INTRODUCING . . . HAPPY !
RYU SAERAN ( # 류새란 )

SAERAN GLANCED TO THE CLOCK, THEN AT HIM AND SIGHING AGAIN.

"ms. ryu. do you have something oh so burdening to share with class?" saeran looked up to the whole of her class and their math teacher, mr. jo, all staring at her. she grinned awkwardly in response, the bell signalling the end of class saving her. she heaved a breath of relief when she saw everyone moving out and mr. jung slowly shaking his head in disappointment, but not surprise.

turning to her seatmate with a pout, she asked in a quiet voice "what was it this time renjun?" "you kept looking to him" he moved his eyes over in the direction of the mutual 'someone' they decided to not speak of. she would sigh yet again before looking to him, tucking her bottom lip under her teeth.

"he's not that great anyway you know. i can swear it was him in the canteen with rina." saeran closed her eyes at that, the blurry image of jaehwan and rina all cuddly by the canteen vending machine. heaving yet another breath, she made up her mind to confront the said man about it.

"alright! i'm gonna go for it!" she raised a fist of bravery at renjun, him mimicking with a smile of support. saeran collected her things—an unused notebook, the cute cinnamoroll pencil case with just one pen and an empty chocolate wrapper—renjun doing the same, before giving her a pat on the back and walking away.

saeran looked to her target, the way he smiled at his friends, shooing them off when the tried to touch his hair, she unknowingly smiled hearing the sound of his laugh. jaehwans' presence alone made her feel like she was on cloud nine. the way he smiled at her made her mood better and she felt like she could do everything, and anything.

snapping out of her thoughts her eyes widened when she realised him walking to her. abruptly turning to the side, she quickly fixed her hair and checked her breath before looking him with a grin and a "hiya hwanie!"

"heyyy" he'd reply, tone and smile faltering, choosing to look to the floor rather than the nervous girl in front of him. "we uh need to talk" he said slowly, playing with his feet and sliding his hands in his pockets.

saeran gulped, sensing what he was gonna say. "i-i wanna break up to-oo." she beat him to it, the boy looking up at her, startled. "uh wow okay. i was gonna say the same thing, but why sudden-" "i saw at the canteen with rina, hwan." it was his turn to feel the heat in his collar, loosening his tie at the sensation, choosing to stay silent.

"you know if you didn't like me, you could've just said so" saeran spat suddenly, feeling a vein of confidence. "yes i did pester you cause i did like you! exactly like i did back in the 5th grade" her voice shook, her emotions switching to an overwhelming feeling. "i thought you would change, but boy was i wrong".

walking away, she felt a tear slide down. a little shocked at how emotionally weak she was in the moment, she wiped the tear chuckling a bit. seeing renjun waiting for her outside she felt happy again. "ayeee namsaeng, how'd it go- are you crying?!" she shook her head 'yes', a bit embarrassed. "what did the asshole do?? did he hit beCAUSE I SWEAR IF DID-" "RENJUN NOO. we just talked."

"okay, better" he said, pulling his sleeves down. "are you okay?" saeran shrugged. she honestly couldn't tell. "well if you're free and still heartbroken, no offense, here!" renjun handed her a flyer, 'DNYL CLUB' written in bold. "it's a little something stupid i joined ahhhh" he explained shyly, rubbing his neck when saeran looked at him playfully.

"haha okay, i'll think about it junnie. thanks." saeran had no idea what exactly she was looking at but she trusted renjun so she just sighed and followed renjun to the next class.

HAPPY  &  NA JAEMIN
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