It was Siwon's suggestion that they should go to the cafeteria, but not now since it probably was being full of people.

The students always went there after finishing school for the day, so they wouldn’t find any seats. So instead they just sat outside in the shadow where it was rather empty of people, Siwon lying on his back with closed eyes and Donghae sitting and watching the school and still being totally amazed. He wondered if he ever would be able to fit in, in this kind of environment.

Then, he suddenly jumped in surprised, let out a loud “OH!”, and pointed.

Siwon opened his eyes and looked at the direction where Donghae’s finger was pointing. He was pointing at a boy with a smile so bright that even Siwon noticed, even though it was from far away.

“It's Kibum!” Donghae shouted. “Kibum!” 

Siwon kept looking at the guy to see if he was someone Siwon had seen before – but no. “Kibum?” he repeated. "Kim Kibum!” Donghae almost yelled out in happiness, being totally chocked. He could swear he was dreaming. “I know him!”

“Really?” Siwon asked surprised. “Which class?”

Donghae raised himself and grabbed Siwon’s hand to pull him up. “How should I know? He’s one year younger.”

Siwon had to jog along to keep up with the excited shorter boy’s pace.

The boy named Kibum was talking to another short boy that neither Donghae nor Siwon knew, and didn’t see the two boys approaching. Donghae walked slowly and silently, till he was standing only a few centimeters behind Kibum. Then he slowly raised his leg, placed his foot only a few centimeters away from Kibum’s and pushed.

“What the f–” Kibum hissed and turned around, his hands brushing his – worried that his pants would be dirty. But he went completely silent and just widened his eyes when seeing who the guilty one was. He stared at Donghae like he wasn’t a human being, and suddenly his ability to speak disappeared.

“I dare you to finish that sentence.” Donghae challenged with, and smirked.

“Hyung?” Kibum managed to say, still not believing his eyes. 

Donghae smiled and literally threw himself over the younger, making them both almost fall down to the ground. Kibum was too shocked to hug him back.

Even though Donghae was one year older, Kibum was still some centimeter’s taller and he had always been. Donghae smiled even wider when old memories crossed his mind.

Siwon and Kibum’s friend stared awkwardly at the hugging males, because this was shock for them too. When pulling away from the hug Donghae introduced Siwon to Kibum while Kibum did the same and introduced his friend as ‘Ryeowook’. 

Donghae still couldn't believe it and neither could Kibum. Both Ryeowook and Siwon guessed that Donghae and Kibum probably wanted to talk just the two of them, so they made sure to walk a little slower to give Donghae and Kibum their own space.

“How did you manage to get here?” Kibum asked. Kibum was the only person Donghae could talk comfortably with, concerning his social status.

"I got a scholarship.” 

"A scholarship?" Kibum repeated. "So you’re...? Everyone’s talking about you, you know."

That uncomfortable feeling came back. "What do they say?"

"They say you don’t have more clothes then the school uniform. And that your roommate pays for your food. And that your mother probably is a..." he search for the word. "e." He finally said. "Only they didn’t really use the word ‘e’."

Donghae stared at Kibum and dropped his chin. He should get angry, but he couldn’t. It was just way to ridicule and he ended up chuckling to himself.

“They’re idiots.” Kibum sighed. “Don’t listen to them.” 

The four boys kept walking here and there in the school area; Siwon and Ryeowook talking to each other and Donghae and Kibum walking in silence. “Which class are you in?” Kibum suddenly asked.

Donghae had to think for a moment before answering, he wasn’t really that good when it came to remember things. “4-C.”

“I don’t know anyone there.” Kibum replied. 

“Do you know Lee Hyukjae?” Donghae asked out of the blue.

Kibum raised his eyebrows. “No, why?”

“You don’t? I though everyone knew him.”

“I don’t know him personally, but I know who he is. Why do you ask?”

“Just curious. He’s in my class.” 

“That must .”

Donghae laughed. “I think Sungmin’s worse than Hyukjae though.”

“Eunhyuk.” Kibum corrected Donghae. “And Sungmin’s just Eunhyuk’s . He becomes brain dead when Eunhyuk's not around.” 

“Don’t talk like that.” 

Kibum laughed. “Sorry.”

They kept walking in silence again. Donghae looked over his shoulder, to look at Siwon because he had to keep in mind that Siwon knew neither Ryeowook nor Kibum – he didn’t want his friend to feel awkward. So when he saw Siwon and Ryeowook talking like they had been friends for years, he smiled.

It had been a while since Kibum and Donghae last saw each other so they didn’t really know what to say, even though there was so much to talk about. So they remained silent. That was until Kibum once again spoke.

“Ryeowook and I have a test tomorrow, so we should probably be going.” he said.

Donghae nodded but didn’t say anything. He knew he would probably say something stupid and embarrassing because he didn’t want Kibum to leave. Then he reminded himself that he was going to be in this school for two years so they had plenty of time to see each other again.

“It’s really nice seeing you again.” he finally said and broke the silence.

Kibum smiled and Donghae thought that he saw Kibum blush. “It’s really nice seeing you too, hyung. I’ll call you later.”   

Donghae took a few steps forward before hugging Kibum, who suddenly tensed his body but Donghae didn’t notice. It took Kibum a few seconds before he responded the hug.

Siwon and Donghae watched Kibum and Ryeowook leave, and Donghae couldn’t help but feel a little sad. He felt Siwon place his hand on his shoulder and he turned to face him.

“The cafeteria is probably not that crowded now” he said. 

The school did not fail to surprise Donghae once again. Their school cafeteria looked more like a café then a regular school cafeteria. People where sitting together in groups, enjoying their coffee, tea, juice, snacks and meals. Because Donghae had arrived to the school after lunch he hadn’t eaten anything.

At first he had been too nervous to notice how hungry he actually was and then too excited and happy, when he saw Kibum. But now that he was feeling calm his stomach was rumbling. He looked at the sandwiches with huge eyes – it made his mouth water. When buying everything they wanted they walked over to sit at an empty table, Siwon with his coffee and Donghae with his two huge sandwiches and tea. Siwon looked at Donghae’s food with almost confusion in his eyes. Then he looked at Donghae, a short boy with not a big stomach.

“You sure you can eat both?” he asked. “One would’ve been enough.”

“Don’t underestimate me.”  Donghae said. “I’m hungry” 

“I bet you’re used to that feeling, you beggar.” a provocative voice, a voice Donghae did not recognize, said.

He turned his head only to see Sungmin, Eunhyuk and an unknown guy that wasn’t someone in their class, standing behind him. Where they everywhere? Wasn’t this school like... really big? But the most important question: How in the world do you answer to that?

“We’re not bothering you.” Siwon said, he didn’t sound very confident. “So, please leave.”

All three chuckled and the cafeteria suddenly went silent, eyes staring only at Donghae’s direction. “You’re giving our class a bad reputation, Siwon.” Sungmin said and stared Donghae directly in the eyes.

If Donghae felt uncomfortable/nervous/scared/insecure before, then he didn’t know how to describe this. He glanced over at Siwon, eyes that asked him what to do, but Siwon looked as uncomfortable/nervous/scared/insecure as Donghae did. Suddenly Eunhyuk grabbed Donghae’s cup of tea and Donghae immediately froze.

He had only seen Eunhyuk from a distance, not this close.

Donghae still thought that of all people in this mini-mafia group Eunhyuk was the one looking the least scary. Even when he chuckled and smiled evilly, like he had done in the classroom before, there was still something angelic with him. It was pretty weird that Donghae thought that, since everyone he had talked to had talked about Eunhyuk like he was some kind of a monster. With Eunhyuk’s looks Donghae could imagine him being very popular among girls.

After grabbing Donghae’s cup, Eunhyuk inspected the liquid inside the cup before taking a sip. Donghae widened his eyes – waiting anxiously about what would happen next: Donghae thinking that Eunhyuk didn’t look very frightening didn’t really matter now, since he noticed that Siwon actually had succeeded in scaring him. 

“Ew!” Sungmin almost squealed. “You’ll get AIDS.”

Eunhyuk made a face, not using words to say that it didn’t taste good. Then he turned to nod at Sungmin, agreeing that it was indeed nasty, before he casually turned the cup upside down over Donghae’s sandwiches. Donghae realized to late what happened and wasn’t fast enough to push his chair away from the table before the hot tea ran down, over his pants.

Sungmin gasped. “No, Hyukie!” he said in a sarcastic melodramatic tone. “Don’t do that! He can’t afford to buy a new one!” At that, Eunhyuk chuckled.

It was hot, very hot, and Donghae had to bit his bottom lip to not scream in pain. His thighs felt like they were on fire. Siwon immediately raised himself from his seat to help his friend, while people around them started to laugh.

“Let’s go,” The third, unknown, guy said to his two friends. “he might give you lice.”

Sungmin, Eunhyuk and the nameless guy walked away – Sungmin and the nameless guy laughing out loud and Eunhyuk just walking like nothing happened.

“WHAT. IS. HIS. PROBLEM?!” Donghae screamed. Right after the incident Siwon helped Donghae back to their room so he could change his clothes – mostly his pants. “He burned me!” 

“I warned you.”

“Yes, but I didn’t freaking do anything!”

Siwon sighed. “I know.” He said in a low voice. “I’m sorry.” He couldn’t help but feel guilty over what had happened.

“Don’t say you’re sorry, it wasn’t your fault.” Donghae said it sincerely, even though he still sounded angry. After changing to regular jeans and a T-shirt he sat down on his bed; his head resting over is hands to give himself some seconds to think. Then, he raised himself and Siwon feared he was about to do something he would regret.

“Where are you going?” he asked, widening his eyes. 

“I didn’t do anything.” Donghae said again and put his shoes back on. “If I don’t do anything then they’ll just keep bothering me.” 

“You’re not really going to...?”

“Yes, I am.” Donghae put his jacket on and Siwon jumped out of his seat.

“No, wait!” he said but Donghae got out of the room before he had time to say something more. Siwon immediately put one shoe on and realized that the other one was not in sight.

He cursed himself and desperately searched for that damned shoe, so he could stop the stupid newcomer.   

AN: It's Firday! Thank you everyone for the huge support and awesome response!

Posted on: 15th July, 2011. Friday.