(Just a disclaimer before reading. Every fifth chapter will be from another character's perspective rather than Nari's. Not entirely sure why I'm doing this but whatever.)

Chanyeol

“You’ll walk home with me, won’t you, Nari?” Chanyeol asked as they walked through the entrance.

They kept walking in silence, a disposition he hated most. He turned to look at her, her face the most expressionless he’d witnessed and her eyelids incessantly blinking. He stopped her at the stairs that led to her year level.

“Nari?” he asked again.

“Of course, oppa. Why wouldn’t I walk home with you?” she replied absentmindedly before heading up the stairs.

Chanyeol’s eyebrows furrowed as he watched her ponder off. He wasn’t entirely sure how to react to her anymore. Her head had been up in space since she’d started high school and he just couldn’t figure out why. He shook it off, not wanting to spoil his mood, and rushed over to his friends not far away, waiting by the bubblers.

“What are you doing?” he started cheerfully as he slung his arm around Jongdae.

“Waiting for our sloth of a friend who insists on walking to school with his sister. Have you seen him?” Jongdae turned to look at him with a smirk.

“I swear I just saw his dumb face walk in…” Baekhyun added as he finished drinking from the bubbler.

It wasn’t long before Chanyeol removed his arm from Jongdae and slapped both of them on the head.

“Very funny. Who knew my friends were such jokesters?” he stated sarcastically.

Cheesy smiles grew on their faces, sprouting with a hint of smugness. Patronising, mocking. A typical tactic from his best friends to rile him up to ruin the rest of his day. By now, he’d realised how to prevent this. First option.

“Stop it!” Chanyeol exclaimed.

No effect. Repeat to be sure.

“I said stop it!”

Even less effect. The only choice left for him was violence, so slaps were swiftly laid upon their mouths. Both stumbled back, mouths agape with dumbfounded looks glaring at him as if they were mirror images.

“Close your mouths. Unless you want to swallow flies…” Chanyeol stated in triumph, walking off to class.

He smirked, slipping his hands into his pockets as he heard Baekhyun and Jongdae swiftly shuffling behind him.

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The bell resounded through the classroom and their teacher could barely contain the class enough to make sure they heard the homework.

Jongdae shot up out of his seat and trod quickly to the door, waiting by it. Chanyeol and Baekhyun rolled their eyes as they packed their things into their bags for safe keeping. They wandered over to him soon enough and Jongdae leapt off the wall in excitement.

“Is there anything good in the shop today?” Jongdae wondered aloud as they walked the halls.

“We’ll have to find out!” Baekhyun exclaimed as he slung his arms around both boys.

They burst into giggles as they ran quickly down the halls together.

Making their way into the lunch hall, Jongdae separated to look in the lunch hall shop and Baekhyun and Chanyeol scanned the area for an available table. As if like telepathy, their eyes both landed on the same table and they sprinted over to it. They bumped into each other under the table as the slipped in, unable to hold in their laughter anymore.

“Sold out of triangle kimbap for the third time this week! When will this torture end?” Jongdae sighed dejectedly as he sat down next to Chanyeol.