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"Ugh..." Suho sighed as he scanned the announcement for the upcoming tests. "You mean, 'Yes!'" a voice said from behind him. He turned around and was face to face with his tutor. She grinned.

"You'd better keep up with that study timetable," Irene warned him, jabbing a finger at his chest. "Upping your grade also ups my grade, so you'd better do well!"

He forced a smile, then rolled his eyes when she skipped off.

"Hey hoe," his best friend, Chanyeol, caught up to him and slung a long arm over his shoulders. Suho rolled his eyes again and shrugged his friend's arm off.

"I told you to stop calling me that," he huffed as they made their way down the hall to their homeroom. But Chanyeol obviously wasn't listening.

"Hey," Chanyeol nudged him. "Does my hair look good?" Chanyeol was an attention addict and never missed a chance to flaunt his good looks in front of anyone who'd watch—even down the corridors in school.

"It always looks good, idiot," Suho replied with little interest. Chanyeol slapped his back with a grin. "That's what I like to hear," he said cheerfully, and stuck his hands in his pockets, preparing to stroll coolly down the hall. He gestured at Suho to go ahead so he wouldn't steal any of his spotlight, since he knew Suho was also a visual at the high school.

Exasperated, Suho continued on his own, ignoring the fangirls who were all staring and giggling and gossiping about Chanyeol who was strutting along behind him.

Upon entrance to his homeroom he was met with the class flirt, Junhoe, attempting to pick up a sophomore girl from 2-2. Suho grumpily pushed past them and headed over to his seat.

The class was half empty since most people were still having their lunch. Two of their classmates her arguing over who would win in a fight.

He slumped in his chair and was about to pull out his phone when someone slammed their hand on his desk, making him jump. His phone slipped between his fingers and clattered to the floor from the action.

"YAH!" Irene, the owner of the hand, yelled. "You cannot rest! You MUST NOT rest! You can never be competent! NEVER let your guard down! Always study!"

Suho was hardly listening, for he had dived to the ground to retrieve his phone. It had a small scratch on the screen. His eyes widened and he gasped horrifically.

He angrily showed the tiny scratch to her as he leaned forward on his desk. "How can you talk about studying when you just damaged my new phone?!" he cried, pointing at the alleged 'damage'. "Do you know how much this costs?"

Irene rolled her eyes and plucked the gadget from his hand.

"Hey!" he exclaimed as she held it out of reach.

Irene dangled it between her fingers. "It's a distraction~" she said in a sing-song voice. "Study first and play later."

He got up with a huff and chased her around the classroom, swiping at her arm and missing.

He finally caught her wrist when she slowed down from the chair that had been pushed into the isle by the two classmates who were now roughhousing.

He spun her around to face him and pinned her against the lockers. They were both breathing heavily, but Suho's face was contorted with frustration while Irene's was brightened by a cheeky half-smile.

He tried to pry the phone from her fingers, but she had a grip of steel on the it. He was surprised she hadn't crushed it.

"Give it." Suho demanded, fed up. Irene scoffed and shook her head. "You gotta listen to me first," she said. "I'm your tutor and that m—"

Their two classmates had been play-fighting throughout the time Suho had been chasing her. And now, one shoved the other, making him bump into Suho, before he chased after his friend again.

He had no idea what he'd just done.

Irene placed her hands on his chest and shoved him away, her face bright red, and her eyes round. She stared at Suho in disbelief for a second longer before bolting out of the room.

Suho stared after her, his mouth gaping.

Theirlips had met by accident.

A/N

Short, cringey chapter, I know...but I'm back at school (online) and since I'm a grade higher, we have LOADS more homework.

I legit just spent 2 hours on 10 pages of Math...

Anyway...

I may have to start posting shorter chapters, and they'll probably be published in the evenings, so...

I'm still very thankful for your support! Oh, and shoutout to carat_won 😘😘😘

PS. Sorry for the weird SaJun edit...