12 — NEWSFLASH!

is it possible to impeach someone who's not even a president just yet?

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"chin up, walk confidently. and for god's sake, fix your posture!" hangyul banters the poor boy excessively.

minhee could only shake his head in distress. "dude, i'm running for student body president, not for miss universe."

"you got a new haircut genius, and it brings up quite a lot resemblances to other popular figures. it's either you're miss universe, or you're a donald trump in making. deal with it."

they were practically strutting their way towards the school hallway, with dongpyo and hyeongjun struggling to follow them from behind because minhee was walking so fast (that is definitely one of the perks of having extremely long legs), hangyul accompanying minhee on the side, monitoring his moves wherever he goes.

dongpyo runs forward, peeking his face in between hangyul and minhee. "why aren't you guys considering my original idea instead—"

"no dongpyo, i'm not going to let you transform into twice's tzuyu and walk through the school's hallway with minhee so he can get the clout."

"why not?!"

"you can be caught as an identity stealer," hyeongjun mentions softly.

"well if that's the case, why can't we just invite the real tzuyu instead?" dongpyo scrunches his forehead. "bring up daniel, give his girlfriend a call, treat them with a luxury night in a holiday resort or something!"

"okay first of all: that's disgusting," hangyul points out. "and second: daniel has the money to buy her girlfriend a penthouse himself, so i beg your pardon."

"guys," minhee raises his voice. "for god's sake, can we just get in now?"

hangyul turns to dongpyo. "you heard the boy. he's going to win this thing not because of someone else, but because of him himself. and i believe in minhee enough to know that what's going to happen."

minhee tilts his head. "... uh, i didn't say that. i just pointed out that we need to get in now because we're blocking the way into the school."

dongpyo and hyeongjun turns around, shamelessly just noticing the large crowd behind them who look quite displeased. quickly they sprinted their way into the school bed, not wanting to make such hassle once again.

hangyul opens the door, single-handedly revealing the new polished minhee to everyone. the students were definitely all minding their own business, but the sight of a blonde man in an environment dominated by dark-haired people is quite.. surprising. especially when that blonde individual is no one else other than the kang minhee.

heads turning, faint whispering. even some people raised their phones to take pictures, even though that's clearly illegal. minhee walks through the crowded hall, visually stopping himself from gulping in nervousness. hangyul puts his hand on his side, aggressively pushing him forward, though subtle because everyone didn't bother to notice his use of force. dongpyo and hyeongjun glances around, checking on the ongoing responses that they were getting.

"is that kang minhee?"

"is he an idol trainee or somethin'? i think he's a trainee."

"that's ridiculous! why would he bother to volunteer himself as a school body president if he's an idol trainee?"

"wait, he's a candidate? wow!"

"have you been living under a rock? of course he is!" dongpyo snaps at the clueless soobin who looked quite surprised by the boy's sudden interruption.

"hey nutcase, why don't you go and mind your own business??" soobin snaps back at him.

hyeongjun pulls dongpyo away from the latter before any fights occur.

after minhee's little hallway reveal, they all return back to their respective classes for their first subject. hangyul gives minhee a little unnecessary crash course as to what he has to do, and minhee just dismisses him carelessly because he wasn't feeling like it. he hated the feeling of being tampered on like this.

"kang minhee, why aren't you listening to me?" hangyul sighs. "i need to make sure you understand everything before i leave you alone without anyone to monitor you!"

minhee scowls. "you said that i could win because of my own charms, so why aren't you letting me be myself?!"

"that's not what i meant—"

"son dongpyo!"

all the four boys turn around by the sudden callout. dongpyo was surprised to see yujin heading towards him, not with guanlin, but just her herself. dongpyo raises his eyebrow. "yujin?"

".. yujin?" minhee murmurs.

yujin puts her arm around dongpyo's. "sit with me for today, okay?"

"hey, what's gotten into you?" dongpyo lets go of the tall girl's grip. "i don't like you, stop touching me."

hyeongjun didn't say anything much, but he notices the disappointed look on minhee's face without even trying. the boy frowns.

"sit with me, pleaseee." yujin whines. "guanlin has been acting real weird lately and i'm not feeling like sitting with him. i'll tell him to sit with junho instead."

"why don't you sit with junho? i thought you had a big crush on him or something."

that hit a jackpot. minhee's face was now plain red, and it is clearly noticed by not just hyeongjun but also hangyul. the blonde boy coughs in resentment.

dongpyo glances at him before realization hits his guts hard. oh yeah, shit. SHIT! "oh no, yujin— i didn't mean it like that—"

"who said i have a crush on him?" yujin raises her eyebrow.

"uhh.. you."

"well, i said that yesterday, but you know me and my inconsistency."

"so.. you don't have a crush on him anymore?" dongpyo's eyes flutter. this girl has serious boy issues.

minhee lets out an audible 'yes'. all heads turn to him. unintentional silence.

minhee coughs again. "what? why are you guys looking at me?"

yujin points at the latter, her eyes glancing at dongpyo. "isn't this the boy you told me about, the other candidate? uh... mini?"

"it's minhee." minhee corrects her, his face still blushing. "and you must be yujin."

yujin nods a little, glancing at him curiously. "your hair's.. blonde."

"yeah, that was my idea." hangyul raises his hand.

minhee hits the latter with his elbow. "and did we ask?"

hangyul winces in pain. yujin laughs.

"why are you laughing?" minhee asks.

"i'm sorry.. i just laugh at things that aren't even funny. i'm just like that, i'm weird."

"no you're not." minhee blurts out. "you're yujin."

yujin looks at him confusedly. "i'm yujin?"

"yeah, just consider that as a compliment." minhee says surprisingly without stuttering. "you're not weird because.. you're yujin."

"okay, i think this dude lacks of female interaction so please forgive me, i'm just going to dismiss him for you." hangyul takes minhee's arm and glances at hyeongjun. "you're classmates with him, right? let's go, i'll accompany you guys."

hangyul pulls both of his dongsaengs with no hesitation, leaving dongpyo with a very confused yujin.

dongpyo sighs. minhee clearly had his chance, but he blew it.

"so that's the boy you told me?" yujin asks. "the one you asked me to vote?"

"oh god, please don't remind me. you must see him as a loser now you've interacted with him."

"ah.." yujin shakes her head. "i mean, he's not that bad.. not bad at all."

the two head back to their class, with dongpyo fulfilling yujin's wish by sitting with her. yujin explains to him that guanlin has been giving her frequent hints that he has a crush on her, but she's now in dilemma because she's not sure if she feels the same. dongpyo just listens to the girl without giving her a solution: he doesn't want to encourage her to reject him because he feels bad for guanlin, but he's not going to let them date either because that would be disgusting and that would probably end up to a second mental breakdown for a very lovestruck kang minhee.

these boys.. they both have such strange crushes.

it didn't took a while for dongpyo to realize that junho hasn't appeared to class. both the real him and the ai version of him are usually very punctual, so this is a very strange occasion. but then again, he wouldn't argue — taking a break from junho is definitely up on his bucket list at the moment.

but as if he had just jinxed it to himself, the last person he would like to see appears into the room just in time as the bell rings, and he wasn't alone. fake junho enters the room with miss yumi, his eyes immediately shifts at dongpyo. he walks towards him.

"what?" dongpyo asks ignorantly, avoiding his strange gaze.

junho smiles. "i encountered kang minhee a while ago. he's made quite a drastic entrance with his new hair. don't tell me it got her swooned." he says, referring to yujin who was sitting next to dongpyo.

yujin looks offended. "whether if it works on me or not, that's none of your business. don't stereotype me just like that."

junho eerily laughs. "and people say i'm the one who's bipolar." he taps at their table. "keep your ears open, i think you're going to like what i'm about to inform you."

dongpyo looks at him disgruntled. "inform me?"

"kids, please quiet down for a moment, junho has an announcement to make." miss yumi informs the students as an attempt to keep the class conducive. "yes, cha junho. he asks for a minute or two and he would like your attention."

"but miss—" dongpyo raises his hand upwards the air. "the student body candidates are not allowed to campaign during non-campaigning hours."

"oh, this isn't a part of my campaign." junho clarifies. "it's just an offer i received from a.. third party."

"yes, i can assure you this is campaign-free, mr son." miss yumi smiles as she heads towards him. "dongpyo-honey, i heard you left the physics olympiad— hey, what's wrong?"

dongpyo didn't bother to explain himself. he has his attention towards junho instead, who looked fairly confident of what he had brought in mind. he keeps himself calm and open-minded.

"okay, as you all might be curious as to what i'll be informing you today, i won't make it too long. but before that, i would like to ask you a question," junho clears his throat. "who here are interested to attend snu's medical school?"

a quite huge percentage of the students raise their hands eagerly. dongpyo just looks at junho with literally nothing to expect. his pride was big enough for him not to raise his hand.

"good, that's quite a lot of you." junho nods, satisfied. "i'm here as a representative of the institution of modernized neuroscience and evolutionary technology, shortened as imnet, and i'm here to offer you guys a course which will be held at the institution's office this friday after school. the course covers the subjects and methods of how to enter snu's medical school, and it sure has quite a unique track record of alumnus from the said school. it's a free course for everyone, you just need to confirm your rsvp to me as i am in charge of it." junho glances at dongpyo. "if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask— yes, hueningkai?"

"junho-yah, do we have to be smart like you to come?!" the boy asks recklessly, receiving a handful of laughs from the other students.

junho only smiles. "as i have told you, this course is open to everyone. all you have to do is.. be yourself."

dongpyo scoffs. as if that's what you've been doing.

"that's all from me, thank you for your consideration." he quickly bows and then returns to his seat.

yujin leans to dongpyo. "wow, he really is taking this campaigning thing seriously."

"you think this is a part of his campaign?"

"of course it is! snu worshippers will be head over heels for this, especially from a certified institution. this'll kickstart a bunch of his votes, for sure." yujin points out.

dongpyo nods. though the girl has a point, deep down he felt like junho's intentions are more than just winning the election. he's actually expecting something way worse..

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i heard rumors of x1 coming back soon aaaaa i'm not going to hope too much tho, i wish them a better 2020 :D

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- yuehwa