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Love comes in many ways. May it be a crush on the person on the train that just captures you with their demeanour or may it be a person that serves your coffee in the morning. People look for different types of love in their lives. Some just want someone to trust and talk to, others want physical love and some hope to find ‘The One’. Some prioritise the appearance of a person, while others need to get to know a person before they fall for them. Still, no matter where the feeling comes from, it is called love.
At the start of his first term at the university Doyoung was on his home from an uneventful day of classes, when he spotted a boy at the other end of the train he just entered. Doyoung stared for a while until the boy looked back at him, showing no reaction to Doyoung’s gaze. The boy was wearing a suit that was just a tad too large for his body and he had a small backpack on his back. His outer appearance was nothing special, but still Doyoung’s heart reacted. Something about his manners, the way his back was arched slightly, and his hand rested loosely on the seat in front of him made it beat just a little bit faster than usual. The boy was putting on a façade, he wasn’t as cool and collected as he acted, but he had the confidence to pull it off. It was attractive to Doyoung even though he could not understand why.
When the train reached the station where he had to get off, Doyoung got up carefully, making his way to the door. He mentally prepared himself to push the button to open the door so he would not mess up. Just in case the boy was watching him.
If Doyoung had to name one thing he hated, then it was people being clumsy. Which was inconvenient, since he himself was a clumsy person, especially when he was nervous or was crushing on someone. Like he was at that moment. The train came to a stop and Doyoung took a last glance at the boy. To Doyoung’s horror, the boy stood in front of the other door of the car, looking at him. Doyoung quickly turned back to the door in front of him and pushed the button. Except that he missed. He felt heat rising to his cheeks and pressed the button again, this time being able to open the doors. He left the train quickly, making his way to his car without looking back. If he looked back, he would’ve noticed a boy watching him, with a soft smile on his lips.
A few days later Doyoung met up with Johnny after his last class. He was lucky enough to have some friends from secondary school that went to the same
University he visited. When he approached Johnny, he noticed some other people around him. There was a girl, that caught his eyes, since she had a very different style than the people around her. She was even wearing a hat. And she looked comfortable in those clothes. Needless to say, Doyoung was crushing again. He wasn't sure if he liked the girl paying no attention to him or not.
Then he greeted Johnny who had an intense discussion about the importance of some type of music with two boys, who looked too young to attend University. After Doyoung and Johnny left, his friend told him about the people he met. On their way they passed a boy reading a book, who looked up and smiled when they approached. Doyoung didn't notice him.
During the following weeks Doyoung got closer to the people Johnny introduced him to. Two of them, Mark and Donghyuck met each other during the first week and kicked off immediately with each other. A few others occasionally joined them. And then there was the girl.
Her name was Soojeon and she and Doyoung got along very well after they finally started talking. Their talking started to become flirting quickly, even though Soojeon had a boyfriend. Doyoung thought they were flirting as friends, just for fun, but everybody around them seemed to think differently about that. Despite Doyoung thinking it was just friendly flirting, he would still like it to be real sometimes. Doyoung and his friends often discussed the situation during the class they had together.
They shared the class with a boy who listened closely to everything they talked about, smiling less than before.
The news of Soojeon’s breakup with her boyfriend left Doyoung with mixed feelings. It turns out, that her boyfriend did not think the flirting between Soojeon and Doyoung was friendly. If even her boyfriend thought that, it might be true after all.
Doyoung tried to speak normally with Soojeon after the breakup, but the flirting with her got less and their relationship crumbled. It was over, as soon as Soojeon got a new boyfriend just a few weeks after her breakup. Doyoung hated people who changed partners so soon. His friends did not seem to care that Soojeon did not hang out with them anymore, but there was one boy who was happy to hear about it.