GUESS WHO’S BACK !! in case you’ve never met anyone that embodies SUCH a typical high schooler like hyuck before, here u go ! may or may not have done the quarterback and band geek trope . i regret nothing
let’s backtrack a little bit and talk about middle school!haechan too cause...,,, dude is a Mess
was the sketchy one in seventh grade that sold like g-shocks and silly bands at the hill in front of the park every lunch recess
had a power ranger lunchbox all the way up until he was like 13 lol when yukhei would be like.....hyung......What.
during the summer when the school staff are making up the lists for the classes everyone’s like
“nO no way he’s in a class with renjun, renjun is the only person he’ll ever be afraid of i can’t have that dispute in my class”
“um. hyuck can’t be in the same class as jisung either...i once saw him try to feed jisung yellow snow saying it was lemon flavoured... poor boy believed him...”
“mark’s mother gifted me a box of chocolates last year with a note thanking me for my hard work and begging her son to be in a different class than hyuck. sorry, guys.”
the principal looks over all the lists and is like UM these are bullshit reasons, just put all of them together, how bad could it be???
every science class starts with chenle and yukhei SCREAMING the bill nye theme song do u guys watch the vlives my GOD i thought chenle was hard to keep up with and nOW THERE’S LUCAS
dodgeball during phys-ed is just haechan, yukhei and jeno absolutely slaughtering everyone
mark has his headphones in the entire time in art class and if one of the guys try to talk to him he just raises his finger and shushes them
renjun, chenle and yukhei trying to win jisung over and then ending up just swearing at each other in mandarin
has been the football captain since he was at the youngest age that was eligible to even sign up,,,,, he’s that good
always always makes mark walk home with him after practice
so mark just sits on the bleachers with his bio textbook in his lap and glasses slipping down his nose, pages just flying left and right from the wind, bored out of his mind like fUCking hyuck i hate u i hate waiting two hours for practice to end just so you can show me your new pokemon cards at home ffs
everytime there’s practice before school, he’s always the last one to stay on the field, promising coach he just wants to try another long catch
SO because he’s always late this BITch just runs straight to first period with sweaty hair and practice clothes and athletic tape still on his fingers
jaemin: here’s my deodorant. and jeno’s. and jisung’s. here take all of ours take it please just take it oh my gO d
loves this sport more than absolutely anything honestly
his entire bedroom is just full of patriots posters and banners
his mom pranked him on his birthday telling him to open the box on his bed with pats tickets inside
ran upstairs crying hysterically and fucking opened it to find a picture of his siblings going HA YOU THOUGHT
resented them for the rest of his life
but this boy also really loves music!!
always performs a ballad every year at the school talent show with jisung doing some sort of contemporary performance
his parents are both fans of old schoolers, like abba & elvis & beatles such, so he grew up with the beautiful combination of football on the tv and ‘mamma mia’ spinning on the record player in the kitchen
during his final middle school year, he performed a version of his favourite park hyoshin song, and finished with the entire school in uproar, cheering and screaming HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK!!! YES!!!
and so he puts the mic back on the stand and runs down the stage to his teammates waiting in the crowd
so excited and and ready to jump into their arms
only to witness a couple of them standing there motionless and checking their wrists, as if waiting from the start for his performance to be over
he sees the defensive tackle of his team, some dude that probably shaves twice a day and is beefed BEYOND belief
“hey man, abt time you’re done, coach wants to run over some plays for next week’s game against yg tech, let’s go”
the hoard of guys in letterman jackets pull him into their midst and before he could even complain, they mercilessly make their way to the gym as a group
with renjun, chenle, jaemin, jeno, mark and yukhei all just standing there like ... o ... ok ... we just wanted to congratulate u, hyuck...
donghyuck never brings that moment up ever and the dreamies don’t question (yes lucas is a dreamie square up)
from then on, they notice hyuck’s been humming less and isn’t even commenting about day6′s new releases or how renjun’s grandfather bought a brand new record player from the most expensive record store in their town
donghyuck continues being the school’s star quarterback and having meetings with minor league scouts every week
they know it’s a touchy topic and being as close as they are with each other, they don’t pry hyuck about it and knows he’s the type to hold it in but will bring it up when he has to
but unlike what they all think, hyuck doesn’t explode in anger or spite
he finally opens up on a regular friday night when mark’s sleeping over after finishing a hefty assignment
and mark is surprised that he prods on this topic with, not anger or spite, but ,,,,, fear?
“hey mark.......what if this is the only thing i can do?"
“i don’t want to just be some brainless jock”
mark is a little... stunned... he’s known him all his life and this is the first time hyuck has shown any sign of fear?? of anything???
mark just scootches in a little closer....”you’re not brainless, and this won’t be the only thing you’ll be good at, i promise”
BUT OF COURSE they never speak of it again hyuck’s just kinda like hahahahahha emotions what ahahahah sadness what ahahhahah
but graduation hits and before the dreamies (and yukhei hehe) know it, it’s time for high school
all the upperclassmen know him and think he’s a little shit but love him anyway, so embraced him and all his friends when they entered
fascinated by how much wider the hallways are and how BIG the school actually is
gets lost MORE FREQUENTLY THAN HE’D LIKE TO EVER ADMIT OUT LOUD .
tryouts for the football team are on like the second day
was so excited!!!! to play with his close hyungs and co-captains jaehyun and youngho
coach personally came up to him and was like .... boi it’s so rare for a freshman to be on the varsity team, hERE’S YOUR JERSEY NUMBER AND YOUR LOCKER AND YOUR EQUIPMENT AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL PRACTICE SCHEDULE I’LL WORK AROUND U IT’S OKAY
is treated automatically like the superstar at the first official practice and honestly doesn’t ..,,know how to handle
he’s only always been around his middle school friends, aka people he’s known all his life and who know he doesn’t like being smothered
donghyuck knows he’s good but again, will anyone ever look him past the football?
mark sees all this new attention he’s getting and his heart silently breaks a bit knowing hyuck doesn’t truly want all of this
the football, yes !!! the clout, not really
but hyuck is a freshman!! and knows he can’t speak up quite yet so he endures this superstar status already bestowed on him and forces his uncomfortable smile away
it’s ok !! he tells himself
it’s good to be recognized for something you’re good at ..,, right ?
but as years pass and seniors graduate and championships continue to be won, hyuck slowly climbs up the popularity pyramid with it too
so by the first day of senior year, having just recently started getting close with the captain of the cheerleading squad and throwing the biggest party of the summer break as a last hurrah a few days prior, hyuck walks into the high school doors as the talk of the TOWN
all those stereotypical popular pretty boys you see on tv namely um troy bolton um austin ames um finn hudson um scott mccall um YES
that’s literally him at this point
loved by all students for being a social butterfly and not ??? an asshole ??? to those that aren’t as popular
teachers adore him cause he participates in class and always hands assignments in on time despite his student schedule and always gifts them little holiday baskets at the end of every semester
renjun had junior year chem with him and almost threw his paper out the window when he saw hyuck’s mark
“how are you this good ,,,,,,,, when you don’t even DO anything?!”
point is, he’s at the top of his game
and this year, senior year, the stakes for the championship are higher than ever; with hyuck’s school topping the rankings for the east, they’ll likely be meeting with the champion team in the west for the finals, and coach claims he hasn’t seen a matchup this neck-and-neck in terms of stats, style of play, and pairing matchups in .,,,, years
so there’s absolutely no screwing around this year - losing is not an option
but overall, haechan believes he has his shit planned out: there were assignments, then exams, then playoffs, then the championships, followed by celebrations here and there, and then hopefully a scholarship, followed by graduation and then college, and then it’ll just be the flower road from there
what he really doesn’t factor in, though, is a certain captain of a certain school marching band, swooping in to save his ass for the first time of many,,,,many more to come
it happens on a regular tuesday afternoon
you two shared the same stupid humanities elective class during last period, and it didn’t dawn upon him that a rough copy of this useless visual presentation was due today that he did nOT even know was even assigned
the teacher comes around with her pointy ass glasses and a clipboard decorated in purple flower stickers, visibly softening at an obviously panicked hyuck
“hello, donghyuck, ready to show me the rough copy?”
“well,,,,see i-i um ,,, i”
THE ENTIRE CLASS IS SILENT AT THIS POINT BC
????? LEE DONGHYUCK FORGOT AN ASSIGNMENT?
the teacher kind of urges him on, half in disbelief and half in pity at how scared he looks for the first time ever
he’s still trying to conjure up a plausible excuse, all the while LITERALLY WANTING TO HIT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD
ugh ur so stUPID, hyuck, he thinks, coach even ended practice early last night too and all u did was binge the last airbender for the 80th time AGAIn like a DUMBASS ugh
so there’s a couple more awkward moments of silence
“oh, ms kwon! i should have said something, haha we partnered up for this one! i have it on my laptop here!!”
his flushed face whips around and lands on you
in your oversized knit sweater and cute skinny blue jeans ripped at the knee, round glasses threatening to fall from your nose
and a surge washes over him he’s neve r ev er felt before
relief ?? ya, sure. we’ll call it that for now
the teacher looks at you, then back at hyuck with an eyebrow cocked and you steal that moment to send him a nod and stern look in your eyes
he’s spluttering at this point
“ye-yeah, sorry miss, just a little tired and f-frazzled i guess...”
the teacher kind of just gives herself a knowing smile, as sort of a “heh....alrighty then” but walks over to your desk nonetheless
the entire class seems to buy it too, and go back to their white noise chatter
hyuck lets out the loudest exhale before scrambling to his feet over to you just glaring at him with a knowing smile and your arms crossed across your chest
“i’m so soRRY I DON’T EVEN KNOW YOUR NAME WHY DID YOU JUST DO THAT FOR ME YOU REALLY DIDN’T HAVE TO i’m s o sorry i had practice late last night and holy crap it just totally slipped by me and-”
he stops at the sight of you bursting into a fit of giggles and is even more ??? confused ?? hes so frazzled
you: “it’s ok, you idiot, i know you always get stuff in on time anyway”
and he shuts right back up and turns BRIGHT RED bc who even is this person? who’s so cute n helpful
you: “i’m y/n btw!! i’m captain of the marching band for ur team”
and the lightbulb visibly clicks for hyuck
“OOOOH so that’s why you look so familiar!!”
so the two of you chat away about playoffs coming up and the championships the last few years and how it’s so strange neither of you have crossed paths in the pass when you’ve had so many connections
and you kind of just smile and nod at that
because you fully know why
lee donghyuck, captain and quarterback of the football team
lee donghyuck, school heartthrob and teachers’ favourite
lee donghyuck, the social butterfly and the amicable figure in every situation
he had always been there, practicing on the field in front of you as you tried to pry your eyes off of him and run the trumpet section one more time,,.,,,,he was always there, but always so??? unreachable???
you couldn’t pretend you never laid eyes on him on freshman orientation day when he was being stopped by every person he walked by to be high fived and welcomed to the team
and thought wow . his skin? his aura? the way his smile lights up the whole goddamn room?
and you’re in a lot of classes with jaemin and always see hyuck drop by a few minutes before class to sit and goof around before getting lovingly chastised by the teacher
but never reached out to say hi or anything
he was always too unreachable
BUT OF COURSE you don’t say anything and instead just smile at the ground and shrug
“guess that’s just the way we’re supposed to be, you know?”
and just as he was about to ask what you meant by that, the bell rings and you let out a breath you didn’t even realize you were holding
like w Ow a whole 1 hour class w ur crush and he’s finally talking to you ???? TOO MUCH FOR ONE DAY
you don’t even utter a goodbye but just give him a bright, knowing smile, stuff your papers into your bag and leave for the day
and even as the classmates pack up and the teacher is gone and hyuck knows he doesn’t have practice today but needs to get home bc he promised his mom he would help with her flat tire, he can’t find it in himself to stand up and leave
he’s sitting there processing your words, and just,,,,you
“i’ve really been around y/n this whole time and didn’t even know it?”
suddenly he just feels stricken with guilt and shame and remembers all the time the ball landed by the bleachers and you exCitedly running down the steps to toss it back clumsily
he remembers always smiling back and saying “thanks”, but never quite meeting the eyes of the person
he lets out a grumble and just plunks his head onto the wooden desk loudly
chenle and jisung come bc they were all supposed to walk home together
and just see a slumped hyuck bumping his head up and down on the table whispering “stupid, ,,,,, so stupid” over and over again
jisung: he did it oh my god it’s done it broke him football finally broke him HIGH SCHOOL FUCKING BROKE HIM
so after fixing the tire and helping clean after dinner and finally lying in bed that night
he makes this silent promis e ??? to make it up to u somehow ??
you both wake up the next day, both w each other lingering in your minds, and both unsure of what to do to get rid of it
though hyuck isn’t sure he wants to
you both daze off during classes and stare at the back of the head of the person in front of you,,,,just,,, thinking
and then it’s time for fifth period
and you don’t think you’ve ever speedwalked so fast to a class before
people start pouring in and as the second bells starts to ring you still don’t see his face and you decide getting your hopes up all day for no reason was just stupid
the teacher is about to start the class before the door opens one last time and you see a visibly flustered hyuck shuffle in
right into the seat next to you
what you don’t know is two minutes prior to this, poor dude was in the bathroom rinsing his face and trying to do something, anytHING to get the blush off his cheeks but to no avail
so the lesson today was about families and societies and you swear the next ten minutes felt like forty
your eyelids start getting a little heavier before you hear the scratching of a pencil on paper
he’s marked the side of your notebook with a little “hello ^-^”
you try to conceal the beaming smile threatening to creep on ur face but you really can’t
you’re just a little whipped aren’t u
that entire class is then just spent doodling stupid things on each other’s notebooks and giggling and even had to have the teacher turn to you guys and give a stern look before realizing it was hyuck and just BEAMED
by the time the class ended you were packing your stuff up to leave before he gRabs your hand
he takes your thumb and places it on the fingerprint scanner before fiddling with something on it
your mind immediately sprinted to the WORST IDEAS
“he’s hacking my instagram right now isn’t he he’s telling my family on facebook that i do drugs, isn’t he LEE DONGHYUCK GIVE ME MY PHONE”
so you start to fumble for it before he hands it back to you calmly,
“i’ll be expecting a text tonight”
and that was the start of the cutest friendship ever ????
you guys talk about anything and everything, from the colour of your room to his sister’s favourite food to the one time you fell from your treehouse and had to get stitches to the time lucas got stuck in a slide on a children’s playground when they all decided to sneak out at like 11pm at night and had to call the fire department to come get him out
and texts eventually turn into calls and calls eventually turn into being inseparable at school
the boys LOVE YOU and immediately pinned you on their side to torture hyuck together
and as time goes by, all the boys start noticing changes in hyuck and how he would never do anything with them without mentioning your name
like they’d be out having ice cream after studying at jisung’s and he’d absentmindedly mention that this lemon ice cream is the perfect colour of your room and that yellow is your favourite colour
or that the disco ball in jaemin’s basement is exactly the one you have dangling on the rearview mirror in your car
so WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE but the boys respect you enough to not tell you yet bc you deserve to have hyuck confess on his own
you guys hang out any chance you get and it isn’t till near spring formal that he comes over with some mcdonalds that you realize you’ve gotten so comfortable so fast
so you both settle into the kitchen before he opens up the big mac, takes off one of the buns of the burger, to reveal ketchup dotted across the patty spelling “SF? :D” bc the patty was too small to spell the full words, “spring formal?” lol
and you scoff and throw a fry at him bc of course you’d go with him
and your heart’s just racing for the rest of the night
after dinner you head out to your backyard and lay a blanket on the grass to stare up at the stars
hyuck knows a lot about astrology so you love just lying there and hearing him tell you about the lyra constellation and its myths
you spend the night just giggling and laughing and shoving each other around before it starts to get really late and he knows he should be going
but he can’t seem to move
“hey, are you mad at me?”
and you’re a little,,,confused before you reply, “for spilling jisung’s apple juice on my laptop the other day? just a little, but i’ll forgive you if you pay for my spring formal ticket for me hehe”
he rolls his eyes and scoffs and says, “no you idiot”
you can’t think of why you’d be upset with him, considering it was just a regular night for you two
he explains, “you know.....for not really knowing you before this year”
your heart kind of sank bc you weren’t really expecting it but you also deep deep deep down seriously wished he would never bring this up
it’s silence until you answer
“no, because i don’t blame you for it”
“well...” you know it’s a tough thing to tell him but you know he’ll listen to your words
“you’ve just always been unreachable, you know? like i remember seeing you on freshmen orientation day and just thinking, you know, this guy is just something else,,,something i’ll never be. and over the years, i made my peace with that, bc that’s just the situation you were thrust in,,, you know, football and parties and stuff”
and hyuck’s heart sinks with each word because you really mentioned everything he was afraid of,,,,that he was only ever gonna be popular because of football,,,,and that he never really had a say before he was thrust into the social status he’s in now
just as he’s about to clear his throat from emotions and get up to spout some stupid excuse on why his mom wants him home now even though she was probably already in bed, you continue
“but....now i know that’s not all that you are...you’re kind and smart and sweet and funny, and yeah you’re crazy good at football but you’re also crazy good at singing and science and fixing tires and vacuuming and playing with your little sister and making people laugh,,,that’s why you’re my friend now”
hyuck doesn’t realize how long he stares at you after you said that before you wave your hand in front of his face ((”uh dude.....”))
he feels tears welling up in his throat so he just lies back down and makes some nonchalant comment again, playing it all off like he usually does
“mhm okay yea enough with the sappiness i just wanted to know if the geeky band girl hates the quarterback captain like they typically do okay blah blah”
but you and him both know
you’re both concealing smiles as you lay there, staring at the stars
he’s never heard anyone talk about him like that before
and you’ve always known that he was still a little unsure of himself
and maybe this just put this all to rest
and as you both lay there with the sound of your own frantic heartbeats in your ears, you dwell on the fact that maybe it shouldn’t be beating that hard,,,,that fast,,,,
senior year is going by, and before you guys know it, championships are in three days
your school wins the semi-finals in dramatic fashion, with the winning touchdown seconds before the final whistle
and you couldn’t make it to that game bc of a huge assignment due the next day but hyuck makes sure to call you as soon as he grabbed his stuff from the locker room
“hEY WHERE ARE YOU GOING WE’RE GOING TO MINGYU’S HOUSE FOR DRINKS TO CELEBRATE”
“SORRY DUDES SOMETHING IMPORTANT CAME UP!!! HAVE FUN WITHOUT ME!!”
it was only a beat of silence before jungwoo just scoffed and shrugged, “someone’s WHIPPPEEEDDD”
hyuck just blushes red and runs out in the midst of the entire locker room hollering and throwing sweaty towels at him
bc he knows he doesn’t really have feelings for you, does he?
these past few months have been amazing but it can’t be
how your hair smells like vanilla when you whip your head around to scold him for pinching your sides
how your eyes crinkle when you laugh at some pun you read on reddit
how your fingers get really bad circulation so they’re always cold and red and you have to make sure to wear sweaters during the winter to keep them warm
how you hate helping out the flutes cause they’re always screechy
how you started playing the saxophone because your grandma did when she was in college
how your eyes light up when someone mentions your favourite tv show character
how you hate carrots but he always makes you eat them cause they’re good for you and you just sit there all pouty
how much he loves loves LOVES when you come over to just do nothing like sit on his windowsill and read or go through his old childhood pictures for the millionth time and giggle at every cute smiley one for the millionth time
he’s standing there in the middle of the field with his phone in his hand, dangling by his side, with you hollering through the receiver like “,,,,hello? bitch u called ME, HELLO?!!”
and he just mumbles a “uh i gotta go sorry i’ll tell you about it tomorrow”
and he’s lying in bed again that night, knowing that he wants to tell you but he’s also so afraid, cause you’re his best best best (sorry mark) friend
and he’s never gotten so close to anyone so fast
and he loves going to practice early with you so you guys can grab breakfast before
and how he always makes sure to “accidentally” miss a toss and have it land on your head while you’re running a piece
so he tosses and turns all night
before he comes to a decision
he knows the marching band always has practice on the bleachers every wednesday morning, coinciding with the team’s morning practice as well
he rips his sheets off his tired body but surges up and runs to his computer, types in a few things onto the search engine and presses “print”
it’s the next morning, and as you groggily heave yourself up from your bed, dreading having to deal with the flutes and their screeching sharps today, you also think abt hyuck and you wonder why he was acting so weird last night
but you brush it off as fatigue from a long and gruelling game
it’s a beautiful day outside already at 7:00 in the morning, with just the slightest bit of chilliness and dew on the morning grass, and hyuck thinks it’s no accident that the sun decided to come out today too
he holds the crinkly sheets of music in his hands, slightly shaking and profusely sweating, somehow nervous bc of someone he admires for the first time ??? in his life ????
he practically sprints to school, wanting to be there before you do
he spots the majority of the marching band already there and he sighs in relief when he doesn’t spot you
“hEy guys!” he runs up to the bleachers
and he stops for a second before he realizes like ..... all these people look like deers in headlights bc ,, ,,,,,, the quarterback,,,,isn’t here with you?? aren’t you guys always stuck beside each other ????
“i’m s o sorry i don’t have a lot of time to explain and i know its confusing and this is gonna be such a rush but here !!!!”
he hands out the sheet music to everyone there and makes them promise to not let you know about it
everyone exchanges confusing looks ((one dude’s just like ‘fuck man it’s too early in the morning for secrets’)) but end up agreeing anyway and haechan doesn’t even have time to celebrate before he hears his teammates starting to make their way out of the practice room
he runs over to seungkwan, your best friend in band and someone who haechan knows won’t hold his word unless a bribe is involved
“okay look i know you’re y/n’s best friend but you have to promise me you won’t let her know about this okay?”
seungkwan props his clarinet on his shoulders, almost as if he was holding a baseball bat instead and does his best to puff his shoulders like “HMPH well what do i get out of this??”
“if you can establish a secret rehearsal time for tomorrow with the rest of the band where i can come and rehearse with you, i’ll set you up with our running back” bc god fucking knows vernon and seungkwan have been crushing on each other for years but have never had the guts to go NEAR each other and haechan is just sick of vernon’s endless daydreaming in the locker room
seungkwan goes BRIGHT RED before clearing his throat and muttering “ugh fiNe” under his breath even tho he’s finally !!!!!! gonna talk to hansol !! agghhhhh!!!!
haechan practically blows him a million kisses and runs off to the locker room before seungkwan asks
“HEY ummmm but uh why are you doing this?”
haechan sighs and feels he can’t even begin to explain himself without becoming a blubbering mess
so he just reassures him with a, “you’ll see”
hyuck doesn’t come to class that day even though you swore you saw him at practice
he had cancelled breakfast w you earlier that morning and only waved to you once during practice, but again, you credit that to the finals being in 48 hours
you shoot him a “cute bum where u from” text in hopes of getting his attention
“okay but no seriously WHERE ARE U I HATE MS KWON SO MUCH”
you huff and give up and know he’ll message when he has to
what you don’t know is he made sure to steer clear of you from now until the championships bc 1. he’s still not sure what he can do around you anymore now that he Knows how he Feels
and 2. bc his hands are just glued to the sheet music, trying to rehearse as much as he can for this little surprise he has planned for you
so all he does is just send you back a simple “not feeling well, just gonna rest up until the game”
and your heart sinks bc you guys haven’t gone 48 hours without talking since like 8 months ago
regardless, with championships coming up and endless school assignments piling up, you’re pretty well distracted
but you do also silently curse yourself for imagining every quote in romeo and juliet to be hyuck and you
and how every hour of those 48 hours seemed so excruciating and long and empty bc both of you were so busy
so by the time it’s game day, you are restless and in so much yearning for a presence you never knew you needed this bad
but you know, as soon as the game’s over, you can hopefully run into his arms and congratulate him
ahem platonically ofc ahem, you try to convince yourself
you get to the field and it’s already bustling with mascots and spectators and streamers and you can barely hear the sound of the band warming up above all the noise
intros begin and you guys start playing the opening pieces as the banner rips and out runs
and it’s like suddenly the earth just . stops
looking at him running out, eyes blazed and all determined and strong made you feel so much all at once, you could feel your knees starting to buckle
and it didn’t really help when, mid run, he turns his head to you and gives a subtle smile and wink before heading to the center of the field
you bite back a beaming smile of your own
for the next two hours, that’ll have to be enough
and there wasn’t a single doubt in your body that they were gonna lose
the game starts and the volume doesn’t dim for even a second
you feel yourself sweating profusely through your blue and white uniform with each toss and whistle and tackle and you swear you’ve never been so nervous in your life
it’s the final quarter and your school is down by just a touchdown and you swear you won’t be able to handle this anymore it’s toO MUCH
you glance up at the stands to see yukhei holding chenle’s head and screaming and jaemin with his head in his hands and jeno just closing his eyes ((”i can’t watch i can’t watch i can’t watch”)) and mark and jisung grabbing onto each other muttering things that look like praying ???
you even spot former alumni, youngho, taeyong and jaehyun, biting their nails and clasping their hands
there’s barely a minute left and the ball is in our possession
you hear hyuck echo a “HUT!! HUT HUT” before he tosses the ball in the air
it’s like time slows down as you see the running back catch it and dash for the end
THE ENTIRE FIELD IS ON THEIR TOES as you watch your team’s defence tackle and hammer people out of vernon’s way
he’s going and going and just before the horn blows for the end of the game, he crosses the line and
the horn blows for the final second and once again, you guys have done it
everyone from the stands pours down onto the field and before you can process it, mark and the boys are running up to you and dog-piling you, dragging you into the crowd with them
they did it!!! hyuck did it!!!!
there are streamers and confetti everywhere but your eyes are just straining and stretching, looking for him
it’s just loud, white noise for a second before you hear something behind you
your band is in position and you see seungkwan counting them in for the opening beats
your heart starts to panic to remember if you forgot you had another piece to perform?????
the opening chords to a familiar classic starts playing and before you can even react
and the sound of someone singing
the band plays along with him and you’re just,,,,,perplexed and confused as to what he’s doing
until you realize he’s looking straight at you
the swing beat starts to get everyone in the crowd singing and dancing
but you’re frozen in your spot
did he plan this?? what is he doing and how did you not know about it???? you feel hands behind you and eyes start to land on you as the boys push you forward and hyuck starts making his way onto the field to where you’re standing
the crowd gets even louder and the music gets even happier as he’s dancing and grooving his way to you
and then there he is, right in front of you
his voice has you hypnotized and you’re absolutely sure this is a dream
you guys move together to the beat, never taking eyes off one another and you just have an amazed expression on your face the entire time
the songs comes to a beautiful climactic end and you still have no idea what’s going on
the lyrics still echo in your head
“hey, hey, baby....i want to know if you'll be mine...when i saw you walking down the street, i said that’s someone i’d like to meet,,,”
and the entire school is watching ((INCLUDING HYUCK’S PARENTS AND YOUR TEACHERS))) and your head is just spinning, spinning, spinning
he lowers the mic and just leans close and rests his forehead on yours and whispers his words to you
“i love you, and i’m so sorry it took so long but i really really do, i just hope i can make up for all the time lost,”
his eyes are pouring emotions into yours and for some reason you want to cry
his team just won a championship!!!! scouts are probably here, scribbling his name down for a scholarship right now!! and everyone on this field was just yelling and whooping his name a second ago!!!
yet he’s standing here, so vulnerable and nervous in front of you
so you grab his face and swallow your nerves
and tell him you love him, you’ve loved him for so long
all you hear is just muted yelling and cheering and whooping around you before you swear you see a glisten in his eyes as he leans and swoops you in for a kiss
the band is going off and playing some other 80s love tune and there is still confetti just flying all over the place and people running up to you and hugging you guys
but his hand is still entangled in yours and he just winks
bc in the midst of all the chaos and all the noise of being such a superstar, there you are
and he’s sure that’s all he’ll need
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