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-HYUNJIN
Hyunjin strode down the hall like his life depended on it. It was his first day and yet he was already late. How amazing. Surely, he won't get detention for this, right? Right? He was just 30 minutes late. Not that big of a deal...
Okay, it WAS a big deal.
He hoped, prayed and begged that he'll get an exception since he's a new student. After all, who'd put a new transferee to detention right away?
"So much for a great first impression.." He sighed, running his fingers through his jet black hair to try and calm himself down.
This was all his alarm clock's fault.
He'd already prepared for this just a few days prior. Wake up early, get to class, introduce himself, make some friends and leave a great first impression. He just hoped he could make at least ONE friend because his 'great first impression' thing wasn't going well already.
And now, his day got even better when he realized he forgot his classroom number.
"Fucking—"
He fumbled with his pockets, desperately trying to find his phone (also desperately not trying to unintentionally drop and break it.) He finally got his hands on his gadget and tapped on his gallery. He scrolled down and mentally cringed at how many pictures of himself he took yesterday. At any other day, he'd be impressed and admiring himself, (Self love, of course.) but right now was DIFFERENT. After about a minute or so, he eventually found his schedule.
"Room 325.." He murmured, mentally engraving the room number into his nonexistent brain before he pocketed his phone again.
He looked back up and—
His room was only three more rooms away. Thankfully.
He quickened his pace and by the time he got there, he was already 35 minutes late. "Damn it— why does time have to go by so fast.." he grumbled to himself as he hesitantly grabbed the door knob with shaky hands.
Maybe it was better to just knock instead—
So, he let go of the doorknob, took a deep breath and raised his fist to knock.
One.
Two.
Three.
Hyunjin could hear how the teacher abruptly stopped talking, because of his knock. There was silence for a split second before—
"Who is it?"
Hyunjin gulped nervously, trying to calm his nerves down because he was internally panicking right now. "Hwang Hyunjin, Ma'am." He replied, thankful that his voice didn't crack—
"Come in." He heard.
He took one last deep breath before twisting the door knob and pushing the door open, Immediately getting met with stares.
'God this situation is so fucking awkward—'
"Just in time." The teacher said sarcastically, putting her hands on her hips. Giving Hyunjin a look.
"I'm so sorr-"
"Don't explain. Just sit down, please." She cut off. Hyunjin gulped for the nth time that day and nodded meekly, turning his head to scan the classroom. He saw an empty chair almost at the back of the class and immediately strode towards it, trying to ignore the stares and whispers.
After he had sat down, the teacher went back to explaining a topic Hyunjin was too distracted to listen to, still embarrassed about his current situation.
'Way to go, Hyunjin.' He sighed quietly, mentally smacking himself. 'How am I gonna make friends like this??' He thought as he took out his small sketchbook. Sketching always helps to distract himself...
But the problem was: he didn't know what to sketch.
On second thought, maybe he'll just try and pay attention to the lesson for once—
//
He tried. He really did. But his little brain could only grasp so much. The class was getting too boring for him 'cause seriously, who thought History was intriguing?? He had also started absentmindedly doodling too. Random flowers, dogs and hearts here and there.
Eventually, he had to tear his eyes off of his sketchbook for a bit to pretend he was listening. Thankfully, the teacher didn't ask questions— she only taught. Thank God.
Time seemed to pass by quickly as he got lost in his thoughts and before he knew it, class was over—
"Hi!" An energetic voice snapped Hyunjin out of his thoughts. "Hyunjin, right? The newbie!" The boy beamed.
"Yes...? That's me." He smiled awkwardly.
"Cool! I'm Felix! Nice to meet you!" The boy—Felix, offered his hand for a handshake. Huh. Small hands.
"Nice to meet you too..." He shook Felix's hand, his own looking like a giant's compared to Felix's.
"Say, wanna be friends?" Felix grinned, lightly nudging Hyunjin's arm with his elbow. Oh. Already?...Maybe Hyunjin did have a chance of getting a friend after all.
"I- sure. That'd be great." Hyunjin chuckled softly. "You're my first friend here.."
"Oh- really? I'm happy I can keep you company then!" Okay, this Felix guy was definitely such a social butterfly.
"Yeah, thanks."
//
"Student council president?" Hyunjin asked before biting into his sandwich. Both him and Felix had gotten quite close in just an hour or two.
"Yeah! His name's Seungmin. He's my best friend." Felix happily replied. "Maybe I can introduce him to you another time— if you'd like to, of course."
"I'd like that," Hyunjin smiled softly. If it means more friends, then sure.
"Seungmin's a really quiet guy though. He can be a bit shy at first but he's a really fun guy to be around once you get to know him!" He heard Felix say. So far, he could already tell that this Seungmin guy was...
interesting.