Once I was in class I plopped down in my seat. Mark was already there in front of me but his head was down and he had headphones on. I wondered how long it would be for him to notice who I was. He was always oblivious so I was betting on at least another three days. Shrugging it off I pulled out my phone and pulled up the note app so I could start writing up the idea for the one shot in my head. As I was writing my fingers moving like the speed of light on my screen as the images flowed through my brain, the teacher came in to start class. Mark sat up making me glance up at the back of his y head. His light red hair was slightly disheveled from how he had been lying and he quickly started fixing it.  I pulled my eyes away before I started day dreaming again and went back to typing on my phone.

“Miss KaiRen-ah…” the teacher said disapprovingly. The class swiveled in their chairs to look towards me as I kept staring at my phone. I typed faster wanting to get the idea down before the teacher made me put my phone up. I heard people giggling as the teacher no doubt got frustrated at my ignoring him. I ignored the looks and the calls from the teacher easily as I was used to it. “Miss Kai-Ren…put that phone up now.” the teacher scolded walking back. Sighing I pressed save on my phone.

“Arrasso…it’s up.” I said tucking it into my pocket. When I looked up I jumped slightly startled to see mark turned backwards looking at me. The teacher tsked but went back to teaching. The class also returned their attentions to the front of the class except mark who was looking at me blankly. “Ah…dude.” I said leaning forward. “The class is in progress.” I said and reached out grabbing the top of his head. I turned his head to look away from me and I smirked when he glanced back over his shoulder at me throughout the class. Every time he glanced back over his shoulder at me, I would make a face at him. I was trying to make him laugh in the middle of class because well…I mean mark’s smile was gorgeous duh. He glanced back one more time near the end of the class and I was prepared. I crossed my eyes and puffed out my cheeks and stuck my tongue out between my lips biting it to make the weirdest face I could muster up. To my shock mark snorted. I uncrossed my eyes and looked at him to see him fighting back laughter, but he couldn’t fight it long and chuckled loudly making the class glance over at him. His smile lit up his face and I heard girls squealing in delight at seeing it in the middle of class. He turned quickly tucking his head into the crook of his elbow lying it down on the desk but I could see his shoulders shaking with laughter. When the bell rang for the end of first period I was expecting mark to file out quickly like always but to my surprise he stood slowly straddling his chair backwards and leaning it back on two legs to be closer to my desk. I looked up from my phone cocking a brow. “Can I help you?”

“Mmmm.” He said nodding. When he didn’t continue I sighed putting down my phone.

“And…how can I help you?” I said folding my fingers together placing them on my desk.

“I’m so glad you asked.” He said smiling. “Mind explaining to me how you are in my class…” he said cocking a brow. I sighed pinching the bridge of my nose.

“I can’t help but think that you are still under the impression I’m a psycho crazy stalker.” I said rubbing my eyes. “mark-ssi…I have been in this class all year, I was also in your class last year…and I will be in your class next year…we keep the same teachers pabo…and I’ve been assigned to this seat behind you by the teacher.” I said going ahead and clearing that up. He looked at me blankly.

“Then how come I’ve never noticed you before today?” he asked skeptically. I laughed loudly catching him by surprise. I leaned forward slightly on my desk, not putting me to close to mark as to be construed as intimate but close enough to seem like I was going to tell him a secret. I couldn’t help but smell his cologne wafting gently off him…it was subtle and sensual, it tingled the nose delightfully. He only had a hint of it on, just enough that you could only smell it if you were this close to him…the way a man should wear cologne so that females would want to get closer.

“Mark-ssi…it’s simple. You don’t pay attention that’s all.” I said poking him in the forehead. “And I’m usually very quiet in this class.” he furrowed his brow looking at me with doubt. I cocked a brow waiting for his comment.

“You don’t seem like a quite person.” he said seriously. I smirked thinking of many erted comments I could make to that but I kept them quiet like I always did. It would be highly inappropriate to say ‘you have no idea how loud I can be…only one way to find out…’ so instead I just kept it to me.

“Mmmm, because after this thirty second conversation you know all about me.” I said sarcastically. I gave a little chuckle when he just watched me curiously.  

“Kairen! You got my math book!” someone called from the door. Sighing I looked over. It was a girl from my math class that I had borrowed a book from. She had asked me for it this morning but I had forgotten about it already.

“Yah…aish I ing have it in my locker go grab it.” I said loudly. The person smiled and ran off to get their book. I looked back to mark who was watching me grinning. Oh my…that grin was something else…I mean seriously it was all pearly white and his lips were so plump and pink and…I unconsciously my lips as I stared at his lips than caught myself looking away like nothing had happened. I really had to get a hold of myself.  

“See…not quiet.” he said pointing. He didn’t seem to notice my little lapse a moment ago and I almost sighed in relief.  I smirked nodding as I stood up; he followed me with his gaze.

“I see you have your earring back in.” I said flicking it with my finger. He reached up absentmindedly touching it.

“Yea…after I cleaned off all the blood.” He said dropping his hand back to the desk. I couldn’t help but laugh lightly. I grabbed my wallet and headed towards the door not saying anything to mark. I heard his chair move as he caught up with me. “Where are you going?” he asked walking with me. I looked at him shocked…was he going to follow me?

“I’m going to the canteen…I skipped breakfast.” I said looking down at my phone buzzing in my pocket. I pulled it out to see that I had new comments. Ignoring them I put my phone back in my pocket making a mental note to read those during lunch.

“But class is about to start again?” he said looking around at the students filing back into class. I noticed he had a little bit of an uneasy look on his face.

“Yea…so…you never pay attention any way what…you’ve never skipped a class before?” I asked cocking a brow. He looked at me nervously and shook his head. “Oh, the bad boy mark never skips class, you better hurry back then.” I said shooing him off. He stopped walking beside me and I figured he went back to class like a good child but I was surprised to see him catch back up to me.

“I’ll go with you.” he said tucking his hands into his pockets.

“Oh…such a bad boy.” I said sarcastically. He walked silently beside me, I’m guessing he didn’t have anything more to say to me at the moment, and I was ok with that. Just walking with mark in silence was kind of nice…I didn’t feel like he was gracing me with his presence like I was some special person…it was weird…he had a way to make a girl feel comfortable without even trying.  

“Hyung?” mark looked up shocked and I followed his gaze to see yugyeom and bambam.

“Noona?” bambam said shocked. I gave him a smile and a little wave. He was leaning lazily against a pair of lockers with yugyeom close beside, I looked at yugyeom curiously as he continued to stare straight ahead not looking over to us.

“Yah…what are you two doing not going to class!” mark scolded. Bambam ignored him and ran over to me.

“Noona…where are you going?” bambam said grabbing my wrist like a little kid. Mark watched shocked. I ruffled his cute little hair giving him an indulgent smile.

“Oh…canteen…I’m hungry.” I said shrugging.

“Ohh…lets go together…yugyeommie!” bambam called waving yugyeom over. he walked over slowly keeping his head ducked down he stood on the other side of mark keeping as far away from me as possible.

“Arrasso…” I said shrugging.

“Mark hyung…” yugyeom said softly. “Are you skipping class?” he said sounding shocked. I held back a laugh at how the maknae of their group unintentionally called his hyung out for being a goody-goody. Marked looked at me reproachfully cocking a brow…that was one y eyebrow…it shut my snorts up to.

“Nae…wae I can’t skip a class?” he said sounding defensive. Bambam and yugyeom traded skeptical looks but shrugged it off.

“Nae nae…let’s just go you guys.” I said gently shoving mark out the way, so I could get to yugyeom. I wrapped an arm over bambam and yugyeom shoulder in a friendly manner. Yugyeom froze stiffening under my touch. His face went completely white then started turning beat red. “Yugyeom? Are you ok?” I asked looking him in the eyes. His eyes widened and he started breathing heavily. “Yugyeommie?” I said snapping my fingers in front of his face when he didn’t respond. “Is he ok?” I asked looking to bambam and mark. When I turned back to glance at yugyeom he was already half way down the hall and getting farther as he ran full force to get away. I could practically see the trail of dust and wreckage in his wake. I scoffed unbelieving. “Bwohya…is it that bad?” I asked shaking my head as I watched after him. My stomach growled angrily and I turned back around grabbing at it.

“Omo…food.” I mumbled and pushed past mark and bambam hurrying for the canteen. I kept yawning as I examined the machine trying to decide what I wanted. There wasn’t a very large selection there but I was leaning towards some donuts and some coffee…thinking the sugar and caffeine would wake me up.

“Noona…did you stay up all night reading those updates too?” bambam asked standing beside me. Now that I looked at him I could see that he looked really tired as well, his cute little face was marred by the dark circles under his eyes, and his hair was mussed up like he had been napping in class.

“Nae…” I said nodding as I slipped a bill into the machine and pressed the button for a bag of candy. When it came out I held it out to bambam. He looked at me eyes wide; and mouth, watering. “Here…you shared your candy with me this morning…” I said urging him to take it. I felt bad that he was looking so tired; I thought maybe some sugar would wake him up a little.

“Komawayo noona!” he said taking it. I gasped shocked when he grabbed me in a hug.

“Yah! Dongsaeng!” Mark chided as he pulled bambam off of me. Bambam looked up at his hyung innocently. “You can’t just grab girls like that.” He said releasing bambam.

“What…why? Every other girl I do it to seems to like it…I thought it was cute.” He said pouting. I had to force myself not to grab his round little cheeks and pinch them…he was so gosh darn adorable!

“Bambamie!” a girl called from the other end of the canteen. Bambam looked at the girl giving her a little wave. It was so adorable his flirting. He did it so cutely and innocently I don’t even think he knew he was flirting. Or maybe he knew better than I did.

“Noona, I’ll see you later ok.” He said waving to me before running off to the girl. He through his arms around her in an over excited hug like he had given me. The girl grinned from ear to ear and I could practically hear her mentally screaming in excitement as bambam released her. He wrapped his arm over her shoulder and walked off flashing a cute grin which to her was probably a y grin. If he was older I think I would have been crushing. I smirked and pressed a couple buttons buying me a coffee and some donuts before I sat down at a table across from mark.

“I think he just proved you wrong with the whole hug thing.” I said crooking a thumb in the direction bambam just went. “I think he just out did you.” mark cocked a brow at me as I placed a bit of donut in my mouth. It caught me off guard and I inhaled some of the powdered sugar off the donut and started coughing.

“Omo…” mark said startled and reached over the table patting my back. He popped open my coffee handing it to me and I drank greedily. “You ok?” he asked when my choking stopped. I nodded taking a breath.

“You should be more careful about some of the facial expressions you make.” I mumbled under my breath.

“What…wae?” he asked startling me. I didn’t say it for him to hear.

“Oh, anni…nothing.” I said shaking my head and shoving another donut in my mouth to avoid the question. He just nodded letting it go. “You know…” I said stopping to yawn. “I really am not a stalker.” I said drinking the coffee. It wasn’t working. I rested my head on my hand as I ate a donut.

“I know…I’m beginning to see that.” He said nodding. My eyes were getting heavier as I sat there. Mark just smirked watching me as I tried to eat.