35 || ᴍᴀᴛʜs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇx

"So, can anyone tell me what's the gradient of 3x - 5x=15?"

"It's y = 3/5x ,Sir."

"Thank You Ms. Kang," I lazily flop on my chair. It was add-maths, and I'm currently sitted next to Namjoon.

Since last week Saturday,  Jaemin, Renjun, Jeno and Jisung wouldn't stop texting me. They also thanked me for giving them Chenle's number.

Chenle explained that his phone was confisticated then, thrown by his parents and  lost contact with his friends. That was the reason why he had gotten a new phone and a different number.

Class ended faster than expected so Namjoon and I walked silently towards the cafeteria. The latter was usually silent so it was a comfortable situation for both of us. Spotting a pair of hands at waving at us, we walked towards our usual table. It's been the same for the past week. Jungkook attended class with a casted arm, so homework is an exception for him, that lucky piece of meat.

Everything was normal today, the same ol'  Jungkook and Jimin  unnecessary argument, Taehyung having sweet talks with Ryujin, Yoongi and Hoseok being invested in their own world -well something was definitely off.

Jin who is usually cheery and talkative, is now silently, staring at his food with sad eyes,  and Jiwoo is doing the same but she had eye bags hidden under some concealer.  Jin and Jiwoo kept stealing glances at each other.  The whole time Jiwoo tried ignoring him, but Jin made it look too obvious.

I took a deep sigh. I wonder what happened.

"So, I noticed, you, both of you, are not in your usual state. Did something happened between you two?" Jimin decided to question them since it was bringing an uncomfortable atmosphere to the table. Glad someone else noticed it.

Jiwoo just continued to stare at her food and leave the matter out but Jin looked like he wanted to say something.

"Well, we just talked, nothing much."

After that, Jiwoo scoffed and left the table. Jin left the table to follow her but Ryujin grab his hand, not allowing him to do so.

"Let her be,"

"But-"

"I think she needs space,"

"So, care to explain?" everyone faced Jin when I asked, demanding for an explanation of the current situation.

"Well... "

Third person point of view Flashback (a day ago)

The bell chimed, indicating someone had just entered the cafe. The door closed behind Jiwoo who just walked in the cafe. She looked around until she spotted a familiar face. Meeting gazes with the said latter she waved a hand and smiled before settling down on a chair.

Jin watched as she recollects herself and took out the materials for the assignment they wanted to complete together. He couldn't lie at the fact that he was extremely happy, having to go out with her,  even if it was just for the sake of an assignment.

"So, shall we? " She grinned back at him.

"We shall. "

..................It's been 45 minutes since they started on it and finally they were finishing up the assignment. Jiwoo sipped her caramel latte before packing up her stuff. Jin took this opportunity to take in her beautiful features. Eyes that shine under any light, long wavy locks, cute nose and luscious pink lips. It's been awhile or rather years since he had a crush on her. But he didn't want his friendship with Hoseok and Jiwoo to be affected by his actions so he decided to keep quiet about his feelings for her.

The bell of the cafe chimed, an a lovely looking couple entered the café. Jin wondered how different would things be between him and Jiwoo if the circumstances are different.

"What are you staring at?" Jiwoo who was done with her packing asked him.

"Nothing, that couple looks so sweet together," he mindlessly mumbled.

Her eyes followed to where Jin was looking at. But her eye darken at the scene. Jin notice her sour expression when she quickly stood up to confront the couple Jin was staring.

" Hey you bastard!" Jiwoo yelled at the couple all of the sudden.  This caught the attention of everyone else in the café. Jin quickly got a hold of her before she went nearer to the said couple.

" What the hell is wrong with you!" the guy that was holding his girlfriend behind him fired back at Jiwoo.

"No,  what the hell is wrong with you? After leaving me, for no apparent reason and insulting the sh*t out if me, you just moved on and got yourself another toy to play with? " an audible gasps came from the girl behind the guy and Jin.  He never thought that was her ex. Or even if she had one in the first place.

"And what's your problem with that.  Just move on and get a life Jiwoo. Begging me to come back to you won't do any good. Don't be a pathethic b*tch. " her ex spat at her. Scoffing, she slapped him on the face, which shocked everyone in the cafeteria.

" I'm not pathetic. You are the pathetic one here. If you're gonna do what you did to me with her, might as well warn her earlier." she glared at her ex with full of hatred.

"It's not my fault you're not good enough.  It's your fault that you were a good girlfriend-" her ex couldn't finish his sentence as a hard punch landed on his face.

"That's not something nice to say to someone's girl. So, shut up and get lost!" Jin was raged. He didn't like the way her ex was talking to her so he decided to step in. Jiwoo was in pure shocked. She didn't expected Jin to say something like that at all. Her ex scoffed before standing up properly.

"So this douche bag is your boyfriend? Wow, and I thought you couldn't go any lower. " her ex was about to counter punch Jin but luckily the café's manager came to the scene and broke the fight.

"If you wish to fight, please leave the café," and like that Jin and Jiwoo left. They were walking home together since that was the deal they had earlier. While silently strolling down ,  the wind blew harder. This made. Jiwoo clutch onto her jacket to give herself a little more warmth.

"Are you cold? "

"Not really, " and just like anyone in the situation, Jin gave his jacket to Jiwoo in a gentleman manner. She mumbled a thanks before the atmosphere went quiet again.

" Uh, Jin?"

"Yeah? "

"Did you mean it?:

"Mean what?" by now they have stopped walking and they decided to sit on a nearby bench.

"About what you said to him earlier?"

"That he shouldn't talk to you that way? Yes, of course! No one should say such words to a lady," he gave a small smile at Jiwoo.

"N-no, I mean. When you said I was your girl," Jiwoo didn't dare to look up because she was scared of his response. Jin in the other hand was afraid to confess his feelings here and now. He was afraid Jiwoo would reject him or worse, they will stop being friends. Jin took awhile to process an answer that question, careful with the choice of his words.

"Um,  no, not really.  I didn't mean it that way. I was just referring to us as friends. Like, you are my girl space friend and I'm you're boy space friend. Right?" he looked away embarrassed by his actions earlier as he waited for a while for a response but Jiwoo didn't say anything. Instead he heard a choke sob coming from her. Confused he looked at Jiwoo.

Tears were streaming down her face her makeup a little bit smudged now.

"Hey? What wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Jin keep asking if something he said was wrong, but she wouldn't answer him. She stood up and faced him finally.

" Nothing is wrong with you. It's me.  Everything is wrong with me. I guess I just had my hopes too high."

And with that she ran away, leaving a very confused Jin.

.........End of flashback

"And that's what's going on.  But I'm not really sure why though.." Jin ended the story to his friends.

"Isn't it obvious Jin?" Ryujin eye rolled when he shocked his head. Not understanding her.

"She hates the fact that you denied the fact that you liked her too,"

"So....   She likes me?"

Everyone shoot out a 'are you kidding me dude' look at him. Then he smiled widely.

"I'm gonna confess to her and get my girl," Everyone cheered with him.

"Okay, okay I approve you bro" Hoseok waved off Jin.

"Thanks, bro. Or should I say brother-in-law?" Jin laughed at his own statement.

"Yikes, too earlier Jin,  too earlier" Hoseok shook his head at Jin's behavior...

Hahaha sorry Namjin not happening..