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It was in Choi Soobin’s junior year, and Choi Yeonjun’s senior year—
The pair have been friends since they met in middle school and have maintained their friendship in high school, choosing to be admitted to the same school in their city.
In Yeonjun’s ninth grade, he became the popular kid in his school. Being part of the dance club where he was quickly recognized as quite the best dancer since this famous sunbae Jung Hoseok graduated, it wasn't long until he was known throughout their institution. He’d refused to tell Soobin this though, the younger still in his last year of middle school, he felt as though he’d sound arrogant if he said that he was getting well-known in Soobin’s future school. So he kept it hidden, told him in their nightly calls over the phone that he was getting by, knowing people here and there but still absolutely excited for Soobin to move up and transfer to Yeonjun’s school.
By the next year, Yeonjun was a sophomore, and Soobin a freshman.
Soobin also took part in the school’s dance club, where he’d find out that Yeonjun was absolutely popular in the entire school.
Soobin was aware of the subtle glances people threw their way (not to mention all the people greeting Yeonjun as if he was literally best friends with everybody there) when they walked together to the cafeteria. Soobin was ashamed to admit that at first when he wasn’t getting any explanation for the sudden burst of popularity he was experiencing second hand, he thought that maybe hyung was a ‘badboy’ of sorts, or maybe a delinquent, and people were just being nice to him out of terror. Ah, Soobin’s imagination was wild . Turns out Yeonjun was just getting recognition for his dancing. Soobin already knew Yeonjun was an amazing dancer, though. Maybe hyung’s handsomeness helps a lot with the reputation too?
Now, Soobin agrees with that.
But when he joined the Glee Club, Soobin also slowly gathered attention, no longer as the freshman that was constantly at Yeonjun-sunbae’s side, but as the tall, cool, and handsome boy who impressed the club adviser and other participants with his sweet singing voice.
Throughout the school, Soobin and Yeonjun were a power duo, despite the both not being aware of this status. The pair are well known members of the dance club, and Soobin at the glee club, and both having impressive grades, garnering spots within the top 20 in their school. It’s no secret that a lot of students look their way when they’re spotted at the cafeteria together, or talking to each other before lining up for the usual morning assembly and walking together to their homeroom. Yeonjun always drops Soobin off first before he heads for his own homeroom, speed walking because his room was a floor above Soobin’s.
The students who know them see Soobin as this cool, handsome, polite boy that answers everyone with a dimpled smile, and gets along with anyone. Who can talk to anyone as long as they approach him first, never the one to ignore conversations but one to always warmly reply to questions about him, or Yeonjun-hyung. His teachers also admire his intelligence, with the said boy placing 11th in the school in his ninth grade. Everybody seemed to adore this boy.
And Yeonjun. Yeonjun was this force of a student, always being placed in the team that’s sent for every interdivision schools dance contests, and sometimes going to regional championships. Who looks very unapproachable but, when you get to talk to him for a while, find out that he’s actually very polite and patient. With a brain to match too. 15th place in the school. Not bad at all.
Eternal bestfriends , the two always declared themselves to be. The very textbook definition of true friendship. But—
It was in Choi Soobin’s junior year, and Choi Yeonjun’s senior year that the Love Alarm was invented and available to download.