𝐓𝐗𝐓 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.

11. Bedtime Stories (Soobin)

i guess soobin and i will fail this project.

"hey, there's my girl." lina cheered, trailing to my side as i remained walking.

"hey lina."

"oop, something's troubling you." she teased, wiggling her fingers in front of my face.

"shut up." i playfully pushed her away as we kept on going.

"don't tell me this is about the pair project?" she knowingly asked, nudging me with her elbow.

"you read my mind." i cooed, sighing afterwards.

"look, i don't know what your problem is with him, but sooner or later you're gonna have to sort it out." she adviced as she gave me the you-know-i'm-right look.

"well, he started it." i whined.

"it doesn't matter who started it, you're both mature for god's sake!" lina yelled.

"he's not." i murmured, rolling my eyes.

"what was that?"

"nothing." i lied, quickly glancing everywhere but at her.

"hng, i'll let it slide this time. c'mon, let's eat." she pulled me by the hand as we went off to the cafeteria.

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"what?!"

my yell got a little louder than expected, gaining everyone's attention including soobin, who stared at me in shock for a while before looking away. he looked.. hurt?

humph, why do i care anyways?

"nothing to looke here!" i sheepishly stated as the others went back to what they were doing.

i smiled in relief as my eyes remained to the sheet of paper hung on the board.

then my smile faded away because i remembered why i yelled.

"you better have a good excuse as to why you- oooh.." lina suddenly showed up behind me, soon knowing the reason.

my new lab partner is soobin.

i scoffed, "as if pairing up with him for a project isn't bad enough already."

we kept staring at the paper, still taking in the new pairs for our lab work. "well, think positive! he'll be gone before you know it." lina comforted, patting my shoulder.

"he'll be gone after 6 months, yeah sure." i retorted, earning a glare from lina.

"okay, geez, sorry." i mumbled, feeling scared by the sudden death glare she threw. she chuckled just when the teacher came in.

"please go to your respective seats." he hollered as we did what he said.

after the greetings, he continued, "as you can see on the board, you have been assigned with a new lab partner for the semester. i hope you can use this opportunity to increase your lab work."

pfft, sure, i can increase my score with soobin.

as we sat awkwardly next to each other, i kept my gaze to the front. but there was something weird.

from my peripheral vision, i could see soobin still looking away from me, looking at the tiles on purpose. he didn't say a word ever since i sat there. that's weird because he would usually say something to me when we meet.

ugh, why do i even care?

"okay, let's get started with the lab activities." mr. woo stated.