"Because in Persian 'martya' and 'xwar' translates to 'man' and 'to eat' so it was labelled as a 'man-eater' in middle early Persian. And the English name Manticore was taken from the Latin word 'Mantichora' which was taken from the Greek rendition of the Persian name 'Martichora'. They think the call of the Manticore sounds like the lower notes of a flute and a trumpet being played together and it warns other animals to escape. It's got the brain of an animal but can mimic human speech" Hyungwon was scribbling all over the pages of Somi's History book, but she didn't mind, not when he was awake (which was surprising) and was helping her understand what she needed to catch up on in her class (also a surprising act of kindness). Besides, he was telling her stuff that Somi couldn't even remember being spoken about in class, but she sat there in shock for a lot of her lessons so maybe she missed it.

"They also have venom in their tails that works really fast when used, the sting itself is like being cut with a razor, apparently, some people say that they could possibly have the ability to shoot spikes but they're nowhere to be found so it's not certain. Some guy wrote a book or something where he said that it looks similar to a tiger, just with three rows of sharp teeth and spikes on the end of its tail. But he reckoned it was one of those folk tales that the Indian's would pass down in families" Hyungwon shuffled around, bringing his bag into his lap and opening it so that he could pull out his own History book. He flipped through pages, covered in messy notes just like what he was putting in Somi's book so she leant in closer, looking over his shoulder as the sound of pages turning filled their ears.

"This is the Manticore" Hyungwon pointed at a glued in picture of an animal that Somi had never seen before today. It had the body of a lion, the head of a man and a tail like a scorpion with spikes on the tip, just like Hyungwon had said there was. Her eyes widened, she let out a little gasp and Hyungwon watched as she leaned in closer.

"It's ugly" Somi spoke in awe and Hyungwon scoffed softly, leaning to the side so that he could nudge Somi.

"After the description I just gave you do you think it stood a chance at being good looking?" He inquired and Somi chortled, leaning back and picking up her pen.

"Yeah, you're right" Hyungwon shook his head, but he watched as Somi scribbled a small picture of the Manticore in her book.

"We can look at the Chimera later, for now, let's just focus on this looker" Hyungwon drawled, going back to writing in Somi's book and she hummed.

"Thanks, Hyungwon" Her lips barely parted, but with how close they were Hyungwon could hear her clearly and he bit back a smile, forcing his lips to stay in a straight line.

"I have to return the favour somehow after eating your food"

"Don't forget about sleeping on me" Somi grunted, though not in an unpleasant way.

"I'll think of something for that later"

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Hyungwon wasn't so bad to be around when he wasn't trying to treat you like part of his furniture. He helped Somi more than her teacher had been yet to and now she was starting to understand some of the things that she was being taught in her class, which was relieving and made her confident to walk back into her History room tomorrow. Somi could have even admitted she enjoyed the time she had spent in the library, much to her surprise, but she was too stubborn to ever do so, and there was already one person who didn't enjoy seeing them together.

"I saw you were with Hyungwon earlier"

"Oh, you know where the library actually is?" Somi grunted heaving as she forced the dumbbell over her head.

"I have potato not just meat, remember?" Minhyuk scoffed and Somi sighed.

"What's it matter if I was with Hyungwon?" Somi breathed out, getting back on topic and Minhyuk lost his smile again.

"I just would have thought Eunkwang or Changsub would have warned you about those guys?"

"They did say something about being careful with those guys" Somi nodded, her arm going slack when she brought the weight back down.

"I know that none of you likes each other, but how can I let someones hate determine what I think of another person or group? Some of them are just insistent pain in the asses but nothing more" Somi huffed, forcing the dumbbell up again and Minhyuk let out a deep breath, putting his weight down and wiping his hands off.

"I think I'm done"

"Oh, ok, well I still have another hour of things to do"

"See you around then" Minhyuk nodded, lips tight and hands by his side. He spun around, walking off before Somi could give a reply and she sighed, shaking her head and going back to watching her form in the mirror.

"Boys" Somi huffed out, going back to lifting the dumbbell over her head. She was sweating, her fingers wrapped tightly around the dumbbell and she focused on her breathing like she had been taught to by Mr Kim in P.E. Her arms were in pain and she winced, relieved when she had finally finished her reps. Putting the weights down, she looked around, looking for somewhere to go next where there wasn't anyone surrounding the equipment.

"You're going to be here for a long time if you keep waiting for people to leave" A voice cut into her thoughts and Somi looked over her shoulder, finding Hoseok standing there, his arms crossed over his chest and his eyes sizing her up, she noticed he always seemed to be doing that.

"I wasn't doing that" Somi denied, even though he had been right.

"What were you doing then?" Hoseok asked her, daring her to come up with an excuse and she looked away from him, biting down on her lip and scrunching up her brows.

"Looking for where I want to go next" She nodded and Hoseok chortled, shaking his head and brushing past her.

"That wouldn't be somewhere that no one else was would it?" He didn't glance back at her and Somi grumbled, snatching up her water bottle and putting it to .

"Get moving" Hoseok commanded as if it were any of his business what she did. Somi scowled at him, putting her water down and away from her face to glare at him.

"You're weak" Hoseok stated much to Somi's annoyance. They stared at each other, waiting for the other to back down. Hoseok leant on one of the treadmills, raising an eyebrow and refraining from blinking as Somi only continued to narrow her eyes at him.

"Well, you here to train or not?" He asked, raising his chin and Somi scoffed, turning her back on him and snarling under her breath.

"Not with you" She snapped and Hoseok scoffed, approaching her again and snatching her water bottle away from her.

"Don't go thinking I want to keep you company newbie" He told her raising the water bottle over his head when Somi snatched at it, missing much to her irritation.

"Then bugger off and mind your own business beast boy" She grumbled, trying to grab her water bottle again.

"I suddenly don't want to be indoors anymore" Hoseok hummed, looking around the room with displeasure. He dodged Somi, weaving around her and reaching for his gym bag, slinging the strap over his shoulder and avoiding an angry Somi again as he made his way towards the door.

"You want your water bottle back?" He opened the door, leaving the gym without hearing Somi's response and Somi could feel the rage pulsing through her.

"You have got to be damn well kidding me" She hissed, rushing over to the lockers and grabbing her bag. Somi ran out of the gym, looking left and then right for Hoseok. She rushed down the hall towards him and Hoseok moved his arm out of the way as she tried to snatch her water bottle from him again.

"Prick" Somi scowled, puffing as she crossed her arms over her chest, not happy to be following Hoseok around for the sake of a water bottle. But it was her favourite one and Hoseok wasn't going to claim ownership over it without getting a few hits and rude names from her first. He ignored her though, humming as she glared at him.

"Don't look back and