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Yeo joon stirs. He stretches. Looks around.
He gets up. And walks out of his room. He doesn't see soo hyun on the couch. He supposes soo hyun woke up early and left too. He brushes his teeth. And prepares to go to college.
He walks to college. But in the distance. He sees someone. Its..soo hyun? Whatever. He doesnt want to call soo hyun out. It would be awkward if they walked together. When he knows soo hyun probably remembers last night.
But then. Soo hyun looks back. And sees yeo joon. Yeo joon notices. And looks around for a place to hide. He finds a bush. And hides. But that doesn't matter. Since soo hyun ignores it. And continues walking. Maybe this time. Yeo joon should take a different route.
Later on. In the middle of class, he just starts to..stare? At soo hyun. He doesn't know why. Then he starts to remember last night, the confession.
“Yeo joon?”
Yeo joon freezes. Professor Park had been calling him the whole time. While he was gazing off like some idiot.
“Ah..yes professor?” Yeo joon replies. “I have been calling u since three minutes ago. U were dozing off.” oh. He was dozing off? “Ah..sorry about that professor. Did u need to ask me something? Like a question?” yeo joon asks. “No. u dont have to worry about that. I just checked up on u.”
Huh.
Huh?
Had he been spacing or zoning. Whatever they call it. For such a long period of time. That even the professor had noticed? Geez. what has gotten into him?
All of the classes end, he plans to just go home. And take a nap. To forget everything. It cant be that bad right?
Mi joo has had a crush on soo hyun for a long time. Until today. Her best friend. Young Ra, Maybe not best friend? Roommate? Is friends with soo hyun. Shes guessing long time friends. And she plans to ask Young Ra to put in a good word with her.
But. Young ra had different plans.
She actually likes Mi joo. Well. not that Mi joo knows. Shes too busy probably fawning over Soo Hyun. meanwhile So bin likes Yeo joon. They have been dating for a while. But i dont think Yeo Joon told her about what happened between Hyun and Joon.
Yeo joon is on his bed. Scrolling on his phone. Planning to take a short nap.
Then, he hears a light knocking on the wall. He looks up. Its soohyun.
“Hey.” ….awkward silence. Geez. is this always the aftermath after kissing ur best friend?
“Just to inform u, i have another shift. My coworker is sick. So..” yeo joon nods. “Alright.” the conversation ends. But they are still staring each other's eyes out. They finally stop. And soo hyun exits the room. And Yeo joon continues scrolling.
Yeo joon eyes begin to droop. They close. Then open again. He tries to stay awake. But his body and eyes give up. His eyes fully shut. And he drops his phone. Laying in bed. Asleep.
Soo hyun is at the cashier register. Zoning out.
“Hey!”
He blinks. Someone is at the cash register. A drunk man holding 2 cans of beer. “Can u hurrrry uup?” the drunk man says, He was slurring his words and could barely finish a sentence.
“Sorry sir.” soo hyun finally scans the drinks. And the drunk man leaves. Soo hyun is thinking about confronting yeo joon, about the kiss. He just doesn't know how. How to say it in a way where yeo joon wont run away or do something. Like scream.
He has been itching for his shift to end. And when it finally does. He clocks out. Changes into his regular clothes. Grabs his bag. And heads off home. The walk home feels..incredibly long. He thinks about yeo joons confession. “I like u.” the scene replays in his head. The kiss too. Its driving him insane.
He finally reaches youth villa. Somehow. The walking made him tired. Or maybe its the overthinking. Both.
He opens the apartment door after he entered the passcode, and the door clicked open.
He sets down his backpack on the floor near the couch. And goes to the kitchen to drink some water, after that. He thinks about what to say to his friend. Shit. this is gonna be hard.
He finally decides on what to do. And heads to yeo joons room. “Yeo joon-” he says. As he enters yeo joons room. Yeo joon is lying in bed, asleep.
He thought to himself. So thats why it was so quiet. Well. hes not saying, that yeo joon is noisy. He is. But in a different way. He notices yeo joon isn’t using a blanket. His instincts tell him to tuck yeo joon in. but his other side is telling him to let em be. His instincts win. He heads over to the bed. And grabs the blanket, and tucks the guy in, he looks at yeo joon, really looks at him. Who knew a guy could be this pretty?
He thought. Nah. what the hell is he thinking? And why did he tuck him in? Its not like hes Yeo joons boyfriend. Ugh. the thought creeps him out.
He finally backs off, and turns on the lamp. And turns off the lights. Heading to the couch. To check his messages.
Meanwhile. Yeo joon in his room. He stirs. Stretching. Then realizes. He has a blanket on. Its fairly tucked in. he clearly remembers not using a blanket when he fell asleep. Whatever. Maybe he just grabbed the blanket while asleep. He goes back to sleep.
Next morning. He stares at the note on the door. To the classroom. “ALL CLASSES DISMISSED.” ah. So thats why everyone wasnt in class, the hallways are flooded. Should he just go back home?
He walks outside the campus. And sees Kim so bin in the distance. He grins. And sprints towards her. Not noticing shes talking to someone. He reaches her. Panting. “Hah..hey.. So bin-” he pauses. Looks at the person she was talking to. Soo Hyun. he continues panting. Not looking at soo hyun. Only at So bin. So bin notices that. “Why are u avoiding Soo Hyun?” she asks. Yeo joon tilts his head. Confused. Why is she asking that? “Huh? What do u mean?” he asks. “Soo hyun says you’ve been avoiding him.” ah. So he told her.
So he..told her? What? What if so bin knows?
“Nevermind. Ah! Soo hyun said he needed to talk to you in private. To. ill be going!” before yeo joon can ask her to stay. Shes already off. Leaving soo hyun and yeo joon.
The air turns hot. Or is yeo joon just nervous?
“...so.” soo hyun muttered. “So.” yeo joon also mutters. They stand there for like 5 minutes.
“About 2 days ago..” . when yeo joon hears those words come out of soo hyuns mouth. He walks away. Leaving soo hyun hanging, and confused. Geez. they are never gonna resolve this.
He remembers about the group project. He has to rehearse what hes going to say. But he cant stop thinking about that moment. And its going to be even harder since hes paired with the guy he confessed to.
So. to forget that they ever kissed. Hes just going to go back to the past. And annoy him again.
While soo hyun is sleeping. He grabs his laptop. And reads his lines out loud.
“Good morning, today we’ll be presenting our topic, which focuses on how social and environmental factors influence student behavior and academic performance.” yeo joon says, out loud. Clearly trying to annoy the person sleeping. And it working. Soo hyuns eyebrows furrow. Hes starting to get annoyed.
Yeo joon continues saying his lines. And soo hyuns had enough.
“Yah!” soo hyun says. “Im trying to sleep, what do u think you’re doing?” yeo joon grins. Hes clearly amused by the annoyed soo hyun. “What? I cant rehearse my lines out loud?” he questions. “U can, but not when someone is trying to sleep!” soo hyun exclaims. Yeo joon just smiles. And continues.
“As u can see from this data, there is a clear pattern that supports our argument.” he reads while walking around the room. Not looking where hes going. Then suddenly. He trips on soo hyuns backpack. "--ah--" And falls. Onto soo hyun, the laptop. Gently falling onto the floor. And yeo joon processes whats happening right now. It seems that soo hyun had catched him. And now yeo joon is…on top of soo hyun.
Now. sudden silence. Eye contact not breaking. Both of them breathing heavily. Yeo joons breath hitches, both of them realizing, their face inches apart. His hands on soo hyuns chest. And soo hyuns hands on yeo joons shoulder. They realize how hot this moment is. And yeo joon immediately backs off. Stands up. Grabs his laptop and fastly walks to his room. Leaving soo hyun.
He thought to himself.
“What is wrong with me?”