It was spring break and AeGuk was sitting on his front steps all alone. Every single person he knew was off on exciting trips. Even his sister, who was invited to go to Harriette’s beach house with the rest of that family.
He wasn’t really jealous. He didn’t want to spend spring break with them anyway. A whole week with people who didn’t really want to hang out with him, other than Collin. Fedora said that he should come up to Massachusetts and spend it with her, but he didn’t have to money for that and neither did she.
So instead he was alone.
He couldn’t help but remember last spring break, he went camping on the beach with Bryan. It was fun, they almost lit their tent on fire.
AeGuk wondered where Bryan was now, on his trip across the world. AeGuk admired Bryan for doing something so crazy instead of going off to college like everyone else. AeGuk would never do that, because A: he already had a scholarship and B: he did want to go to college.
Though he had to admit that the idea of college was sort of nerve wracking. Being away from his family, away from everyone really. Except Fedora, he was going closer to her. And even though he had decided not to go to Harvard, because it wasn’t really what he wanted, he would still be in New York which is right next Massachusetts.
AeGuk stood up from the steps. He was tired of thinking about the future, which is what happened every time he had a moment to think.
He decided to walk to the library. He left a note on the fridge just in case his mom got back before he did and went off.
At the library he picked up a random sci fi book and sat down to read it. It didn’t last long, he got distracted easily by three people sitting at the table next to him. They were doing that loud whispering thing, and AeGuk hates loud whispering.
“Let’s get ice cream,” one of them kept saying.
“Can’t you sit down for more than a minute without complaining,” the girl said.
“You know how I feel about studying,” the guy complained.
AeGuk hated complaining too.
“Uhm,” he started, he was going to ask them to quiet down. But they didn’t hear him, because the guy started up about the ice cream again.
“Uhm,” he tried again. This time the third guy looked at him.
“Yeah?” he asked.
“Oh,” the first guy said turning to look at him, the girl following after him. Them staring at him made him nervous.
“C-c-c-c-” AeGuk started telling them to quiet down but got caught on the C.
“You okay?” the girl asked.
AeGuk nodded, then he got up put his book back and hurried out. He didn’t want to read anyway.
He was halfway down the street when he heard someone calling for him, at least he thought they were calling for him. They kept saying “stop!”
He stopped and looked back, seeing the three people from earlier. He sighed, he didn’t want to talk to them after that embarrassing scene.
“You okay?” the girl asked, again.
AeGuk nodded, deciding he wouldn’t say anything. That would make this easier.
“Hey, are you that mute guy?” the complainer said.
AeGuk shook his head, figuring they meant Payton.
“Then say something,” he said.
AeGuk didn’t like this guy.
“Shut up,” the girl said to the guy then turned back to AeGuk , “I’m sorry about earlier.”
Why would she be sorry about earlier?
“Were we being loud?” she asked.
AeGuk nodded.
“Oh, man, sorry,” the third guy said.
AeGuk shrugged.
“Why aren’t you talking?” the complainer asked.
Suddenly AeGuk recognised them. They were the group of kids who ate lunch in the corner of the cafeteria, well away from everyone. People called them nerds, mostly because they got good grades and didn’t care for anyone else. AeGuk was just like them before Fedora befriended him.
AeGuk turned around, ready to get back to his too quiet where he at least can listen to music really loud and drown out his thoughts.
“Wait,” the girl said. “You’re AeGuk, right?”
AeGuk turned back and nodded.
The girl grinned, “I’m Becky, and this is terrence and Barry.”
She pointed to each of the guys, Terrence was the annoying one and Barry was the other guy.
“Do you want to go get ice cream with us?” she asked.
AeGuk could think of a thousand things he would rather do at that point, one of them going back to his house and listening to music. So he shook his head.
Becky frowned, “alright.”
Terrence shrugged, “Can’t you at least says something before you leave?”
AeGuk just shrugged, no way was he gonna say something for this annoying guy. So he turned around and started back to his house again. This time with no interruptions.
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