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"Hey, Alex, have you seen the new guy?" My best friend Ri Ta asks.
"New guy?" I ask as I take my seat at the lunch table.
"Ah, so you haven't even heard of him. Well, from what I've heard he's a handsome guy from Korea, he's fluent in English too."
"Cool, maybe I'll see him around. What year is he?"
"He's a senior like us I think. Rumor is that he's really quiet. Seems to me like he's trying to be a character right out of a movie or book."
I only shrug in response, it's not like I care.
"In other news, they found another female body in a ditch today."
Lately, dead bodies have been showing up here and there. Most of them are homeless people but some are just regular people.
"Of course. I'd say mom will start worrying more considering the murder hasn't been caught. Anytime I'm out past 7 she loses her mind."
"You are an adult, so she can't exactly do too much but I get where she's coming from. She doesn't want her kid to get murdered."
Me and Ri Ta finish lunch and head to our fourth class of the day. We both had an English class at this time.
"That must be the new guy.." Ri Ta muttered to me as she jabbed me in the side to get my attention. As soon as I look up I see a handsome guy in the seat behind mine in the back of the room, he had a white V-neck shirt on with a black jacket and black skinny jeans. He also had a black belt on, black shoes, and a necklace with a cross on it. Peaking out from his shirt you could tell he had a tattoo on his chest, but I couldn't tell what it was.
As I walk to my seat he looks up at me with a cold expression. I give him a quick fake smile as I take a seat.
He says nothing.
He's quiet alright..
The class begins and the professor begins talking, though not many people actually listen.
She assigns something in one of our text books so she can go sit on her phone. Honestly it didn't matter much if we did the work or not, sometimes she'd just give us all 100%.
"Hey, looking as hot as ever I see." My ex, Kane, said as he stood beside my seat.
"Listen here Kane, I told you to leave me the hell alone, I don't want to hear it." I angrily said.
"Ah come on babe, you know you love it.." he said as he pulled a chair up beside me.
"Call me babe one more time and I'll hurt you." I practically growl.
"That's cute.." he says with a smirk as he grabs my thigh.
"Kane stop it, I don't want you to touch me."
"Lighten up a little." He laughs, now rubbing my thigh.
"I said stop, before I hit you." I say, getting nervous. I was beyond uncomfortable but I really didn't feel like getting in trouble for nearly killing Kane.
He's a jerk, and I was stupid to date him for the short time I did. He cheated on me multiple times and all we ever did was argue. He only wanted me for sex, something he never got from me.
"Come on Al-"
"Yah, she said stop dude. You don't need to be talking to her like that or touching her. Have a little respect." The guy behind me spoke up.
"Stay the hell out of this, she's my girl."
"I'm not your girl, I want nothing to do with you." I correct him.
"So you're already fucking the new guy, huh whore? Fine." Kane stomps off.
It's times like these I'm glad this class is noisy and doesn't pay attention.
"Thanks, I'm sorry he acted like that." I say, turning to face the new guy.
"I should be the one saying sorry for how he acted. Does that kid have respect for anyone?"
"No I don't think so." I lightly laugh.
"You should get back to your work." He said, straight faced as always.
"You're right... hey, first, what's your name?"
"It shouldn't matter to you..but I'm Namjoon, Kim Namjoon."
"Nice to meet you, Namjoon." I smile and turn back around.
I'm not always very friendly but maybe I shouldn't be too harsh on this new guy..
******
When me and Ri Ta catch a break from classes we make our way to our usual hang out and see Namjoon sitting where we usually do. Theres only one place to sit outside in the shade, so we sat on the other end and payed no mind to him.
Or at least I did.
"Hey, you're the new guy right?" Ri Ta asks him.
I sigh and get on my phone.
"Yeah. I didn't think anyone would come over here."
"We sit here almost every day around this time unless it's too cold later on in the year. I'm sorry if we disturbed you or anything."
"No I was just listening to music anyways."
"So what's your name?"
"Namjoon."
"It's nice to meet you Namjoon." She says with a smile. I look up for a moment and see a small smile from him.
He'd be a decent match for her, too bad she has a boyfriend. He's been sick for the past few days but he should be back tomorrow.
"Hey I just remembered, can I have your keys?" Ri Ta asks me.
"You mean to get your bag?"
"Yeah."
"Sure." I say handing her my keys.
"I'll be back in a bit." She says as she runs off to my car.
"You just give your keys up that easy?" Namjoon asks.
"No, but she's been my best friend for years so I trust her. Besides, she cant exactly leave when she still has another class left unless she wants to fail it, and there really isn't anything to steal in there so it doesn't matter."
"I see. What kind of person is she?"
"She's really funny and caring. I don't have many friends because they just aren't very trustworthy but she is. She's like a sister to me and we tell each other everything, the typical female best friend things. Why do you ask?"
"I was just wondering, she reminds me of someone I know is all. Also, please don't tell her I asked about her."
"Sure thing."
Shortly after I checked the time, realizing I needed to start walking to my music class.
I got up and walked to the band room of our university.
Namjoon followed.
"Where are you going to?" I ask out of curiosity.
"Band room. I'm really into music believe it or not."
"Me too."
"I assume you're going there too then?"
"Yeah." I say as I get a text.
Ri-Ta❣️: I'm sorry I didn't get your keys back to you in time! I'll give you the keys after school.
Me:That's fine.
I glance over at Namjoon and notice he was looking over at me. He quickly looked away as if it never happened and we moved on with our day.
**
So me and Namjoon both are in percussion and it's my job to teach him and the one freshman how to play the different songs, considering I've been in band since I was a freshman here I should know.
I wait by my car for Ri Ta, thinking about how much of a pain it will be to teach those two.
But she's taking much longer than expected.
I decide to go look for her. After a while of searching I see her and Namjoon around a corner. It seems like they are arguing but it's all in Korean.
"Hey, Ri Ta!" I yell as I walk up.
They both calm down and Ri Ta smiles at me as if nothing ever happened.
"I need my keys." I laugh.
"Right! I'm so sorry." She says giving me my keys.
"It's okay. Well, I'll see you guys later."
"Bye you two." Ri Ta says as she walks away.
I see Namjoon shake his head and start walking away as I turn.
What the hell could they have been arguing about?
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