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EJ held the door open for Nicholas, and his heart beat a staccato rhythm against his ribcage, bruises in the shape of EJ’s name staining him black and blue from the inside out. Euijoo, Euijoo, Euijoo.
euijoo and nicholas are phd students. nico has a crush. euijoo is oblivious.
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04 Nov 2025
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'I just mean,' Nicholas starts, then looks away like he’s nervous. He has this badly disguised, kicked-kitten expression that Euijoo remembers from when they were younger, when he used to think to himself, I can’t believe there are people scared of him at school. 'All those years alone? So lonely, Juju! Not even any flings—'
'No,' says Euijoo through his teeth, frustrated and humiliated and mostly a little starved. 'There’s no one. Not since—' And then he swallows his own tongue.
Those strange, wonderful, inseparably close teenage years; the freedom in inevitably drifting apart; and the ache of the aftermath.
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27 Oct 2025
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“Yeah, why not,” Nicholas says with a laugh of his own, slumping back into his seat with crossed arms, a satisfied cat. “I wear a couple dresses and skirts and whatnot; you tell your uncle your girlfriend can’t speak Korean and then, boom. You and I get to live it up on the beach… Besides, I know how much you miss it there.”
He clears his throat, but his voice cracks anyway when he adds, “What kind of best friend would I be if I didn’t do this for you?”
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Before he could do it, Euijoo speaks up. “Have we met before?”
He retracts his hand that’s reaching to grab the white napkin by the plate to look at Euijoo. Nicholas is sure Euijoo has a face he won’t ever be able to forget if he’s seen it in passing or somewhere else. Beautiful smile, upturned lips, tanned skin that makes him look like he’ll probably make Nicholas sweat under the blanket if they’re pressed up against each other because he just seems to exude warmth.
“No.” Nicholas says, he’s never been more certain about anything in his life. “I don’t think so.”
“You look—” Euijoo trails off, “very familiar.”
“If this is a pickup line about how I’m the man of your dreams, I’m going to walk out of this restaurant right now, Euijoo.”
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in which euijoo and nicholas fall in love. for what feels like the thousandth time.
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26 Oct 2025
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“What are you doing?” Nicholas says, unable to keep the panic out of his voice.“Relax,” Euijoo says, enclosing a hand around Nicholas’ wrist. He tugs gently, pulling it upwards to rest on top of Euijoo's head. “Here. Play with my hair.”
If Nicholas wasn't already lying down, he would've fainted.
Or, Nicholas and Euijoo are forced to share a bed after a hotel mix up but Nicholas can’t sleep. Luckily, Euijoo has an idea.
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23 Oct 2025