『I'm His Fan』 ? MinTzu

15: Mingyu

As soon as Mingyu's literature teacher got out of the room, the four of them zoomed inside and speedily dragging Mingyu out of the room.

"I knew you were stupid, but I didn't know you were that stupid." Dino told him.

"What are you talking about? And why are you all here? This isn't your classroom," Mingyu stated, quite obvious.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever you want." Vernon said, throwing Mingyu's words away as fast as it was thrown in. "Anyway, you're changing rooms, aren't you? Why don't you offer to help her carry her things?"

"That's really smart!" Minghao commented.

Mingyu agreed. It was a bold move, but it wouldn't seem suspicious. It was perfect and natural.

"Damn, I have 10 minutes left to get to Physics Classs. Gotta go!" Vernon said afterwards.

One by one, the members left. But not before wishing him good luck.

15: Tzuyu

Chou Tzuyu had no idea on what to do the next day. She kissed him out of impulse. It was not an act of regret, in fact, she felt quite fulfilled.

She contemplated on whether she should talk to Mingyu or not for a long while, eventually coming to the conclusion that she should do it when the time is right.

Picking up her backpack and her textbooks, she proceeded to head to her next class.

"Need some help?" Mingyu asked, giving her a timid smile.

Tzuyu was completely taken aback. After what happened, she expected Mingyu to be wary of her. After all, she was a little overly aggressive on her actions yesterday. She was hesitant to hand over her textbooks. As much as possible, she wanted to avoid Mingyu.

"No? Uh, how about lunch? I'll treat you." Mingyu asked, hopeful.

Tzuyi remained quiet. It was awkward for her, still.

"I really want to get to know you more, Tzuyu. If you'll just give me the chance. I really do like you." He added.

There was silence, then Tzuyu finally gave him a smile.

"So how about it? Lunch?" He attempted to ask again.

"Sure, I'd like that!" Tzuyu replied.

As Mingyu took the textbooks away from her arms, the instrumental of TWICE's debut song played in the backdrop.

Tzuyu's phone was ringing.

"Why don't you move on ahead?" She suggested and Mingyu followed.

"Hello?" Tzuyu began.

"Hey, it's me. I'm back in Korea. Wanna go for coffee after your classes?"

"Minho? You're in Korea? Why? Did something happen in the US? Is your mom okay?"

"She's fine. Everything's okay, don't worry."

"I see."

"I'll come see you after, okay?"

"No, I'm bu—!" The call ended.

—

"Hey, you're back. Took you long enough to get here. Who called?" Mingyu asked, offering Tzuyu the seat next to him.

Tzuyu sat down, looking quite distressed. She didn't expect him to be back so soon. In fact, she never thought of him arriving back to Korea. Ever.

Just when she was about to be happy with someone, something interrupts.

"Jihyo called, she told me that we were needed at our agency after our classes," She responded, covering up the truth.

Tzuyu wasn't ready to face him yet, but she had no other option. It was either now or never.

"If that's the case, then we won't be able to have lunch together.." Mingyu pondered on the thought. "We'll have it tomorrow then!"

Tzuyu gave a dim smile. She couldn't resist lying. She felt terrible that she's just a good liar when she doesn't want to be.

—

The bell rang, signaling the closing of last period. As their teacher closed the doors, everyone immediately stood up to fix their stuff. Tzuyu was especially fast. She went up the quickest, stuffing everything in her backpack without bothering to organize it properly.

Mingyu was confused. It didn't seem like her at all. Normally, Tzuyu would take at least an extra ten minutes in the classroom after hours simply to organize her textbooks inside her backpack.

After fixing her things, she hurriedly ran towards the door without giving Mingyu another glance.

"Bye.." Mingyu said to nothing.