focus on me — c. jongho.
member — choi jongho x (neutral gender reader)
genre — fluff
au — college!au, badboy!au
word count — 1.04k words
warnings — n/a
synopsis — “in a room full of eight gorgeous boys, your eyes are fixated on this one boy, choi jongho like he was the only boy you could ever see.”
it was your first day of college, and so far everything had been going well. you made a new friend who was a year older than you and was really nice to you, guiding you around the place. it made you feel less stressed out and anxious about making friends other than your schoolmates whom you knew nothing about anymore, since you lost contact with most of them after graduation.
while you and your new friend were walking around after lectures you noticed eight gorgeous boys leaning against the wall. for a brief moment, you made eye contact with them until your eyes fixated themselves on one certain boy with chocolate-like brown hair whose eyes were also fixated on you, the two of you stared at each other like you're the only people in the room. you felt a spark in your heart and that was when you knew he'd be someone special.
this staring game could've lasted forever only if your friend hadn't dragged you away from them.
"who are they?" you curiously ask your friend about those mysterious handsome boys you had just run into a few seconds ago.
"oh, those are ateez, the bad boys and the most popular boys in college, the one you were staring at is choi jongho." your face flushed in embarrassment, were you that obvious?
"but, y/n sweetie you stay away from these boys." your friend warned you.
"but why? they seem nice." your eyebrows furrowed in confusion. they didn't look that harmful to you, their faces looked so innocent, so why would your friend warn you about them?
"trust me, they're not as nice as they look." with that you left with your friend, thinking about nothing but jongho. you swear you had never seen such a beautiful boy in your life, you wanted to believe your friend but something in the way he looked at you were way too innocent for a bad boy. you let a small sigh leave your lips and bid your friend goodbye before heading home with a busy mind.
ever since then, ateez were trying to get close to you to get your attention. to your surprise, you clicked well with them and got along with them pretty quickly. especially jongho, you felt a special connection with him, he had something different about him that made him stand out the most to you, he just had your attention ever so effortlessly.
one day, the boys invited you to spend the weekend with them at their dorm. you were hesitant about being alone with them and thought about refusing politely, but jongho insisted that you must come and of course you couldn't say no to him. so you ended up coming over eventually.
"hey, let's play truth or dare." wooyoung suggested and everyone seemed to agree, everyone except you and jongho, who remained silent. you knew there was something behind it as you felt the atmosphere getting tensed.
you had all decided to ask the person sitting next to you, and you were totally unlucky today because you were sitting next to san.
"so, y/n," san spoke as he scooted close to you, and you could tell that jongho got really jealous.
"truth or dare?"
"dare." you said out of the blue and instantly regretted it, you didn't know why you chose dare when you originally wanted to go for truth because you knew they'd pick wild dares but your stupid brain didn't think twice and now you ended up having a God knows what dare.
san smirked widely and you couldn't be any more scared, he was unpredictable, you didn't know what shit he had in store for you.
"y/n, i dare you to kiss the prettiest guy in the room." you should've seen that coming, he'd been teasing you nonstop. however, it still struck you like a lightning thunder.
you gulped as things got more tensed between you and jongho and a wave of awkward silence washed over the two of you.
"oh c'mon y/n, just kiss jongho already." wooyoung said, earning himself a smack from jongho who was blushing furiously and so were you.
"y/n what's go-" you cut him off by locking your lips with his in a kiss that only lasted for mere seconds before you pulled away, you looked at jongho, who was only silent.
"jongho?" you asked, still got no response from him. this aroused your fears, what if he didn't like it? what if that made him uncomfortable? but little did you know that you drove him crazy with that short kiss, you left him wanting more and more.
just then, the most unexpected thing happened and jongho was the one kissing you. you blinked for a few seconds, your mind trying to register what was going on. when you finally registered that you shut your eyes and let yourself melt into the kiss.
you could never describe how it felt like, you just couldn't find the right words to use. to say that it felt so good was such an understatement, it was perfect; the way your lips synchronized with his almost took your breath away. your body jolted in happiness the more the kiss lasted.
you shyly pull away when you hear sounds of clapping and whistles coming from behind you. you were blushing madly and so was jongho.
the boys kept teasing the two of you but stopped when they earned themselves death glares from the youngest.
"y/n, i don't know if this is the perfect moment to say this but," he held your hands and locked his soft fingers with yours. his eyes fixated on you like you were the only person he could see.
"i love you, from the moment our eyes met the other day." your jawline dropped at his small confession, you couldn’t be any happier to know that the guy you loved loved you back
"i love you too, jongho." you wrapped your arms around his neck and buried your face in his shirt to prevent them from seeing your red cheeks. you felt jongho smiling against your skin.
“y/n, from now on, i want you to keep your eyes on me, and only me.”