Their voices were muffled as he stared down at the floral pencil in his hands. The white pencil was covered in a pink and purple floral pattern, the pencil itself was almost marble looking and felt smooth in his hands as he twirled it between his fingers.

"Let me see that," Jongho whispers right beside him, reaching for the pencil. Mingi jerks it away from him, causing the younger to smirk, "So protective over a writing tool."

Mingi growls, setting it down on his desk away from Jongho and locking eyes with one of the flower crowns on the boy's head in front of him. He could smell them, they were fresh roses and some weren't even in full bloom yet.

"Alright, now as most of you know we do dissecting in this class. Everything from frogs, to baby pigs, to worms, etc. I've had in the past let people choose their own partners for the projects, and sadly they have ruined that for future classes. So, instead I will be choosing your partners," the teacher proclaims in the front of the class, pacing back and forth as he looks at every single one of the students, "When I call your names, I want you to stand and meet your partner for the rest of the year for dissection projects. We dissect different things every Friday."

Mingi groans as he thinks about who could possibly be his partner for the whole year. He could have anyone from the nerdiest kid in the class, to the dumbest kid, to the cheerleader, to the jocks, anyone. Hell, he could get the weirdest kid in the class that tries to take the dissected pieces home to do god knows what with them.

As the teacher calls on names, Mingi loses himself in his own little world again, until his own name is called and snaps him out of his trance, "Song Mingi, you will be partnered with Park Seonghwa."

Mingi stands, only to be surprised when the boy in the pink sweater and flower crown in front of him stands and turns to look for him as well. Mingi bites his lip, catching eyes with the boy's face before he quickly turns around and sits. Mingi follows shortly after, and when the teacher was done assigning partners, he sets his clipboard down and claps his hands, "Alright, now I all of you to go to your partner, and make small talk for the rest of the class. It's going to be a long year so might as well get to know one another and see if you're compatible working with your partner. If you have a problem, come see me after class."

Mingi faces the boy in front of him, waiting for him to turn and when he doesn't, Mingi frowns, kicking the boy's chair. The boy, Seonghwa, flinches and turns slowly, swallowing harshly before nodding to Mingi, "Hello, Mingi?"

"Yep, Seonghwa?" Mingi asks, arching his eyebrow.

"Yeah," Seonghwa spoke softly, softer than Mingi, "Uhm, so are you a junior or a senior?"

"Junior, this was kind of an elective class for me. I won't really need it since I'm going for Law Enforcement but what the hell right," Mingi chuckles, "What's wrong with having an extra class under your belt?"

Seonghwa giggles softly, fidgeting with his bracelets that contrasted against his pale skin. Mingi leans forward, trying to seem interested in his dissecting partner, "What are you? Senior?"

"Yeah," Seonghwa brushes his blonde hair behind his ear, "I'm graduating in May. I'm here for surgical technician."

"Oh.... so like a surgeon?" Mingi asks, now intrigued. How can a man wearing pink and flower crowns want to cut open people and save their lives?

Seonghwa smiles, shaking his head, "Not exactly, I'm in the room with the surgeon yes. But I'm handing them the tools to perform the surgery."

"Ahhh, so you aide in cutting people open," Mingi chuckles, rolling his lip ring with his teeth as he studied Seonghwa. He suddenly leans in and bites his lip, "Hey I gotta ask... you're not weird right? Like... cutting apart and wanting to take the specimens home?"

Seonghwa shakes his head quickly, "No no, that's nasty!"

Mingi laughs, feeling better about his partner already, "Good. We'll get along just fine."

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The professor claps his hands loudly and catches everyone's attention, "Alright, we've made good progress today. Starting Wednesday, we will begin chapter one in our textbook. For homework tonight, write a list of things you think would be interesting to dissect for dissection Friday's. That way I have an idea of what to order for the semester. You're all dismissed."

Everyone packs their items and quickly leaving, some heading to their next class and those lucky few are heading back to their dorms for a nap before their next class. Seonghwa stands, slinging his bag over his shoulder and starts to leave. Only, a hand wraps around his wrist and he looks down to see Mingi's tattooed hand wrapping on to him and he looks up at the taller's eyes.

Mingi holds up his pencil, "Thanks for letting me use this," he spoke quietly, holding out the pencil, "I have others back home."

Seonghwa smiles, his kind smile warms Mingi's heart a little and the boy with the crown of flowers on his head slowly turns, "Keep it. You never know when you will need a pencil and I'm not there at your aid."

Seonghwa is quick to turn on his heel and walk out of the classroom. When he's sure he's far away, he leans against the brick wall of the building and places a hand on his warm cheek, knowing he's blushing. He bites his lip, thinking about how Mingi was biting him, how his lips looked incredibly soft-

"Hyung!" Seonghwa gasps in surprise, dropping his things all over the front of the building and Yunho is quick to gather it all up, "I'm sorry! I was calling for you but I guess you were in your own little world!"

"Yunho don't scare me like that," Seonghwa glares, taking his stuff from the blue haired boy and nodding once, "Thank you."

"What's on your mind? You never completely ignore someone," Yunho laughs, walking by his friend as Seonghwa caught a whiff of Mingi's cologne and turns to see Mingi walking out of the classroom. He blushes as he watches the male leave, and he's sure Mingi's cheeks were pink too as he walks with his friend to their next class.

Seonghwa clears his throat, focusing back on Yunho, "Nothing. I have get to my nursing lab."

Yunho smirks, leaning in to whisper in Seonghwa's ear, "I seen the way you looked at him Hwa, you aren't slick at all." Seonghwa narrows his eyes and Yunho giggles, winking, "Don't worry, I'll keep it from the others for now. But you should really talk to him, he's kinda cute."

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I'm loving how this is turning out so far!! Aren't you all?!