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“gosh, she’s so hot.”
“did you see her score that point? no wonder she’s the team captain.”
“oh how i would die to date the seungwan.”
endless compliments and gushes about the popular jock reaches joohyun’s ear. she doesn’t quite get the reason why people, especially girls , bother giving her attention. sure the jock’s good at sports but in the looks department? joohyun isn’t one to brag but she’d rank higher than seungwan for sure.
joohyun on the other hand isn’t the sporty type, at all. but her grades are her pride. maintaining her cgpa consistently throughout the semester is simple; considering the knit-tight bond she has with studying. libraries are easily her second home, the first being her dorm but she likes the ambience and tranquility the library provides her in times of need.
speaking of which, joohyun is in the school library trying to study for her upcoming test but the girls next to her table are being impossible with their non-stop admiration for the popular jock. it doesn’t take much to guess that they were watching the finals of the National Basketball Championship aired yesterday. joohyun may look ignorant but she does have a knack on what’s going on around school.
seems like they won’t finish soon, joohyun thought.
she decides to call it a day and head straight back to the comforts of her dorm. the evening sun is slowly setting, beautifully casting long shadows that accompany her during her walk back. joohyun loves the sunset, so she takes out her phone to capture the majestic moment. after a few clicks, she continues her walk back to her dorm.
joohyun is too busy appreciating the sunset picture she took, she barely notices a figure running from the opposite of the path the same as hers. like in a movie, she falls slowly, closing her eyes in the process and readies herself for the impact. except it never came. she opens her eyes, and is met with another pair; the devil herself, son seungwan.
they sit facing each other in the back corner of the school’s cafe. this was not what i planned! joohyun screams internally. all she wants is to safely get back to her dorm, maybe eat a cup of ramen and cuddle the warmth of her bed the night away. but no, fates decided it’ll be fun to make her bump into the popular jock who now offers her dinner to make up for the accident, if she’d call it one , irene scoffs.
“look, i’m sorry –,”
“can we cut this short?”
joohyun hates attention and she definitely is not planning on gaining some because of the jock in front of her. her impatient foot tapping on the floor must’ve catch seungwan’s attention because the next thing she says is just a mess.
“imsorryibumpedintoyouineedyourhelpinstudyingactuallycanigetyourhelp?”
joohyun blinks once then twice. she finds it funny how seungwan manages to ramble everything out in one breath. she almost snorts but she maintains her composure. it’s important to keep up her cold exterior so no one could make fun or importantly, take advantage of her.
“i asked if we could cut this meeting short, not babbling out some nonsense. what did you wanna say?”
seungwan fidgets around with her drink in her hands. how funny would the scene turn out when they see the ever so confident and popular jock of the school being nervous under the scrutiny of plain joohyun.
“i wanted to apologize for the incident earlier. and i also wanted to ask for your help in studying….. since we’re classmates and we kinda have a test soon?”
“it’s okay and no.”
seungwan’s instantly loses her shy smile after hearing joohyun’s answer. she didn’t expect joohyun to help her honestly but the blatant rejection without thinking it over? wow, that hurts more than her tearing a muscle while playing basketball.
“b-but you didn’t even had the time to think it through!”
“even if i thought it over, it’s still a no.” joohyun crosses and uncrosses her legs. she’s getting impatient and the study from today drains the energy out of her. all she wants is to get back to her dorm and pass out but this jock in front of her decides to take her sweet precious time away. she makes a move to get up but before she could take one step, the jock quickly pushes off her seat and kneels before joohyun.
“please joohyun. i really need your help for this test.” she says while rubbing her hands together as if saying a prayer. “you’re the smartest person in class and you’re my last hope of getting through the semester.”
joohyun could feel the stare of every patreon present in the cafe. despite choosing the furthest table in the corner of the cafe, the compromising position of seungwan on her knees is garnering attention and the hushes confirms joohyun’s assumption. the latter panics and instinctively pulls down seungwan’s cap to cover her face, praying that no one notices her. joohyun did what in a million lifetime she wouldn’t do; she grabs hold of seungwan’s wrist and drags her out of the cafe.
shit, this girl is going to be the death of me.
after what joohyun deems is a safe distance from a crowd, she releases her hold on seungwan.
“are you stupid? why the hell would you kneel like that?” joohyun half shouts half whispers. pissed off is an understatement of what she’s feeling at the moment. her blood is still running high on adrenaline from the unwanted attention.
“admit it. if i didn’t do that, would we still be talking right now?” seungwan’s points to both of them. she takes a step closer to joohyun and the latter takes a step back.
“do you want me to do that again?”
step.
“are you going to help me study or not now?”
step.
“what’s your answer, oh mighty bae joohyun?”
joohyun runs out of space to backpedal and seungwan steps into her space. the jock slightly lifts up her cap, her right eyebrow raises in a suggestive manner. a scoff escapes out of joohyun at the audacity of this girl in front of her. one minute ago she’s shy and apologetic; now it seems like a devil possessed her, flushing all her good attributes down the drain.
“ugh fine. but only for this upcoming test!” joohyun huffs in defeat. “you dare to threaten me again, i swear you won’t have enough limbs to play basketball again. you hear me seungwan?”
seungwan snickers. “sounds like a deal to me.”
“so my place or yours?”
“are you insinuating something?”
seungwan gasps at the accusation but a smirk pulls at her lips. uh oh, she’s definitely up to no good.
seungwan closes in on joohyun, whispering hotly in her ears.
“not unless you want me to.”