The next morning, I just arrived at the college campus after driving myself there. I was exhausted out of my mind because I couldn't sleep well at all last night due to my neck. Due to my horrid struggle to sleep yesterday night, I got to campus a little late.
Walking inside, I'm greeted by the four guys standing near the water fountain waiting for me and they notice me.
"Shiyeon! Fucking finally. What took you so long to come?" Jay groans dramatically.
"I woke up late. I barely got sleep last night." I say, rubbing my neck in pain.
"I can tell." Sunghoon snorts.
"It's 10 in the morning. Don't make me come for you this early, Sunghoon." I glare at him and he chuckles.
"Good morning, guys. Thanks for waiting for me." I say.
"Good morning, beautiful." Jake smiles at me.
"No. Goodnight, Jake." I deadpan.
"You're so mean, Shiyeon. It's too early in the morning to be mean. Especially to me."
"It's well deserved." I respond to him.
"Is your neck better, Shiyeon? How's it feeling?" Heeseung plays with my hair for a few seconds, looking at me.
"It's better, but not fully healed." I answer.
"You guys are SO cute together, aren't y'all?" Jake lets out a small, but forced-sounding chuckle.
"Here we go again with this shit...." Jay facepalms, smacking Jake's head.
"Quit being passive aggressive, Jake. It's so cringe." Sunghoon giggles in his deep voice.
"Huh? Passive aggressive for what? Why would I be passive aggressive?" Jake crosses his arms against his chest.
"Jake! Jake! Oh my gosh, Jake. You're SO hot." This girl with blotchy highlights walks up to us, completely ignoring everyone but Jake.
She bats her eyelashes at him, twirling a strand of her hair in front of Jake while smiling at him flirtatiously. The three of us judging her secretly, he smiles at her, flirting with her in return. Feeling disgusted, I can't help but feel amused by what I'm witnessing. The girl's trying so hard that it's funny to me, and Jake's totally going along with it; as expected of him.
Like I said before, he's the biggest flirt.
He flirts with everyone he sees.
God forbid he ever gets a girlfriend. He would be sleeping outside forever if he got one.
"Thanks, you're pretty cute, too." Jake says to her, flashing a charming smile at her.
"Are you friends with this girl?" She looks at me nastily.
I raise my eyebrows at her.
"Excuse me?" I say to her.
"Why would someone like Jake be friends with someone like you? It's totally unexpected."
Jake's smile disappears and he stares at her coldly, that charming smile quickly disappearing into a cold, scary gaze.
"Yes, I am friends with her. What about it?" Jake puts his hands in his pockets, looking intimidating.
"Leave it. Don't waste any of your words on her. I certainly won't." I shrug it off.
"I'm just saying it's unexpected for someone as handsome and rich as you to be friends with a low life like her. Am I right?" The girl snarls.
"Shut the fuck up." Jake remarks.
"HAHAHAHAHA" Jay cackles loudly, gripping onto Sunghoon while hysterically laughing.
Sunghoon and Heeseung failing to hide their smiles, they let out small laughs while the girl's facial expression turns gloomy and offended.
"Do me a favor and never step into my presence again. You're insulting me by insulting my friends." Jake looks at her coldly one last time.
The girl scoffs defensively and walks away from us in defeat, stomping her feet like a child.
"Did you see how Jake's smile disappeared SO quickly? I tried so hard to keep my laugh in." Jay cackles.
"No you didn't, dude. You laughed hysterically right in her face." Heeseung fixes his hair while chuckling.
"Did you see the look on her face? She was SO ready to bawl her eyes out." Sunghoon snickers.
"I don't understand why girls feel the need to pick fights with me. I literally barely even interact with Jake besides talking to him." I roll my eyes.
"Because they're jealous. You're pretty and dress nicely, and friends with Jake Sim. Why wouldn't they be jealous?" Heeseung says.
"Jake's overrated." I joke.
Half joking.
"Hey!" Jake exclaims.
"Come on, guys. Let's get to class. We're late." Sunghoon says.
The five of us all had first class together, so we walked to our class; everyone else in their seats, the five of us walk in and the professor glares at us.
"You're twenty minutes late. Were you all too busy mingling?" Professor Min crosses his arms, looking at us.
"Sorry, Mr. Min. Some things came up." I say to him.
"Yeah, it was last minute." Jake adds.
We all bow politely to him.
"What things came up, huh? Your undying love for each other?" Mr. Min looks at Jake and I.
The rest of the class, including the three other guys, begin to snicker.
"No." I shake my head.
"Yeah, no. Never." Jake also shakes his head.
"Five of you go sit down." Professor Min says to us.
We all walk together over to our table, sitting down next to each other. We don't talk as we engross ourselves into Professor Min's lecture.
"Now, in order to compose a song, you need to think about many factors. Is your beat too loud? Are the sounds too loud? Are they too flat, or basic? Does it sound like any other song? You have to consider many things when it comes to composing a song, and also writing the lyrics for it. It is very easy to make it seem like you copied someone else's work even if it was a mere coincidence. You have to be very careful."
"With that being said, composing and producing a song takes a long time. If you have the right amount of dedication, you will nail your song in no time. You cannot be lazy and want to make your own music. That's what dimwits do."
"Now, if any of you are interested in potentially composing and producing your own music, I have a program that I, myself, lead every Thursday and Friday. Every other day than Thursday and Friday, I am asleep after school so don't contact me and bother me. More information will be on the college's website."
"Today at 11:25, Mr. Jeon will be doing a singing lesson. At 11:45, Mr. Kim will be teaching people about fashion, and at 12:05, Mr. Jung will be doing a dance lesson. Tomorrow at 10:30, Professor Seokjin will be hosting a lesson about hygiene and tips about face beauty. At 10:45, Mr. Park will teach students about makeup. And lastly at 11:05, Professor Joon will also teach you guys about composing, but also writing lyrics. Those lessons are all optional, but it will benefit your transcript if you do attend their lessons."
"Mr. Jeon is hot." I whisper to Jay.
"He's like, in his mid 20s." He looks at me with judgement.
"At least she's not saying Professor Seokjin is hot. He's almost 30 I think." Heeseung whispers.
"Shiyeon, a professor is hot but I'm not? I sense some unfair treatment here." Jake leans back in his chair, man-spreading with his hands in his pockets.
"Your senses are correct." I roll my eyes.
"Jake Sim, did you just say one of our professors is hot?" Mr. Min suddenly mentions.
"Huh?" Jake's eyes widen, and he stutters.
"Why are you comparing yourself to a professor, Jake Sim? Isn't that a bit weird? What professor do you think is hot, hmm?" Mr. Min teases him in front of the whole class.
"No, I- No. No, I meant-" Jake stammers.
LOL
"Sunghoon said a professor is hot. I was repeating what he said." Jake suddenly points his finger to Sunghoon.
"WHAT?!" Sunghoon bursts out.
"Sunghoon thinks Professor Bae is hot. Don't tell her, though." Jay adds.
"That is NOT true! I never said a word!"
"Professor Bae does not like men. I'm sorry to say, but she hates the male species. Sorry to crush your dreams, Sunghoon." Mr. Min says.
This is why I love Mr. Min.