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[lillyski]

Title: Seoulmates Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Pairing: Keum Seong-je/Yeon Si-eun A/N: This is my entry to SJSE Week 2025, Prompt Day 2: Soulmates. Very last minute and late. Word count: 8,342

Excerpt:

As he reached the entry, he could see a woman in an intricate outfit walk towards him. The moment those huge glass doors slid open, he heard her greet him with a smile on her face, "Welcome, welcome!" She bowed respectfully and Si-eun mirrored her actions before they started to walk through the entrance hall together. "You must be our two p.m. appointment— Yeon Si-eun?" She asked and Si-eun noticed the name tag she wore: Hwa Su-min.

"Yes," he politely answered, "your website looked interesting," he mentioned, "is Seoulmates considered a traditional matchmaker or a dating service?" Si-eun wanted to know, "it wasn't quite clear."

Su-min smiled at him, a bit too friendly, "Both," she replied, "we at Seoulmates like to combine tradition with technological advancements," she explained, but her tone shifted the slightest bit. Si-eun assumed she must have a script in her head and everything that derived from that visibly annoyed her. "Don't worry, we have a ninety-eight percent success rate," Su-min told him unprompted, "we will find the perfect partner for you!" The way her voice pitched higher at the end caused Si-eun to force his facial expression to show absolutely not what he was thinking, but goddamn, did he want to raise an eyebrow.

"You're my only hope," Si-eun noted, putting the pressure on right away. In the past, he had been too friendly, too understanding. Now he wanted results— and he didn't even care what kind. If they wouldn't find his perfect match, then maybe Si-eun wasn't meant to be with anyone.

They entered a glass office and Su-min motioned for Si-eun to take a seat. "You're a very handsome man, Yeon Si-eun-ssi," she remarked, "I'm curious why no one has snatched you off the market yet?" She typed something into her computer— Si-eun guessed it must've been her password by the lengths of it.

"It might be my high standards," Si-eun answered truthfully, but also to gauge her reaction. If she decided he was too difficult to deal with, due to being picky, his chances to find someone might drop to zero. Si-eun rather found out about it right away and save them both the time. "Or the fact that my interest lies with man."

"Pardon?" Su-min blinked at him.

Si-eun sighed, the website had been unclear, but from what he could tell it looked like they also offered to find same sex partners. "I'm not looking for a wife," he said, "I want a husband."

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[lillyski]

Title: Bias(ed) Rating: Mature Pairing: Keum Seong-je/Yeon Si-eun A/N: This is my entry to the 7th day of SJSEWEEK2025 Summary: Keum Seong-je had a secret: he was the self-proclaimed president of WH Entertainments Soloist Gray. He also had no idea who Gray actually was. Status: Ongoing Word count: ~2,8k

Excerpt:

In the comfort of his home, with nobody watching, Seong-je jumped in excitement when he read WH Entertainments announcement that their soloist Gray's comeback would start soon. Next week, to be precise.

Despite his deep longing of being part of a friend group, ever since he discovered this artist, Seong-je was glad he had no friends. How would he even begin to explain the literal shrine in his room, all dedicated to a soloist with the most angelic voice and face. He could be a fanboy in peace. No one who came over and started looking at Seong-je weird for liking a certain singer.

WH Entertainment released only the bare minimum of information about their artist— claiming he was a very private person, but Seong-je ate up every little detail he could find and memorized it. Gray, the most ethereal person Seong-je has ever seen, was in his twenties, grew up in Busan and had not yet absolved his military service. He often teased in interviews that he would like to pursue an acting career too. Seong-je fully supported that idea, since all of Gray's music videos showed his talent for the art called acting beautifully.

Most idols or soloists liked to change their appearance up as often as their underwear, but Gray had his trademark silver hair and violet contact lenses. It made him stand out and Seong-je liked him even more for it. It conveyed loyalty in a way that spoke to him.

One of Seong-je's fantasies was to absolve his military service with Gray and become friends— or maybe more. But he would never admit to that, not even under continuous torture. His only hope was that Gray wouldn't enlist before Seong-je finished high school. It would call for an imminent crash out.

He kept his favorite photo card of the day— he liked to switch them out each day— hidden in his phone case. To always have Gray with him.

Outside, the sun was shining and the birds chirping happily. What a wonderful day to beat up a bastard! Seong-je would see who'd violate his three-second rule today after school— if he was lucky, he'd run into Si-eun, and then continue to camp on the agencies website to be the first to read the announcement of the fan meeting. Preparation was everything!

The last time Gray held a fan meeting to start his comeback, Seong-je sat at the police station, thanks to Baek-jin's horrendous planning. Why couldn't he attack that goddamn school in Gangnam at any other day? Did it really have to be when Seong-je had done everything to get tickets to attend Gray's fan meet?

And it wasn't like he could voice it to Baek-jin, that crazy motherfucker would just give him a one way ticket to the hospital.

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