after the class finished, everyone packed up to leave. y/n was about to pick up her bag, but hoseok took it instead.

"let me carry it for you." he softly smiled, carrying his backpack on his shoulder, and held her's on the other.

"thank you," she said, smiling back. i need to cool my face soon. she thought. the number of times her face turned red in one class drove her crazy.

"i'll walk you to your next class. where is it?"

"it's in that building." she pointed to a nearby building. "but, won't you be late for your next class?"

"it's okay. i'm sure it won't hurt if i'm late a minute or two."

she nodded in response, and the walk slowly became more awkward; she didn't know what to talk about, and he didn't know either. the two just kept quiet and enjoyed each other's presence.

after arriving to her next class, he gave y/n her bag back.

"this is your class?" he asked, slightly looking in the classroom. "i didn't know my girlfriend was a nerd."

"well, you said i was smart, so i might as well put my smarts into something useful." she replied, being a little sassy. hoseok just laughed.

"okay. well, i'll see you after school," he said, patting her head.

y/n watched him run off to his next class. she just shook her head and entered the classroom; she was ready to learn more about the stars.

~ time skips ~

the bell rung, being the last bell of the day. the students packed up their things and left the classroom. y/n exited the freshman building and saw hoseok sitting on a bench next to the entrance while talking to some other boys.

she didn't want to go over there because she thought that she would either get teased or something horrible would happen to her. unfortunately, hoseok saw her and signaled her to come. she sighed and quickly walked over, sitting next to him on the bench.

"this is my girlfriend, y/n." he introduced her to the other boys that were there. "and y/n, these are my friends; jisung, hongseok, and jaebeom."

they all, to her, looked just like hoseok; buff.

"hi." she bowed. his friends nodded back.

"i have to go hoseok," she whispered to him. he looked at her and pouted.

"leaving so soon?" he asked, interlocking his hand with hers. "what if i wanna spend more time with you?"

"no, i really have to go, i'm sorry." she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. they are probably messages from changkyun. she thought, not wanting to argue with him for the millionth time.

"fine," he spoke, sighing and letting her hand go. she quickly stood up and tried to walk away, but he pulled her back to his body, back hugging her a little awkwardly.

"just hug me one more time, and i'll let you go." he begged. she just smiled and hugged him. she felt well protected in his arms, which made her grin. his friends awed at the cute couple, making her feel embarrassed. she pulled away from the hug and quickly walked to the cafeteria.

"bye y/n!" hoseok yelled. she just waved back and almost ran to the cafeteria, where she and the others usually met up after school. she knew that she was most likely going to get scolded by minhyuk or jooheon, who were the ones who usually nagged her a lot.

she found five irritated looking boys waiting for her.

"hey," she said, preparing herself for the nagging.

"and why didn't you answer your texts?" jooheon asked, showing her his phone. she saw all of the messages he sent her, which made her feel bad.

"sorry. i was talking to my teacher about the homework." she lied. she also felt guilty, but she wasn't ready to reveal that she was in a relationship.

"sure." minhyuk sneered at her. he then looked at her face and gave her a confused look. "why is your face so red?"

"it's still red?" she panicked, touching her face. she was still a bit flustered by the hug.

"yes. are you blushing?"

"wait, what? no way." she laughed nervously.

"you're up to something chae y/n. but it seems like you don't wanna talk about it yet." jooheon said, as the six of them started to walk. "you know we're here if you have a problem or something."

"everything but a boyfriend." changkyun added on. "if that happens, you know we have shownu hyung to beat him up if something happens."

and that's where i don't say anything. y/n thought to herself. in fact, i'm pretty sure hoseok could beat up shownu if he wanted to.