Chapter eight:

Yoseob’s POV:

The next week flew by extremely quickly.

It was the same schedule every day.

In the morning, I would head off to school with Seohyun.

She would revise with me whatever test I had on that day on the way there.

In school, I would take my examinations with confidence.

They were all generally easy. Seohyun was a genius. She spotted all the questions correctly, so I had no problem answering them.

Then, I would go back home and spend the rest of the day revising and studying with Seohyun for our next paper.

Then the cycle would repeat itself.

Basically, for that next week, I spent half of the time just with Seohyun.

It was awesome.

Before I knew it, I had put down my pen for the last paper, physics.

“Time’s up.”

Done.

I looked at Seohyun, and flashed her the thumbs up sign as usual, beaming.

She smiled back. I could never get tired of seeing that smile.

I can’t believe it.

I’m done.

The first term examinations are over.

I wonder how I did.

UGHHH. How did the school expect me to wait for an entire WEEK to find out whether I had managed to get into the top fifty list or not?

Anyway, it’s all over. Good job, Yoseob!

Seohyun’s POV:

A week had passed since the examinations were over and done with.

That meant I had not tutored Yoseob for an entire week.

I know I was supposed to be happy that I didn’t have to tutor him for an entire week, considering that he was supposedly someone I disliked.

But somehow, I felt kind of…empty.

It was so boring every night, with nothing to do.

Finally, a week was over and it was the day where the top fifty list would be revealed.

I left my house, and saw Yoseob leaving his house too, as usual.

“You nervous?” I asked him on the bus.

He nodded. He really looked nervous. He was even biting his nails adorably.

He looked so nervous, I really wanted to calm him down, to reassure him that everything would be okay.

So I slipped my hand into his hand.

His hand was so cold, probably from him nerves.

I gave his hand a squeeze.

“Whatever the result, I’m proud of you.” I said softly.

He looked up at me, obviously surprised. Then he smiled slowly.

I didn’t let my hand go.

So we just sat in silence, hand in hand, for the rest of the journey.

Yoseob’s POV:

The bus arrived.

I saw the University from afar.

This was it.

I reluctantly let go of Seohyun’s hand.

When she slipped her hand into mine, I somehow managed to calm down immediately.

It felt so nice, holding hands with her.

It was her way of reassuring me and calming me down.

We entered the school gate and saw many students crowded around the bulletin board.

There were butterflies in my stomach.

“I can’t do this.” I sighed, turning to face Seohyun. “I…I can’t face the truth…”

I started to run away from the board.

I felt someone grab my hand.

“We’ll look at it. Together.” She looked right into my eyes firmly.

“Together.” I agreed, and we started to walk to the bulletin board.

At number fifty…not me.

At number fourty-nine…not me either.

I was beginning to panic.

At number fourty-eight…still not me.

I scanned down the list. I couldn’t find my name.

I was so dead.

Suddenly, Seohyun screamed and pointed to the front of the list.

I looked towards the direction she was pointing and gasped.

Because at number twenty-five, was the name YANG YOSEOB

TWENTY-FIVE.

I blinked and looked again.

Sure enough, at number twenty-five, was my name.

OH.

MY.

GOSH.

I couldn’t believe it.

I actually got into the top fifty.

AT POSITION TWENTY-FIVE.

I turned around to look at Seohyun. She couldn’t hide her excitement. She was jumping up and down, shrieking.

I gave her a huge hug and started jumping up and down with her.

“I can’t believe it! I got in!”

“I know! I’m so proud of you!”

After we were done jumping, I let go of her awkwardly.

“So…” she looked down, blushing again. She was so easy to read.

“So…” This was awkward.

“Gotta go!” She ran off hastily, her cheeks flaming red.

She was too cute.

Seohyun’s POV:

When I was scanning through the list, I was panicking when I didn’t see Yoseob’s name at the back.

When I saw his name at position number twenty-five, it was a huge relief.

And surprise.

I knew he could get into the top fifty list, but I never expected him to become position number twenty-five.

In the whole level

I was so happy, in fact, that I started hugging him.

That’s right.

I started hugging the guy, who I absolutely loathed until two months ago.

The only guy I ever hugged was Dongwoon, and that was because he was my oppa.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh

“Hyun ah!” I saw Dongwoon and Yoona running towards me.

“Did you see the bulletin?” Yoona panted.

I shook my head. It was only now until I realized that I had forgotten to check my own position.

“You got first, as usual. But there’s something ten times juicier! Did you know that YANG YOSEOB, that useless jerk, actually got into the list? AND he was at position number twenty-five? All the girls are talking about it. They think it’s hot that he’s so handsome and has the brains to match too! If anything, they love him even more now. Ughhh. I bet he cheated! There’s no freaking way he could have gotten in using that small, useless brain of his!” Yoona kept ranting on and on about Yoseob, and what an idiot he was.

You know, two months ago, I would probably be the one ranting to Yoona. I would probably be spamming insults at him and all.

“I think he worked really hard for this.” I defended him.

Yoona gave me the are-you-crazy look.

“Well, he was really improving in math lessons and all! I mean, he’s pretty smart, as long as he tries!”

“Whatever. We still hate him.”

“Is he still giving you trouble?” Good old Dongwoon asked, concerned.

I shook my head. “Ani. We don’t even talk to each another.” I added, lying.

“Good! Now come on! Let’s forget about that loser! We have SO MUCH to plan! School holidays start tomorrow, and we NEED TO PLAN ON WHAT TO DO!” Yoona was jumping with excitement. “Come on!”

That’s right.

Forget about Yoseob, Seo Joo Hyun.

Stop thinking about him already!

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Sorry for the late-ish update >< 

Haha I bet no one thought of the number twentyfive x) It was really random anw HAHA. But good try :D

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