Against All Odds [ 1 / ?]
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Perfectly extraordinary morning
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(Donghae’s P.O.V)
I heaved a deep sigh and awkwardly pulled down the skirt that I was wearing. I realized how uncomfortable it was to wear this kind of clothing. I mean it’s too cold when the Autumn wind breezed through my legs and it feels like any minute now anybody would see my underwear.
I groaned inwardly as I scanned the Academy. It was a big concrete building, dusty gray bricks making up the outside appearance of the school building. Its quadrangle was decorated by trees in varied types and sizes, but what really caught my attention was the big white concrete fountain standing in the middle of the area. It was rather huge and grand to be there. But what can I expect? It’s an exclusive school after all.
I started to wander around again, only to stop when I saw my reflection on one of the full glass wall of the building. I sighed in frustration, I think I look like some drag queen I always see on the television. It’s not as if I have anything against them, I just don’t like what I look like at the moment,
My medium-length hair was extended by attaching a few inches hair extension on it, making it long enough to pass by my shoulders, a little dusting of make-up on my face and the worst part is that I’m wearing a girl’s uniform, skirts and all!
Calm yourself, Donghae. All of this would be over soon enough, just endure it for a while. I whispered to myself as I kept my eyes closed. I tried to count from one to ten to calm myself down. Fortunately, it did helped me calm down.
“Excuse me, may I help you?”
Startled by the voice, I quickly opened my eyes and turned to the person who just talked. Upon turning around, I saw a rather pretty guy who looked a little older than I was, he was standing behind me. “Uh. C-can you help me find the Student Council Office?”
“Sure. That won’t be a problem.” The guy smiled at me. “By the way, the name’s Kim Jaejoong, a third year student here. And you must be Lee Haemi, am I correct?”
“I-i am.” I nodded my head at him. I still find my situation really uncomfortable.“It was nice meeting you too, Jaejoong-hyung.” Oh, sh*t! You’re really stupid, Donghae! I mentally slapped myself when I realized that I used the wrong honorific.
The other guy laughed, making me more nervous than I already am. “I can see that you’re still not yet familiar with the honorifics used here in Korea.”
“Y-yeah.” Oh, right. I almost forgot, the students here know that Haemi grew up and stayed in America. I’m kind of a little thankful for that, future little mistakes would be reasonable, no questions asked. I heaved a sigh of relief. “S-sorry for that.”
“Nah. It’s alright. I understand.” He motioned his hand toward his left side. “Shall we?”
“Huh?”
He chuckled. “The Student Council Office is that way.”
“Oh.” I nervously scratched the back of my neck. It seems that my disguise is believable enough to fool the other students, huh?
“You are really cute.” He commented as we start to walk towards the direction he pointed to earlier. I just fought hard not to throw him a little annoyed look, but he seemed to notice my awkwardness. “You don’t like being complimented?”
“Not really.” Especially if its other guys complimenting how cute I look. I added in my mind.
“But, really. You should be happy when someone compliments you.” The older guy broke into a grin. “I mean you’re really a cute girl, especially when you blush that way.”
My eyes grew wide in shock as I cover my face with both of my hands. “D-don’t kid like that. I-I don’t really s-see myself as cute or anything.”
“Ok, ok.” He laughed.
I was about to say something when someone cut me off with a shout.
“Jae-boo!”
Me and Jaejoong both quickly turned around to look at the tall, almost as good-looking guy who was approaching us. I was caught surprised when the new guy suddenly kissed Jaejoong, brushing his lips with the other’s lips. That kind of shocked me for a while, but then I recovered after a few seconds of contemplating.
“Yah, you idiot!” Jaejoong slapped the other guy’s shoulder . “You surprised Haemi!” After giving the taller guy a glare, he turned to me. “I apologize that you have to see that. This tall idiot here is my boyfriend, Yunho. I’m sorry if you got shocked by what he just did.”
I bit my lower lip and looked at the two of them. “B-boyfriend? Don’t tell me, you’re both gay?”
The two of them shared a look before smiling sheepishly at me, Yunho was the one who broke the silence. “Well. I’m not that ashamed of that fact.” I smiled a little when he hugged his boyfriend from behind. “I mean I really do love, Jae. And the fact that many of the students here are in a boy to boy relationship.”
“I see.” I nodded my head in understanding. “You’re both lucky to have each other. I can really see how much you love each other too.”
“You’re not disturbed by the fact that we’re gay?” Jaejoong’s eyes grew wider than they originally are.
I shook my head. “Not really. There’s nothing wrong about being gay or loving someone of the same sex. Actually, I’m quite impressed by the fact that gay people are brave enough to show the world what they really are and what they really feel without even a trace of pretention on their part.”
I got another surprise when Jaejoong suddenly hugged me. “I really like you already! You don’t even think that we’re weird or something lunatic.”
“Why would I think that gay people are weird or lunatics?” I chuckled. “You’re just showing who you really are and what you truly feel. I see nothing wrong with that.”
“You know, Jae-boo. I already like her too. ” Yunho said as Jaejoong let go of me. “She’s kind of cool.”
Jaejoong grinned at his boyfriend. “Of course, she is.”
“Oh, before I forget. I should introduce myself to you properly. I’m Jung Yunho, same grade as my boo.” He even offered his hand at me.
I accepted his hand and shook it. “I’m Lee H-haemi. Nice to meet you, Yunho-hyung.”
“Hyung?” Yunho raised an eyebrow at me, confusion clearly written on his face. “Shouldn’t it be oppa?”
I gasped softly. “R-right. Sorry.”
I was thankful that Jaejoong came to my rescue. “She’s from America, you idiot. So don’t expect her to be too familiar with Korean honorifics.”
“Oh, sorry. Yunho gave me an apologetic smile and let go of my hand.”I didn’t know that you stayed in America, so I really apologize.”
I shook my head at him and smiled lightly. “No worries.”
Jaejoong laughed and both grabbed my arm and Yunho’s arm. “We should go to the Student Council office now.” He turned to me and winked. “My idiot boyfriend had already delayed us far too long.”
“Yah!”
The two of us laughed at Yunho, as Jaejoong drag me towards the same direction as we were going to before. I think pretending as Haemi for a while wouldn’t be as hard as I thought it would be.
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“Here we are.”
Jaejoong, Yunho and me stopped in front of a two-door room with an engraving of ‘Student Council’ hanged of the side of the door. I curiously stared at it, it was far more grand than my actual school’s student council.
The three of us were about to go inside the room when a tall, handsome guy scrambled out of the room. I gawked when a notebook flew towards him, hitting him on the face.
“Yah! Choi Siwon! Get back in here!” Another tall, yet very pretty guy appeared from the opened door. “Get your ass back in here you ass-!”
Jaejoong cut off the guy. “Yo, Chul-ah. Just chill.”
The guy who was called by Jaejoong stopped and turned towards the three of us who were watching them in a battlefield like scene. A big grin slowly appeared on his pretty face, not minding the fact that the guy whom he called as Siwon completely escaped. “Oh, Jae. Who’s this cute girl with you?”
Jaejoong laughed. “Silly you. She’s the supposedly new and only girl student here in our school.”
“Ah. Lee Haemi, correct?” Heechul turned to me and eyed me from head to toe. “You are actually very pretty. My name’s Kim Heechul, but you can call me Chullie or Chul-oppa.”
I gave him an enthusiastic smile. “Nice to meet you.”
“Same here.”
“I just want to inform you, Haemi. That pretty faced guy there is actually the Student Council’s President. Even though he doesn’t look like it.” Yunho said with a chuckle.
Heechul rolled his eyes at Yunho. “I didn’t know that you could be useful at times, you big idiot.” He sarcastically remarked.
Jaejoong laughed again. “That’s the reason why I love, my boo.”
I chuckled when I saw Heechul make a face at the scene the couple was making in front of us. He even rolled his eyes at the two, clearly looking annoyed.
“Stop that you two. An almost innocent girl here is watching.” Heechul said.
Jaejoong just grinned. “Don’t worry, Chul-ah.”It’s just okay with her.”
Heechul’s face brightened even more, I’m guessing he’s also like them. “Awesome! I gladly welcome you here at St. Xavier Academy.”
I politely bowed at him. “Thank you.”
“No problem, that’s a president’s job after all.” Heechul gave me a two thumbs up before motioning us to go inside the S.C.O. I walked inside, the three walking behind me.
My eyes grew wide when I saw the inside of the room. It doesn’t actually look like a Student Council’s office of an academy. It looked more like an elegant room of a very big and expensive mansion. The room was painted crème and a big elegant chandelier hanged above the middle of the room. There were several desks with flat-screened monitors in them, and some stacks of papers and folders. Framed paintings on the walls, two four-seater couch on the right side of the room and a full-length mirror on the left side. Now, this is what I call luxury.
“Cool, huh?” Heechul interrupted my thoughts, pulling me back into reality.
I nodded my head. “Yeah. This looks really, really cool!”
A moment of silence passed between the four of us. It is a good thing that these people seemed to dislike staying quiet for too long. Heechul broke the silence when he spoke to me again. “Anyway, here’s your schedule, Haemi. You’ll be in 2-B, the secretary was supposed to take you to your class because he’s also in 2-B, but it seems that he’s a little busy at the moment.” He gave me a copy of my schedule, I took it and slid it inside my pocket before thanking him. “No problem, it’s really my job to welcome new students, especially those who are in the lower years.”
“I can see that you’re taking your job more seriously now, huh?” Jaejoong smirked at Heechul who returned an evil smile. “By the way, what’s up with you and Siwon?”
Heechul made a face. “That idiot forgot about our monthsary, and he forgot that we have a date later this afternoon. Can you believe that he agreed to practice Kendo with his coach later than have a date with me?!”
“Seems like he’s in a really deep shit.” Yunho commented.
“Oh, he really is.” The pretty guy clicked his tongue. “I’ll punish him later.”
“Tsk. Poor Siwon.”
My attention was shifted when my phone suddenly vibrated, indicating that I received a new text message. I quickly took out my handphone and quickly opened the message. It was from my best friend, Kibum.
[id]Kibummie
[time] 08:35am
Yo, fishy. I heard from your mom that you’re sick. Are you really?
I frowned. My mother told him that I am sick? I shook my head in disbelief and typed in my reply. I don’t like lying to Kibum, SO I have to tell him everything about my current situation, from th problem with my sister to my mom’s crazy idea.
[id]FishyHae
[time] 08:37am
Nah. I’m not really sick. I’ll tell you everything later, wait for my call.
I pressed the send button and watched my three hyungs talk about other random things, I’m not familiar with. I almost smiled when Kibum replied.
[id]Kibummie
[time] 08:39am
Why not now? I want to hear you explanation now.
I pouted a little bit and sent my reply.
[id]FishyHae
[time] 08:40am
Ok. Give me five minutes.
I slid my phone inside my skirt’s pocket and excused myself from the three other guys, saying that I have some important calls to make. Convincing them that I won’t be calling my boyfriend was rather a little difficult, but they let me go in the end. I walked out of the room and took out my phone to call Kibum.
I just hope Kibum won’t overreact when he hears about my mom’ plan.
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A/N: I apologize if the update took a little longer than I expected I can post it. I hope this chapter didn't disappoint you so much. Even though I doubt if there are people who's reading my crappy story. Remember to comment below if you have opinions, okay? It's highly appreciated too. ;)