Eyes With Secrets

21

We reached the class to find out that Mr Beomgyu had already entered the class. Shit!

"What are we going to do now?" I whispered to Jimin. We were still outside the class.

"Don't worry." He said and pushed open the door. Whoa whoa wait!

"Shi- at least knock!" I whispered to him and trailed behind him. He just asked me not to worry. What the hell was he going to do?

"Mr Park. You're late. You're never late."

Oh no I just ruined the poor guy's reputation.

"I'm sorry Mr Beomgyu." Jimin said and tugged my hand signalling me to go stand next to him. We were still at the door but I was kind of hiding behind him.

"Miss Park. You're also late. I see." Mr Beomgyu said in a tone different than the one he used to address Jimin. It was one of curiosity. It was the first time people were seeing Jimin and I together, and it didn't surprise me that even teachers were as interested as the other students were.

"Mr Beomgyu, we really are sorry for being late." Jimin said in a casual, even tone.

"Oh it's fine, Mr Park." Mr Beomgyu said and nodded at Jimin.

Wow he had an effect on men too? Who is this guy?! I guess, once you Jim-in, you can't Jim-out.

"I'm sorry Mr Beomgyu. It won't happen again." I said.

"It mustn't happen again Miss Park. And detention for both of you." He said and signaled his index finger at both Jimin and me.

Detention might not be bad with Jimin.

We both walked over to our desks and put down our bags as Mr Beomgyu continued with the introduction for the day's class.

"So class. As I was telling, today we will be watching the Spanish version of the Shakespearean romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet."

Oh it was movie day. We would have to watch a Spanish film without English subtitles. Wow, this was going to be hard. I looked over to Jimin. He seemed at ease. More, at ease, than the last time we had Spanish together. It was when he was mean to me after the class.

Mr Beomgyu turned to the television in the class. Jimin slightly got up from his chair and pulled his desk and chair closer to mine. I hadn't realised I was grinning ear to ear when Jimin whispered in my ear, "Don't grin.You're giving us away." I turned over to the back of the class to see if anyone saw Jimin moving his desk and found that Seonghwa was holding his breath in and had his hands balled up into fists. Jeez! He probably saw Jimin moving in closer to me, but he already knew about him and me. So that was not a problem. And no one else had seen us either. Phew!

Mr Beomgyu didn't notice that Jimin and my desks were closer, and went over to his seat, and started watching the movie, sitting face away from the class. I had already seen this movie with Mun and Areum along with subtitles, so I knew what the story was about. I thought of asking Jimin where he had gone for the past two weeks. I turned my face to his to find that we was intently staring at me. I smiled at him.

"Don't you have to see the movie?" I asked.

"Don't you?"

"I've watched the same movie with Mun and Areum."

"Well I've been watching the same movie for years now."

"What?"

"Oh we've got a lot to know about each other, Hyun." He said and took my hand in his. I almost jerked away from his cold hand but he still held it firm.

"Hmm we do have a lot to know about each other. How about we start now?" I asked and leaned in closer to him, curling myself in my chair. Sitting in the back was a blessing.

"Okay." He said and leaned towards me. "I've been a vampire for a lot of years now, Hyunho. I've gone through a considerable number of high schools. So, I've seen this version of the movie countless times."

"Oh." That was unexpected. That's why he didn't have to watch the movie. He already knew what it was about.

"Don't run for the hills." He said and his hold on my hand grew tighter. He glared at me through his chocolate brown eyes. They were so beautiful. There was worry in them when he said those words. No, I didn't want him to worry.

"No. I won't leave. I would never." I said and I felt his hold on my hand loosen.

"I couldn't bear to lose you, Hyunho." He said.

I looked at his beautiful chocolate brown eyes, and reassured him with a nod of my head and smile, that he would never lose me.

He smiled my favorite crooked smile at me. I smiled back. 

The class got over quicker than i had expected it to. We had finished half the movie, and would finish it the nest class. Mr Beomgyu had caught me and Jimin whispering in the back and had asked us questions. But as both of us knew the dialogues and the story, it wasn't hard for us to answer his questions. He had given up after asking Jimin, three questions to which he gave answers even better than Mr Beomgyu himself.

Jimin and I had different classes till noon. We decided to meet each other at the cafeteria for lunch. We were joined by, Mun, Areum, Tae, and Kook.