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they had made quite the entrance when they finally arrived at class.

their english teacher had been telling the class that she probably "shouldn't have only sent aera to get the books",everyone turned to stare as when aera arrived with taehyung trailing after her.

"oh aera you're back... oh! and is that the transfer student? did you make him carry the books back?" the teacher asked, glaring at aera. aera resisted the urge to roll her eyes. earlier, ms oh had been so nice when she asked her for a favour, but now she was acting mean just because aera needed help.

"aniya seonsaengnim. i wanted to help!" taehyung said politely with that charming smile of his. his charmingness unnerved aera. how did the jerk suddenly become a prince?

rather annoyingly, ms oh immediately brightened and said,"why don't you introduce yourself to the class? in english please."

as aera made her way to her seat, she noticed how taehyung swallowed nervously before he began. aera chuckled a little, slightly happy knowing that taehyung could actually be nervous... it was an uncocky, almost boyish side to him... and it was kind of cute.

"uhhh... my name is kim taehyung kim! and niceu to meet you."

"let's have a mini q&a shall we...class?" ms oh asked.

a flurry of hands shot up, all belonging to girls. aera scoffed, typical.

"do you have a girlfriend?" one of the girls said in korean when ms oh gestured for her to speak. she repeated the question in english after receiving a glare from ms oh.

aera breathed sharply. would taehyung blow her cover? or would he go along with her plan.

as she waited for his answer with baited breath, taehyung locked eyes with aera and smirked. "yes." it seemed as if half of the girls deflated hearing that one word, but taehyung wasn't done. "aera... she make my hearteu go boom boom!" he added, winking at aera.

as all eyes turned to stare (or in the girls case glare) at aera, she felt the blush consume her cheek and she used her hands to cover her face.

kill.

me.

now.

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english had been uncomfortable to say the least. taehyung sat at the empty seat behind her, which should've been fine, but because he announced their "relationship" to everyone, all the girls in class had stared longingly at taehyung, before turning to glare at her.

aera felt annoyed. judging from that glint in his eyes, she knew he did announced their relationship unnecessarily just to annoy her. and it worked.

thankfully in second period, taehyung was in the class next to her, so everything was more or less normal.

now it was recess, and taehyung waited for her outside class. surprising her for the what seemed like the 136th time in twentyfour hours, he immediately took her books from her hand.

"bwoya... taehyung you're taking this a little too far..." she muttered, giving him a weird look.

"am i? or am i just a naturally good 남자친구?" he said with a suggestive look, although aera knew he was joking.

she glared suspicious of him, "ya you're acting weird... where is the jerk inside of you?"

"he's waiting for his strawberry milk!" replied a cheerful taehyung.

his answer surprised aera so she laughed. "what a manly drink!"

taehyung glared. "it is!"

as they approached the cafeteria, aera began to feel nervous. she wondered how jungkook would react to taehyung, especially after how angry he had seemed this morning. would it be better to tell them that taehyung and her were fake dating or actually dating?

taehyung pushed open the door and held it open for aera. as they walked towards the queue, aera began to feel it. the stares.

normally, the kids in her school didn't really care about the transfer students, so it was puzzling to see them stare at taehyung like he was the most interesting thing in the room. she stared at taehyung, and then she remembered. he was blessed with good looks...

after getting her food and taehyung's milk, she hesistantly brought him towards her usual table.

the boys, were already seated and there were two empty spots. one next to hoseok, and one next jungkook...

aera mentally debated, unsure of where she should sit. normally she sat with jungkook, but they had fought a few hours ago. but if she let taehyung sit with jungkook, wouldn't it be even more awkward?

as they approached the table, jin seemed to be able to sense aera's thoughts as he quickly elbowed namjoon and forced him to move next to jungkook, before pulling hoseok inwards, leaving two gaps for aera and taehyung.

aera sent a mental thank you to eomma jin.

placing her tray down, she let out a awkward smile. "hey guys, this is taehyung... um taehyung these are my friends! hoseok oppa, seokjin oppa, yoongi oppa, jungkook and namjoon oppa!"

taehyung was oblivious to the tension present as he waved, cheerfully greeting "annyeonghaseyo!"

everyone politely nodded or smiled except for jungkook. he glared. she was about to offer some sort of explanation when an annoyingly familiar voice whined,"oh! aera-ssi... is this your boyfriend? introduce us!"

aera groaned internally. when was sooji ever going to mind her own business. she plastered a fake smile on n grabbed taehyung's hand. "sooji ah!'' she began, hoping taehyung would recognise the name,"this is taehyung!"

sooji waited for aera to introduce her to taehyung, but aera couldn't be bothered. she looked up at taehyung and saw that playful glint in his eyes.

oh dear.

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남자친구 (nam-ja-chin-gu) : boyfriend