Should I say anything to him at all?
Kyuhyun debated with himself repeatedly, missing the professor’s introduction of the module entirely.

He secretly fished for his phone from his pocket and pretended to listen to the professor while fiddling with his phone under the table.

[KH] CHWANGGGG! SAVE ME.

[CM] …?
[CM] What? Are you regretting that you took forensic science now?

[KH] YES.

[CM] I’m in astro lecture. Tell me during band prac later.

[KH] NOOO SHIM CHWANG, DON’T IGNORE ME. SIWON NEVER REPLIES ME DURING LESSON TIME. 

[CM] Urgh. I should learn to be like Siwon.
[CM] Keep it short.

[KH] EUNHYUK’S COUSIN, LEE SUNGMIN, IS MY LAB PARTNER.

[CM] YOU’RE NOT KIDDING ME, RIGHT?

[KH] I’M DEAD SERIOUS. HE’S SITTING BESIDE ME NOW AND HASN’T SPOKEN A WORD TO ME SINCE HE STEPPED INTO THE LAB. THIS IS SO AWKWARD.

[CM] Wow, take it easy on the caps. Uhh, say hi and introduce yourself?

[KH] I don’t know how!

[CM] *facepalms* CHO KYUHYUN. YOU’RE ALREADY IN COLLEGE. Surely those years of education taught you how to say H-I, I A-M C-H-O K-Y-U-H-Y-U-N.

[KH] You’re not helping, chwang :<

[CM] I just gave you a solution. Take it or leave it. This conversation ends here.

[KM] Nooooooo.
[KM] Chwang…?
[KM] You’re really not going to reply me? T-T
[KM] Pleaseeeee Chwangggggg?
[KM] URGH. DAMN IT. YOU’RE SO GETTING IT FROM ME LATER.

Changmin slotted his phone back into his pocket.
His best friend really needed to work on his social skills.

`CM: But that Lee Sungmin… He’s a vampire too.
`SW: What are you thinking about in lecture? Who’s Lee Sungmin? A vampire?
`CM: Oh my. I didn’t mean to telepathically send that thought to you. He’s Eunhyuk’s cousin…and Kyuhyun’s lab partner.
`SW: You seriously need to learn how to find the right channels at the right times, bro. Oh… the new vampire in our college? He’s Kyuhyun’s lab partner?
`CM: Yeah, you think that is a concern?
`SW: Nah, not for now, unless Kyuhyun gets too close to him.
`CM: Keke, that’s kinda impossible.
`SW: How do you know?
`CM: Our Kyuhyunnie is socially awkward, remember?

Siwon turned his head to Changmin beside him and smiled. Changmin let out a slight giggle and pointed towards the professor. They turned their attention back to the lecture.

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Since it was an introductory lab session, the professor only went through simple tests for basic chemical reactions and allowed them to experiment with the chemicals for the rest of the lesson.

Kyuhyun watched Sungmin leave to grab the apparatus he needed from the back of the lab. He was feeling grateful that the professor decided it was individual work session for today as the tests are pretty simple experiments.

“So how is your lab partner?” Jessica nudged Kyuhyun from the back with her shoulder suddenly, making him jump slightly.

“Bad. He hasn’t even spoken a word to me.”

“And you had?” Jessica raised her eyebrows at Kyuhyun.

Kyuhyun simply s