metal straw | ast. cha eunwoo

six

News spread fast and soon almost everyone in the school knew what happened between Eunwoo and Heesung, and how Soyeon was in the middle of it. Being the face of the school made it difficult for Eunwoo to do something without everyone watching. But it didn't bother him one bit, he was used to the eyes-like-camera.

Eunwoo walked around quietly for a bit, just waiting for the bell to ring. He played with the metal straw Soyeon had lent him in his hands. He continued to pass by countless students, ignoring their stares ever since he came.

"Hurry up! Come on!"

A distanced yell could be heard throughout the entire area near the entrance gate. Eunwoo looked out and immediately questioned what the universe was doing. As he expected, Soyeon was seen running into the gate and immediately got scolded by the discipline teacher for being late. Even in the far distance, he could see Soyeon trying her best to hold in her laughter. He smiled when she suddenly let out a snort, causing the teacher to yell at her louder.

Despite the constant yelling and scolding, giggles were loud enough for Eunwoo to hear. He looked in the far corner to see a couple of girls hiding behind a building. One was holding a large bucket of water. From what he could see, he could only guess what was about to happen.

But in Soyeon's world, she was still fighting the urge to stop herself from bursting out laughing. It wasn't that the situation was hilarious, but the fact that she was only a few seconds late and still got yelled out, causing her to be even later to class.

"Sorry miss, I fell while running here," she lied, chuckling silent under breath, remembering how she previously fell onto her bed and went back to sleep

"Last warning, Soyeon, alright?" she warned her strictly.

Soyeon bowed respectfully before continuing her way to class. Amid her walking, she swung her bag to the front to have better access and placed her metal straws pouch inside she was carrying the entire way to school when she suddenly took a small pink box. She continued to walk mindlessly with her focus on the cute box in her hands.

"Kim Soyeon!"

She turned her head to the voice and immediately saw Eunwoo standing in front of her. Before she could do anything else, an impact suddenly caused Eunwoo to stumble forward to her. A splashing sound followed along. He stood his ground and managed to stop himself from crashing into Soyeon.

"Eunwoo, what's wrong..." she trailed off before seeing water dripping down his attire. She took a step back and her eyes widened, staring in shock at Eunwoo's clothes being completely soaked. She moved to her side to see about four girls behind him with shocked looks on their face, one held an empty bucket to cover her face as the others let out a scream, completely embarrassed to who the water got splashed on.

"What are you doing!?"

The students snapped their heads and saw the same discipline teacher from before as well as two more. Fear for their life suddenly washed over the girls.

"You think this kind of behaviour is fun, huh?" she yelled, before grabbing one of the girls by the ear. Followed by the two teachers, the girls were immediately dragged by the ear to the principal's office. Eunwoo and Soyeon were suddenly left alone.

"You're okay," he said, sounding more like him reassuring her rather than asking how she was. He acted unbothered as if nothing had happened seconds ago.

The thought of Eunwoo running to her and taking the outcome for her caused a smile to creep onto her face. But that was beside the point. She scoffed in disbelief, having the urge to hit him as to why he was asking her if she was okay when he took the hit.

"Forget about me! Eunwoo, you're soaked! You must be freezing!" Soyeon exclaimed worriedly, noticing how his hands were shaking slightly as the wind blew stronger by seconds.

"Come on, let's go to the gym. Maybe there're clothes you can borrow."

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im so sorry this is so cliché 😭😭