A bit of insomnia...
[Choose Your Adventure] Seoul High: Senior Year (SEMI-HIATUS due to projects)
Somehow, you can't sleep.
Probably the excitement of being accepted by the group. What a relief that was though.
Someone knocks at the door. You peek down at Heechul who is sound asleep, holding a rag doll.
Who is still up this late? Did someone forget anything?
A piece of paper slips under the door. You go down from your bed and check what it says:
"Hey new kid, still up? I'll be waiting at the gazebo until 1 in the morning. I have a surprise."
Your heart skips a beat. You get dressed and go to the gazebo like the paper said.
GARDEN GAZEBO
Sure enough, there he was. That mysterious figure sitting on the ledge of the gazebo with the flashlight aimed at his book.
“Hey,” you say.
He looks up from his book, “Oh hi,” he says back, “Where'd you come from?”
“I went out with Donghae and the others. They were stalking Choi Siwon.”
“Ahaha, those guys...”
There is a moment of silence as you come closer to sit on the ledge like yesterday.
“BARK!”
“… What was that?” you ask puzzled.
“Oh, remember yesterday when we heard some funny noises in the bushes? I found this little guy here earlier when he stole half of my snacks.” He shines the flashlight over a little beagle, probably less than a year old. It is sitting on the floor with its tongue sticking out of its closed mouth staring at you, the newcomer.
“It’s so cute!” you gasp going over to pet it. “Oh, and it’s a girl!”
“Why do you seem so happy over that? It’s not like this is the first time you’ve seen a girl, is it?”
“O-of course not. I see lots of girls. I just thought that in this school, it would be nice to have a female—female DOG-- around,” you explain, gesturing towards the dog.
“Haha, okay, well, guys are pretty deprived here after all,” he chuckles.
“What’s her name?”
“Oh, she doesn’t have a name yet.”
“I’ll help you think of one,” you volunteer.
“Okay, but make it good and make it meaningful.”
You look at the mysterious boy's face, trying to make out his features so that you might recognize him in the daylight but it’s too dark to see clearly. You think about asking him to show you his face with the flashlight but suddenly, it flickers and goes out.
“Crap,” he says. "I knew this would happen sooner or later." You hear him close his book and sigh. “Oh, I heard about what happened at the cafeteria earlier. From Kyuhyun.”
“Oh, really? Uh, what did he say?”
“He wanted me to give him some information on 'the new annoying shrimp in town'. I don’t know what he’s going to use it for but don’t worry. I won’t sell you out.”
“Thanks. Although why would he ask you of all people?”
"We used to be friends in grade school."
"Oh..."
You think that it might not be a good time to ask about their history right now.
There is a moment of awkward silence.
Flashlight guy breaks the silence by asking an even more awkward question, “Forgive me for asking but are you, uh… queer?”
“Excuse me?”
“Queer. Gay. Man-lady. She-male.”
“NO I’M NOT! You’re the nth person to ask me that. Gahh. I’m probably just… effeminate. Haha, yeah that’s it.”
“Ah well, things might get awkward between you and other people so you might as well learn how to become more manly and boyish. I can help you with that.”
“Really? Thanks, hyung!”
“Okay, to start, what do you usually catch yourself doing when people ask you that?”
“Giggling? And other times, I’m not really doing anything.”
“Okay, when you giggle, men do NOT cover their mouths while doing so. I mean, they can LAUGH but not giggle. Never giggle. Got it?”
“Got it. No giggling.”
“Next, it might be better for you not to do any aegyo. Other guys can get away with it like Heechul and Sungmin but for you, with your girly face, people might feel awkward.”
“Okay.”
I really need to stop thinking like a girl too then. *sob*
“Third, your choice of words and decisions will obviously show if you are a guy or a girl. So will your posture. So if you find yourself standing or sitting in a questionable position, tell yourself, ‘This is SEOUL HIGH!’ and shift to a boyish position that you see normal guys do.”
He then shows you some stances that you should take instead of your usual ways. After giving you some more tips, he decides that it’s time to go back to the dorms.
“Won’t you walk with me?” you ask, hoping to be able to see his face in the light of the lamps.
“It’s okay, I just need to do something then I’ll go back.”
On your way back to the dorm, you realize that you forgot to ask him for his name again.
AAAUUGH. You’re so stupid, Kim Haneul. Maybe you can just find out. He said he was Cho Kyuhyun’s room mate right? I can just check the dorm postings again!
Oh wait, he said they were room mates back in FRESHMAN year. Not anymore. AUGH. And it's not like I can ask CHO KYUHYUN who his room mate was back in freshman year. =_= Screw this.
You're too tired to think of anything else clearly at the moment so you just give up and go back to your room to sleep. Sleeping Heechurella sleeps like a rock.
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