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The sun was shining bright, it was a beautiful day—not too hot, but warm with a slight breeze—and Kyungsoo thought it was the perfect opportunity to set up his hammock in the courtyard and relax before he would begrudgingly head to his next class. Classes have been an absolute pain in his ass and he hadn’t been given any time to just breathe. He was able to find a spot in the shade, away from the harmful rays of the sun, and he was excited to get his desired rest.
Slowly, his eyes were beginning to shut, a quick snooze quickly approaching—“SOO!!!” Baekhyun exclaims as he runs towards where Kyungsoo is. Kyungsoo startles and looks at Baekhyun with a menacing glare, “Byun Baekhyun what the fuck are you yelling for?!”
Baekhyun looks sheepish, rubbing the back of his head as he approaches Kyungsoo, walking slower now. “Ha… sorry Soo, but I swear this is important!” Baekhyun says in quick panic, fearing get shot down.
“What is possibly more important than me getting my well-deserved nap?” Kyungsoo bites out, incredibly cranky. School was draining enough, he did not need Baekhyun’s banter on top of it all.
“Lose the ‘tude, baby Soo, it’s not a good look on you—even though it’s the only look on you most of the time,” Baekhyun cheekily replies as he tries to squeeze himself onto the hammock alongside the GrumpTM. Kyungsoo fights him off with all his might, but to no avail. Baekhyun’s sheer willpower was just too strong to fight off, and Kyungsoo was too sleep-deprived for this.
“My god Baek, you are the worst human being to ever walk on this planet and I swear to god—”
“ALRIGHT so you’re probably wondering why I decided to bug you this fine afternoon,” Baekhyun speedily interrupts Kyungsoo’s oncoming rant. Kyungsoo halts, giving Baekhyun an incredulous look. “Well, no shit sherlock. This better be good Byun or else—”
“OKAY SO,” Baekhyun interrupts Kyungsoo’s chance at an angry monologue again, “There’s a party this Friday Soo and I am doing you a favor of bringing you as my plus one! Yay! Now let me hear you say it~”
Kyungsoo looks at Baekhyun with a look of pure disdain, “What the hell are you going on about? First of all, why would you think I’d be interested in this party? And secondly, what the fuck is it that you want to hear me say and it better not be what I think you’re trying to get out of me.” Kyungsoo deadpans. He really was not energized enough for his best friend’s antics right now.
Baekhyun looks affronted, the nerve of him Kyungsoo thinks to himself. “Live a little, Soo!! You hardly do anything fun. All you do is eat, sleep, and study and repeat it all over again. Hell, sometimes you don’t either eat OR sleep and just study. You’re wasting away your youth like this!” Baekhyun exclaims while gesturing his arms wildly. “Calm down Baek, there’s not enough room in this hammock for you to be acting like a monkey” Kyungsoo stresses, concerned over the stability of his precious hammock and imagining the pain of his bum if this were to all go down, literally. Ouch.
“Stop being so overly concerned about everything that isn’t this party. Please Soo, you have to come with me. I neeeed you!” Baekhyun pleads, looking at Kyungsoo with puppy eyes, not that it affects Kyungsoo in any way. Kyungsoo rolls his eyes, “And why exactly do you insist that you “neeeed” me? You’ve been to plenty parties without me so what gives?” Baekhyun huffs, “Can’t I just want to enjoy a night out with my bestest friend in the whole entire universe?”
“I’m not buying your bullshit Byun, spill it.” Kyungsoo deadpans. He really does not want to beat around the bush with Baekhyun any longer. Kyungsoo checks his phone and his heart breaks a little when he realizes that he only has 45 minutes before his next class. So much for a nice afternoon nap, he curses inside. “I have 45 minutes until my next class so I suggest you cut to the chase quickly before I kill you for making me miss the perfect opportunity for a nap,” Baekhyun gawks in return. “Okay okay fine!” Baekhyun exclaims quickly.
“I need you to go with me because Chanyeol is going to be there…” Baekhyun explains, face growing shy. “Every time I’m around him I don’t know what comes over me, I just make a fool of myself” Baekhyun laments, as Kyungsoo stares at him judgingly. “So how does this affect me or my life exactly?” Kyungsoo responds, confused about why Baekhyun is bringing this up to him.
“Because Soo! I need you to check me! Hint at me when I’m acting dumb! Be my wing man!” Baekhyun proclaims, waving his arms around wildly for extra emphasis. Kyungsoo thinks he looks like an absolute fool and starts worrying about the stability of his hammock, rather than entertain Baekhyun’s antics. “I don’t understand why you would even think I’m a good candidate for this and that I’d want to do it, nonetheless.”
“Jongin is going to be there though,” Baekhyun states, which causes Kyungsoo’s brows to crease and a frown appears. “All the more reason why I refuse to go.” Kyungsoo spits out, insulted Baekhyun would even think saying that could sway him in anyway. Baekhyun should be the first one to know the history between the two to know.
“Soo, when are you going to admit that you guys have this odd sexual tension despite the fact you both claim to “hate” each other because of your families” Baekhyun, much to Kyungsoo’s distaste. “I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Kyungsoo says without missing a beat. “Me and Jongin have never been on good terms. His soul life purpose is tormenting me.”
“That’s exactly it, Soo. Don’t be so blind. Anyways, it’s not my place to help you figure out your own feelings,” Baekhyun responds, resigned since Kyungsoo is stubborn as can be, “I’m sure if your parents weren’t sworn enemies you guys would’ve hooked up ages ago, but that’s beside the point. You need to come with me to this party! I mean it!”
“No, and that’s my final answer.” Kyungsoo refuses to relent on this one. He does not need to waste his time being, practically, a third wheel with Baekhyun and his love interest. There’s so many other things he could be doing with his time. He does not need this, and he absolutely does not need to risk the chance of running into Kim Jongin. The name alone makes him shiver in disgust. He will not put himself in a situation that puts him in a position for Jongin to drag him in any way. He’s tired of that shit, and quite frankly he doesn’t understand why Jongin won’t grow up and get over himself. Kyungsoo doesn’t care enough to confront the man, but skillfully avoiding him is an easy feat.
Kyungsoo gets up from his hammock sadly, wondering why time passes so quickly. So much for relaxing, but now he has to get ready to go to class. Begrudgingly he picks up his belongings and starts packing them into his bag. He turns around and faces Baekhyun, who is still in his hammock, looking smug. “Please, you’re lucky I’m even saying please at all, move your ass out of my hammock. I gotta go,” Kyungsoo stares at Baekhyun, who remains unmoving.
“Nope, I’m not moving at all until you agree to go to this party with me,” Baekhyun sing-songs, obviously feeling smug. “Alright then, suit yourself,” Kyungsoo replies as he unties one side of the hammock and watches contently as Baekhyun splutters and falls, straight on his ass. Kyungsoo bursts out laughing, not able to contain his mirth. Baekhyun had it coming for him, he should’ve known better than to mess with him.
“You’re a savage. A mean, mean, grumpy grump, savage. Why am I friends with you?” Baekhyun wonder aloud. “I could ask you the same thing, but I told you to move. You made the decision to not move. Suffer the consequences.” Kyungsoo responds, still chuckling to himself over his friends misfortunes. Kyungsoo begins to manhandle Baekhyun out of the hammock, despite the latters efforts at wrapping up like a burrito. Kyungsoo eventually is able to shove Baekhyun out and into the grass. He makes quick work of folding and stuffing it away, needing not wasting anymore time.
Once Kyungsoo has everything packed up, he straightens up and prepares to leave. “I would say nice talking to you, but it really wasn’t and now I’m leaving to go to class where I’ll be very tired. And that’s all your fault. Please don’t try to ambush me sometime later today because I will be sleeping, and I will not hesitate to have you castrated. See you, never preferably,” Kyungsoo says as he begins walking away, not wanting to wait and give Baekhyun a chance to respond. Lord knows that will only cause another five minutes of his precious time to disappear, and there simply isn’t enough time in a day for this nonsense.
“You’re coming with me this week Soo!! That, I will make sure of!” Baekhyun yells at Kyungsoo’s retreating figure. Kyungsoo gives him the middle finger as he walks away and carries on. He really needed that nap, but alas some good things just cannot be. Not when your best friend is as obnoxious as Baekhyun is.
Gotta keep moving forward.
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As soon as the clock hits 3:00, the sound of students hastily packing their stuff to leave resounds across the lecture hall, much to the dismay of the Professor who gives up trying to finish their train of thought. They know it’s useless to try against merciless college students who are very much eager to be out of there.
Kyungsoo is one of those who are eager to leave, but he has some decency and respect for the professors to actually sit and wait for the professor to be finished. He’s paying way too much to attend this university to take any second of the professor’s time for granted. Each word that comes out of the professor’s mouth might as well be gold.
Kyungsoo yawns as he starts putting his belongings in his bag. Most of the class had already dispersed outside and Kyungsoo was one of the last ones still inside.
At least he wished he were the last one inside, as his ears perk up at the sound of a voice that he knows all too well, unfortunately.
“SWEET CHEEKS! HEY SWEET CHEEKS!!” Jongin yells obnoxiously from the back of the class, where he likes to reside. Kyungsoo is more of a middle row kind of guy, which has nothing to do with the fact that a certain someone likes to stay in the back. No. Not at all.
Kyungsoo glances over his shoulder briefly just to blatantly roll his eyes at Jongin. He continues with his task at hand and quickly gets up, ready to ignore the idiot and be on his merry way. But alas, not everything works in his favor.
Jongin quickly catches up to Kyungsoo and grabs his wrist, halting Kyungsoo from his movements. Kyungsoo curses Jongin and his long, model legs internally before turning around to give Jongin a forced smile. He hopes Jongin notices how strained he looks and will leave him alone for the day. Who was he kidding though, this is the most annoying pest Kim Jongin they were talking about. Odds of that ever happening is very slim.
“What’s the rush, sweet cheeks? Don’t you miss me at all?” Jongin says with a slight pout of his lips, however that doesn’t last long before he breaks out into a grin. “Are you going to the party on Friday? You totally should!” Jongin questions enthusiastically.
“Why? Are you going to be there? If that’s the case then no, I’m not going.” Kyungsoo states blankly. He’s trying to release his arm from Jongin’s vice-like grip, to no avail as the taller boy will not relent. “Don’t be so mean to me, sweet cheeks! What have I ever done to you to deserve your cold shoulder?” Jongin says, sounding exasperated. Kyungsoo doesn’t understand why he’s giving that tone to him but doesn’t care enough to think about it any further.
“Don’t be stupid, Jongin. Please let go. I don’t have time to entertain your bullshit right now” Kyungsoo bites out, visibly annoyed at the situation. Jongin finally releases his grip, but not without giving Kyungsoo a hard look.
“You’re the stupid one, Soo. You always were.” Jongin lashes out, venom lacing his words that shocks Kyungsoo at the intensity. Kyungsoo stands there staring at Jongin as if he just grew two heads, wondering where this change of mood even came from. Jongin was the one who pestered him, not the other way around. But before Kyungsoo can say anything else, Jongin storms out of the classroom, leaving the door to slam shut.
Kyungsoo flinches at the impact as he stares at the door which Jongin left from. “What gives…” Kyungsoo whispers to the silence of the now empty lecture hall. Kyungsoo stands idle for a few moments as he tries to process what just happened.
The distinct sound of rumbling startles Kyungsoo out of his thoughts, now sensing his stomach growling angrily in need of food. He triple checks he has all of his belongings and makes his way out, finally.
He’ll just have to contemplate the Kim Jongin situation later. After he’s had some food.