"Why are you blushing?" 

The embarrasing scene replayed in Wonwoo's mind as he twisted in bed restlessly, unable to sleep peacefully. The Class President was losing his calm, and screamed into his pillow. It was pitch black in his room, at the only thing he could see clearly was the time on his bedside clock. The electronic clock read 12:13AM. Wonwoo groaned at the realization that he only had 6 hours left to sleep. He tried to sleep, he really did. But everytime he closed his eyes, Mingyu's face appeared, which a stupid sly smirk. After that "incident" Mingyu got up, and took off his uniform blazer, and revealed a plain white tee that fit his body, perfectly. Wonwoo stayed on the ground, in shock and had his eyes glued to the taller man that was honestly, quite distracting. Eventually, Wonwoo returned to his senses and quickly got up from the ground. Mingyu chuckled and he folded his blazer, and swung it over his shoulder, pushed back is damp hair, and simply continued cleaning. Wonwoo was flustered by the whole situation, but he too continued cleaning. For the next half an hour, the two didn't talk and just cleaned in silence. Wonwoo was cleaning quite fast, hoping that the task would be done so he could just go home. When the couple was done, they returned the supplies, and then parted ways to their respective homes. They exchanged only 1 or two words, 

"Bye." Wonwoo said shyly, and quickly turned to walk home

"Get home safely." Mingyu replied, nicely. 

Wonwoo began blushing at the words, and was extremely thankful that his back was facing him. 

Wonwoo ruffled his hair in bed in embarrassment and frustration. He then closed his eyes, and finally went to bed at 12:20AM. When Wonwoo's alarm went off at 6AM, he tiredly pressed the "off" button, and like a corpse got ready for school. When he arrived, he was roughly woken up by Jun

"Yah! Pres!", he said as he slapped Wonwoo on the back, and started walking along side him. 

"Not now. It's too early", Wonwoo said in his morning voice.

"It's never too early for me~" Jun said, purposely annoying his bestfriend. 

The two walked side by side into the school building. When they turned the corner of the hallway that lead to their class they noticed a buzz of voices. As they walked closer to their class, they noticed a small huddle at the doorway and they were all whispering to each other. But, honestly they couldn't whisper because after listening for a few seconds, Jun and Wonwoo got the gist of the gossip. They looked at eachother, and maneuvered their way through the huddle and eventually got into class. And when they did, the whispers were proven true. To the left of Wonwoo's desk, the desk that is normally empty, was full. Their classmates were all talking about how Mingyu, for the first time since school started, was actually present for first period. Even Wonwoo was surprised, and slowly walked to his desk, trying not to make noise that would make Mingyu turn around. Noticing his friend's attempt, Junhui yelled

"KIM MINGYU~!!" 

Which halted the whole class. All the whispers stopped, and Wonwoo also froze in his position, and looked at Jun with anger in his eyes. Mingyu, who was supposedly napping, slowly turned his head to the direction where the loud voice came from. Junhui just smiled as he and the famous delinquent locked eyes. Mingyu looked at Jun, then at Wonwoo who was in frozen in a slightly odd position, back at Jun, then simply reverted to napping. Jun then walked to Wonwoo, and was punched by the Class Pres.

"Yah! What do you think you're doing?" Wonwoo asked angrily

"What? I was just excited and happy he was here so early.", Junhui said with a evil smile on his face. 

Wonwoo punched him in the arm again, and they made their way to their assigned seats. Wonwoo awkwardly sat beside the napping rebel, and began unpacking his stuff. He looked at the peaceful Mingyu, then quickly shook his head as the memory of the day before flooded his mind. The murmurs around him were all wondering why Mingyu was here so early, and honestly the Class Pres. was curious, himself. So, he said something

"U-uhm. Mingyu-ssi... W-why are you here so early?", Wonwoo asked carefully, stuttering nervously as he did so.

Mingyu slowly opened his eyes, and looked at the Pres, and smiled revealing his perfect white teeth,

"Mingyu-ssi?", Mingyu asked, raising an eyebrow, and laughing at the way his classmate spoke formally, and awkwardly.

"Mingyu is fine," he continued "And, I'm here for one simple reason. Today, we have Science first period." 

"A-Ah~." Wonwoo said. He scolded himself in his mind for his constant stuttering and nervousness around this classmate.

Although Wonwoo was always #1 in his class, and Mingyu was always last. In the subject of Science, Mingyu constantly placed #2 when it came to tests, exams, and even projects. The whole class was shocked the first time it happened, because they had never seen Mingyu's name on the list anywhere other than in last place. Even Wonwoo was really surprised at the name that he never really saw or acknowledged was so close to his. Sometimes, Mingyu and Wonwoo were actually only a few points away from swapping places. 

Wonwoo tilted his head in confusion, and restarted the conversation,

"Wait- how do you know we have science this period?", he asked. Smiling internally because this time, he didn't stutter. Mingyu looked him in the eyes for a few seconds before replying,

"It was on the bulletin board infront of our classroom." Mingyu explained.

In the middle of the stiff conversation, interrupted an energetic Wen Junhui.

"Whatcha guys talkin' about?" 

Both Mingyu and Wonwoo looked up at the boy that was standing infront of them, his hands leaning on both of their desks. Mingyu simply looked away in disinterest, and Wonwoo gave his bestfriend a look that said, "really? now? seriously... like that?"

Before Wonwoo could tell Jun what they were talking about, Jun walked infront of Mingyu's desk and outstretched his hand. Mingyu looked at the hand, and up at Junhui's face

"Hi! I'm Junhui." with a friendly, slightly forced smile. Mingyu ignored the handshake gesture, and just nodded at Jun's introduction.

"Tch. No fun." Junhui said, earning a glare from Wonwoo. Jun slung his arm around Wonwoo's neck, and sat on the half of Wonwoo's chair and said

"Sorry, but I'm his bestfriend. If you're going to talk to him.. It's sort of a 2 for 1 deal."

Mingyu started laughing as he saw Wonwoo struggle to get out of Jun's headlock,

"2 for 1 deals can also be sold seperately... It just costs more." Mingyu replied, slyly. 

Jun glared at Mingyu, and the taller did the same. 

Jun purposely "whispered" loud enough for Mingyu to hear, and leaned into Wonwoo's ear saying,

"I don't like him."

He then returned to his seat, as the teacher walked in. And it was in fact, science first period. The class was just filled with taking notes, and some examples. The teacher would sometimes call on some people to answer questions. She even called on Mingyu, and everyone was surprised when he answered correctly, and even included in some information to further explain his answer. Wonwoo found that aspect of Mingyu interesting. He enjoyed seeing the side of Mingyu what wasn't so cold and violent, but was simply interested in a subject. During the lesson, Wonwoo tore off a piece of paper and wrote a tiny message on it, and tossed it on to Mingyu's desk, making sure not to get caught.

"Sorry about Junhui before.", Wonwoo's neat wrting said.

Mingyu looked at the note, flipped it over, and began writing his reply.

"It's fine..? Quite an interesting bestfriend you have there." Mingyu's reply read. The ink a little smudged, as he was left handed.

Wonwoo stared at the word on the little piece of paper. "Bestfriend."

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3 years ago, on Wonwoo's first day of highschool, he bumped into someone on the slope up to the buildling. 

"Sorry!" the nervous freshman Wonwoo said and bowed his head a full 90 degrees. He heard the person laughing, and looked up and saw a boy that looked about his age

"It's fine! You don't need to bow.", the boy said with a nice smile on his face. The friendly smile made Wonwoo a little less tense, and he too smiled.

"Are you a freshman too?", the boy asked. Wonwoo nodded, to which the boy infront of him said

"Sweet! I am too! Want to walk up together?", he said as he pointed up the slope. 

"Okay!" Wonwoo said, and walked up to the fellow freshman's side and the two began walking

"I'm Jeon Wonwoo.", he introduced himself, the boy on his right smiled and said,

"I'm Wen Junhui!"

The two boys spent the rest of the walk getting to know one another. They realized that they both liked music, they both liked math and didn't really enjoy science. Also, their favourite sport was basketball, their favourite color was blue, and they both liked sushi and fried chicken. The boys were excited and happy to find someone so similar to them, and insantly became friends. When they got to school, they found out that they had the same class together, and both were happy and decided to sit beside each other. Ever since then, the two were inseparable, and they were practically together 24/7. In fact, most of their highschool life involved rumours of the two dating, which they didn't, but sometimes Jun joked around and said yes, and held Wonwoo's hand. The two knew everything about each other, and told one another everything. Regardless of what it was, they told each other every single little thing. Their bond grew incredibly strong within 3 years, to the point where they were borderline lovers, but for sure bestfriends. 

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"Haha, yeah! He's kinda weird, but he's my bestfriend, no matter how annoying." Wonwoo wrote back, on a new piece of paper. 

Mingyu read the message and his lips curled into a slight smile, and then he wrote back

"Weird? Really? I think he's really similar to you."

"Yeah, he is. I think that's why we get along so well... Is your bestfriend similar to you?" Wonwoo's reply read.

Mingyu took a little longer to reply this time, but his reply was short

"I've only had one. And, honestly, he was nothing like me." Wonwoo read the taller's reply, and looked to his left. He noticed a sad smile on Mingyu's face, who was looking at the board. Wonwoo felt a little guilty, but his curiosity got the best of him and he wrote another message

"Then how did you guys get along?" Mingyu laughed lightly at the little piece of paper.

"Have you ever heard the saying 'Opposites attract'?" it read.

"I've heard of it. But honestly, I've never believed in it. I don't understand how completely opposite people could get along, or find common ground." Wonwoo's reply went. And before Mingyu could reply, their teacher turned around and started to assign a project that could be done individually, or with a partner. As soon as the word partner came up, Jun and Wonwoo instantly looked at each other and smiled as they gave each other the usual thumbs up. As always, Mingyu decided to work alone. After science was over, Mingyu left the class taking his belongings with him, and Wonwoo assumed he wouldn't see the taller until the next day. Honestly speaking, Wonwoo had never seen Mingyu with anyone else. He never worked with anyone, or talked with anyone in class. For the most part, Wonwoo had never actually seen Mingyu smile until yesterday, and wondered why he didn't have a girlfriend. There were a series of rumours started about Kim Mingyu. Most of them involved drugs, or violence. But, there was also the rumour that he was a womanizer, and he skipped classes to go to karaoke bars and.... Wonwoo shook his head at the disgusting thought. The Class President's thoughts were interrupted by a slightly irritated Jun who took the chair beside Wonwoo and started ranting,

"I honestly don't like that dude." Jun said, gesturing to the desk left of Wonwoo.

"My bestfriend shouldn't be talking to someone like that." he continued. Wonwoo was about to say something when Junhui leaned in closer and with a slightly sinister smile on his face asked,

"So~.. What were you two passing notes about?"

Wonwoo's eyes widened,

"Wait. You saw that?", he asked, surprised.

"Well, duh.", Junhui replied. 

"And from my point of view, the conversation looked kind of interesting.", he continued, "so tell me about it."

Wonwoo looked at his bestfriend and briefly summarized the "conversation" he had with the latter. 

"Ah~. Wait, so you're saying that thing actually had a friend?" Junhui said with a surprised, kind of disgusted look on his face. Wonwoo hit him on the shoulder, and scolded,

"He's not a thing. And yeah, it seemed like they were pretty close." Wonwoo replied, nonchalantly. 

"No way... Who would ever be close to him?! He's not even friendly, or nice! And, it doesn't help his case that he's extremely violent and scary, and one staredown from him could make a kid cry and pee their pants.." Junhui said in disbelief.

"Yah, aren't you being too harsh?" Wonwoo said, believing that his bestfriend had said something completely unnecessary. 

"I'm just saying.." Junhui said in a low voice, as he rolled his eyes and looked away.

That day, Junhui went over to Wonwoo's house to work on their project. The science project assigned was to research and present to the class on the topic of Astrology. Since Junhui and Wonwoo were the top 2 in their class, they decided to do their presentation on the solar system. Nothing too simple, but not too difficult, considering the due date was in 2 days. Within those 2 days, Mingyu was no where to be seen. To Wonwoo's surprise, he wasn't even there for science class, but he assumed it's because he knew that the next 2 days were going to just be inclass time to work on the project. The day of presentations came, and everyone was sitting together with their partner. Then, the class door opened, and everyone's heads turned to the tall male who was holding a rolled up bristol board in one hand, while the other was in his pocket. Everyone began whispering again when they noticed the new cuts and bruises on the latter's face. Mingyu lifelessly walked his way to his seat, where on his right Wonwoo & Junhui were seated. Soon after, the teacher walked in, and presentations quickly began. After Wonwoo & Junhui's well prepared and organized presentation, the class applauded and certain comments were heard like,

"As expected of the top duo!", or "Those two are unbeatable together" to which the couple bowed and smiled at. Next up, was Kim Mingyu. Mingyu got up from his seat, and made his way to the front of the class, and revealed his poster. Surprisingly, the poster was visually appealing, and organized, the background a nice galaxy. Mingyu's presentation revolved around the connections with peoples' astrological signs. Mingyu began by giving the history of the signs, and then half-way through, he was explaining how your personality, and who you connect with can be due to your astrological signs, but by the end, he was explaining how the astrological signs could be insignificant when it came to true connections. Mingyu finished off his presentation, and his class was really shocked at the amazing presentation, that they started clapping, when the teacher's initial clap awoke them from their trances. Mingyu bowed politely, took his poster and made his way back to his seat. Wonwoo and Junhui looked at the boy to their left with wide eyes,

"Yah. Are you actually smart?" Junhui asked with zero tact. Wonwoo hit him lightly, and just said

"Good job up there." to which Mingyu just nodded.

"Yah, he complimented you. Aren't you gonna say thanks?"  Junhui said.

Mingyu looked at Wonwoo who was about to start yelling at Junhui, and smiled 

"Thanks.", then reverted back to looking at the presentation infront of them. Wonwoo's heart started racing at the sweet smile he was just flashed. He felt his face become warm, and he convered his face with his hands in embarrassment. Mingyu took a quick glance at the flustered Class Pres, and smirked then started laughing. Junhui looked at his friend, concerned, and then raised his voice at Mingyu,

"Yah! What did you do to him?" 

Mingyu just shrugged, and kept the smug smile on his face, and continued to watch the presentations. Throughout the day, Wonwoo was distracted as he kept over analyzing Mingyu's presentation. Connections, people, and similiarties. So, the next day, before science class started, he decided to ask Mingyu.

"Mingyu!", his low voice said, which stopped Mingyu as he was walking down the hall. From the classroom doorway, Junhui was watching the two converse. And soon others took notice of the interaction. Murmurs from the class were saying that the two looked really out of place with each other, which made Junhui a bit happy. 

"So, I was thinking about your presentation the other day, and I was wondering... was it about your bestfriend?" Wonwoo said, which made Mingyu look at him surprised. The taller laughed, and smiled while saying,

"I think you're overthinking things. It was just a simple astrology presentation." Mingyu said. However, Wonwoo wasn't satisfied with the response, so he spoke again,

"Really? Are you sure?" Wonwoo asked.

While listening, Mingyu caught a glimpse of Jun staring at them from the classroom, "Because, in my opinion, it looked like you were telling a message about connections, and you were saying how your bestfriend and you-"

Wonwoo abruptly stopped talking when Mingyu's face was now suddenly a few centimetres away from his, just like that day. His eyes widened, and his heart started racing again. 

"Speaking of bestfriends..." Mingyu made eyecontact with a now furious Jun. He then leaned in closer to Wonwoo's ear and whispered,

"I don't think yours likes me very much.", then walked into class, brushing shoulders with Junhui as he did so.

AUTHOR'S NOTE;

okay hi. LOL, yes I updated twice in one day! yay?! LOL, idk. but uh yeah... so, like I said in the foreword, I honestly don't know where this story is going to go. But, I hope you guys stay interested and enjoy reading! please subcribe, and maybe check out some of my other stories. Upvotes & comments are always appreciated! I'll try and update soon, but for now, peace. -Zen