"Mingyu."

"Wake up."

"Mingyu, come on, get up!"

"Kim Mingyu!"

"KIM MINGYU GET OUT OF YOUR BED YOU SON OF A PRICK OR I'LL KICK YOUR !"

Mingyu swore he hasn't gotten up any quicker than how he shoot up in his bed when he heard his best friend's deep voice shouting through his ears. He glared lazily at Wonwoo,  who was standing beside his bed, before scratching his abused ears and laying down again on his comfortable but messy bed, facing the ceiling. "I wanna die." he muttered.

"You're going to if you don't get up now." Wonwoo threatened and Mingyu felt chills run down his spine. His best friend's voice, no matter much he's used to it, still gives him chills when used to speak threatening words. "Get out of your bed while I'm asking you nicely."

But he didn't budge and kept his blank gaze focused on the ceiling above. "I don't want to go to school."

"Shut up! You've been skipping school for three days now, Mingyu. You're mom's getting worried." Wonwoo said, irritated.

"I don't want to." Mingyu continued to whine, shaking his shoulders in defiance.

"Hurry up, Mingyu or we're going to be late." Wonwoo said coldly, voice coated with nothing but ice.

"I said I don't want to go to school. I want to die, hyung. I want to be swallowed by a whale and live in its stomach for the rest of my life. I want to hide, I want to disappear from this world! I want to go anywhere but school!" he said, burying his face under his duvet.

"Oh really? Well let me tell you what I want, Kim Mingyu. I want to ing get outta here. I want to go to my girlfriend. I want to see her, hug her and kiss her. I want to hold her in my arms. I want to make out with her. I want to be with her but look where I am right now! I'm here with you, in your room, waking you up and trying to get you out of your ing bed. If it wasn't for your mom calling me, asking me to help her make you go to school, I wouldn't even be here. So if you want to stay as my best friend, get the out of that bed, take a shower and get dressed cause whether you like it or not, we are going to school together!" Wonwoo finished his rant with a low growl and Mingyu felt like his bones grew weak. He knows he shouldn't piss his hyung especially in the morning. So even though his mind and body doesn't want to get up, he slowly pulled himself off the bed and dragged his feet to the bathroom. He stripped his clothes and began washing himself lazily. Mingyu almost slipped on the wet floor when he heard Wonwoo shouting from the outside "Hurry up!" Wonwoo scolded. He quickly finished showering and stepped out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. Wonwoo was sitting on the edge of the bed, glaring at him and Mingyu just stared back at him with a pleading look, as if asking him to not let him go to school. Wonwoo rolled his eyes at him. "Hurry up and get dressed or I'll freakin' cut off your s! You're taking too much time." he complained.

"Okay! Okay!" Mingyu raised his arms in surrender but quickly covered his s and walked towards his closet. He opened it and pulled out one set of uniform and quickly put it on, white polo shirt first before the navy blue blazer. He pulled up his pants, hooked the button and zipped it up. He sat down beside Wonwoo who threw him a pair of socks which landed sqaure on his face. Before he could glare at Wonwoo, the older got his towel and continued drying his hair while the younger put on his socks. "I'm not a baby anymore." Mingyu swatted Wonwoo's hands when he finished putting on his socks. He grabbed his red tie from the hanger and placed it around his neck.

"You're acting like one now." Wonwoo retorted and this time, he swatted Mingyu's hands away from the tie and began putting it on correctly for the taller. "Tsk. You're six-feet tall but you can't even tie a necktie properly? And you say you're not a baby, wow, I believe you." he said sarcastically.

"I know how to put it on properly, I just don't want to." Mingyu defended, turning away from Wonwoo when the older finished doing his tie.

"Sure you do. Now let's go, big baby. My lovely girlfriend must've been starving. She hasn't taken her daily dose of my delicious lips yet." he said, pushing Mingyu out of the room. Mingyu rolled his eyes in annoyance but he managed to grab his backpack before Wonwoo could completely push him out of his room. They went downstairs and saw Mingyu's mother in the Kitchen.

"Oh, you're finally out of your room!" she said happily. She quickly made her way to where the two boys were standing and she gave Wonwoo a big hug. "Thank you, my son. You're really the best." she said, patting Wonwoo's back.

"Uh mom, I am your son." Mingyu clarified in case his mom forgot.

"Of course you are." she said and hugged Mingyu too. "You're my tall son and Wonwoo's my handsome son." she said proudly.

"Oh, thank you mommy!" Wonwoo said, flashing his cheeky smile.

"No fair! He's handsome and I'm tall? Just tall?" Mingyu complained. "I'm your son mom! I came out from your tummy and you say I'm tall?" he said, disbelief coated his whiny voice.

"Cut it out Mingyu. We're going to be late." Wonwoo said as he dragged the sulking giant out of their house. He waved Mingyu's mom goodbye and pulled Mingyu along. The walk to their school was fast, Wonwoo never letting go of Mingyu's hand because if he did, the latter would walk 2000000x slower than a sloth but he still managed to pick up his phone using his other hand when Mina called. When they got to the gates, Mingyu stopped abruptly. Wonwoo turned to him. "Come on." he said.

"Wait, let me just put these on." he replied and took off his bag. He opened it and got a black face mask and eye glasses out. He zipped the bag again and wore it again. He put on his glasses and the face mask afterwards.

"What's that for?" Wonwoo asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I just... I just want to hide my face." Mingyu answered quietly. Wonwoo saw the look in Mingyu's face and decided to just let him be and leave the argument for later. He grabbed Mingyu's wrist again and started to walk towards their building. They arrived at Wonwoo's classroom first but Wonwoo decided to drop Mingyu off to his classroom first in case the younger decides to skip school. When they arrived at Mingyu's room, the teacher was fortunately still not there so Wonwoo dragged Mingyu to his seat and went to greet his girlfriend who was sitting just a few feet away from Mingyu. Mingyu quickly covered his face and went to his seat and buried his face in his arms that were folded above his desk.

Wonwoo smiled at his girlfriend. "Hi baby. I miss you so much." he said, leaning down to kiss Mina's lips. Seokmin rolled his eyes at the sight and decided to just ignore the couple.

"I miss you too babe." she replied after breaking off the kiss. The two lovers stared at each other lovingly and they would've continued doing so if not for the teacher who cleared his throat.

"Control your hormones and save the sinful act for later, Ms. Myoui and Mr. Jeon." Professor. Kang said, looking at them sternly.

Wonwoo flashed his dashing smirk at the teacher. "Sorry Professor Kang. I just missed my girlfriend so much. I'm off now. Have a good day." he bowed politely and went off but not before kissing Mina on the lips again. Professor Kang just glared at him but decided to just shrug it off and let Wonwoo slide since he's a good student. Wonwoo may be the biggest and the horniest male out there but his grades were amazing. Not as high as Mingyu's and Jihoon's but definitely higher than the rest of their friends. Big thanks to Mina who's not only hot and y but also very smart.

The lecture started and Mingyu heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the seat beside him was empty. But even though he was kind of relieved that the beautiful girl was not in sight, there was something inside him that wants to see her beautiful face. No! I can't face her yet. I'm going to die of embarrassment. He cringed when he remembered what he did that day. He clearly remembered how shocked she was when she heard the words he said. Ugh! I hate myself.

[Flashback]

"What's wrong Mingyu?" Soonyoung asked. They were walking home together with Seokmin, Minghao and Jihoon. They all live in the same subdivision anyway so they always walk home together. The couples were having their usual dates and the three youngest were off to buy something they need for one of their subjects so the single ones were left to walk home together.

"I'm just confused." he answered, head lowered and eyes focused on the ground.

"Confused about what?" Seokmin asked this time. "You've been really quiet since this morning and I thought you're back to normal during lunch but now you're depressed again. What's up?"

"Its just," he started but quickly stopped when he realized he's about to confess his crush on the pretty transfer student to his friends. He doens't want to be teased so he quickly changed the topic. "Minghao, what does 'Ni hao. Wo shi Kim Mingyu. Wo Ai Ni.' mean?" he asked, looking at his friend.

"Oh, those were the words Jun hyung taught you earlier at lunch. Jun hyung was messing with you actually." Minghao said. "It actually means, "Hi, I'm Kim Mingyu. I love you." Minghao answered, chuckling.

"Oh okay." Mingyu said but his eyes widen when realization hit him. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" he bursted out.

"Woah. Chill Mingyu." Jihoon said, surprised at Mingyu's sudden outburst.

"CHILL?! YOU'RE TELLING ME TO CHILL?! HOW CAN I? OH MY GOD!" Mingyu screamed, his hands made their way to his hair and he pulled on it. "No wonder her expression was like that. I ing told her that I love her straight to her face when we practically just met today." he mumbled to himself. He was walking absentmindedly, walking faster as he continued to pull his hair out of disbelief and anger. "Maybe she thinks I'm a creep. A freaky stalker. A ert. A lunatic. AAAHHHH!" he screamed and he felt his knees grow weak. He suddenly fell to the ground and his friends quickly ran after him.

"Mingyu!" Seokmin immediately crouched down and held Mingyu's arm. "What's the matter? Are you okay?" he asked worriedly.

"I wanna die." Mingyu said weakly, head hanging low.

"What?" Jihoon asked, lifting Mingyu's face. "What's wrong?"

"Kill me now. Please just kill me now." Mingyu pleaded.

"What the hell are you saying, man? Are you crazy?" Soonyoung asked, eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"Fine! If you won't kill me, I'll do it myself!" he said angrily and he suddenly stood up and ran away from his friends who are calling after him.

Of course Mingyu didn't die. He couldn't even prick himself with a needle, how much more committing suicide. He's a scaredy cat like that. So he just ended up locking himself in his room. The boys might have told Jun about what happened because Mingyu could hear him knocking on his door when he didn't go to school on Tuesday. Jun must have figured out Mingyu was upset because of his stupid joke so he continuously apologized through closed doors and Mingyu eventually forgave him but he told him he wanted to be left alone. Wednesday and Thursday came and Mingyu still didn't go to school. His mom was worried sick but he told her he was okay and that he just didn't feel like going to school that week. Mingyu's mom let his son be since it was the first time he acted that way. She brought him food and checked up on him once in a while before doing the household chores.

Thursday night came and Mingyu heard a knock on his door. "Mingyu, your dinner's here." his mom's voice echoed through the door. He stood up from his bed and headed towards the door. He opened it and took the tray from his mother.

"Thanks, mom." he said quietly.

"Are you okay, son?" she asked, worry present in her sweet, feminine voice.

"Yeah." he replied. He was about to close the door but he opened it again and looked at his mother. "Mom, can I transfer to another school?" he asked.

Her mom's eyes widen at the sudden question. "What? Why? You're friends are all in your current school, why would you transfer to another school?" she asked.

Mingyu shook his head. His mom's right. His friends were in his current school, transferring would mean he'll have to make friends with strangers again and he doesn't like that. He loves his friends even if they cause him trouble sometimes, just like now, so he decided to push the idea away. "Nevermind. Thanks for the food." he said and he quietly closed the door.

[End of flashback]