bonfire bust.
@msusoohwa
taejun is minding his own business as the day draws to its end. the sun is setting and students are starting to gather and find places to sit as the bonfire is lit for everyone to enjoy the end of the carnival together.
as he weaves through the different groups of students now settled by the lake trying to scout out any of his friends, he spots soohwa also navigating his way through the students. seeing this as a sign to get the chance to approach and get to now someone new, taejun immediately changes his course and heads towards the head student, determined to introduce himself.
it may have been known, or not, that taejun held an immense amount of respect and admiration for soohwa. from their years at hogwarts to now, taejun had always wanted to speak and get to know soohwa but just never found a good enough reason to approach the independent toseong student. as much as taejun prided himself with his magic abilities, he knew he paled in comparison to soohwa; top three graduate of the slytherin house, head student, and also auror in training… taejun wasn’t one to shy away from getting to know people but soohwa always seemed to be the exception.
with the carnival set to bring all students and staff members together though, taejun knew this was a chance he would never get again. being able to approach soohwa alone without requiring a valid reason for taking up the busy head student’s time. or having others prying eyes watch him attempt to screw up his first official meeting with soohwa.
“soohwa! hey, soohwa!”
as much luck as taejun wished to consider he was receiving in that moment as soohwa turned to look at him, he was still… himself to the very core.
he felt it first in his feet where he stumbled against a sudden dip in the ground. then his legs began to buckle underneath him as he tried to stabilize and rebalance himself on his way to his target. upon realizing that the top half of his body was no longer coordinating with his bottom half, taejun knew he would either have to: a, run into soohwa and use him to cushion his fall. b, continue stumbling to prevent himself from tripping. or c, crash.
seeing as he didn’t want to crush one of the people he admired most on his first meeting, option a was out of the picture. regarding option b, that would require taejun completely passing soohwa which was against the whole point of calling out his name and catching his attention to wait for taejun. so, no question on option b being ruled out either.
in all honesty, taejun wasn’t surprised that this was how his first meeting with soohwa was starting. bracing himself, he simply welcomed the impact as he fell forwards into the dirt ground. despite his clumsiness though, he had to say he had impeccable aim for landing right in front of soohwa.
with a simple smile, he pulled a tangerine from his pocket before looking up at the head student cheerfully.
“hey, i’m noh taejun. would you like a tangerine?”