“Sungyeol, you can sit at the back next to Myungsoo and uh Eun-Eunmi” The teacher muttered my name, as if not being able to remember it.

Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if he couldn’t.

I’m a wallflower, an observer. I wasn’t really one to speak, unless it was important. My presence in most classes was almost non-existent. Not that it bothered me. I enjoyed being in my own little bubble, watching the rest of the class.

I laid my head on the table, turning it to the right, trying to subtly watch Sungyeol and pick up any quirks that he might have.

But to my surprise I found Sungyeol mirroring what I was doing. He flashed his gummy smile to me and I quickly turned my head, unsure of what just happened. Was he watching me? But why would he be watching me? Nobody ever notices me. I shook my head, shaking away any thoughts of Sungyeol actually paying attention to me.

I turned my head to see what he was doing now and he had changed from his position before and was now talking animatedly to Myungsoo. He probably just happened to turn his head, the same time I turned mind. Of course, that was what happened.

A bell rang, signalling the end of rollcall and an indication to start to get to your first period before the next bell rang.

Just as I was about to step out of the class, I felt someone tug at my wrist. I turned to see the same gummy smile I was looking at a few minutes ago.

“Um I noticed we have the same classes today and I was wondering if you would help take me around.” While he was talking he had been staring down at his feet the whole time. Was he nervous?

“Yeah um sure.” I tried my best to sound nice and easy to approach but I wasn’t sure it came out exactly like that.

He looked up and had a big grin on his face.

“Really? Thanks.” He said happily.

I couldn’t help but smile at his happy tone and goofy grin.

Why he was so pleased by my reply? I wasn’t really sure.

Nobody really talked to me at school. It wasn’t like I was hated, I just really wasn’t noticed and I just never made any action to change that. So having somebody ask me to help them around and such was something new to me.

We set off to our first class, Maths. It was a class towards the end of the hall and would take Sungyeol and me approximately 5-10 minutes to walk to, which meant 5-10 minutes of being with Sungyeol. An excellent time to observe the newest member of our school. I turned my head to see his fingers fiddling with an exercise book in his hand; I continued to look up until I saw that he was gazing at me too.

My face flushed as he kept watching me.

“Is there something on my face?” I touched my mouth, thinking this must be the reason for his looks.

“No, I was just…I-I don’t really know how to put this without sound weird to be honest” He replied with confusion.

“I was watching you… ok that did sound weird, please just ignore me.”

“Watching me? Why?” I said puzzled by his actions.

“Well weren’t you doing the same? I saw you looking at me in rollcall and just now” Sungyeol asked in return. He smirked and stepped a little closer to me.

“Ok let me tell you something” I stepped closer to him as well, being only an inch or two from touching.

“I’m the wallflower of this school. I sit and observe. I leave people alone, they leave me alone. I’m nothing much, trust me. So all this watching me, watching you can stop because honestly when it comes to me, there is nothing.” I mumbled the last line, and looked down at my feet.

I’ve never had someone pay so much attention to me, so I wasn’t so sure on how to react. What I told him, was the best I could think of.

Sungyeol smiled his infamous smile and tilted my chin up, so I was looking up at him.

“Well the thing is, I’m a bit of an observer myself and I don’t think you’re nothing much. You blend in pretty well, I must admit. But there is something about you. You are hiding a personality and trust me when I say, I will find out what you are really like little wallflower.” He said.

We had arrived at the class and Sungyeol, being a gentleman, gestured for me to step in before him.

I walked to my usual seat, as he went to go introduce himself to the teacher.

I sat myself down and took my books out, still very confused at what Sungyeol had said.

All throughout class, all I could think about is what he had said.

What I was really like? Hell, I didn’t even know what I was really like.

I was always the “what you see is what you get” personality and there was certainly nothing hidden about me. I guess the most interesting part of me, was the fact that I was very good at observing and making legitimate judgements from those observations.

So what did he see from me, that most people didn’t? I was baffled to say the least. I have never had someone talk to me about myself, let alone someone say something like that about me. A hidden personality? What could I be possibly hiding? It did not make sense to me.

How could he know something about me that I couldn’t pick up?

Sungyeol is a very special case. He seemed to be so open and yet so mysterious at the same time.

I was curious, very curious. A part of me wanted to know everything about him, and a part of me told me to be cautious and stay away. As they say curiosity killed the cat. But I couldn’t help but think about him. Never had I met someone so different. It scared me a little to know someone was so intrigued by me. I was the wallflower; nobody was supposed to care about me.

Sungyeol said himself, that he would find my hidden personality and I was determined to do the same to him.