Disconnect || Lee Minhyuk

[ t w e n t y - s i x ]

Jung Soo Yi

"here, it's all done!" minhyuk compiled the reviewers and placed them infront of me to see as he took a sip of his smoothie.

"niceee! just in time." i dusted off the crumbs from my hands and took a sip of my smoothie as well before proceeding to check minhyuk's answers.

suddenly, a group of three girls rushed towards our table unexpectedly. i slowly lifted my head to see, and there, i realized that they were actually the girls whose conversation i overheard at the counter a while ago.

i quickly turned my head to look at minhyuk's face and i was immediately able to see how puzzled and taken aback he was.

"hello, sunbaenim!" one of them took the lead in greeting minhyuk.

clearly, their attentions were all on him. they barely even noticed me there.

"ah... hi." minhyuk greeted back with a nod.

"my name is choi jina, and with me are ryu yena and do naeun. we're 10th graders from the same school as you! did you perhaps... come here to study for your finals?" she asked.

"yes, i did." he confirmed.

"ohhh, sunbaenim, we really admire you. too bad you are graduating very soon!" another one, which i suppose was ryu yena, chimed in.

"really? thank you..."

"because we want you to cheer up, we would like to give you this gift!" choi jina quickly handed out a small box of chocolates which she obviously bought from this cafe.

minhyuk's eyes widened in surprise as he humbly received the small box. he truly did not expect it and i could sense that he was overwhelmed.

now, i was truly impressed at how bold they were trying to impress minhyuk himself.

clearly, i could never.

"and... sunbaenim." do naeun spoke up.

"hm?" minhyuk hummed.

"... can we get your phone number?" she smiled charmingly, trying to get him to look upon them with much favor.

i quickly looked at minhyuk and anticipated what he would do next.

"ah sorry, i can't." he smiled.

i raised my eyebrows in surprise upon hearing him casually turning them down. minhyuk was being blunt with them, but i was yet to hear his excuse.

"i don't think you girls have noticed it yet but you've been pretending to ignore this girl's presence." he spoke up and motioned at me with an open hand.

my jaw dropped but i quickly closed it and looked at the girls who were now clearly embarassed.

"as you girls can see now, i came with my girlfriend." minhyuk casually introduced.

"what?!" my mouth slipped as it was the first reaction i had in mind.

however, the girls were too stunned to realize and minhyuk was too busy deceiving them that i was actually his girl.

"my girlfriend probably won't like that." he smirked, turning to look at me.

i sat frozen on my seat, my face was in complete disbelief as i looked back at him.

"ah... okay sorry sunbaenim. w-we'll get going." jina cut the awkward moment short and motioned for the girls to quickly leave.

just like that, they were now gone from our sight.