"changbin!" he hears lia who came up to him as he was at his locker. "yeji texted me and said that hyunjin did dress up as a girl!"

"no way!"

"he's on his way here!"

"oh gosh that's gonna be so good!"

laughs come from the two when hyunjin walks in the school wearing a long wig, a dress, and even high heels.

minho and jisung looked embarrassed to be around him so they quickly separate from him.

"hello ma'am!" changbin says as him and lia keep laughing.

hyunjin fake laughs with him and makes a straight face before he opens his locker.

"you actually did it!" lia says as changbin keeps laughing.

"yeah yeah yeji made me, but I do gotta admit I do look pretty" hyunjin looks in the mirror in his locker as the two of them laugh.

yeji comes up to them and starts laughing.

"yeah yeah yeah I'm going to class" he closes his locker to leave but changbin stops him.

"okay okay you can change I didn't think you'd do it!"

"well whatever fine I'm going to change" he goes to the bathroom as the three laugh before going to math.

hyunjin walks in with normal clothes and sits down next to yeji.

when hyunjin puts his backpack on the back of his chair, he sees the tiger in there.

"hyunjin" he turns around. "you brought him to school?"

"oh! yeah, his name is rawr"

"really?"

"yes!"

"okay, why did you?"

"I don't know I just wanted to" he turns back around when professor bang comes in and class begins.

when class was over, changbin was the first to leave as he wanted to get away.

"hey bin wait up!" lia follows him. "why did you run out so fast?"

he starts walking by the bathroom and looks at her.

"you're my best friend so can I tell you something?"

"of course"

"please don't tell anyone"

"I won't what is it?"

"recently I... well I've been—"

"discovering feelings for hyunjin?" his eyes widen.

"I saw the way you looked at him yesterday, I knew you felt something for him"

"I just don't know what to do... I don't know... it's just—"

"you need to tell him how you feel! he clearly likes you too! he brought rawr to school! the tiger you got for him! he even did the bet for you!"

"but I've never had a boyfriend before... after coming out to my parents a month ago it's been hard since then"

"based on what yeji told me hyunjin hasn't dated anyone either! it's a first for both of you, I'm here for you if something happens"

changbin hugs lia.

"okay, I'll tell him later"

"good!"

at lunch time, hyunjin was also pondering upon his feelings as well.

"I don't know but... I think I might... like him..."

"well how do you feel when you're around him?" minho asks.

"happy... he was there for me when my parents kicked me out... he made me laugh and smile yesterday... it felt like an adventure when we were together"

"well there you go!" jisung says. "just tell him!"

"it's not that simple, I've always been scared of liking someone because I don't want to be heartbroken or—"

"don't worry about that! worry about how you're gonna tell him you like him because he's coming over here!" jisung points over to changbin who was walking close to him.

"hyunjin... can I talk to you for a second?"

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