The Drumline--Chapter 5
Title: The Drumline
Author: evilish33
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kimin, Eunhae, Kihae and others
Genre: Humor/Romance/Drama
Summary: Marching band fic! Freshmen year Kibum had a hard time making friends. Sophmore year he moved to a school where he had a lot of friends. Kibum tries hard to adjust to his new school, but he finds himself in those some of those stereotypical high school scenarios he thought would never happen to him.
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Kibum stepped into his chemistry class early and looked around the near empty classroom. He smiled when he spotted Eunhyuk and strode over to the older boy, setting his back pack down and taking a seat beside him. "Morning," Kibum greeted cheerfully. Eunhyuk cast a glance towards Kibum but didn't respond to the younger.
Kibum's smile slowly faded at the lack of response he had gotten. "Is something wrong?" he asked.
Eunhyuk shook his head. "You don't seat there," he stated monotously. "You should go to your seat."
"We have, like," Kibum looked behind him towards the clock, "ten minutes till class starts. I don't think I have to sit in my seat yet." Eunhyuk sighed and rested his head against the table, not looking at the younger boy.
"Eunhyuk, what's wrong?" Kibum prodded.
"I don't want to talk to you right now," Eunhyuk responded gruffly.
"Did I do something?" the younger asked, confused. "I'm sorry. What did I do?"
"I just don't want to talk to you, God damn it!" Eunhyuk cried and sat up in his seat, glaring at Kibum. The few, quiet conversations going on in the room immediately stopped as people stared at the two boys. Frightened and hurt, Kibum gripped the strap of his back pack and stood up, staring down at Eunhyuk. "What are you waiting for?" Eunhyuk demanded rudely. "Go sit down!" Kibum turned around, trying hard to stop the tears pricking in his eyes as he moved to the other side of the classroom and sat down in his seat.
The room was silent again as the occupants sat quietly, counting down the minutes until class started.
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Changmin frowned when he stepped into the band hall. The first thing he noticed was Eunhyuk sitting far from everyone else, including Donghae. He noticed a few other band kids spread around the hall, but none of them were talking as loud as usual. It seemed everyone could sense the tense atmosphere in the band hall. His eyes then landed on Kibum and he immediately felt concerned.
The younger had his legs bent up and was hugging them to his chest and had his head resting on top. He looked dejected. Changmin headed towards him and sat down quietly beside him. Taking on of his drum sticks, he poked the younger boy in the arm.
Kibum looked up to see he had poked him and let out a small smile when he saw that it was Changmin. "Hey," he greeted softly.
"Hi," Changmin replied enthusiastically. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Kibum reassured.
"You don't look okay though," Changmin pointed out. "Did something happen?" Kibum's gaze shifted over to Eunhyuk who looked away and the younger shook his head. Kibum bit his lip and rested his head back on his knees. Changmin frowned again and poked Kibum in the side. The younger squirmed, letting out a small squeal as he quickly backed away from Changmin. The other jumped slightly at Kibum's violently reaction before he stifled a laugh. "Wow, you're really ticklish."
"Shut up," Kibum fumed as he protectively clutched his side. Changmin scooted closer, smiling mischievously. Kibum whimpered at the other boy's look before he let out a cry as he was pounced on and tickled mercilessly. "Stop it!" Kibum shouted as he laughed uncontrollably. He squirmed, trying to wiggle out from under Changmin.
The band room door open and Siwon walked out, halting suddenly at the display in front of him. He saw Kibum sprawled across the floor, body shaking, and Changmin straddling him. He heard Kibum gasp and he raised his eyebrows. Looking at the other kids in the room, he wondered how everyone seemed to miss this. Siwon tilted his head to the side in confusion, if that didn't look suggestive he didn't know what did. "Siwon?" Hankyung asked as he tried to move around other male. "Move. I'm thirsty." Siwon pursed his lips together before turning to his boyfriend. "What?" Hankyung asked and stared up at him.
Siwon smirked and grabbed the older man's arm, manhandling him back into the band room. "Siwon! I want water!" Hankyung protested. "What are you doing?"
"We're going to spend some nice quality time in the guard closet," Siwon informed him as he headed towards the back of the band room.
"Oh my God! No!" Hankyung screeched in alarm, trying to pull his arm away. "We are not doing anything in the band room!"
"Oh, we'll see who will be making that decision," Siwon responded playfully.
"Nooooooo!!!" Hankyung cried in despair, hoping someone would come and save him.
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Eunhyuk sighed and rested his chin against his hand. He glanced over to Donghae and felt another flash of anger as he watched the other boy practice drumming against the floor. He huffed as he thought back to the conversation he had the other day.
"Hey, Eunhyuk, can I talk to you?" Jessica asked. The boy turned to Jessica and nodded his head. "Okay, cool. Let's go somewhere more private, okay?" She grabbed Eunhyuk's arm and led him out of the school.
"What is it?" Eunhyuk asked anxiously as Jessica led him away from the school towards Viele Lake which layed right beside it.
"I'll tell you," Jessica assured as they walked down the dirt pathway towards the lake. She ushered them over to a bench and motioned for him to sit down.
Eunhyuk obediently sat down and stared at her expectantly. "Okay, what is it?"
"How's it going with Donghae?" Jessica questioned.
"Good...?" Eunhyuk asked unsurely.
"Look," Jessica sighed. "Honestly, I think you two are cute and all and I really, really don't want to ruin anything, but I thought it would be fair to tell you..." she trailed off and bit her lip. Eunhyuk waited expectantly for her to continue. "I don't think your relationship will work out," she confessed.
"Why?" Eunhyuk demanded. "Are you jealous or something? Do you want to date Donghae?"
"No, no," Jessica denied. "I mean he's hot, but...no, no! I just--" she paused. "I don't think he likes you."
"Of course he does," Eunhyuk insisted. "He asked me to homecoming."
"But he didn't ask you out," Jessica pointed out. "And he's always hanging out with Kibum." Eunhyuk jerked back when she mentioned that. It was true that the two hung out a lot, but they were friends before Donghae had asked him out anyways.
"What are you trying to say?" Eunhyuk asked slowly.
"I just think that he doesn't like you..." Jessica said. "You know that your friend, Key, was the one who told him to ask you to homecoming in the first place. And, you know, Key is kinda a forceful person and it's not like it's that hard to get Donghae to do something."
"You think Donghae asked me out because Key told him to?" Eunhyuk asked doubtfully.
"Do you think he really likes you? I mean really?" Jessica asked. "You guys barely talk to each other."
"We're not use to it yet," Eunhyuk defended.
"He likes Kibum," Jessica stated bluntly. "I'm sorry, but it's really easy to tell."
Eunhyuk shook his head violently before tilting it back against the wall. He looked over at Donghae again, innocently practicing his show music. It sure didn't seem like he was obsessed with Kibum or anything. In fact, his eyes shifted over towards Kibum who was talking animatedly with Changmin. It looked like the two of them were closer.
He clenched his fist in anger. It seemed like everyone liked Kibum. The kid wasn't even that great. He didn't understand any jokes and was obnoxiously observant and pointed out the most obvious things. He was extremely quiet and did anything to get people to pity him. Why was he so popular?
Eunhyuk growled as he saw Changmin giving Kibum a side hug. He bet that drummer kid had a crush on him too. Angrily he stood up and stomped out of the band hall, passing by Jessica as he went. He gave her a glare before leaving the room. "I'm sorry," Jessica whispered.
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"Does anyone know why Eunhyuk is so pissed?" Kibum asked the guard when said boy wasn't there.
"No," Yuri said. "He's pissed about something?"
"He, like, ate me during chemistry today," Kibum whined. "I didn't even do anything to him."
"Oh, something's wrong," Jessica scoffed quietly.
"What?" Kibum asked her.
"Nothing."
"Oh my fucking god!" Eunhyuk said bitterly as he threw his back pack to the ground next to the pile of flags. "Donghae is a fucking asshole."
"What happened?" Sohee asked.
"He broke up with me because he likes someone else and he's in the band," Eunhyuk growled and plopped onto the ground.
"Aww, I'm so sorry," Sungmin cried, running to give the boy a hug, but Eunhyuk pushed him away.
"Is that why you're so pissed off?" Kibum questioned.
Eunhyuk stared at him for a moment. "No, Kibum. I'm so fucking happy that my crush broke up with me after a week. I think I could just throw a party right now," he said sarcastically. Kibum frowned at his attitude and turned away.
"Hey! There's no reason to start getting catty with each other," Yuri scolded. "I'm sorry that this happened to you but don't take it out on Kibum."
Why not? It's his fault! Eunhyuk wanted to scream, but wisely kept his mouth shut.
Siwon and Hankyung exchanged nervously glances as they continued to stretch. They could tell that tonight's practice would be a tense one.
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Ah, I'm so tired...=.= So yeah, I'm officially quitting band this year because I decided that my new instructor is the most infuriatingly disrespectful pompous bitch on the face of the planet. We had a whole talk where she gave us a lecture of how she was completely certified to be doing this job because the whole guard kept complaining. Is she serious? She told us that we couldn't have harder work because we have a couple girls with diabetes. What the fuck? If they couldn't do harder work, they wouldn't be doing the damn sport! And then she's like, "I pick who does what based on how it will look over all"
Gimme a break. She gave her favorite girl a solo at the end of the show *cough cough* Tiffany! *cough cough* and she's being reunited with a trumpet player when the song that's being played is Taps
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THAT'S A FUCKING FUNERAL SONG! Seriously lady, don't tell me you know what you're doing when you put in a solo that's a reunion when the song being played is taps!
Author: evilish33
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Kimin, Eunhae, Kihae and others
Genre: Humor/Romance/Drama
Summary: Marching band fic! Freshmen year Kibum had a hard time making friends. Sophmore year he moved to a school where he had a lot of friends. Kibum tries hard to adjust to his new school, but he finds himself in those some of those stereotypical high school scenarios he thought would never happen to him.
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Kibum stepped into his chemistry class early and looked around the near empty classroom. He smiled when he spotted Eunhyuk and strode over to the older boy, setting his back pack down and taking a seat beside him. "Morning," Kibum greeted cheerfully. Eunhyuk cast a glance towards Kibum but didn't respond to the younger.
Kibum's smile slowly faded at the lack of response he had gotten. "Is something wrong?" he asked.
Eunhyuk shook his head. "You don't seat there," he stated monotously. "You should go to your seat."
"We have, like," Kibum looked behind him towards the clock, "ten minutes till class starts. I don't think I have to sit in my seat yet." Eunhyuk sighed and rested his head against the table, not looking at the younger boy.
"Eunhyuk, what's wrong?" Kibum prodded.
"I don't want to talk to you right now," Eunhyuk responded gruffly.
"Did I do something?" the younger asked, confused. "I'm sorry. What did I do?"
"I just don't want to talk to you, God damn it!" Eunhyuk cried and sat up in his seat, glaring at Kibum. The few, quiet conversations going on in the room immediately stopped as people stared at the two boys. Frightened and hurt, Kibum gripped the strap of his back pack and stood up, staring down at Eunhyuk. "What are you waiting for?" Eunhyuk demanded rudely. "Go sit down!" Kibum turned around, trying hard to stop the tears pricking in his eyes as he moved to the other side of the classroom and sat down in his seat.
The room was silent again as the occupants sat quietly, counting down the minutes until class started.
---
Changmin frowned when he stepped into the band hall. The first thing he noticed was Eunhyuk sitting far from everyone else, including Donghae. He noticed a few other band kids spread around the hall, but none of them were talking as loud as usual. It seemed everyone could sense the tense atmosphere in the band hall. His eyes then landed on Kibum and he immediately felt concerned.
The younger had his legs bent up and was hugging them to his chest and had his head resting on top. He looked dejected. Changmin headed towards him and sat down quietly beside him. Taking on of his drum sticks, he poked the younger boy in the arm.
Kibum looked up to see he had poked him and let out a small smile when he saw that it was Changmin. "Hey," he greeted softly.
"Hi," Changmin replied enthusiastically. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Kibum reassured.
"You don't look okay though," Changmin pointed out. "Did something happen?" Kibum's gaze shifted over to Eunhyuk who looked away and the younger shook his head. Kibum bit his lip and rested his head back on his knees. Changmin frowned again and poked Kibum in the side. The younger squirmed, letting out a small squeal as he quickly backed away from Changmin. The other jumped slightly at Kibum's violently reaction before he stifled a laugh. "Wow, you're really ticklish."
"Shut up," Kibum fumed as he protectively clutched his side. Changmin scooted closer, smiling mischievously. Kibum whimpered at the other boy's look before he let out a cry as he was pounced on and tickled mercilessly. "Stop it!" Kibum shouted as he laughed uncontrollably. He squirmed, trying to wiggle out from under Changmin.
The band room door open and Siwon walked out, halting suddenly at the display in front of him. He saw Kibum sprawled across the floor, body shaking, and Changmin straddling him. He heard Kibum gasp and he raised his eyebrows. Looking at the other kids in the room, he wondered how everyone seemed to miss this. Siwon tilted his head to the side in confusion, if that didn't look suggestive he didn't know what did. "Siwon?" Hankyung asked as he tried to move around other male. "Move. I'm thirsty." Siwon pursed his lips together before turning to his boyfriend. "What?" Hankyung asked and stared up at him.
Siwon smirked and grabbed the older man's arm, manhandling him back into the band room. "Siwon! I want water!" Hankyung protested. "What are you doing?"
"We're going to spend some nice quality time in the guard closet," Siwon informed him as he headed towards the back of the band room.
"Oh my God! No!" Hankyung screeched in alarm, trying to pull his arm away. "We are not doing anything in the band room!"
"Oh, we'll see who will be making that decision," Siwon responded playfully.
"Nooooooo!!!" Hankyung cried in despair, hoping someone would come and save him.
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Eunhyuk sighed and rested his chin against his hand. He glanced over to Donghae and felt another flash of anger as he watched the other boy practice drumming against the floor. He huffed as he thought back to the conversation he had the other day.
"Hey, Eunhyuk, can I talk to you?" Jessica asked. The boy turned to Jessica and nodded his head. "Okay, cool. Let's go somewhere more private, okay?" She grabbed Eunhyuk's arm and led him out of the school.
"What is it?" Eunhyuk asked anxiously as Jessica led him away from the school towards Viele Lake which layed right beside it.
"I'll tell you," Jessica assured as they walked down the dirt pathway towards the lake. She ushered them over to a bench and motioned for him to sit down.
Eunhyuk obediently sat down and stared at her expectantly. "Okay, what is it?"
"How's it going with Donghae?" Jessica questioned.
"Good...?" Eunhyuk asked unsurely.
"Look," Jessica sighed. "Honestly, I think you two are cute and all and I really, really don't want to ruin anything, but I thought it would be fair to tell you..." she trailed off and bit her lip. Eunhyuk waited expectantly for her to continue. "I don't think your relationship will work out," she confessed.
"Why?" Eunhyuk demanded. "Are you jealous or something? Do you want to date Donghae?"
"No, no," Jessica denied. "I mean he's hot, but...no, no! I just--" she paused. "I don't think he likes you."
"Of course he does," Eunhyuk insisted. "He asked me to homecoming."
"But he didn't ask you out," Jessica pointed out. "And he's always hanging out with Kibum." Eunhyuk jerked back when she mentioned that. It was true that the two hung out a lot, but they were friends before Donghae had asked him out anyways.
"What are you trying to say?" Eunhyuk asked slowly.
"I just think that he doesn't like you..." Jessica said. "You know that your friend, Key, was the one who told him to ask you to homecoming in the first place. And, you know, Key is kinda a forceful person and it's not like it's that hard to get Donghae to do something."
"You think Donghae asked me out because Key told him to?" Eunhyuk asked doubtfully.
"Do you think he really likes you? I mean really?" Jessica asked. "You guys barely talk to each other."
"We're not use to it yet," Eunhyuk defended.
"He likes Kibum," Jessica stated bluntly. "I'm sorry, but it's really easy to tell."
Eunhyuk shook his head violently before tilting it back against the wall. He looked over at Donghae again, innocently practicing his show music. It sure didn't seem like he was obsessed with Kibum or anything. In fact, his eyes shifted over towards Kibum who was talking animatedly with Changmin. It looked like the two of them were closer.
He clenched his fist in anger. It seemed like everyone liked Kibum. The kid wasn't even that great. He didn't understand any jokes and was obnoxiously observant and pointed out the most obvious things. He was extremely quiet and did anything to get people to pity him. Why was he so popular?
Eunhyuk growled as he saw Changmin giving Kibum a side hug. He bet that drummer kid had a crush on him too. Angrily he stood up and stomped out of the band hall, passing by Jessica as he went. He gave her a glare before leaving the room. "I'm sorry," Jessica whispered.
---
"Does anyone know why Eunhyuk is so pissed?" Kibum asked the guard when said boy wasn't there.
"No," Yuri said. "He's pissed about something?"
"He, like, ate me during chemistry today," Kibum whined. "I didn't even do anything to him."
"Oh, something's wrong," Jessica scoffed quietly.
"What?" Kibum asked her.
"Nothing."
"Oh my fucking god!" Eunhyuk said bitterly as he threw his back pack to the ground next to the pile of flags. "Donghae is a fucking asshole."
"What happened?" Sohee asked.
"He broke up with me because he likes someone else and he's in the band," Eunhyuk growled and plopped onto the ground.
"Aww, I'm so sorry," Sungmin cried, running to give the boy a hug, but Eunhyuk pushed him away.
"Is that why you're so pissed off?" Kibum questioned.
Eunhyuk stared at him for a moment. "No, Kibum. I'm so fucking happy that my crush broke up with me after a week. I think I could just throw a party right now," he said sarcastically. Kibum frowned at his attitude and turned away.
"Hey! There's no reason to start getting catty with each other," Yuri scolded. "I'm sorry that this happened to you but don't take it out on Kibum."
Why not? It's his fault! Eunhyuk wanted to scream, but wisely kept his mouth shut.
Siwon and Hankyung exchanged nervously glances as they continued to stretch. They could tell that tonight's practice would be a tense one.
---
Ah, I'm so tired...=.= So yeah, I'm officially quitting band this year because I decided that my new instructor is the most infuriatingly disrespectful pompous bitch on the face of the planet. We had a whole talk where she gave us a lecture of how she was completely certified to be doing this job because the whole guard kept complaining. Is she serious? She told us that we couldn't have harder work because we have a couple girls with diabetes. What the fuck? If they couldn't do harder work, they wouldn't be doing the damn sport! And then she's like, "I pick who does what based on how it will look over all"
Gimme a break. She gave her favorite girl a solo at the end of the show *cough cough* Tiffany! *cough cough* and she's being reunited with a trumpet player when the song that's being played is Taps
.....
THAT'S A FUCKING FUNERAL SONG! Seriously lady, don't tell me you know what you're doing when you put in a solo that's a reunion when the song being played is taps!