Their trip towards the professor's office was awkward, or maybe Xiao Zhan was the only one feeling awkward. It was too silent for his taste.

Upon arriving at the office, Professor Su greeted them,
"Oh my, glad to know you two are getting along," Professor Su said happily.

Xiao Zhan gave a dry laugh and Wang Yibo didn't say anything.

"Here are the papers, ma'am," Xiao Zhan said as he handed the test papers with Wang Yibo.

Professor Su gladly received it and thanked them.

"I'm so sorry for the trouble, it's getting pretty late, you two can go now and thank you very much."

"It's not a problem at all, ma'am. We're just doing are jobs, right, Wang Yibo?" Xiao Zhan said and nudged Yibo at the side.

"Yes, ma'am," Yibo said and bowed his head.

"We'll be going now, ma'am."

They bid farewell and stepped outside the office.

"Was it even necessary to hit me earlier?" Wang Yibo asked and looked at Xiao Zhan.

"It didn't even hurt, it was just a gently nudge and it's because you weren't saying anything."

"I prefer to stay silent," He replied and Xiao Zhan frowned.

"Aish, Yibo, this is why we never get along," Xiao Zhan shaked his head in disagreement and went ahead.

Wang Yibo didn't say anything and followed closely.

• • •

Xiao Zhan fixed his things and shoved everything inside his bag. As he locked the council room, he didn't even notice Wang Yibo was standing behind him.

"Ah! I swear don't creep up on me like that!"

"I didn't even do anything," Wang Yibo said indifferently and gave Xiao Zhan a look.

"Aish, just go. What are you even standing there for?"

"It's getting late,"Wang Yibo paused, trying to say something but he can't.

"I know and? Wait-are you scared?" Xiao Zhan asked and snorted.

Wang Yibo replied with a quick, "No," and Xiao Zhan chuckled. "Don't tell me that you want to accompany me, what am I? A girl that needs protection? I'm not-" before he could finish speaking, Wang Yibo turned around and said,"I'm leaving," and went off.

Xiao Zhan is beyond confused with the junior. Sometimes they fight and bicker non-stop but there are also times like these, Wang Yibo acting too calm or somewhat Xiao Zhan finds it peculiar, it's because Wang Yibo is not arguing with his statements or questions this time.

Xiao Zhan didn't stop the other man, who was he to stop him? A friend? They're not even friends, as far as he knows, they're enemies. It would be too awkward to go home with a person you don't usually get along with.

• • •

"Yibo, what took you so long?" Wenhan asked as he stood up from the bench.

"Council work," Wang Yibo shortly replied.

"That's not the usual time to get off, Seungyoun already went ahead to his house to get ready."

"Another fight."

"I knew it! You always bicker with that upperclassman. What's his name again? Xao? Xie?"

"Xiao Zhan," Wang Yibo filled in.

"Ah yes, council president. You guys sure don't get along, I'm surprised you guys didn't made a huge fuss about it," Wenhan said jokingly and playfully punched Yibo's arm. He earned a slap back, "Ow! What I gave you was just a soft punch!" Wenhan complained and tried to sooth his arm.

"You know, I always hit back."

"Do you have to be so hard on it?" Wenhan frowned and Yibo didn't reply.

"Alright, let's get going. Seungyoun is waiting. Did you bring extra clothes?"

"Yeah," Wang Yibo replied and off the two went out the university.

Upon arriving at Seungyoun's house they knocked at the front door and after a minute of waiting, they're greeted by Seungyoun.

"Yo! What took you guys so long? Yibo, I didn't see you at the council room earlier. Where did you go?"

"I was fixing things-"

"Guess what? He took so long because of that Xai-ge or something," Wenhan interupted.

"You talked with Xiao-ge?" Seungyoun, looking surprised, asked Wang Yibo.

"I just gave the last remaining part of the papers," Wang Yibo replied.

"Oh! So you were the last one who got it! But how though?"

"Can we all go talk inside? It's cold here," Wenhan cried and hugged his shoulders.

"Ah, sorry. Come in," Seungyoun said and let them come in the warm house.

Entering the house, they greeted Seungyoun's parents and settled their things upstairs, in Seungyoun's room.

Seungyoun being beyond curious of the situation revolving about Wang Yibo and Xiao Zhan, he asked again, "So what happened?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Aish, you always fight, okay? I wondered what happened, you didn't make a huge fus-" Seungyoun defended but ended up getting interupted my Wenhan once again. "It's a surprise that they didn't! Can you believe it?"

"Seriously!?" Seungyoun exclaimed.

"Is that a very big deal? We just bickered, nothing else. The professor suddenly heard us and we eventually stopped fighting," Wang Yibo explained to his two friends.

"Yo, he spoke a lot," Wenhan commented,"Did you eat something weird Yibo?" Seungyoun asked jokingly and Wang Yibo frowned.

"Alright, geez. Let's practice then!" Wenhan said and stretched his arms.

"Did you even practice last night?" Seungyoun asked Wenhan.

"Of course!"

"Let's get started then," Yibo said and they went to Seungyoun's personal studio.

The three of them was actually planning to work on their Physics presentation but ended up practicing for a surprise presentation to be performed in the school's anniversary by the end of the month.

After 2 hours of practicing, the three took a break and sat down on the studio floor.

"Hey, I've been meaning to ask this, where's Sungjoo and Yixuan?" Wenhan asked.

"They're working on their group presentation in Physics," Wang Yibo replied.

"Man, we should start working too! I don't want to receive a failing grade," Seungyoun said and hurriedly changed to another shirt.

"Right," Wang Yibo said and following behind Seungyoun out of the studio.

"Wait for me!" Wenhan cried and followed the other two.

• • •

"A-Zhan, I'll do the Abstract and you'll work on the Methodology. Is that okay?" Xuan Lu asked politely at Xiao Zhan.

"Ah, of course," Xiao Zhan replied and turned on his laptop.

It was late at night and the three friends were staying up all night in the starbucks cafe.

"My head hurts with all this statistics," Xiao Zhan complained and rubbed the space between his brows.

"We need to finish this soon since we don't want to cram next week," Wang Zhuocheng stated without looking away from his laptop.

"Yeah, you guys have council things to do too, right? Next week is going to be busy for the preparation for the anniversary of the school," Xuan Lu added.

"Alright, time to finish this!" Xiao Zhan said and stretched his arms then continued working on his own laptop.

By the time they finished, it was 1 am in the morning. Good thing the starbucks workers were very considerate and waited for them to finish, since the cafe usually closes at 12:30 AM on week days.

"A-Zhan, A-Cheng, I'll be going now," Xuan Lu said and gave them a soft smile.

"Are you going to be alright?" Xiao Zhan asked worriedly.

"Yes, my boyfriend is picking me up," Xuan Lu replied as she pointed a white luxurious car coming their way.

Wang Zhuocheng and Xiao Zhan frowned.

"Ah senior sister, are you sure about that guy?"

Wang Zhuocheng hit Xiao Zhan at the side. "Ay! Why do you have to hit me?" Xiao Zhan complained and tried to sooth his side.

"You're not her parent to decide who she wants to be with."

Xuan Lu laughs at their exchanged. A beep was heard when the car stopped in front of them.

"I'm glad we managed to finish our research today. Thank you," Xuan Lu said and went inside the car. They bid farewell and Xiao Zhan and Zhoucheng silently exchanged glares with Cao Yuchen, which is Xuan Lu's boyfriend.

The car took off as it becomes smaller and smaller in the distance.

"Well, Zhuocheng! I'll be going now, better be early on Monday! We have a lot of things to do."

"Say that to yourself Xiao Zhan," Wang Zhuocheng sighed and Xiao Zhan laughed. They went separate ways and bid goodbyes.

Upon arriving at his apartment, Xiao Zhan quickly changed into comfortable clothes. He went to the laundry room to put his used clothes when he saw a familiar looking handkerchief on top of the washing machine.

He went towards it and frowned at the ink stains in the hanky. Xiao Zhan sighed and picked it up. He took a small basin and a little bit of powered and liquid soap. Xiao Zhan proceeded going to the bathroom.

Even though Xiao Zhan doesn't like Wang Yibo, that doesn't mean he'll be completely disregard how Wang Yibo offered his handkerchief. He started filling the basin with tap water and started washing the dark blue handkerchief.

It took him 30 minutes to wash a single handkerchief. Why? Because he wanted to get rid every single stain that was seen in the handkerchief. He puts the hanky on a hanger and dried it with a blower.

Xiao Zhan felt so tired and his eyes were slowly closing from time to time. After drying the handkerchief, he folded it neatly and placed it in his nightstand. Feeling defeated, Xiao Zhan went to bed and quickly fell asleep.

• • •

"Yibo, you're still awake?" Seungyoun said as he sat up from his bed. Wang Yibo was sitting at the corner of the room with his earphones.

Wang Yibo looked at him and shooked his head. "Ah? It's already 2:46 AM. What are you listening to?" Seungyoun said as he motioned towards Yibo.

"Nothing, just..." Wang Yibo paused for a while and continued, "a soft song."

"Can I hear? It's rare of you to listen to soft music?" Seungyoun rubbed his eyes and he's already in front of Wang Yibo.

Wang Yibo didn't say anything and handed Seungyoun the left piece of the earphone. Seungyoun received it and put it in his ear, sitting beside Wang Yibo.

"Wow, this person has a very nice voice," Seungyoun complimented and Yibo replied with a "Mn."

After listening for a couple of seconds, something clicked inside of Seungyoun's mind and he quickly gasped. "W-Wait! This voice- it's- isn't it-"

"So loud," Wenhan complained and rolled over his sleeping bag. Wang Yibo said, "Just be quiet, Seungyoun."

"B-But! I'm really surprised!" Seungyoun whispered yelled.

"Then be surprised," Wang Yibo deadpanned. Seungyoun frowned, "Can't your best friend have an explanation?"

"No," Wang Yibo replied and smirked.

"You're not having breakfast later from eomma!"

Wang Yibo laughed a little and said, "Alright, I'll only tell you once, so listen close."

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Sorry for the typos! Please do tell if I have errors!