That's Just It
Popular NobodyChapter I
I am definitely in love.
Perhaps, no one really cared, or no one will give a
But really, I am in love. I can’t even explain how I felt.
You can’t blame me right? You’re just like me. Feeling
All giddy with just one little feeling but hear this, it was
Magical. Just like his whole existence.
Oh, I forgot to
Introduce myself, I am Kim Jongin. Eighteen and an
Aspiring dancer. I am a jock in our school and the least
I expected is to fall in love with a cute awkward nerd.
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Vacation was over and we’re back to school, to be honest
The idea isn’t very appealing to me. I can’t practice my new
Moves anymore and I’ll have lesser time playing my favorite
Sport, But I guess, life can’t be all that good to you. I got up
From my bed and proceeded to the shower. I need to be early
At school to sign up for the club I’ve always been into. I’m
Pretty sure those students were eager to join other clubs too,
But nah, I’ll stick to mine. Dancing is always my passion.
After taking a bath, I quickly brushed my teeth and get dressed
Styling my hair not until I heard “Jonginnie—Get down here!
You’ll be late for school!” . My mom shouted that. Oh, Did
You heard that? I’m sorry. You weren’t supposed to. I’m
embarrassed to say that she likes using that name to call me.
Ugh, Please forget about it, okay? Great. I grabbed my bag
and ran downstairs to meet her.
She was always smiling and I wonder if she ever
had a bad day. “Good Morning Mom.” I kissed her cheek.
“So, are you ready for another school year? You’ll meet
new kids again! Be sure to be friendly though.” She winked
at me and goodness! What am I? A four year old kid getting
ready for his first school day? I shook my head and gave
her an awkward laugh. I don’t want to offend her but
she’s really treating me like a kid, not that I hate it but
I’m eighteen years old; I pretty much knew that I could
handle myself. After eating her pancakes, I grabbed my
bag, put on my shoes and said my farewell. I walked
on the way to the bus stop because it’s pretty much
near to our place.
Minutes later, a bus, which is almost
full stopped by and I immediately get in. I looked for
a seat and luckily, one is available. I took the seat in the
right side since I saw someone with the uniform
same as mine sitting beside it. Might as well make friends
to ease my tension. During the whole bus ride, I attempted
to talk to this cute boy beside me but he seemed sleepy
so I guess it wouldn’t work. He looks like his head will
fall off any minute now. So I put his head on my shoulder
instead. I don’t mind though. He looks adorable. It
didn’t take long before we reached the school and I
decided to wake him up. At first, he grunted then
later on, he quickly opened his eyes. Alarmed
at his sudden realization. “Oh my god, Where am I?
Did I lean on you?—“ I nodded “I’m sorry! I d-didn’t
know, I—I was actually awake but then I just—I just
fell asleep! I’m sorry!” He kept bowing with his
pleading wide eyes (which I just noticed) until
his glasses fell off. I quickly helped him pick up his
glasses and dragged him out of the bus because for
sure, We just made a scene. He looked flustered
and I can’t help but ruffle his hair. He looked
shocked and confused but then he smiled later on.
I gave his glasses back which he quickly took and put
them on again. He looked better without them though.
“I should go now. It was nice to meet you uhh…mind
telling me your name?” I smiled. He looked around
and pointed to himself as if asking me if I was really
referring to him. Of course, who else am I talking to? I
just simply nodded and he fidgeted with the hem
of his shirt before he looked up to me, blushing
and smiling. I swore, I never saw a smile that
looked beautiful as his. “I-I am Do Kyungsoo.”
Cool. So it’s his name. “I am Kim Jongin. See you
at school.” I winked and that’s where our love story
begun.
“ING KIM JONGIN” someone called me
as I snapped out of my thoughts. I faced Sehun,
my best friend who looked annoyed at something.
“What?” I pouted. “You were ing daydreaming
again. Where were you huh? I’ve been calling
you for a lot of times but you just kept staring
at that damn wall. Kyungsoo had left an hour ago!”
He said with so much frustration.
Seriously, Did I ing dream again? Was that all
a dream ?! Damn this head for creating
such scenarios! He will never talk to me. He
probably thinks I’m a popular nobody. I mean,
Yeah, I am popular just like they say but I don’t
want to acknowledge that. Not until Kyungsoo talks
to me. And yes, to answer your question that was
all a ing dream. I used to do that many times
a day. To create a scenario of what ifs and what
could’ve been’s. I tend to imagine how my one
sided crush life was going to start its end, I tend to
imagine on what If I met him before school
or something. I’m sick and tired of realizing that
all of those scenarios, not a single one of it is true.
I sighed and pouted as I made my way towards my
dance class, with Sehun following behind. I
bet he’s too annoyed at me right now so
I didn’t attempt to try and talk to him. He
knew about my poor one sided life and
He’s trying hard to understand me. I’m
lucky enough, I guess. Who would want
to listen to my self-pitying party and
watch myself wallow in depression. He
will just stood there and help me later
on and talk some sense to me. but I just
kept nodding and would always reason
out that I can’t simply talk to him even if
I like him. Kyungsoo is way too far to reach.
He’s a star. A smart one to top that while
I’m just a popular kid yet a nobody to him.
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The class had finished without too much hassle,
We practiced a step rountinely and we were able
to finalize it. Luckily, Sehun and I were a fast learner,
It’s easy to catch up that way because there’s gonna
be a competition that’ll be held in a few months. We
can’t be lacking. After getting out our class, Sehun
bid goodbye to attend his soccer practice while I,
still need to go to the library to borrow a book
my mom needs to see. I’ll be skipping basketball
practice for now ‘cause I don’t need it at the moment.
Too tired to even look around, I headed towards the
library when I bumped into someone. I didn’t mean to
do that but he fell and I felt responsible for it so I
sat beside him and helped him up. It was then that I
noticed that it was Kyungsoo. I quickly but inintentionally
dropped my hold from him and he almost stumbled.
I’m sure my cheeks became red from embarassment
since that's so rude of me to suddenly
let go of his hand. I feel humiliated and I don’t know what to do so
I just stood there beside him and face palmed
to cover up and hide my embarrassment. He dusted
himself, stood up and began to ran off,
panicking, he forgot his phone which I
didn’t noticed that fell earlier. I am debating
with myself If I should go after him or just
give his phone back tomorrow. I decided
for the latter. It’s almost dismissal time
anyway. I shook my head when I remembered
how I acted earlier. He must’ve thought how
much of a jerk I was. Nodding my head, I
headed towards the entrance of the library and
get what I needed. I checked out the book to
the librarian and it’s all done. I struggled with
my bag and walked on the way home. I didn’t
feel like taking a bus. It was when I reached our
house, that I decided to skim through his phone.
I ran towards my bedroom, almost forgetting
to let them know I’m home and jumped on
my bed. I the phone and was quickly
met by a picture of Kyungsoo as the wallpaper
posing with a peace sign. I chuckled because,
how cute can it get? A few minutes later before
Kyungsoo’s phone rang, MOM seen at the caller
ID before I accidentally dropped the phone
and unconsciously tapped the accept call on the screen.
Jesus! How careless of me. I sighed. Panicking, I scooted
over the phone and listen to someone's voice coming from
the speakers. I smiled like a fool when I realized it was him.
“H-Hello? this is me, Kyungsoo.” My cheeks flushed
by the entire idea of him calling me—
well, his phone to be exact, and it made me go all rainbows.
“Uhh, if you can hear me and you got my phone
‘cause you accepted the call, Please return that
tomorrow, I won’t get mad. Just meet me
at the school’s garden. I’ll thank you for keeping it
safe. Thank you, whoever you are.” Then a click
was heard before I noticed that he had
already dropped the call. Kyungsoo is going
to meet me tomorrow but I don’t have any idea,
on what the I will do about it.
A/N: So uhh, A shy Jongin for a change. THIS IS UNEDITED! Thank you for subscribing! Here is chapter one as promised. I decided to use Jongin’s POV instead of a third person’s POV because I like it that way. I wanted to try out a different style of writing and I decided to apply it in this fic. please check out my other fics too, lmao. sorry for my typos and my poor grammar. what do you think of the first chapter? comments, upvotes and subscriptions are highly appreciated! =)
- Erie
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