Read 'em and Weep! {NA JAEMIN}

ONE

"I'm Jaemin," he introduced, leaning over to glance at the worksheet that sat between the two of you.

"Cool, I'm y/n," you replied, forcing a smile. You hated how much this class had you interacting with your peers. You didn't mind occasional projects and even in class worksheets- part of journalism was working in a team- but nearly every class you had been to for this professor had you working in different pairs.

"Okay so, do you know the answer to question one?" you asked, reading it over a few times.

"Nope," he replied, staring blankly at the sheet. You looked back at him, expecting him to take out the textbook and help you figure it out. He instead just kept staring forward at the sheet.

"Uh... okay," you muttered, taking out your tablet. Jaemin glanced over and saw your tablet had been left open to a popular online website, particularly on a comic named 'flight of the wolves,' before you quickly exited and opened your virtual textbook.

"You read comics?" Jaemin asked absentmindedly. You had really hoped he wouldn't see it, let alone mention it.

"Oh me? No... my roommate just borrows my tablet sometimes to read stuff," you lied, quickly changing the subject back to the class handout. Jaemin didn't help much with the handout, seeming to just let you do all the work as he seemed to not have any notes for the class or much of a grasp on any of the concepts.

You were relieved to have finished the worksheet as your Professor began speaking, signaling the ending of the class that day.

"Reminder everyone to use the pairs you pick in class to help guide who would like to work with on the final project for the semester! Turn your worksheets in here and I'll be seeing you all next week," he called.

"Bye Jaemin," you said dryly, quickly handing your professor the worksheet and rushing out of the classroom. You had to email Hendery the last chapters so that he could start shading before family dinner Friday, and you didn't want to have to speak anymore to Jaemin. Considering his lack of help on the classroom worksheet, he was definitely not someone you wanted to work with.

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Jaemin felt bad that he didn't contribute more to the class work. He knew he could have helped more, but he was overwhelmed with the possible comics he could look into that were on that site you were on. In particular, 'flight of the wolves.'

Sungchan and Yangyang spoke loudly in the kitchen, trying to get Jaemin's attention for the night as he furiously read through the comic. Yangyang decided to get up and snatch Jaemin's phone from him.

"Hey give that back, I'm doing work!"

"Oh this is that popular furry comic," Yangyang spoke casually, passing Jaemin's phone to Sungchan who started chuckling.

"It is not a furry comic," Jaemin protested, moving to the kitchen to try and get his phone back.

"Hm I see two wolves and a bunny in human clothes talking on this panel, definitely seems like a furry comic," Sungchan countered, scanning the chapter. Clicking on the page, he noted that Jaemin was on chapter 75 out of 77. "Geez, you've been tearing through this thing."

"I told you- it's for work. The comic's popular online and Johnny wants something that will get 'clicks'," Jaemin used air quotes on the last word, still irritated.

"So you're going to write a mean review, right?" Yangyang felt that this was a no brainer. Jaemin widened his eyes, shaking his head furiously.

"Why would I do that? It's really good."

"Johnny said you needed an article that gets attention, nothing gets attention like hating something that's popular," Sungchan agreed before collecting the copy of Wuthering Heights he left on the counter. "I have to finish this for class tomorrow, but Yangyang's right."