For once Hyungwon was not sleepy in their lecture, in fact he has probably never been so awake in the morning, but he just had too much going on in his mind. He couldn’t help but to steal glances at Wonho who was busy texting Shownu under the desk. It seemed like Wonho didn’t even try to text sneakily, he was so obvious since who the hell would stare and grin at their crotch during lectures.

The evil side of Hyungwon hoped the professor would catch Wonho, he was tempted try and get the professor’s attention but he was too nice to do so.

The professor looked at their direction and seemed to have caught Wonho who was too busy to notice, for a moment Hyungwon thought his prayers were heard. But the professor soon looked away. It wasn’t rare that students text in lectures so the professor usually let them off, until they get too distracted. Which Wonho was to be honest, he wasn’t even aware of how bright he teeth looked with his phone’s light shining onto his face, especially when the lights in the hall were dimmed. The professor’s lenience started to piss Hyungwon off.

Just look over here and stop him from texting damn it! Hyungwon thought to himself as he brushed his hair with his fingers and took a deep breath irritatedly. 

Maybe Hyungwon’s actions were too obvious or maybe Wonho’s pearly teeth were too bright to ignore, the professor looked over again to see the still texting Wonho, unimpressed, the professor paused. Trying to hide his satisfaction, Hyungwon lightly nudged Wonho’s arm to get his attention. 

When Wonho’s eyes finally moved away from his phone he noticed how the whole lecture hall was staring at him.

“You’re an adult, you don’t need me to tell you off for texting, do you?” The professor rhetorically asked.

Wonho apologised as he put his phone away and gave Hyungwon an embarrassed look while Hyungwon tried to hide his joy.

Wonho might have stopped texting, but the phone that’s now in his pocket still vibrated every now and then, maybe due to his sudden irresponsiveness.

Hyungwon could tell that Wonho was tempted to take out his phone by how fidgety he got, Hyungwon actually found it pretty amusing to watch.

Time went by ever so slowly for the helpless Wonho, he repeatedly looked at his watch as if it would magically shorten the lecture time.

When lecture finally ended, Wonho whopped out his phone while they gathered their stuff, Hyungwon couldn’t help but to take a peep, as expected, all the notifications were messages from Shownu.

“Hey let’s go to the cafe after our next seminar.” Wonho suggested, but kept his eyes on his phone.

“Shall we take the books out from the library first?”

“But Shownu’s already at the cafe since he’s free this morning, we can get it later, don’t worry.” Wonho explained.

Wonho’s 'Shownu this, Shownu that' really annoyed Hyungwon but he tried to hide it with a forced smile and agreed.

I’m the one next to you, but all you think about is him? Can you not see how painful my smile is?

Hyungwon honestly could have rejected, after all, those books were essential for all the final year law students but only a handful of copies were available, but Wonho didn’t seem to care too much since Shownu was apparently all that mattered to him at this moment.

Hyungwon just complied out of habit; a bad habit. A bad habit that Hyungwon sometimes wished he could get rid of, but Hyungwon loved Wonho, he didn’t mind doing things he didn’t like, as long as Wonho was happy. He felt like by doing this at least he wouldn’t push Wonho away.

Hyungwon may be smart intellectually, but he was foolish in relationships.

He has always focused on how not to push Wonho away, but never took the initiative to make a move on Wonho. He should know that you can’t win a battle by just defending, you have to attack too. If you keep enduring and accepting other’s requests, people would take it for granted; conforming too often spoils the other person, like how Wonho sometimes forgot about Hyungwon’s feelings because he knew Hyungwon doesn't reject any of his demands.

Hyungwon should learn that it’s okay to be a little selfish sometimes, he should think about himself a bit more and treat himself better because he deserved it.

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