The Boy Next Door

13.

"You like this?" Jake says while smirking making me jump off him and back into my own seat.

"Sorry. I didn't realize." I say while my face is flushing red from embarrassment. How did that even happen??

"No need to apologize love." he says in a flirty tone. I scoff and adjust my shirt in awkwardness.

"Fuck off." I say jokingly. I read through my notes and give them to Sunghoon since he's been asking for a bit.

"What about me? I don't want to fail either." Jake says from beside me.

"You can share or whatever, I need to go to the bathroom." I say while getting up while leaving my bag and notes.

I head to the bathroom before the lecture starts since I won't be able to go when the class starts. I do my business and wash my hands before drying them and heading back out.

"Chaewon!" I hear form the halls. I turn my head to the direction of the voice and see Hyunwoo sunbae standing with some of his friends including Junghoon.

I bow halfway and watch as they approach me laughing and smiling. What is up with these seniors?

"Sorry about last night, I hope I didn't make you annoyed." he says while looking concerned. I shake my head and say "of course not" so I don't harm this dudes massive ego.

"Oooo last night?! I thought you had a boyfriend Chaewon-ah!" Junghoon sunbae says while tapping my shoulder.

"I do? And nothing happened last night, sunbae." I say firmly.

"yea Junghoon, she drank with her friend I think Jiwoo, but Jiwoo called me to take her home. Your friend Jake got fucking pissed. I'm sorry if I came out that way, as your senior I just decided to take responsibility." he says making me chuckle at the thought of Jake being mad.

"Ah yes, Jake is fine he is just a tad bit overprotective." I say while smiling. I pull out my phone and see I'm already 5 minutes late and yelp.

"Oh shit, I have class." I yell making everyone turn silent.

"Oh who?" Junghoon asks.

"Ms. Kim. She's gonna kill me for being late again." I say while groaning.

"It's cool, she loves us. We'll come and tell her we held you us." Hyunwoo says.

"Ah, it's fine-" I get cut off by Hyunwoo putting his arm around me and walking towards the lecture room. I smile awkwardly, but in reality I want his cold ass hands off of me. Why is this man so touchy?

"Ayyy Ms. Kim!! Did you miss us!?" Junghoon says while kicking the lecture room door opening causing some yelps and screams.

"Oh my is that Junghoon? And Hyunwoo? Wait. PARK CHAEWON! Why are you late!!" she screams at me making me flinch at her loud ass voice.

"Ms. Kim, we are so terribly sorry, we were talking and suddenly she was late. Right Chaewon?" Hyunwoo says loudly while leaning into my face making me turn away, disgusted.

I bite my lip and look down from either embarrassment or just the chills from these annoying seniors.

"Oh okay! How have you guys been??" Ms. Kim says loudly back. I see her smile for the first time. Wow.

"Good good! Hyunwoo has developed a small crush though!" Junghoon says while smirking at me.

I see Jake and Sunghoon walk up to us, and Jake pulls my wrist and makes me fall out of Hyunwoo's tight grasp.

Sunghoon and Jake stand in front of me, blocking me from the seniors, thankfully.

"We have an exam. You guys should get going yea?" Jake says while glaring at them.

"Yea, and hyung, tip from me, don't try to court girls with boyfriends, alright?" Sunghoon adds while putting his arm in front of me.

"Yah you!" Junghoon says before Ms. Kim settles the situation and sends us back to our seats.

"Chaewon are you okay??! Did those assholes do something to you? Did they touch you?" Sunghoon asks me looking concerned.

"I mean no, but Hyunwoo is a creepy senior. And I'm not supposed to talk to any guys, according to my boyfriend." I say while frowning since he's just trying to help.

"Tell me whenever he does this okay? I'll take care of it for you." Jake says while adjusting his loud voice. I nod and don't disagree since we're in the middle of beginning a test anyway.

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We finish doing the test and gratefully, I think I did good but that's not the one thing on my mind. I have to see Heeseung next class, and I'm dreading it.

This isn't such a big problem, well to me it is but...

I walk to the lecture room and just remind myself this is the last class before I can leave today, luckily, since my other class was canceled because the professor is sick or something.

I get to the lecture room and behold, I see Heeseung. We make eye contact but I quickly turn away so I don't do something that I'll regret. Oh I hate myself right now...

"Hey boo, what's up with you?" I hear from behind me. I turn to see Namjin behind me in the lecture doorway. I almost drop the drinks but thankfully I balance them. 

"Hi..." I say while keeping my eyes glued on Heeseung but walking away to a seat far from him. I notice a big red spot on his cheek but I don't get enough time to really look at it.

"Are you and Heeseung fighting or something?" Namjin asks throwing me off guard.

"How did you know?" I say while slowly sitting down. How is she reading my thoughts?

"Well first off, your eyes are stuck to him, and not the good kind of stuck. And second, your not sitting next to him meaning you are mad at him or he's mad at you which is impossible since your his little angel." Namjin says while laughing to herself.

"Shut up. Little angel? pfff." I say while avoiding her statement.

"Honey, tell me right now what happened. It's weird not seeing the iconic duo together." Namjin says to me while pouting.

"It's nothing I hope... It's a problem with my boyfriend and that's all." I say, not trying to reveal all the details.

"Park Chaewon, just tell me what the problem is! I can't stand this awkward tension between you guys." she says while groaning. 

"fine fine. Well my boyfriend told me he couldn't trust me with all my guy friends so I'm cutting ties. I'm doing the right thing right?? Yea I should do what my boyfriend tells me..." I admit while trailing off. 

"Do you want me to lie or tell the truth?" she says making me frown. 

"The truth Namjin!" I say while groaning. 

"Well I think your boyfriend is a piece of shit, but I mean I guess he's just jealous you have so many attractive options around you. But that trust thing, woah. He's got problems. Like he could have worded it better but that's just me." she says while exaggerating her swearing. 

"Namjin your not helping! And why does everyone think so badly of him? And you've never met him so you are also included in the everyone." I say while banging my head on the table. Namjin stops me as the professor walks in but we continue talking. 

"Chill. But we think badly of him cause he honestly is. When you two break up, just know I already predicted it. And you would be so fucking cute with Heeseung or Jake. All you need to do is be a little more laid back and all the boys will come after you." she says while giggling.

"Why do you keep saying that? All the boys will come after me? Like where are you getting this nonsense from? And what would you know? You don't even like men." I say while laughing at her reaction. 

"Yah! True but damn... Anyway, your just clueless. Even me, who has a girlfriend, knows all the guys in this university are into you. Everyone stays away since Heeseung threatens them otherwise." she says making me widen my eyes.

"What?! He does what??" I scream a little too loudly catching the attention of...

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