High School Sweethearts | SVT

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Joshua gripped the straps of his bag, sucking in air. Jun bumped his shoulder with his, gaining his attention. "Don't think too hard about the whole, Yoon Jeonghan thing. Won't do you any good," Jun said. He smiled softly, "Besides, all you have to do is greet him, get your slip of paper, and get to class after getting a tour of the school,"

"Can't the three of you give us a tour?" Joshua questioned.

"Come on, hyung. As much as we like to, that's not our responsibility. That's student council's job," Wonwoo answered, "Don't they do that in America too?" Joshua heaved a sigh, nodding his head. He knew better, but he was hoping it would be slightly different here in this school.

"At least you have Chan and Vernon," Soonyoung reassured. 

"Everyone will be grouped by their year, and then they are given the tour, Soonyoung," Wonwoo scoffed.

"Aye, it's too early for you two to go at each other," Jun said. Joshua chuckled, but even though he smiled, he was anxious as usual. Who wouldn't be? Eventually, they got into a line divided by freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. 

Joshua stood in line with the seniors, behind a girl who kept shaking her head that her long ponytail kept hitting and brushing against Joshua. Turning his face away from the girl, he could see Jun, Wonwoo, and Soonyoung at the end of the junior line. Farther to the left was Chan and Vernon, squished at the front and receiving their schedules. Soon enough, Joshua was at the front and face to face with Jeonghan.

Joshua swallowed the thick lump that had begun to build in his throat. Now that he was in front of him, he hadn't realized how intimidating Jeonghan was. Despite looking charming and cute,  there was something there that Joshua couldn't pinpoint.

"Hello," Jeonghan bowed his head, Joshua quickly bowing his head in greeting but acting as calm as he could, "Welcome to Seoul Performing Arts High School," Jeonghan greeted, "I'm Yoon Jeonghan, and I am proud to welcome you into the school as Vice President. May I know your name?" Joshua tried to keep himself from letting his mind wander. Jeonghan's voice was different from what Joshua expected, although he didn't know what to expect from him. All that Joshua knew was that he liked Jeonghan's smooth and soft voice that was slightly deep. It suited him and his image well.

"My name is Joshua Hong," Joshua answered nervously. He watched as Jeonghan nodded with a smile and went to search for Joshua's name before he stopped. He chuckled, looking towards Joshua apologetically.

"I'm sorry but, could you say your Korean name if you happen to have one?" Jeonghan questioned.

Joshua's lips formed an o, and he laughed awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck. "Oh, sorry. Hong Jisoo,"

"No, no," Jeonghan said, reaching down and going through a large bin filled with student's folders. "It's my fault for not being specific. I tend to forget we get students who are foreigners now and then," It took a moment before Jeonghan pulled out Joshua's folder. He opened it, revealing Joshua's schedule, a sheet of the school's rules and guidelines, and other papers. Jeonghan took out one of them, quickly scanning through and glancing towards Joshua. "You didn't get to come to orientation?"

"I um... I didn't get the chance to attend. I moved in after it," Joshua explained. He was beginning to feel worried that he missed something important, but before his thoughts went anywhere darker, he heard Jeonghan's voice snap him out of it. 

"That's alright. There was much important material in the orientation, but it's nothing difficult to explain during the tour," Jeonghan reassured him. With a bright smile, Jeonghan had everything tucked into the folder, handing it to Joshua, "I will meet you with three other student council members inside the cafeteria. There, we will start our tour while the rest of the students go over introductions of their classes,"