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Chapter 5

Edit: December 10, 2022

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"Hello, my name is Bang Chan and I am the the new kid." My voice trails off in nervousness as I found myself in an awkward silence. Despite, the uncomfortable environment, I push myself to get to know these so-called soulmates. Glancing down I traced the white thread that lead from my pinkie before forking as it binds all three of us.

This is strange, I've never seen this before...

"Hey, hey. Its okay; don't be nervous. You can join us if you want." The boy with burnett, near black hair and a sharp chin smiles gently as he pats the floor next to him. Following his words, I notice the other boy with bright eyes and round cheeks stare at me in interest (and wonder?).

"Sungie, stop boring holes into him." The blacked hair boy playfully hits the bright eyed boy's arm. Snapping out of his "trance" he finally spoke up.

"O-oh sorry, I was just wondering where are you from?"

"Oh—I'm Australian. Is my accent that obvious?" Caught off guard by his sudden question, I let out a nervous chuckle and awkwardly rub the back of my neck as I struggled to find a responded.

"Ooh, finally an English speaker! I get to finally practice my English again. Well at least since I was in Malaysia," the bright eyed boy replied seemingly bursting at the seams with child-like excitement. "By the way, I'm Jisung and this is Changbin."

The introduction of Changbin and himself surprised me as it was is English. It most definitely caught me off guard as I didn't expect his near perfect English, however, a smile still plastered my expression.

Realizing that these people were not only the first students I got to know here but we're also my soulmates. How the heck did I get here? And how did I get so lucky?

• • •

Lunch hours soon withers to an end as time just simply felt too short. Their current presence just had seem to cut time itself in half, however, the tune of the bell signals throughout the school grounds.

Of course time doesn't stop for anyone, so why would it stop for us. We are, after all, nothing special.

"Alright. Time to head back, I guess." Changbin was the first to speak up after the bell's desperate whines. Reaching out a hand towards me, he offers the well known aiding pull-up.

"Oh I see what's happening now. You've ditched me for other." As Changbin pulls me upon my feet, Jisung's playful protest sounded as he was left "stubbornly" crosses his arms across his chest and remain on the ground. After laughing at "baby" Sungie, he took both our offered hands to be pulled up, however, what I wasn't expecting was for him to jump into my arms.

"I guess he took a liking to you already; he normally isn't this trusting." Changbin chuckled as I was hurrily hooked my arms around him in order not to drop him. Holding Jisung like a young child, i had an arm spread across his torso and the other hooked beneath his weight as he held himself up with his arms wrapping around my neck and legs wrapped around the front of my hips.

"Geez are you a five year old now? Wait—Your how old now?" I pull my head away as the younger had conveniently tucked his face into the crook my my neck. Realizing that I have yet gotten their classes, Changbin was the one to answer.

"Oh, yeah. He and I are both second years. You?"

"This is going to be my third and last year."

"Wait—you decided to come to Korea from Australia for the last year of school? Why now—" Changbin said baffled and in a state of disbelief.

"—And why do we now get to know you?" The squirrel-like boy then finishes as he pull his face from my neck with a clear pout painted across his face. Amused by his response, Changbin came to stroke his fluffy hair before Jisung decided to retreat back to his original position as I explained the reason of my father's job and it's traveling relations.

• • •

"Okay, because I'm not a tree and because I'm not really tall, would the squirrel like to be put down now?" Gently offering of the option as we apprached to the classroom, however, the only response i get from the boy was only a small shake that roughly declines the given offer. "Hey Changbin, what class is next?"

"English. Though since you can clearly speak English fluently, you basically have a free period off. Same as Jisung, so that's probably why he doesn't want to leave you."

As Changbin approaches his desk, I realize my desk was just in front of his and was just directly diagonally across Jisung's.