(Areum's POV)
Hyuk came back after a while and Bora gave us our hall passes to get us out of trouble with our teachers. We had different classes, so we parted after saying bye. I headed to the history class as fast as possible, reaching a few minutes after they started. I gave Mr. Torres my hall pass. He sighed and told me to just go sit down.

I did as told, plopping down in my seat, taking notes on the things he talked about. Paying as much attention as possible as Sora was poking my back repeatedly with his pen.

I had an urge to snap his neck, though refrained, trying to just ignore him. After what felt like hours when in actuality it was only a few minutes, class was over and it was time for lunch. I put away my things in my bag and purposefully stomped my heel on Sora's toes as he had his feet out of his shoes.

"fffFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUCCKKKK!!!!" He screamed in pain.
"Oops. My bad" I said with a smirk before walking away.

The teacher scolded him for swearing and I forced myself to not laugh. I headed to the cafeteria, calm, seeing Hyuk talking to some girl.

He noticed me and I flinched, quickly looking away and hurrying to get some food.

(Hyuk's POV)
I chuckled a little at Areum's reaction, finding it adorable.
"Who was that?" The girl in front of me asked.
"Who knows" I said with a small smile, laughing a little when she hid her burning red face with her hair, visibly panicky. I looked away, deciding to let her calm down even though her reactions were adorable.

Sora came storming into the cafeteria right after she took a seat and he stomped oddly over to her, seeming to be limping. I jerked an eyebrow up in confusion, wondering what had happened in history to make him limp. Of course the fact his scream could be heard throughout the whole school too.

He slammed his fist on the table though immediately jerked it back, pain covering his face. Areum immediately began laughing hysterically.
"Careful dude! Don't wanna break anything, do ya?" She asked, covering her mouth as she laughed. The way her eyes closed as she laughed made me smile. He growled in anger and grabbed her by her hair, pulling her up, but she was still helplessly laughing.

I was about to rush to them when he was gonna punch her, when she stopped the punch, still in a laughing fit. She stopped laughing after a little while and forcefully made Sora sit down, harshly.
"Hope your hand feels better soon" She said with a bright smile, grabbing her food and going outside to eat, but not before stomping her heel on his other foot too making him scream in agony again.

Everyone went back to what they were doing after she went outside. I went outside too to talk to her. I found her sitting outside on a bench, eating calmly. He immediately nearly spit out her drink though when she saw me, quickly swallowing before being able to do so.

"Oh! Time for class! Hahahahaha!" She said panicked, quickly getting up. I laughed and quickly stopped her.
"Calm down, Areum" I said. She was a mess, heavily blushing and endlessly, as quietly as she could, screeching. I laughed ruffling her hair gently.
"Just take some deep breaths, Areum" I said through laughs. She did as told, soon calming down.

"I just wanted to know if you wanted to come to my place or if I'd come to yours for the project" I spoke calmly with a kind smile.
"Yours. I mean- mine. I mean- yours. I mean-" She stuttered. I smiled and ruffled her hair again.
"Let's do your palace then" I said with a small chuckle.
"O-okay!" She replied. She gave me her address, still a blushing mess.

I smiled and the bell rang for class. I got up and she did as well, heading quickly to class.

[After School]

(Areum's POV)
I reached home and ran to my room, flopping onto my bed face first into the pillow, groaning in frustration.
"I'm such a mess around Hyuk and now he's coming to my house!? How do I always manage to get myself in these situations!?" I screamed into my pillow, muffled.

I heard a knock on my door and sighed.
"Who is it?" I called.
"Rikka. Are you okay?" My older sister asked.
"No and yeah..." I replied.
"Can I come in?" She asked.
"Sure" I answered, still with my face buried in my pillow.

I heard the door open and she came inside.
"This doesn't look good. What happened?" She asked, sitting down at the foot of my bed.
"I accidentally invited my crush over.. it's for a project but I'd have preferred to go to his place" I said, sitting up, my hair disheveled.
"Areum, oh my god" She said with a small laugh.
"I'm a mess around him! I never think completely!" I said, blushing slightly.

"Well, now he's coming over and your room is still an absolute mess. And what you just did to your hair doesn't make things much better" She said with a soft laugh. My eyes widened and I bolted around my room, cleaning up everything and then brushed my hair and put it up in a ponytail. She laughed and stood up.
"Now I know how I will get you to clean your room" She said with a smile.

I blushed in embarrassment though was flung straight into panic mode when I heard the doorbell ring.

Rikka laughed and went to open the door. It was a package. I sighed in relief and went downstairs to watch tv while I wait.

It was a few minutes later and I heard the doorbell ring again. I was flung into panic again and I flew off the couch and hid behind it.

Rikka was a laughing mess and she went and opened the door. This time it was actually Hyuk.
"Is Areum home?" He asked, obviously already having seen me, but pretending he didn't, a smirk on his lips.

I was a blushing mess, Rikka still a laughing mess.
"Areum, your boyfriend's here!" Rikka teased. I blushed harder and reflexively stood up and huffed.
"He's not my boyfriend!" I said but realized what I did shortly after and my face went as red as a tomato. Hyuk chuckled and Rikka let him in.

Here we go.