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fqirysim ยท 10 months ago
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๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ซ๐ž(๐ฌ): ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ, ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ (๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ), ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฎ (๐ค๐ข๐ง๐๐š)
๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐ฌ): ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ!๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ฑ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ญ. ๐ฃ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ง๐ , ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐  (๐ข๐ฏ๐ž)
๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ:ย ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ•๐ค (๐ข ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐š ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐)
๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ (๐ฌ): ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก (๐ž๐ฑ: ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ)
๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ: ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ, ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š ๐›๐ž๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ-- ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž; ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž. ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ, ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐›๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฃ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž.
๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž:ย ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ. ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ!! ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข'๐ฆ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ!! ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข ๐๐จ <๐Ÿ‘. ๐จ๐›๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š'๐ฌ ๐›๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž! ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ, ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข'๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž! ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž.
๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ: @yunhoswrldddd @aubaee @kim2005bomi
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sunghoon was never one to get rejected. he was the most handsome guy on campus, after all. he was charming and handsome, and people would come watch your university team play hockey just to see him. who else would they come see? (well, maybe some of them came to see his best friend heeseung, but sunghoon chose to believe everyone came to see him.)
all his life, sunghoon had always gotten what he wanted, the person that he liked at the time or whatever expensive item he eyed in the store window. being the handsome son of a ceo had its perks.ย 
so you can imagine the shock that shot through sunghoon when you were the first person in his life to tell him no.ย 
he had talked to you all night at one of yeonjunโ€™s parties after noticing you in his class earlier that week. he remembered talking to his best friend heeseung about you, and the bet that soon followed after; if he could get you to fall for him, heeseung would have to do sunghoonโ€™s laundry for a month. but if sunghoon lost, he would have to give heeseung $500.ย 
of course, $500 was pocket change for sunghoon, but he was never one to turn down a betโ€“ especially one he knew he would win. and plus, not doing laundry for a month (especially during hockey season), was a blessing if sunghoon had ever seen one.ย 
sunghoon had observed you beforehand; you were cute, quiet, timid. you sat in class and took your notes like the good little girl you were, and even though sunghoon pretended not to notice, he saw you glancing at him throughout class.
he believed that it would have been easy to get you to follow him upstairs, to spend the night with him and fall in love with him like every other girl he hooked up with.ย 
he would soon find out that this was not easy at all.ย 
when he reached for your hand, you instead drew back. you didnโ€™t jump into his arms the first chance you got. you didnโ€™t even lean in for a kiss.ย 
you instead told him, โ€œsorry, iโ€™m not interested.โ€ย 
you werenโ€™t interested in park sunghoon?ย 
he was the son of a ceo, he was handsome, he was charming, he was funny, and he chose to flirt with you all night yet you still werenโ€™t interested? were you not stealing glances at sunghoon during class after all? if you werenโ€™t looking at him, what else would you be looking at? surely there was nothing else interesting enough to look at. unless you were taking glances at the clock that was hung up on the wall behind him. and was that pity on your face?ย 
there was an awkward silence that fell upon you as sunghoon tried to compose himself.ย 
sunghoon had never lost his cool, and he definitely had never been rejected before. this seemed even more obvious to you as he nervously chuckled, scratching the back of his neck in embarrassment.ย 
the tips of his ears started to turn pink as sunghoon opened his mouth to make up some sort of excuse, anything to get rid of this awkward atmosphere. anything to redeem himself and his reputation.ย 
before he could come up with anything, you muttered โ€œit was nice talking to you,โ€ with an awkward smile and bowed your head politely, before weaving through the crowd of bodies dancing together.ย ย 
sunghoon watched as you walked away, approaching a boy in one of his other classes. his eyes narrowed as he saw you talking to jake sim, your smile bright and face slightly flushed.ย 
โ€œhey sunghoon,โ€ a familiar voice yelled over the loud music. heeseung was making his way over, a red solo cup in hand. he stumbled a bit on the way over, regaining his balance with the help of a girl on the dance floor.ย 
finally making his way over, he leaned against the wall next to sunghoon, taking a sip of his drink.ย 
โ€œwhat happened to the girl you said you were gonna make fall in love with you?โ€ he teased, his words slightly slurred. his breath reeked of alcohol.ย 
โ€œew heeseung, how much did you drink?โ€ sunghoon grimaced, pushing heeseungโ€™s face away from his. โ€œshe said she wasnโ€™t interested.โ€
sunghoon had mumbled the last part, too embarrassed to say it loud enough for anyone to hear. the music blasting throughout the house was (thankfully) loud enough to drown sunghoonโ€™s voice out, leaving a confused look on heeseungโ€™s face. โ€œshe what? i canโ€™t hear you, the musicโ€™s too loud!โ€
โ€œiโ€™ll tell you in the morning,โ€ sunghoon replied. he didnโ€™t want to have this conversation with a drunk heeseung.ย 
โ€œwhoโ€™s that guy?โ€ sunghoon instead asked, feigning ignorance. he nodded his head at jake sim who still had your every bit of attention as he talked, which only annoyed sunghoon more. when sunghoon talked to you, you seemed like you were waiting for someone to show up.ย 
seems like now i know who it was, sunghoon thought bitterly.
โ€œwho, jake?โ€ heeseung asked.ย 
โ€œjake? is he american?โ€ sunghoon replied.ย 
โ€œno, australian,โ€ heeseung responded, ignoring the scoff in sunghoonโ€™s voice. โ€œkorean-australian to be exact.โ€
โ€œheโ€™s a cool guy, hoon,โ€ heeseung continued, noticing the sour expression on his friendโ€™s face. โ€œhe got in with a soccer scholarship, was the class president at his high school, got the highest grades, and from what i heard, he still does. iโ€™ve hung out with him and his friends once, theyโ€™re really cool.โ€
โ€œwell who is he friends with?โ€ sunghoon snapped.ย 
โ€œjay, and some freshman named jungwon.โ€
sunghoon said nothing in response, watching as riki came to talk to heeseung, dragging him over to the dance floor.ย 
sunghoon bitterly took a sip of his drink, watching you once again as you talked to jake. he was now handing you a drink, a smile on his face as he said something, causing you to laugh.ย 
sunghoon couldnโ€™t quite put his finger on the feeling he felt, watching as jake made you laugh. sunghoon wanted to be the one to do that, to make you laugh and smile and flutter your eyelashes.
it seemed like jake could feel his gaze on them, glancing over at sunghoon and nodding his head in greeting. sunghoon chose to ignore him, and chugged the rest of his drink before he went to get sunoo and heeseung to tell them it was time they went home to their apartment.ย 
โ€”-----
monday morning, sunghoon was ready to go to his first class of the day. his first class was at 8 in the morning, which was usually not a good thing, but as he sat in his usual seat, a row behind jake, he found himself picking the boy in front of him apart.ย 
what did this boy have that he didnโ€™t? what made you blush and giggle in ways that sunghoon apparently couldnโ€™t do for you?ย 
sure, jake could speak fluent english with that stupid accent of his, and he can get the best grades in the class and play soccer. but sunghoon could do all of those things if he really tried!ย 
he could hire a tutor to teach him english and he could be fluent in a month if he really put his mind to it! sunghoon could be studious like him! he could get good grades and become top of his class in no time.
as if the timing couldnโ€™t get any better, his professor placed a piece of paper on the table in front of him, mouth downturned into a frown.
a feeling of dread filled sunghoon as he picked up his paper, seeing a bright red 65 at the top of the page. he just barely passed.ย 
โ€œwhat did you get?โ€ jake whispered to the girl sitting beside him. her face turned a slight pink as she blushed. she was so obviously into him.
โ€œjust an 85, what about you?โ€ย 
jake showed her his paper with a wide smile, a bright red 98 on his paper. โ€œif you need help with anything let me know, i donโ€™t mind studying together!โ€ย 
if sunghoon said this, he wouldโ€™ve sounded like he was flirting. but when jake said it, it sounded like he meant it. he seemed so earnest, so nice.ย 
the girlโ€™s face reddened even more as she nodded her head before turning her attention back to the front, fixing her hair so that her hair was pushed back behind her ear.ย 
sunghoon watched in disbelief.ย 
sunghoon felt annoyed as he thought of you. why did he care so much about what you thought of him, anyway? you were just one girl out of hundreds that he could flirt with.ย 
but his thoughts kept drifting to you, your smile as you looked up at jake at the party, your head thrown back in laughter at something he said. how pretty you looked that night with all the jewelry you wore.ย 
he jolted out of his thoughts as he heard students packing their things up, signaling the end of class. he shook his head at his previous thoughts, chalking them up to just wanting to win his bet with heeseung.ย 
sunghoon hastily grabbed his things and threw them in his bag to leave before jake did.ย 
he knew it was immature, to make everything a one-sided competition with the boy, but he couldnโ€™t help it as he speed-walked out of the class, even though his next class wasnโ€™t until 11.ย 
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you sat in your usual seat for your class at 11 am, taking out your laptop and supplies for the lesson ahead.ย 
you hated this class and cursed whoever invented it. you hated how it seemed like when you were in this class the minutes would just drag on and on and on.ย 
you glanced to your left as you heard someone take the seat next to you, a familiar cologne drifting in the air. it was none other than park sunghoon, his hair and clothes styled to perfection per usual, pulling a notebook out of his bag.ย 
you looked at him quizzically, wondering why he was sitting next to you. you knew he usually sat in the back so that your professor wouldnโ€™t be able to notice him on his phone. not that you paid attention to him, of course. or so you said.ย 
you didnโ€™t go out of your way to pay attention to every single thing sunghoon did, but you couldnโ€™t say you werenโ€™t the tiniest bit interested in him. maybe you wouldโ€™ve been crushing on him instead of jake if he werenโ€™t such a player.ย 
โ€œyou wouldnโ€™t happen to have a pen i could borrow, do you?โ€ sunghoon whispered to you, snapping you out of your thoughts.ย 
โ€œyeah, here,โ€ you handed him a pen from your pencil case. you tried to turn your attention back to the lecture but couldnโ€™t help from stealing a couple of looks at sunghoon.ย 
your gaze worked its way down from the top of his head to his beautiful side profile, to the perfect angle of his jawline, and then eventually to the notebook in front of him.ย 
it was empty. it was opened to the first page and it was completely empty.
ย not a single note was taken, and you were almost quite certain that he hadnโ€™t even opened the book before today. you were halfway through the semester and it was like sunghoon wasnโ€™t even in your class.ย 
he looked so confused at everything that your professor was saying that you felt a little bit bad for him. not too bad though. thatโ€™s what he deserved for worrying more about partying and girls than his academics.ย 
your class came to an end quicker than it usually seemed, with you rushing to leave with the other students in your class. โ€œhey, y/n, wait up!โ€ you turned to see sunghoon speed walking to catch up with you, hair slightly frazzled and only one strap of his backpack on.ย ย 
โ€œhey sunghoon, whatโ€™s up?โ€ you replied nonchalantly, hoping he wouldnโ€™t bring up yeonjunโ€™s party. you had hoped that he was just drunk, that you were just there and he forgot all about you rejecting him. but why else would he sit next to you in class? you had nothing in common with the boy in front of you.ย 
with his pretty boy features, shiny hair, and designer clothes he was almost your complete opposite. with how much youโ€™ve been studying you were sure that the bags under your eyes werenโ€™t hard to spot, and you couldnโ€™t remember the last time you washed the sweater you were wearing right now.ย 
โ€œabout yeonjunโ€™s party,โ€ sunghoon started.ย 
โ€œoh yea, yeonjunโ€™s party! crazy night am i right?โ€ you cut him off, starting to walk towards the direction of your dorm.ย 
โ€œyeah no for sure it was a blast,โ€ he chuckled awkwardly, keeping pace with you as you walked. โ€œi just wanted to apologize, i think i came off a bit too strong.โ€ย 
you glanced over at him, hoping he wasnโ€™t looking at you. of course, with your luck, you made eye contact with him, your face starting to feel hot as you felt his gaze continue.ย 
you composed yourself, standing up a bit straighter, โ€œsunghoon, i meant what i said. iโ€™m sorry, but iโ€™m really not interested.โ€ with an awkward smile and a bow, for the second time within two days, you were walking away from sunghoonโ€™s advances.
โ€œcome on y/n one date, iโ€™m begging,โ€ you heard him shout after you.ย 
โ€œnever gonna happen sunghoon!โ€ you replied, without even turning around to look back.ย 
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sunghoon was hurt to say the least. or, well his ego was hurt. there was no way you werenโ€™t into him. so sunghoon would have to be persistent, no big deal. but in order to do so, he would have to go to greater lengths than he ever had before.
โ€œjungwon! over here!โ€ sunghoon waved the boy over to where he was sitting in the cafe he was at.
the young boy looked over quizzically before he started to make his way over, โ€œum, hi?โ€ย 
sunghoon had never cared for the younger boy, but he knew that yang jungwon was his ticket to a date with y/n. jungwon was her best friend, and he remembered that heeseung said the boy was also friends with jake. this was the best strategic thought sunghoon couldโ€™ve ever come up with.ย 
โ€œwhy donโ€™t you take a seat? letโ€™s catch up! i havenโ€™t seen you since high school, youโ€™ve gotten so tall!โ€ย 
โ€œwe never talked in high school.โ€ jungwon deadpanned. โ€œwhat do you actually want sunghoon?โ€ย 
sunghoon sighed, โ€œitโ€™s y/n. i have this big crush on her, and sheโ€™s done nothing but reject my advances. i need help winning her over.โ€ sunghoon internally cringed at his own sigh, hoping it didnโ€™t sound too dramatic or too obvious that he didnโ€™t mean the words he said.ย 
with a quizzical expression, jungwon finally took a seat, his interest piqued. hook, line, and sinker sunghoon thought. this will be a piece of cake.ย 
โ€œare you sure weโ€™re thinking of the same y/n? she just seemsโ€ฆโ€ jungwon paused, trying to piece his words together in a polite way. โ€œ...a little too good for you.โ€ย 
โ€œshe is too good for me which is why iโ€™m trying to win her over. jungwon PLEASE, i need your help.โ€ sunghoon pleaded, his hands held together. โ€œi need to know what she likes, what she dislikes, her hopes and dreams her everything PLEASE, Iโ€™M BEGGING.โ€
jungwon cringed at the volume of sunghoonโ€™s voice, feelings the eyes of the strangers around him. โ€œif i say yes, will you shut up?โ€
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as you walked to your seat you realized that there was something sitting on your desk. glancing around, you noticed sunghoon sitting in the seat next to yours with a bright smile on his face.ย 
โ€œgood morning gorgeous!โ€ he exclaimed.ย 
โ€œoh shut up,โ€ feeling your face heat up as you took your seat and examined the drink in front of you. it was a full cup of iced coffee, and from the looks of it, it was your usual coffee order.ย 
โ€œi got that for you on the way here,โ€ sunghoon said sheepishly, hand rubbing the back of his neck. โ€œi asked your friend jungwon what you liked, and he told me that you like iced coffee so i figured iโ€™d grab you one.โ€ย 
โ€œohโ€ฆ well thank you,โ€ you replied, taking a tentative sip. you werenโ€™t going to lie, it was sweet of him to reach out to jungwon and to get you coffee. you donโ€™t think anyone other than your friends ever bought coffee for you. surely, not your cheating ex boyfriend, you thought bitterly.ย 
ย your eyes widened slightly as you took that first sip; he had gotten your order down to how much sugar you liked and with extra caramel.ย 
sunghoon watched as you sipped on your drink, throwing a smile your way in response to your thank you. iโ€™ve got her exactly where i want her, he thought, turning his attention back to the professor.ย 
as the class went by, sunghoon tried his best to stay awake, feeling his eyelids getting droopy. he had been up all night trying to decide which date he would take you on. even now he was thinking of how pretty youโ€™d look, and how good you smell, and how pretty your smile was, and oh no why did his heart beat a little faster at the thought of you?
he was suddenly wide awake and extremely cautious about how loud his heart was beating when he looked over at you. he shook his head at his thoughts, reminding himself that this was just a bet he wanted to win. he was just confusing real feelings with fake ones. that had to be the only reason why he thought about your (hypothetical) date so much. right?ย 
as your class came to an end, sunghoon started to pack up his things, as your professor announced, โ€œguys please donโ€™t forget to study for our upcoming midterm exam next friday! i wish you all good luck with your studies!โ€ย 
sunghoon felt a his heart drop to his stomach. what exam? since when did they have an exam? he racked his brain trying to remember your professor say anything about an exam prior to this day.ย 
he had a faint memory of her saying something about an exam while he was scrolling through tiktok on his phone last week. oh iโ€™m cooked, sunghoon thought.ย 
โ€œhey, did you maybe wanna study together?โ€ he heard you ask. he was so grateful that you offered to study that he thought he heard angels singing. โ€œitโ€™s just that on monday i couldnโ€™t help but glance over and saw your notebook was empty, and i wanted to repay you for the coffee today.โ€ย 
sunghoon felt his face heat up from embarrassment. instead of admitting his embarrassment though, he instead said, โ€œyeah of course you were paying attention to me, you want me so bad.โ€
โ€œyea, nevermind about the studying then, fend for yourself,โ€ you deadpanned, grabbing your bag.ย 
โ€œwait, sorry i was just kidding, please help me study, i need help desperately,โ€ sunghoon pleaded, grabbing onto your wrist before you could walk off.ย 
you ignored the tingles that were sent throughout your body from the physical touch and replied, โ€œfine. meet me at the library at 3 today. iโ€™ll be in one of the study rooms.โ€ย 
you walked away before he could say anything else, knowing if he flirted with you again, you might just fold. sure, he never would want a serious relationship with you of all people, but damn was that man good looking.ย 
you let your thoughts drift towards sunghoon as you made your way to your dorm. you thought of the coffee you were holding in your hand, and his hand around yours. you thought of his pretty smile and how tall he was, before you pushed those thoughts away. he quite literally did the bare minimum and you were blushing over that? heโ€™d have to try harder to gain your attention (not that he didnโ€™t have it already, you realized with embarrassment).
as you arrived at your dorm, you let yourself in with your key, seeing a familiar figure sitting at your desk. โ€œhey jungwon.โ€ย 
โ€œhey, wonyoung let me in before she left for class,โ€ he mentioned your roommate, just barely glancing up from his phone as you set your coffee on the desk he was sitting at.ย 
ย โ€œyou stopped to get coffee on the way here?โ€ jungwon asked.
โ€œno, sunghoon actually got it for me,โ€ you replied nonchalantly, absentmindedly twirling the ends of your hair around your finger.ย 
โ€œsunghoon? he was asking me about you the other day. is there anything going on between you two?โ€ jungwon asked suggestively, nudging you lightly with his shoulder.ย 
โ€œno? kinda? i mean, it was sweet of him to ask you about my coffee order i guess, and heโ€™s definitely not an ugly guy, and then thereโ€™s also jake, but i mean i donโ€™t know,โ€ you answered honestly. your thoughts were so scrambled you felt like you were talking in circles. โ€œi just donโ€™t wanna be another one of those girls that he messes with for a month and then moves onto the next.โ€
jungwon nodded his head solemnly in response, โ€œyeah when he asked me about you i was definitely very skeptical because of what weโ€™ve heard of him, but he wanted to know about you like really bad so i donโ€™t know. technically you donโ€™t really have to take him too serious either, you know. youโ€™re young, pretty and single, you should flirt around a bit! you canโ€™t put all your eggs in one basket with jake.โ€
โ€œugh i know,โ€ you groaned as you laid on your bed with a slight thump. โ€œitโ€™s like that guyโ€™s oblivious to everything. you know, i asked him if he wanted to go out for dinner, and i show up to the restaurant and he brought jay with him! like i did my hair and makeup all nice and i put on my prettiest outfit and instead of being on a date i'm third wheeling him and jay!"
"yeah jake might be a littleโ€ฆ slow. but i mean other than that he's the perfect package, right?" jungwon asked, turning in his seat so he was facing you.ย 
"honestly i don't even know anymore, i feel like i'm going crazy. all i've thought of today was sunghoon, and i'm seeing him later to study, jungwon what am i gonna do?"
"oh no you got it bad," jungwon sighed.ย 
"please don't say that i think i'll have to throw myself off a cliff."
"oh don't say that, he seemed like he genuinely wanted to get to know you when i was talking to him," jungwon shrugged. "he practically begged me for info on you."
"i don't know, i'll just see how it goes, play it by ear. i'll keep you updated," you sighed.ย 
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you had been waiting for sunghoon for 20 minutes now and he still hasn't shown. you didn't have his number and you certainly didn't know his socials so you didn't have any way to text him.ย 
you felt a little humiliated as you started to pack your things up. why would sunghoon actually be taking this class serious? of course he didnโ€™t care about this class, you felt stupid for even thinking so.ย 
you knew deep down this wasnโ€™t about studying for an exam for a gen ed class. you knew you were hurt because a tiny part of you was excited to see sunghoon. as obnoxious as the boy was, he was very easy on the eyes. and in some small way, you felt like if he took this seriously maybe he'd take you seriously as well.
you might have been reading too much into it though.
just as you had zipped your bag up, sunghoon rushed into the study room, his hair messed up like he just woke up from bed.ย 
"sorry i'm late, i took a nap and my alarm didn't go off and i've never been to this side of the library so i had a bit of a hard time finding where you were," he apologized.ย 
"sunghoon if you didn't wanna study with me that's fine but if that's the case can you just tell me beforehand so that you don't waste my time?" you snapped. "if you don't wanna take your studies seriously then i really canโ€™t help you."
"i am taking this seriously!" he exclaimed frantically, worried you'd leave. "i really am sorry i swear, i really really need your help please, y/n."ย 
you felt your heart flutter as you heard your name escape his lips. "fine, but you better pay attention or i'm never helping you again."
"thank you so much," he sighed in relief. "i'm not gonna lie, i haven't been paying attention at all in that class and i need all the help i can get."
"yeah, i can tell," you replied, before you could think your words through. "not saying you're dumb or anything i just noticed how you were on your phone like all the time."
"oh so you did notice me?" sunghoon asked, an eyebrow raised in question. "i don't know y/n, sounds to me like you're in love with me."
"whatever," you replied, choosing to ignore his comments as you pulled your notes out. "alright, we've got a week until our midterm, so we've gotta lock in if you wanna pass."
of course, that was easier said than done.ย 
sunghoon couldn't focus on the material when you were sitting right next to him, with your pretty hair and pretty smile and pretty lips and god did he wanna kiss you right then and there.ย 
"sunghoon? are you paying attention?"ย 
"yea of course," he answered, picking up his pen to pretend he knew what you were talking about.ย 
you narrowed your eyes but shrugged it off. you had been there for 2 hours, and sunghoon felt like it was going nowhere. it wasn't your fault though, it was his.ย 
it was like all he could think about was you. he had never ever felt this way about anyone. i'm going insane, he thought.ย 
"alright, so that wraps up the first three chapters. she'll be testing us on only chapters 1-5 so you're lucky. i'd recommend reviewing what we went over together just in case and we can meet up on monday if you want?" you asked.ย 
"yea no of course," sunghoon answered. "actually why don't i give you my number," he muttered, scribbling his number down on a sheet of paper.ย 
he ripped it off and handed it to you with a grin. "thanks for everything today y/n, you're a lifesaver."
"yeah, you're welcome," you replied quickly, looking away before he realized just how nervous you were.ย 
of course, he didn't notice though. he was worried that you would notice how nervous he was. and worried about teaching himself chapters 1-3 since he was being an idiot and wasn't paying attention.ย 
"i'll just uh text you when i get back to my dorm." you gave him a little smile and a wave before you left.ย 
thinking about sunghoon once again, you suddenly couldn't wait until monday.
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friday you arrived at your class with sunghoon, a slight skip in your step. you sat in your usual seat, slightly awaiting his arrival (not that youโ€™d ever tell him). as the start of class started to near, you found yourself looking for sunghoon, wondering where he was.ย 
you thought of texting him, picking up your phone to ask him where he was, but suddenly stopped yourself. no, you were not going to fold. you barely knew sunghoon, and just because he bought you coffee once doesnโ€™t mean anything.ย 
just as your professor was getting started, you heard the door open, glancing over to see sunghoon hastily walk over to the seat beside you, two cups of coffee in hand.ย 
โ€œsorry i was running late, i went to grab coffee for us and it was crazy busy at the cafe,โ€ he whispered as he started to take his notes out.ย 
he handed you your cup, your exact order sitting before you. โ€œsunghoon, you really didnโ€™t have to.โ€ย 
he was now searching his bag for a pen, a pencil, hell even a highlighter to write his notes with. he had never cared for this class, but for some reason he wanted to impress you. โ€œyeah yeah, i know iโ€™m the greatest, do you have a pen by any chance?โ€ย 
โ€œoh wow look at you sunghoon, i donโ€™t think iโ€™ve ever seen you care about this class so much,โ€ you grinned, handing him a pencil from your bag. โ€œbut seriously, thanks. you donโ€™t have to buy me coffee everyday.โ€
โ€œitโ€™s no biggie, weโ€™re friends, arenโ€™t we?โ€ sunghoon smiled at you. he usually said this to girls to get in their pants, but with you, he meant it. he found himself wanting to be sincere and honest whenever he was with you. โ€œand plus, youโ€™re a saint for helping me study.โ€
he wanted to throw up with how sickeningly sweet you made him feel.ย 
โ€œsure,โ€ you replied, turning back to the lecture.ย 
you didnโ€™t believe sunghoon. he may be pretty, but not pretty enough for you believe everything he said. he reminded you of your exโ€“ willing to say and do anything to get what he wanted. sure, sunghoon hadnโ€™t done anything bad to you, yet. you werenโ€™t quite sure what sunghoon wanted, but you werenโ€™t going to be one of his victims. you refused to be.ย 
โ€œhey do you want to get dinner tonight? give us a break from studying?โ€ he whispered.ย 
โ€œdinner? oh how forward of you sunghoon, if i didnโ€™t know any better, iโ€™d say you liked me,โ€ you chuckled, not bothering to look up from the notes you were taking.
โ€œwho said i didnโ€™t?โ€
you turned your head to see he was already looking at you, a small smile on his face. he had to be lying, you deduced. he hadnโ€™t even known your name three weeks ago and itโ€™s not like the class you were in was huge. there was maybe less than 30 kids present.ย 
sunghoon himself felt a little nervous as the words slipped. he wasnโ€™t sure why though. sunghoon had been in this situation millions of times, and he was always successful in getting what he wanted, so why the hell were you making him nervous?
โ€œyeah whatever,โ€ you shrugged him off. โ€œif you like me so much, pick me up at 8.โ€ย 
โ€œitโ€™s a date.โ€
he was so quick with his flirtatious responses. too quick, you thought. thatโ€™s how you know heโ€™s done this countless times. โ€œwhatever sunghoon, donโ€™t make it weird, weโ€™re just friends.โ€
โ€œrightโ€ฆโ€ he trailed off. friends? he pretty much asked you on a date and you friendzoned him? of course sunghoon could just stop pursuing you, but oh how he liked a challenge (and your smile and perfume and your laugh and the sound of your voice).ย 
you on the other hand, could feel your palms starting to sweat as you thought of your (somewhat?) date with sunghoon. what were you going to wear, where would you go to eat, what did he want with you, was this even a real date?
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sitting at your local thai restaurant, silence surrounded you and sunghoon as you sipped on your thai tea. you had spent the past hour getting to know each other, talking about your classes, your friends, your families. you talked about your favorite movies, foods, music. at this point, you felt like you knew everything about him. you were the only people left in the restaurant, your food waiting to be boxed up.
โ€œhi, iโ€™ll take the check,โ€ you said to your server as they dropped off some to-go boxes.ย 
โ€œoh, it was already taken care of.โ€
you shot a betrayed look at sunghoon as your server walked away, telling you to have a nice night! โ€œsunghoon, i told you iโ€™d take care of the bill,โ€ you huffed, packing up your food.ย 
โ€œthis is a date, y/n. a date that i asked you on, iโ€™m not gonna let you pay,โ€ sunghoon responded, as if this were obvious. โ€œyou can pay for our next date.โ€
โ€œwhatever,โ€ you replied, trying to hide the small smile creeping on your face.ย 
โ€œoh, so this is a date?โ€ sunghoon asked, eyebrow raised.ย 
โ€œi didnโ€™t say that.โ€
โ€œokay but you didnโ€™t deny it when i called it that.โ€
you chose to ignore what he said.ย 
โ€œand you didnโ€™t say no when i brought up a second one?โ€
โ€œoh in your dreams, hoon.โ€
hoon? you were already on a nickname basis? sunghoon thought. hearing his name come from your mouth had to be the most beautiful thing he ever heard.ย 
โ€œcome on, let me take you out again,โ€ he pleaded, pouting. you sat for a moment in thought.ย 
โ€œiโ€™ll think about it.โ€ย 
โ€œhow come you donโ€™t have a boyfriend already?โ€ sunghoon asked.ย 
โ€œnot trying to say youโ€™re like undateable or anything,โ€ he rambled after he glanced up at you. โ€œi just mean, a girl as great as you, i donโ€™t see how you arenโ€™t taken already.โ€
a minute passed, and then two as you tried to figure out if you wanted to dive into your baggage with the boy sitting in front of you. you decided that sunghoon really wasnโ€™t as bad as you thought. not a bad enough person to make fun of you, at least.
โ€œyea well, with a cheating ex boyfriend, itโ€™s kinda hard for me to get back into dating. now i just feel like every guy i meet is gonna fuck me over somehow, you know? itโ€™s just hard to find someone new when the last time i fell in love, i got my heart stomped on.โ€ย 
sunghoon let your words process in his mind, watching as you swirled the straw in your cup around, almost absentmindedly as you sat in thought. you hated feeling vulnerable. you donโ€™t think you told anyone but jungwon about your ex. as you glanced up at sunghoon, you saw his gaze soften.ย 
โ€œi get that,โ€ he responded. โ€œi was also cheated on.โ€
you looked at him quizzically, because who was dumb enough to cheat on park sunghoon? sure, he was a little annoying and cocky sometimes, and he was a player. but he seemed nice and funny, and he was rich and good looking. he was almost the complete package. if anything, you expected him to be the cheater.ย 
you immediately felt guilty after that thought, feeling that maybe you had judged sunghoon too soon.
โ€œyea it was back in high school and um,โ€ he paused, trying to gather his thoughts. you waited patiently as he did so, taking a sip of your drink.ย 
โ€œshe was my everything at the time. i mean, i know i was in high school, but i thought i would like, end up marrying her,โ€ he continued with a dry chuckle. โ€œbut then i found out she was hooking up with some guy from a different school. i caught them at a party she thought i couldnโ€™t go to. i know dating around is a horrible way to cope with heartbreak, but i canโ€™t get my heart broken again if i break the other personโ€™s heart first, right?โ€ย 
you sat in silence for a bit. you started to feel a bond start to form between the two of you as you let what he said sink in. maybe sunghoon was right about how dating around wasnโ€™t good, but at least heโ€™s self aware! he just didnโ€™t want to get hurt, and in a way, didnโ€™t that make him like you?
you reached your hand across the table to hold onto his out of comfort, sending tingles throughout his body as he looked up at you,โ€œiโ€™m sorry, hoon. it sucks, i know. and thanks for sharing this with me. you can always talk to me about anything anytime, okay?โ€
a small smile formed on his face as he looked at you; so caring, so understanding, so perfect.ย 
โ€œhey, y/n, sunghoon!โ€ you heard a familiar voice exclaim. you could recognize that voice from anywhere, you realized as you turned to see jake making his way towards you. jungwon followed behind him, eyebrows raised at the sight of you and sunghoon together outside of a school setting. you quickly retracted your hand from his, fixing your hair, tucking your hair behind your ears.ย 
this didnโ€™t go unnoticed by sunghoon, who felt a twinge of jealousy. just when he thought he had make a break through, here comes jake.
โ€œwhat a coincidence bumping into you guys!โ€ jake smiled. โ€œi didnโ€™t know you guys knew each other.โ€ย 
โ€œoh yea, it seems like you know each other very well,โ€ jungwon replied suggestively. you had never wanted to beat jungwon up so bad in your entire life. โ€œare you guys here on a date?โ€
โ€œno.โ€
โ€œyes.โ€ย 
you and sunghoon both answered at the same time. you could feel sunghoonโ€™s betrayed gaze on you as your face started to warm up. โ€œno, weโ€™re not on a date, weโ€™ve just been studying so much we figured weโ€™d get some dinner as a reward. as friends. because thatโ€™s what sunghoon and i are, just friends.โ€ย 
you felt your face get even warmer as you rambled on, wishing someone would stop you from talking.ย 
โ€œoh okay!โ€ jake exclaimed. โ€œwell jungwon and i were just picking up some food, and we were gonna head to my apartment if you guys wanted to stop by after your dinner? weโ€™re doing a movie night.โ€
you glanced over at sunghoon, taking a second to try to decipher what he was thinking. you could tell he was upset that you said you werenโ€™t on a date, but to be fair, was this even really a date? you were still trying to figure that out yourself.
โ€œuh, no thanks jake. sunghoon and i are probably going out for dessert after this,โ€ you replied.ย 
sunghoonโ€™s head snapped up. you were saying no to hanging out with jake?
you on the other hand, had remembered what jungwon had told you earlier this weekโ€“ how you shouldnโ€™t put all of your eggs in jakeโ€™s basket. jungwon seemed to remember this as well as he gave you a smile and a small thumbs up. you only smiled and shook your head in response.ย 
being with sunghoon tonight just felt so right. in every way possible. you wanted to see where this would lead. sunghoon didnโ€™t seem as bad as everyone else painted him out to be.ย 
โ€œoh well thatโ€™s alright, thereโ€™s always some other time,โ€ jake replied. โ€œweโ€™ll get going then, see you later guys!โ€
you waved the duo goodbye and waited until they were out of earshot before you turned to sunghoon. โ€œso, wanna get ice cream or something? iโ€™ll pay this time.โ€
โ€œno, itโ€™s okay,โ€ sunghoon shook his head in response. โ€œi think iโ€™m just gonna go home, go to bed early.โ€
was that hurt that you saw on his face?
โ€œhoon, iโ€™m sorry-,โ€
โ€œno, itโ€™s okay,โ€ he replied. โ€œthis wasnโ€™t a date anyways, right? no hard feelings at all.โ€
there were hard feelings, you could tell. โ€œiโ€™ll drive you back to your dorm.โ€
as hurt as sunghoon was, he wasnโ€™t going to let you walk home alone in the middle of the night.ย 
the car ride was quick. you felt like the drive home was faster than the drive to the restaurant, but you werenโ€™t sure if it was because sunghoon didnโ€™t want to be in the same space as you, or if you were simply overthinking.
there was a tense silence surrounding you as he pulled into your dorm building parking lot. โ€œthanks for tonight hoon, i had fun,โ€ you finally said as he put his car into park. โ€œi guess iโ€™ll see you monday? so that we can go over chapters 4 and 5?โ€ย 
your heart raced at the thought of seeing him again, your fingers moving to fiddle with the little charm you had hanging off your tote bag. you were nervous. you hadnโ€™t even left his car yet and you were already getting excited to see him again.ย 
โ€œi actually think iโ€™ll be okay,โ€ sunghoon responded, avoiding eye contact with you. โ€œiโ€™ll just see you in class.โ€
โ€œoh,โ€ you replied. you felt a wave of disappointment hit you as you unbuckled your seatbelt. โ€œwell then iโ€™ll see you around.โ€ย 
sunghoon watched to make sure you got inside safely before backing out of his parking spot, driving back in the direction of his apartment.ย 
he felt like maybe he was acting a bit overdramatic, but he couldnโ€™t help the hurt he felt when you were flirting with him not even two minutes before jake showed up, and then you wanted to act like you were nothing more than study buddies. or in your words, just friends! he was vulnerable with you, and he felt like maybe there was something between you now.
apparently not, he thought bitterly.
sunghoon knew he shouldnโ€™t feel so hurt, because at the end of the day, he didnโ€™t have the best intentions when he approached you at yeonjunโ€™s party. he felt guilt wash over him as he remembered what you said about your ex, and then thought of the bet he had made with heeseung.
maybe this was a bad idea after all, he thought. sunghoon had never cared for any of the girls he met before you, and now suddenly you were all he cared about; he wore his nicest clothes when he knew heโ€™d see you, spray his fancy cologne, do his hair extra nice. heโ€™d even went out of his way every morning to get you his favorite coffee even though your favorite cafe was in the opposite direction of your school.ย 
oh, sunghoon had it bad.ย 
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sunghoon had been avoiding you since your (sorta) date. you still werenโ€™t even sure what it was, you just knew that being with him was fun. he was nicer than you thought heโ€™d be, and he was really funny. to say you were surprised was an understatement. you had even had the same taste in music and movies. it felt like he was you in another body.
monday had rolled by and just as sunghoon said, he didnโ€™t show up to the library. he didnโ€™t even sit next to you in class earlier that day. you had tried to wave him over to take the seat next you, tried to catch up with him in the halls, but he had just avoided your gaze and sped-walked away.ย 
of course, any kind of rejection would hurt, but you took a hard blow to this especially. you werenโ€™t sure why. you didnโ€™t know sunghoon for long, but you never felt so close to someone in such a short span of time. you donโ€™t think youโ€™ve felt this way since your ex.
thursday, you sat in your usual spot at the library, doing some last minute cramming for your midterm the next day. it was late at night, and you had been studying for hours on end. you decided you studied enough, and that there was only so much you could do, as you started to pack your laptop and notebooks into your bag.ย 
โ€œhey,โ€ you heard a familiar voice say in front of you.ย 
you looked up and saw sunghoon, out of breath.ย 
โ€œhey.โ€
โ€œsorry, give me a second, i ran here from your dorm.โ€
โ€œhowโ€™d you know iโ€™d be here?โ€ you asked as you put your bag on.ย 
โ€œyour roommate told me where you were after i wouldnโ€™t stop knocking on your door. and i knew the library closed soon and i just needed to see you now, before i regret not saying this.โ€ย 
โ€œhoon, the libraryโ€™s open all night now, they changed the hours like a month ago. what did you need to say-,โ€
โ€œiโ€™m sorry about how our date ended,โ€ he cut you off.ย 
โ€œokay wait, iโ€™m not sorry for being hurt,โ€ he backtracked. โ€œbut i am sorry about how i handled it. i just havenโ€™t been on a serious date in a long time. so when you were talking to jake, i got jealous and i was hurt that you said that we were just friends, when to me it felt like we had something more. i shouldโ€™ve told you then, like an adult, instead of icing you out, and iโ€™m sorry.โ€
you felt guilt wash over you as you remembered how you acted, โ€œhoon iโ€™m really-,โ€ย 
โ€œwait, let me finish first, please,โ€ he interrupted yet again. you only nodded in response as he continued. โ€œi was wondering why i was so hurt, and it dawned on me that i like you, a lot more than i thought i would. i think youโ€™re funny, and one of the smartest and nicest people in the world if you would offer to tutor an idiot like me. i think youโ€™re the only person iโ€™ve wanted to take serious since high school, and i just hope that maybe you felt the same way?โ€ย 
he searched your face for a sign, any indication that you felt the same way. your expression was unreadable, still processing everything sunghoon had just said.ย 
at this point, everyone else in the library had left. a minute had passed, then two before sunghoon sighed. โ€œitโ€™s alright, you donโ€™t have to give me an answer now.โ€ he turned to do the walk of shame, already feeling the tips of his ears turning pink. well at least i went for it.
โ€œwait,โ€ you called after him, grabbing onto his wrist. he turned back around to face you, your face heating up as you continued. โ€œiโ€™m sorry for the way i acted. i was being an idiot. i think that night was the most fun iโ€™ve had in a while, and i donโ€™t think iโ€™ve ever been so comfortable with someone who wasnโ€™t jungwon. i just panicked when jake and jungwon saw us together, and i am so so sorry. iโ€™m sorry if i made you feel like i was leading you on.โ€ย 
you donโ€™t think you ever felt your heart beat so fast, and you really hoped your hands werenโ€™t sweaty. youโ€™ve never felt so nervous in your life, and you felt terrible for how you made sunghoon feel. you felt like the guilt was going to eat you alive if he didnโ€™t forgive you.ย 
โ€œitโ€™s alright, i forgive you,โ€ sunghoon smiled, much to your relief. god, his smile was perfect.ย 
โ€œgood,โ€ you smiled, a sigh of relief escaping your lips.ย 
โ€œyou didnโ€™t tell me if you felt the same way,โ€ sunghoon responded.
you interlocked your fingers with his, hoping your hands werenโ€™t as clammy as you thought they were, โ€œi thought it was obvious.โ€
โ€œapparently not obvious enough,โ€ sunghoon grinned.ย 
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it had been six months since that day and you were the happiest girl in the world. sunghoon was everything you ever wanted in a partner. nice, smart, funny. not only did he treat you well, but he also treated your family well. visiting your parents with him, he always helped clean up after dinner, always brought a bouquet of flowers for your mother, always helped your dad with anything he needed.ย 
everything was perfect. you even thought you were falling in love with him. you didnโ€™t tell sunghoon this just yet though, out of fear that he didnโ€™t feel the same way.ย 
you decided tonight would be the night though. after a night out with friends you were spending the night at sunghoonโ€™s apartment, and that was when you would tell him, in the comfort of his home. to you, it didnโ€™t have to be a big proclamation, it didnโ€™t have to be at some fancy dinner or at some fancy event. to you, it was all about the little things, and as long as you were with sunghoon, nothing else mattered.ย 
so here you were, laughing at some joke heeseung had just made. the night was coming to an end, the rest of your friends had already left, leaving you and sunghoon alone with heeseung in his apartment.ย 
this wasnโ€™t the first time you had hung out with sunghoonโ€™s friends. they were all nice and funny, despite their horrendous reputations around campus. you found that just like sunghoon, they grew on you over time.
โ€œyou ready to go, my love?โ€ sunghoon asked you.ย 
โ€œyea, i just need to run to the bathroom before we go,โ€ you answered, giving his hand a little squeeze before getting up.ย 
once heeseung heard the bathroom door close, he pretended to gag. โ€œgod, you guys are so gross.โ€ย 
โ€œwhatever,โ€ sunghoon rolled his eyes. โ€œi think youโ€™re just jealous.โ€
these past six months have been the best of sunghoonโ€™s life. he didnโ€™t think he was even capable of being this happy. he loved you; every single thing about you. you were the sun that he revolved around and the air that he breathed. you were his everything.ย 
โ€œso when are you gonna dump her?โ€ heeseung asked, snapping sunghoon out of his thoughts of you. heeseung asked this so casually, as if he didnโ€™t just ask when sunghoon would break up with the love of his life.ย 
โ€œwhat are you talking about?โ€
โ€œdude, do you not remember how this whole thing even started?โ€ heeseung chuckled. โ€œi thought you were just with her for our bet.โ€
โ€œno thatโ€™s not-,โ€
โ€œyou won, by the way. honestly, i was scared youโ€™d bring the bet back up, but now that hockeyโ€™s over i donโ€™t think iโ€™ll mind doing your laundry too much.โ€ heeseung cut him off. โ€œshe is completely in love with you. like, she looks like sheโ€™d do anything for you man. now that youโ€™ve won, you can just dump her. wasnโ€™t that what you were gonna do anyways?โ€
sunghoon heard heeseungโ€™s front door open and close, the sound of rapid footsteps following it immediately after.ย 
you had heard what heeseung had said.ย 
โ€œfuck,โ€ sunghoon muttered. he raced to grab his things and to follow after you, ignoring whatever else heeseung had to say. nothing else in the world mattered now, because how the fuck was sunghoon going to explain this to you?
you, on the other hand, felt like an idiot. of course park sunghoon wasnโ€™t actually into you. of course you were a bet because what other reason could there be? you werenโ€™t some fabulous daughter of a ceo, you werenโ€™t a division one athlete, you werenโ€™t even top of your class. nothing about you stood out, so why would he want to be with you of all people?ย 
โ€œy/n please,โ€ you heard sunghoon shout after you. you chose to ignore him, hearing rapid footsteps as he jogged to catch up to you, โ€œy/n, stop please.โ€ย 
his hand wrapped around your wrist. you hated that even now, your heart fluttered as you heard your name leave his mouth, butterflies in your stomach at the physical contact of his hand around yours.ย 
โ€œi know youโ€™re mad at me, but let me drive you home.โ€
โ€œiโ€™d rather walk then get in a car with you, park sunghoon,โ€ you snapped, snatching your hand out of his. he shrinked at the sound of his full name coming out of your mouth. you hadnโ€™t called him that since before your first date.ย 
it started to drizzle at this point, and you werenโ€™t sure if what you felt on your face was the rain or your own tears.ย 
โ€œyouโ€™re so full of yourself. all you know is how to manipulate and hook up with whoever throws themself at you. youโ€™re nothing but a pathetic loser who doesnโ€™t know how to love because no oneโ€™s ever loved you.โ€
โ€œbut i thought you loved me,โ€ he breathed, his eyes searching yours. of course, this wasnโ€™t something that was spoken upfront. it was never confirmed by you, but you didnโ€™t need to say it. he just knew that you loved him because he loved you. he was desperate now, eyes searching all over your face for some sort of confirmation, a small smile, a nod, anything, that indicated that you loved him.ย 
a wave of deja vu washed over the two of you, the moment almost exactly mirroring your moment at the library; the lingering touches, the desperate gazes. that was one of the happiest days of your life, and now you didnโ€™t even know if sunghoon meant what he said that day or if he was just saying what you wanted to hear. how the fuck did the two of year get here?
โ€œi donโ€™t love you sunghoon. i never did and i never will. youโ€™re an idiot if you think iโ€™d love someone like you.โ€
you felt sick to your stomach. you didnโ€™t mean what you were saying. it was like you couldnโ€™t stop the words coming from your mouth, like you werenโ€™t even in control of your own body. the words escaped your mouth so fast you couldnโ€™t even process what you were saying. you couldnโ€™t even register the guilt you were feeling until you took in sunghoonโ€™s hurt expression; eyes wide with tears, nose starting to turn red and stuffy.ย 
โ€œoh,โ€ he replied, so softly that you could barely hear him.ย 
he sounded so small now, a stark contrast to how he seemed; tall, confident, outspoken. now he was like a lost little boy, and your heart physically felt like it was hurting knowing you were the one that made him feel this way.
it had started pouring by this point. you were gonna get sick if you stayed out in the rain, sunghoon thought. even when you were tearing his heart out, all he could think of was you. all he cared about was you.ย 
โ€œi see how it is then, y/n,โ€ he started to back away from you, eyes searching yours once again, giving you one final chance to take back what you said. he thought you had loved him, and he was so so sure he felt the same, because why else did it feel like his heart was being stepped on? why else did he feel like jumping off the face of the earth? why else did he feel so hurt?
โ€œsunghoon i didnโ€™t-,โ€
โ€œyes you did,โ€ he cut you off. โ€œyou meant all of it. and you were right. all i do is manipulate and hook up with people, but you? you are- were,โ€ he corrected himself, taking a deep breath between words.ย  โ€œyou were the realest relationship iโ€™ve ever had.โ€ย 
you took a deep breath as you felt yourself start to sob, your vision blurring as sunghoon continued, โ€œi shouldnโ€™t have made that stupid bet with heeseung, and i apologize for that. what we had might have started off fake, but trust me when i say that somewhere along the line, i really did fall for you. it was like one day you were suddenly everywhere; youโ€™re the earth that keeps me grounded, youโ€™re in every love song i listen to and youโ€™re the air that i breathe. youโ€™re my everything, y/n.โ€
you were never one to cry, but now you were bawling your eyes out, wanting so so desperately to tell sunghoon that you felt the same way, that he was your everything, that he was the only person for you, that he wasnโ€™t perfect, but perfect for you. that he was made for you and you were made for him and that you forgave him and you loved him and all you wanted to do was be with him.
but how could you believe him? after what you found out tonight how could you know he wasnโ€™t just lying to your face again? you felt like your head was spinning and you had a thousand thoughts running through your mind at once. you wanted to hug him, kiss his tears away, tell him that you loved him, that everything will be fixed and everything will be okay.ย 
instead of doing so, you stood your ground.
ย โ€œgoodbye sunghoon.โ€
sunghoon let you walk away, despite the fact that he felt like he was dying. your goodbye sounded so final, you were slipping away and sunghoon was going to let you. he was letting you walk away because he loved you. god, he loved you more than the moon loved the stars and more than romeo had loved juliet. he loved you so much that he realized that he wasnโ€™t good for you. that in order for you to be happy, he would have to disappear from your life.ย 
which is exactly what he did.ย 
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a month had passed, and jungwon was begging you to go to yeonjunโ€™s end of the year party.
you had kept to yourself after the breakup, focusing on your studies, basically living at the library now. you avoided heeseung and sunghoon, and everytime you had heard one of their names being mentioned by your peers, you simply tuned it out, not wanting to hear if sunghoon had already moved on or not.ย 
you were still not over sunghoon. it hurt hearing his name, hurt seeing old pictures of you two together, even thinking about him ruined the remainder of your day. you knew you were supposed to be mad at him. he lied to you, he betrayed your trust, he dated you for a bet. all of this made you feel guilty for missing him.ย 
you missed waking up next to him, you missed taking his dog on walks together. you missed visiting your parents together (who you didnโ€™t have the heart to tell that you and sunghoon were no longer dating), you missed going out to that thai restaurant every friday night, and you missed fighting with him over who would pay the bill. you missed the way he looked at you, the way heโ€™d play with your hair until you fell asleep. you missed his everything.ย 
yet here jungwon was, dragging you out of your dorm after finally convincing you to go to yeonjunโ€™s party. โ€œyou know what they say! the only way to get over somebody is to hook up with somebody else.โ€
โ€œi doubt iโ€™m going home with anyone tonight,โ€ you scoffed as you arrived to yeonjunโ€™s house, the sound of music being heard through the front door. โ€œyou know i suck at having one night stands.โ€
โ€œeven if you donโ€™t, i just want you to have fun,โ€ jungwon replied earnestly. โ€œi havenโ€™t seen you happy in a while. you deserve to be.โ€ย 
you felt tears prick your eyes at his kind words, which you blinked away, โ€œwhatever, letโ€™s just get to partying!โ€
an hour in, and you were already regretting your decision to come. you had lost jungwon somewhere in the crowd, and you didnโ€™t have the energy to look around for him. yeonjunโ€™s house was so big that there was no way you could find jungwon on your first try.ย 
you instead opted to explore the house you were in until you stumbled upon a bedroom which was (thankfully) empty.ย 
this is probably yeonjunโ€™s room, you thought as you sat on the edge of his bed, making sure you didnโ€™t mess up his sheets. as you looked around at the decor yeonjun had hung up on his walls, you heard the door open.ย 
your eyes met sunghoonโ€™s and it was almost like the wind got knocked out of you. you didnโ€™t need to look at the rest of him to know it was him. you knew his eyes from anywhere.
breaking eye contact, you studied the rest of him. he looked as good as ever, not a single hair out of place.ย 
โ€œhey,โ€ you said lamely, watching as his face sunk as he looked at you. ouch. โ€œi can leave if you want, if youโ€™re like, looking to hook up with someone or something.โ€ those words physically pained you to say. leaving a room you were hiding in first so that your ex boyfriend could hook up with someone else? it sounded pathetic.
you started to grab your drink and your bag before sunghoon stopped you. โ€œno itโ€™s okay, i just needed to get away from the party and i was just spooked to see you. i didnโ€™t think iโ€™d see you again. and plus, i havenโ€™t been seeing anyone since us.โ€ย 
us. you felt your heart squeeze a bit at the single word. you were so sure that sunghoon would start seeing other people after your breakup, and you felt like a loser for rotting in bed while you assumed he was out with other people.ย 
โ€œoh,โ€ you muttered.
you sat in silence for a bit, with you sat on the edge of the bed, and sunghoon stood by the door, looking as if heโ€™d leave whenever you wanted him to.
โ€œyou can come sit if you want,โ€ you patted the bed beside you. โ€œthereโ€™s enough room for both of us.โ€
sunghoon raised his eyebrow in question but didnโ€™t hesitate to sit beside you, his familiar cologne hitting you.ย 
โ€œhoon, i miss you.โ€
sunghoon wasnโ€™t sure if you meant what you were saying or if you had one too many drinks. he didnโ€™t want to get his hopes up.ย 
โ€œare you sure you havenโ€™t had too much to drink?โ€ he chuckled dryly.
โ€œno, this is just sprite, i didnโ€™t wanna get too drunk, i have a final i still need to study for,โ€ you responded.ย 
the awkward tension sitting between the two of you made you want to jump out a window. things were never awkward between you and sunghoon before and you hated that it was awkward now. fuck, why isnโ€™t he saying anything? you thought. does he not miss me? this is so embarrassing.ย 
before you could stop yourself, just like the night of your break up, you suddenly started talking faster than your brain could process.
โ€œiโ€™m sorry for what i said the last time we saw each other. i was hurt and i also felt betrayed that you would do that to me because i loved you and you knew about my ex, so it kinda felt like a slap to the face,โ€ you rambled. โ€œbut i miss you. there hasnโ€™t been a day that i havenโ€™t missed you, hoon.โ€
sunghoon didnโ€™t know what to say. he felt like he was dreaming. you missed him?
โ€œyou loved me?โ€ sunghoon asked instead, not believing his ears. he needed to hear you say it again, needed to hear those three words fall from your lips one more time. he needed this reassurance that his feelings were reciprocated.ย ย 
โ€œi still love you, i think. itโ€™s just hard for me to fall for you again when things ended the way they did,โ€ you continued. โ€œhoon, if we do this again, i need you to be honest with me. about everything.โ€
he slowly inched his hands toward yours, scared that if he moved too fast youโ€™d leave. when he saw you werenโ€™t moving away, he grasped your hands in his, the feeling of your hands interlocked was the feeling he had missed most of all.ย 
โ€œi promise things will be different this time,โ€ he said earnestly, his eyes searching yours for any sort of uncertainty at the words he spoke. โ€œi meant every single thing i said that night. i love you y/n, with every fiber of my being. i know we canโ€™t immediately go back to the way things were, but i will do everything i can to gain your trust back. iโ€™ll get on my knees right now and start begging if i have to.โ€
โ€œwell that doesnโ€™t seem like a bad idea,โ€ you teased. โ€œdo you really love me?โ€ย 
โ€œi thought it was obvious.โ€
โ€œapparently not obvious enough.โ€
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genre(s): angst, some fluff at the end, exes to best friends to lovers, highschool au, lowercase intended, lots of pov changes
requested: nope !
pairing(s): yang jungwon x reader, ft. yuna (itzy), and intak (p1h)
word count: 7.2k (my longest fic yet ! )ย 
warning(s): cursing, underage drinking, a tiny bit of infidelityย 
synopsis: you had been in love with yang jungwon since the day you met him.ย 
note: lowercase is intended, lots of pov changes! (read carefully so you donโ€™t get confused lol). this took me a year to make PLEASE don't judge too harshly i put my heart and soul into this ๐Ÿ˜ญ. took me a year to make but could not come up with a title for the life of me, hence why it is called untitled, silly silly me. this was really fun to make though and although it took me a while to make, i'm very proud of it. lmk if you want to be added to my taglist and i will gladly do so !! special thanks to my bestie abby and my bf dean for proofreading love you both <3333
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you were certain this was the end of your friendship with jungwon. again. but this time you knew it would be permanent.
he was the boy who lived next door. growing up, you had always admired him from afar. the class president who everyone, including the upperclassmen, seemed to get along with.ย ย 
you had liked him until freshman year, when you got tired of pining over someone who didnโ€™t seem to hold any interest in you. as comical as it seems, that was around the time that he had started to take an interest in you.ย 
and so he courted you, bringing you your favorite drink, walking you home, even coming over for dinner and hanging out at your house. this helped blossom a friendship that no one saw coming, and it wasnโ€™t long until people started to wonder if you two were an item.ย 
it took two months for jungwon to muster up the courage to ask you to be his girlfriend.ย 
you were sure you were over your crush on him, that it was just a silly childhood crush. but as you hung out with him more and more, you couldnโ€™t help but fall for him all over again. of course you said yes, because who wouldnโ€™t say yes to the pretty starry-eyed boy standing before you?
jungwon was a nice boyfriend; going on dates quite often, never fought, and he would buy you flowers without being asked.. maybe the latter was why the whirlwind relationship only lasted five months.ย 
you remember the day so vividly, sitting on the bench at your favorite park; the same park where jungwon had asked you to be his, and here he was, asking you to break up.
ย it seemed poetic in a kind of way, starting as his, and leaving as no oneโ€™s.
โ€œiโ€™m sorry. iโ€™ve just lost romantic feelings,โ€ jungwon stated, staring down at the grass as a breeze of wind came, the blades of grass swaying slightly. โ€œitโ€™s just that weโ€™ve both been so busy with other things, and i guess we kinda just like, drifted apart because of it.โ€
โ€œyeah, i think so too,โ€ you replied nonchalantly, ignoring the slight sting in your heart.ย 
his head snapped up, your eyes finally meeting his, โ€œwait, actually? youโ€™re not lying?โ€ the sound of relief in his voice made your heart feel like it was being squeezed.
โ€œdo you want to get rid of me that bad?โ€ you instead teased with a grin.ย 
โ€œno!โ€ he exclaimed with wide eyes. โ€œi still wanna be friends with you. i might not like you romantically anymore, but i donโ€™t wanna like, lose the friendship we have, you know?โ€
โ€œyeah,โ€ you replied, โ€œwe can still be friends.โ€
and you two meant it. there were no tears, and no broken hearts (that you would like to admit). it was just a simple case of the right person and the wrong time, and as the years continued, you tried to convince yourself that it was just nothing. that jungwon was not your โ€œrightโ€ anything- he was just your best friend, nothing more, nothing less.ย 
you were almost successful. until your last year of high school approached.ย 
you and jungwon kept your word, you stayed friends. always being seen together; walking to class, walking home, studying in the library, eating lunch in the cafeteria.ย 
people still believed you were together, and you always had to correct them, because no you and jungwon were no longer together and no you were not a thing.
they never believed you, though.ย 
there was always a small part of you that wanted to say yes when someone would ask. that you and jungwon were a thing and that he was yours and you were his. but you never did, callingyourself crazy for even thinking of doing so.ย 
you found yourself doing it again as yuna had asked you earlier in the week.ย 
yuna was the new girl this year, having transferred from jyp high. from what you heard, she was nice, smart, and she was gorgeous. you were never one to put yourself down, but you couldnโ€™t say that you didnโ€™t feel insecure standing next to her.ย 
โ€œno, jungwon and i are not dating,โ€ you smiled politely. it was almost like a script at this point. โ€œweโ€™re just good friends.โ€
โ€œthatโ€™s good to hear,โ€ yuna smiled, her eyes sparkling. โ€œi just wanted to ask him out, but i wasnโ€™t going to if you had a thing!โ€
โ€œoh, youโ€™re thinking of confessing to him?โ€ you questioned. there was that little part of you again. the part that always said no! tell them youโ€™re a thing! tell them to not do it!
โ€œyeah, heโ€™s in a bunch of my classes. heโ€™s super smart and polite and he always knows how to make me laugh. and he has such pretty eyes,โ€ she sighed dreamily as her mouth formed into a lovesick smile.ย 
โ€œwell, he has that effect on people,โ€ you grinned.ย 
i would know, you thought.
ย โ€œi say go for it! heโ€™s not particularly interested in anyone, you have a good chance.โ€
โ€œyou really think so?โ€ she asked, eyes wide.ย 
god, i hope not, you thought. as shitty as it was, you didnโ€™t want jungwon to move on. you felt sick at the thought of him being with someone else.ย 
โ€œwhy not?โ€ you said instead. โ€œheโ€™ll be at the library after school today studying, iโ€™m supposed to meet him, but i can just tell him something came up.โ€ย 
โ€œoh my god, youโ€™re the best!โ€ she squealed, engulfing you in a hug. โ€œthank you thank you thank you.โ€
โ€œyouโ€™re welcome,โ€ you smiled, wrapping your arms around her, ignoring the green monster growing within you.
โ€”----
it had been four days since your conversation with yuna. every time you saw him, you waited for him to bring up the date with baited breath- but he hadnโ€™t said anything. not yet at least.
or maybe yuna simply didnโ€™t ask him on a date. thatโ€™s what you were secretly hoping, at least.
it seemed hoping wasnโ€™t enough. on the fifth day jungwon approached you from down the hall with those twinkling eyes and a bright smile you love so much, he seemed more energetic than usual with a little hop in his step.ย 
โ€œyouโ€™re not gonna believe what happened today!โ€ he exclaimed as he reached you at your locker.ย 
you could believe it. you were the one who hooked yuna up after all. yet you feigned curiosity as you looked at him quizzically, โ€œwhat is it?โ€
โ€œyuna asked me on a date! me! of all people! sheโ€™s so cool and smart and nice and pretty,โ€ he said with a dreamy look on his face.ย 
you knew that look. the far away gaze as he thought of her. it was one you would never forget. itโ€™s how he used to look at you. that lovesick grin and those twinkling eyes.
ย it had never bothered you before when jungwon had crushes on other girls, because well, thatโ€™s all they were. they never escalated into anything more. looking at his lovestruck expression, realization hit that jungwon wasnโ€™t yours anymore.ย 
you shouldnโ€™t have thought of it that way. you should be happy for him! you shouldโ€™ve been celebrating with him and cheering him on!ย ย 
you couldnโ€™t help the bittersweet smile on your face as you replied, โ€œoh, well thatโ€™s nice.โ€
his smile faltered slightly at your expression, concern slowly forming on his face.ย ย 
โ€œare you okay?โ€ he asked.ย 
โ€œiโ€™m fine, donโ€™t worry,โ€ you said, regaining your composure. โ€œiโ€™m happy for you! and donโ€™t worry about spending less time with me, youโ€™re gonna be a busy guy now! with a girlfriendโ€ฆโ€
โ€œokay, she is not my girlfriend. and even if she was, I would never ditch you!โ€ย 
โ€œyeah whatever you say, loverboy,โ€ you joked, giving him a playful nudge with your shoulder.ย 
โ€œno seriously, y/n,โ€ he replied, softly. โ€œare you okay with yuna and i being a thing? i just donโ€™t want it to be weird because you and i used to be a thing, and i know weโ€™re both over that but i just wanted to make sure-,โ€
โ€œwhat, me?โ€ you scoffed, cutting the boy off. โ€œwhat you and i had wasnโ€™t serious, it was just some dumb high school fling.โ€
even as you spoke those words, you knew they werenโ€™t true. it was more than just a fling. you loved him and maybe you still did.ย 
silence hung between you, the hallway getting quieter as the remaining students scrambled to their classes, the late bell ringing, leaving you and jungwon in the hallway alone.ย 
he looked hurt at what you said. you immediately wanted to take it back, to say you didnโ€™t mean it and that he was your first love and you didnโ€™t want him going on that date with yuna.ย 
โ€œsorry, i shouldnโ€™t have said that,โ€ you muttered, not being able to meet his eyes and instead turning to close your locker.ย 
โ€œno, you donโ€™t have anything to apologize for,โ€ he replied, as he started to back away, making his way to his class down the hall. โ€œyouโ€™re right, it was just a fling, and honestly, itโ€™s so weird to think of us as a couple.โ€ย 
it was like your world was falling apart around you as he spoke. did you interpret his hurt expression wrong? maybe this all was one-sided. did he not feel his heart breaking like you did? did he not wonder occasionally (or everyday) how his life would be if you were still together? did he not miss what you had?
maybe there really was nothing between you and jungwon but friendship.ย 
โ€œyeah, so weird,โ€ you awkwardly smiled, walking to catch up with him. โ€œbut you and i, weโ€™re good, right?โ€
โ€œyep, no worries,โ€ he grinned back.ย 
โ€œgood,โ€ you smiled. โ€œso whenโ€™s your date?โ€ย 
his eyes brightened ever so slightly as you asked. he started to describe his dateโ€“ how he was going to take her to the beach and have a picnic and play in the sand.ย 
you nodded along, your mind wandering off to when jungwon would take you on beach dates, burying him in the sand, splashing him with water and swimming away before he could splash you back.ย 
you looked over at the boy in question, his starry eyes wide as he talked about his date plans, his smile wide and giddy, his tone as sweet as honey as he talked about her.ย 
you knew you shouldnโ€™t villainize yunaโ€“ she was a nice girl, a very nice one. it wasnโ€™t her fault you were still in love with jungwon, and it surely wasnโ€™t her fault that she liked him. itโ€™s not like you could choose who you could fall in love with.ย 
you of all people would know.ย 
so you smiled and nodded along as you walked him to class, listening to him go on and on about his plans. you finally settled with the fact then and there, that jungwon would never be yours again. you had to let go.ย 
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it has been six months since that day. the day that you had decided to give up. yuna and jungwon have been inseparable since then.ย 
he kept to his word though; still studying with you after school, showing up when you needed him, hanging out together. sometimes yuna would tag along, which you didnโ€™t mind. she was fun to be around.ย 
you also didnโ€™t mind being the third wheel when she was around, instead teasing the couple and even offering to take pictures for them. they were a lovely couple and they were seemingly happyโ€“ jungwon especially, and that was all that mattered.ย 
the school year was coming to an end, and seeing as it was your senior year, people were throwing parties almost every weekend.ย 
you went every once in a while, had some fun, did some underage drinking, even flirted with a couple of people.ย 
tonight was the party though.ย 
intak was throwing his first party of the year, and everyone knew his parties were legendary.ย 
you sat in the uber with jungwon and yuna, anticipating the night before you. you were excited, to say the least. the last time you went to a party was aย  month ago, and you were ready to have fun. you even put on your best party outfit for tonight!
you arrived at intakโ€™s house (or more like a mansion), and started to make your way inside until jungwon stopped you.ย 
โ€œwait! before we go in, i think we should go over some basic safety rules!โ€ jungwon exclaimed.ย 
you rolled your eyes with a small laugh as you replied, โ€œonly you would go over safety rules at a party.โ€ย 
โ€œiโ€™m serious, y/n, really bad things could happen,โ€ he shot back with a pointed expression.ย 
โ€œokay wonie, go ahead, weโ€™re all ears,โ€ yuna smiled supportively.
you ignored the slight heart ache at yuna using your old nickname for jungwon- the one you used when you were together.ย 
get it together, y/n you thought. letting go, remember? ย 
you instead smiled and nodded reassuringly at jungwon, who looked over at you to make sure you were paying attention.ย 
he sighed before continuing, โ€œokay, i wonโ€™t be doing any drinking so i can babysit you guys all night. if you need to use the bathroom give your drinks to me so i can watch them. and y/n, if you leave the party at any point, for any reason, please let me know first.โ€
โ€œsir, yes sir,โ€ you muttered.ย 
โ€œnow letโ€™s go have some fun!โ€ yuna exclaimed, dragging the both of you by the wrists.ย 
you finally entered the house, where there seemed to be everyone from your school. even kids who graduated last year were in attendance, and as you searched the party for a familiar face that wasnโ€™t jungwon or yuna, intak strolled over, a wide smile on his face.ย 
โ€œyou guys made it!โ€ he shouted over the loud thumping of the music. he was wearing a letterman jacket with a white shirt underneath, and a pair of baggy straight legged jeans. the outfit looked so good on him that you had almost forgotten that you were talking to intak of all people.ย 
โ€œyou look nice, y/n,โ€ he grinned.
you wouldโ€™ve had a crush on him if he didnโ€™t flirt with every girl he laid eyes on, and it seemed like his victim of the night was you. but damn did he look good right now.ย 
intak wasnโ€™t a bad guy, he seemed harmless, not like the guys who wouldnโ€™t take no for an answer. he just always flirted, with no intentions of making anything serious. most of the girls he talked to never knew the latter though.ย 
but you thought it couldnโ€™t hurt, you were here to have fun, and if flirting with intak was the way to do it, then so be it.ย 
you saw jungwon step forward, about to tell intak to back off and go flirt with someone else, causing you to put your hand on his arm to stop him.ย 
you also noticed how yuna examined the scene in front of her; jungwon trying to be your knight in shining armor, and you with your hand on his arm to stop him. her eyes narrowed slightly in thought as you dropped your hand and turned to intak.ย 
โ€œwhy donโ€™t you get me a drink and then we can talk?โ€ you smiled dazzlingly. you usually reserved smiles like that for when you wanted to flirt and get wasted, and just as usual, it worked like a charm.
โ€œiโ€™ll be right back then,โ€ intak smiled, before making his way through the crowd of bodies in search of a drink for you.ย 
โ€œreally, y/n, intak out of all people?โ€ jungwon questioned, arms crossed.ย 
โ€œyeah, and what about it?โ€ you replied, feeling slightly annoyed at his tone of voice. he had never acted this way towards you before, but you didnโ€™t like it. it wasnโ€™t his business who you flirted with. he talked to you like you were an idiot and you hated the thought of him looking down on you.ย ย 
yuna awkwardly stood between the two of you, not wanting to be in the middle of your fight, but not wanting to go off by herself at a party filled with people she barely knew.ย 
โ€œโ€˜what about it?โ€™โ€ jungwon mocked your voice in a high pitched tone. โ€œyou know how he is, donโ€™t be dumb.โ€
โ€œdumb? iโ€™m here to have fun, jungwon, not to play third wheel again,โ€ you snapped back. โ€œand why does it matter, youโ€™re not my boyfriend, and youโ€™re not my brother, so itโ€™s really none of your fucking business.โ€
yuna had been looking back and forth between you and jungwon, watching as you glared at each other, waiting for someone to say something. it was like watching a tennis match.ย 
at that moment, intak arrived, back with a red solo cup in hand.ย 
โ€œa drink for the prettiest girl here,โ€ he announced, handing the cup over to you.ย 
โ€œwhy thank you love,โ€ you replied with an innocent smile as you looked over at jungwon, still glaring at you, his arms crossed against his chest.
ignoring him, you took a sip of the drink you were given, your face scrunching up at the bitter taste.ย 
โ€œhey intak, why donโ€™t we go dance?โ€ you asked, reaching for his hand.ย 
โ€œthat sounds like fun,โ€ he replied with a smile of his own before you led him to the dance floor, leaving an enraged jungwon, and a slightly annoyed yuna behind you.
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yuna had seen the way jungwon looked at you. she might have been a bit oblivious at first, but as time went on and she spent more time with the two of you, it became more and more apparentโ€“ jungwon had never gotten over you.ย 
at first yuna thought she could sway him, to get him to fall for her the way he fell for you. but it never worked. he looked at you like you were his own personal angel. no matter where you were, who you were with, how you looked, he was absolutely enraptured by you, and oh, how yuna wished he looked at her like that.ย 
it had been fifty minutes since your small tussle, and yuna and jungwon sat outside, occupying two pool chairs as he angrily took sips of his water.ย 
โ€œitโ€™s like she doesnโ€™t even care, she just ran off with him knowing heโ€™ll never want anything serious, knowing heโ€™s gonna lead her on, and i swear when she comes crying to me, iโ€™m gonna tell her โ€˜i told youโ€™ right to her stupid dumb face,โ€ he rambled, placing his bottle of water harder on the table than he intended to, spilling droplets in the process.ย 
โ€œwell, sheโ€™s young and single, and she just wants to have fun baby, thereโ€™s nothing wrong with that,โ€ yuna replied. โ€œand she has a point, youโ€™re not her brother or anything, so why do you care so much?โ€
jungwonย  looked up at yuna, not being able to ignore the bitter tone in her voice, โ€œwait, youโ€™re supposed to be on my side.โ€
โ€œiโ€™m not on anyoneโ€™s side, iโ€™m just asking as your girlfriend why you care so much. because honestly, if i didnโ€™t know any better, i would think that you were still in love with her,โ€ yuna sighed, exasperated.ย 
โ€œi am not in love with her, i like you!โ€ he exclaimed, way faster than he should have.ย 
yuna wanted to believe him. she wanted to ignore every bit of doubt in her body and believe every lie he fed to her, but she couldnโ€™t. not when she knew you loved him too. it was heartbreaking, really. to watch the person you love pine over someone else. but it was even worse knowing the feelings were reciprocated.ย 
โ€œdonโ€™t lie to me, jungwon,โ€ she deadpanned, feeling her eyes start to water with tears of frustration. โ€œi see the way you look at her, and i know for sure you havenโ€™t gotten over her. you have never once looked at me the way you look at her, and if you like her, just say that. just say that and we can end things here, without having to make this any more heartbreaking than it already is.โ€
yuna didnโ€™t want to cry. the last thing she wanted to do was cry, but the feelings of anger and embarrassment had overwhelmed her, causing a few traitorous tears to spill. she was angry at herself for letting it get this far, for falling in love with a boy that she knew would never love her back.ย 
but she was also embarrassed. embarrassed that she had even tried to make an effort, that she had thought she could win him over.ย 
she wiped her face with the back of her hand, only for more to spill out, a sob fighting for an escape from her quivering lips.ย 
jungwon raised his hand to wipe the tears away for her, to cup her face and tell her everything would be okay and that he was sorry. but what was he sorry for? sorry for trying to keep you away from intak? or sorry that maybe yuna was right and he did still love you?
just as he opened his mouth to speak, you stumbled out, words slurring and barely able to walk as you stumbled your way over to them.ย 
โ€œhey guys!โ€ you exclaimed, as a worried intak came rushing out the house behind you.ย 
โ€œoh god, y/n, are you okay?โ€ jungwon asked, immediately walking over to your side to support your stumbling figure. yuna would have felt bitter over jungwon rushing to your side faster than he had ever run to hers. yet, despite the devil on her shoulder that told her to be petty, she instead felt worried for you. you could barely even stand up straight.
โ€œwhat the fuck did you do to her?โ€ jungwon asked, throwing an accusatory look at intak.
โ€œnothing dude, i promise! she was the one who wanted to drink, she had like 5 drinks within the span of like, 10 minutes,โ€ intak replied, panicked. โ€œis she going to be okay? does she have a way to get home safely?โ€
jungwon looked from yuna to you, who was falling asleep just standing there.
โ€œjust take her home,โ€ yuna sighed. โ€œiโ€™m not gonna make you choose because we all know who youโ€™d choose every single time.โ€
โ€œyuna itโ€™s not like that,โ€ jungwon groaned. โ€œlisten, iโ€™ll bring her home, and then iโ€™ll come over tomorrow and we can talk this out, okay? i promise.โ€
โ€œokay, just get her home safe first,โ€ yuna replied.ย 
you might have been the biggest obstacle in her relationship, but you were still a nice girl, and you had technically done nothing wrong, so yuna had no reason to want to keep you and jungwon apart. you were also wasted as fuck and there was no way you would be able to get home by yourself without something horrible potentially happen to you.ย 
jungwon grabbed his almost full water bottle from the table he was sitting at, muttering that he would โ€œneed it to sober you upโ€.
he gave yuna one last reassuring smile before he walked away, you on his back as he tried his best to carry you home.ย 
yuna sighed as she watched you go. she felt like something bad would happen today, something worse than her argument with jungwon, and she wanted nothing else but to go home and cry.ย 
all she could do was trust jungwon, even if she knew she already lost him, even if she knew she was never a contestant in the first place.
โ€”------
jungwon almost did it.ย 
he almost carried you all the way home, but his legs felt like they were gonna give out once he reached the park near your house, and he decided then and there that he needed a break.ย 
he sat you on the playground set, sitting beside you with a huff.ย 
you were awake by this point, taking long sips of the water bottle jungwon had given you. you wanted to sober up by the time you got home, but it wasnโ€™t really working, with your words still slurring slightly and your mind all dizzy.
the two of you sat in silence as you gazed at the stars and jungwon thought of his argument with yuna.ย 
maybe she was right.ย 
even now, as he glanced over at you, studying the stars, his heart skipped a beat and he felt his face warm up.ย 
โ€œdo you remember when you asked me to be your girlfriend in this park?โ€ you chuckled. โ€œwe were so young then, it feels like forever ago.โ€
jungwon was thrown off by the sudden conversation starter, but still smiled, โ€œyeah, i remember it very well. i felt like i was gonna throw up because i was so nervous.โ€
you turned your head to look at him and giggled as his smile grew wider.ย 
โ€œwhat, what are you laughing at?โ€ย 
โ€œnothing, i was just so in love with you then. i used to think that we would be together forever and ride off into the sunset in a carriage.โ€ย 
jungwon inspected you as you talked, trying to decipher if there was any meaning behind your words or if it was just the liquor talking.ย 
โ€œi just thought we were some high school fling?โ€ he half-joked as he nudged you with his shoulder. he didnโ€™t want it to seem like he was serious if you were sobering up.ย 
he felt his heart start to race as he stared at your slightly flushed face from the drinks you had, your hair fluttering as a soft breeze blew by. you were everything that jungwon had ever wanted, and here you were, telling him how much you used to love him.ย 
wait, no, what the hell am i doing? jungwon thought to himself. it wasnโ€™t fair to yuna. it was already unfair to her that he only started to date her to get over you. he thought that if he dated her long enough, he would stop loving you and love her instead.ย 
and he genuinely thought it worked. fuck, he thought. iโ€™m such a shitty person.ย 
until he saw you with intak, flirting, dancing with him, laughing at his jokes, he had never felt so jealous in his life, and yuna had noticed. and she was upset, which was fair. what wasnโ€™t fair was jungwon using her to get over you.ย 
use. he hated the icky feeling that word gave him.ย 
โ€œi lied,โ€ you muttered, snapping him out of his thoughts.ย 
โ€œwhat did you say?โ€ jungwon asked, making sure that he had heard you right.ย 
โ€œi lied,โ€ you repeated, eyes on everything but him. โ€œi loved you, and i think i still do.โ€ย 
your eyes finally met his as you continued, โ€œyou are everything to me, jungwon. iโ€™ve been in love with you since forever, and i only agreed to break up because you said you wanted to.โ€
jungwon could feel his heart starting to beat faster as he searched your eyes for any hesitation, any sign that this was a lie, or some sort of joke. his heart beat so fast he felt like he was gonna explode as he looked into your eyes, so earnest and so genuine and so filled with love that he knew you had sobered up.ย 
you reached for his hands in his lap, interlacing your fingers with his.ย 
โ€œi canโ€™t keep this from you,โ€ you breathed. โ€œi love you, yang jungwon, and i know youโ€™re dating yuna, but i just have to tell you that i love you, that i always have and itโ€™s okay if you donโ€™t feel the same. i donโ€™t expect you to leave her for me or anything, but i canโ€™t help it anymore. i love you, i love you, i love you.โ€
silence hung over the two of you as he tried to form a coherent sentence after your confession. it felt like suddenly his brain didnโ€™t know how to make him talk, to make him say i love you too, or to make him do anything, really.ย 
a minute passed, and then two as jungwon searched your eyes with the same desperation yours hadโ€“ desperate to love and to be loved by the person sitting in front of you.ย 
jungwon didnโ€™t know who leaned closer first. he thought it was you but maybe it was him. he didnโ€™t even feel like he was in control of his body as he leaned closer and closer, his hand moving to hold your face, searching your face for any hesitation, for any kind of doubt.
ย you were so close that he could smell the perfume you sprayed before you left your house and the drinks that you had earlier that night.ย 
impatient, jungwon finally closed the gap between the two of you, your soft lips colliding with his. he could have kissed you forever, wanting to stay forever in time there. until realization hit him.
yuna.
he pulled away abruptly, your eyes still closed as you chased his lips with yours. he would have found it cute if he werenโ€™t trying his best not to panic right now. he just kissed you. while he was still dating yuna.ย 
he thought of the look on yunaโ€™s face if she found outโ€“ the angry, hurt expression that she had at the party, and even worse, the tears. he would break the poor girlโ€™s heart.ย 
โ€œi should go,โ€ jungwon breathed, quickly standing up from his seat beside you. โ€œitโ€™s almost past my curfew.โ€
โ€œwait, jungwon,โ€ you said, grabbing onto the sleeve of his shirt before he could walk away. โ€œi think we should talk about this before you go.โ€
โ€œyeah, we can talk later,โ€ he replied dismissively. โ€œi just need some time to think.โ€
you opened your mouth to say something elseโ€“ anything else to make him stay, but closed it as you saw he was already speed-walking in the direction of his house.ย 
you thought that you would lose him forever after your breakup.ย  you had almost lost jungwon once, and you were nearly positive that you wonโ€™t be so lucky to keep him this time.ย 
you felt sick to your stomach, and you didnโ€™t know if it was from the drinks or from the events that had just occurred, but nonetheless you felt nauseous.ย 
you hunched over as you started to gag, your vomit flowing out of your mouth, tears streaming down your face.ย 
you wiped your mouth with your sleeve, rinsing your mouth out with water as you started to tear up.ย 
before you knew it, you felt sobs rising, your nose stuffed from crying,ย  your throat getting dry from the sobbing. the embarrassment and sorrow was finally catching up to youโ€“ all of the years of repressed love you felt for jungwon, all of the embarrassment from him leaving after you confessed, embarrassment from being a homewreckerโ€“ it all came crashing down on you.ย 
you couldnโ€™t go home like this. you were sober enough to know that, with your tear streaked face, ruined makeup, and vomit smelling breath your parents would put two and two together.ย 
your hands shakily reached for your phone in your back pocket, dialing your brotherโ€™s number and waiting for him to pick up with baited breath. your brother was your only hope.ย 
โ€œhello?โ€ย 
โ€œchan?โ€ you breathed into the phone. โ€œi need to sleepover at your place.โ€
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yuna hated this.ย 
the waiting, the feeling of dread as she sat on her bed, awaiting jungwonโ€™s arrival.ย 
the fight that had ensued was horrible, but she believed she made a valid point. if he likes y/n so much he should just go be with her, she thought bitterly.ย 
jungwon had texted her last night at around 1 in the morning, just to make sure she got home safe. yuna didnโ€™t respond. she instead left him on read, still pissed off from the fight.
she used to get butterflies when he would send her texts to make sure she got home safe. but now she didnโ€™t know if he did it because he liked her or if it was just out of common courtesy.ย 
yuna was about to just walk to his house herself before she heard a knock on her door.ย 
โ€œhey itโ€™s uh, me,โ€ she heard jungwonโ€™s muffled voice through the door. โ€œis it okay if i come in?โ€ย 
โ€œyeah, letโ€™s get this over with.โ€
she couldnโ€™t meet his eyes as he walked in, striding over to the corner of her bed. yuna hated waiting, but she now felt dread as the pair sat in silence for a bit, the tension so thick you could cut it with a knife. she had sat nowhere near him.
ย usually sheโ€™d be cuddled into his side, but she instead opted to sit at the head of her bed, seemingly as far away from him as possible. she was worried that if she was too close to him, sheโ€™d crack; sheโ€™d look at his doe eyes and forgive him and that would ruin the entire point of her argument.ย 
โ€œso,โ€ she cleared her throat, interrupting the silence. โ€œdid y/n get home safe?โ€ย 
โ€œyeah, sheโ€™s at her brotherโ€™s apartment. he texted me when she got there.โ€
ย โ€œโ€˜when she got there?โ€™ did you not walk her there?โ€ย 
โ€œno, he picked her up from the park near our houses. but anyways, i have something important to tell you.โ€ย 
yuna felt even more dread seeping into her as he finished his sentence. she shouldโ€™ve seen this coming from the start. here it comes: the breakup.ย 
โ€œi kissed y/n last night.โ€ย 
yunaโ€™s eyes widened in surprise. she had expected the breakup, yes. she knew jungwon was emotionally cheating, but now he was physically cheating?ย 
โ€œwait, are you being serious right now?โ€ she laughed in astonishment. she couldnโ€™t believe the audacity of the man sitting in front of her.ย 
โ€œi know itโ€™s bad. i feel horrible, because an amazing woman like you should never be treated as horrible as iโ€™ve treated you, and i am so so sorry,โ€ jungwon started, tearing up from how bad he felt. โ€œall of the apologies in the world could never make up for how iโ€™ve treated you. iโ€™ve made you feel terrible and iโ€™m just making it worse by breaking up with you to be with her.โ€ย 
โ€œi love y/n, yuna. and iโ€™m sorry that i didnโ€™t tell you, or that you had to find out for yourself before i even knew. you are so so perfect yuna-,โ€
โ€œbut iโ€™m just not perfect for you?โ€ she replied, tears starting to form as she breathed those words.ย 
the silence that followed was more than enough to answer her question.ย 
she hated this. she hated this so so much. but she didnโ€™t hate you, or jungwon. she just hated how love worked, how she had to fall in love with the one boy who couldnโ€™t love her back. she hated that she gave her heart away to a boy that was never going to belong to herโ€“ not fully.ย 
she wanted to scream, to throw something, hell, maybe even hit him. she instead took a deep breath, composing herself before she said, โ€œokay. go be with her then.โ€ย 
jungwon looked over at her, wanting nothing but to comfort yuna. he may not be in love with her, but he did love her, and he still cared for her.ย 
โ€œiโ€™m sorry, yuna,โ€ jungwon said instead. โ€œyouโ€™re an amazing girl, but you should never be anyoneโ€™s second choice, and iโ€™m sorry for making you feel like mine.โ€ย 
yuna couldnโ€™t even look at him, fidgeting with the strings of the hoodie she wore.ย 
โ€œjust leave, please,โ€ she muttered.ย 
she didnโ€™t want him to see her cry, he had already broken her once, she didnโ€™t want him to see her fall apart again.ย 
with a guilty expression, jungwon hurried away, also not wanting to see her cry again. he felt gross. he felt disgusted with himself for treating her that way. he didnโ€™t like the person he was with yuna, and he felt sick thinking about how heartbroken she was; how she was so hurt that she couldnโ€™t even look at him.ย 
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it has been two weeks since your kiss with jungwon, and you hadnโ€™t heard a word from him since. not a single call or text, hell, he didnโ€™t even acknowledge your existence when you walked by him in the halls.ย 
you had seen yuna around, but seeing as jungwon wasnโ€™t joined at her hip like he used to be, you assumed that things didnโ€™t end quite so well between the two. knowing that you were the cause made you want to never show your face ever again, especially because of the dirty looks yunaโ€™s friends have been giving you.ย 
you were relieved it was the last day of the school year; youโ€™d never have to see yuna again and feel the guilt at seeing the sadness in her eyes.ย 
you walked into the bathroom, wanting to wash your hands after eating your lunch, when you saw yuna, touching up on her makeup in the mirror. she looked at you through the mirror above the sink, before going back to her makeup.ย 
the tension was so thick you didnโ€™t know if you should just leave or hide in a bathroom stall until she left.ย 
โ€œiโ€™m not gonna bite, you know,โ€ yuna chuckled.ย 
you smiled back nervously as you started to make your way to the sink.ย 
โ€œyuna iโ€™m really sorry,โ€ you sighed, mustering whatever courage and dignity you had left.ย 
โ€œitโ€™s okay,โ€ yuna replied, finally meeting your gaze. โ€œalthough it was wrong for you guys to have kissed, i saw the breakup coming from miles away. he was never mine to begin with.โ€ย 
you were taken aback just by how calm she was, with the way she spoke those words with such elegance and grace. she had every right to be angry with you, to yell at you and call you a homewrecker.ย 
โ€œeven if you did think you were going to break up, that still doesnโ€™t excuse what i did, and i really am sorry,โ€ you said, trying to project every feeling of sympathy and sincerity you could in that one sentence. โ€œiโ€™m not asking you to forgive me, or jungwon, but i just wanted to tell you that you really are a cool person, and youโ€™ve always been so kind to me, even now. all of this for a boy, and he hasnโ€™t even talked to me in the past two weeks.โ€
โ€œwait, he hasnโ€™t reached out to you at all?โ€ yuna asked, confused. โ€œi thought he would say something to you at least.โ€ย 
โ€œdid he say he would?โ€ you replied, confusion reaching you as well.ย 
โ€œno,โ€ yuna replied, fixing her hair in the mirror. โ€œi just assumed so because heโ€™s in love with you.โ€
once again, you were stunned by her nonchalance. โ€œheโ€™s not in love with me.โ€ย 
โ€œdonโ€™t be silly,โ€ yuna smiled softly. โ€œi canโ€™t tell if dating jungwon was the best or worst six months of my life, to be honest.โ€ย 
โ€œdonโ€™t get me wrong, he was a good boyfriend,โ€ yuna backtracked quickly after seeing the guilt on your face. โ€œhe did the usual boyfriend stuff, and he really did try, but i could just always tell that his heart was always yours.โ€ย 
you couldnโ€™t meet yunaโ€™s gaze as she said this, your face hot with shame. you felt so bad for her, and you didnโ€™t quite know what to say in response.ย 
โ€œiโ€™m sorry that things ended this way,โ€ you finally said.ย 
โ€œitโ€™s okay, it was gonna happen sooner or later,โ€ yuna replied. โ€œbut if iโ€™m right, then you should probably go talk to him, heโ€™s probably going insane with guilt right now over me, and over you. broโ€™s got a lot on his plate.โ€ย 
you gave a small chuckle at the last sentence, making yuna smile a bit.ย 
โ€œwell thank you for the talk yuna, but iโ€™ve gotta go. i think i need to go find jungwon.โ€ย 
yuna felt her heart break a bit at the words, but she smiled anyways and said bye as she watched you leave the bathroom. yuna didnโ€™t know if she was supposed to cry or feel happy for you and jungwon, but she did know that she was right. again. she knew his heart had always belonged to you. anyone could see that.ย 
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trying to find jungwon was easier than you expected. he was sitting on a swing, at the park that you became his, then wasnโ€™t his anymore, and then confessed your love to him. there was so much that had happened at this park that it made your head hurt a bit just thinking about it.ย 
โ€œis it okay if i sit here?โ€ you asked, motioning to the swing beside him.ย 
โ€œof course you can,โ€ jungwon replied.ย 
the two of you sat in silence.
โ€œi donโ€™t think we should be friends anymore,โ€ you finally spoke up.ย 
he jerked his head to look at you, shock coursing through him. โ€œwait, why not?โ€
you took a deep breath before saying, โ€œi canโ€™t be friends with you anymore because iโ€™m in love with you. there hasnโ€™t been a moment since iโ€™ve met you that i havenโ€™t been.โ€ย 
his heart skipped a beat at your words.ย 
this was it, this is what youโ€™d been waiting for since the day you laid eyes on jungwon. but you didnโ€™t think it would go quite like this. you sat there for a moment as jungwon studied you, and you wished he would say something, anything.ย 
โ€œbut did you ever consider how i felt?โ€ he finally asked, his voice cracking ever so slightly. โ€œhave you ever considered that maybe iโ€™ve felt the same way?โ€ย 
you felt your breath catch in your throat as he continued, โ€œiโ€™ve seen you everyday since we were five when your family moved in next door. but i didnโ€™t really see you until freshman year, sitting in class by the window, your hair flowing from the breeze that came through, doodling in your notebook instead of paying attention to the lesson. and when you caught me staring, you smiled and waved, and i swear i fell in love with you that day. that day, i knew my heart would always be yours.โ€ย 
โ€œso please,โ€ jungwon pleaded. โ€œplease, do whatever you want with it. you could break it a million times over and it would still be yours.โ€
now this, this was exactly you had always dreamed of.ย 
you couldnโ€™t stop yourself from kissing him, trying to convey all the repressed love youโ€™ve had for him for years through the kiss. you loved him. you loved every single part of jungwon, every flaw, every imperfection, everything that made him him.ย 
โ€œso does this mean weโ€™re official?โ€ jungwon grinned as he pulled away, a playful look in his eyes. you smiled back, feeling the heart eyes in your gaze and the way your heart melted just by looking at him.ย 
โ€œtook you long enough.โ€ย 
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fqirysim ยท 8 months ago
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toxicfwb!jake
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โ€œjake, i love you. why canโ€™t that be enough? why canโ€™t i be enough?โ€ย 
hearing those words leave your lips made jake stop in his tracks. a second passed, then two, and suddenly it was like time had stopped. your heart was beating so fast that you swore you could hear it, could hear the blood rushing through your veins, hear the pathetic cries arising from your throat.
you knew this was a lost cause. jake was rich, handsome, popular. you were just some girl he met along the way, and you knew that. you knew that he wanted nothing serious, you knew he wasn't over his ex and yet you still fell for him. you felt stupid, crying in your apartment living room, begging him to stay.
by this point, you didn't know if you were just begging for things to go back to how they were or if you were begging for him to love you. for him to love you and to stay and hold you in his arms and to wipe your tears away.
the silence is what hurt the most. you had only known jake for six months, but one thing you knew about him was that he loved to talk. nonstop. which would drive you crazy somedays, but after confessing your love for him, he still stood silently, back turned towards you as he listened to you cry.
you felt pathetic. you were crying your eyes out, and he wouldn't even look at you. you were just going to tell him to leave. you couldn't handle the embarrassment of him seeing you like this any longer.
"sometimes love just isn't enough," he replied simply. there was no waver in his voice. it was steady, serious. he was rarely ever serious. he wasn't sad. he didn't care.
and with that, he left.
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๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐€๐ƒ. ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง'๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ <๐Ÿ‘. ๐ข'๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž. ๐ข ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐ง! ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ข'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐š๐›๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ! ๐ข ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ง๐š ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ข ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ž!! ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐จ๐จ
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fqirysim ยท 1 year ago
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guys there's over FIVE HUNDRED (500) notes on my untitled jungwon fic ???? i don't think ive ever had that many notes on anything ever !!!
i just wanted to thank everyone who has taken the time to read it because that fic has been the first thing I've written in a really long time and it made me fall back in love with writing. it has a special place in my heart and although I'm not very good at expressing my own personal emotions I do genuinely want to thank everyone who has read it and left such heartwarming comments and tags in your reblogs and the asks in my inbox
I'm also really relived that people even liked it in the first place because it's my first post on this blog and I don't have anything else up (which will change soon), and I just was so scared that people wouldn't like it or read it so thank you for reassuring me in that sense.
but yeah sorry for the huge post ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ next time I post it should be a new fic (hopefully !)
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fqirysim ยท 2 years ago
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i can't find the words to tell you how much i love your jungwon story. i shed so many tears that just had to come out. i wish i could match your eloquence to properly convey how reading your story was exactly what i needed, and how it helped me allow myself to feel emotions that have needed to be expressed for a while now. i'm really grateful you decided to write and publish that story. nothing has really helped me heal quite like it. thank you. from the bottom of my heart.
you dont understand how much this warms my heart. i put my entire heart into that fic and it was healing for me in a way while i was writing it and it makes me so happy to know that it has comforted so many people!! i'm so grateful that you took the time to read that fic because it's really long and i don't have the words to really describe how happy i am that ive made you feel that way.
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fqirysim ยท 2 years ago
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@filmbyjy liked my jungwon fic ARE YOU KIDDING I LOVE BUSINESS PROPOSAL SM I AM A HUGE FAN I LOVE YOUR WORK
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fqirysim ยท 9 months ago
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new carrd alert ๐Ÿ˜›๐Ÿ˜› still working on casual (ngl i have not even made a dent in it), sorry its taking so long!! school and work has had me SWAMPED.
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fqirysim ยท 10 months ago
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ATTENTION PLEASE AT 900 NOTES????
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fqirysim ยท 10 months ago
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just finished attention, please for my new series! just need to edit it and it should be up within the next few days ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ i'm lowkey a little nervous
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fqirysim ยท 1 year ago
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umm the untitled jungwon fic was SO good, adding it to my list of favourites as we speak ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿค
:o THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!! ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ I'm so happy people are liking it !!
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fqirysim ยท 2 years ago
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i have a Q are we at any chance getting a happier pt 2 bc that was just too heart wrenching and that plot twist has to become bc ISTG I MIGHT PASS OUT !!!!! luved the first and you definetly do not have to write the part 2 if you do not want to just consider this as a request <3<3<3
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tw enjoy the cuttest little han jisung gif that also commes with all my love and support for any future series <3<3<3
so actually fun story lmao on my old account i did have a series that was a sort of part two to happier, itโ€™s called desperation, but i took it down because i didnโ€™t like the way it was written, so iโ€™m rewriting it lols. i have 6 chapters done, but i just wanted to have the entire series done before i started posting parts. iโ€™ve also been finishing up my last year of high school, so iโ€™ve just been so busy, but i actually have so many things i have been working on and i do plan on posting them once my exams and everything are done with so donโ€™t fret !! (if you were fretting)
it also warms my heart that you liked happier so much, that is actually one of my favorite fics to write and it just holds such a special place in my heart so i am so so happy that you love it as much as i do <3333
also thanks for the jisung gif, it made my day !!
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fqirysim ยท 3 years ago
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๐ฎ๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ: ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ. ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ฃ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ. ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ง๐  ๐ข ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ข'๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ. ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐š๐ž๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ง
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fqirysim ยท 10 months ago
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and i just dyed my hair red omg i feel like i'm going through a rebrand rn guys
just finished attention, please for my new series! just need to edit it and it should be up within the next few days ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ i'm lowkey a little nervous
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