[M] New Kid || Yeonbin

chapter 3

Yeonjun heard his phone ringing in his pocket, so he quickly took it out and answered the call.

hello?

is this y-yeonjun?

who is this?

i-it's soobin.

oh hey soobin, what's up? i thought you didn't have a phone?

i-i'm using the payphone outside the library.

ahhh gotcha sooo... what's up?

i-i umm... i kinda need your help with s-something.

yeah sure i'm not doing anything right now... what is it?

n-no i just ummm... d-do you know where i can get some paint?

paint?

y-yeah.

ummm... i've only been here for like a month.

oh right... s-sorry...i'll leave you alone.

w-wait... i think there's a hardware store down the street from my house.

w-which road?

crown street.

o-ok thanks...

w-wait soobin... i'll meet you there.

oh you really don't h-have to. i-i don't want you to get mixed up in my own problems.

what? wait, what happened?

it's nothing, d-don't worry about it.

was it jungmin again?

i-i don't know who.

so something did happen?

i-it's nothing... i-i have to go, the time is almost up on the phone.

ok... i'll meet you there.

j-just stay home. i'm fine.

i'm meeting you there.

y-yeonjun, i'm fine.

i'm on my way

yeonjun- *dial tone* i'm sorry, the time is up. please put in five hundred won if you wish to continue.

soobin?

*dial tone*

soobin??

Yeonjun hung up the phone and kept walking towards the hardware store. He walks past it every day with his little brothers in order to get to school, so he knows exactly where it is.

He's known Soobin for a week, but Soobin still feels like a complete mystery to him. There's still a million unanswered questions, but Yeonjun doesn't want to pry. What if he asks something that makes Soobin uncomfortable? He'd rather just wait until Soobin tells him freely.

Although, something weird did happen on Friday...

Yeonjun and Soobin were passing notes again, just like they always do when they want to talk in class. Yeonjun wrote to Soobin first: