afar

The new boy.

"yah! Haneul wakeup!" chae eun, my best friend whispered while discreetly tapping my shoulder. I raised my head to see my teacher, Ms Na, staring at me.

She was glaring right into my SOUL. My heart was pounding.

  I guess I'm in trouble today.

"Class, I would like to introduce to you, your new classmate, Riki"

'OMG, Riki from Enhypen??'

Many girls started screaming crazily.

"Riki!!!"
"Nikiii"
"mine!!!!"

I cringed slightly at the different nicknames being called out. It's just too much.

I was dumbfounded when I saw the new guy walk in — isn't he the guy on the bus??

The teacher looked around, scanning the classroom for empty seats, but there was only one empty seat — which was beside me.

Oh no.

"Riki, you can go sit at the last row beside Haneul's seat, the one at the back beside the window. Haneul, exchange seats with so eun."

My heart dropped.

I barely knew this guy, but I've no idea why I wish to be close to him.

I guess we're not meant to be.

Whatever, it's better to stay away from the spotlight.

Class continued as per usual, but I turn around several times to take a glance at Riki, while pretending to look out the window.

I hope he doesn't notice it.

Break time came and chae eun ran from the other corner of the class to drag me.

"Haneul, aren't you gonna eat? I heard today's menu is tonkatsu!!" chae eun violently shaked my arm while attempting to drag me out of my seat.

"No thanks, I'm tired, just go with your boyfriend Jiyoung." I groaned.

She sighed and smacked my head before heading to the canteen.

Just as I lay my head on the table for a nap, someone knocked on my table.

"Go away!" I whined, thinking it was chae eun attempting to convince me for the second time.

I need my sleep.

The knockings continued and it got to the point where I was annoyed. I pushed my chair back and stood up, ready to punch the person in the face.

It was Riki.

Oh no.

  I put my fist down immediately and gave him a smile, pretending that I was stretching after a long nap.

"Uh hi?" I awkwardly smiled, raising my eyebrows in confusion.

"What were you trying to do" he raised an eyebrow.

"I was trying to stretch!" I exclaimed, swinging my arms around.

"That's an interesting way to stretch huh, anyways bring me around the school for a tour NOW" he demanded.

Geez. He didn't have to be so rude.

"Why should I? I want to sleep" I rolled my eyes.

"It's payback since you kept staring at my face during class" he smirked.

I was at a loss of words, I admitted defeat and decided to show him the way around school.

"So this is the music room, there is the laboratory and down that alley is the school gardens.." I rattled on.

"This is so boring, is there like a secret hideout spot in this school? I need a private space" He asked.

There wasn't a secret hideout spot in the school for students but I had my own.

Should I really share my hideout spot with him? It's my only safe space though.

Ugh, but it must be terrible to be chased constantly by fan girls.

I have no idea why I am doing this for someone I barely know, but I feel bad for him.

"Um, there is this one spot but you have to promise to not share it with anyone else... because it's my own....." I spoked softly.

He raised his eyebrow but then grinned.

"Fine lets make a pinky promise that I'll never tell anyone about it." He stretched out his pinky finger for me to lock mine with his.

After making a promise with him, I looked around to ensure there was no one before quickly dragging him into the music room. Behind the pile of broken instrument was a small door.

I opened it and it lead to a small room — big enough to fit a group of 4 and it had a balcony too.

"wow... the view here" He gasped in awe.

I looked out the balcony, the sun shone brightly and the school campus was filled with students running around.

"This place is a little run-down but it's good enough to escape from all the noise and attention." I said looking down awkwardly.

"Thanks so much" He smiled brightly and squeezed my cheeks. My heart started beating faster and my cheeks were heating up.

Such a small action coming from him makes my heart race.

We sat there in silence for awhile before the school bell rang, signalling the end of recess. We both made way back to the classroom separately, so people wouldn't suspect anything.

"Haneul what were you doing?? I saw the rest of Enhypen during recess, they're in other classes!" chae eun squealed, squeezing my hands tight. I gave her a big smile before packing my table to get ready for the next class.

That was my first and probably last interaction with Riki.

a/n : hAh when yall thought they're gna sit together >:) 🤡 (2019)
hopefully this re-newed chapter is better to read than the 2019 ver 😭😭 MY SPELLING ERRORS BACK THEN WERE JS straight up bad I'm so sorry for putting you through pain reading it but all's good now (2022)