꒰ BE QUIET ꒱ - SUNNEW ˎˊ˗

seven.

a/n i havent proofread this chapter<3

as expected, chanhee was on the train the next morning too and obviously so was sunwoo. but luckily there weren't many people and they were sitting at the two opposite ends. sunwoo was pretending that he never even saw chanhee there. it was more convenient for him like that.

but he was unlucky after that because chanhee tried to approach him.

"hey," the older boy said as he caught up with sunwoo, walking alongside with him and looking at him.

sunwoo only glared at him and raised his eyebrows slightly as a way to tell him to stay away from him and that he had no intentions to talk to him. after that, he went back to ignoring chanhee even though the latter was still walking with him all the way to the faculty. he didn't say anything else so that was good, he guessed.

not long after they reached the building, sunwoo saw hyunjoon and he took the opportunity to walk away from chanhee and go up to his friend. he only glanced at the pink haired boy before going to hyunjoon and roughly grabbing him by the arm, pulling him with himself inside the building and heading towards the vending machine on the first floor.

"what's gotten into you?" hyunjoon hit sunwoo's arm before the red head let go of him.

"nothing," sunwoo mumbled out, acting like he didn't just drag the boy for all these meters.

he searched inside his pockets for coins and when he had enough in his palm, he took them out to count them. then, he bought two bottles of iced coffee like he always did. one was for eric and one was for himself.

"what do you have now?" sunwoo turned to hyunjoon who was now buying something for himslelf to drink from the vending machine.

"uh." hyunjoon looked down at the beverage he had just taken and frowned. he then looked at sunwoo, his frown not disappearing from his face. "dude don't ask me questions like that, i will find out the answer to that when i see someone from my course."

sunwoo snorted and shook his head, patting hyunjoon on the shoulder. "better find out sooner. i'm gonna be skipping the first lectures until eric comes here."

"why are you here so early then?" hyunjoon questioned.

the other shrugged lightly. "no idea honestly. just routine, i guess."

they hung out for a little bit more before hyunjoon finally found someone who he was supposed to have lectures with and went with them. sunwoo couldn't hang out in the yard or the cafeteria because he didn't want any teacher to see him and question him why was he skipping lectures. so as any other sane person, he decided to go on the rooftop of the building and chill there until it was time for eric to come.

as he was making his way to the stairs that lead to the rooftop, he was hearing voices the closer he was getting.

"are you serious?" the first voice sounded oddly familiar to sunwoo. not only familiar but beyond pissed too. "why would you do something like that to your own best friend?"

sunwoo climbed up a few stairs just so he could poke his head above surface and see who was there. he rolled his eyes so hard. it could be no one else but chanhee. and another guy that he didn't know but only recognized he was a fourth year.

"it really has nothing to do with you," the other boy tried explaining himself but chanhee really did look enraged.

"in what way does this have nothing to do with me? you perfectly know i like changmin and you still decide to go after him and date him behind my back while literally everyone else but me knows about it."

as sunwoo tried getting closer to hear better, he accidentally stumbled on the steps and jumped down, successfully making a lot of noise.

both boys on the rooftop looked at the direction of the stairs but couldn't see sunwoo. his presence was obvious either way.

"apparently someone's eavesdropping," younghoon said loud enough for sunwoo to hear. "i'll be heading to class. if you decide you want to talk normally, just call me."

"sure. because when i'm pointing out why you're in the wrong it's not a normal conversation."

sunwoo heard steps towards the staircase so he quickly moved aside so he could hide.

only younghoon came down and made sure to look around to see who had made that noise. but the red haired boy was hiding too well for the other to see him. either that or he was just not paying enough attention.

when the older walked away, sunwoo went back to the stairs and climbed up on the rooftop. he didn't have anywhere else to go right now and at this point he really didn't care that chanhee was also there.

he walked over to the edge, a few meters away from where chanhee was sitting, and also sat down.

"you again," chanhee said as he glanced at sunwoo. there's no need to even mention that sunwoo wasn't planning on answering. the pink haired boy sighed. "you heard the whole conversation?" sunwoo shook his head.

silence fell between them once again. sunwoo was looking at the scenery ahead of himself while chanhee was just staring at his hands and playing with his fingers.

at one point sunwoo was about to open his mouth and say something but he really had no idea what. so he just kept his silence. while chanhee had talked to him a few times so far, sunwoo had never spoken to him or even made an attempt. and now it felt weird if he were to actually speak.

"you don't seem very talkative," chanhee mentioned a while later. he had stretched his legs out and propped his hands behind himself, leaning against them. he tilted his head back and closed his eyes, enjoying the sunlight. "it's not a bad thing though. i even envy you that you're able to do that. considering i can't shut up for a minute even if i try."

as expected from a theater kid, sunwoo thought.