college AU Jongho× reader where they're forced to share a bed and end up cuddling and maybe JUST MAYBE HATE KISS EACH OTHER?
enemies to lovers? Where they really really hate each other for absolutely irrational reasons because they can't admit they like each other.
(I just think Jongho gives really warm hugs hehe)
Jongho x Reader || forced bed sparks tension
you’d like to think you’re mature. rational. capable of ignoring someone you actively dislike.
and yet, there you are, sitting on one side of the twin bed you now both have to share because campus housing decided your dorms “couldn’t be split this semester” for “budgetary reasons.”
Jongho is glaring at you across the room like he’s personally offended by your existence. which, honestly, is not a far stretch considering how many times you’ve argued over everything, the thermostat, the Wi-Fi password, the last slice of pizza.
“could you… not hog the blanket tonight?” you ask, feigning irritation, pulling your hoodie tighter around yourself.
“i’m not hogging it,” he says, voice clipped, sitting on the edge of the bed and tapping his foot like a ticking clock. “you’re just, loud when you move.”
loud, you’re loud. right.
you sigh. “sure, let’s call it that.” you roll your eyes, already anticipating a night of tossing and turning because he refuses to give you space.
later, the room is dark except for the soft glow of your phone. you’re on your side, knees drawn up, when you feel it, a subtle nudge against your shoulder.
“move over,” he mutters. “it’s not like i want to touch you, just, there’s barely room.”
your eyes snap open. he’s already half on your side of the bed. of course he is. you should’ve expected this.
“i cannot believe this,” you whisper, but there’s no real strength in your words. because now that he’s there, inches from you, there’s no denying the warmth radiating from him. and maybe, just maybe, it’s nice.
he doesn’t say anything, just shifts slightly, tucking his arm under your shoulder. it’s the kind of contact that would normally make your brain scream, but right now your body is betraying you by leaning into it.
“don’t think this means anything,” he mutters, and you’re not sure if he’s talking to you or himself.
you scoff softly. “oh, i wasn’t thinking anything. don’t flatter yourself.”
but then his hand is brushing your arm. lightly, just brushing. and the rational part of your brain is screaming, this is ridiculous. you hate him.
and yet, you find yourself inching closer, your shoulder brushing his, his chest against yours.
“you’re really annoying,” he says finally, voice low and breathy.
“thank you,” you reply sarcastically, heart racing. because maybe, just maybe, you’re not entirely sure if you’re hating him anymore.
and then, impossibly, your lips meet.
it’s sloppy, accidental, the kind of kiss that makes you jolt back immediately, both of you frozen.
“i, i,” he stammers, face flaming red.
“we’re never speaking of this,” you say firmly, shoving him gently.
“agreed,” he hisses, but his hand lingers near yours. just a fraction too close.
you lie awake for hours, blanket tangled around both of you, hearts pounding, and it’s clear neither of you will ever admit just how much you’ve been lying to yourselves.
and somehow, despite the irrational hatred, the bed feels impossibly warm.
Now, I’m 99.9% sure I don’t have dysleixa. (For those of you who don’t know, dyslexia is a Learning Disability that makes letters appear like different letters or backwards/upside down and makes it hard for them to read/write) But I’m so fricking surprised I wasn’t diagnosed with it.
I have problems knowing my left from my right at times (okay most of the time) and I looked up if there were other people who couldn’t tell either. One of the results I got for this was dysleixa. (There are others, and sometimes Left-Right confusion is all on it’s own, but when I was first researching dysleixa was right up there) Here are some symptoms(behavior of people who are dyslexic):
Difficulty reading, including reading aloud.
Slow and labor-intensive reading and writing/Spending an unusually long time completing tasks that involve reading or writing
Avoiding activities that involve reading.
Problems spelling/Difficulty spelling
Mispronouncing names or words, or problems retrieving words/Difficulty seeing (and occasionally hearing) similarities and differences in letters and words/Inability to sound out the pronunciation of an unfamiliar word
Reading well below the expected level for age
Problems processing and understanding what he or she hears
Difficulty finding the right word or forming answers to questions
Problems remembering the sequence of things
There are more, so if you have these symptoms don’t freak out.
When I was little I hated reading, and I mean hated reading. The words were too close and I got lost between lines and they just didn’t seem to hold weight. They would run together and wouldn’t create a story, just meaningless words stitched to each other. Because I hated reading, when we were required to read out-loud in class, I was one of the slowest readers. A paragraph would take me forever to get through, and I’m a quiet person so I had to raise my voice to an octave I don’t use to be heard.
I once read a book in third grade that wasn’t even an inch thick. It was one of those series where if you didn’t read them, then you were missing out. I don’t even know what it was called, but it had a Composition Notebook cover and that’s the only thing I remember about it. That little book? Took me over a month or so to read. And then I think I barely passed my RLA (STAR?) quiz on it. (I don’t know about now, but before 2010 the school books would have a sticker or something and you were required to take a reading test on that book for comprehension testing)
Because I’m a slow reader and I hate reading, I avoided anything with words at all cost. I could do math just fine, give me all the problems in the book and I’ll hand it in by the end of the week. Ask me to do word problems or read a page of history for social studies? I’m sorry, I’m sick that whole month. Can’t do it.
Now my problem spelling and mispronouncing names/words go hand-in-hand sometimes. Because I mispronounce most of my words, I can’t spell them like they’re supposed to. Or alternatively, because of how they’re spelled, I don’t pronounce them correctly. Pronunciation was also a reason I hated reading out-loud. I was always corrected and had to restart the word and even after you corrected me I would get it wrong.
For most of my elementary years, I was at a second to third grade reading level. I only rose above that level in 6th grade, where I then skyrocketed to college levels because of my teacher. I learned to love reading, thanks to my sixth grade ELA teacher who forced us to read for almost an hour everyday. (Good god did I hate him for the first month or so while I still hated reading) Now I finish 3+ inch books within days of getting them.
Processing took a lot of mental and emotional energy. I would read and re-read the same paragraph over and over again and keep getting frustrated when the words just wouldn’t stick or make sense. (I sometimes still have this problem, mainly when reading something offensive on twitter or tumblr, because the “why” or “how” of the insult just isn’t getting through)
I guess what I’m trying to get at (I might have just wanted to rant when I’m low on sleep, sue me though) is that your child could have all the symptoms of dyslexia and just not have it. They could hate reading because they hate reading. Sometimes it only takes that one teacher, that one book, to spark the love of reading. And if they do have dyslexia, they can still love to read. It just might take them time to find that love with the words stacked against them.
(Though now that I look at all of this, it does make me wonder...)
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