~Peach Juice Boxes~

It was early in the morning when Yuna walked into the classroom half an hour before school started. It was empty except for a sleeping boy that was using his arms as a makeshift pillow for his head. His cheek was pressed against the sleeve of his school hoodie and his fluffy hair was a little messed up.

Yuna quietly walked towards her desk that was directly behind the sleeping boy. His name was Heeseung and she knew that since they've shared the same class all throughout high school.

They were midway through their junior year already and it felt like just yesterday that she was walking into class for the first time during their freshman year. When she walked into class that day, Heeseung was talking to one of the guys while spinning a basketball on his finger effortlessly.

Snapping out of her thoughts, Yuna looked in front of her at the sleeping beauty. He always looked so tired. His trainee life seemed to be taking a toll on the boy since he would always have dark circles underneath his eyes and he would always be fighting away sleep during class.

It was clear that he was working hard though since he would always be the first one to leave the class after the bell rung to go straight to the company for training.

Since there was still quite a bit of time left before other students would start arriving, Yuna sat there awkwardly. She decided to go to the vending machines to get something to drink.

Heading out of the classroom, Yuna arrives at the vending machines near the cafeteria. After tapping her card, she takes a moment to look over the options before her eyes land on the pink juice box. It was the peach juice box that she had seen Heeseung get many many times throughout the years.

Impulsively, she presses on the button for the peach juice box twice and watches as two of them drop down on after the other. She leans down to grab them before heading back to the classroom.

After getting back to the classroom and sitting back down on her desk, she reaches into her backpack to grab her sticky notes. She writes a quick note and draws a small and cute doodle of a hamster lifting weights with buff arms.

She laughs as she looks at the doodle before she rereads the note one more time. "Hope this gives you some much needed energy for school and training."She sticks the note on one of her juice boxes before standing up and reaching forward to place it next to him on his desk.

When she sits back down in her seat and pokes the straw into her own peach juice box, a student comes in. As the student sits down in their seat, she takes a sip of the juice box through the straw and finds the flavor pleasant and not overpowering.

Not long after, other students also start coming into the classroom. When the bell finally rings, Heeseung jolts awake. He takes a moment to look around his surroundings and spots the pink colored juice on his desk.

Picking up the juice box, he sees the note and reads it. After reading the note, he smiles as he sees the small doodle of the buff hamster lifting weights. He found it really cute and the note made him feel special and seen. He looked around the room to see who could have gotten the drink for him.

When he finally twisted his body to look directly behind him, his eyes landed on Yuna, who was writing something in her planner while sipping on the same peach juice box.

"Thank you..." his voice comes out soft and quieter than he intended. Yuna's head tilts up slowly and there's a look of confusion in her eyes until she sees the juice box in his hand.

"It's nothing, you deserve it." she says as she gives him a shy smile. Heeseung blushes slightly and suddenly feels shy.

"I really like the hamster, it's really cute." he says softly before he turns back around to face the front of the class. His ears are turning more pink than normal and there's still a dust of pink on his cheeks as he tries to focus on class.

Throughout the whole day, Heeseung kept thinking about the girl behind him and the peach juice box that was now placed into his backpack.

He's had a small crush on her since their freshman year. It was something small that he didn't pursue because of his shy nature and also because he became a trainee in their sophomore year, so dating was a big no no.

Although he never made any moves, he still thought about her. Not only was she pretty, but she was also one of the only people to still treat and see him normally after he quit the basketball team to be a trainee.

It made him happy that she supported his dreams since many of his friends from the basketball team got pretty upset that he left to be a trainee.

For awhile, it felt like everybody was upset with him about his decision. His coach, his teammates, and even some of his friends. Although some of them came around eventually, some still did not speak to him to this very day.

It was Yuna who came up to him and wished him good luck when the whole class found out he quit basketball and became a trainee. He remembers that day well, since he was upset after getting into an argument with his teammates about his situation.

During lunch, he was hanging out alone on the stairs that led up to the rooftop of the school. When she saw him sitting there alone, she approached him slowly and asked him why he was sitting alone and not eating lunch.

Heeseung eventually told her what happened as she shared some of her own lunch with him. It shocked her that his teammates would get mad at him for leaving to chase his dreams.

When the bell rang, she wished him good luck and told him that she believed in him before they walked back to class together.

Heeseung often thinks about that day fondly since she ate and shared her lunch with him. He quickly snaps out of his thoughts when the school bell rings abruptly, signaling the end of the school day.

He quickly packs up his stuff and rushes out of the classroom to head over to the company for another long night of training. He gets out of the school in record time and heads towards the subway station that is around half a mile away from the school.

When he gets to the company building, he heads upstairs using the elevator to get to the dance practice room. Monthly evaluations were coming up so it was important for him to get in as much practice as possible.

Entering the practice room, he spots Jay and Sunghoon already inside warming up. He heads over to them and daps them up since they were the trainees he was closest with.

Before his dance practice, Heeseung had a few singing lessons on his schedule since he had always been a rapper and had been wanting to give singing a try.

By the time training ended for the night, it was already almost midnight. Heeseung was layed on the floor of the practice room feeling exhausted when he suddenly remembered the juice box. He reaches over to his bag while still laying down and pulls it out.

He had completely forgotten to drink since he found it too precious to drink. He pulls the straw off the box and takes off the plastic before poking the straw into the juice box.

The drink was just as good as he remembered if not better since it was from Yuna. Just thinking about it causes a small blush to creep up his cheeks and a smile to form on his face.

He takes a look at the note that was still stuck on the box and decides to keep it. He takes the note off the box and places it inside his wallet before getting up to head home for the night.