Poor Prince

chapter 2

Slightly out of breath, Kyungsoo tried to match Sehun's quick pace. Sehun walked fast with measured steps, and his long legs gave him an advantage over Kyungsoo.

All of a sudden Sehun stopped, causing the petite boy behind him to bump his face into Sehun's back quite hard. Kyungsoo let out a small whimper.

Sehun looked at the smaller boy apathetically. He turned his back around without saying anything and walked toward a large wood door, hand-carved with intricate design. The door slid open when he neared it.

"It's too troublesome to show you everything in a short time at once; this school has too many rooms you don't need to know all anyway. I'm going to show you a few along the way to class, the basic ones you need to know," Sehun said while entering the room. Kyungsoo nodded, his small hand rubbing his sore, reddish nose.

The place was an international themed dining hall. The spacious room looked empty; only a few dining room attendants were there. They politely greeted Sehun and Kyungsoo when they saw them. Kyungsoo cheerfully greeted them back, and quickly bounced across the room to catch up after Sehun.

"The dining hall." Sehun turned his head slightly at Kyungsoo. "We have our lunch here, and sometimes if we have late night activities at school we can choose to have our dinner here. This dining hall has a few stations to match your taste. Ethnic cuisine, western, Asian cuisine, vegetarian station, well, you get the drift," Sehun glanced at Kyungsoo and went on,

"Usually in the morning students prefer the café or coffee lounge instead." Sehun went out of the room without waiting for Kyungsoo's response.

Sehun carried on leading their small tour, with Kyungsoo following behind, trying to keep up his pace. They gathered more students staring at them along the way, showing a lot of interest in them, especially in Kyungsoo; not that Kyungsoo was aware of the fact, or in Sehun's case, he just didn't care. He led Kyungsoo to another door.

"Library." He shortly said as he entered the room.

The library was modern and well-landscaped. The room was huge; there were thousands of books divided into different stations. Cozy corners were placed here and there, provided for the students to relax and read in. They could also choose the book lounges, if they preferred to read their books or doing their assignments while being waited on their choice of beverage.

For the first time that day, Kyungsoo's wide eyes shone brightly. Kyungsoo loved books; he could picture himself staying there all day.

"The school's library has extensive media collections; CDs, DVDs, computer's CDROMs, et cetera. The media room is here somewhere, you can ask the school attendants later," Sehun briefly explained as he made his way out of the room.

Kyungsoo seemed to hesitate; he did not want to leave the room just yet. The boy's eyes were longingly set at the numerous aisles of books.

"You're coming with me or not?" Sehun asked rather sharply. He turned his back around with a slightly irritated look adorned his stoic face.

Kyungsoo nodded right away. He threw a glance at the books for the last time, and then followed Sehun's steps out of the room.

Sehun checked his watch and found that they did not have much time left until the first lesson. He decided to show Kyungsoo around some other time. Checking the boy's schedule, he nodded firmly. They would have most of their classes together.

"We should get going. Class will be starting soon. We have the first class together, I will show you the place," Sehun shortly said.

Kyungsoo chirped happily, "Thank you so much, Sehun goon, I really appreciate your help."