"Nakayama." Harper walked towards Haruto who's currently talking Jace. "Did you finish it?"
"Finished what?"
"The book!" She facepalmed. "Don't tell me, you haven't? Today's the deadline of submission!"
Jace slightly hit Haruto.
"Heh." Haruto smiled as he reached for his bag. He threw a book at her.
"Hey!"
"hEy" Haruto mocked. The girl just rolled her eyes. As soon as she turned her back, "Aki wants to see you again and mom wants you to come eat dinner with us."
Harper faced Haruto again. She saw Jace trying his best not to smile. His face became serious noticing Harper's eyes on him.
"Uhh... I would want to come for Aki... but I know you wouldn't want me to come so I'll pass." Harper shrugged.
"Who said that?"
Jace choked while drinking his water.
"What?"
Haruto cleared his throat "Just.. just come. My mom might beat my ass."
Harper slowly nodded. "Okay, then." She turned her back once again and came back to her seat.
The day went as usual, some subjects were stressful and some were fine. Students waited for their breaktime.
"Minzy. Let's eat, I'm hungry!" Harp wrapped her hand around her best friend's left arm.
As they walked out the classroom,
"Oi!"
Harper stopped as she was startled. "WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!"
"YOU DIDN'T HELP ME EARLIER, I THOUGHT WE'RE PARTNERS!" Haruto furrowed his eye brows.
"THAT RECITATION WAS INDIVIDUALLY GRADED!"
"WHY ARE YOU TWO YELLING?!" Both Minzy and Jace made Haruto and Harper stop.
Hayeol let out a sigh and rolled her eyes at Haruto before pulling Minzy on the way to the cafeteria.
After getting themselves some food, they took a table and started eating.
"Woah, is Dylan not coming?"
Harper nodded. "Not today"
"I'm glad." Minzy shrugged and got hit by her friend right away. "What? whenever he's with us, seems like you forget that I'm with you guys. Aye, you like him that much!" She teased.
"Shut up." Harper frowned. "I'm glad our english project is done. God, I hate being partners with Haruto."
"HA! Why change from a Dylan topic to a Haruto one? You sure you're glad you can't call him your 'partner' now?"
"Minzy." Harper warned. "I met his family. He's actually soft for his sister and I find it cute."
"YOU FIND HARUTO C-." She stood up and covered her friend's mouth. "WWWMYGGGD Y'LL TLL JSSS GHHHHHH GT YR HND WFF MMMMHHH!" Minzy murmured.
Harper finally took her hand off Minzy's mouth. "You were loud. Ewh, your saliva."
"Yes, I did find him cute. But I don't like him, okay! You know that!" She continued. Harper started telling about what happened and also what she saw on the picture frame that's broken. "Now, his family wants me to eat dinner with them. I just don't know when."
Minzy can't help but smile. "So, why am I feeling like this? DO I LIKE HARUTO MORE THAN DYLAN?"
Minzy smiled. "I suddenly started shipping HAHA. Oh god."
"Stop, seriously."
—☆—
The girls finished eating earlier so they had a lot of time before their next period starts. Harper decided to walk around the corridor by herself.
She went to the music room, seeing that it is empty. She went on stage, grabbed a guitar and started singing a song.
She was so focused on singing, until she heard the door close shut. It startled her. "Um.. anyone there?"
She ran to the door and tried opening it but she can't. It's locked. "Fuck." Harper looked at her wrist watch. The music room is actually supposed to be closed at this time. "How dumb, Harp."
"HELLOOOO! ANYONE OUTSIDE? PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME! HELLOOOOO!" She yelled, still trying to open the door. She didn't get anything, she just heard her own voice echoing the room.
"I'm gonna miss a class.." She worried. "Okay, Harper. They're dumb too! Didn't they hear me playing earlier? Why close the room not making sure if anyone's here! Ugh."
She looked at her phone and it has no battery. "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET OUT OF THIS ROOM?!"
"Stop talking to yourself, you look dumb."
She widened her eyes and looked behind her. "Oh no, you're actually really dumb." She looked at him and stayed silent. His hands in his pockets looking back at her.
The girk walked closer looked up at him. "Can you use your phone? Just text anyone so we can get out of here. I don't want to miss a class, please Haruto."
"I left it in my bag." He said, wearing a straight face.
She started whining like a kid as she took a seat. Haruto sat beside her. "It will be opened again when classes are dismissed, right?"
Haruto nodded.
"UGH!"
"Hold up. HOLD UP. HOLD THE FCK UP."
Haruto looked at her, confused. "What?"
"WHY ARE TOU HERE?!"
"Cause.. I entered this room?"
"YOU HEARD ME!!!"
"I heard you sing and play."
"NO!"
"It was good, CAN YOU CALM YOURSELF DOWN?" Haruto gave her a serious look.
"Good? It was good?"
"Yeah?"
"It was good?"
"Harper, I want to tell you something." Haruto fixed himself. "I've known you for quite long and now I realized how much..
deaf of a person you are."
Harper rolled her eyes. I almost thought of something else.
"So when will I go to your house?"
"It's actually tonight."
"How unfortunate, I'm literally stuck in a room with someone I really hate until dismissal, then after that I'll go eat dinner with him?" She sighed.
Haruto stayed silent, hearing her words.
She just took her handkerchief and covered her face. It didn't took long enough for her to fall asleep.
Making sure that the girl beside him is asleep, Haruto removed the handkerchief off her face and look at her for a while. "You hate me that much, huh?"
He slightly smiled and sat properly.
He took his phone out of his pocket and saw messages from Jace asking if he's cutting classes again. But he didn't dare to reply.
He sensed Harper moving so he turned off his phone again and hid it back in his pocket, pretending to be asleep.