Practice makes perfect, ch 8
Title: Practice makes perfect, chapter 8
Paring: Haehyuk, side Teukchul and Sibum
Rating: PG ~ NC-17 (PG-13? for this chapter)
Beta(s): mjaku (and tae3tae3)
Summary: Donghae is one of the most popular guys in his school but his studies aren't going that well. He needs help with his the studies but all he wants to do is dance and sing. Eunhyuk on the other hand is not a popular kid and he's doing really well with his studies. What happens when the two of them suddenly have to study together?
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"What? He's not coming to school today?!" Donghae shouted right to Kibum's face. They were having the last break which was almost over already and Donghae hadn't seen Eunhyuk on the whole day. And neither had he seen Kibum before now.
Kibum shook his head. "His grandma isn't feeling well. His whole family went to Busan early today. He said that he might come to school on Thursday if his grandma gets better."
Donghae only nodded because he didn't know what to say. There actually wasn't anything he could have said. But he didn't need to worry about it much before Leeteuk appeared behind his back in his whites.
"Hey, I've been looking for you..." He said and tapped Donghae to his back. Only then he saw Kibum standing there. "Oh! You're new around Donghae. Kim Kibum I suppose?" He smiled and gave offered his hand to Kibum, adding: "I'm Leeteuk."
"Yes. You're right. Nice to meet you." Kibum smiled and shook Leeteuk's hand with a little bow. Donghae was surprised how polite Kibum was even though Leeteuk acted so friendly, like they'd known for years.
"You're Siwon's boyfriend, right?" Leeteuk asked and smiled even wider, showing his bright white teeth. Donghae on the mean time looked around in the corridor and spotted Siwon from his locker at the end of the corridor.
"Yes, well..."
"Speaking of Siwon, what's wrong with him? He's been a little...weird today." Donghae cut Kibum off a little brusquely. He had had enough of being ignored but Kibum didn't seem to mind. He too glanced to the direction where Donghae was looking and then he quickly turned his head away, just like he was avoiding Siwon as much as Siwon seemed to be avoiding them.
"I guess you know how his parents are..." Donghae snapped his eyes back to Kibum. "They kinda caught us in the middle of a kiss..."
Donghae's jaw fell all open. He knew damn well how Siwon's parents were. They didn't approve gays or anything that was against their religion. They disliked everything that wasn't proper for a good Christian. They wanted to raise their son well and when he was old enough, he'd become the boss of his father's company.
Donghae could only imagine what Siwon was going through right now. He knew that Siwon's parents were disappointed to their son and he was probably locked to his room as soon as he came back home from school. And they had most likely told him to not meet Kibum ever again and poor Siwon was too afraid to disobey their order...
"How is he feeling now?" Leeteuk asked and bought Donghae back to Earth. Kibum let his head drop and shook it a little, letting out a little but clearly frustrated tsk.
"I haven't talked with him since the incidence. He has avoided me whole day."
"I think you should talk to him." Leeteuk said to Donghae, who was staring to the direction Siwon had disappeared. "Donghae! I'm talking to you!" Leeteuk rose his voice and snapped his fingers in front of Donghae's eyes.
"Oh yeah... I can try." Donghae said absentmindedly and pushed Leeteuk's hand away. Leeteuk gave him an approving look and tapped him to his shoulder, clearly signaling him to go already and turned back to Kibum. But Donghae really wasn't on the mood to talk with his friend who had avoided him as much as he had avoided Kibum so he only stood there, listening to Leeteuk.
"Dating with a guy isn't as easy as it might be with a girl. But don't give up on him." He gave Kibum a smile and waited 'til he was sure that Kibum understood what he had said. When Kibum nodded and smiled back, a little weakly, Leeteuk was sure he didn't need to say anything more. "I need to go to find Heechul... He's probably hitting someone only to make me mad..." He said and laughed a little to his own joke and turned to leave, only to bump to Donghae. "You go to find Siwon! Now."
What could Donghae say to that? -Nothing. He was totally helpless when Leeteuk was on his umma-mode.
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Donghae hated being alone at school! When he had none of his friends with him, everyone seemed to be thinking he was easier to get. It felt like every single student that was still in there wanted to give him presents or ask him out or just simply get his attention by shouting his name and pulling him to different directions.
"Oppa, please, call me!" Some girls screamed and threw papers with their number on them to Donghae but he didn't pay any attention on them. But he couldn't just keep on going when he heard loud scream behind his back. He stopped and turned around to see what had happened.
He saw a girl on the floor, holding her knee. Her long and dark hair covered her face so Donghae couldn't see her face. But the reason why she had fallen was clear: there were too many students trying to get to him and she seemed to be just an innocent bystander. It pissed Donghae off that people didn't respect the others and knew he should go to her and help her up since he was the actual cause of all this but it would only get the other students crazy.
Donghae decided to keep on going before people would gather around him and totally block his way. He would apologize her later and ask her if she was okay. Right now he needed to find that god damn Siwon!
The girl lifted her head right when Donghae was about to turn and run away. Her eyes were glistening in tears but she didn't let them fall down to her cheeks. Her eyes were beautiful, dark and big. And the look in her eyes was really hurt. It almost made Donghae to walk over to her and help her up but he couldn't. Not now.
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He hadn't found Siwon during the earlier break even though he had tried to ask people if they had seen him. But no one seemed to have seen him. How can as tall person as Siwon just disappear?
He kept on searching for the handsome male. He hoped that his friend hadn't gone home yet and he was still inside the school building.
"Shindong-hyung, have you seen Siwon?" Donghae asked when the big guy walked to him and Donghae almost got stumped over by him. Shindong looked at him a little dumbfounded, taking his time to register what Donghae had asked.
"No, I haven't. Why isn't he with you?"
"Long story. Can you tell him to call me if you see him?"
"Yeah, sure." Shindong replied and it was enough for Donghae so he left, leaving Shindong stand in the middle of the corridor, totally clueless of what was going on. But the big guy soon had something else to think about when Nari suddenly ran pass Donghae and jumped probably to Shindong's back -Donghae didn't bother to look behind his back- and screamed.
"Finally I found you! Where have you been?! I've been looking for you!!!"
Donghae chuckled a little when her screams surely could be heard in the whole building. Nari and Shindong were the school couple. Donghae didn't know what Nari saw in Shindong but they really had something. And on the other hand, Donghae didn't understand how Shindong loved Nari so much even though she was kinda childish but still she could be bitchy if she wanted.
He rounded behind the corner and came to the main hall. He looked around but there was no Siwon whatsoever. But he didn't see well since someone spotted him alone and there was a huge wave of screaming students -girls and boys- coming towards him. If he wanted to survive from the human-wave he needed to run, and fast.
Donghae didn't waste any seconds and spun around. He rose his pace when the wave was coming faster towards him as he ran down the corridor. But it wasn't enough. Donghae cursed out loud and started to sprint like crazy. He ran past one teacher who seemed to realize what had passed him only when the wave was coming through. Donghae, too, realized he had ran past one of his teachers and stopped like he'd ran to a wall and slowly turned around, expecting to see the teacher glaring him murderously and telling him to go principal's office to have a little talk.
He just happened to be wrong, once again. The teacher had lifted his hand up and only stood there, watching the huge student group, making them stop. The first ones had odd expression on their faces, like they were afraid of the teacher giving them detention. To Donghae the whole scene was hilarious but he couldn't laugh out loud since he knew that if he did, the teacher would turn around and surely give him detention or order to go to principal.
When the teacher started to walk towards the students, Donghae was totally amazed. He walked through the students, not giving even a single look to them. And the students gave him way with their heads lowered a little in abashment. But when the teacher had passed them, they didn't come after Donghae anymore.
Donghae sighed in relief. He decided to visit his locker and then go home. There was only one corridor left to walk through when two male students walked to block his way. And they literally came out of nowhere. Donghae hadn't seen them at all before they were suddenly standing in front of him. The other boy was tall, much taller than Donghae, and had black hair. The other, for one, was quite short and had spiky hair.
"Lee Donghae..." The taller one said. It really wasn't a question and Donghae didn't like his tone. He only glared at him, not saying a word before the tall male continued. "You had a tough situation there a while ago." Again, not a question.
"You ignored one person that is important to us." The shorter one said. His tone was as displeased as the taller one's. Without him even realizing, Donghae took a step back, trying to get a little more space between him and those strangers he had never seen before, but those guys only came closer. And Donghae had no idea who he had ignored, there had been so many students he had totally ignored.
"You don't know who are we talking about? Well, let me tell a little of her out-look: she has long dark hair, she's about this tall..." The smaller male shoved her height in front of Donghae. "...and she has beautiful and big eyes."
Donghae frowned. He had had enough. "Let me through." He pushed the smaller male's hand away and went between the duo, not caring how much he bumped to them. God, what's wrong with people?!
He opened his locker in attempt to put some books back to there, when a letter fell to the floor. Oh~! He picked it up and turned it over to see if there was a name on the envelope but there wasn't. He put the books to the shell of his locker before he opened the envelope.
The letter was small and simple, written with clear and girlish handwriting.
Hey Donghae-oppa. I wish to see you soon.
I hope we can meet in happy meanings and we'll become good friends ^^
-Hara
Donghae read the letter many times. He didn't get it! What the hell was that? Who is this Hara-person and why is this letter so...weird??
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Donghae was in front of the yard of his home. The low hedge showed immediately two cars, red and black. And the black one meant that Soo man was still there. Donghae frowned, Can this day go any worse?, before he dragged his feet up the few steps to the door. He grabbed his keys from the pocket of his jeans but before he managed to find them into his hands, the door swang open.
"Oh... Hello Oppa!"
Donghae was about to ask who the hell was she and what the fuck was she doing in his home but the girl before him managed to tell him before he even asked.
"I was waiting for you. I'm Hara."
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A/N: PERMANENT SPOT FOR MY DEAR mjaku
So..... I don't know what to say....!
I'm sorry if I hadn't mady vision clear to you and you were wondering why were all the students after Donghae when he was alone... So here's what I should have made clear to you: He's kinda celebrity in his school. Everyone wants to be with him, and it's only because of his look! But when he's with his friends, no one will dear to approach him.... Once again, I'm sorry if it didn't make sence at first but I hope this cleared it up a bit^^ I've had SO many ideas in my head that some of them aren't that clear when I type them ^^
Anyway.... Comments and critics and questions are welcome^^ (no silent readers, please^^)