"Hey, Chanhee!"
Chanhee let out a sigh and rolled his eyes before turning around to see Sanha coming over to him.
"Hi," Chanhee answered, trying not to act too annoyed.
"Are you going to tell me about yesterday?" Sanha asked, already getting on Chanhee's nerves.
"What do you mean?" Chanhee asked as he continued to walk down the hall, Sanha right by his side.
"You. The upperclassman," Sanha said with an eyebrow raise.
"Oh," Chanhee said simply as he walked into class. Sanha still on his heels.
"Are you going to tell me or what?" Sanha questioned as he watched Chanhee sit at his seat.
"Nope," Chanhee said with a devious smile.
Sanha just let out a small whine as he sat down next to Chanhee.
"Please," Sanha begged with pleading eyes. "I want to know."
"I'm not telling you," Chanhee said simply.
Sanha just pouted.
"I'll find out, either way," he mumbled.
-
It wasn't till later when Sanha approached Chanhee again.
Chanhee was walking down the hall, remembering what Rowoon had told him earlier.
'I'll be waiting out front after school, I have a surprise.'
Chanhee couldn't help but smile slightly. It felt like the more time he spent with Rowoon, the more he fell for the guy. Suddenly Chanhee was turned around by the annoying little devil, Sanha.
"He's your boyfriend, isn't he?" Sanha questioned with wide eyes.
Chanhee just looked at Sanha with confusion.
"No, he's not," Chanhee said with anger as he walked past Sanha.
"I know he's really your babysitter," Sanha said a smirk plastered on his face
Chanhee stopped in his tracks, his heart stopping as well.
"But why would you need one is what I'm wondering," Sanha said.
Chanhee turned to look at Sanha who had a devilish smile on his face.
"Who told you that?" Chanhee asked he started to get worked up.
"I have connections," Sanha said with a shrug.
Chanhee just shook his head and kept walking down the hall. He was going to kill Rowoon.
-
"Hey, Cha-" Rowoon was interrupted by Chanhee's punch, right in the stomach.
"Why did you tell him?" Chanhee questioned with anger in his voice.
"Tell who, what?" Rowoon asked as he held his hand over his stomach with pain.
"You told Sanha that you babysit me," Chanhee said to him.
"What?" Rowoon questioned with confusion. "I've never talked to that kid."
"Then how does he know?" Chanhee asked.
Rowoon stood up straight, Chanhee now looking up with upset eyes. The tall boy thought about it for a second, and then it hit him.
"Actually," Rowoon started.
Chanhee's eyes widened and his head tilted a bit before he punched Rowoon in the arm, harder than before.
"Actually what?" Chanhee asked, getting more upset.
"Okay, okay," Rowoon said, backing away from Chanhee and holding the side of his arm from Chanhee's blow. "Jinwoo was trying to hang out with me yesterday and I told him I was babysitting, but I never said it was you."
Chanhee just glared at Rowoon, still believing that Rowoon told someone.
"I swear I didn't tell anyone," Rowoon reassured.
Chanhee just looked to the ground and crossed his arms over his chest.
"You really didn't?" Chanhee mumbled, feeling bad that he thought Rowoon would do something like that.
Rowoon got closer to Chanhee, putting a hand on the side of his face with a small smile on his face.
"I really didn't," Rowoon said to the boy.
Chanhee could feel his heart skip a beat, his cheeks blushing from Rowoon's touch. He pushed Rowoon away and backed up quickly. Rowoon chuckled a bit knowing he made the boy shy.
"Come on," Rowoon said to the flustered boy. "Let's get you home."
Chanhee just rolled his eyes before following behind him.
-
"Are you still mad at me?" Rowoon asked watching Chanhee as he threw his bag to the floor.
"No," Chanhee said, sounding annoyed either way.
"You're still mad," Rowoon said with a devilish smirk.
"Maybe," Chanhee answered as he sat on the couch.
"Hey, I got you something," Rowoon said as he sat on the couch next to Chanhee, starting to unzip his bag.
Chanhee just watched, hoping to god it wasn't another children's book.
Rowoon pulled out a cube, that had smaller colorful cubs on it.
"What is that?" Chanhee asked with a head tilt.
"It's a rubix cube," Rowoon said. "You try to get all the colors to be the same."
"That sounds stupid," Chanhee said with an eye roll.
"Will you just keep it," Rowoon said simply.
Chanhee let out a sigh and took the cube from Rowoon.
"Fine," Chanhee said as he got up from the couch. "I'm going to my room to do homework."
"Okay," Rowoon said simply as he watched Chanhee take his bag upstairs, still holding the rubix cube.
-
Rowoon had been watching t.v for an hour now, still no word from Chanhee. He was about to go check on him when Rowoon's phone started to ring. He looked at it and sighed, answering it.
"Hello?"
"Hey baby bro!" his older brother, Youngbin, practically yelled over the phone.
"Hey, Youngbin, how's mom?"
"She's awake, do you want to talk to her?"
"Yes," Rowoon said rather sadly, knowing his mother was really sick and was rarely awake.
"Hey, Seokwoo."
"Hey mom," Rowoon said, happy to hear his mother's voice. "How are you?"
"I can't complain, I miss you sweety, when will you visit again?"
"This Sunday mom, I promise."
"Seokwoo, if you lie to your mother-"
"I'm not lying," Rowoon said, as a smile on his face, but the tears were glazing over his eyes.
His mother started coughing badly, causing Rowoon to feel like crying even more. He couldn't live without his mom, it would be too painful, considering his dad had already left them.
"I have to go now sweety, I'll see you Sunday."
"See you Sunday."
"Love you bunches."
"Love you."
"Bye."
click
The phone call ended there, with tears streaming down his face. He needs to help his mom before it was too late.
Chanhee just sat at the end of the stairs. He had been listening to the conversation between him and his mother, of course only hearing Rowoon's side, but he suddenly felt bad about everything he's said to Rowoon. He started to think of how he could make it up to him as he played with the rubix cube, getting a whole side completed.
*I'm trying for you Kookangs, I really am!!*
-katz