“What the hell is he doing here?” Who is it?

“Isn’t that…isn’t that the gay kid? What’s his name? Donghyuck?” Leave him alone. He’s done nothing wrong.

“I think so…what kind of business does he have in our class?” Just ing shut up because there’s nothing wrong with him being here.

Mark couldn’t feel anything other than his headache increasing due to the loud whispers that his classmates were exchanging among themselves. Closing his eyes and resting his head on the desk, using his arms as a pillow, Mark Lee didn’t even notice someone coming up to him until gentle taps were being laid on his shoulder. 

“ off,” He mumbled, hearing the other huff and - thinking that it was probably Jaemin - sat up groggily while rubbing his eyes. “I swear to god, Jaemin, I really need sleep-“

“Not Jaemin.” He heard the other state, a voice higher than Jaemin’s sounding like music to his ears, even if it was filled with sarcasm. “And why the hell do you have those dark circles?”

“Because I care about my science grades,” He mumbled, staring at the tanned boy in front of him. “What do you need? English help?”

“An interview, actually,” Donghyuck replied, smile turning uncomfortable when someone shouted at him to leave. “If it’s not too much trouble.”

“News team?” He asked, getting a nod in response and sighed before standing up and walking out of the classroom, not wanting Donghyuck to experience any more hate than he already did in that classroom. “First one wasn’t enough, I’m guessing?”

“Yeah, Renjun’s just super fussy,” Donghyuck replied as they both went down a random hallway and sat in front of a random classroom, backs against the wall. He watched as Donghyuck too out his phone once more, getting ready to record the interview again.

“Why do you guys bother? You know the school isn’t going to receive it well,” Mark said just before Donghyuck pressed the recording button on the screen, turning towards him with determined eyes.

“That’s why. People need to get their heads out of their asses and out of their mouths,” Donghyuck stated flatly as if he were just describing the we