feat. yeji of itzy, yeoreum of wjsn, ningning of aespa, multiple members of stray kids, and a few other idols for fun!
y/n was always seeking after boys that typically didn’t have any kind of interest in her. she figured that this “crush” she has on the cute american eagle guy would be the same. the usual, “you aren’t my type, but no hard feelings?” kinda thing. so, what happens when he turns out to be a lot different than she thought? could he be more than just a passing crush? will she get his attention? find out in this sweet kim seungmin social media au!
author’s note: hello!! my name is cinder & this is my first ever smau! so if there are some bumps along the way pls do not hold it against me <3 also warnings will be posted with each individual chapter, but there isn’t anything too bad! this story was actually inspired by my own lil crush on an american eagle employee! i love kim seungmin with every ounce of my being and think he’s quite underrated on here in terms of smaus so i took matters into my own hands! i’m excited to see how this plays out & i hope you are too! hope you enjoy this story 🤍
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hey!! thank you for the request! also im so sorry if this has been sitting in my inbox for a while 😵💫😵💫 anyways, thank u for all the love and i hope this is what you were looking for!!! also i do plan on making like "random bf texts" for all the p1h members in the future ☺️
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how p1h would show you love through all 5 love languages…
keeho
- keeho is a very loving person, he lives giving love and receiving it (though, he enjoys the latter just a bit more.) its easy for keeho to be able to express his love in many ways, whether it be through words or actions.
words of affirmation; laying in bed cuddling after a long day and he praises you for your hard work, constantly letting you know he’s proud of you and your achievements, complimenting you as much as humanly possible, worlds best hypeman.
acts of service; letting you know that you can come to him when times get hard, reassures and gives you advice, if he wakes up before you he’ll tidy up your house, helping you cook, dries your hair when its wet, etc.
gifts; buying souvenirs on tours, giving you things from mv sets that he’s allowed to keep and giving them to you.
quality time; will invite you to watch them practice because just your presence makes him feel so much more comfortable, gets you to sit in the same room when he’s doing vlives, honestly just being in the same room as you can brighten keeho’s day.
physical touch; bear hugs, quick pecks, keeping his hands on his lap in case you want to hold them. wraps his arms around you any chance he gets, will probably cling onto you 24/7 in private.
theo
- so caring :( i feel like he would be best at showing his love through acts of service more than anything and struggle the most with expressing his love through words, not that he is unkind!!! he only finds it easier when teasing or poking fun at you is all.
words of affirmation; prefers teasing but will call you pretty almost everyday.
acts of service; probably does a lot of domestic acts of service, cooking you meals, leaves you notes of reminders to eat and take of yourself along with a note to have a good day, dries and brushes your hair, helps you get ready.
gifts; composes songs for you on his piano, sings for you, brings things home from mv sets to give to you.
quality time; just having you next to him, listening intently when you’re talking, cooking with you, cleaning with you, doing literally everything with you, always taking you out on dates when he’s free.
physical touch; letting you lean your head of his shoulder and vice versa, constantly wanting to hold your hand, tight hugs that last just a little longer than normal hugs.
jiung
- although jiung struggles a bit with physical touch, he still finds so many ways to let you know he loves you, even if sometimes they are a little annoying (teasing.) but don’t worry, i swear he does it because he is enamoured by you.
words of affirmation; complimenting you any chance he gets, reassuring and comforting you during hard times, gives you the cutest of nicknames :(
acts of service; helping you clean, making you a playlist, setting you as his lockscreen, owning matching jewelry, letting you do his hair, mirrors your body language.
gifts; will take polaroids of you and give them to you, gets matching jewelry for you and him :)
quality time; will literally invite you over just to listen to a song tgth, LOVES walking around places w youuuu, even if he struggles with physical affection he still loves having you around 24/7
physical affection: not a big fan but he still finds himself letting the hugs last a little longer just for you, loves it when you poke or squish his cheeks :], loves catching u by surprise with little pecks every now and then.
intak
- this boy is so loving :((( he loves to tease you, compliment you, hug you, be near you, he would do absolutely anything for you, he is so whipped.
words of affirmation; loves calling you cute, give you the cringiest nicknames ironically, loves going shopping w u so he can compliment how you look, he is always saying he’s proud of you AND HE MEANS IT, 2nd best hypeman.
acts of service; teaches you how to dance, tries to research or learn a little about the stuff you’re into just to impress you, picks up on how you talk or text and starts doing it (kinda unconsciously).
gifts; gives you his sunglasses, hoodies, honestly his closet is your closet. loves buying you little trinkets and such he sees, anything that reminds him of you he will probably get for you.
quality time; loves slow dancing w you, i feel like he’s clingy (in a good way), loves taking you out on dates, his personal favourite is when you guys go try out a new cafe.
physical affection; like i said, i feel like he’s clingy 😭, will be touching you almost all day whether he’s holding your hand, hugging you, giving you kisses all over your face, or having a hand touching your thigh, just as long as he knows you’re there, thats the greatest comfort to him.
soul
- easily one of the most lovable people youve ever met. loves expressing his love through physical touch and acts of service, he’s absolutely adorable.
words of affirmation; calls you silly nicknames, tells you how he thinks the world of you constantly, compliments you thru words in english that he learned thru keeho LOL.
acts of service; plays video games w you, teaches you the choreos to his songs, winning you plushies on arcade dates. matching rings, styles your hair, matching hair clips.
gifts; as i said, buys you matching jewelry, gives you his hoodies bc he likes how you you look in them, buys you and him little figurines from your favourite games and says they match.
quality time; is constantly next to you, takes you on dates to the arcade, listens intently when you talk, loves when you listen to him when he rambles about something he is passionate about.
physical affection; always touching you, leans on you, put his head on your shoulder, head pats from him, resting his chin on your head, you sitting in his lap watching him play a game on his phone, him grabbing your hands whenever they are free. hugging you from behind while walking around casually. soso clingy but in the cutest way possible.
jongseob
- so shy but when he gets comfortable around you he isn’t afraid to show you his love in every single way possible. i feel like the both of you would have to initiate the same amount as jongseob is still young and has little to no experience with relationships. he shows you his love mainly through words of affirmation and acts of service.
words of affirmation; if you’ve seen his weverse posts, you’ll know that he’s mature and knows to not take anything for granted. thats why when it comes to you, he never fails to make you feel so special with his kinda words and reassurance. he makes it known that he’s proud of you and how far you’ve come and how he sees you as the prettiest person in the world. there isn’t a day that he doesn’t forget to remind you of how much he loves you through his words.
acts of service; makes you a playlist, writes and produces songs about you, loves hearing you ramble about every detail of your day and rambling about his in return, giving his full attention to when you’re talking you even if he’s in the middle of writing a verse.
gifts; sharing his sweaters, bucket hats, and more. sending flowers or little notes when he cant be with you since he’s busy working. wearing the bracelets or scrunchies you gift him and almost never taking them off unless necessary (lets just say they’ve ended up in a few mvs)
quality time; though he likes to be alone and is independent, he is almost always willing to invite you to his studio when he’s working. he’s resorted to putting a comfy couch in there for the nights you don’t want to leave his side and fall asleep when he stays up late in there. ofc he will end up carrying u to bed w him :]
physical touch; piggy back-rides, him leaning onto you and you wrapping your arms around him, sitting on his lap while he’s at his computer producing a song, holding hands a lot in private.
After kissing Theo whom you haven’t even met before, you don’t expect to become his fake girlfriend the next day, but falling for him seems inevitable nevertheless.
➳ Characters: instrumental band member!Theo x female!reader/you
➳ Genre: comedy, fluff, fake dating au, band au, uni au
➳ Words: 8.1k
➳ Warning: drinking, getting drunk, an ex who doesn’t understand no
pairing: infatuated college student ! theo x local singer-songwriter ! g.n. reader
context: theo comes to watch you perform twice a week at the local coffee shop, admiring you from a distance
word count: 2.4k
warnings: little mentions of food + shy, clueless theo + keeho mentioned in here as well for a few ,,, otherwise just fluff !!
a/n: violet is originally sung by Bad Suns + cigarette daydreams is originally sung by Cage the Elephant; i am in no way claiming these songs to be written by me or anyone else other than the original artists themselves. all lyrics for the songs are bolded + italicized. all thoughts are italicized. please enjoy ♡
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your voice echoed through the mic, thanking everyone for coming to another one of your open mic nights. every thursday and saturday you sang at your local coffee shop that also just so happened to be connected to a book shop. you had become such a regular there that some people popped by just to hear you sing- theo being one of them.
no one knew where he went from the hours of 7:30 to 8:15, not even his five closest friends. whenever they asked he just said he was going to the library to study, and since his grades were really important to him no one really batted an eye. and theo never bothered to tell anyone because he didn’t want to potentially be teased for his actions. i mean, what kind of person goes to an open mic night just to listen to a stranger sing for fifteen minutes (at most)? an angelic stranger at that- no, really, theo was convinced you were some kind of angel from up above.
he was always too shy to say anything to you, even if it were a simplistic compliment such as ‘i love your voice’. instead, he always stopped by the cafe counter and ordered you a medium hot cocoa with mini colorful marshmallows. he always left before the drink was delivered to you, too embarrassed to face you if the barista were to point him out to you. although you found the gesture sweet, you also found it a tad bit creepy so you never drank the drinks. a part of you felt bad for not drinking them, but you also would rather be safe than sorry when it came to your safety.
after theo had been coming to the show for around three months, keeho started to get suspicious. he noticed him coming back to their shared dorm way too giddy after a supposed ‘solo study session’. he had started questioning him about it, assuming he met someone and was meeting up with them on little dates. but theo denied everything, even with a smug smile on his face. keeho hated to sneak around, wanting to believe one of his best friends, but he was also nosy and wanted to know what was so special about thursday and saturday nights.
one night, as theo was leaving to his ‘study session’, keeho secretly followed him down the street to the hybrid coffee and book shop. theo was too excited to see you on a fall saturday night to even notice his friend was following behind him- sure, not too close but keeho was also never too good at hiding so he was doing somewhat horribly. he didn’t even attempt to be somewhat quiet or dress discreetly, he was humming a low tune as he walked with his airpods in his ears, his maroon, yellow, and brown sweater shining under the setting sun.
when he noticed theo walk directly into the bookshop and not make the left turn at the next corner, he raised a curious brow. keeho followed behind his friend at a distance, watching him maneuver through the bookshelves and down the halls towards the coffee shop. this left keeho even more confused- theo wasn’t the type to just chill at a coffee shop, but rather the type to buy his pick-me-up and leave to go about the rest of his day. he watched him make his way towards the order counter, glancing over at the stage with a mic and the words of a poem echoing through the room.
the person on stage read from a notebook of theirs, confessions of feelings leaving the page and exiting into the cafe filled with strangers. keeho caught himself standing there in the shadows listening for a minute before remembering his mission: finding out what the hell his friend was up to. he glanced back over at his friend, now finding him in the middle of the room with an iced cappuccino trying to find a table to sit at. keeho figured he’d get a drink as well, figuring it might be weird if he didn’t have one if he was just going to be sitting around.
keeho ordered a drink and picked up a small loaf of strawberry bread, making his purchase quick so he could go back to being nosy. once he retrieved his drink, he thanked the barista and sat on one of the stools since he didn’t want to maneuver through the crowd and possibly catch theo’s attention.
as the person on stage finished their poetry, everyone clapped quiet and bowed as a thank you for them being so brave at sharing their deepest feelings with a group of people. keeho noticed theo glancing down at his phone, assuming it was to check for something. his friends leg kept shaking up and down a bit, making keeho wonder if it was out of excitement or nerves. was theo up next on stage? did he write poetry and share it with all the others here? it was racking his brain why his friend was there and why he felt the need to lie to him.
theo looked down at his phone as he shook his leg from excitement, noticing it was just about your time to start your performance. when the time struck 7:30, he watched as you came out onto the stage. you wore these cute black overalls with a basic white tee underneath, accessories in color to add a little bit of pop to the simplistic fit. a small cheer was heard throughout the crowd, theo too scared to cheer along as he didn’t want to catch your attention. there wasn’t that many people who came every week anyway, at most fifteen, so he didn’t want any of your attention on him. a bright smile spread across the red haired boys lips before he took a sip of his cappuccino, his eyes not leaving the stage as you strung a few playful strings on your guitar.
you said your basic greeting, which was your name followed by saying you’re a local aspiring singer-songwriter. a shy smile never left your lips, causing a small heart flip to erupt in theo’s chest. “i recently finished this song, and by recently i mean yesterday night.” theo let out a silent chuckle as he listened intently, watching you speak with admiration. “it’s called Violet, and i hope everyone enjoys it at least somewhat.”
he watched your fingers play the chords gracefully, almost effortlessly. when you started singing into the mic, he couldn’t help but feel himself tap his foot to the beat silently. he listened to your lyrics, smiling contently as your angelic vocal chords rang through his ears. keeho watched his friend from a distance, noticing how lovestruck he seemed to be with this stranger with an admirable voice. this is what he’s been keeping from me?
All I want, All I want Is you, Your violet disposition, My unsound intuition
theo found himself humming to the song as it came to a gradual end, clapping as soon as it ended and feeling his cheeks heat up as your eyes met for a split second before it moved to another’s in the crowd. he put his head in his hand as he watched you speak, thanking the crowd for loving the song. you sang a couple more songs before ending on a song you normally always do, a personal favorite of theo’s.
“and this last song is called Cigarette Daydreams, thank you for an amazing night tonight everyone!” you spoke, your alluring smile never leaving your face.
theo mouthed along to the words, already knowing half of them. if this song were on a streaming service, he would definitely be listening to it 24/7 along with all your other songs. for some reason, this specific song always brought him new found comfort. he’s not sure how or why, but it did.
Cigarette Daydream, You were only 17, So sweet with a mean streak, Nearly brought me to my knees
as the song came to a close, both keeho and theo clapped for you. theo, a regular fan and keeho, a new found one. throughout your performance, keeho found himself nodding his head to the beats as he watched his friend fall for this stranger with a guitar. this look was something he never saw in theo, and it brought a smile to his face knowing his friend found this new found emotion. he just kept wondering why he wouldn’t tell anyone about his secret sneak-aways.
as you exited the stage, theo got up and made his way to the counter but not before pausing in his steps as he noticed his best friend sitting there already staring at him. keeho waved at him innocently, a sarcastic smile playing on his lips. theo rolled his eyes, deciding to walk over to his friend, annoyed.
“hey there, pal.” keeho said, a chuckle escaping his mouth.
theo leaned against the counter, his elbow propped up on top of it. he opened his palm, placing his head in it after ordering a quick hot chocolate with colorful marshmallows just for you. when he turned back to his friend, he noticed his confused look. “it’s not for me, it’s for y/n.”
he raised a curious brow before asking, “the singer?”
theo nodded, scratching the back of neck in embarrassment. “yeah, but what are you doing here?”
keeho shrugged, taking a last small sip from his now-empty drink. “you’ve been acting suspicious lately so i followed you here.”
theo’s eyes widened. he followed him here? he’s been here the entire time? and how has he been acting suspicious? he thought he'd been keeping it on the down low. “suspicious? how?”
“dude, who comes back from studying at the library all smiley and shit? even people who adore studying don’t come back with as big a smile as yours. i thought you were going on dates with someone but turns out i was wrong.”
theo noticed the barista finish the drink and start walking from behind the counter, getting ready to deliver it to you. “um, i have to go-“
keeho grabbed his friends arm gently, wondering where he would be going. “hold on. you order them a drink but don’t ever leave a note or even wave at them when it’s delivered? nothing like that?” when theo shook his head, keeho laughed. “theo, that’s kind of creepy. isn’t it?”
theo stood in place, realizing that it was indeed kind of weird. he looked at his friend worried, feeling sheepish. how could he be so clueless and stupid all these three months? “you mean to tell me i’ve been doing that for three months coming off creepy instead of mysteriously romantic?”
keeho nodded, patting his friend's arm and noticing the barista at the corner of his eye delivering the drink. theo cursed under his breath noticing the same exchange, knowing the barista would point you out. and when the barista did, you looked over at the red haired man with his silver friend next to him at the cafe counter. you weren’t sure what to do, so all you did was send him a thankful smile and wave him over when you notice him looking your way. you saw him make a quick conversation with the silver man to his left before he came over to you with his cheeks heating in temperature.
when theo noticed you wave him over, he quickly glanced at keeho for advice. “um, what do i do? do i go over? what if they think i’m weird?”
keeho only smiled at his idiotic friend, patting his arm once more before giving him a tiny push towards your direction. “they wouldn’t invite you over if they thought you were weird, now go!”
suddenly, theo’s feet were dragging him towards the table you sat at with your guitar case and medium sized cup of hot chocolate. you watched as the handsome man made his way towards you, the light from the cafe illuminating his handsome features that you’ve only noticed in dim lighting from a distance for the past few months.
you motioned for him to sit at the empty chair across from you, and he gladly obliged. when he sat down you greeted him with a hello, holding out your hand. theo took it, shaking your hand nervously.
“what’s your name?” you questioned, playing with the silver spoon that laid in the mug of the chocolate rainbow drink.
“t-taeyang, but everyone calls me theo.” he responded with a stutter, which made you giggle a bit. you thought he was utterly adorable.
“well, theo, how come i never met you until now if you always send me drinks after my performances? the barista always said you had left.” you frowned, tilting your head to the side in confusion.
“sorry. i got, um, shy. did you enjoy them?”
“i never drank them, i wanted to be safe about it.” you replied, causing theo to mentally curse at himself. he never thought about it in that way, what an idiot he thought he was. “but now that i know you, i know they’re safe.”
he watched as you brought the cup to your lips, taking a sip of the hot drink that made you feel warm in the cooling weather. as you set the drink back down, you stared at him for a few seconds before speaking again. “you always come to my performances but never say anything.” you pouted, swirling the now melted rainbow marshmallows together with the spoon as you never broke eye contact with him.
“sorry, i just get shy around you. i don’t know why. i-“ he paused for a moment, making sure what he says next doesn’t come out wrong. “i love your voice. it’s really angelic to me. comforting, to be honest. hope that’s not too weird; sorry if it is.”
you shook your head, smiling at him warmly. hearing those words gave you strength and caused a zoo in your stomach. no one’s ever said that to you, up until now that is. “you’re cute, taeyang. thank you. now, tell me about yourself.”
you both spent the last two hours getting to know each other until the cafe kicked you both out. theo told you about his studies and his friends, also mentioned about him playing the guitar and being a singer as well. let’s just say you both exchanged numbers and made plans for a date so you can teach him one of your songs on guitar.
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requested by @acaiasahi for the 1k followers event - mindlessly doodling a sketch of jiung in your school notebook only for them to snoop around and completely freak out about the fact that you, their desk-mate, is drawing them for no reason! :3 ending is whatever floats your awesome boat!
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“you’re staring again,” keeho says mildly, never taking his eyes off his notebook. hastily, you rip your gaze away from the beautiful boy laughing from across the room.
“I am not!” you can’t stop yourself, however, from glancing quickly up again to catch another glimpse of his crinkled up eyes and his bright smile.
of course, your best friend chooses that moment to look you in the face. you can practically feel his eyebrow rising from his desk across from yours. “you were saying?” he deadpans.
blushing furiously, you stare down at your open notebook. “oh, fuck off, keeho.”
he shrugs, biting back an amused smirk. “whatever you say. I’m just looking out for you ~ "
though his voice continues speaking in that infuriatingly teasing voice, you’ve already stopped listening - you can hear jiung’s laugh floating across the room to grace your ears. hardly daring to breathe lest you miss out on the musical, crystalline sound, you gaze at your open notes. you could live off the sound of choi jiung giggling. oh, what you wouldn’t give to be the person making him laugh like that… he sounds like he’s practically dying with mirth, and you simply can’t resist peeking at him one more time to see how the golden sound reflects on his face with a dazzling smile and glittering eyes.
he’s with taehyung, his best friend, and the latter must have said something nothing short of hilarious by the way jiung’s practically taco-ed in half, clutching his stomach. it’s lucky the chemistry professor hasn’t entered yet, or she’d be giving jiung a stern look for causing a ruckus just before the bell.
the way he grins gleefully at taehyung makes your heart twinge with a bit of jealousy. when will it be your turn? when will he look at you like th -
before your mind completes that thought, his sparkling eyes meet yours from across the room, and they’re so pure that all the air leaves your lungs. for a single second, he’s smiling at you like you make the sun glow and the flowers bloom - you feel like you’re floating.
“wow,” you sigh dreamily when his eyes flick back to taehyung’s face. keeho looks at you, smirking. “... wow.”
“someone’s whipped.”
“I am not…” it’s futile to deny, and you know it very well. your voice is still breathless, your heart racing. “how is he so perfect?” you murmur under your breathe.
“careful, love,” says your best friend nonchalantly. “next thing you know, you’ll be writing his last name alongside your first name.”
you have to bend your head slightly to hide the flustered look on your face from kee - the flustered and… more than slightly guilty look. but he sees it anyway. “oh, my God…”
“shut up.”
he doesn’t even bother trying to hide the self-satisfied smirk tilting his lips as he turns back to his book, leaving you to your own devices.
just one more glance…
that ‘one more glance’ does nothing to help your racing pulse, but it does give your idle fingers inspiration. you could write entire poems about this man, as cheesy as it sounds. dreamily, you lean your head into your head and doodle mindlessly across the page. his name decorates the top of the page in a swirling font that accurately represents the way he makes your heart flutter erratically. you don’t even realize you’re sketching him until he’s already scratched out on the lined paper - and it’s… surprisingly good. those are his laughing eyes and his sweet mouth, his sculpted jaw and rosy cheeks. a soft smile pulls at your lips as you doodle tiny hearts all around his head.
“th-that’s me - ”
with a gasp, you slam the book shut and stare, horrified, at jiung. his eyes are wide, face pale, mouth ajar.
“sorry,” you stutter, blinking rather rapidly and ignoring the heat flooding through your face. “I-I just felt like drawing, a-and you were the first person I thought of - ”
from your periphery, you can see keeho smirking whilst pretending to study his notes, and it makes you shrivel up inside. he’s never going to let this one go.
“uhm…” says jiung awkwardly. he doesn’t look like he believes you at all, and you can practically see the words forming on his tongue: why were you drawing hearts around me then?
“yeah, okay…” he doesn’t look at you again, and you feel yourself dying as he scrapes out the chair beside you to seat himself at the desk you share.
the rest of the school year is going to be marvelously awkward.
desperately, you make eye contact with keeho, who doesn’t look all that amused anymore - at that moment, the bell rings and the professor bustles into the room, apologising frantically for being late.
class is a living hell for you. actually, it’s not that bad, because you’re not doing partner experiments today, but it’s still killing you to have to try and listen to your instructor lecture whilst your brain is screaming at you that you’ve ruined whatever miniscule chance you might have previously had with choi jiung. he’s completely silent beside you, his aura seeming to radiate coldness. his knuckles are white around his pen as he carefully scratches down notes. his eyes never stray across the invisible line down the middle of your shared desk; you’ve never seen him sit so rigidly. by the time the bell rings, signifying the end of the period, you feel as though you’re about to cry. hot tears are pricking at the corners of your eyes, and you duck your head to hide them as you stuff your books into your backpack, looking at neither jiung nor keeho. and then you feel a cool finger tap your shoulder once, the touch timid and unsure of its welcome. quickly and discreetly before lifting your head, you swipe at your eyes.
jiung is standing out of his chair, one hand slinging his bag over his shoulder. even now, his eyes don’t touch yours.
“I, uhm,” he says lowly - but his voice trails off uncertainly. instead of speaking, he awkwardly shoves a folded up piece of paper across the desk at you, hesitates and then walks a bit hurriedly out of the room.
“is it a confession note?” asks kee’s voice suspiciously from directly behind your right ear.
“what the f - how did you get here so fast, he literally just left!”
“never mind,” he says impatiently, “I sit literally right across the aisle, now open it!”
your fingers tremble whilst peeling open the note, mind racing and heart hardly daring to hope - and then you feel yourself deflate all over again.
“oh,” mumbles keeho, a barely-concealed note of surprise in his voice.
please give me the drawing at lunch.
“well, maybe he just wants it because he thinks it’s cute?” keeho eventually suggests encouragingly. “or maybe he wants something to remind him of you?”
morosely, you stand, crumpling up the paper and slipping your arms through the straps of your bag. “or maybe he’s just uncomfortable with the idea of me creepily having a sketch of him,” you mutter miserably. nothing more is said as you walk out the door beyond the quiet sigh keeho exhales beside you.
***
all day, you struggle to fight back the anxious thoughts plaguing your mind. you keep flashing back to the cold look on jiung’s face as he pushed you the note, shuddering as you remember how distant he looked. normally, your deskmate has a bright smile for you, a mischievous ruffling of your hair and a playful nudge of his shoulder against yours. his tactile, friendly openness is one of the things that made you fall in love with him in the first place. now, twenty seconds before the lunch bell, just thinking about the way things were makes you sniffle sorrowfully.
“hey, don’t be nervous,” whispers keeho on the way to the cafeteria. “just give him the picture and get out of there. it’s his loss, anyway.” keeho’s fingers accidentally brush against yours, sending a subtle shiver of electricity down your spine; he gives you a lingering glance with a strange softness in his eyes that you can’t quite place. “you deserve someone… who already adores you.”
you nod your head, eyes empty and staring at the scuffed toes of your shoes. you know you do. the problem is that you don’t want jiung not to adore you. he’s your dream guy - kind, friendly, sweet, funny, pretty, sensible - he has it all.
the second you step through the doors, your eyes land on him. he’s sitting away from his usual table of raucously laughing friends, watching his hands with an unreadable expression on his face. taking a deep breath, you step in his direction.
“wait.” keeho’s cool fingers wrap gently around your wrist, and his pink lips part slightly. he almost looks desperate as he hesitates for a split second.
“what, kee?”
he licks his lips. “d-do you want me to come with you?”
somehow, you don’t think you believe that’s what he really wanted to say. but you don’t comment on it. your brows furrow a little bit, but you figure that best friends shouldn’t push each other if one doesn’t feel comfortable.
“I… I think I’d better go alone,” you whisper miserably.
again, keeho licks his lips, blinking a little more quickly than would be considered normal. slowly, his head nods. “okay. I’ll - I’ll wait for you at our table.”
it’s a bit daunting to envision yourself walking alone from jiung’s table against the wall across the room to where you usually sit, especially considering that the rejection will probably be evident on your face, but you nod back anyway. “alright.”
is it just your imagination, or does the entire cafeteria go a bit silent when you begin to walk towards jiung? everyone knows who he is - the school’s it boy, the friendly smart kid, the resident quiet and mysterious pretty boy - he’s considered rather popular, but he doesn’t let it go to his head. to see him sitting off by himself? practically unheard of. to see you approaching him as he watches you a bit awkwardly, though looking as if he expected you? that in itself is enough to fuel the gossip circles for a week at least.
“hey,” you croak when you reach his table, shoving your trembling hands in your pockets. you’re so anxious that you feel as though you might throw up. is it normal to be sweating this profusely on the back of your neck over a boy?
you decide to rip the bandaid off - apparently, so does jiung, because you both start speaking at the same moment.
“I’m sorry for drawing you - ”
“will you sit with me?”
you blink. “wait, what?”
jiung offers you an equally confused glance. “why would you be… sorry?”
“I - because - well, you - ” you close your eyes and take a steadying breath; when you open them back up again, jiung’s smiling that crooked smile that always makes your stomach leap. now is not the best time for leaping stomachs, you think a tad nauseously. “I didn’t intend to make you uncomfortable,” you manage to choke out.
now, it’s jiung’s turn to blink in confusion. “you didn’t, though,” he says hurriedly, sounding a little guilty. “I was just… flustered, that’s all. I’m sorry if I made you nervous.”
“oh…” for a moment, you’re still unsure of what the hell is going on, and you stay silent, staring at the untouched sandwich sitting in front of jiung on the table.
“so… will you sit with me?”
your eyes snap up. “me?”
it's a bit shyly that jiung nods, and this a look you never would have expected to see on the face of the sweet, quiet, popular boy.
“y-yeah, okay.”
that’s how you end up perched on the bench beside your crush, both of you awkwardly half-facing each other as if you haven’t sat next to each other in first period chemistry since the beginning of the year. the silence extends whilst you reach into your bag for your lunch; you can feel his eyes on you, but the gaze feels… warm now. you’re not sure what to th -
“I have a confession to make,” whispers the boy beside you. the strange lilt to his voice paired with his warm, sweet breath on the back of your neck causes goosebumps to erupt across your skin, and you turn to look at him with wide, slightly nervous eyes. though his torso is turned towards yours, he’s not looking at you. instead, his fingers play absently with the crust of the sandwich, slowly picking it off the softer, white bread of the middle. “I - I really like you, and I was wondering if you - ”
“yes,” you say abruptly. jiung glances up, giving you a puzzled and slightly alarmed look.
“you don’t even know what I was about to say - ”
your face heats. “right. go on.”
his ears are bright red, you notice dreamily. it’s cute.
“well,” he says, back to looking at his mutilated sandwich, “I was wondering - h-hoping, I mean - that you’d maybe like to hang out sometime?” you’re completely silent, basking in this glorious glow that you’re ninety percent sure is mostly adoration and only partially triumph. jiung coughs when you don’t answer. “with - with me? but, I mean, it’s totally fine if you don’t want to! I’ll get it, like, we just met this year, and I like being friends with you, so - ” he’s absolutely murdering that sandwich now.
“maybe this friday?” you say breathlessly. “I’m - I’m free this friday…”
nothing but pure shock is on his face when he looks at you, fingers halting their destructive work on what now barely resembles bread. “really? you want to?”
you nod, mouth hanging slightly open. “I, uhm, I love - like! - I like you too.”
when your words fall, stumbling and awkward, from your lips, jiung’s face dawns into the most beautiful smile you’ve ever seen. it literally knocks you breathless and speechless; your heart feels like it stops for a second as he seems to glow with pure happiness. those sparkling eyes gaze at you as though you hold the entire universe in your palms, and suddenly, you're glowing right along with him, a dizzyingly lovestruck grin coming to your own face.
shyly, jiung smiles back down at his sandwich (the smile flickers into a brief expression of horror when he realises what he’s done to his lunch), and you find yourself looking across the room to share your victory with keeho. your eyes imminently meet - you feel like you’re practically floating. keeho grins back from across the room, looking sincerely happy for you - though the usual glint in his eyes is a little dulled. after only a moment, he quickly looks down at his hands, the smile fading slowly.
before you can decipher what that means, jiung’s honeyed voice calls your attention back to his elated face. “so,” he says, playfully nudging your shoulder with his in a gesture that’s as familiar as breathing. “do I get my picture or what?”
“oh, r-right!” this time, when your hands start trembling, it’s with pure happiness. as you take the notebook out of your bag and flip open to the page with his sketch on it, jiung gives you another heartstopping, dazzling, enraptured smile. so in return, when you hand him the book, you hand him your whole heart as well.
- will tell u about everything hes done since u last spoke
- when he first realizes he likes u he becomes shy around u 😭
- never shuts up about u
- tons of cheesy pick up lines
- "are u a parking ticket? bcs u have fine written all over u"
theo
- always has to be touching u in some way
- rants to the members abt how amazing u are
- he smiles around you much more than anyone else
- teases you a lot
- tries to compliment u but can never seem to do it right (ex: you look- uhm- yeah)
- he doesnt rlly care what ppl think of him unless its you
- like the entire world can hate his hair but if u r even like "you would look so good in blue" his hair appt is literally being scedueled at that moment.
- is literally the last person to find out that he likes u
jiung
- smiles so damn much when around you
- quiet around u bcs he loves listening to u talk and never wants to interupt u
- will help you with everything and anything (ex: studying, cleaning, tying a shoe)
- will notice even the slightest change in your mood
- makes sure you take good care of yourself
- when hes teaching something he tends to get annoyed easily but never gets annoyed with you
- sweetest man ever 💔
intak
- tries so hard to seem cool in front of u
- BOLD ASF
- winking at u 24/7
- talks and talks and talks and talks
- constant selfies being sent to u
- but lets all be honest rn...boy has zero game
- he is so shameless and confident but sooo awkward
- IF HE FIRST MEETS U LIKE IN PUBLIC HE FS MAKES KEEHO ASK FOR UR NUMBER INSTEAD OF DOING IT HIMSELF
soul
- gifts you random things
- makes excuses to touch you in some way
- "omg ur hands are so cold! lemme warm them up"
- loves talking abt his hobbies w u
- has random moments where hes super bold
- hugs.
- will bring you up at any chance he gets
- "omg is that a cactus? y/n loves those!" "omg is that pink? y/n loves pink" "wait do you know what this reminds me of? that one time i was with y/n and they..."
- poor bby jongseob is typically the one that has to listen to him
- "omg i know that book! y/-" "y/n has it. i know. you tell me every time i read it."
jongseob
- if you even mention that you are interested in something this boy will reasarch all night about it
- super shy but is always around you
- always has his eye smile around u
-has an entire folder of picures hes taken of u (BUT NOT IN A CREEPY WAY LMAO HES JS A PHOTOGRAPHER)
- he asks the other members for advice
- "so my friend, jo? he likes this person but he doesnt know how to tell if they like him back." "who's jo?" "uhm..."
i tried a comedy/fluff concept since i feel that genre fits shota best ! also ignore the fact that the timestamps r off i couldnt figure out how to fix it 😭
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