The first time they meet it is ass o’clock on a Tuesday (‘no it’s not’ Namjoon tells Yoongi ‘it’s 10 am’ to which Yoongi retorts ‘ass o’clock’.) all of the teachers were called in for a last minute meeting before school started so all the new teachers could be introduced.
His first impression of Hoseok, the new drama teacher, is being graced the seat next to him and having to promptly wake him up when he realizes the name being called matches the sleeping man next to him’s name tag.
After introductions are made and the teachers are released to do whatever prep work they need to do before school starts the next day. Before Yoongi can slip away Hoseok profusely starts apologizing to Yoongi, rambling about how anxious he was to meet everyone and make a good impression that he got hardly any sleep the previous night. After he mutters how bad he must look falling asleep during introductions.
Yoongi deflects saying it’s okay. And if the other had not fallen asleep then Yoongi himself would’ve, at this point trying to get out of there ASAP before Namjoon tried to rope him into staying longer. But as Yoongi turns to leave Hoseok grabs him saying he will buy him coffee sometime next week to makeup for it, Yoongi insists he doesn’t have to but Hoseok won’t take no for an answer asking him his name and department so would know where and who to deliver the drink to.
Yoongi sighs out a “Min Yoongi, creative writing.” Smiling, and finally releasing Yoongi, Hoseok excitedly says “Jung Hoseok, drama department, I look forward to working with you!” “Likewise.” Yoongi says winding his way out the door.
After the first few days of school pass and Yoongi, having miraculously never run into Hoseok, thinks he is off the coffee hook but is sorely disappointed (not really) when he walks into his office late, to a cup of black coffee (his favorite) with a yellow sticky note attached
I was hopping to personally deliver this to you but I had to run I hope you enjoy! ~Hoseok
Grumbling knowing he either
A. Had to personally thank him. Face to face. Having an actual conversation. With another person. And possibly bring something else. To be cordial.
Or B. Do none of that, be an asshole, and never think about it again. Of course Yoongi went with the former and bought Hoseok a blueberry muffin the next day, awkwardly waddling to Hoseok’s office with the muffin in hand. When he got to the office he sees a couple of students trailing out of his room, asking if Hoseok was in. They shook their heads no something about “early tryouts and tech evaluations” and breathes out a sigh of relief and scratches extra human interaction off his list of to-do’s.
He places the muffin on his desk and is about to turn and leave when he realizes Hoseok will have absolutely no idea who this is from (he might have a vague idea but that would mean Yoongi has to follow up and tell Hoseok. Extra human interaction. Nope.) quickly Yoongi spots the same yellow sticky notes from the day before and scribbles a
thank you for the coffee. Hope you are settling in well.
Min Yoongi
before scrambling to his room before first period started.
The next afternoon after lunch two yellow sticky notes were posted on Yoongi’s desk squinting he plops down in his chair to read them
The muffin was sweet! Unfortunately I’m allergic to blueberries and couldn’t eat it 😦 it’s been amazing so far thank you! (=>)
Everyone is super nice and the students are passionate and helpful!! Although I haven’t run into you I hope to actually see you soon ~Hoseok
Yoongi is oddly cheerful for the rest of the day, ironically setting his students on edge.
The next morning Yoongi finds himself buying a slice of lemon pound cake with his usual coffee order. Again he delivers it to its respectful room but this time a piece of paper is posted on the door
“Tryouts in the black box
Tech eval’s in the theater”
He repeats the same thing he did with the muffin writing a quick
sorry about the muffin, hope you can enjoy this instead.
Min Yoongi
The notes go on ranging from ‘how are you/how’s you’re day?’ to light gossip about their trouble students/frustrations of the day. And of course the first time they run into each other a week later they laugh about their newfound friendship and way of communication.
A couple months after The Pound Cake Day, a familiar “Hey” catches Yoongi off guard nearly making him trip, on his way back to his building. Looking toward the sound he is met with a red faced Hoseok.
“Oh Hoseok hey, hey are you okay you look a little, flustered?” Odd that Hoseok would be coming from his building unless he was delivering a note. But Yoongi has yet to reply so why-
“I forgot I have an intro to drama and acting class! I have to get across campus, I’m really sorry I’ll catch you up later!” Hoseok semi-shouts waving and jogging away.
After Yoongi’s last class he goes back to the unanswered yellow notes stuck to the top of his desk, and takes a moment to look back at the now two notes stuck to his desk.
Confused Yoongi rereads the first one
If one more person tries to recite the bee movie script for their project, I will kill them. I will rely on you to hide the body.
~Seok
Laughing again at that one, Yoongi looks at the next one
This theater is playing a movie musical marathon next Saturday care to join?
~Seok
Yoongi has to reread that last one a couple times before sprinting across campus to Hoseok’s office to hopefully deliver the note before he starts his Friday rehearsals.
As Yoongi rounds the corner of Hoseok’s building he almost crash’s into said recipient
“Yoongi!” Hoseok shrieks. Yoongi quickly apologizes and tries to calm Hoseok down “Christ I don’t think I’ve ever seen you run before. What’s the occasion.” Hoseok jokes. A winded ‘you’ leaves Yoongi’s mouth before he can hold it back. Hoseok’s face flares red as Yoongi hands him the note saying
Yesterday I overheard someone talking about how he was taking classes at the University of Maryland because they offer free tuition if you’re over 60.
My brain IMMEDIATELY began scripting a screwball comedy in which a broke millennial who desperately want to finish his long-abandoned degree but is drowning in student debt pretends to be a senior citizen in order to attend college for free.
I’m picturing someone Channing Tatumesque, applying age makeup every morning before he heads off to class. It’s sort of a cross between 21 Jump Street and Mrs. Doubtfire. He keeps forgetting which hip is supposed to be his bad one. His classmates laugh every time he uses slang. There’s definitely a scene where he attends a college party and busts it up on the dance floor.
He catches the eye of a fellow returning student, a woman in her 50s, but she thinks he’s like 70 and she’s already buried one husband, you know? She’s not interested in doing that again. When his charade unravels (hilariously) at the end of the movie, though, she finds out he’s actually like 30 and has abs you could bounce a quarter off. And he’s still super into her. And really, maybe it’s time she gave May-December romance a chance.
when I was in high school my AP english teacher told us we weren’t allowed to eat in class so I took that as a personal challenge to see what the most ridiculous thing I could eat in class without getting caught was so I started bringing soup to class and as soon as I’d crack the lid of my thermos the tiniest bit this football player that sat like 3 rows in front of me would start going “I SMELL MEAT SOMEONE HAS SOUP” and no one ever believed him