So I had an idea for a request you could pull off. Childhood best friends Enhypen Jake x Male reader where it’s very nostalgic about them always playing pretend and having their own characters and stories but their favorite (more like Jake’s personal favorite) is Jake as Peter Pan and male reader as Wendy even though male reader always thought that it was weird since he’s a boy and Wendy’s a girl character but Jake always insists on it and they grew up from kids, teens in high school and now they’re last few weeks of college and are both absolutely whipped for each other, Jake is down bad and male reader is in denial and always has the lingering thought that Jake would one day find his “Wendy” soon. Now that they’re about to graduate and live their own lives so for Jake’s birthday, Jake wanted a costume party and yes he’s dressed as Peter Pan and insists on coaxing male reader to be his Wendy for the night though with much resistance male reader eventually caves and dresses up as a boy version (or in a dress, you do you boo no shame in crossdressing) as Wendy. The other Enha members are there at the party of course (you other groups of your choice) and it’s just a fun night where they actually feel and become kids again and it all just feels so right and nostalgia gets the best of them with the lights, ambiance and music and all the memories and moments they’ve made all the yearning and pining for each other as they dance and laugh the night away from dusk ti’ll dawn as both finally confess and kiss as they both feel like they’re flying because of happy thoughts and pixie dust on their way to the second start to the right and straight on ti’ll morning. Feel free to add your own spin on it 🤭
Author's note 1-2: This was incredibly cute to write, oh my gosh i loved it so muchhhhh
Pairing Jake (Sim Jaeyun) x male reader
Synopsis: Jake has always been Peter Pan, but who's going to be his Wendy? (spoiler, it's always been you)
Neverland, The second star to the right and straight on till morning
“Jake, I don’t want to be Wendy!”
“But you have to be! Who’s going to fall in love with me?”
“No one! I want to be Captain Hook!”
“But you need to be Wendy!”
“I’m always Wendy though” you whined, annoyed with the game already. It seemed that all you and Jake ever played was Peter Pan and Wendy. If you were going to play it all the time, you could at least be Captain Hook. At least once.
“You’re a good Wendy though”
“But Wendy’s a girl! I don’t want to play the girl anymore! I want to be a boy”
“Fine, next time you can be Peter Pan”
“No, this time” you countered, glaring at him
“How about you be Wendy this time and Captain Hook next time?”
“Really?” You said with excitement and Jake nodded
“Yay! Okay, I’ll be Wendy this time, let’s play” You and Jake ran around, pretending to fly, using sand as pixie dust. Then your least favourite part of the game happened. Kissing Jake. Wendy always kissed Peter Pan in Jake’s game, and you hated it
“Do I have to?”
“It’s how the game works”
“But I don’t like it!”
“Just one more time?”
“Fine” you said with a huff. You got on your tiptoes and in an exaggerated girly voice said
“Oh Peter! You saved me! How can I ever repay you?”
“A kiss, dear Wendy” Jake grinned and you rolled your eyes. You kissed his cheek and ran away from Jake immediately.
“Bleh! I need water, you tasted like sand”
“You taste like sand”
“You wouldn’t know!”
“Let me see”
“Ahhh! No! Jake stoppit!” You ran faster, laughing while Jake tried to catch you
“Come here Y/N, let me see!”
“No! Mommy! Jake’s trying to see if I taste like sand!” You called to your mother, who had just walked outside with Jake’s mom, to see what you two were up to
“He’s what?” She said with a small laugh, sitting down with her glass of tea
“Trying to see if I taste like sand! Mrs. Sim, Jakes’ trying to eat me!”
“Now Jake, let’s not try and eat our friends”
“He said I tasted like sand first”
“How about both of you get ready for a bath” your mother said and you two froze. You looked at each other, sharing the same look of horror, then ran off
“I don’t want a bath!”
“Me either! We’re not coming out” Jake said, hiding under the slide in your backyard. Both your mothers shook their heads
“Only good boys that take a baths can have ice cream after” Jake’s mom said and you and Jake looked at each other
“It’s a trick” you said and Jake nodded
“Agreed”
“We’ll take a bath after ice cream” Jake yelled back to his mom
“Why should we let you do that?” You mom asked and you and Jake went back to whispering
“Why should they let us do that?” You asked and jakes looked stumped
“Uhh… Oh! Because we’ll just get messy all over again and they’d have to give us two baths instead of one”
“Perfect! Jake says you should let us have ice cream now because we’ll just get dirty all over again and have to take a second bath” you yelled back to you and Jake’s mom
“Hmm.. well, I guess that’s true. Fine, ice cream then a bath” your mom said
“Yes!”
“We did it!”
“Come on out then you two, then we’ll get you your ice cream”
“With a cone?” Jake said, climbing out from underneath the slide
“And blue sprinkles?” You asked and Jake gasped
“Like Wendy!”
“No more sprinkles!” You yelled and Jake laughed at you running away from him. You were always going to be Wendy in Jake’s eyes.
“Jake, mate, this makes no sense”
“You’re the one that wanted to take this class”
“I didn’t think our teacher would throw in a random ‘enrichment quiz’ with nothing we’ve learned on it”
“We probably have learned it, we just weren’t paying attention” Jake muttered, putting his head in his hands and you hummed
“That’s… a very real chance, yeah”
“Dude, we’re going to fail this class” Jake said, flopping down on your bed
“No we’re not, we’re just going to barely pass this class”
“Our parents would kill us”
“Not if we do it first”
“Y/N!”
“What?!”
“Dude, time and place”
“Is this not the time or place? We’re about to bomb this test”
“Okay, maybe it is, but still, warn me”
“Ah yes, because I’m just going to say ‘my dearest Jake, I’m going to make a dark humored joke on the count of three, alright?’ Every time a joke pops up in my head”
“You should” Jake muttered and you shoved him
“You should go see what’s for dinner”
“You do it, it’s your house”
“My mom’s tired of seeing me in the kitchen”
“Because you eat everything!”
“Not my fault I am a growing boy”
“Don’t ever say that again, that was so cringy” Jake said, getting out your bed to check what’s for dinner
“No it wasn’t, you’re just weird”
“Your mom”
“I know, I get it from her”
“These jokes never work with you, oh my god” Jake walked out your room, going to see what you mom was making
“Hi Mrs. L/N”
“Oh hello Jake, can I help you?”
“I was just checking on dinner, Y/N says you’re tired of seeing him in the kitchen”
“And he’d be correct. I swear, that boy can just eat”
“I know, I’ve seen it”
“Well, you can call him down, dinner is pretty much done here”
“Okay Mrs. L/N. Wendy! Get down here” Jake yelled up the stairs and he could hear your groan
“Stop calling me that Jake, we’re not kids anymore”
“We don’t have to be kids for you to still be Wendy”
“Jake, I’m going to hurt you before we even sit down”
“Not if you can’t catch me”
“Don’t you start running in my house Mr. Sim” your mom said with a warning look and Jake grinned at her
“Wouldn’t dream of it Mrs. L/N” Jake said, and went to sit down. You two bothered each other during dinner as well, as any two best friends would. You stole a piece of his fish, he stole some of your rice, you stole a sip of his drink, he stole some of your vegetables. You two also apparently couldn’t keep your feet to yourselves because you kept kicking each other all dinner. It was only when Jake called you ‘Wendy’ did you get annoyed with him. He could honestly be such an ass
“Wendy dear, do you want ice cream?”
“I want to slice your hand off like Peter Pan did to Captain Hook, that’s what I want Jake”
“Y/N, be nice to Jake” your mom called from the living room
“He’s being annoying though!”
“That doesn’t mean you threaten him”
“Didn’t you threaten to hit dad with a pan the other day because he didn’t clean his dish?” There was silence from your mother, than a cough
“Jake, try not to instigate my son in our house please” your mother said after a moment and you and Jake lost it.
“There’s no way that worked bro” you wheezed and Jake hit your shoulder
“That would not fly in my house”
“Maybe you just need to stay here forever. Mom! Can Jake live with us?”
“Are you going to go live with Jake’s parents?”
“No, why?”
“Because I can’t have two of y’all in the same home, I need a child swap or Jake has to go home tomorrow”
“But-“
“No ‘buts’, no eat your ice cream and get ready for bed, you two have school tomorrow. And make sure you study some more for that test, I got an email about it”
“Oh we’re so fucking dead” You and Jake whispered at the same time, running off to your room with your bowls of ice cream, already planning your funerals ahead of time
“Is ‘X’ supposed to be five?” You asked with a sigh Jake shrugged
“No, ‘X’ is just supposed to be ‘X’” Jake answered, looking in his textbook
“Should I wear yellow or blue socks to your funeral?” You asked while putting your head in your hands
“Blue. What about yours?”
“Yellow, obviously, that’s my favourite colour”
“I know it’s your favourite colour, I was just asking! What if you wanted me to wear neon pink?”
“Would you do it?”
“If you die first, yes”
“New goal unlocked”
“Oh my god go sit in the corner” Jake said, throwing a pillow at you
“Boys! It’s time to get to bed! You need to rest for tomorrow” your mother yelled up the stairs
“Okay!” You and Jake replied, starting to pack your things up
“Should we just, pretend we’re sick?”
“How would be do that Y/N, we’ve been fine this entire week”
“The flu is very random when it strikes”
“I don’t think it’s that random” Jake said and you huffed
“I know, I just really don’t want to go to school tomorrow” you said while walking to your bathroom to brush your teeth. Jake followed you with his toothbrush in hand also with a sigh. You two brushed your teeth in silence, then got dressed. You got in your bed, Jake got on the air mattress and you two said your goodnights
“Goodnight Jake, see you in the morning… or the afterlife”
“Goodnight Y/N, see you in the morning”
Everything was quiet for a while, but you knew the quiet didn’t last long with you and Jake, because before you knew it, Jake decided to say the most confusing sentence known to man
“Do you think jellyfish have like, hidden ears? Because how do they like, know about the world around them? Or do they just continuously bump into things and die before getting smarter about their surroundings?”
“Jake?”
“Yes?”
“What time is it?”
“Twelve oh one?”
“Go the fuck to sleep Jake”
“But it’s a genuine question! And you know about animals!”
“Vibrations and stimuli and blah blah blah, go to sleep”
“Okay… do you think pandas know they’re alive?”
“Oh my god!” You groaned and told him the answer, but the random questions didn’t stop, and by the time it hit three in morning, you two were laughing like little kids again. Loudly too, absolutely failing at being quiet. Your mother had already come by once to tell you to quiet down, and now she came by another time
“If you boys don’t go to sleep, Jake isn’t coming over for a month, do you understand me?”
“Yes ma’am” you and Jake said, still trying to hold in laughter. When she left, you two laughed as quietly as you could into your pillows, trying to breathe. You two eventually calmed down, and soon enough, you were both snoring until the morning came
Spoiler: You two absolutely bombed that test. You got grounded away from each other for three weeks. It was absolute HELL.
Middle school honestly went by in a flash, and when you and Jake got to high school, it was a whole different experience. For starters, you and Jake barely had any classes together unlike in middle school. You had English, your lunch period, and Gym together. Absolutely heinous. But you two experienced it, and survived it and lived through it somehow. You survived a lot of things in high school actually.
Starting off with the realisation that Jake wasn’t always going to be there… oh! And your first big fight. It was rough, walking into your classes and your best friend not being there. Jake always pushed you to make new friends, but you didn’t even want to make new friends, it was so daunting to think about. Jake however made a whole new friend group. They even had a stupid little name. ENHYPEN or whatever the hell that was supposed to mean. You didn’t like them. It didn’t matter that you had never met them, but you didn’t like them. You avoided Jake for a week when you saw his new friend group. Not because you didn’t like them (you didn’t) and not because you were jealous he made new friends ( you were), but because you were upset he ignored you in favour of them. Like, excuse you? Last you checked, you were the one that knew everything about him. His fear of loud noises, thunderstorms, how he’ll pretty much faint if he sees a needle. But no, he wanted to hang out with those losers. Fine, you can make friends too, and ignore him for them just the same. And you did. Their names were Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Kai, and Taehyun. You called yourselves TXT. Or well, Soobin came up with the idea, you just rolled with it. You all clicked pretty well, and you honestly loved hanging out with them. Jake however, did not love you hanging out with them. You ignored him at lunch and sat with them, ignored him in class, didn’t partner with him in gym, acted like you had water in your ears every time he talked, only to get pulled away from him. What the fuck was your problem?
He confronted you about it after school one day while you were waiting the courtyard of the school, and you, as usual, ignored him.
“Y/N, I know you hear me! What’s your fucking problem, you get new friends and now I’m not important to you?”
“That’s funny! I was going to ask you the same thing Jaeyun!”
“Don’t call me that, you know I don’t like it when you call me that”
“Do I? It seems I’ve forgotten a lot of things. Like where I put my phone last night, how long I’m supposed to cook ramen, if I have a best friend or not. Something I haven’t forgotten though is how you ignored me for your little group of friends. You pushed me away first Jake! I didn’t push you!”
“Oooh… trouble in paradise” Yeonjun whispered to Soon, who nodded. They of course all knew about Jake, and your little problem with him right now, but they didn’t know it was this serious
“This is a lovers quarrel” Taehyun said, and Kai snickered quietly
“Don’t say that, he might hear you and then beat the shit out of you” Kai said, but the laugh in his voice made everything he said very unconvincing
“That’s ridiculous!”
“Is it? Because what about the first time you told me about them? How you brushed me off later that week to go hang out with them on our special day. Did you just forget Saturdays were like, our thing or something? What about when I called out to you the other day and you glanced at me, and then turned around to talk to them, huh?”
“Y/N… I-”
“I swear to god if you say you didn’t know, I’m hitting you in the face with my backpack”
“Hit me then… ow! Jesus!”
“You said hit you!”
“Not that hard, damn!”
“Well.. that’s how I feel!”
“Do you feel better?”
“…No” you said quietly and Jake wrapped you in his arms. He hugged you tightly, playing with the ends of your hair
“How about now?”
“Better…”
“Yeah?”
“Mhm”
“I’m sorry I ignored you. I don’t know why I did. I convinced myself I needed a break from you, but… seeing you with your friends made me jealous and I just… I guess we both just spiraled out of control, huh?”
“I guess so” you mumbled and Jake kissed the top of your head
“How about we go get ice cream? As a replacement for when I was being-“
“An asshole?”
“Yeah, and asshole” You waved to your friends, who were more than willing to let you walk away with Jake after you two made up, when suddenly Jake’s friends walked up to him
“Jake, you want to head down to the mall we’re going to- oh, who’s this?” One of his friends said, noticing Jake’s arm thrown over your shoulder
“You didn’t even tell them about me? My guys know everything about you”
“Define everything” Jake Sid with a glare and you laughed
“Okay, not everything you big baby, chill”
“Well, this is.. my best friend. His name is Y/N. He’s kind of the most important person on this planet to me, and we’re going to go get ice cream now because I was being an ass, any more questions?”
“Uhh… nope. Hi though, I’m Jay” Jay said with a wave, and everyone else started introducing themselves one by one
“Heesung”
“Sunghoon”
“Seonwoo”
“Jungwon”
“Riki”
“Well… I’m Y/N, nice to meet you I guess”
“You guess?”
“I’m not exactly going to be the happiest when meeting the people that stole my best friend from me for a week because he was being an idiot”
“Okay, that’s enough talking for you, you can meet them at some other time, let’s go”
“Fine… but you’re buying”
“Obviously. I’ll even get you a churro”
“Oh I love you”
“I love you too” Jake said, nudging you
“They’re in love” Heesung said and the rest of Enhypen turned to him with looks of confusion and shock
“Come again?” Jay said and Heesung shrugged
“They’re in love, just like, really late to it”
“Oh, so you think so too” Taehyun said, who was absolutely eavesdropping
“Huh?” Heesung said, looking towards Taehyun
“We’re Y/N’s friends, I heard what you said. You think so too?”
“You think so?”
“Yeah, you should hear the way he talks about Jake”
“I’m surprised he’s never told us about Y/N, he seems sweet” Sunghoon said and Soobin shrugged
“I don’t know, kind of a jerk move, considering that’s supposed to be his ‘best friend,’ but whatever”
“I think this could go either very badly, or extremely well” Kai said and everyone nodded
“Let’s hope for extremely well with those two…” Jay said. Little did he know, he’d be right. Eventually.
Another thing you two survived in high school was not only grades, the pressure of school, and school drama, it was also you. Specifically you coming out. You made the realisation one day after school handing out with Taehyun and Kai. They were together, you had figured it out easily, and they pretty much begged you not to tell the other boys. You just shrugged and said it wasn’t any of your business anyways. Now that you know though, they dragged you to all of their little dates as lookout just in case Soobin, Beomgyu, or Yeonjun were also out and about. It was when you saw Taehyun give Kai a kiss on the cheek did you realise that maybe… maybe you wouldn’t mind doing that with another boy too. It hit you like a truck and you promptly started crying. It would make sense. You’ve never thought any of the girls in school were cute. Not in middle school, high school, hell, even in kindergarten. You never really thought about kissing girls or dating them, unlike everyone else around you. And apparently your friends’ relationship was the final nail in the coffin. Kai noticed first and pretty much ran to see what was wrong.
“Hey, hey, hey, what’s wrong Y/N? What happened?”
“I think I’m different… I don’t even know why I’m thinking like this right now, but…”
“What does that mean Y/N?” Kai asked confused
“Y/N, you can tell us, we won’t judge” Taeyhun said and you sniffled
“I think I’m gay…”
“Oh” both boys said at the same time. Definitely not what they were expecting
“Your reaction is not helping” you said quietly and both boys went to hug you
“Oh hush, you know we’ll always love you, we were just surprised is all” Kai said, squeezing you tightly. Taehyun hugged you just as tight
“We’re not judging you, and you’re completely safe with us Y/N. We won’t tell anyone unless you want us to okay?”
“Okay.. thank you”
“Of course, now let’s go but you a a pride pin and a flag and parade you around” Kai said with a laugh and you groaned
“Oh God..” While you let the two drag you away, there was just one thought on your mind though. What would Jake think? You didn’t even care about your parents in that moment, you only cared about how Jake would see you. Would he care? See you in a new light? Would he stop being friends with you completely? You didn’t want to think about that outcome at all. So you didn’t. For a long time actually. You told Beomgyu, Yeonjun and Soobin after Taehyun and Kai. Hell, you even told ENHYPEN before eventually, nearing the end of senior year, you came out to Jake. You were at his house for a movie night when you finally came out, and you were a nervous wreck
“Jake... I have to tell you something”
“Okay, what’s up?”
“I’m gay…”
“…Yeah, I know”
“What do you mean ‘I know’?”
“I’m your best friend, I know you more than you know yourself. I knew back in middle school when you lied about having a crush on Karina. I can always tell when you lie”
“So you’ve just been sitting here, waiting until I came out?”
“Yeah, pretty much. I hope you didn’t think I was going to hate you, I’d never hate you for something like this. You’re my best friend. My other half. My Wendy to my Peter Pan” Jake said with a grin, thinking it would annoy you, but hearing him say that made the dam break open, and you started sobbing, curling into Jake’s side. He immediately held on to you, shushing you and stroking your hair to try and calm you down
“I’ve got you, it’s okay, it’s okay Y/N, I’m here. I’m right here, not going anywhere”
“Thank you…”
“Of course Y/N. I love you, and I’ll always love and support you”
“I love you too Jake…” if only you knew that’d be the last time you ever said ‘I love you’ to Jake completely platonically.
Your parents didn’t take it well. Well… actually, they didn’t take a lot of things well when you hit high school. They didn’t approve of your friend group, they didn’t approve of you and Jake sneaking out at night, they didn’t approve of you getting your hair dyed for the first time (You and Jake bought some box dye and went to town on your hair one night. It looked great, but your parents were fuming). They didn’t approve when you got your ears pierced, didn’t approve of you wanting to change your career before going to college, didn’t approve of your grades, they didn’t approve of anything honestly. Which is why when you came out to them, you already had boxes packed and at Jake’s house. You came out to his parents before your own. They hugged you immediately, leading you to sit down on the couch while they hugged you, telling you that they loved you, supported you, and they’d have a place for you if your parents didn’t accept you. Good thing they had that room ready.
Your parents screamed at you for hours. About how you were throwing away your life, how you’d never have a family, this that and the third. You had never seen your mother so disappointed in you, and that stung more than anything. You said your goodbyes to your parents, and walked out with one last box of your things. You cried in the car while Jake drove you to his parent’s house. He didn’t say much, just held your hand while you looked out the window, tears streaming down your face. The only thing he said to you in the car? ‘I love you.’ That night, you fell asleep in his arms. He suggested a movie to try and distract you from the events of that night. It was Peter Pan. You two had watched it so many times you could quote it by heart before the charters even spoke, but it was always something you two watched when the other was sad, and this was no different. Near the middle of the film, you were asleep with your head in Jake’s lap. He didn’t try to move you, just continued watching the movie until it was over. Only then did he shift around, just enough so that he was holding you while you slept.
Jake didn’t get much sleep that night. He was more focused on you. How your parents reacted and treated you. He heard their yelling from in his car. How could someone’s own parents treat them like that? But that wasn’t the only thing Jake had on his mind. He was thinking about you. You with a boyfriend. Someone that wasn’t… someone that wasn’t him. Jake wasn’t gay… but he’s pretty sure he’s bi, and thinking about his best friend with someone that wasn’t him left a sour taste in his mouth, a sting in his heart, and tears in his eyes. You’d only ever see him as your best friend, and that was one of the most heartbreaking things he would ever experience. He fell asleep a little after his three AM thoughts, wanting to try and have enough energy to be by your side at school tomorrow, but when he fell asleep, you had woken up. You were shocked to see Jake’s face so close to yours, but you weren’t complaining. You always thought Jake looked most as peace when he was sleeping anyways. He looked gorgeous honestly, but you shouldn’t be thinking about your best friend that way.
You shouldn’t be thinking about what it would be like to hold his hand as more than just friends, shouldn’t be thinking about what it would be like to hold him as your boyfriend instead of best friend. You shouldn’t think about what it would be like to kiss him, what it would be like to call him your boyfriend. You shouldn’t think about going out on triple dates (oh yeah, Yeonjin and Soobin got together, but you could’ve seen that happening from a mile away) with your friends. You shouldn’t look at your best friend at nearly four in the morning with love in your eyes, more than just platonic love in your eyes. You shouldn’t tell your best friend you love him, and always mean more than what you want to say. You shouldn’t look at your best friend, knowing one day, he’d finally find his stupid ‘Wendy,’ and that Wendy wouldn’t be you. You shouldn’t hope and pray you two go to the same college, you room with him, and keep his attention only on you. You shouldn’t do those things as a best friend, because that’s all you are, his best friend.
College. That scary time in life where you’re an adult now and you’re making very adult decisions. Like you getting your first boyfriend, Jake getting his first girlfriend, you and Jake breaking up with your respective partners, Jake telling you he’s bi, you congratulating him on coming out, then crashing the fuck out because despite Jake being bisexual, there is no possible way you have a chance. He calls you his best friend every single chance he gets. It’s like the universe hates you. Best friend this, best friend that, ‘oh yeah, he’s like a brother to me.’ Sure, okay, you’ll just go fucking die of heartbreak, everything’s going to be completely fine. Completely fine. It’s not like TXT is worried for your mental health, knowing how much your crush is taking a toll on you. Everyone falls in love with this best friend at some point, but it’ll pass. That’s at least what Beomgyu told you, but you don’t believe him. It’s already November, of your last year in college and you’re still hopelessly, helplessly, so deeply in love with him it’s sad at this point. Sad because you were in love with with Jake and Sad because Jake is so clearly in love with you, and you’re just a dumbass
“Does he know Jake is in love with him?” Kai asked out loud just out of the blue. You and Jake were gone, it was a Saturday. You always went out on Saturdays (You started seeing them as one sided dates, and you really shouldn’t have. Jake also started seeing them as one sided dates, and he really shouldn’t have).
“He couldn’t even find his phone yesterday, you think he’s going to know his best friend is in love with him?” Yeonjun said with a scoff. Soobin hit his arm lightly, shushing him
“Stop it, he’s just… confused right now, okay? He didn’t even know Jake was bi for the longest time because Jake thought he was ‘broken’, they’re both kind of dumb. They just need a little push is all” Soobin said, trying to be positive
“They’ve been needing little pushes since high school Soobin, I think what they need is to get locked in a closet for seven minutes” Kai said with a shrug and Taehyun choked on the drink he was sipping on
“Kai!” Taehyun said with a slap to his boyfriend’s wrist
“What?! You disagree? I feel like all of us here can agree with me!”
“No, I don’t think all of us agree with that” Taehyun said. As much as he wanted you and Jake to get together, he didn’t feel like forcing you into any situation would be good for you.
“I think they need a push, but not something as big as seven minutes in heaven. Y/N would freak out, probably cry, and Jake would comfort him. They’d probably kiss, but that would still be overwhelming for Y/N, seeing as you’re literally trying to shove him and his feelings back into a closest. We don’t need to meddle too much in his love life, he’ll figure it out, he somehow always figures it out” Beomgyu said from his video game, shutting everyone up. It was always him who had the best advice when it came to Y/N
“I agree… but I still think seven minute sin heaven would be a good idea!” Kai said and Taehyun pushed his boyfriend away from him
“Get away from me, I can’t even look at you right now” Taehyun said with a laugh, while Soobin threw a pillow at Kai. Whatever you needed to push you to confess, you needed it soon, school was going to be over soon anyways…
Meanwhile, over in I-Land the dorms ENHYPEN shared….
“You mean to tell me, that literally one of the smartest people in this school can’t tell that his best friend is extremely in love with him?” Riki said with a groan, falling back on his bed
“He’s simultaneously the smartest and most dumbest person we’ve ever met” Sunghoon said while writing in one of his notebooks
“He’s hopeless, like, an actual hopeless dog” Jay said and everyone nodded
“I just don’t understand how he can’t see it. I could see it in high school!” Heeseung said with a sigh. He had almost given up on trying to hint to Jake that you liked him, it was just so tiring seeing someone like Jake get all up in a twist over a boy… that CLEARLY liked him back!
“Listen, we need to do something, or else he’s going to be an idiot loser who only dates girls and guys that look like Y/N for the rest of his life” Jay said and Riki shuddered
“Please, let’s not mention the ex girlfriend, that was so weird”
“Extremely. I genuinely thought I was going crazy. Same height, hair colour, shopped at the same stores, same shoe size. I genuinely think Jake hod gone insane for a little bit” Seonwoo said with a shudder akin to Riki’s
“Do you think we should try to get them together at Jake’s birthday party? We’re going to be graduating, and I know they’ll probably become roommates, but I think we should intervene before they boom roommates with extreme romantic and sexual tension for the rest of their lives” Jungwon said and everyone nodded
“I agree, but do you think we’d be overstepping?” Seonwoo asked and Jay scoffed
“I think we’d be understepping at this point. We should’ve stepping in when Jake told us he was ‘having thoughts’
Oh yeah, Jake told his friends when he started crushing on you, but just blew it off as a passing thought he’d forget about in a week. A week. Didn’t know the entire four years of college counted as a week
“I just think that they need to man up and tell each other how they feel” Riki said and Sunghoon scoffed
“Easy for you to say, you’re confident. Y/N is oblivious dumbass number one and Jake is an obvious dumbass number two, those two would probably rather step on hot coals then use their brains in this situation”
“Jesus, that was a little harsh” Jungwon said and Sunghoon shrugged
“Somebody had to say it”
“True, but not like that. Although I do agree, they need to do something” Heeseung said
“How about we all just stop talking about their doomed relationship and focus on something else? I’m getting wrinkled just thinking about them. Like, I don’t know, cats, or squirrels even” Seonwoo said and the rest of the guys shrugged
“Whatever keeps your skin glowing at night I guess” Jay said sarcastically and Seonwoo hit his shoulder
“No respect in this house, I swear”
Oh speaking of November. November 15, 2002. The day your best friend was born. November 15 also happens to be today. Meaning it’s Jake’s birthday. And this motherfucker wants a costume party. The idea of a costume party in itself isn’t bad, not at all, it sounds amazing actually. Extremely fun. It’s just more the fact that for three weeks Jake has been trying to get you to dress up as Wendy
“Jake, I love you, but no”
“But it would look good! I’d be Peter, you’d be Wendy, and then, I don’t know, maybe Beomgyu would be Tinker Bell, just think about it”
“Did you just suggest my friend be Tinker Bell?”
“Well gross couple number one and gross couple number two are doing couples outfits, so Beomgyu would need a costume so he doesn’t feel left out”
“Jake, you’re suggesting a couple outfit right now, he’d feel even more left out! His costume is literally the third wheel of the movie”
“Okay, okay, Jesus, he won’t be Tinker Bell, but can you at least think about the Wendy costume?”
“I don’t want to wear a dress Jake”
“Then don’t wear a dress, make it masculine for a I care, but please can you be Wendy? It’s my birthday Y/N, you won’t do this one thing for my birthday?”
“This one thing? This one thing besides make your invitations, decorate the dorm, make the food, make the cake, buy the decorations, and get your present?”
“Okay, so… nobody asked for all of that extra, okay?”
“I’ll think about it Jake”
“That’s not a no!”
“Not a yes either Jakey-poo, now finish your coffee so we can get back to the dorm and figure out your birthday some more” you said with a sarcastic lilt in your voice
“Whatever you say Wendy Moira Angela Darling”
“Come choke on this Darling you motherfucker” you said with a laugh, getting out of your chair to chase a now running Jake down the sidewalk to your dorm. God, you hated him. And loved him. And hated that you loved him and loved that you hated him and just… him.
You ended up wearing the dress. It took a few more days of convincing, but Jake managed to get you to wear the dress. You glared at everyone that gave you a look that night. You were only doing this because of Jake, but also, there is a small chance you’ll poison the punch of whoever looks at you. The night itself was beautiful. You got LED and fairy lights for the room, a playlist organized by time of day, good food, a beautifully decorated cake that took you way too many hours to make so he better appreciate the fuck out of your cake, and of course, you were there, so what could go wrong?
A lot, actually. Like Jake pulling you away from the refreshment tables to dance. You don’t dance
“You’re not going to be a wallflower at my own birthday party Y/N”
“Uh-huh, whatever you say Peter Pan”
“I’m serious, come on, dance with me. At least one dance”
“You know I don’t dance”
“And you know that you’re a liar, I’ve seen you dance, come on” Jake said and tugged you with him. You gave him a glare, but there was no anger in it. You two danced (Badly. On purpose. You promise on purpose), laughed, at some point spilled your drinks on each other, and near the end of the night, Jake had you in his arms again, but the song was slower and it’s lyrics intentional. It was a love song. Of course you’re stuck with Jake when a love song is playing. You actually didn’t want to add this in the playlist, but Taehyun had begged you to keep it on the playlist, probably to pull Kai into his shenanigans, not for you to be looking your best friend in the eyes while he smiles at you softly and your legs turn to jelly. That’s not what was supposed to be happening.
“Why’re you looking at me like that?” You asked softly, struggling to keep eye contact with Jake
“Like what?”
“Like.. that, I don’t know. You’re just looking at me different”
“Maybe I’m just looking at you the way I pretty much always have and you’re just finally seeing it” Jake said and you felt dizzy. Not dizzy in love way, more dizzy in a what-is-this-man-saying-should-i-call-a-doctor-he’s-saying-weird-things way
“Jake, what’re you saying?”
“I’m saying I like you Y/N”
“I mean, I like you too Jake, I wouldn’t be friends with you if I didn’t like you”
“No, idiot, I mean I have feelings for you. I have since the last year in high school” Oh. Oh that’s what he meant
“I guess that makes more sense than you just randomly telling me you like me in a friendly way, huh?” You said with a nervous laugh. But your brain was still stuck on what Jake had said. ‘I mean I have feelings for you. I have since the last year in high school.’ How did you miss that?
“Yes, dumbass, it does” Jake said with a laugh, snapping you back into reality. You didn’t really know what to say. You had a mutual crush on Jake, but your mouth felt dry, like you decided to eat a cup of sand.
“Well now you’re looking at me weird Y/N. I didn’t mean to freak you out, I just wanted to let you kn-oh-mph!” You pulled Jake into a kiss, shocking not only him, but yourself as well, oh, and everyone else around. Soobin looked like he was three steps away from passing out, Heesung was literally jumping in the air. Yeonjun and Kai had their mouths hung open, while Jay, Riki, and Beomgyu were clapping like their lives depended on it. Sunghoon was taking pictures, while Jungwon and Seonwoo were shaking each other in excitement, with Seonwoo trying his hardest not to shriek. When you pulled away from Jake, he looked dazed
“So uh… I like you too?” You said shyly and Jake grinned
“Yeah, I think I gathered that”
“So what does this make us exactly?” You asked and Jay started screaming like a banshee
“If you don’t fucking say ‘boyfriend’, I’m going to smother you! Say boyfriend! Now! SAY IT!”
“Okay! Okay! I’m saying it! And keep your nose out my business!” Jake said, flipping Jay off. He turned back to you with a soft smile, and grabbed both of your hands in his
“Y/N, do you want to be my boyfriend?”
“Mmmm.. I don’t know, do I get to steal your clothes and annoy you every day?”
“You do that already love” Jake said and you blushed. Love. That was new. You could get used to that
“I don’t think I have any other option then to say yes”
“Good, because I wasn’t taking no as an answer” Jake said before kissing you again. This time, Seonwoo did nothing to hide the shriek in his voice
“Oh my god it’s happening!”
“Shut up, I’m trying to record” Sunghoon said and Seonwoo shooed at him
“Don’t tell me to shut up, I’m celebrating”
“Celebrate quietly”
“You can quietly shove your hand up your-“
“Seonwoo, shut up” Jay said and he huffed
“Why is everyone against me today?”
While your groups of friends were arguing, you and Jake were in your own world, Neverland if you wanted to be cheesy
“So.. when can I take you out?”
“How about tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow sounds great, what do you feel about that farmers market you like”
“So clearly you want me to marry you, I see how it is”
“Not opposed to it” Jake mumbled and your eyebrows shot up
“What?”
“Nothing, we have other things to worry about. Like- oh shit, like Seonwoo getting in a fight” Jake said, finally looking up to see his friends yelling at each other
“Eh, he’ll get out of it, I’m kinda bored”
“What do you want to do?”
“We could… go to your room?” You said with a smirk and Jake felt nervous
“And do what exactly Y/N?”
“Cuddle and watch a movie obviously”
“Come on you menace” Jake said and you happily followed him away the crowd of the idiots you all called friends. You and Jake cuddled up in his bed, watching, of course, Peter Pan.
“Jake?”
“Mmm?”
“I love you”
“I love you too Y/N. I love you too”
November fifteenth. The day your best friend was born, and the day you got together with him. Best day of the year by far.
Author's note 2-2: inspiration hit me like a truck, and i just started WRITING this thing, so now it's getting put out earlier than expected. also, i hope y'all liked this, especially the anon that requested it
⟡ oh, and for the cake, we're pretending it's a picture of Jake in the frame, okay? ⟡
Everyone make sure to eat at least a little something and drink some water! ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧
