Pairing - fem!reader x Bang Chan
Description - You didn't have a date for your best friend's wedding, but she had some plans for your non-existent love life.
a/n - a series maybe? also, I'm back here after so long I just missed writing
Your best friend’s wedding. You should be excited. But here you were, sitting alone at the airport terminal, looking like you were living your worst life.
Sure, you were excited about your best friend’s wedding. You had personally seen her relationship with her fiance blossom since the freshman year of your college, you might as well have been the one who played cupid in the whole thing. You wished nothing but love and happiness for the two of them.
But this was the third wedding you were attending this year. Another two of your friends from your college group had gotten married off this year. And here you were, without even a date for the wedding, the third time in a row.
The announcement of your plane pulled you out of your depressed state and you sluggishly walked away from the waiting area, dragging your hand luggage behind you.
As your best friend, Yuna did everything in a grand manner, hers was of course a destination wedding, all the way in Jeju. You being the maid of honour meant you had to get there two weeks in advance to help with the preparations. At least Yuna would keep you company once you arrived in Jeju, far away from your lonely apartment in Seoul.
You entered the plane, mumbling a quick thank you to the air hostesses who welcomed you. The search for your seat was easy given you had a seat in the front section. You quickly sat down in your window seat after putting away your luggage.
After a while, a handsome young man in casual formal attire sat on the seat beside you. You eyed him as he put his luggage in the upper compartment. He had wide shoulders and dimples. His muscles flexed under the thin white shirt as he was putting away his handbag. You would’ve easily guessed he was a model or an actor, had he not been sitting beside you in economy class. You gulped and quickly averted your eyes as you felt his gaze on you once he settled down. You definitely didn’t want to develop a crush on a guy who sat beside you on an hour-long flight.
10 minutes of flight instructions -and your seatmate trying to greet you while you tried to make zero eye contact- later, you were finally high up in the sky. You put on a movie you had downloaded and plugged in your earphones, a clear sign that you didn’t want anyone to interrupt you.
Unfortunately for you, 15 minutes into the movie and you were already crying as you painfully related to the protagonist who had never experienced romance and thought that she was incapable of love. Desperately as you tried to wipe away your tears and focus on the movie, you received a bunch of tissues in your hand. You looked up at the man beside you who was smiling at you nervously.
“Don’t cry, it’s just a movie,” he said, breaking you out of your trance. You cleared your throat and sat up straight, wiping your eyes with the tissues he just gave you.
“I’ve watched this movie, by the way, it’s really sad,” he cutely pouted before taking back the tissues from you and giving them to an air hostess to throw away, “But I didn’t expect you to start crying just 15 minutes in, no offence.”
It was your turn to pout now, “It’s just...It’s depressing when everyone around you has partners to love and you can only watch romantic movies alone and cry.”
“Let’s watch it together then,” there it was, the dimpled smile again which left you completely flustered.
“No, I’m not gonna embarrass myself by crying again,” you huffed, still blushing, which caused him to laugh.
“Fine then, tell you about your barren love life and I will tell you about mine”
You eyed him suspiciously before launching into a rant about how everyone your age is getting married and you haven’t had a boyfriend since college. Sure, ranting about your personal life to a random stranger probably wasn’t a good idea but you were too upset to care. And besides, he seemed like a nice guy.
“....so it’s not like getting married and settled is all I want to do in life, no, I have so many career goals to achieve, but it really just sucks to be alone, you know,” you finally came to a halt and sighed.
“No, it just...sounds really similar to mine,” he looked at you, puzzled.
“Come on, don’t lie to make me feel better uh-” you stared into his eyes, embarrassingly realising that you didn’t know his name.
“Oh I’m Chan,” he said extending his hand to you, “and no, I’m not lying, I haven’t had a partner since high school.”
“I’m (name), nice to meet you,” you shook his hand, “and I’ve never had a boyfriend.”
The rest of the flight went surprisingly well, you and Chan talked about love and relationships and career goals till the time you had grabbed your luggage and were out of the airport.
“Where are you staying? Should I drop you?” Chan offered as his pre-booked cab arrived in front of you two.
“Ah no thanks, it’s fine, my friend is coming to get me,” you smiled up at him, but on the inside, you were upset that you had to part ways with your seatmate.
“I guess this is it then,” he gave a forced smile as well and climbed into the cab, muttering a small goodbye. You waved to him as his car retreated.
Honestly, you were glad this was over, maybe you had revealed too much to him. Looking back, you felt embarrassed at how you had sounded so desperate for a boyfriend and ranted about it to a complete stranger.
Thankfully, Yuna’s car pulled you out of your thoughts and you quickly got in the shotgun. Yuna hugged you tight, rambling about how she was glad to have you in her life and how you left everything for her and how she loved you more than her fiance.
“Hey, that’s illegal,” you commented, pulling away from the hug, “You can’t like me more than your soon to be husband.”
Yuna started the car, navigating the roads to a hotel near the wedding venue, “That’s bullshit, I love you more, run away with me.”
You scoffed, “As if I would want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
“You do, you feel lonely in your 14th-floor apartment”
Once you arrived at the hotel, Yuna explained to you where everyone’s rooms were. You had the honour of staying with Yuna, while her fiance was staying with his best man in another room. Your other friends’ and Yuna’s family’s rooms were on the same floor, just a few doors away from yours. You reunited with Felix, exchanging a few gossips before heading to Yuna’s room.
You were putting away your clothes in the closet when Yuna collapsed on the bed and stared at your back. “You know, Felix’s best man is really handsome. You should shoot your shot with him.”
You just sighed out loud.
“Come on, you always complain about not having a boyfriend, see if you can finally score yourself a date for my wedding,” Yuna sounded like she already had a plan to get you together even if you declined.
“Who is he anyway? Someone from our college?”
“No, it’s his childhood friend from Australia,” she said nonchalantly.
You looked at her with wide eyes, “How do you expect me to shoot my shot with someone who lives on a different continent.”
“Idiot, he doesn’t live there now, he’s settled in Seoul for 5 years”
“Well, that’s convenient”
Thankfully, Felix’s best man was arriving two days after you so you had time to mentally prepare yourself and get flirting tips from Yuna and Felix. Surely, Felix would know what his best friend liked and disliked so that made your job a lot easier. You still weren’t sure if you wanted to date this Australian guy so you had two days to think over that as well.
All plans were crushed when Yuna got a call from Felix that his best man had just arrived two days early as a surprise and the two of you were called at the restaurant for dinner with them.
“Breath in, breath out,” Yuna ran her hand along your back to calm you down before entering the restaurant. You just nervously smiled and straightened your dress before following her inside.
Felix was easy to spot with his blond hair and red highlights, which he swore he was gonna dye back to black before the wedding. Felix waved you two over and Yuna immediately went beside him before kissing him on the cheek. Across the table from the two were another two chairs, one of which looked like it had been occupied just a few minutes before. You sat down in the one beside it.
“Hi Y/N, got comfortable?” Felix asked, pouring you a glass of water.
You nodded and smiled at him, still very nervous. “Don’t tell me you’re so nervous to meet my best man,” Felix giggled like a high schooler, handing you the glass of water, “He’s in the washroom, by the way, he’ll be back soon.”
You gulped and averted his eyes, obviously flustered, “Shut up, you know about the lack of romance in my life.”
“Well that sounds familiar”
Your ears perked up at the familiar voice, turning you around immediately. There stood Chan, the guy from the plane.
He smiled at your surprised expression before pulling the chair beside yours. A wave of dread passed over you, “Wait, what are you doing here?”
Chan flashed you his dimpled smile again, “Oh I’m Felix’s best friend...and best man.”
