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Kim Seungmin was the first of his friend group to have his career set and in motion, he's always been the more studious one.
As of next week, he'll be working as a 2nd grade math teacher. It's all so exciting.
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gaylords
sunshine: seungminnie! did you get the job?
prince: i've already got the celebration alcohol :3
hanster: we're so proud of you min !!
seungmo: you guys are embarrassing me
seungmo: but yeah, i got it
sunshine: i knew you could do it!
hanster: our baby is all grown up .. i could almost cry
prince: COME OVER TO CELEBRATE??
hanster: omw!
prince: oh i guess you can come too, jisung
hanster: WAS I NOT INVITED??
seungmo: i don't think i've ever facepalmed so hard
sunshine: i told you to stop doing that. you'll hurt yourself :(
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Well, this is it. His first day as a teacher. Seungmin would've thought he'd be more nervous, unexpectedly calm about it. Unlike Felix, who'd spent all morning prettying Seungmin up.
“Ah, Mr. Kim? Welcome to our school! We'll have one of our staff show you around.” The principal beamed.
Seungmin nodded, checking his watch. There was still another hour or so before school started.
“Kim? Kim Seungmin?” A man approached him, who Seungmin assumed to be his guide.
“That's me.” Seungmin smiled, shaking the man's hand.
“I'm Lee Minho! Your personal tour guide for this morning.” The man grinned, seeming to take his new role happily.
“Well, lead the way Minho.” Seungmin gestured for the door, Minho stepping in front of him and leading him to a small room with vending machines and such.
“Here is the teacher's lounge, also known as the teacher makeout spot,” Minho giggled, “I'm kidding. Or am I?” he added, before quickly moving on to a different room.
“This here's the cafeteria. It's big, but most teachers just eat in their classrooms. Less of a hassle.”
Seungmin nodded, taking in every detail of every room he was shown. It wasn’t a very large school, but it also wasn't small. Seungmin could get used to this.
A few rooms later, they finally made it to the classrooms.
“Here is Mr. Bang's class, he teaches language arts.” Minho pointed out, stepping inside a heavily decorated room.
“Minho! Didn't expect to see you drop by today.” The man grinned, pleasantly surprised.
“I told you today was a special day,” Minho began, rolling his eyes at his friend's forgetfulness, “We have a new math teacher, this is my new friend Seungmin.”
Seungmin was never nervous meeting new people, but meeting his soon-to-be fellow teachers sure was nerve-wracking.
“Hi.” He peeped, obviously awkward at the interaction.
As if this stranger could detect his nervousness, he laughed at his new co-worker’s behavior.
“I get you're nervous, it's your first day after all.” The man shook his hand kindly, introducing himself as Chan.
“Come along, Seungmin. Time to meet someone else.” Minho chimed, pulling Seungmin with him out the door after waving Chan a goodbye.
Seungmin couldn’t help but notice that all of the teachers were around his age, a refreshing sight.
Before they could enter the next room, Minho was stopped by a woman whom Seungmin assumed to be another staff member. Looking around, he noticed someone inside of the science room.
A male, black hair and blonde highlights, dimpled cheeks and a carefree look on his face. Seungmin looked more closely, stumbling in the process.
Who's that?
He must've been thinking out loud, because Minho was quick to answer him.
“Him? That's Mr. Yang Jeongin. The science teacher, of course.” Minho explained, not noticing Seungmin’s clear interest in the mentioned man. If he did notice, he didn’t say anything about it.
Before Seungmin could speak up again, Minho was already opening the door that led to the very same man Seungmin had been gawking at.
Jeongin looked up from his computer upon the sound of their presence, confusion covering his face.
“Hi, hyung. Who's this?”
“This is–”
“Kim Seungmin, nice to meet you.” Seungmin cut Minho off, smiling as he shook Jeongin’s hand.
“I'm the new math teacher, just across the hall from you.”
Jeongin nodded, and even offered to stop by Seungmin’s classroom during lunch so they could get to know each other. That was, until Minho invited himself and Chan to the mix as well. Seungmin wasn't complaining. The first day was sure to be a success.
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gaylords
seungmo: guys hhhelp
seungmo: cute. boy. is. science. teacher.
hanster: i KNOW u lying
sunshine: damn first day and you're already whipped??
prince: how scandalous
seungmo: i just think he's cute.
hanster: oh lord here we go again
hanster: “i'm allowed to find people attractive without liking them” blah blah blah
sunshine: can we see a picture of him?!
seungmo: literally why would i have a picture of someone i've only just met??
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teachers + minho
innie: can we add seungmin hyung here?
meanhoe: “hyung?” it took you 6 months to start calling me that. seungmin is 1 day?
dwaekki: not to mention it took you guys a few months to add me here!
innie: stop being jealous guys, i just thought he was cool
innie: and it's about time i meet someone my age!!
meanhoe: okay.. but you're gonna get his number if you want to add him.
innie: no no no. pls god no. fuck no.
channie: this is tragic. u have absolutely no game
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It had been a week since Seungmin’s first day, and he had made a habit of coming to Jeongin's classroom for lunch to eat with him, Chan, and Minho.
But this time was different. Minho and Chan were nowhere to be seen.
“Where are…?”
“They stayed in Chan's room, presumably to gossip and such.” Jeongin answered quickly, prompting for Seungmin to take a seat next to him.
Now that was not why they weren’t there, but Seungmin didnt have to know that.
– earlier –
meanhoe: you have one lunch period to get his number, if you don't, we put you in an unavoidable embarassing situation with him. alone.
channie: isn't this a bit ,, extreme ?
innie: bet. only because i know i can do it.
– present –
“Ah, okay.” Seungmin nodded, taking a seat and scrolling through his phone to avoid the awkward silence.
Jeongin was more than nervous. It should be easy, right? Wrong.
Finally, he worked up the courage to at least say something.
“Hey, um,” He began, a lump getting stuck in his throat.
“Hm?” Seungmin hummed, finally looking in Jeongin’s eyes.
Those fucking eyes. They were so pretty they hurt to look at, Jeongin thought.
He couldn’t bring himself to do it. To think he would lose the bet this easily was hard for even himself to believe.
“It's nothing, forget it.”
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gaylords
seungmo: how can someone be so cute oh my god
prince: eugh gross, go be in love somewhere else.
seungmo: i'm not in love, we hardly know eachother.
hanster: say, seung, there doesn’t happen to be any hot, single teachers where you work, right?
hanster: asking for a friend
seungmo: actually
seungmo: theres a guy i think might be perfect for you
seungmo: name's minho
hanster: i love him already, send him my way
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