Jaemin currently has Arts today with a slightly strict teacher and to no surprise a noisy group of students were around him, especially a few members of the popular group.

Although Jaemin is a productive student himself and like he had mentioned before: a 'normal student', he still has his dislikes of school just like everyone else.

Like come on, just because he's good with some subjects doesn't mean he necessarily likes them.

Arts is sort of the same but reversed. Jaemin likes the subject but is bad with it.

He finds it interesting of course, he likes to see and learn more about the forms of Art and is often amazed with the difference kinds of masterpieces made by other people.

However, he's not that good with the actual part. He's more of a.... Manual type of student in Art.

It's not like he absolutely sucks at it, it's just that he doesn't have the skill nor the same amount of passion for it like he has with his other hobbies and subjects.

So when their teacher suddenly announced that they were going to have a project that will be good for two weeks, he fidgets with his pencil yet remains calm.

"This will be done by pairs." Their teacher continued, however, when she tried to explain more about the topic, majority of her students started talking loudly to each other.

She rolled her eyes when she realized they were all trying to plan out who their partner will be.

"Hey, do you wanna be my partner?"

"Bro, let's partner up since I'm lazy to find someone else."

"Do you have a partner already?"

"Hey, do you wanna do this project together with me?"

Grabbing the ruler, the teacher smacks the object against her desk and gained everyone's attention again, silence filling the classroom as the popular group were snickering around.

"I'll be the one who will decide the pairs. So everyone, please remain silent and complain later when class is done." She smiles sarcastically at them.

Jaemin couldn't help but purse his lips tightly, at first he was delighted to hear that he wouldn't have to do this project alone.

But then he felt like a trophy was snatched away from him, he just hopes that he'll get a decent classmate to do this.

As the teacher was announcing the pairs, Jaemin felt anxious by each name coming out of her mouth. He was really hoping for someone he doesn't have a problem with.

"Na Jaemin and..."

Hearing his name, Jaemin perks up while chewing on his lip as he waits for the name of his partner to be mentioned.

"Lee Jeno."

The blond haired boy silently groans to himself as he doesn't even spare a glance at the recently mentioned boy.

He was too annoyed at this point by the fact that he somehow couldn't stay away from Lee Jeno since the day he had witnessed said boy making out with Carson at his locker.

After announcing the pairs, the teacher smiles quite proudly and continues off to explain the main point of their project.

"Since I know a lot of the students I had paired up don't get along well or aren't that close, I want to clear up whatever tension you guys have that is filling the room with." She starts off.

She then walks around and held a book, "for this project, I want you and your partner to make a journal. The topic is about each other."

(A/N: deadass my cousin went through this lmao)

Everyone wanted to voice out their complains by now, but the teacher kept talking.

"Thus, you have two weeks to atleast get to know each other, write about some interesting appropriate facts and stories about your partner and etcetera." She emphasized with a glare to some certain people.

"No lies, blackmailing, rumors, and others are allowed. Please also respect your partner's privacy and consent, make sure to ask them if you can add that kind of topic to your journal."

"If not, then obviously don't put it, just keep it a secret and if I ever hear about one person doing something so ruthless to their partner and taking advantage of this project, I will be having a talk with you to the principal's office."

"Please inform me in advance about some concerns, but other than that, this project is basically a way of closure. But, also have fun." She smiles softly.

"International friendship day is coming up soon too, ma'am." One student beams at.

Nodding, the teacher continues by adding a few more information for them to take note on as some people were already discussing about the project.

Although, Jaemin isn't one of them. He's mainly listening to their teacher while multitasking his stressed out brain on what to do about this situation.

For the love of God, why did it had to be Lee Jeno out of all people?

Shaking his head, the bell rings signaling for them to get up and leave now as it was the end of today's classes.

Usually, Jaemin would wait out a little for the others to head out the classroom like a stampede of horses, and would wait even more at his locker for his friends to meet up with him.

However, Renjun is currently doing some after school stuff he was recently assigned on, and Haechan was absent because he had to watch over his sick niece.

So, all Jaemin has to do is leave immediately since he doesn't really have anything to get from his locker today.

But as soon as he stands up, he froze on his spot when one of the students came up front to the teacher's desk looking angry.

Their art teacher turns around from cleaning the blackboard, raising a brow at the angry looking student while seeing a glimpse of a brunet boy slowly walking up behind as well.

"Yes Mr. Oh?"

"I have a complaint about the project, ma'am, but I'm mostly here to ask for a favor." The student said.

Humming, the teacher gestures for him to continue as he glances behind his shoulder, meeting eyes with Jaemin at the process and managed to glare at him harshly.

The blonde haired boy knits his eyebrows and couldn't help but listen in as his mind was telling him he was probably involved.

"Can you please switch some pairs up? I want to be paired up with Lee Jeno."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Oh. But I unfortunately cannot do that." The teacher said softly to make her student hopefully understand.

Gritting his teeth, the student huffs. "And why not? You're the teacher aren't you? Of course you can!"

"Sehun-" the brunet boy behind him mumbles out but gets cut offed by the said boy's outburst.

"Just let me be partners with my boyfriend, dammit!"

"Mr. Oh! That's enough, I said you can voice out your complains but I didn't promise you to make your wishes come true, especially when you're demanding it." The teacher scowls.

"Just because you have a relationship with Lee Jeno doesn't mean I'll partner you two up. So please kindly leave and go home now, better talk to your assigned partner about this too, maybe you two will have closure." She adds.

Sehun was about to yell again but Jeno grabs his hand, "Sehun, babe, it's alright. We can still-"

"For fucks sakes, you too?!" Sehun raised his voice at his boyfriend who flinched but remains calm and doesn't react too much.

"I'll meet you at the gate," Jeno said with a sigh as he watches the elder boy storm off out of the classroom.

"That boy needs to control his issues." The teacher muttered while rolling her eyes, she turns to the two remaining students and smiles.

"Go home now, aren't you two partners?" She earns a small nod from them, humming she nods back and turns around to arrange her things.

"Well, better get going. And don't mind what Mr. Oh just said. I won't be changing any pairs, it is what it is so make the most out of it, yeah?"

Sighing, Jaemin grabs his backpack and walks out of the classroom first before Jeno could even utter out his name and just watched him leave instead.