped his firm advance,
but, when her worst was done,
and he, unmoved, regarded her,
acknowledged him a man."

aera cleared her throat after finishing, earning loud applause from jeno and jaemin.

"thank you miss park, you may go back to your seat. i expect you to be paying attention,"

aera nodded in response to her teacher as she walked back to her seat, scowling at jeno and jaemin.

"mister na and mister lee, please halt your obnoxious laughter before i make you dress up as romeo and juliet again!"

aera erupted at laughter as soon as the boys' smiles dropped. jeno furiously shook his head while jaemin contemplated whether the idea was reasonable.

"now, can anybody infer what the poem means?"

aera's hand immediately shot up, eager to answer the teacher's question.

soobin's eyes darted from the window to the person who volunteered to answer. the dimpled boy scoffed once he recognised the girl who he had bumped into earlier.

"you've got to be kidding me," soobin muttered.

unfortunately, his silent remark had gained the attention of the golden trio. aera whipped her head towards soobin as she smiled weakly at him.

soobin rolled his eyes before laying his head on the table. aera narrowed her eyes at the now, snoozing boy and felt a small tug in her heart.

you can't fall for someone just because he did the bare minimum! aera thought to herself in frustration.