"Come to think of it, i don't have San's number." Wooyoung mumbled to himself.

Mingi who was standing within earshot, hearing this patted the suddenly gloomy boy's shoulder. "Find an opportunity and ask him for it."

"Don't you have it hyung." Wooyoung whined.

"I'm not giving you his number without asking first, ok brat. You need to man up and ask for it from him yourself." Mingi scolded the sulking boy.

"Fine." Wooyoung pouted.

~

"Hey Wooyoung!" Wooyoung turned abruptly, hearing San calling out to him.

"San?" Wooyoung took in the older's state. It seemed like San had been running around, judging by the sheen of sweat coating his forehead and quick breathes. "How're you feeling? I don't think you should be exerting yourself so quick."

San was quick to assure the other he was much better. "I actually wanted to thank you for yesterday." San said shyly, rubbing his neck nervously.

Wooyoung immediately felt flustered, not used to this attention from San. "It was nothing really. I happened to be passing by and noticed you..." Wooyoung weakly finished.

Before San could further question his actions, the bell rang, signaling the beginning of class. Wooyoung let out a relieved sigh, quickly making his leave, waving goodbye to a confused San.

~

The day dragged along like any other day and Wooyoung waited anxiously for the final bell of the day to ring already. 

He looked around and noticed Mingi asleep, and Jongho secretly trying to take a picture of him, but instead being smacked on the head by Yunho who noticed the younger's actions. Yeosang looked like he was trying really hard to suppress the giggles that were threatening to escape.

Hongjoong and San both sat right in front diligently taking down notes from the lecture, oblivious to the mess behind them.

After a few more dreaded minutes, the bell finally sounded, and as if on cue, Mingi's head shot up too.

Wooyoung decided that he would stay behind and properly ask San about how he was feeling since he hadn't been able to before. He knew as the head boy San would be staying behind to clean up the classroom, but Wooyoung didn't want the older to overwork himself again.

Quickly putting his things back, Wooyoung sat back down on his seat and observed San fixing his things too.

Mingi had noticed Wooyoung staring at San, also how he hadn't left after packing his stuff. Anyone who knew Wooyoung would have guessed by now that the younger was planning to make a move on San.

Coming up with a stupid, yet manageable plan, Mingi quickly made his way to Yunho, pulling the older boy aside. Yunho just gave the younger a questioning look but obliged.

Mingi excitedly pointed towards Wooyoung, then at San. Yunho also noticing Wooyoung's stare put two and two together, glancing at Mingi uncertainly.

"Trust me." Mingi mouthed, grinning, to which Yunho only nodded. Mingi quickly got everyone to leave the classroom, himself being the last to leave.

"See you tomorrow Wooyoung." Mingi hurriedly addressed the younger and rushed out, closing the door behind him, but not before taking the key out from the inside.

Yunho, Hongjoong, Yeosang and Jongho just stared as Mingi locked the door from the outside silently, exchanging anxious looks with one another.

"Are you su-" Yeosang started.

"Trust me, Wooyoung will thank me later." Mingi quickly assured. "I'll come back for them in a bit."

Hongjoong looked at Mingi uncertainly but eventually gave in with a sigh, "I'm too tired for this." he said, turning to leave, followed by Jongho.

Yeosang stared at him cryptically, but ended up leaving too.

"This better not end up blowing up in our faces." Yunho said, looking at Mingi with a hardened expression.

"Jeez you guys have no faith in me." Mingi dramatically sighed, before he looped his arm with Yunho's, prompting him to walk along with him. "Let's walk around for a bit while we let them have some alone time."

Yunho sighed but ended up going along with the younger, smiling softly.

"Say, I'm planning to take out my boyfriend sometime soon." Mingi suddenly declared when they made it to the lawn in front of the school building.

Yunho stiffened, but tried to play it off. "Oh cool, when?"

"Depends, when are you free?" Mingi replied coyly, a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Next Tuesday perha-" Yunho froze, a blush overtaking his face, whipping his head towards the smiling younger. "You smooth bitch." Yunho said, a small smile tugging at his lips.

"Hey, it's a cheesy way to do it, but at least it worked on you." Mingi let out a chuckle.

Yunho just shoved the other, walking ahead, ignoring Mingi's laugh and shouts for him to "Wait up." Yunho couldn't help but smile.

~

Once he was sure San was done with putting his things away, Wooyoung got up and made his way over to San, ignoring Mingi's goodbye.

San looked up and looked surprised to see Wooyoung still there in the now empty classroom.

"Do you need anything? San asked curiously.

"Uh no, i was just going to help you clean up class, you know, i don't want you over working yourself after what happened yesterday." Wooyoung swears he saw the other blush slightly.

"I'm fine, really. But thank you for worrying about me." San smiled at the younger, feeling warmth blossom in his chest.

"So what do i do Head boy?" Wooyoung asked, smirking. He's convinced he saw the older blush at that.

"You could wipe the board, I'll start with the the desks." San suggested.

It took them 15 minutes, but they finally got done with the classroom, both breathing a sigh of relief.

"Thank you again Wooyoung." San said.

"Hey it was really nothing. I care about you, you know." Wooyoung had no idea where the confidence was coming from, but oh well. "Let's head back, I'll walk you to the gate." Wooyoung said picking up his bag.

San grinned, picking up his own things, "Lead the way Prince Charming." San failed to notice the minor heart attack Wooyoung had at that.

Wooyoung walked ahead making his way to the door opening it...but it didn't budge. "What..."

"What's wrong?" San asked from behind him.

"Uhh...I think we might have a small problem.." Wooyoung said, internally panicking, twisting the handle harder.

San made his way beside Wooyoung and noticed the stuck door handle, gasping.

"It's ok, it's ok. No need to worry. I'll call up my friends and ask them to get us out." Wooyoung said quickly, noticing how the blonde was evidently becoming more panicked too.

Wooyoung quickly whipped out his phone, dialing in Mingi's number, who picked up after two rings. "Mingi, quick favour, could come to school and open our classroom door. I'll explain why later." Wooyoung was met by a short pause before he heard Mingi laugh nervously.

"I did this for you Woo. You'll thank me later." was all he got as a reply.

"What." Wooyoung replied blankly, causing San to look up at him suspiciously.

"I got you quality, free time with San. Now make the most of it. I'll come pick you guys up in half an hour." and with that, Mingi ended the call, as Wooyoung stared at his phone, baffled.

"Should I concerned?" San asked.

Wooyoung quickly composed himself, turning to towards the other with a reassuring smile. "No, no. Mingi said he'd come get us. He just said it'd take him some time so..."

"Oh. That's fine i guess." San said, smiling back.

The two awkwardly made their way back, deciding to sit on the floor together for the time being.

"How's the festival preparations going?" Wooyoung decided to start off the conversation when the silence got too long and overbearing.

"Pretty good, actually. We're almost done with the displays and posters. Just a few more things to be organized and it'll be done finally." San said, a happy glimmer in his eyes.

"You've really been putting your all into this." Wooyoung said, in awe of the hardworking boy.

"I just hope everything goes smoothly. I dedicated a lot of time and effort into this." San replied.

"Don't worry, it can't be short of fantastic after all your care and attention." Wooyoung reassured the blonde, earning a smile in turn.

Wooyoung suddenly had an idea, but he felt too shy to voice it, afraid of the other's reaction. After some internal debating, Wooyoung finally decided to man up and go through with what he had in mind.

"Hey San, are you free tomorrow?" Wooyoung cautiously started.

"I guess, yea, why?" San asked, eyebrow raised.

"I was just wondering, since you've been working so hard, why not relax a bit tomorrow. There's a small carnival happening in town. I was wondering if maybe you'd wanna go there with me?" Wooyoung finally managed to get out.

San just looked at the younger, making the younger nervous until a dimpled smile overtook the blonde haired boys feature. "I love carnivals! I'd love to go there with you."

Wooyoung felt so much better after hearing that. "Great!" he exclaimed. "I'll pick you up at 1:30 pm tomorrow?"

"Sounds perfect." San responded. "Give me your phone. I'll give you my number so we can talk more about this later." San extended his hand forward expectantly.

Wooyoung scrambled around quickly, trying to find his phone. Finally finding it, he handed it to San who put in his number and called himself to save Wooyoung's number.

"Here." San handed the phone back, smiling. "I'll be looking forward to tomorrow then."

Just then, the classroom door burst open, revealing a grinning Mingi with Yunho behind him. "What'd I miss guys?"

"Nothing." Wooyoung replied, annoyance evident in his voice at being interrupted.

"Ok then." Mingi shrugged, knowing he would eventually convince the younger to spill the details.

"Come on San, I'll take drop you home?" Yunho asked the blonde, to which he received a nod in return.

"Wait, what're you even doing here at this hour?" San asked Yunho, who immediately panicked, not knowing how to respond without giving away their intentions.

"I asked him to accompany me when he bumped into me while i was coming here." Mingi interjected quickly, noticing the others predicament.

"Oh." San replied, not looking entirely convinced, but still accepting the reply.

When Yunho and San left together, Mingi immediately turned towards Wooyoung, demanding to know what had transpired in the time they were left alone.

"Oh my god Mingi, we didn't kiss or anything, stop getting excited." Wooyoung immediately cut into the other's rambles. "I did get his number though." Wooyoung said shyly.

Mingi immediately screeched excitedly. "I may have also got myself a date with San tomorrow too." Wooyoung added and Mingi froze.

"Stop shitting with me." Mingi said, completely serious.

"We're planning to go to the carnival together tomorrow." Wooyoung added. Mingi ran over, bringing Wooyoung in for a tight hug.

"I'm so proud of you for finally coming out of your shell." Mingi exclaimed, patting the younger's head affectionately.

Wooyoung smiled, excited for tomorrow.