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(Still in class)

Listening to the teacher, I was just ready to kill myself. Why do we have to learn this stuff anyways? When am I ever going to use this stuff in real life?

Just calm down Minnie, be calm. Folding my arms on the desk I decided to rest my head on them. I turned to glance at the clock then widened my eyes in disbelief. We still have an hour left? Oh come on!

“Okay, so finish this packet by the ending of this week. Work with partners if you want to.” The teacher said while handing out the thick math packets. We just finished the exams yesterday but we still have to do this? I started to look through the packet and I decided.

 I AM GOING TO FLUNK MATH. Then Heechul will be mad because he was great in math and umma, appa, and my other hyungs will be disappointment. There’s still one solution though.  I heard a voice speak in my head. Kyuhyun would gladly help you. Would he? I turned my head slightly so I could glance at him but I was surprised to already see him half way through the first page.

My heart started to beat a little faster for some unknown reason. Its just Kyuhyun. Why am I reacting like this?

“Um, Kyuhyun?” I asked a little hesitant. He looked up at me then smiled. I think that he’s still in a good mood since I agreed to eat lunch with him.

“Yeah?” he asked with a raised eyebrow which made my heart beat even faster. Aish calm down Minnie!

“You know that I’m not really good in math, so…” I trailed off, hoping that he would understand what I was trying to say. I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw the excitement in his eyes.

“Sure!” he said a little too quickly while blushing a little looking down because he said that a little too loud. Why are we like this all of a sudden? I can tell that he’s kind of nervous around me too. It’s not like were going on a date. It’s just two friends eating lunch with each other.

Yeah except that one of the friends are in love with the other while the other friend is starting to develop feelings for him.

‘Shut up’ I said back talking to myself.

Even if he was almost done with the first page and he might have been able to finish the entire packet, he took the time to help me first. Sure, he was teasing me a little because I couldn’t figure out an easy problem but he still helped me nonetheless.

Sigh. Why is he so smart? I’m older than him for Christ sakes!

When class ended we finished over half of the packet while the other students were only working on the third page. I still had trouble understanding but at least I kind of know what to do. I sighed again. Next is History. Walking out of class Kyuhyun stood in front of me. “Don’t forget that were meeting during lunch today.” He said to me with that grin on his face.

I just rolled my eyes and hummed in agreement.

“Bye Minnie~” he said with a wave walking backwards so that he could still face me. I gave him a little wave back while heading to History deep in thought.

Turning around I bumped into somebody. Owwww my head. But I still had to be polite. “I’m sorry!” I said while rubbing my forehead with my eyes closed.

“Oh I…. bump you sorry?” I head someone said in broken Korean. What did he say? When I looked up I saw another student a little taller than me with black short hair. He doesn’t look familiar though. (A/N: Guess who :D)

I looked up at him confused. I can’t really understand him. But when I looked him over again I noticed that he looked and sounded a little different. He has a weird accent too. What is that? Chinese maybe?

“I am uh… Hankyung. Me is new student.” Even though it was meant to be an introduction it sounded more like a question to me. “I exchanged a student.” He said with a concentrated look in his eyes. I had to hold back my laugh. Oh, so he’s a foreign exchanged student.

“I’m Sungmin. Nice to meet you!” I gave him a little smile. He just smiled back. He looks lost. “Where’s your next class?” I asked him slowly because it looked like that he was still a little confused.

“Um, H-history?” he asked me while pointing at his time schedule that he was holding. He handed it to me and I looked it over.

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Walking down the hallway we tried talking and I couldn’t help but laugh every time he said something wrong. When we got into class I told the teacher the situation and she said that she would see him after class. I told him to sit next to me so that I could help him with the class work and try to explain the lecture to him.

I found out that he moved to Korea after being accepted into this school and that his parents are actually really poor. So he couldn’t hire a tutor to teach him Korean before coming here. I feel kind of bad. Basically the only Korean he knows is from the small Korean guidebook he bought from the airport.

After class was over I stayed in a little so that I could help with the assignments for tonight.

 Then the teacher came up to us and said that she can help him with the assignments. She then asked me “Aren’t you going to eat lunch? It’s pretty late already.”

“Huh?” I looked at the clock on the wall. Lunch started 30 minutes ago! I already told Kyuhyun that I was going to eat with him today. I quickly gathered my stuff and said goodbye to the teacher and Hankyung and rushed outside.

When I finally got to the tree I could see Kyuhyun sitting with the bag on his lap. He didn’t start eating yet? I felt my heart clench. It tightened even more when I saw him looking down with that same look he had when I rejected him at first. He thinks that I ditched him!

I quickly stood in front of him and bowed with my head down not looing at him. “I’m so sorry! I wasn’t paying attention to the time and-“ I tried to continue but he looked up at me in surprise. But as soon as he saw my face he started to smile.

“You’re here!” he said excitedly. “I thought that you wasn’t going to show up.” He said while looking a little sad for a split second.

“I wouldn’t do that!” I quickly responded to him. I feel so guilty! I’m such a jerk.

“Well since you’re here lets eat.” He told me to sit down on the blanket that I didn’t notice before. He brought out containers with sandwiches, fruits, sweets, and even drinks. He handed me a soda and a napkin while making me a sandwich.

“I can make it myself.” I told him softly. He’s so nice to me even though I treat him so bad.

He looked at me and smiled “No, I want to so it.” I blushed at how sweet he was acting towards me. Usually he would just tease me by calling me nicknames but now, he’s treating me like this.

I took a bite of one of the cookies he brought and my eyes widened in surprise. It was delicious! But I know that he can’t cook let alone bake something. “Did you buy this?” I asked while I ate the rest of the cookie.

He handed me my sandwich then adjusted his glasses with a slight blush dusted across he cheeks. “I asked my noona to help me prepare this.” He said slightly embarrassed. I blushed too and I don’t even know why.

We started to eat while talking about our day so far. I told him about bumping into Hankyung after class was over and that was the reason of why I was late.

“We have a foreign exchange student?” he asked with a raised brow.

“Yeah. He can barely speak Korean. You have to hear him.” I said giggling after remembering Hankyung trying to pronounce the names of some of the historical sites in Mokpo.

He just chuckled but then he turned serious. “Sungmin?” he barely calls me Sungmin. It’s always “Minnie” or “Princess”. I’m kind of getting nervous now.

“Yes?” I responded back to him but not looking at him in his eyes. Then I remembered Yesung’s words from earlier ‘His feelings are actually genuine you know.’ Oh no no no no. I don’t know about what I feel yet!

“Please look at me.” He asked quietly. I hesitantly looked up at him and I had to fight the urge to look back down. He had such an intense look in his eyes.

“Kyuhyun?”

“I think you already know what I’m about to say.” He kept speaking to me in that quite serious tone.

“N-no. I don’t know...” I denied

“Then I’ll tell you right now.” He said seriously. “I know that you always think I’m just playing around with you but I really like you Sungmin. I tease you because I find you adorable and so loving. Even if I make trouble to you, you always seem to care for me.” He said all of this while looking at me straight in my eyes.

I looked down and I could feel my cheeks starting to burn. He’s actually serious about this. I bit my lip. He’s cute and smart but…

Sigh, my family is crazy. The main reason why I don’t want to say yes is because of my family. You see, I don’t even know how to explain this. It’s not that they have a problem with homouality but they are…. How do I say this? Very protective.

I have three hyungs, an appa, and umma-teukie. Our real umma left us when were little and that changed us a lot. Appa had to work hard to support four growing boys so he always put Heechul in charge of us. In order from oldest to youngest, it’s: Heechul, Yunho, Eunhyuk, and then me. Kangin is my appa and Leeteuk is his boyfriend but we call him umma anyways. Except Heechul. He just calls him Teukie.

I don’t even want to think about them meeting Kyuhyun. I’m scared of what they would do. Especially Heechul and Appa.

Then an idea came to me. It’s so unoriginal but it will have to do.

“Kyuhyun… I only think of you as a friend.” I said to him. “It’s not that there is something wrong with you but...” I struggled to think of something.

“… Do you have someone that you already like?” he asked me.

I shook my head.

“… Am I not your type?” he asked me again. Yes! That will work.

I nodded my head. “I’m sorry Kyuhyun. I really am.” I said bowing slightly. But then he did something I wasn’t expecting. He chuckled. I quickly snapped my head up at him.

“Can I ask what exactly is your type?” he asked me. Why the heck is he grinning? I just rejected him!

“Yah! Were you joking this whole time?” I yelled back at him. You better not say yes Cho.

“Of course I was serious about that.” He told me. “But I won’t give up that easily.”

“What do you mean?”

“I’m going to win your heart Sungmin.” He said with a glint in his eyes. I don’t feel good about this. I blushed even more and gasped when he leaned down with his face so close to mine. “Trust me.”

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