Chapter 86 (1/2)

Chapter 86: Chapter 86

The next day, after classes, Jagyeom ran into a cat in the school yard. The cat with yellow eyes went around his feet a few times and walked away. He followed it though he didn’t know why.

“Meow.”

The cat headed to the taps where they washed mops. He heard it meowing, but when he turned the corner, it was nowhere to be seen.

“This reminds me of that time.”

Myohan and the transfer student were there. Jagyeom could only see the face of the new boy, but the other one’s light-brown hair let him know it was Myohan. The new boy smiled. He glanced at Jagyeom and picked up a hose.

“You know, what I did with this.”

“Don’t you dare.”

Myohan warned him. Jagyeom took a step back, but then he was surprised to see a thick grin appear on the new boy’s face and his hand turned on the tap without any hesitation.

“Hey, Shihuang!”

Next moment, Myohan was completely soaked with water. He yelled. Jagyeom went to them and tried to speak to Myohan, but then…

“I’m getting my revenge.”

He spoke with a dark expression and jumped onto the taps. Jagyeom got no time to back off. Still grinning, the new boy turned, the hose in Myohan’s hand aimed right at him. But the new boy grabbed him as he turned.

“Oh…”

A ray of water spewed out from the hose onto Jagyeom. Myohan’s eyes widened to see him get soaked. The new boy turned off the tap and stroked Myohan’s wet hair.

“You shouldn’t douse someone you don’t know with water like that.”

Myohan looked startled, that someone else had ended up getting wet instead. He was all frozen with fear.

“…Are you okay?”

His head started to ache. Strangely familiar memories started to flood in. Himself standing right where he was now with a mop. A gush of water coming right at him, and his clothes getting too big for him in less than a second, and someone fishing him out of those clothes.

“Um, I didn’t mean to do that to you.”

Myohan tried to explain, but he couldn’t hear it. Jagyeom grabbed his head, but then he looked up to see water dripping down from his hair. The sense of déjà vu he had been feeling. How he had been able to guess what he would say. His familiar voice, face, and the nickname he had given him.

“Chatterer, no, Jagyeom–”

Jagyeom laughed and raised a finger to point to that smooth frowning face.

“Myohan,” Then he said something he had said so many times. “I told you, I hate that nickname.”

***

It was warm. Sajun raised a hand and tried blocking the sun in the sky. Warm sunlight rained down between his fingers. It was still a bit cold, but the sunlight was warm.

‘It’s a perfect day.’

He thought so as he walked slowly.

“You’re the reason we’re late.”

Then he heard someone’s voice on the other side of the wall. He stopped and looked up.

“What have I done?”

“You should have woken me up when the alarm clock started to ring.”

That voice miraculously found its way to his ears. He couldn’t see the face, but he knew who it was. It was the voice of that pretty-looking boy he had run into in the bathroom a few days ago.

“You’re going over it?”

“I’m going over it.”

‘What?’

Sajun looked up. Then someone nimbly jumped over the wall.

“…Oh.”

He looked quite startled to see Sajun. O Myohan: the name on his nametag suited him nicely. Sajun’s eyes widened to see those neat eyebrows frowning.

That was what he felt when they met in the bathroom. Pretty eyes that glittered in the sun, light-colored hair, clear cheeks, and a pair of rosy lips that looked like they smelled of flowers. He was breathtakingly charming. Without realizing it, Sajun stretched out a hand to him.

“We’re gonna be late.”

However, Sajun couldn’t put his hand on Myohan’s cheek. Another boy jumped over the wall and pulled him backwards. Myohan smiled and put his index on his lips.

“You never saw us jumping over this wall.”

That was all. Myohan didn’t look back as he walked away, and Sajun couldn’t move on the spot for a long time.