"i told jungwoo," i said as renjun stuffed his face. our other friends were busy during lunch, so i took the opportunity to talk this out with renjun.

by busy i meant jaemin had lunch detention, as always, for some misconduct that would lay on his already heavy record, and hyuck and chenle had been passing the flu to each other for the past week so they both stayed home.

"oh i know, yukhei was in his room hopping around and being loud about it. it's a good thing chenle is sick out of his mind and my parents weren't home." renjun told me, scooping pudding onto the spoon that seemed to almost snap under the weight.

"your puddings not even that heavy," i said, snorting at the observation. our school can't even afford plastic spoons that can carry pudding!

as if he was reading my mind, renjun muttered, "cheap ass school."

"very cheap indeed for a district that has a budget of 1.2 billion won!" said a voice from directly behind us. that familiar voice sent shivers down my spine.

"mark?" i said, turning around to see him with the stupidest grin of his face.

"well hello to you too, jisung." he responded, taking that as a sign to sit next to me. "usually you guys have a full table. what's today's deal?"

"chenle and donghyuck gave each other the flu, and jaemin was an idiot as usual." renjun said, nonchalantly, as if this wasn't the same person i was stressing over.

"you have this lunch?" i asked, suddenly. id never seen him, but i never really cared to look in the first place.

"i never realized we had the exact same lunch schedule," mark said, laughing. his laugh was, to say the least, adorable. it made his eyes crinkle into nonexistence, and it seemed more like a slight giggle. his body seemed to shake with the joyous sound spilling from his lips.

"guess we're gonna spend a whole lot of time together, jiji." he said, wrapping his arms around my shoulders, into a side hug.

i was internally freaking out, and renjun noticed, pushing me to answer. "guess so." i said, raising and dropping my shoulders, making him do his adorable laugh once more.

"better get used to it. we're gonna have some fun."

renjun cut the small talk short by looking at me like he remembered someone was coming to kill him. "guess what?"

his voice was agitated, this could mean one of two things, someone he wasn't fond of was coming, or jaemin admitted he had another detention. "who is it?" i asked, sighing.

"sicheng, and he's bringing yuta again."

sicheng was renjuns brother who had moved to japan after their parents divorce, ending up with yuta nakamoto. sicheng had, to put it simply, a strong dislike for yukhei, chenle, and their mom.

once the weekend rolls around, renjun will have most likely beaten sicheng, or become a bigger ball of hatred.