pen pal | yeonbin

thirty one

"daniel this is kai. kai this is daniel."

kai stared down at the raven haired, not expecting the elder to be shorter than him.

"h-he...llo?" daniel spoke in korean, trying his best to get the pronunciation correct. "oh don't worry i'm fluent in english." kai spoke, laughing at the other.

"oh thank god. but how did i do? i'm trying to learn the basics off of some app." daniel asked, feeling sorta confident about his attempt.

"like you used google translate for lessons, but you have soob and me now to help you!" kais remark made daniels confidence shrink but he nodded nonetheless.

"kai is actually gonna be helping me teach both you and jeremy since i have work most days." soobin spoke as they got in the car, daniel quickly getting back in the front, making kai get in back.

"so daniel. what are your plans to date my best friend?" kai asked. "kai!" soobin yelled.

"i plan on being the best first boyfriend he's ever had. i ain't ever letting him go or going to break his heart." daniel answered, staring intensely at soobin who was desperately trying to focus on the road.

"and what if jeremy steps in and soobin starts dating him instead?"

the question got both boys to stop and look at the younger, luckily they where at a red light.

"then i hope that the bastard doesn't hurt soobin in any way, or we can fight till the death for soobins hand in marriage. i prefer the second option." daniel spoke with a smile, scaring the two a bit.

soobin continued their drive trying to contain his blush. kai leaned forward in his seat to whisper to soobin.

"soob he's perfect. he's exactly your ideal type." he whispered in korean which got daniels attention. "my ideal type is not someone who would kill a man over me."

"no but he's protective, he's kind, he's like a bad boy but really sweet. didn't you say that was your type when we all got drunk?"

soobin parked the car in the schools parking lot, glancing over at the elder who was using his phone to translate what they were saying.

"yeah you're right."

"fuck this app runs like dog shit. anyway let's go." daniel got out the car first, slinging on his backpack.

kai picked up his bag that was leaning against an expensive clothing store bag with a large box inside. he peeked in, not really seeing much.

"soobin what is this?" he asked, pointing at it. soobin looked at what he was talking about, his face heating up.

"oh it's a cardigan daniel bought for me before coming here. he said it was a gift for passing the audition." he answered, getting out the car along with the younger.

"i think it has a lot more meaning to it. you should wear it today." kai said, grabbing the bag "you think so?" the younger nodding, handing the box over to soobin.

and so soobin exchanged his blazer for the black and white checked cardigan, daniel awing at the sight of soobin wearing his gift.

"you look so pretty baby." the elder complimented, grabbing the tallers hand.

the three boys walked through the front doors of the school building, everyone looking their way- well more like looking at daniel.

girls of course thirsted over the male, flirting, taking photos, gossiping about him, acting negative after seeing his hand intertwined with soobins.

most boys thought nothing of it other than a new friend while other boys wanted to be soobin.

"holy shit. who's the new hottie?" a girl whispered to her friend. "i heard there's another new hottie AND they're both half american."

people gossiped and squealed around them as they walked to their first class.

"what are they saying?" daniel asked the two. "they're talking about you and jeremy." soobin answered. "yeah. they're even calling the both of you the two new hotties." kai added, stopping at his class door.

"ha! him? hot? please. i'm far more attractive than that nasty farm animal. is this kais class?" he looked at the sign next to the door, thankfully it was translated so he could tell that it was mrs carmella's art class.

"yeah so i'll see you guys at break. bye." the younger waved goodbye and walked into his classroom.

"so baby," daniel started, "what's our first class together?" he asked in a flirty tone,  wrapping his arms around the tallers small waist. soobins face lit up red with embarrassment as students around them watched and started whispering about them.

"w-w-we have english with mr joshua." he stuttered.

"sweet let's go baby. maybe you can even sit on my lap." he spoke with a wink before dragging soobin in the completely wrong direction to be then dragged by soobin.

"is that fucker in our class?" daniel asked, groaning when he saw soobin nod.

"i'm both your tutor and translator so he's in all of our classes but please no fighting, this school's very strict on things like that."

daniel wanted to complain, saying that it's impossible to not fight against someone like jeremy but after seeing the saddened look on the youngers face, he couldn't help but promise the boy.

"i promise baby. i won't physically fight with him but if he lands one finger on you, it's on sight." he spoke, wrapping his arm around soobins waist protectively as they walked to class.