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Mark was sitting at lunch when Renjun suddenly started waving at someone to come over. “Haechan, hey! Come here!” The guy he was addressing to seemed to understand and made his way through the crowd of students to their table. When he arrived, Renjun explained, “Guys, this is Haechan. I’ve told you he is at my creative writing class, and he’s pretty good at it, to be honest.”
“Oh, thank you so much”, said Haechan.
“These are Mark, Jeno and Jaemin”, said Renjun to introduce the other people sitting with him.
“Yeah, I know you two”, Haechan pointed at Jeno and Jaemin, “you left kind of an impression on me when you started making out in the middle of the hall. That was really cool.”
Jeno blushed. “Thank you very much”, said Jaemin smilingly, “we appreciated your applause back then, we genuinely did.”
Haechan laughed, “You’re welcome.”
“Hey, do you wanna sit down and eat with us?”, asked Renjun. He seemed to like Haechan. For around one week now everyday he told the others about what he wrote in class and how nice he is.
“Ehm, yeah, sure. Thanks”, and he sat down.
“So”, Mark began, “Renjun told us a lot about your writing in class. He thinks you’re the best in class.”
“You did? Thank you. He always compliments my poems and style in general”, Haechan smiled shyly.
“Do you write a lot in your freetime?”, Jeno asked.
“Yeah, I do. When I have time or feel like it, mostly.”
“One time, he just wrote about a rainy day, but it was so well written that it made me think I was also there and experienced it on my own!”, Renjun enthusiastically told them.
“Thanks, but you’re kind of making me feel embarrassed…”
“I’m sorry”, said Renjun promptly.
The school bell rang.
“Oh, I have to hurry, Mr. Jung is no joke!”, yelled Renjun as he hurried to give his tablet in and ran towards his classroom.
“Well, I guess we should go as well”, said Mark while standing up, “what’s your next class?”
“Science with Mrs. Kim”, replied Haechan.
“Oh, great. Then I’ll come with you for a bit if that’s alright?”
“Yeah, sure”, and he stood up as well.
“What are you guys up to now?”, Mark asked Jeno and Jaemin.
“The photographer-project, remember?”, said Jeno, “and Jaemin’s helping me with it.”
“Okay, have fun”, said Mark and Haechan smirked at them as they left the two alone. When he turned around once more just before they reached the exit of the hall, he saw them already passionately kissing each other in the empty room. He smiled.
“How long have they been together?”, Haechan asked Mark as they made their way to their classrooms.
“Just a couple weeks now”, Mark said.
“Oh, I thought so. They are still so lovey-dovey. That’s cute.”
Mark laughed. Haechan was right, ever since they made their relationship public, Jeno and Jaemin were always seen kissing each other or holding hands or talking while fondly staring into each others eyes. They didn’t do it when they were with their friends tho, what Mark was really thankful for.
“So, do you have a girlfriend? Or boyfriend?”, asked Mark. As he did so, he wondered if that was somewhat strange because he only just met that guy, but Haechan didn’t seem to think so.
“I prefer boyfriends. And no, I don’t have one at the moment.”
“Oh, so you’re openly gay?”, Mark sounded more surprised than he ought to do.
“Ehm… Yeah”, it was clear to see that Haechan didn’t think of it as a big deal.
“I’m sorry. It’s just that before Jeno and Jaemin, I knew nobody at this school being open about their sexuality. Only after their famous kiss you also witnessed people started coming out.”
“Oh, I guess it’s good for them, then.”
Mark was glad to have reached his classroom as he didn’t know what to say anymore and felt a bit uncomfortable now.
“Alright, I have to go in there. I guess I’ll see you around sometime.”
“Probably, yeah. See you”, and Haechan was gone.