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the raven haired male didn't even bother to look back or listen to his friend's yelling, he grabbed ahold of the two french doors and sighed at the lovely breeze and the familiar scent of home. he gently closed the doors and laid on the ground beneath him. hyunjin let himself relax, his back cool against the dewey grass. his breathing evened out and the dark clouds in his mind seemed to melt away, dispersing into nothing but clear skies. this feeling was new, hyunjin realized as he stared at the sky, and he had no idea what it was. hwang hyunjin had goals set when the year started : 1. avoid kim seungmin's daily agenda of pestering the shit out of me, 2. do better in general chemistry, 3. get enough sleep, 4. treat himself more when he's exhausted
and unfortunately, hyunjin could only do one and that was number two. but hey at least he knows more about the atom, along with its protons, neutrons, and electrons, as the basic unit of matter and serves as a starting point for the study of chemistry. struggling to study thermochemistry, which deals with the temperature- and heat-related aspects of chemistry, and thermodynamics, which focuses on the overall energies associated with chemical reactions, was well…he supposed it was bearable and luckily he was still breathing by the second week of the year 2020.
it's not like it's everyday that he gets to do this, hyunjin rationalised inside his head as he knew time flew by quickly and by then it would be time to head home, all alone in his cozy and homey apartment. he liked being all by himself and all but with seungmin having access to his apartment as well and sometimes sneaking in to grab a box of cinnamon toast crunch wasn't…quite acceptable for the older boy.
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he took a look at the boy's face and strummed a chord, hyunjin felt his breath hitch and he knew he was bound to choke because boy oh boy was he not like his older friend, chan, who was calm and collected, hyunjin on the other hand was overly dramatic and yelled at every minor inconvenience that comes his way so yes to put it simply hyunjin did choke as his younger friend, jeongin had started singing the words to his favourite song.
"Well, Crocodile Rocking is something shocking, when your feet just can't keep still, I never knew me a better time, and I guess I never will,"
but jeongin's voice was so nice, so melodic, so angelic, and seeing his little, dainty fingers against the frets of the ukulele just made hyunjin want to hold them. he kept on listening, as he decided to finish the flower crown he started to do while jeongin was talking about his day at the day care before he grabbed his ukelele and sang to hyunjin.
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"disgusting, they're late again." seungmin recoiled in distaste as he picked at his nails, while leaning at felix's locker. the blonde haired boy giggled at his friend's tendencies to be so overly dramatic, and the younger boy keeps on denying the fact that hyunjin had rubbed off on him. "it had only been 5 minutes since they stopped replying to our texts, calm down." he reassured his friend as he stared down at his phone, anticipating for his adviser's text message.
whoever thought that it was a good idea putting han jisung and hwang hyunjin in their general chemistry together was a complete idiot. the two boys excelled in their classes and often had bright ideas that contrasted each other's and if there was anything the two boys didn't do, it was to lose. it was the unlucky thursday of january 9th of 2020 when hyunjin had desperately racked his brain for answers since he stayed up all night practicing for the play he was in with seungmin, unfortunately he couldn't explain the relationship between conjugated acids and bases. a han jisung and his impending death was busy laughing his ass off as hyunjin returned to his seat with a frown attached to his face.
it was safe to say that minho arrived before his boyfriend got decked in the face by an easily angered hyunjin.
thankfully, the school day on a monday had quickly ended and by then hyunjin was practically strutting his way to the parking lot, wanting nothing but to arrive home and make himself chamomile tea and listen to frank ocean while he straight away do their homework. it wasn't bad living alone, he was taught by his nanny anyways since his father was usually busy and out of the country.
"hey! you know we know your plans and all but would it hurt if you skipped your daily routine and went out with us?" yes, hwang hyunjin had a tight schedule and it included him reading novels and such, cooped up in his safety zone and usually went out with the gang on fridays, and the weekends.
google : how to use the Arrhenius and Brønsted-Lowry definitions to identify acids and bases while falling asleep?
"uhh," hyunjin's eyes were glued on his car keys as if it were the most interesting object in the world, felix sighed as he pouted his lips. "we know that look too damn well."
"ah fuck it, let's hit that barbecue place." jisung grinned at him as he came close to the younger boy and patted his shoulder sending him a look that said 'thank you for doing the right thing, we are all saved from kim seungmin's rants later on, amen.'
the four boys were strolling around the mall, laughing at jisung's antics and stopping by inside a shop to buy chalks and acrylic paint because han jisung often drew by the sidewalk, with intricate designs that had minho adore the younger boy in the first place. "how's the student council organisation going?" seungmin asked as his arm was draped around felix's shoulder, the older freckled boy showed them a small smile as he shrugged. "the president left and dropped out of school, the vice president is all panicky, i honestly have no idea what's going on. things aren't okay at the moment but i have been assigned to deal with a transferee on wednesday."
"literally what?"
"is that even allowed?"
felix received confused looks from his friends, and frankly, he had no idea why but he had no rights to judge the new student that was coming in two days. "i don't really know, but i hope he's okay. i kinda wanna know why too, it's…weird but hey we don't even know who they are."
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"it's good," seungmin complimented hyunjin as he chewed on the cookies the older boy had baked earlier, he felt pride swell in his chest as he knew damn well he made a good ass peanut butter oatmeal cookie. a certain fairy like boy's favourite. "you really practiced well on this huh? determined to do better at cooking than jisung hmm?" seungmin wiggled his brows and laughed loudly at hyunjin's sudden expression.
"oh please i was never threatened by him when it comes to the kitchen. minho doesn't even let him near the stove."
hyunin scoffed as he crossed his arms, eyes focusing on the movie seungmin had chosen tonight.