Acceleration of the Cardiac Cycle - Chapter 15
Title: Acceleration of the Cardiac Cycle
Fandom(s) : U-KISS
Pairing(s): KeMaru, 2SHIN, EliXander, Kiseop/OC(?)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: AU, Humour, Romance (?)
Warnings: Taking this out, but beware :).
Author's Notes: I only had a vague idea of what I wanted this story to be, so I do not know how this will end up. Beware. No, seriously? Beware. I think I brought in everyone already? :)
Prologue :: Chapter 1 :: Chapter 2 :: Chapter 3 :: Chapter 4 :: Chapter 5 :: Chapter 6 :: Chapter 7
Chapter 8 :: Chapter 9 :: Chapter 10 :: Chapter 11 :: Chapter 12 :: Chapter 13 :: Chapter 14
A pat on his head surprised him, but Kevin wasted no time in turning his head to find out who would do something like this to him. In fact, in his contact list that was surfacing in his brain, no one was close enough to him in school to do such a thing.
Oh, it’s only Kiseop. That’s fine, then.
“Ten more minutes to the end of lunch. You both still studying?” Kiseop smiled kindly, sitting beside Kevin. “Oh? English? Ah, I better keep quiet then.”
Kevin laughed brightly, before shifting his attention from Kibum to Kiseop. “Try! Do you know what “subway” means?”
“Ah…subway?” Kiseop pressed his lips together in concentration, before grinning as if an idea struck him. “Sandwich!”
“…” Kibum and Kevin exchanged glances, slightly confused by the wrong answer.
“No? Maybe it’s a street?” Kiseop tried again, scratching his head in hopes of guessing the right answer. “Or something like turn left…?”
Kibum kept quiet for three seconds, before raising his hand. “Is it…a railroad underground?”
Kevin proudly smiled, giving Kibum a quick pat on his head. “Correct!”
-
“What are you doing?” Alexander curiously looked over Kevin’s shoulder, watching the nerd busily scribbling things down despite it being the break the teacher of the lesson gave. “Is there a quiz or something coming up?”
“I’m making notes for the two study buddies.” Kevin said simply, almost instinctively pushing up his spectacles when he remembered it wasn’t with him today.
“You actually do look pretty cute without your spectacles.” Alexander commented, taking the seat before Kevin and turning the chair to face the younger boy. “Especially when you’re concentrating like that.”
“If you’re wishing I’d make notes for you, forget it.” Kevin looked at him warily, almost afraid of any sweet words causing him to blush.
“Tch.” Alexander laughed. “I was about to ask you if you need help with girls, because I do actually know a few good girls that would like a guy like you.”
Kevin blushed harder, looking down at his notes shyly.
“You’re pretty obvious being shy around girls, avoiding them at all cost.” Alexander sighed. “And at times like this I remember you’re a human, not an alien bookworm.”
Kevin kept quiet as Alexander stood up to leave. There was something serious about the Alexander that just spoke to him, something humane and something that said he wasn’t joking.
As if there was something sad about his life he couldn’t say it out.
-
Kevin’s life returned to normal the minute he wore his own clothes to school and threw away the box of contact lenses.
(He lies. The contact lenses are safely kept till it expires, just in case he wanted to wear it when he goes out or something. His mother did say something about him looking cute, so he’ll trust her.)
Kibum decided the pair of glasses didn’t help him much. In fact, the extra weight on his nose bridge was causing unnecessary uncomfortableness. (“Serves you right.” Kevin rubbed in with a cheeky tongue stuck out. “I told you so.”)
It was yet another day of the three people study buddy programme, and as usual, Kibum was the earlier one of the two. He happily skipped into the library, humming a tune even. Kibum then placed his files on the table and sat down beside Kevin with his amazing smile on his face.
Kevin turned and raised his eyebrow at the smiling Kibum, before unconsciously smiling back. "Why are you so happy?"
"Remember the test I wanted you to help me study for?" Kibum grinned brightly. "I simplified the results: I got eight out of ten!"
"Oh? Good improvement!" Kevin nodded. "What's the real marks?"
"Twenty two out of thirty." Kibum beamed, even searching for the quiz paper to back up his words. "See it? I passed!"
Kevin slightly twitched. "It's seven point three. Even after rounding up to the nearest number, it's seven, not eight."
"Oh." Kibum shrugged. "Forget that! You know how happy I was? She smiled at me APPROVINGLY for once!"
Kevin smiled, unable to resist the urge of patting Kibum's head. The older man looked so cute getting all excited over an unspoken compliment. He then patted Kibum's head twice and quickly kept his hand.
Kibum stared in fascination at Kevin, before touching the spot Kevin patted. "Is that your approval too?"
Kevin blushed slightly, nodding. "You did well, come on, let's do Korean."
Kibum grinned. "Really? I did well?"
Before Kevin could answer, Soohyun strolled in and sat on Kevin's other side, curiously inquiring. "What happened?"
"Kibum-ssi got twenty two out of thirty for his quiz. Yes, you did well. Soohyun-ssi, you'll have to improve like him too." Kevin replied calmly. "We shall work on Chemistry for you then."
-
“Your grades can’t keep dropping, Mr Shin.” The male teacher shook his head disapprovingly, sighing. “What should I do to get you to study?”
The student kept silent, pouting. He did try his best already, it wasn’t his fault he was bad at studies.
“Also, when I’m talking, don’t curse my family or my ancestors.” A roll of the eyes, while Dongho looked away guiltily.
“H-How do you know…?” Dongho asked meekly, long memorising the whole family tree of his teacher’s because this particular male teacher kept lecturing him.
“If your results are going to continuously drop, why don’t you, the one who’s obsessed with family names, think about it once more. Aren’t you going to bring disgrace to your ancestors?” The teacher huffed and walked away angrily, out of the classroom and then slamming the door shut. “Reflect well, or you’re not allowed to leave! If I see you failing any subject one more time, I’ll inform your parents.”
“I want to do well too…” Dongho pouted, quietly sniffing. “It’s not my fault my life is meant to complete this lifelong project! I’m meant to construct family trees, it’s an important mission! And….and…I’m so easily distracted by new people not in my notebook.”
“Shin Dongho.” An unfamiliar voice called kindly, knocking twice on the door before entering. “Nice to meet you.”
Dongho stood up instantly at attention, having respect for someone who had been kind to him ever since he entered the school. (The fact that he wasn’t a Kim gave him extra bonus points.)
“Nice to meet you too.” The student quickly bowed, curious about what matters the man had with him.
-
Sorry for the long wait <3!
Fandom(s) : U-KISS
Pairing(s): KeMaru, 2SHIN, EliXander, Kiseop/OC(?)
Rating: PG-13
Genre: AU, Humour, Romance (?)
Warnings: Taking this out, but beware :).
Author's Notes: I only had a vague idea of what I wanted this story to be, so I do not know how this will end up. Beware. No, seriously? Beware. I think I brought in everyone already? :)
Prologue :: Chapter 1 :: Chapter 2 :: Chapter 3 :: Chapter 4 :: Chapter 5 :: Chapter 6 :: Chapter 7
Chapter 8 :: Chapter 9 :: Chapter 10 :: Chapter 11 :: Chapter 12 :: Chapter 13 :: Chapter 14
A pat on his head surprised him, but Kevin wasted no time in turning his head to find out who would do something like this to him. In fact, in his contact list that was surfacing in his brain, no one was close enough to him in school to do such a thing.
Oh, it’s only Kiseop. That’s fine, then.
“Ten more minutes to the end of lunch. You both still studying?” Kiseop smiled kindly, sitting beside Kevin. “Oh? English? Ah, I better keep quiet then.”
Kevin laughed brightly, before shifting his attention from Kibum to Kiseop. “Try! Do you know what “subway” means?”
“Ah…subway?” Kiseop pressed his lips together in concentration, before grinning as if an idea struck him. “Sandwich!”
“…” Kibum and Kevin exchanged glances, slightly confused by the wrong answer.
“No? Maybe it’s a street?” Kiseop tried again, scratching his head in hopes of guessing the right answer. “Or something like turn left…?”
Kibum kept quiet for three seconds, before raising his hand. “Is it…a railroad underground?”
Kevin proudly smiled, giving Kibum a quick pat on his head. “Correct!”
-
“What are you doing?” Alexander curiously looked over Kevin’s shoulder, watching the nerd busily scribbling things down despite it being the break the teacher of the lesson gave. “Is there a quiz or something coming up?”
“I’m making notes for the two study buddies.” Kevin said simply, almost instinctively pushing up his spectacles when he remembered it wasn’t with him today.
“You actually do look pretty cute without your spectacles.” Alexander commented, taking the seat before Kevin and turning the chair to face the younger boy. “Especially when you’re concentrating like that.”
“If you’re wishing I’d make notes for you, forget it.” Kevin looked at him warily, almost afraid of any sweet words causing him to blush.
“Tch.” Alexander laughed. “I was about to ask you if you need help with girls, because I do actually know a few good girls that would like a guy like you.”
Kevin blushed harder, looking down at his notes shyly.
“You’re pretty obvious being shy around girls, avoiding them at all cost.” Alexander sighed. “And at times like this I remember you’re a human, not an alien bookworm.”
Kevin kept quiet as Alexander stood up to leave. There was something serious about the Alexander that just spoke to him, something humane and something that said he wasn’t joking.
As if there was something sad about his life he couldn’t say it out.
-
Kevin’s life returned to normal the minute he wore his own clothes to school and threw away the box of contact lenses.
(He lies. The contact lenses are safely kept till it expires, just in case he wanted to wear it when he goes out or something. His mother did say something about him looking cute, so he’ll trust her.)
Kibum decided the pair of glasses didn’t help him much. In fact, the extra weight on his nose bridge was causing unnecessary uncomfortableness. (“Serves you right.” Kevin rubbed in with a cheeky tongue stuck out. “I told you so.”)
It was yet another day of the three people study buddy programme, and as usual, Kibum was the earlier one of the two. He happily skipped into the library, humming a tune even. Kibum then placed his files on the table and sat down beside Kevin with his amazing smile on his face.
Kevin turned and raised his eyebrow at the smiling Kibum, before unconsciously smiling back. "Why are you so happy?"
"Remember the test I wanted you to help me study for?" Kibum grinned brightly. "I simplified the results: I got eight out of ten!"
"Oh? Good improvement!" Kevin nodded. "What's the real marks?"
"Twenty two out of thirty." Kibum beamed, even searching for the quiz paper to back up his words. "See it? I passed!"
Kevin slightly twitched. "It's seven point three. Even after rounding up to the nearest number, it's seven, not eight."
"Oh." Kibum shrugged. "Forget that! You know how happy I was? She smiled at me APPROVINGLY for once!"
Kevin smiled, unable to resist the urge of patting Kibum's head. The older man looked so cute getting all excited over an unspoken compliment. He then patted Kibum's head twice and quickly kept his hand.
Kibum stared in fascination at Kevin, before touching the spot Kevin patted. "Is that your approval too?"
Kevin blushed slightly, nodding. "You did well, come on, let's do Korean."
Kibum grinned. "Really? I did well?"
Before Kevin could answer, Soohyun strolled in and sat on Kevin's other side, curiously inquiring. "What happened?"
"Kibum-ssi got twenty two out of thirty for his quiz. Yes, you did well. Soohyun-ssi, you'll have to improve like him too." Kevin replied calmly. "We shall work on Chemistry for you then."
-
“Your grades can’t keep dropping, Mr Shin.” The male teacher shook his head disapprovingly, sighing. “What should I do to get you to study?”
The student kept silent, pouting. He did try his best already, it wasn’t his fault he was bad at studies.
“Also, when I’m talking, don’t curse my family or my ancestors.” A roll of the eyes, while Dongho looked away guiltily.
“H-How do you know…?” Dongho asked meekly, long memorising the whole family tree of his teacher’s because this particular male teacher kept lecturing him.
“If your results are going to continuously drop, why don’t you, the one who’s obsessed with family names, think about it once more. Aren’t you going to bring disgrace to your ancestors?” The teacher huffed and walked away angrily, out of the classroom and then slamming the door shut. “Reflect well, or you’re not allowed to leave! If I see you failing any subject one more time, I’ll inform your parents.”
“I want to do well too…” Dongho pouted, quietly sniffing. “It’s not my fault my life is meant to complete this lifelong project! I’m meant to construct family trees, it’s an important mission! And….and…I’m so easily distracted by new people not in my notebook.”
“Shin Dongho.” An unfamiliar voice called kindly, knocking twice on the door before entering. “Nice to meet you.”
Dongho stood up instantly at attention, having respect for someone who had been kind to him ever since he entered the school. (The fact that he wasn’t a Kim gave him extra bonus points.)
“Nice to meet you too.” The student quickly bowed, curious about what matters the man had with him.
-
Sorry for the long wait <3!