His smile. It was the most adorable thing I'd ever seen in my nineteen years of life. The way his lips would curve up slightly, just barely showing his teeth when he found something amusing made my insides burn with adoration. Every time he'd smile, the booming laughter, the clear colored braces, and his too cute eye smile shaped like crescent moons in the sparkling night sky instantly immobilizing me whenever I got the chance to see him was enough to drive me insane. He sits two seats in front of me in environmental science and he's never skipped a class nor a homework assignment. Perfect straight A student, perfect attendance, perfect face, eyes, nose and lips, and an amazing voice to top it all off. His name is Donghun, and I'm completely in love with him even though I know it's never gonna happen.
I'm abruptly interrupted from my daydream when I feel a light tap on my shoulder causing me to look up from my desk.
"Ms. Y/L/N, do you need to be sent home for the day? You don't look so good and you haven't been as present as usual in class for the past few weeks." My professor whispers to me while the class is busy chatting away about new lab partners and what not.
"No, I'm okay sorry I'm just.. thinking about a lot. I'm fine I'll do better I promise" I plead with him in fear of being sent home and missing out on getting my new partners. He nods his head firmly and walks back to the front of the room to address the class.
"Okay class listen up, I'm going to be assigning your partners now. If you have a problem with who you're assigned with, please contact me via email or come talk to me after class and we can discuss alternative options."
Everyone groans, wanting him to speed this up so we can be dismissed I'm assuming. I slouch a little in my chair anticipating the awkwardness when my name is called with a group of people that either don't know me well or don't like me. I actually don't have any friends in this class so getting new lab partners kind of sucks considering the fact I never even got to know my previous partners.
"..Okay and the next group will consist of.... , Jaebum, Y/N, and Donghun... next group is..."
I immediately cast my eyes downward as I hear my name paired with Donghun as the professor goes on to read the next group. While of course he's one of the best students in the whole school and not to mention extremely attractive and nice and sweet, I simply lack the confidence to even look in his direction at the mention of us being in the same group. Somewhere in the distance I hear Jaebum groan in annoyance as I pack my things up and ready myself for a smooth and quick exit once the professor is finished talking. I want to avoid Donghun for as long as possible until absolutely necessary in hopes of not having any chances to embarrass myself in front of him.
The professor finishes up his assignments and dismisses us and I am one of the first out of the class and outside after he does so. I hop on the first city bus I see and pray it takes me far away from the anxiety I just escaped in that classroom. Just before the bus pulls off, I plug my earphones in and gaze out the window when someone calmly sits down beside me. I turn my head slightly and I'm met with piercing brown eyes and a smile that almost melts my insides into jelly. Its Donghun, and he's even more beautiful this close smiling at me then he is sitting two seats in front of me everyday.
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