The cafeteria smelled like yesterday's mystery meat, but Hyunwoo didn't care.He perched at the usual table with Minjae, Taemin, Jisoo, and Sora.
Hyunwoo (thinking):If surviving high school were an Olympic sport,I would be a gold medalist…the rest would obviously be dead.Either way, it's a win for me.
Minjae shoved a carton of milk toward Taemin.
Minjae:"Drink up! It's good for your—"
Taemin caught it mid-air.
Taemin:"Stop trying to poison me, Minjae."
Hyunwoo smirked.
Hyunwoo:"Too late. You're going to die a painful death from the poison."
Jisoo rolled her eyes—wait, his eyes.Yes. His very male eyes. Obviously.
Jisoo:"You're both ridiculous. I can't even live in peace without two fools messing it up."
Hyunwoo (thinking):Why does Jisoo have feminine features?It's almost like when a man and a woman have a child together…
Sora, as usual, sat silently, flipping through a small notebook.Occasionally, he glanced up to make sure no one had taken his sandwich.
Hyunwoo:"You know, you guys really should try being more competent.Or at least look competent while failing."
Minjae:"That's not fair! I was totally competent for like… two seconds!"
Hyunwoo:"And yet… here we are.Two seconds of competence, followed by your tragic failure."
Across the cafeteria, Mina walked by carrying her tray.She tripped on a crack in the tile and almost dropped her lunch.
Hyunwoo noticed immediately.
Hyunwoo (thinking):Grace: 0%.Recovery: 90%.Heh. Another incompetent one.
Taemin leaned over.
Taemin:"You're actually creeping me out. Did you get possessed?"
Hyunwoo:"I am just observing.Also, I got possessed a long time ago—just no one noticed."
Jisoo snorted.
Jisoo:"Hey. I always knew you were possessed."
Hyunwoo:"I will possess your body later."
Sora muttered under his breath:
Sora:"Possession or not, he's still lacking in the end."
Hyunwoo (thinking):Touché.
Suddenly, chaos struck.
Minjae tried to grab a cookie from Hyunwoo's tray and ended up knocking over his own drink.Milk splashed across the table.
Minjae:"No! My milk!"
Hyunwoo:"And my patience!"
Taemin sighed.
Taemin:"Why am I friends with you people?"
Jisoo:"You asked for this life."
Sora raised an eyebrow but didn't intervene—which, honestly, was probably the kindest thing he could do.
The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch.The boys packed up slowly, arguing about whose turn it was to buy snacks later.
Minjae:"Next time, I'm sitting elsewhere."
Taemin:"Good luck with that."
Jisoo:"You'll come back. You always come back."
Hyunwoo (thinking):And I'll still be the one who suffers in the end—my sad life, forever the victim.