"you look like a zombie," jimin commented as he and taehyung walked to their first class in their whole college career.

"i also feel like one, haven't been able to close an eye last night," grumbled taehyung, as a yawn escaped his mouth in the end. he couldn't sleep, thoughts running wild and he totally blames jeongguk.

all of a sudden, whenever taehyung thinks about him and pictures him, he doesn't see him smiling innocently with his bunny smile, while they sat on the dinner table with ayeong. suddenly, taehyung pictures him attractively and notices things he never did. well he did, but he took them for granted.

for example how handsome he was or what a boyfriend material he was. OR how well build jeongguk was. his muscles. HIS MUSCELS. suddenly, jeongguk seemed hot to taehyung. attractive.

he was attracted--

"you good?" jimin nudged his shoulder, snapping the boy out of his thoughts about jeongguk. taehyung gave him a brief nod, an almost audible hum as response, as they then reached what was going to be their classroom for this lesson. not really a lesson though, it's theirs and everyone else', that is waiting behind that door, first day. they are going to get introduced to the school and its rooms first.

as long as jimin and taehyung know, they'll get divided in smaller groups of 5 to 6 and then students of the second year of the college will lead them around. oh, jimin thought. he forgot to ask jeongguk if he was going to do that too. he planned to text him, but that totally slipped his mind.

"do you think, gguk will be there?" taehyung questioned, almost if he read his soulmate's thoughts. jimin shrugged. "hopefully, yes. and hopefully we will be in the same group"

taehyung nodded, disliking the thought of being in a group with strangers in a place he doesn't know much about yet.

"let's go inside first," jimin chuckled, as he took the first step forward, twisted the door handle and walked in. it seemed like no teacher was there yet, since the students were not seating on their seats, rather chatting around and already getting to know each other.

jimin and taehyung just walked in, settled down on a table for two, right next to each other. jimin gawked around the room. "i didn't expect it to be this spacious."

taehyung hummed, not so interested in the room and its space.

will jeongguk be here? it would make him really happy to see jeongguk, right on his first day. and it would be even better if he is going to be the leader of taehyung's group.

a smile tucked on taehyung's lips as he imagined jeongguk walking in the front, explaining and showing stuff and rooms.

sudden chair screeching and loud steps ripped taehyung out of his thoughts, as everyone was taking their places, which taehyung interpreted as a sign that the teacher was coming.

"hopefully, the teacher will be nice," taehyung mumbled to jimin, who nodded, whispering a 'hopefully' back, as they now waited for the teacher.

"hello!" a cheerful voice sounded, causing everyone to look up and pay attention to the front. taehyung studied the teacher, she looked around 30 years, had long brown hair, tied into a loose low ponytail back. she wore nude lipstick, which suited her perfectly and there was nothing to deny, she was really pretty.

as she entered the room, she was followed by a few other students. five of them, three girls and two boys. one of the boys instantly locked eyes with taehyung and smiled widely as he waved his hand.

taehyung smiled too, waving back, but a pout formed on his lips as jeongguk didn't seem to be there. "chim, that's hoseok, ggukie's roommate" taehyung whispered into jimin's ear, who fixed his gaze on the male then. he saw hoseok smile and smiled back. "why has gguk never introduced him to us??"

"don't know, i met hoseok yesterday for the first time too," the blue haired shrugged, sadly glancing to the people in the front. he had really hoped for jeongguk to come by.

a sigh left his lips, thoughts occupied with everything but what the people in the front were talking about. he had caught a few keywords, like the name of his teacher as she introduced herself as ms. shin, or that the students in the front were only a year older. he knew that already though.

"wait, why are you only five?" that took taehyung's attention again and his eyes wandered back to the front, seeing the teacher look at the five older students with a raised eyebrow. just as she was about to complain about that someone was missing, the wanted person bursted into the room.

an overwhelmed jeongguk now stood in the door, looking like he had just ran a marathon, hair ruffled and cheeks slightly red, but he quickly composed himself and straightened his hair and clothes, before he apologized for being late.

taehyung couldn't be happier seeing the familiar raven haired boy standing there. jimin smiled too as he waved to jeongguk.

"mr. jeon, you oversleep quite often," the teacher had her hands stemmed against her hips and suddenly, the pose made her appear ten years older than she just looked before.

jeongguk bowed again, feeling bad. once the teacher looked back to the class, he finally lifted his gaze up again, taking the time now to look through the room, bunny smile showing when he spotted two familiar faces in the back of the room.

jeongguk then locked eyes with taehyung and the blue haired couldn't help but blush lightly at how intense the eye contact just seemed. everything around just seemed like a blur, as neither jeongguk nor him broke their eyes apart from each other. it was strange, they had never done something like this, something so intense and taehyung suddenly felt so small, not being able to identify what the dark eyes in the front were trying to achieve by piercing through his.

he tried to ignore the warm feeling that rushed through him, but he eventually gave up as he realized to like the tingles swirling inside of him.

"these six students will lead you around the building and tell you everything you need to know," the teacher gestured to the three girls and three boys standing next to her. taehyung guessed, that the teachers voice not only ripped him, but also jeongguk out of his stare, seeing that both him and the raven finally broke the eye contact.

the tingling feeling did not leave though and continued to mess with taehyung's insides, making him feel all mushy and warm.

after talking a little more, the teacher began calling out names of four to five students, who will get assigned to one of the older ones. jimin got into the group leaded by hoseok, which made him happy since he really wants to get to know the orange head.

taehyung nervously shuffled in his seat, as the teacher called out the students that will go with jeongguk, crossing his fingers underneath the table that he will get called out.

"park jihyun, kang yoonsung, kim taehyung,.." there it was- the word he was waiting for. he smiled widely and relieved, as he looked back to jeongguk who winked at him. maybe it made taehyung blush a little.

the teacher continued calling out the other groups and when she finished, taehyung bid a goodbye to jimin and happily skipped to the front, eyes once again locked with jeongguk's. he wasn't sure if he should go and hug the older, since basically everyone was around. not that taehyung minds them knowing that jeongguk is his best friend, it would just turn things really awkward with the other students in the group.

so all he did was standing in front of him, giving him a grin. "you look like you slept good," taehyung tilted his head and then realized what he just said. jeongguk had literally slept on his lap last evening. not during the whole night, but for an hour or so at least.

"can't say the same 'bout you, you look like a zombie." the ravenette flicked his forehead and taehyung squeaked out a quite "oww" as he clasped his hands against his forehead.

"weren't you able to fall asleep?" the sudden concern in jeongguk's voice caused taehyung to melt inside. "it's okay, but yeah. pretty much."

well actually, he couldn't fall asleep because jeongguk kept following him in his thoughts.

"let's talk during recess," jeongguk said, still a little worried. it isn't a rare case for taehyung to have problems with his sleep, he tends to overthink too much on evenings, right before bed and due to that gets nightmares.

usually, if jeongguk was around, taehyung would not hesitate to go to him and slip under the older's blanket with him, when he couldn't sleep. jeongguk never minds him doing this, he loves getting cuddled by taehyung, wether he is awake or not.

so seeing taehyung looking so dead tired, eyes underlined with dark circles, face paler than usual, it is just naturally for jeongguk to be worried over him.

"so, i guess we're complete now," jeongguk announced as he glanced to the small group of five students in front of him.

taehyung tilted his head in amusement as jeongguk began to walk in the front and explained and showed things as if he was a professional in this area. the whole time, he fought the urge to jump onto his back or tackle him into a hug like he usually would do. c'mon, his best friend's back looked so inviting.

and it was... so broad. taehyung widened his eyes, quickly shaking his head by thought. no,no,no, you won't think about him in that way! he scolded himself, refraining from giving himself a slap.

"if you go along this floor, you'll reach the principals office on the end," jeongguk explained as he stopped walking for a while. now they stood in a hall with three possible ways and jeongguk briefly explained where they leaded to.

for a moment his eyes locked with taehyung's as he looked through the students and. he couldn't help but smile lightly at the way taehyung seemed so concentrated in trying to remember everything.

"you don't have to remember everything instantly, as there are so many rooms and floors in this building. it will come naturally with the time and your stay here," he said, looking at taehyung. only taehyung.

the blue haired noticed that his best friend was referring to him and smiled shyly.

"i think this would be it for today then, do you have any questions?" he asked the small round now. a girl with long brown hair raised her hand and jeongguk smiled towards her, telling her to ask him.

"are you really just a year older than us? you look so mature?" she questioned, finger laced in one of her curls as she played with it.

it took only a look on her face for taehyung to understand her intentions and the energy she gave off was filled with red flags.

jeongguk made a surprised sound and chuckled lightly, "yes i am, why you asking?" he smirked and taehyung looked back and forth between him and the girl, heart clenching for an unknown reason. taehyung was 18 and jeongguk already 20. if it wasn't for taehyung's good grades and therefore his teachers recommending him to skip a class, he would have been two years under jeongguk, still in high school.

everyone in his year was a year older than him, making him the youngest. this girl was older than him too and she was beautiful. he wouldn't blame jeongguk for taking an interest in her, he wouldn't have a problem with it.

yeah, of course not.

"nothing, i'm just asking." taehyung wanted to know what jeongguk was thinking about when he looked at her.

jeongguk smiled smugly, a hum running over his lips, as he looked back up. "any other questions?"

taehyung raised his hand, making jeongguk look at him surprised.

"i wanted to ask something that i don't wanna say out loud regarding the school system. is it okay if i talk to you alone after this?" taehyung gave him a wink and jeongguk shook his head with a soft smile, knowing exactly what taehyung was on about.

he takes every excuse to miss class and spend time with jeongguk.

"sure thing, bu- ddy. i can help you," he said and suddenly the brunette girl stepped forward again.

"wait, i have a question too, is it okay to talk after him to you?"

jeongguk looked to her and then to taehyung who couldn't believe his ears. he quickly gave jeongguk a sign to not agree and the ravenette nodded. he looked at his watch and then up to the girl. "actually, i have not much time since i... euh have an exam then. i think i can only talk to one person today. but if you have questions, you can always come to me."

taehyung wanted to laugh at the girl's unbelieving expression, but stopped once he noticed her disgusted look on him.

it made taehyung feel small.

it's something happening automatically, after all, taehyung is a shy, self-conscious boy.

"it's okay, can i get your number then, so i can contact you?" she asked, her high pitched voice making taehyung want to tape her mouth shut.

and why didn't he want jeongguk to give her his number?

"yeah sure, just contact me if you meed anything." jeongguk smiled, taking the girls phone in his hands and typed his phone number in.

"my name is kim byeol," she smiled and so did the raven haired. "jeon jeongguk," he responded, giving her the phone back.

and taehyung watched the scenario with an uneasy feeling.