158 Petty (1/2)

The next day.

Hyuk came to school despite his weary body.

He carried a strong scent of ointment due to the treatment Yeo Ri had prescribed him the night before. It was a torture in more ways than one. He had to beg her to let him do most of it himself since she would be touching so many parts of his body. He didn't want to be so close to her; he'd start to think strange things.

”Ugh... my body... so sore...” In Guk's voice could be heard as he continuously complained about his aching body. It was only when he woke up that morning that he felt his muscles screaming.

”Class Rep, what did you do yesterday? You look worn out,” a classmate asked, partly laughing and partly worried.

”Nothing much. All I did was run away from a really angry... dog. It's true what they say; let sleeping dogs lie,” he said, sighing. If he had realised Hyuk was there behind him, he would not have had the guts to say those words.

Hyuk rolled his eyes, ”Oi, who's a f*ckin' dog?” He smacked the back of In Guk's head before walking to his seat.

In Guk hissed in pain. ”Sh*t... you're here?” He grimaced, rubbing the place Hyuk had smacked. ”You smell like traditional medicine,” In Guk pointed out after taking a whiff of the air.

”F*ck you.”

The classmates around them could not believe what was happening. Despite In Guk's rudeness, Hyuk did not fly into a rage. They glanced back and forth at the two guys. Since when did they start getting along? Just last week, they had gotten into a pretty big fight.

”What's this all about?”

Ji Yeong Gi who had just seen the interaction was also puzzled. Hyuk's words were not kind, but based on what he knew about Hyuk, that was how he usually treated his friends. At least, that was how Hyuk started to act with him two weeks after he forcefully stuck himself to the guy. He wondered if something had happened over the weekends. It was so d*mn difficult to get the guy to at least be civil with him, but that prissy geek won him over in just a matter of a few days? Unknowingly, something dark started to brew inside Yeong Gi.

”Yo, Hyuk, can we go talk for a second?” Ji Yeong Gi called him out, his usual lopsided smile hanging off his face.

”What do you want?” Hyuk sighed before getting up. He wondered if Yeong Gi had heard anything about what happened on Saturday from Bomi. If he had, then he was doing a fantastic job in hiding his true thoughts.

Ji Yeong Gi tilted his head sideways, ushering Hyuk to follow him.

”What is it? Class is starting soon,” Hyuk asked, arms crossed.

Yeong Gi merely chuckled in response. ”Since when did you care about being in class?”

”I'm f*cking tired right now. Spit it out, what do you want?”

”Okay, okay,” Yeong Gi sighed exasperatedly. ”Dude, why haven't you been answering my calls? You didn't even come to the pub. I told you to come hang out with me, didn't I?” Yeong Gi chidingly said, looking extremely peeved by Hyuk's action of ignoring him. A hint of resentment could be detected in his tone.