"hyunjin!" minho flicks his forehead

"you alive?"

"yeah.."

"i think he died long ago when kkami broke his laptop" seungmin munches on his salad

"is everything seriously alright?" chan gives him a concerned look

"yeah, im just a little worried.."

"about?" changbin asks, growing more curious

"uhh, my chemistry test! i think im gonna fail.." he quickly lies, well, not technically, he was failing that class

"isn't that the dude from last night?" minho squints his eyes at the sight of the campus hoes hurdling around soobin's tall figure.

"yeah, our neighbor, soobin. he transferred here today"

"he looks like he's gonna puke" jisung watches intently

"he's tall" jeongin chirps in, "changbin hyung would look like a little fairy next to him"

"you're lucky you said fairy." changbin growls at the giggling boy

"he's your neighbor?" felix repeats turning towards hyunjin who nods

"i met him yesterday too." minho says recalling the events "he was at their house yesterday night"

"wait, where's han?" hyunjin panics upon not seeing his sister anywhere

"right here" jisung lifts up his fork

"not you, haneul!"

"calm down, she's probably in the restroom" seungmin tries to pull hyunjin back into his seat

"im gonna find her" he runs off like a worried big brother, which he was.

minho scoffs at his friend.

"idiot"

but he still couldn't help but wonder where the girl went off to.

'did she even come to school today?'

he internally slapped himself for being so stupid.

'obviously'

he stood up from his chair and announced that he has to use the restroom to his friends. on his way out, he intently passed by the table haneul and her friend usually sat at, but only to see ths new boy and haneul's friend chatting but no haneul herself

"why am i even concerned?" he sighs before heading towards the lockers.

eventually, minho came across the gym and decided to go for it. he saw the female in the boy's locker room, in front of minho's locker, sprinkling something on his soccer shirt

"hwang"

she flinched upon the sharp voice

"uh, lee?" that rather came out like a question

"what are you doing with my shirt?" he raises his eyebrows, catching the girl off guard

"uh.. cleaning?"

he walks towards her and snatches the shirt from her, along with the little container in her hand

"isn't this the thing that makes you itchy?" he cocks his head

"old trick, but a classic, I'll give you that."

she remained quite, not being sure of what to say.

and minho caught on to that and caught her even more off guard when he slammed her body on the locker and trapped it between his arms.

"not so daring now, are we Haneul?" he lowly chuckles at the girl's expression.

her eyes were wide open and her heart was jumping to the moon and back with a quick pace

what was even more surprising was that minho, haneul's arch nemesis

leaned in