Chapter 18
The Blue of the Sky on Rainy Days
That morning again, everyone bustled about in the hallways as Eunhyuk passed, walking tall. Tsk, what are you so proud of, Donghae has finest features than you, he internally spat at a girl who was staring at him down the corridor. I don’t care, I'm in love, he replied in his head to the mockery of three boys who were laughing without hiding it. As if I wanted to be friends with people as dull and stupid, he hissed through his teeth to all those who were looking askance at him. His jaded and haughty air slightly calmed gossip down, for fear of reprisals.
- "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, sit down, and silence please!" Mr. Choi ordered when the bell rang.
Eunhyuk put his pencil case on his table and began to play with the small cloud that hung there. Casually, with the tip of his criterion, he wrote the remaining of the missing drawing on the wood.
- "Okay so, before starting class", continued his teacher, "I’d like to congratulate two of your comrades here who got a mention ‘notable’ in the mathematics Olympiads. I guess you all know that five prize-winners are selected every year, the first five in the contests of course, but also fifty students who returned a good paper that are decorated with the ‘notable’ title. I congratulate Onew as Eunhyuk for being part of these fifty students, and you can applaud them. Thanks to them, our school’s reputation you’ll have to enter on your CV will be maintained. You’ll come and see me at the end of class young men", he finally said to Eunhyuk and Onew, who looked very happy.
Very little applause answered this small speech, students looking at Eunhyuk even more weirdly than before.
The latter did not care one bit about his mention. He only thought about one thing: if he had managed to be in the top fifty, then was Donghae...
He was always on the go, crossing his fingers in all directions for his friend to be in the top five. Mr. Choi, who had noticed his agitation, even asked him to go to the board to calm down a little. The other students took this opportunity to whisper among themselves.
- "See that, he’s so agitated to know whether his trisomic potato got a good score or not."
- "Yeah, this guy, only math can make him hard now. He even left his girlfriend and his best friend for that."
- "Seems like the headmaster completely brainwashed him, that's why ..."
- ", it’s horrible to use students this way. My father said that..."
- "Silence please!" Choi stormed, hitting his desk with his big yellow ruler. "Seems to me that you guys don’t have a sufficient level not to follow in class!"
- "Yeah, this guy, only math can make him hard now. He even left his girlfriend and his best friend for that."
- "Seems like the headmaster completely brainwashed him, that's why ..."
- ", it’s horrible to use students this way. My father said that..."
- "Silence please!" Choi stormed, hitting his desk with his big yellow ruler. "Seems to me that you guys don’t have a sufficient level not to follow in class!"
End of class finally arrived as a deliverance. Eunhyuk put the chalk back in place on the small metal ledge under the board with a slightly trembling hand, and turned towards his teacher:
- "So?" He asked.
Choi also waited for Onew to arrive to his desk, and for most of the students, who unusually took their time to leave as they hoped to hear some interesting information they could ramble about afterwards, to leave the room.
- "I congratulate you once again", Mr. Choi told them. "I knew you had great capacities Onew, and you haven’t disappointed us. Your application for college is excellent and I will write you letters of recommendation with pleasure. This also applies to you Eunhyuk. I can hardly tell you what commotion caused your results in the staffroom. Really, I hadn’t seen such a spectacular progress as yours for a long time."
Eunhyuk, who was swinging from one foot to another, clenching his hands on the edge of the desk to try and contain his impatience, could not help but answer his compliments by:
- "And Donghae?"
- "Young man, you found us a special one. Ah, I understand he was a good teacher. But what is he doing in this center? Is it really his place?"
- "But how's he placed?" Onew, who could no longer take this suspense, asked, which made him receive a silent blessing from Eunhyuk.
- "Oh, he was overwhelmingly first. Not only did his paper not have a single error, but in addition, he was one of the few not to use a calculator. The most remarkable stays his method of solving exercises, which surprised many teachers by its speed and sagacity. Yes, this most competitive price is well deserved. I'll have to give you details for the ceremony awards later, when I’ll myself know a bit more about it..."
Eunhyuk grabbed Onew and lifted him from the floor with jumps, screaming 'Oh that's so great, so great!'. Then, under his teacher’s amused eyes, he ran off, abandoning his fellow, wobbling on his legs as his head spinned so much.
As he passionately galloped through the sports fields, light-heartedly skipping his following lessons, his cell phone rang.
- "Hello!" He replied in an ecstatic voice while shuffling.
- "Hello", replied a quite surprised girl's voice, "is that you Eunhyuk?"
- "Yes, who is it?" He replied without losing his good mood.
- "Well Yoo Ra, don’t you see my name when there’s an incoming call?"
- "Oh no, I didn’t pay attention", he conceded with a chuckle.
- "Hello", replied a quite surprised girl's voice, "is that you Eunhyuk?"
- "Yes, who is it?" He replied without losing his good mood.
- "Well Yoo Ra, don’t you see my name when there’s an incoming call?"
- "Oh no, I didn’t pay attention", he conceded with a chuckle.
Strange, the girl thought.
- "You don’t ask me why I call?"
- "Why are you calling?" He kindly asked while turning on himself as a result of a delicious intoxication.
- "Well ... I know we haven’t talked much since the day ... well, after you passed your math contest ..."
- "Yes ♥", Eunhyuk said, that word once again reminding him of the good news he would announce to his friend, already thinking about a tender hug of congratulations.
- "Uh", Yoo Ra, decidedly finding him weird, continued, "I don’t know if you remember but you promised me ... that we would meet just the two of us after this ..."
- "Oh yeah, maybe ..."
- "In this case, will you keep your word?" The young woman tried, noticing that he did not seem to get angry at all.
- "Yes", Eunhyuk said, gradually excited as he only had a bit more than twenty meters to cross before reaching the center.
- "So... Saturday would do, around 16?"
- "Alright", the high school student replied without even realizing it, before hanging up to enter the building in a run.
***
- "Donghae’s first!" He yelled as the elevator opened on the second floor, and with such force it disturbed the floor nurse’s bun. "He’s first!"
- "First for what?" The aged woman asked in a rather exceeded air. "And anyway, let me remind you that this place’s a hospital, don’t yell!"
- "Kaehyun", the young man shouted, not taking her remark into account at all, "Donghae’s first!"
- "Oh, that’s so great", replied the young nurse who had closed her blouse to the last button that day. "Is that certain? I mean, there were so many students participating in this contest ..."
But Eunhyuk was already gone towards the playroom like a maniac. He sowed a mess among the patients as he shrieked and jumped over tables. Only Donghae, having recognized his voice, did not panic, but he had stood up and was looking at the storm his friend had created. Nurses did not know where to turn to calm the patients and catch objects that had started to fly in all directions.
- "Attention please!" Eunhyuk demanded as he stood on a small table. "I have a very important announcement to make; you wouldn’t want to miss something interesting in your monotonous lives, right? Come on, come on, listen my friends, it's time to bow in front of our master!"
He jumped down the table, told Donghae he was first with a bright smile, and hugged him to pour his emotion.
Kaehyun, from afar, uncertainly looked at them. She knew the truth now, but did not know what to think. Should she be shocked? Should she confess that it was not so surprising? Should she be happy for Donghae? Should she worry? In any case, she did not know what to say and decided not to step in, at least for now. You can get involved in a patient’s privacy to a certain extent only, she wisely thought. The two boys looked happy together, Eunhyuk was jumping everywhere and Donghae was smiling, probably happier to see how his success made his friend happy than his first place itself.
- "I only hope he knows what he's doing", she sighed upon seeing Eunhyuk happily lead the young patient out of the room by pulling his wrist, trying to calm all the patients that this small but noisy talk had excited.
He jumped down the table, told Donghae he was first with a bright smile, and hugged him to pour his emotion.
Kaehyun, from afar, uncertainly looked at them. She knew the truth now, but did not know what to think. Should she be shocked? Should she confess that it was not so surprising? Should she be happy for Donghae? Should she worry? In any case, she did not know what to say and decided not to step in, at least for now. You can get involved in a patient’s privacy to a certain extent only, she wisely thought. The two boys looked happy together, Eunhyuk was jumping everywhere and Donghae was smiling, probably happier to see how his success made his friend happy than his first place itself.
- "I only hope he knows what he's doing", she sighed upon seeing Eunhyuk happily lead the young patient out of the room by pulling his wrist, trying to calm all the patients that this small but noisy talk had excited.
***
Sprawled out on the grass, an arm under his friend’s head, Eunhyuk enjoyed a special feeling, fullness. Never before had he experienced it so fully. Above their heads, in the blue sky of early summer, the clouds were lazily gliding. He began to whistle, not yet having expressed his appreciation enough, to his liking. Donghae was curled against him and was purring, tickling him with his whiskers. Gently, he began to his neck.
- "I'm so proud of you. People will no longer be able to say you’re stupid now. They always need things to assess intelligence, as if it was possible? Well, they have it now, and very deep!"
But Donghae was not listening, he had clung even more to him and Eunhyuk did not know if it was kisses or tongue which were making his neck shiver this way.
- "Donghae ... Donghae? Are you grooming me? I washed you know ... Ah, you're tickling me!"
- "I'm so proud of you. People will no longer be able to say you’re stupid now. They always need things to assess intelligence, as if it was possible? Well, they have it now, and very deep!"
But Donghae was not listening, he had clung even more to him and Eunhyuk did not know if it was kisses or tongue which were making his neck shiver this way.
- "Donghae ... Donghae? Are you grooming me? I washed you know ... Ah, you're tickling me!"
The young patient still did not answer, he was purring more than ever while rubbing against his leg. Eunhyuk began to feel strange, a bit feverish. His limbs were completely relaxed and full of energy at the same time, and his nerves were vibrating. He eventually realized, after a few minutes, that he was feeling physical desire for the first time. His heart skipped three beats. He was very conscious of Donghae’s crotch rubbing against him. But was his friend aware of what he was doing? He had never asked him anything concerning things less innocent than kisses. Yet, his purrs were growing more and more affectionate. The warm wind came tangling to their embrace. Eunhyuk kissed Donghae with something more than his usual tenderness, something passionate that clung to his lips and refused to let go. Never had he wondered how far his relationship with Donghae could go. He followed his friend’s pace, which was fast enough for him. And yet, slowly, he felt his hand slide down Donghae’s side, as guided on his body and drawn despite itself to the most sensitive point. He absolutely did not want to scare him, but he could not stop, as if he was intoxicated. He now had the feeling that he and his friend were totally equal, since Donghae could manage making him lose all control of his senses. Finally, he brushed the small beige shorts with his fingertips, as if it was an accident. Opening his eyes, swallowing hard, he slightly pushed Donghae and replaced his leg with deliberate caresses, though a bit shaky, heart beating violently. Donghae immediately uttered a small noise and sat up on his elbow:
- "What ... what are you doing?" He asked in a small and unsteady voice.
It was difficult for Eunhyuk to talk as a mixture of excitement, fear, desire and embarrassment slightly paralyzed him. Once again pulling Donghae against his heart, burying his nose in his twisted strand, he replied:
- "Hmm ... I guess I'll have to show you a few movies..."
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