꒰ BE QUIET ꒱ - SUNNEW ˎˊ˗

three.

eric ended up agreeing to go with sunwoo to the student council meeting just because he had nothing better to do while waiting until they could hang out. also, sunwoo probably needed support of some sort since he had never gone to a place like that and he was completely unfamiliar with all these things and what he was supposed to do. of course, eric wasn't aware either but at least they were going to be dumb and confused together which was the most important thing.

"i still don't understand why would you sign up for this voluntarily." the blond whispered as they walked into the meeting hall of the faculty where quite a few students had already gathered. "don't you value your free time?"

"i'd much rather do something." sunwoo grabbed eric by the sleeve of his shirt and dragged him towards two chairs where they sat. "also, it's not like i didn't give you an option to either wait for me somewhere outside or come with me."

"well if hyunjoon wasn't acting like he's too busy with his literature club and didn't cut me off, i would've had something better to do."

the taller scratched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly at his best friend. "you don't know?"

"what am i supposed to know?" eric raised an eyebrow questioningly.

"uh. hyunjoon never ended up actually joining the club. he decided he didn't want to do any club activities."

"oh?" eric frowned and looked off into empty space for a while as he was processing that information. he opened and closed his mouth about two or three times, changing his mind on what to say. "so he-"

sunwoo's smile turned even more awkward as he patted eric on the back and spoke through gritted teeth. "yeah. he's just avoiding you extra hard and we've all known about it."

"and he dared to eat his lunch so calmly in front of me, thinking i'd never find out!"

the older chuckled but shushed eric when his voice was gradually getting louder.

while eric was spamming hyunjoon to interrogate him about what sunwoo told him, the latter noticed how the room was getting more and more full by the minute. soon, there wasn't enough place for some of the people and a few had to be standing at the back of the room because there weren't any free chairs. most of the students in the room were first years. sunwoo doubted that most of them genuinely wanted to be there. some of them must have signed up because they didn't want to do anything else and still didn't want to waste their time, just like sunwoo.

he didn't want to seem paranoid about it or anything but it was difficult to not notice how some of the third years that he managed to recognize were throwing him glances from time to time. of course, it was probably not intentional most of the time and people were mostly searching for faces they know but he couldn't help but feel uneasy when he knew there were a few people who were willing to go out of their way and stalk him just because they saw him bumping into someone once.

thankfully, he temporarily stopped worrying about that as soon as the meeting started. most of it was just an introduction to the student council  for the first years - what it was all about (no matter how obvious some of the things they said were), what charities they were collecting money for and supporting, some of the more notable achievements and donations they've made so far, all that kind of things.

finally, they introduced the new president and vice president. since the fourth years supposedly needed more time to study to graduate, new third years had to be chosen. 

"some of us gathered to discuss who would be suitable for the new president and vice president," sangyeon, the now previous president, started, "so we chose jacob bae from the biological sciences course for vice president and choi chanhee from the physics course for president."

as he introduced them, the said boys walked in front of the audience and bowed lightly while the rest were clapping to congratulate them. but one of them obviously wasn't clapping.

"you're fucked," eric whispered to sunwoo to tease as he noticed how his friend was just staring at chanhee. sunwoo didn't respond at all.

"from now on, if you have any questions or suggestions or need anything else regarding the council, go to them," sangyeon concluded before going back to his seat.

chanhee and jacob stood there until the end of the meeting, explaining a little bit more about their plans and searching for more volunteers to help with management. and that was all. that was basically the whole point of the meeting that day.

"let's get out of here." sunwoo said when it finally ended and got up, picking his bag up from the floor and heading towards the exit, being followed by eric soon after.

as soon as they got out, sunwoo groaned. "this is so annoying. i've never seen this dude before, why do i suddenly have to see him again and again everywhere i go and all in the span of one day?"

"maybe the universe is trying to send you signals," eric teased and chuckled. but he suddenly wished he never said that when sunwoo slapped the back of his head.

"maybe if no one ever associated me with that dude, he'd never look so fucking annoying. and i don't have an option to just quit until next year."

"i'm sure everything is going to turn out just fine, dude. just try not worrying and thinking about it too much." the younger tried to reassure but as of now he wasn't sure how effective it was. "you can come over at my house and we can play video games if you want so you can get your mind off of this."

sunwoo frowned immediately after he heard that. "no way. you know that i'm not coming over at your house when either of your parents are there."

"well, the good news is that neither of them is home."

"you're lying."

"am not!"

sunwoo huffed. "okay then, let's go."