Monster Academy [ EXO fanfic ]

19: The Angel and the Devil

"My happiest memory...happiest memory...happiest memory," you murmured repeatedly to yourself as you looked up at the sky while thoughtfully tapping your pencil on your chin. You were sitting cross-legged under a tree facing the huge track and field with a sketchpad and pencil in your hands. It was your fine arts subject, and your class was tasked to draw anything that would represent your happiest memory. The students were allowed to go out of the classroom to find inspiration as long as everybody comes back five minutes before the end of the period.

"What did you draw?"

You looked up to see Sehun peering down at your sketchpad.

"Nothing yet," you answered. Sehun sat beside and you and continued with his drawing. You curiously peeked at his sketch pad. He was drawing what seemed like a lot of squares lined together. You could not figure out what it is since his drawing was horrible.

"What's that?" You asked.

"It's a rubik's cube," he said.

"Oh," you giggled, because it didn't look anything like a rubik's cube.

"Don't laugh at my drawing," Sehun pouted.

"Sorry," you giggled some more. "So why a rubik's cube?"

"It was the first time Lu Han-hyung smiled at me, when I gave him my rubik's cube. My father bought it for me, but I never really had fun with it because I didn't know how to solve it. Then one day, I saw Lu Han-hyung playing with it. He was able to solve it in less than fifteen minutes. He looked like he enjoys playing with it so I gave it to him. That's how our friendship started," Sehun answered with a reminiscing smile on his face.

"Oh. You met at school?"

"No. It was at home, when Lu Han-hyung just came to our family."

"Eh?" You asked a little confused.

"My family kinda adopted him. He lives with us," he explained.

"Oh, no wonder why the two of you are so close."

He smiled at you and went back to his drawing.

"What happened to his real family?" You asked out of curiousity.

"They're gone," Sehun answered sadly.

"Oh, I'm sorry," you said, and Sehun gave you a nod. "But, how did he end up with your family? I mean he's Chinese right, and you're Korean? Like, Korea and China is a little far."

"Ne, I understand what you mean," he chuckled. "Lu Han-hyung used to live with Lay-hyung before he lived with us. But due to certain circumstances, he needed to transfer here in Korea. My family and Lay-hyung's family have a very close relationship. So, my father decided to take Lu Han-hyung in. Lay-hyung stays with my family too when he's here in Korea."