Author's POV
You lazily dragged your feet to you bathroom to do your morning routine. You didn't close the eyes yesterday. And it was quite visible.
You were horrible.
You had bags under your eyes, your hair was sticking in every direction possible, you were sickly pale and your lips looked dry and cut.
In brief, you looked like a zombie from The Walking Dead.
You fixed yourself and looked somewhat presentable, no more dry lips and your hair was neat, you tried covering your eyebags with some makeup, it was still a little bit visible though. It's still better than nothing, right?
You hurriedly had your breakfast before taking your bag and leaving for school. Not forgetting to lock the door behind you.
You arrived at your school several minutes after and it was unexpectedly uncrowded, well you were quite early.
You made your way to your classroom, passing by few students. Some were just sitting with their headphones on, other were doing their homework at the last minute. While the rest were just chatting with their friends.
You sat at your respective table, not minding the stare some girls were giving you.
It has been like that ever since girls from Mingyu's fanclub caught you interacting with him, while you were just passionately arguing about some math formulas.
You put your head on the table thinking about some ways to find Minty and the old lady again. Double task.
A part of you still didn't want to give Minty to his original owner, aka the old lady, but you knew that it was the right thing to do. She must have been as worried as you were, maybe even more.
Soon, more students started coming in as it was nearly 8 o'clock, and the classes were going to begin.
You lifted your head to face the board as you heard the clicking sound of your homeroom teacher's heels, Mrs. Kang. Your classmates all went to their respective seats as Mrs. Kang stood at the center and greeted us.
"Okay class, I'll be starting with the attendance." She announced as she started calling your classmates name.
You put your head on the table again since your name was with the last ones on the list. Your mind drifted again to Minty. Is he okay? I hope he isn't hurt or anything. And ideas on how he could be right now weren't exactly relaxing and worried you even more.
Your train of thoughts was cut by the teacher calling your name. You quickly raised your hand and murmured a 'present' as she nodded and continued with the names of your classmates.
" So only Kim Mingyu is absent?" She half-asked, looking at the attendance sheet.
Mingyu?? Absent! But he never skipped class!
"He is kind of ill ma'm." My attention turned to a male's voice. It was Jeon Wonwoo, one of Mingyu's friends. I could ask him later. Wait what am I thinking?! Why would ask about that guy?!
You shook that thought from your mind. You were already worried enough about Minty, you didn't need to worry about that stupid guy too.
"Oh, is that so? Well then we should begin our lesson for today." She said as she turned to the board and started writing.
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The bell rang signaling lunchtime, and the student rapidly made their way to the cafeteria.
You packed your stuff and skipped to the door after the crowd lessened a bit.
You weren't really in a hurry to go to the cafeteria. It's not like you were going there anyways. You hated crowded places, and you didn't have any friends to eat with.
You had devoted your whole life to beat that Mingyu in all kind of categories. Because of that you didn't have time to make friends, heck you didn't even know how to. Plus no one wanted to be friends with an awkward nerd like you. The only one that talked to you was Mingyu.
Just as you passed the door you found yourself butts first on the floor, the the few books you were holding all scatterd around you.
"Sorry, didn't see you there. Are you alright ?" Said a deep voice. You lifted your head to see sharp eyes staring at you with an apologetic expression. Wonwoo?
He bent down and started helping you gather your books. "Oh it's okay, I'm okay don't worry, I have a butt of steel." You awkwardly voiced, avoiding his somehow intimidating eyes.
Wait ___, did you actually say you had a butt of steel to a guy. And what more he's your rival's best friend. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
You felt your face heat up when you realized what your idiotic mouth just uttered. "I..I'm-" you mumbled trying to find some excuses. All that you wanted right now for the floor is to crack up and eat you alive.
Your train of thoughts was cut by a deep chuckle," Glad to know you have Wonder Woman's butt then." He gave a slight teasing smile, " Here, your books." He handed you your belongings then stood up, holding his hand for you to grab on.
"Oh, oh thank you." You took his hand and pulled yourself up, brushing of the dust on your skirt. You tried to ignore the glares some girls were giving you. If looks could kill, you would have been buried a long time ago. Or you could have killed Mingyu, but that would not be just, you wanted to beat him fair and square.
"I'm Jeon Wonwoo, by the way. You're ___, right? Mingyu always talks about you." He flashed a white million dollar smile.
Mingyu talks about me? To his friends?!
You felt your heartbeat quicken and heat rush to your cheeks. Get a grip of yourself ___! He probably tells them how much he hates you and how stupid you are. And why the hell am I getting so worked up about that?
You shook your head and discretely fanned your burning face before asking him if he was serious. He nodded his hand slightly.
" Oh, talking about Mingyu, I heard he was.. I mean," you stuttered trying to find the right words to ask him about your rival without sounding too concerned, "I was wondering if he was oka-"
" Yah, Wonwoo! Get your ass here, we've been waiting for ages." You were cut by one of Wonwoo and Mingyu's friend. He was a little bit shorter than them and had a well defined jawline. He kind of had western features.
Thank god he jumped in! What were you thinking ___? Asking about your rival... what's going on with me? Why do I even care about that stupid monkey?
"I'm coming, Vernon. No need to rush." He shrugged him off, then turned back to you, "I'm sorry ___, I think I need to go. My friends are calling me." He scratched the back of his head ", you can join us if you don't have anyone to eat with." He suggested then.
You quickly declined with you hands, you really appreciated his offer but you liked eating alone, plus those were your number one enemy's friends. And that Vernon didn't look that friendly with that bandaid on his right cheekbone. Did he get that in a fight? Maybe he's secretly in a mafia gang.
"Thank you so much, but I think I'll pass. I'm fine with eating alone, I'm used to it anyways. Also I have something I need to do, so another time maybe." You politely refused, it was true, you needed to make some sketches of Minty to hang them outside. You really regreted not taking pictures of him since that would be much easier.
"Is that so? Then have a nice lunch, ___. It was nice meeting you, Feel free to come sit with us anytime." He smiled and waved as he left to his friends.
You made your way outside the school's building to a small garden behind it. It was like your secret place, you always stayed there when you had free time at school. It was abandoned by the gardners and all since no one really went there, but you kind if turned it into your small own world.
You quickly went through some bushes and found yourself facing the bench. You sat on it and began eating the food you prepared this morning.
After finishing it, you took out your sketchbook, some pencil and started sketching your little missing cat.
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Yoooo wassup everyone i know i know it has been such a long time since i last updated and i really apologized for that dear readers :( i have been so busy this year with medical school and stuff i couldnt find time to write anything >.<
I hope you liked this shitty chapter which is not really that good ill try to make the coming ones better so please look forward to them.
Ill try to update the next chapter tomorrow or sometimes this week so yeah take care my lil kawaii pandas :*