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Lee Daehwi lets out a sigh as he watches his subject of the month hide behind the bleachers to “take pictures of the dance team for the year book” (his words) or what he actually means is to stare at his crush during his after school dance lessons for what seems like the hundredth time this week.
Daehwi is given 5 days to observe the human before he’s allowed to use a little magic to get things moving for the two soulmates. It’s the last day of observation and mostly what’s he’s seen is Park Jihoon staring at Park Woojin from a safe distance. The boy’s definitely a whipped one seeing he’d already taken pictures of the dance team during the first twenty minutes of their practice but decided to stay (read hide) for the whole one hour just to admire.
Not like Park Woojin was any different. Daehwi didn’t miss the way Woojin would stare from across the class at Jihoon or how he’d flush slightly whenever they’d bump into each other in the hallways or whenever his friends would not so discreetly snicker whenever Jihoon walked past.
He couldn’t wait for tomorrow so he could bring the pining teens together.
“AHHH! What the-“ Jihoon screams in fear. He had just woken up from a well deserved nap after finals had just ended and the first thing he sees is a small boy, wearing white garments and are those wings?
He rubs at his eyes. Jihoon thinks he should sleep some more.
“Ah, I’m quite sorry about that. I forget humans get scared easily.” Daehwi tuts, as he raises an eyebrow at Jihoon’s disheveled state. Daehwi wonders around Jihoon’s room spotting a familiar album book and tracing his hands over the cover.
“Hey! Don’t touch that.” Jihoon shouts flustered, getting up from his bed
“I already know they’re full of Woojin.” Daehwi smirks.
Jihoon just stands there gaping.
“And by the way I don’t get scared easily, okay? There just happens to be a complete stranger in my house and this might not be the case from where you came from but here that means you’re either here to rob, kidnap or kill me!” Jihoon huffs out, crossing his arms and pouting.
Daehwi snickers. “What about helping you fall in love?”
“Okay, I’m calling the police.”
“No, wait! I’m not lying. I’m cupid and I’m here to help you with your feelings.” Daehwi splutters out, grabbing Jihoon’s arm.
“How? What? Uh, those aren’t real so you should get off my property like right now.” Jihoon glares. Daehwi tries not to scoff at how not intimidating Jihoon looks.
“Weren’t the wings enough?” Daehwi mutter to himself before clicking his fingers. I guess he needs more evidence he thinks. “Will this make you believe?”
Jihoon scrunches his eyebrows together when nothing happens but a few seconds later he see random images floating in the air- and all of them of him and Woojin.
His cheeks redden as it shows him just yesterday staring at Woojin during their lecture. How could he forget when the professor called him out for it? Besides Woojin looked extra good with an all black ensemble plus the muscle tee. He just had to stare. It’d be an offence to not appreciate the supposed piece of art.
“How are you doing that?” Jihoon gapes.
“Cause I’m magical?” Daehwi deadpans, “And I’ve been watching you for 5 days collecting all this because you humans are so difficult.” Daehwi mutters.
“Gee, thanks. Sorry for not believing you’re a fucking love angel.” Jihoon splutters out.
“You know what? Just call me Daehwi. Anyways, don’t you have a 4pm lecture today? It’s already 3:45pm.”
Jihoon looks at his watch and his eyes widen, “Oh, shit” He runs out and Daehwi rolls his eyes as Jihoon slips on two different pairs of shoes. He doesn’t bother to tell him because where’s the fun in that.
And besides, he did call him a ‘love angel’.
“Um, hey Jihoon.” Woojin mutters, scratching the back of his neck.
Daehwi squeals, not expecting progress this quickly. He makes himself invisible to Jihoon as well to make sure the boy doesn’t mess up more than he probably will in the presence of his crush.
“Oh, hi.” Jihoon squeaks out, his face already reddening. He looks at his shoes and his eyes almost fall out at the fact that they are not matching. Daehwi let’s out a laugh.
“The dance team and year book committee are going out for dinner. You want to come?” Woojin asks. Jihoon stares at him blankly, shocked that Woojin himself was asking him.
Woojin thinks he takes it the wrong way so he quickly says, “Jinyoung asked me if I could ask you.”
“Oh.”
They stand in silence. Daehwi groans. He was stuck with two idiots. Guess nows the time for him to intervene. He snaps his fingers and watches contently as the scene unfolds.
Jihoon takes a deep breath, feeling some new found courage in him. He swears he catches a glimpse of the weird kid with wings but shrugs it off. “Will you be going?”
Woojin widens his eyes. He tries to compose himself when he replies but his voice still wavers, “Yes.”
“Good. I’ll definitely be going then. Bye, Woojin.” Jihoon winks, and hurries outside.
He feels a cold breeze and the newfound confidence disappears and Jihoon gasps. “Oh my God, I cannot believe I did that! I can’t believe I winked at Park Woojin and said those words. How am I going to face him tonight?” Jihoon wails, bringing the attention of passers by.
He doesn’t notice Daehwi in front of him due to his rant but his heart almost stops when he looks up and spots the boy from earlier.
“Can you not just appear like that? I’m vulnerable.” Jihoon snaps.
“You should be thanking me. I helped you flirt for the first time in your life.” Daehwi sasses.
“Excuse me? First time? I’ll have you kn-
Jihoon pauses for a second, confusion etched onto his features. He repeats Daehwi’s sentence until understanding flashes in his eyes. “How?”
“I told you already. I’m cupid. It’s my job. I get assigned a new person each month and it’s you this time.”
Daehwi studies Jihoon for a few seconds before explaining to him how it all works.
“Wow, that’s cool. But why now and not when I got my crush?”
“Because we’re now sure that this isn’t just a high school crush but something that lasts for eternity.”
Jihoon doesn’t understand and Daehwi leaves it at that. He’ll soon figure out that Woojin is his love; his soulmate.