— the heart is beating,
the mind is blocked —

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"Professor D-dong," Renjun stuttered, "you don't really have to. I could just see them from here, bye!" he said in a hurry.

Renjun then started walking away from Sicheng towards the direction he said his friends were, though they were not actually there. He just stood there, looking like a fool, waiting for a miracle to happen.

"RENJUN!" came a familiar voice.

Mark came up beside the boy, patting his back. Renjun, at first, seemed to be silent, then said a small hello towards the other.

It was not concerning to say the least. Renjun does not really talk much when there was no topic in hand. So now they both found themselves standing, waiting until the program would start.

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"Welcome freshmen and sophomores!" greeted Mr.Seo, the school director. "On this day, we will be having the annual welcome games before the academic year officially starts. This year we have prepared both water sports and typical games. This year, it will be done station by station. There will be five stations located all around the campus, and the first one to finish will have a head start with their ranks in class. The list of teams will be announced."

The students clapped and sat as they waited for their names to be called.

One by one, they gather in the corner of the room in groups. Renjun's ears was listening attentively, and he jumped like a kangaroo once he heard his name.

Team F, Huang Renjun

He went to find where his team was, and lucky for him, he saw a familiar face. He saw Jaemin and his roommate, Xiaojun. Renjun immediately went up to Jaemin, and greeted him.

"Hi Min!"

"Oh Injun, you are part of this too? Brilliant! I heard there would be swimming in this, and I think you should represent the team in this," stated Jaemin.

"Why me?"

"I said think, not that you should," the other said with a tune.

Renjun just shrugged off with what Jaemin said and just continued chatting with him until all teams were gathered.

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"Are you really sure the students could do this?" Kun asked Johnny.

The professors and director were gathered at the side of the gym, discussing about the games on the said competition.

"Sure they can. They can start dating at a young age, why can't they do such simple things?" Johnny questioned.

"Have you seen their outfits? One of them was wearing casual clothes. Who can swim with that?"

"Not everyone is swimming Kun, only one of them."

"And what if they can't?"

"Uhm," Sicheng joined,"that isn't really a problem. They could just find a strategy in order to pass."

"See Kun, nothing to worry about," the rest of the professors looked at Kun.

"You all are responsible if one student gets injured!"

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this chapter is quite short yeah?
i was actually busy writing our script for a class roleplay so i didnt have time for this and i had a doctor's appointment

plus this is a filler hehe