Soobin nearly had a heart
attack as someone tackled him from behind, the weight of someone clinging to his back nearly knocking him over as he walked towards his morning class.

"Shit—" he blurted out as he stumbled forward, looking back only to get hit in the face by long black hair.

"I'm gonna kill you. Do you know how hard I had to cover for your ass last night?" Yeji ranted, her koala grip on Soobin easily allowing her to shake his shoulders in protest.

"What...? Girl, my spine, holy shit," Soobin complained, the unexpected piggy back ride taking a toll on him.
"At least do it right so you don't kill me," he insisted, holding Yeji's legs up to take the weight off of his back.

Yeji rested her head on Soobin's shoulder.
"Your parents called me the fuck up at like 1 in the morning, asking where you were," she said, exasperated.

"Oops," was all Soobin said, gathering his balance and strolling slowly down the hallway. It was early, and he didn't particularly care about getting to class soon.

"Oops? You're lucky I put in so much effort, I had to text like five people and ask them if they had you," Yeji whined, playfully hitting Soobin's shoulder.

"I was at Jun's place," Soobin commented, with Yeji giving him a look that said she already had figured that.

"Yeah, I know. I had to go find Yeonjun on insta and text him because we weren't even mutuals," she explained.

Soobin blinked at this.
"What'd you tell my parents?" he asked.

"I said you were with me, but they wanted a picture, so..." Yeji paused, her reasoning implied by this. "I had to get Yeonjun to send me one," she stated.

Soobin internally cringed at the thought of how many pictures of him must be on Yeonjun's phone.

"Anyway. Your parents were fine with it. I think they still kinda wish we were dating, though, considering they called me," Yeji finished, bursting out into laughter at the disgusted look Soobin gave her.

"Don't even make me think about that," Soobin responded, Yeji still cracking up behind him.

"Shittt, as if I wanna think about that? Horrifying," Yeji agreed, fake gagging at the idea just to drive the point.

"Wow. Such a good actor," Soobin praised jokingly.

"I know. Actually, speaking of which—" she remembered something, hitting Soobin's arms as to let her down.

Once both feet were on the ground she scurried to stand in front of Soobin, making eye contact with him.
Soobin already was bracing himself. She only acted like this when asking for a favor.

"Would you mayybee be interested in joining a club?" she said sheepishly, playing with the end of one of her long pigtails.

"What kind of club...? Why?" Soobin inquired. It wasn't like her to partake in activities of the sort.

"Film club. Me and the girls need at least 6 people and there's only 5 of us," Yeji tried to persuade, seeing the hesitant look on Soobin's face.

"Um. What exactly would we do in it?" he asked.

Yeji shrugged. "Watch movies. Eat. Talk."

"I already do all of that at my house, why..." Soobin began.

"Whatever then. Yeonjun said he'd be interested in joining, so..." Yeji commented, crossing her arms.

Soobin narrowed his eyes at her.
"Oh, you are evil," he said, the smirk on her face saying she knew what she was doing.

"I'll go tell them we have seven people showing up," Yeji patted him on the shoulder, before turning and walking purposefully down the hallway.

Soobin stared after her, somewhat amazed at her tactics.

She joined a group of girls down the hall, emphatically saying something to them before the group turned and looked at him.

A girl with long blonde hair gave him an excited wave from across the way. Soobin waved back, feeling a bit intimidated by them.

Soobin flinched at the feeling of his phone buzzing in his pocket. He whipped it out to check the notification, thankful for the distraction.

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Yeonjun:
Wya
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Soobin blinked, not sure how to interpret the question. He was at school, obviously? Where else would he be?

_

Soobin:
Uh
At school?? Wdym
We literally came here tgt

Yeonjun:
No dummy I mean WYA
You have this class with me

Soobin:
Oh sorry I was talking to Yeji

Yeonjun:
Did she ask you about the club

Soobin:
YEAH
Why would you say yes

Yeonjun:
You better have said yes too don't leave me alone with those five ㅠㅠ

Soobin:
I said yes dw 🗿
But lmao "those five" I don't know any of them except Yeji I hate it here

Yeonjun:
I only know two
Ryujin sits next to me in math and I went to middle school with Yuna
Then I kinda know Yeji through you

Soobin:
Wait which one is Yuna??

Yeonjun:
Umm 👀
Long blonde hair
Kinda tall, cute as hell
She's really nice!

Soobin:
OHH her
She waved to me just now
She's really pretty 😞💔

Yeonjun:
...Why are you upset that she's preTTY

Soobin:
Wish I looked like that hhh 😔

Yeonjun:
Nah you're cuter imo

Soobin:
😳
Say sike rn

Yeonjun:
😶

Soobin:
BYE
Still thinking abt that pic u took of me

Yeonjun:
...Which one

Soobin:
What

Yeonjun:
🙃🙃
You mean this one?

Soobin:
???? NO WHEN TF U TAKE THAT
I meant yesterday 😭

Yeonjun:
OOPS well
🤾🏻🚘

Soobin:
Send the one... from yesterday

Yeonjun:

Soobin:
Yeah that one 😭😭
I'm not even gonna ask abt the first pic you sent

Yeonjun:
Good! Don't 😊

Soobin:
Why is that lowkey a nice pic
Catch me putting that on my insta

Yeonjun:
Photo cred me if u do

Soobin:
Yeonjun professional photographer

Yeonjun:
Honestly?? Yeah
I should b getting paid for this

Soobin:
Have fun dreaming 👋

Yeonjun:
OUCH
Sweet summer Soobin has insulted me 😩💔

Soobin:
SWEETE SUMENR SOOBFJN
I'm jk I'm jk I'll cred you💞❣️❤️

Yeonjun:
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Now please come to class

Soobin:
What already? Why

Yeonjun:
Bc I'm here?

Soobin:
Ok valid reason I'm coming
Gimme a sec

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Soobin shoved his phone in his pocket, before hurrying down the hallways towards his destination.

Thoughts of club meetings and an older boy clouded his mind.