𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 | 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨

18

"Hey Mina, are you ready for the exams?" I asked my bestfriend who is waiting for her coffee to be served. We decided to meet up in a coffee shop before going to school. We do this every exams week because we believe that it brings us good luck. We never failed any exam since we started doing our coffee runs together.

"When will I ever be ready?" She sighed. I looked at her state. She has those dark circles under her eyes. I bet she slept late just to study. She needs to do well in school because her parents except so much from her. I feel bad for her because she's carrying too much pressure from her parents. They wanted her to be like them that's why they're making sure that Mina follows the blueprint that they have provided for her. I know Mina is fed up with their expectations but she loves them so much that she is willing to do everything to make them happy.

We started asking each other questions regarding the topics that are covered for the exam in order to refresh our memory. We also went through with some of the problems in the workbook which we think will appear on the exams.

"Hey, I forgot to answer this last night. I skipped this one because I didn't know how to do it but I wasn't able to get back to it because I fell asleep." She exclaimed when I pointed out an unanswered problem in her book.

"This will appear on the exams!" I told her, pulling a pen and blank paper to teach her how to solve it. "I marked this one for you because I know our teacher will add this to the exam."

"I know! I know." She pouted. "I just didn't know how to do it. It's too complicated."

I rolled my eyes at her. "Listen carefully and take note of the steps because if you don't then say goodbye to a good grade in your exams."

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Mina and I arrived at our room fifteen minutes before the start of the exam. Almost all of our classmates are already in except for three. Junkyu, Jihoon, and Yoshinori. I looked out of the window to see if they're just outside but they're not. Why aren't they here yet?

"What are you looking at?" Mina asked me, her gaze going to where I am currently looking at.

I immediately averted my gaze and faced her. "Nothing, I was looking at nothing."

She eyed me for a second before letting it go. "You're weird, I hope you know that."

"Wow thanks, I'll take that as a compliment." I said sarcastically. She just laughed.

"Okay class, go to your seats and we're going to begin the examination in five minutes." Our teacher said as soon as he arrived inside the classroom. "All phones will be collected by your class president. I expect that none of you will try to cheat because you know the consequences."

"Where are your seatmates Miss Lee?" He asked, motioning to the empty seats beside me.

"I-I don't know sir." I stuttered. Honestly, I don't have any idea as to where they are. I wish they could catch up because this teacher is ruthless. Well, Treasure is ruthless too. "Maybe they're jus---"

I was cut when the three boys came in confidently when they almost didn't beat the clock.

"Good morning sir." Yoshinori greeted the teacher. Junkyu and Jihoon greeted him as well. I looked at them weirdly. I mean the rest of the class looked at them weirdly even our teacher. They never greeted teachers before.

"W-well, good morning boys. Take your seats now because we're about to start our exams." Our teacher said. They followed his instruction and went to their seats. Yoshinori and I met gazes. I was stunned for a moment. His eyes look gorgeous.

"Mirae if you're done staring at me, can you please move your bag so I could sit down?" He said which instantly took me out of trance. I can feel my face heating up. He caught me there. I feel so embarrassed. I quickly pulled my bag from his chair, still avoiding his gaze. Good thing no one else was paying attention or else I will dig my own grave.

Or so I thought. I saw Jihoon and Junkyu giggling in front of me so I sneered at them but Jihoon just winked at me playfully. I just glared at them before I turned to my side where I was met by Yoshinori's stare. I raised my eyebrow at him but he just shrugged. He then looked to the front where our teacher is. I was about to do the same when I saw a cut on Yoshinori's palm. I absentmindedly let my fingers touch it which made him look at me.

"What happened?" I asked quietly. I grew nervous. Did my Dad do something to them again? Did he hurt them? There are so many questions in my mind right now. Where did he get that cut?

"Later... I'll explain everything later." He said, giving me an assuring smile. "For now, focus on the exams."

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Everyone hurried out of the class after the exam. It was dreadful. I just want to go home and rest after that disaster of an examination.

"Mirae--"

"Mirae--"

I looked at both Mina and Yoshinori who called my name.

"Uh Mirae," Mina spoke since Yoshinori asked her to go on, "Let's go home?"

"I'm sorry, Mi--what's your name again?" I glared at Yoshinori. How can he forget her name. I've told him about her a couple of times.

"Mina. That's her name." I told him.

"Oh sorry Mina." Yoshinori said. Wow, he didn't even give her an apologetic smile. "And I'm sorry again because we're taking Mirae with us today."

I looked at him. Why do they need me and for what?

"Huh?" Mina asked. "I thought she ended her job as Junghwan's tutor already."

"Yes." This time, it was Junkyu who answered. "But we're employing her again. Yay!"

"What?" I asked because I'm confused.

"Dumbass, you're going to be Junghwan's tutor again." Jihoon answered. Wow he just called me dumbass.

"Oh, is that the case?" Mina smiled. "Then okay, I'll go ahead Mirae. I'll just treat you next time." She gave me a hug before she went off.

"What was that about?" I asked when she's out of sight.

"We need to discuss something to you about you know what." Junkyu said. I nodded my head in understanding. Maybe it's about the gang and my father.

"We're gonna talk about it here?"

"Of course not." Jihoon replied. Why is he so sassy today? "We're gonna go to Yoshi's house." Great. Now all memories I made there will come back.

"Then why are we still here?" I asked.

"We're waiting for the members." Yoshinori answered. "And we're gonna let you meet our 13th member."

My mouth went wide. Oh, I'm gonna meet the member who went abroad for awhile. What's his name again? Yoonbin? I hope I remembered it correctly.

"There they are." Junkyu pointed at my back so I turned around to see the rest of Treasure walking towards us.

My eyes immediately went to the guy in the middle. I saw how his eyes turned into line when he smiled at Haruto who whispered something to him. Wait a minute. Huh?

When they arrived in front of us. I had a better look at their 13th member. Wow, what a small world.

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"Ben?"

I finally saw my childhood friend from ages ago.