of cats and dramas
[ Masterlist ] summary: Dark clothes and belongings say nothing about the brightness inside of you, the brightness that Daniel sees.
“I really want to kiss you right now.”
“What?”
“Oh gosh, did I say that out loud?”
[ I combined two requests here because I thought that they would go well together! Thank you to those who requested! Sorry that this is out a bit late loves, I got distracted with friend’s suggesting a movie night. Classes start again tomorrow so I am powering through to get the drafts done for everyone! Also this ended up really long, wowie, I guess I got inspired? <3 -Admin V ]
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if someone were to look at you, they would straight up say that you were scary
you didn’t really get it honestly
sure you wore darker colors than most people but that is just because you didn’t want any of your brighter color clothes to get stains at work after school
you work at a local cat cafe, by the way
you really just like taking care of cats
you would adopt one of the cats but your dad’s allergic
and you can speak to customers and coworkers well and are polite
yet at school you don’t really talk to many people because honestly?
people are exhausting
and most of them you can’t hold a conversation with because they just don’t find similar interests
like certain t.v shows or cats actually
well you can talk to one person
that being seongwoo but that is only because he’s your co-worker
and it's mostly to find out which shift either of you are covering
most people just talk about boring things and
one of those boring things includes relationships to which you just go
“why can’t we just talk about cats instead”
you know who else likes cats?
student council president and dance team leader kang daniel
peter and rooney are the loves of his life he swears
he is loved by all the student body and is an angel
he is also a really good dancer, thus why he is the leader of the dance team
honestly people are surprised he isn’t taken by anyone
he just says “he’s waiting for the right one” and just blushes at his cheesiness
its honestly adorable
so someone like you
who tends to avoid people, wear dark clothes, scares people
who prefers books to people but is just really, really, really shy
and daniel
who is loved by a lot of people, socializer, and is even the student council president
and is not shy lies
what are the odds right?
you were working your shift at the cafe after school when it started to rain and you thanked the stars you had a spare umbrella
of course when you were washing the window to the cafe you saw someone standing out there under the awning
which didn’t really cover them very well
and you figured
“must have gotten rained in..”
you debated it for a moment but quickly ran to the staff room and grabbed your umbrella
it was a very light pink which honestly wasn’t very you
but it was a gift from a friend from a long time ago and you weren’t about to just stop using it for its color
you stepped out of the cafe and quickly and walked to the stranger
“here, you need it more than me.”
and quickly putting it into their hands (you couldn’t see their face from their hood)
you ran back inside the cafe
but daniel saw you
in fact he was the one you gave the umbrella to
small world, huh?
he was running home from dance practice and it started to rain and he hid under there to try and stay less soaked and maybe wait out the rain
when you came out and handed him your umbrella and
it was pink, which from what he knew of you wasn’t very you
he saw you from time to time around school
noticed you were very pretty yes he did
and he knew you didn’t really talk to anyone and that kind of broke his heart cause
okay he has a crush on you but that is besides his point here
he knows you don’t actually try to be scary, he has known you since elementary
and that you are just really shy but
he hasn’t found the right chance to talk to you yet
and he looked back towards the window and saw you run in to serve customers and
where was that really shy girl he knew?
what he saw was you, in your apron and uniform, smiling at the customers and helping a kid with a kitten
picking up the cats gently and feeding them and showing the kids how to and
wow his heart is beating really fast
and his face feels really hot and he just feels like a pile of mush
soft af
because just seeing how much care you put into this and how happy and smiling and-
you almost caught him staring and he turned really quickly to look like he was fiddling with his phone before he looked down at the umbrella and smiled
he opened it up and stepped out into the rain and started home but
he really wanted to see you again
well of course he has to see you again he has to return your umbrella
so he started his plan
meanwhile you sighed as you just looked outside later to find it was still raining but
you did something nice for a stranger and you smiled softly to yourself and pulled up the hood on your black coat, sprinting home
you got sick for a few days lol
one day when you came back into class after being sick, you noticed that there was a coffee there
and you thought it was someone else’s and almost threw it away
but you saw your name on it and just went “???”
you looked around the classroom but no one else was there and you just shrugged
you sat back down and left it at the corner of your desk and that’s when you noticed other writing on it
“I’d give up one of my nine lives for you ❤️”
and you’d be lying if you didn’t blush a bit but you were also confused
and you thought it was a prank so you were wary
you tasted the drink and you were
surprised?
it was your favorite drink?
now things were getting freaky because you don’t have anyone you really told that to so you are wary of it but
well
you aren’t about to turn down a free drink
so you go on with your day
meanwhile
in a certain president’s room
daniel is freaking out to seongwoo
“dude what if she doesn’t like it”
“daniel i work with y/n, she drinks this all the time”
“yes, well, still! she may think it's poisoned or something oh god”
“boi”
and this pattern continued every day, a different line on the cup every time
“im feline fine now that i have seen you.”
“how you feline? cause you purrfect, i’m not kitten!”
and so on
they were honestly, really bad
like cringeworthy vomit bad
but you found them nice nonetheless
you also noticed something weird
usually people steered clear of you in class and tend to sit away from you but
kang daniel is sitting next to you
now you have seen daniel around a lot since elementary and have noticed him of course
who wouldn’t
he was a really kind guy and you may have had a crush on him before
or now
but that isn’t important everyone has a crush on him
you thought you had no chance
so you just ignored it
until he asked you for a pencil
you looked up and saw him smiling and just nodded quietly and handed him one of yours, which was actually bright orange
actually if someone were to look at your stuff, the only things that were really black was your clothing and bag, the rest of the stuff was rather colorful
he beamed and thanked you and you swore you saw buddha right then and there
you had to turn away quickly to hide your blush
you said “your welcome, oppa” and went on with it
meanwhile daniel was blushing himself because he did it! he talked to you!
and wow your voice was really cute
so days went on like that
you got mysterious coffees from someone and daniel kept sitting next to you, asking you various things
you two actually started to talk more
(which surprised people but it wasn’t unwelcome
there were bets being made
aka started by seongwoo
on how long it would take for you two to start dating)
you two talked about favorite breeds of cats and daniel got into discussions with you about drama endings which,,, surprised you because
kang daniel? soft over fight for my way? unheard of
but he was really into it
because he saw you were watching it while waiting for class one day and asked if he could watch with you because he missed the showing last night
it was the start of a beautiful friendship
you two talked about anything and everything and suddenly that dreary morning period didn’t seem so bad anymore
you kind of felt sad when class ended and you had to stop talking to him
little did you know daniel felt the same way and he was thinking of ways to meet with you outside of class because he really
really wants to just
wow he had to stop right where he was in the middle of his council work to realize
he wanted to hold hands with you, hug, and kiss you and just do nice boyfriend-girlfriend things
“oh my god i’m in love”
“it took you two months to realize that?”
seongwoo is so done
so he takes the initiative
one day when you and seongwoo share the shift he brings up a study group for the morning class you two are in
he said since you get really good grades in the class if you could help with it
he begged and promised that he would cover your shifts for a week if you went to one
and if he covered more shifts that meant you could watch more of your drama or play games so
you shrugged and said sure
come saturday night and you are regretting
you are standing outside of seongwoo’s home in your sweatshirt, jeans, and timbs (all black of course) and hair tied back and
why didn’t you stay home to watch shows
you would have taken the shifts because you really didn’t mind them so much but
you sighed because you keep your word on things
so with that you knocked on the door
before you could knock knock twice
i’m sorry that was a really bad pun
seongwoo opened the door with a wide grin and ushered you in
not at all suspicious
and lo and behold
daniel is sitting there on the couch with his book open
he looks up to see who came in and his eyes go wide
so do yours
seongwoo sits you down and he gets out his own books and it's quiet for a while
until you notice daniel struggling with a translation for english and you scooch next to him to help him
“its translated to “carnival” here, so it is asking “have you been to the carnival”.”
and he beams at you and thanks you and you feel yourself blush but
you two continue to work together
seongwoo quietly tiptoes upstairs as you two continue to work
you two end up getting your homework done and soon you are just talking about things and
daniel is smiling so much at you and you are doing the same and it's honestly so nice
he just thought to himself as he heard you talk about the differences between ae-ra and seolhee that
“i really want to kiss you right now.”
“what?”
“oh gosh did i say that out loud?”
and it's really awkward between you two and daniel just sighs and
“well i had wanted to do this a whole different way, maybe with flowers, but...”
you look at him in confusion and he just blushes a bit before smiling at you
“I really like you, y/n, i’ve liked you since elementary school when you stood up for me in front of the bullies who said dancing was for girls, and even more when you gave me your umbrella that rainy day in front of the cafe, and the more i got to know you the more i fell and i started to try to woo you over slowly… so i asked seongwoo what your favorite drink was and got that every morning and i just wanted to talk to you more but didn’t know how and… wow this is a lot i uh… i’m sorry if i made you feel awkward..”
he giggles a bit and hides his face and you just
this man is a child
a cute child
you smile and look down, causing him to look at you in concern as you reply
“i admit… i didn’t think i would be one of those people who want a relationship since i really only know dramas and games well, but… hanging out with you and talking to you made me feel so nice, it's kind of crazy how much i like talking to you? because i thought that since you were really popular you wouldn’t want to talk to me but i… wow this is… haha how do people do this?”
“right?”
you and daniel giggle like the dorks you are and you just stare at eachother and smile
daniel holds out his hand and you take it quietly and you just lean against each other
“I don’t know how these things work but… i want to make this work with you. will you be my girlfriend?”
you smile up at him and his heart is fluttering
“of course, who else would i argue about the heirs with?”
both of you were blushy messes when seongwoo came back down from his “bathroom break”
he was hiding on the staircases holding back sobs of joy at his friend finally getting with you like a proud parent would
“so uh, i take it things went well?”
he asked all cheekily and then you realized
“you set this up on purpose!”
“so i did, well would you look at the time my parents are coming home soon and you all need to get home to sleep, ta ta lovers!”
and he ushers you two out with your stuff and the two of you are left standing there before both of you giggle
“i admit, i kind of want to hit him for setting us up like this but i should also thank him.”
“why?”
“because without him, i don’t think i would have ever been able to confess to you”
there you go red again, and even redder when daniel takes your hand in his and you two start to walk home
daniel just murmurs into your hair as the sun sets in the distance
“you make me feel so high, i’m so crazy.”
extra
(seongwoo sneezed as he felt like something happened
as if someone just stole something from him but he doesn’t know what
he wrinkled his nose before shrugging and going back to his show)
(when you two came to school the next day, there were posters that had “FINALLY!” on the front and it said that you and daniel got together and you both looked at eachother before sighing.
“seongwoo.” “seongwoo.” )
( “wait a minute”
“hm?”
“you still have my umbrella!”
“oh yeah about that--” )