Younghoon and Juyeon were sitting alone in a classroom as the school day had ended. "Can you tell me again about these strings and what their colors mean?" "Juyeon, I've told you numerous times. Though, I'm still surprised that we're best friends after you called me weird when we were little." "I don't know myself. I couldn't bring myself then to just leave you there." Younghoon gave Juyeon his signature eye smile then let out a sigh. "The strings. Red is for love, true love. Peach is for friendship. The darker the string, the stronger the bond, like us." Younghoon picked up the string and wiggled it, forgetting that Juyeon couldn't see it at all.

"Mint is for distaste. It becomes darker for hatred. I've hardly seen dark ones. Yellow is for family relation. The darker it is, the stronger your relation is with that family member. Orchid is for death/dying. When the person on the other end passes on, the string turns into a flower bracelet." He looked down and saw that Juyeon was taking notes of what he was telling him. "Continue." "Indigo is for relations that are beyond saving. Violet is for lust. I've seen it quite a few times around your wrist and most of them weren't connected to Jaehyun." He noticed Juyeon looked nervous as he made a mark on his paper. "Don't tell Jae, please. I can't help it if some people look attractive..." Younghoon chuckled then patted Juyeon's shoulder.

Younghoon looked at his wrist as he admired all the strong friendships he had formed over time. His eye stopped on the odd color out. "Looking at the strange one again?" "How'd you know?" "You look spaced out when you look at it. Are you sure you haven't met the other person?" Younghoon nodded then let out a sigh. "Maybe you're defective." "Hey!" Juyeon immediately stood up and ran towards the door with Younghoon chasing him from behind.

Younghoon continued to chase Juyeon in the halls until he felt a tug on his wrist. He stopped then looked at his wrist. "What was that? Was it a string? It's never tugged before..." he thought. Younghoon carefully watched his wrist and was surprised to see the odd string going in a different direction than usual. He followed the string and ended up outside the principal's office then saw the rest of the string forming. An unfamiliar person stepped out and looked at him with surprise. "Who are you?" "That should be my line." "Well, I'm Kim Younghoon. I'm a student here." "I can tell. You wouldn't be here without reason." Younghoon looked over the person who was wearing ripped jeans, a baggy t-shirt and combat boots. "And you are?" "Ji Changmin, a future student here." Something about saying Changmin's name in his head felt natural, like he's constantly said it millions of times.

Juyeon had spotted Younghoon and proceeded to jog over before stopping. He noticed the unfamiliar person was talking to his best friend about something. "Oh, Juyeon. Come over here." Younghoon gestured for him to come over. "This is Ji Changmin. He'll be attending here starting tomorrow." "Oh, so you're that kid the others have been talking about?" "Didn't think I'd be so popular already." Juyeon took notice of Younghoon's smile as he rarely showed his eye smile to others besides him.

The duo walked away from Changmin and Younghoon noticed that Juyeon had his thinking face on. "What is it? Is something bothering you?" "Yeah. Who is that guy? You rarely show your eye smile to others, but you just met him and boom, there it was." Younghoon shrugged as he wasn't sure himself. "But, I did find out that he was on the other end of this teal string." "Really? That's interesting. Does no one in your family know what it means?" "Correct. He also had other strings, a lot of peach, one mint, two orchid bracelets, a red, the teal one and one indigo." Juyeon looked at him with concern. "Isn't indigo the beyond saving one?" Younghoon nodded as he now wanted to know more about this Changmin.

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"Mom, I'm home." He heard his mom walk into the living room then give him a hug. "How was school?" "Same as always. Except the part when I found the person on the other side of this string." He wiggled the teal string as his mother looked at it in awe. "Is it a girl?" Younghoon shook his head then looked at his mother's slightly disappointed face. "Well, it's great that you now know who it is. All that's left is to find out out what it means." "Right..." Just as his mom was about to walk away, he suddenly remembered something. "Mom, what does it mean if a string tugs?" He noticed his mother looked at him in shock then immediately composed herself. "It means that you're not average like me."

He couldn't sleep that night as he remembered his meeting with Changmin. Despite only having met him then and there, he felt as if they've been friends for forever. He picked up the teal string and inspected it, as if it would give him answers. "What are you..."

a/n: don't forget to vote, share and comment! how's the beginning? should i include string information at the beginning of chapters? and yes, he lives at home cause the college isn't far from where he lives