"sunoo! where were you last night?"

sunoo shifted in his seat as his best friend entered the classroom. here he goes again.

"what do you mean? i was busy studying last night," jake raised an eyebrow at him. he knows he's lying.

"your sister almost called the police because you suddenly disappeared. where did you go this time?" sunoo didn't answer and just continued to pack up his things.

"sunoo..... answer me."

"fine, i went to check out that famous wishing fountain or whatever." jake was about to scold him again when he cut him off.

"i swear i was only out for like ten minutes! i just got curious," he pouted and grinned at his best friend.

jake had no choice but to give in. "alright, you win. but don't disappear without notice again okay? just text me if you want to go out so i can come with you."

sunoo nodded in agreement, dragging jake outside of the classroom to go home.

it's always like this. sunoo's daily routine just consists of him going to his school, hanging out with his friends, then going back home. it is boring, and there's nothing out of ordinary that is happening. too normal.

he remembered the boy at the fountain last night. the boy really seems familiar to him, but sunoo can't pinpoint where exactly did he see him.

he stopped thinking when jake flicked his forehead.

"aw! what was that for?"

"stop plotting another crazy plan." jake glared at him and checked his phone. "jungwon wants us to have a sleepover at your house. is that okay?"

sunoo grinned. "of course! i missed wonie, and we have a lot of things to catch up."

jake chuckled. "you act like he lives in another country. his school is literally just a street away from ours."

"so? what's your point?"

"stop using that sarcastic tone on me."

sunoo rolled his eyes and just continued walking. his mind went back to that guy he met. if i go back to that wishing fountain, will i see him again?

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"that's a lot of bruises on your face, park."

jay winced in pain as heeseung shoved the ice pack on his cheek. his face shouldn't have received this much damage, if his motorbike were just present last night.

but he was unfortunate, because that fucktards probably knew about his motorbike being fixed, so they waited outside of his favorite billiard place— just so they could take their revenge on him.

but still, i always win.

"you stupid, be thankful that no student body officer saw you in that state." heeseung added, "or else you'd be doing voluntary cleaning right now."

"can you stop nagging me already? i slept for two hours only, let me have some peace." he was about to lay down on the bed, when the door of the clinic abruptly opens.

"jay hyung?! oh my gods are you finally dead? did they kill you yet?" nishimura riki ran up towards his bed, grinning.

how i wish i was.

"shut up kid."

riki looked at his face and laughed. "oh, that's some nasty bruises right there. they got you good huh?"

heeseung shook his head. "they almost did. that asshole— what's his name again?" he clicked his fingers, trying to remember the name of the boy who always seem to have beef on his friend.

"you mean seonho?" riki tried to guess.

"yeah, that shit. i think he was plotting this since forever. i remember him saying things like jay stole his girlfriend or whatever."

jay rolled his eyes. how would he even do that when he doesn't know that asshole's girlfriend? that idiot. "he's probably just envious because he can't reach my level."

riki nodded. "sure, sure. whatever you say," he snickered, still amused by the fact that his hyung just got beaten up. well, almost.

heeseung looked at him again. "since their school's just a street away from ours, it might be hard to avoid him... so just don't go near their place for now."

ah, right. that school. the corner of jay's lips rose when he remembered the boy from last night. he thought i was a student from crimson arts high, does that mean he's also a student there?

"hyung, this guy might've lost his mind. look at him grinning like an idiot— aw!" jay quickly hits riki before he finishes his sentence.

the bell rang, signalling for the next class to start.

"how did you even escape from those rats?" heeseung asked, grabbing his backpack. riki already left because his room's on the fourth floor.

he paused. he wasn't actually trying to escape from them, he just got lost on his way back. then he found that famous fountain..... and that boy.

that pretty boy.

"i don't know. maybe, luck?" he chuckled.

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guess who was stupid enough to get beaten up by a bunch of monkeys 😁

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"i wanna quit being the secretary of student council," sunoo and jake looked at each other as jungwon muttered more incoherent complains.

the three are hanging out inside sunoo's room. sunoo's parents always allow them to have sleepovers at their house, saying that it's more convenient for their son to bring his friends, rather than him getting out of their house often.

sunoo has known the two for years now. jake is his childhood friend, and has always been by his side since he was still a toddler. on the other hand, he met jungwon when they were on primary school.

since then, three of them never got separated. even when jungwon enrolled in a different high school, they still make it a habit to hang out almost everyday.

"then do it, what's stopping you?" jungwon groaned at jake's question, burying his face on sunoo's pillow.

sunoo glanced at jake again, mentally telling the boy not to give jungwon more stress.

"are you having a hard time, won?" he tried to comfort jungwon.

the boy faced them, pouting. "kinda? it's just that there's been too many paperworks lately. but don't worry, i still like it."

i wanna try doing things like that too. "i wish i joined the student council at school too."

jake looked at him with confusion. "i didn't know you wanted to join student council. i thought you hated participating on school matters."

sunoo shrugged. "i don't know, i just want to do something. like, a new thing that i haven't done yet." he adds, feeling excited all of a sudden.

"yeah, like how you tried to go outside last night without permission from your parents and sister?"

jungwon's eyes widened at jake's statement. "he what now?!"

"hey! stop trying to make it a big deal. i'm not a child, i can do things on my own."

"i bet seri noona almost called the police." jungwon chuckled.

jake nodded. "she actually almost did." the two laughed, and sunoo just glared at them.

"but jokes aside, it's not safe outside especially at night. you need to be careful if you're going out alone." jungwon pats his head.

"a lot of gangs and street fights always happen at night time. did you guys know that we have people at school who always attend classes with wounds and bruises because of that?" the two are just listening intently.

jungwon sighed. "every time we see students like that, the student council is required to give punishments to them— like detention. these kids are messed up, so avoid them at all costs okay? don't go around wandering like a lost puppy."

"hear that sunoo?" jake chimed in. "if you want to stroll outside at night, tell us. we'll come with you."

sunoo blinked, remembering the guy from last night. so did he fight with someone too? he didn't look harmful to me.

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hello everyone! finally starting this book ^^

i'm still adjusting to this story, so i'm really sorry if it's kind of off HDJSJ 😭 we'll see if i can pull off this kind of genre lmao JSJS WISH ME LUCK ;-;