"miss, may i please permanently sit somewhere else?" Riki just blinked, wondering why Moonbyul was requesting to change her seat so suddenly.
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He shrugged off the weird sensation, questioning why he was feeling something similar to irritation instead of relief.

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The teacher raised her eyebrows, glancing at the new boy and then at Moonbyul again. Riki stood silent and just sighed. Moonbyul did talk a bit much to his liking, but frankly speaking, she was the only one who bothered to acknowledge his presence in that classroom.

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not that he wanted people to surround him.
he liked his loneliness.
but sometimes he felt invisibile and what she did was remind him that he was there, and she knew he was there, so did the others, despite acting otherwise.

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however the teacher did not question it and granted her wish.
but suddenly both Riki and Byul wished she had just kept her mouth shut.

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"you may sit next to Junghwan, Jieun will sit with Riki"

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Ahn Jieun.
The loudmouth of the class.
The person Riki had never spoken a word to but wholeheartedly despised.

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too embarrassed to ask to sit with someone else for the second time, Moonbyul gathered the shattered pieces of her patience and nodded slowly, moving towards her new desk.

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fuck.

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"Hi Riki I'm Jieun!" The dark haired boy cringed at her forced and loud high pitched voice and nodded his head, holding himself back from scrunching his face in mere disgust.

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"You're just as handsome as i thought you would be up close" She mused, holding her face between her palms while her eyes shamelessly went over his figure multiple times.

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He balled up his fist and let go of a heavy sigh, mumbling a stern 'thanks' before continuing to write on his notebook.

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"whatcha writin'!?" The girl got closer to him, to the point that her cheek was squished on his shoulder and Riki let go of an uncomfortable breath, immediately closing his notebook.

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"can't you read the room? i clearly don't want to talk to you so shut your loud mouth and stop being nosy!" He snapped and Moonbyul snorted a laugh which he heard loud and clear.

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He flashed her a stabbing glare but in return, Moonbyul just smiled innocently.

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serves you right, moron.

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It had been about a week and a half and even if he refused to admit it, Riki was starting to miss Moonbyul's presence. She no longer talked to him, nor looked his way, but the sight of her left this unexplainable sense of longing within him.

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"this bitch is crazy!" He cried out between pants, sprinting through the hallways at an insane speed, unsure where he was off to, but any place where Jieun couldn't find him would have been just wonderful.

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Ahn Jieun had somehow managed to catch feelings for him in the span of weeks and when the words "i have my mind set on you" left her mouth after he rejected her, Riki just knew he had to think of a way to save his ass before it was too late.

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"i can't believe she's seriously following me" he whispered as he looked back, catching a glimpse of the girl in her disheveled state, almost passing out on the stairs because of how much she had run, but that didn't mean he was going to stop. He spotted a door along the wide corridor.

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The library.

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Without thinking twice he rushed inside, unsure of what to do next, he quickly looked around until he came up with a plan.
A desperately impulsive plan which was either going to work perfectly or was going to end in a disastrous mess.

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spotting a familiar figure, he ran up to the girl, grabbing her arm and pressing her back on the nearest surface and saying that he startled her would be an understatement. a relaxed sigh left his mouth when he took a look at her face.

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"Moonbyul, thank god its you!" he placed a hand on his chest, still panting slightly. The girl arched an eyebrow in confusion. "What the hell is this? i came here to read not get attacked!" She whined and Riki quickly placed a hand over her mouth.

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"look, she might come in any time. Moonbyul please i need a favour from you" He joined his hands in front of her, sounding incredibly desperate, it was probably the only time he had spoken to her with proper manners.

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a favour?

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"yeah? and what's in it for me, hmm?"