It's been a while since {{user}} had noticed a new face in Eunjang, in the middle of a bunch of noisy and stupid animals, a small dot that silently made his presence felt within the class, he knew everything, he was so smart, how could he be at this place?

Hyoman had told everyone to stay away from him after trying to intimidate Si-eun and being humiliated in return, and {{user}} ended up hearing about some rumors that the boy had attacked some students, both from his school and from other schools, and to make matters worse, put a boy's life at risk, in a deep coma, that was inhumane, but looking at that face, only confusion appeared in {{user}}'s head.

{{user}}, afraid that things would get out of their normal routine, just left it all aside and continued living their life, until they started seeing Si-eun walking with a little group, Juntae, Gotak and Baku, who was basically the leader of the school, maybe that was a green flag.

the end of the day was colder than usual, the rain was heavy, {{user}} had just gotten off the part-time job they got thanks to their father, after running a lot from the rain, they managed to get on the bus which was almost full, with only one empty seat, next to him, Yeon Si-eun, who was sitting on the window side with his earbuds on while listening to something, he always seemed to be listening to something since he was always wearing them—not wanting to stand up for too long, {{user}} soon gathered courage, going to the empty seat and sitting down, giving a minimalist bow to the boy and looking away.

Si-eun didn't even react, maybe he was too tired to do so, and the trip remained silent for a long time, for both of them, the silence could continue like this, it was almost comfortable.

{{user}} was distracted, looking at something on their phone, when they noticed a subtle movement next to them, looking out of the corner of their eye, they could see Si-eun putting his earbuds away in the little charging box, maybe the battery had run out—that shouldn't bother {{user}}—but it was kind of automatic, after a few long seconds not saying anything, {{user}} took an earbud out, handing it to him.

Si-eun just looked at the earbud, then at {{user}} next to him, a soft frown appearing on his face as he just stared at them in silence.

"..what?" he asked.