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wooseok rolled around on his bed later that night, thinking about when the older pushed him against the wall. his hot breath that hit his face when he was talking made wooseok's flush red. he turned around to the other side of his bed, hugging his polar bear plushie close to his chest.

and when he pulled the vampire by the tie, he didn't know what he was thinking. he smacked his plushie into his burning red face in embarrassment. he got way too ahead of himself. jinhyuk will definitely think of him weirdly now.

"god i'm going crazy" wooseok mumbled, taking off his glasses and putting them on the nightstand and turning off the lights before slipping under the covers. it wasn't like he had his older brother or his friends to talk to at this hour.

no matter how he tossed and turned, in the end, he still couldn't sleep. he couldn't take his mind off of a particular vampire and his face always heated up whenever the scene replayed in his head.

that's exactly how he woke up feeling like complete shit. he had a terrible headache and he could barely open his eyes. when he arrived at school, he was greeted by his cheerful group of friends.

"what's wrong? you look tired wooseok" yohan wrapped an arm around his shoulder, "did you sleep last night?"

wooseok yawned, rubbing his eyes as he walked down the hallway, "i couldn't sleep"

byungchan frowned, "why not? something was keeping you up?"

"yes" wooseok sighed, sitting down by his locker and digging his head into his arms. a stupid, handsome vampire kept him up all night.

byungchan patted his head, "it's okay wooseok" the boy smiled, "a certain vampire keeps me up sometimes too"

yohan cocked an eyebrow at both of them, "if seungwoo is keeping you up then who's keeping wooseok up all night?"

"that's a secret" byungchan winked, making yohan pout. the latter walked away to probably find yuvin or hangyul.

"i hate this" wooseok grumbled, forcing himself to stand up to get his books from his locker, "and i don't even like him!"

byungchan giggled, "maybe you do wooseok"

"never. he's so mean to me" wooseok huffed, shutting the door of his locker close, "i can't imagine my future with him"

byungchan rolled his eyes, "your charms can change him mr. president. he's falling for you"

wooseok shook his head, "he doesn't like me. i don't even know what we are. i don't think we're friends either" he pouted, walking to the gym with byungchan. he had gym first period today and he probably can't lift even a basketball with all of this exhaustion in him.

"you're not friends cuz you're lovers" byungchan teased, skipping off to the locker rooms to change his clothes. wooseok followed from behind, an unknowing blush forming onto his face. jinhyuk was in his first period class too. he normally played basketball with the other guys and from what wooseok heard, he tried out for the team but didn't complete the requirements. he was failing his english class.

wooseok quickly changed into his uniform and ran out with byungchan, "how are things with you and seungwoo?" wooseok asked as byungchan skipped back with a basketball in his hand.

"surprisingly good" byungchan replied, smiling at the shorter, "he's treating me well"

"did he take you on dates?" wooseok asked, grabbing the basketball from byungchan's hand and shooting it into the hoop— surprisingly making it.

"he did. he's not like what other people say at all" byungchan replied, running after the basketball and dribbling it back, "look"

wooseok looked at where byungchan pointed and across the gym was jinhyuk and seungwoo playing with a bunch of other people. he eyed the injured arm from afar and shook his head. what was that stupid vampire thinking? he could make the injury worse by playing and not letting it heal.

"he's so stupid" wooseok whispered, eyeing the vampire's every movement. he was good alright.

he was probably good in everything but english. girls loved him even though he held a cold face all the time. wooseok l-liked him too. even if he was rude and his temper could get out of control, there were things he found cute about jinhyuk. for example, his love for wooseok's bento box. his mom was no longer in the house and he made his own, and jinhyuk still liked it.

"what're you smiling at?" jinhyuk asked, glaring at the boy who was smiling while reading his book, "so annoying. at least help me with this!" he shoved his packet towards wooseok to look at him.

"at least ask kindly" wooseok rolled his eyes, closing his book and taking a look at the question he was on, "did you read the article carefully?"

jinhyuk bit the end of his pencil, "i did"

"and you annotated?" wooseok raised an eyebrow, flipping back to see no writing on the article at all. instead, there were doodles on the bottom of the page and on the side, "lee jinhyuk!"

jinhyuk looked away, avoiding the president's deadly gaze, "what? it's boring"

wooseok sighed, handing him back the packet, "how are you going to get better in english like this?"

"at least make the stories interesting!" jinhyuk clicked his tongue, "this one is a poem about stupid birds! who would want to read that?"

"you have to read in order to learn new things jinhyuk" wooseok pushed up his glasses, a small pout forming onto his face, "if you do the questions of the next article right then we'll end it for today and i'll let you have some of my bento box, okay?"

he never saw the older sit up straight and start reading an article, fully focusing on it. it was a funny, yet scary sight to see. jinhyuk had so many different sides to him, it made him almost confused.

"i finished it" jinhyuk said, eager to eat wooseok's bento box as he handed over the packet for wooseok to check. the red pen in the president's hand started to check the questions and he got it all correct, to wooseok's surprise.

"you got all of them right" wooseok smiled happily, closing his pen and handing jinhyuk back the packet, "lets go eat somewhere else"

the two got up, jinhyuk not wanting his eagerness to eat in front of the president. he found himself acting less colder than usual and less aggressive. maybe it was just around wooseok that he felt weird.

"here" wooseok pointed at the spot by his locker, giggling as he watched the taller quickly sit down and wait for his meal as if he were a dog. sometimes his face and his personality didn't match at all. only if he smiled a little, "did you get sick from eating it again?"

jinhyuk rubbed the back of his nape, "that doesn't concern you" his eyes watched as wooseok took out the bento box and handed one to jinhyuk. he didn't want wooseok to know that he threw up at night.

"you're so cold" wooseok pouted, taking his chopsticks and putting a chopstick full of rice into his mouth.

"when am i not? what do you want me to do? smile?" jinhyuk asked, rolling his eyes as he practically inhaled the food.

wooseok nodded, looking at the vampire, "that'd be a rare sight to see. i don't even see you smile"

"i don't really smile" jinhyuk mumbled, a mouthful of rice and meat in his mouth.

wooseok turned his body to face jinhyuk's, smiling at him, "smile"

"i can't just smile just because you want me to smile" jinhyuk scoffed, continuing to stuff his mouth with food.

wooseok huffed, "i made you a full course meal and you can't even pay me just by smiling?"

"you made this? i thought your mom made it" jinhyuk whispered under his breath.

wooseok placed his bento box and his chopsticks right next to where he was sitting, "my mom and dad are on a business trip so i made them myself. they'll be back soon" wooseok pinched jinhyuk's cheeks, "now smile for me"

jinhyuk almost choked on his rice, slapping the boy's hands away from him, "don't touch me you idiot!"

"just once?" wooseok pouted, putting on the cutest face he could, hoping that jinhyuk would give in.

"forget about it" jinhyuk licked his lips, savoring the delicious taste of the food. he knew wooseok was going to continue bringing him food. even if wooseok's face just now was really cute, he found it hard to smile. should he try?

his mouth first tried to curve up into a smile, falling back down immediately to return to his cold expression. he tried again, showing some teeth this time and heard the smaller gasp, making his face return back to normal once again.

"what? you wanted me to smile" jinhyuk spat coldly, closing the box and pushing it to the younger and getting up, "i'm leaving"

wooseok was quick on his feet and almost knocked down his bento box to grab jinhyuk's hand, "i d-did want you to smile!" he covered his red cheeks with his other hand, "i-it was really c-cute"

jinhyuk looked at the stuttering mess in front of him and couldn't help but let out a chuckle, "was i really that cute?"

wooseok nodded, "y-you should do it more often!" wooseok put a thumbs up, "you looked better when you smile" wooseok giggled, making jinhyuk flush pink.

maybe he will smile more often. just for a certain brown haired boy.

✎ 𝓼𝓮𝓾𝓷𝓺𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓼
𝓹𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓭: 04/02/2020 ✎