y'all.
i just want to say...
that this chapter may
anger some people that
hate hyeri :> happy reading!
hihi

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though chenle made her more flustered than she already was, the girl still ignored him as her eyes made its way back onto the piece of paper. chenle huffs as he stared at the girl next to him. weijung cared less and continued to analyze the document until she was done.

once she was, she placed the document down and started taking some notes, still ignoring the pouting boy beside her.

"what's with this?" jisung questions, pointing at chenle who had been sulking for the past couple of minutes.

weijung raises a brow and averts her gaze onto the chinese boy. she sighs and ruffles his hair, "now, why are you sulking?"

chenle frowns at her words, "you're not paying attention to me."

"this is something important, chenle." weijung replies.

"am i not important to you?" chenle asks softly, sadness evident in his tone.

"of course you are!" weijung lightly exclaims and nudged the boy a bit with her elbow, "i just need to work on this, i can't let jeno do all the work." she says, patting the boy's head before turning back to her notebook.

chenle sighs, standing up. "i'm gonna go out and help mark-hyung." he announces loudly before opening the door and stepping out. his action was completely went unnoticed by weijung, making him more devastated than before.

the boy made his way out the building, luckily there weren't many students left so it wasn't hard to spot his hyung. "oh, chenle? what are you doing back here? i told you to go back already, it's dangerous." renjun mutters while packing up the important valuables they had.

chenle pursed his lips, "i got bored."

"go back inside, i don't want anything bad to happen to you." renjun orders which chenle, at first, wanted to disobey, but soon gives in and followed the older boy.

the boy made his way back to the building. he walked back, the sound of his shoes tapoing against the pavement was heard loud and clear. chenle abruptly stops and turns his head towards the cafeteria building, where he saw a few students in their pj's heading inside, probably for some midnight snacks.

chenle grins at the idea that he just got and quickly he sprints off to the cafeteria. he pushes the door open and steps in, looking around afterwards. the cafeteria wasn't packed like it would always be, although there were quite a number of students, mostly in groups, were in the cafeteria to have a late night snack before going to bed.

when chenle was about to start walking, a loud high-pitched voice stops him. "chenle!" he turns around and was surprised to see the familiar, petite girl in front of him.

"h-hyeri..." he awkwardly mumbles, rubbing his nape slowly.

the girl smiles brightly and grabs chenle's wrist, "what are you doing here?"

her sudden action made chenle's eyes widen and stare at her hand which was clutching onto his. he furrows his brows, "to stop by and get a snack?" his statement coming off more as a question.

"sit with me!" she exclaims and pulls the boy, but chenle didn't budge making her frown and turn to him again. she tilts her head to the side, "what's wrong?"

"i'm just here to stop by, hyeri. i don't plan on staying longer," he says, trying to pry off her hand.

hyeri pouts, "oh come on! please??" she pleads.

chenle shakes his head, "i have some stuff to do."

"you weren't that busy awhile ago, you even stayed with me!"

"that was because you didn't have anyone else, i was just being nice." chenle replies.

"pleaseee?" hyeri drags her words, "please, lele?" she lets go of his hand, instead clasps her hands together, giving him a pouty look.

chenle shook his head, "no, hyeri. i told you, i have something more important." he mumbles and tries to walk away but hyeri clutched onto his arm like a koala.

"can i come with you then?" she asks.

chenle sighs, "no. it's strictly only for our club members."

"i signed up for your club though! let's make this an advanced meeting." she grins and leans closer to chenle.

chenle backs away and pulls his hand back from hyeri. "there's no such thing."

hyeri pouts, "why are you being rude, lele? you weren't like this awhile ago! did something happen?"

"no. you're wasting my time, i don't want to get scolded for slacking off." he says through gritted teeth.

he quickly made his way to get some bread and three small cartons of milk. one for him and two for weijung. however, hyeri still followed him like a lost puppy.

hyeri, yet again, grabs his wrist, stopping him from leaving the cafeteria. chenle groans lowly and turns to face her with a slightly annoyed face, "what do you want now?" he didn't want to get mad and be rude to her, but she was now just completely wasting his time.

he had to get back to the headquarters before renjun even does or else he'll get scolded for not obeying quickly.

"i don't know the way to the dorms." hyeri admits and grips onto chenle's wrist. "will you walk me there?"

chenle sighs and just nodded, "fine."

hyeri smiles and immediately engulfs the boy into a hug. chenle scrunches his face in discomfort once hyeri lets go. he was about to say something when hyeri cut him off and grabs his hand, pulling him quickly out the cafeteria.

chenle grunts and pried hyeri's hand off of his. he quickened his pace, wanting this to get over as soon as possible. "y-yah! i'm not as tall as you are! stop walking so fast." hyeri utters and ran after chenle.

"so, how long have you been studying here?" hyeri asks.

chenle shrugs, "since first year."

"wow." hyeri gaped, "you must know your way around then."

chenle nods, "yeah. why?"

hyeri cutely shakes her head, "no reason!"

soon they reached the girl's dormitory, chenle stopped by the front and stuffed his hands into his hoodie's pocket. "uhh, here's your stop." he mumbles.

hyeri flashes him a smile, "thank you! i'll see you tomorrow then." she grins before standing on her tip-pie toes, leaning closer to give chenle a quick kiss on his cheek. "goodnight!" she waves goodbye before running off into the dormitory.

chenle stood there, shocked by what she just did. he shrugged it off and made his way back to the building. fortunately, renjun wasn't there yet so he was completely safe. however, one thing he did forget was the news club, and the moment he walked in donghyuck pushed him out and slammed the door closed behind him.

chenle furrows his brows and glares at his hyung, "what the heck was that for?"

donghyuck shoves his phone in front of chenle's face, "explain." he grits his teeth, his jaw clenching.

chenle gulps nervously, "t-that's nothing! i didn't intend to do that." he denies quickly, stammering a bit.

donghyuck crosses his arms, "zhong chenle, why the heck did you let her hug you, hold your hand, cling onto you and fucking kiss your cheek!" he exclaims, furious about the news that had been quickly spreading their school's news website.

"she's quick and i couldn't stop her!"

donghyuck squints his eyes, "don't break weijung's heart. i swear to god, chenle, watch your actions."

"lucky for you, weijung has been too busy on the documents to even check the ne—"

donghyuck got cut off when jeno stepped out the room, a worried expression on his face, "weijung just found out, i think she locked herself in her office."

donghyuck grunts and quickly headed back in. he made his way in front of her office and knocked on the door. "weijung? this is hyuck, let me in." he says.

"jisung's inside," jeno tells him, placing a hand on his shoulder, "he'll handle it."

donghyuck nods before looking at chenle who sat on one of the chairs, looking sad and guilty. donghyuck squints his eyes at the boy before sighing and walking off.

meanwhile, jisung watched as weijung presses her lips into a thin line, giving a weak smile to the boy. "are you okay?" he asks, though it was already clear that she wasn't.

weijung nods and takes a seat, "of course i am! why wouldn't i be?" she mumbles, faking a smile and a happy tone.

he sighs as he watched her eyes turn glassy, tears on the brink of falling, but she still kept a smile plastered on her face as she fans herself with her hand. "i-i'm okay! i know i am."

"right, heart?" she questions, placing a hand over her heart. she sighs, feeling her heart ache so bad when she saw the article.

her lips trembled, "i-i'm certainly okay. i was just dumb enough to have thought that he actually liked me." she whispers softly, suppressing her tears by looking up.

"you're not okay." jisung shakes his head and walks towards her, engulfing her into a hug making her burst into tears.

"i-i know... i'm sorry."

"you don't have to be sorry, you shouldn't be." jisung tells her and caresses her hair, running his fingers through her locks.

"why? why did he let her do that?" weijung frowns and looks up to the boy hugging her.

jisung looked down at her and wiped her tears with his hands. he stopped to cup her cheeks, "i don't know what's going on, but i'm sure he didn't intend to do that."

weijung sighs and looks down, "it made me more insecure than i already am."

jisung hugs her tightly, "i'm here, don't worry. you're perfect just the way you are."

"thank you." she whispers and rests her head on jisung's chest.

"you're welcome. i'm always here, don't forget the first person you met here. i'm number one, okay?" jisung says making weijung chuckle.

"of course, jisung!"

"good." jisung grins and rests his head on top of weijung's.

"let's stay like this for awhile." jisung mumbles.

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"i don't need your love."

weeeeeell, i guess some shits about to happen between the club 🤷‍♀️

;)