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Saying that Jae Park was Brian’s favourite singer would be an understatement. Saying that Jae Park was Brian’s favourite person would be a little closer to reality… Saying that Jae Park was Brian’s absolute everything would be hitting the nail on the head.
Brian was a hardcore fan. He followed Jae ever since he first started posting covers on youtube, left encouraging comments, liked and subscribed. When Jae appeared on K-pop star, Brian was always there, watching the episodes on a small laptop which he secretly stolen from his dad’s office. He supported him all the way when he finally debuted and didn’t stop until now. Buying every album Jae Park released. The only problem about Jae was that he lived across the world in Korea, while Brian lived his high school life in Canada. Except for one day in a year when Jae Park had concert in Toronto.
Brian sighed, it was like this every single time. Queue full of squealing females. He felt like a fish out of water every single year, but it was all worth it. He’s going to see Jae again.
“Look at the guy.” One of the girls behind him squealed and Brian automatically looked around, searching for the guy they were talking about. When he saw only girls in the vicinity, he continued to scroll through his twitter timeline, only to be notified that Jae Park just tweeted. It was a simple I’ll see yall in 50 minutes , but it made Brian smile.
“Look at that gorgeous smile.” Another one behind his back chirped and Brian looked around again, but saw no other guy for miles. Shaking his head, he peeked back at his phone, typing a reply of ‘Can’t wait’ to Jae’s previous tweet.
“Uhm.” A girl beside him cleared her throat and lightly tapped his shoulder.
Brian lifted his gaze from his phone, little bewildered. People never approached him any year before. She probably doesn’t know how the queueing works. “How can I help you?” He flashed her a small smile, which sent her blushing, and Brian had that Oh No plastered all over his vision.
To be honest, puberty hit him hard, he grew taller, the baby fat that previously covered his sharp features melted, his awkward past self is all gone and girls are now relentlessly asking him for help, notes, directions, opinions, or his number. Or even more straightforwardly on a date. Which, Brian always kindly refuses. Here’s the deal - he’s gay.
“Uhm, I know it may seem weird… you don’t know me and all, but... would you give me your number? Just you know, for science.” She blushed and held her phone out to Brian.
Brian smiled awkwardly, rubbing his neck. He was always on the verge of mental breakdown when someone asked. How to make it simple... ? “You see, it’s scientifically proven that I like three legs better than two.” Good job Brian, witty, short, now only thing left is to hope she understood what you meant.
Result however came way sooner in the form of serious coughs from the girl. Her eyes were bulged out and her cheeks redder than ever before. “I’m s- sorry, I didn’t know… didn’t think about the possibility…” She left shortly after.
Taking a deep breath, Brian checked his phone again. 46 minutes and unknown number of confessions left till the show starts.