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The line was longer than Jaehyun anticipated. He didn’t know that handball was that popular of a sport. He waited patiently for his turn. He felt a presence behind him. When he turned around, he found a boy standing behind him, tapping his foot. His eyes were narrowed in his impatience. While Jaehyun was also surprised that there where that many people, he didn’t mind that much. They moved a spot forward. Being bored by the wait, Jaehyun kept stealing glances at the boy behind him. He could only see the boy’s eyes, but judging from the deepening wrinkles on his forehead, he wasn’t too pleased to have to wait. Eventually it was Jaehyun’s turn.
“You are lucky, you are the last person I can let in. There are only two seats left.” Jaehyun was able to hear an angry huff behind him. He came up with an idea.
“Actually, I am here with my boyfriend so I would like to get two tickets. He’s just angry at me since we got in a fight earlier. Will you come here babe?” With that he turned around to smile at the boy, hoping his eyes would convince the boy to join him. The boy’s eyes go soft in surprise. Jaehyun chuckles to himself. He hoped he wouldn’t make a fool of himself right there.
“Fine.” Came the curt answer and the boy crossed the two-meter distance between them to fill in the contact forms, accepting the ticket the security person gave them. He didn’t look too convinced of their story but let it past. They went to their seats quickly and sat down on the bleachers with as much distance as their designated spot allowed them.
“Was this your good deed of the day?”
Jaehyun could tell that the boy was in a bad mood and gulped. Maybe he just should’ve gone in alone.
“No, I just thought you would like to see the game.”
“You could’ve said I was your friend or something. Or your brother.”
“Well it was the first thing that came to my mind. I’m sorry about that. Thank you for playing along. I would’ve looked stupid otherwise.”
“You would’ve deserved it. You are lucky that I promised my mum that I would be here. I didn’t think that that many people would come. They must be happy that there even are games again.”
“I’m here for my mum as well. I came back home because my classes are online anyways. Mum just recently started to play again after I left for university.” The boy nodded. He seemed somewhat appeased.
“Me too. What’s your name?”
“I’m Jaehyun. Nice to meet you.”
“I’m Doyoung. Thank you for getting me in.”
Soon the game started and Jaehyun found that he enjoyed Doyoung’s company at the bleachers. Jaehyun secretly dreaded going to see the game, since he didn’t understand handball that well and it was boring to just watch a sport instead of playing it in his opinion. Doyoung on the contrary seemed to be very passioned about the game and his commentary was entertaining enough to make Jaehyun giggle on multiple occasions. When the halftime whistle blew, Doyoung leant back with an exhausted huff.
To pass the time, Jaehyun engaged Doyoung in some small talk. They learnt that their universities weren’t far from each other and that they did indeed went to the same school but never met since they were in different grades. It was funny to Jaehyun how well they got along in the 15 minutes of the break. The game ended without any more incidents. Since their mothers still had to shower before they went to meet their mums, Jaehyun and Doyoung went to sit on one of the benches outside of the gymnasium. The sun was fully out at the time and felt pleasant on their skin. They kept talking and talking until Jaehyun’s mum walked up to her son to greet him.
“Good to see you here Jaehyun. Who’s this? “His mother inquired, not unfriendly, but definitely curious. Over her shoulder Jaehyun noticed the security guard that distributed the tickets earlier.
“This is my boyfriend, Doyoung. I wanted to introduce him to you for a long time now.” He said in his panic. Doyoung hit his arm lightly. The security guard went away, shaking his head. Before Jaehyun could explain anything to his mother, Doyoung’s mum went up to them, greeting Doyoung with a hug.
“Is that your son? Because mine just told me that they were dating.”
Jaehyun heard Doyoung facepalm next to him.
“Oh my god, it is, can you believe that our sons are dating? It must have been fate.”
“After we didn’t work out, the universe decided to bring these two together.” Jaehyun looked at Doyoung to see his face scrunched up in shock and disgust. Jaehyun probably didn’t look any different. Their mothers were way too overexaggerated. They weren’t even dating to begin with.
“Isn’t that crazy, Doie? Our love wasn’t meant to be, but you two found each other.”
“Aren’t you too enthusiastic about this? I didn’t even know you were friends with Jaehyun’s mum. You never mentioned her.”
“That’s because we just recently reunited, when you were of to uni. We went to school together, fell in love, then we both moved and broke it off. Turns out we both decided to settle in our hometown again. We never met until we started to play handball together. Fate works in weird ways sometimes.”
“You are so dramatic. I am glad that you are happy with your reunion, but we actually aren’t dating.” Doyoung attempted to tell their mothers the truth.
“Oh, my dear, no need to be shy. It’s okay, you can date Jaehyun. I can see he is very fond of you.” Doyoung turned to Jaehyun with a blush on his face. In hindsight, Doyoung was probably asking for Jaehyun’s help, angry at their mothers for not listening. But in that moment Jaehyun just smiled and shrugged. There was no need to correct their mothers, they would probably forget about the whole thing soon enough.
Jaehyun was wrong. Not even a week later he found himself in the garden of Doyoung’s family home, a drink already placed in his hand. The only empty spot was next to Doyoung on a very short Hollywood swing. Judging by the look on Doyoung’s face, he was just as surprised by the visit as Jaehyun was. His mum just told them they would ‘meet some friends’. They were doomed. All of their parents (even their dads) looked at them knowingly, teasingly, unaware that the romance that they saw there doesn’t exist. Finally, Jaehyun sat down. It was impossible keep any sort of distance between them, so Jaehyun found himself pressed to Doyoung’s side. The blush on his face was inevitable.
“So, what are you planning to do, Jaehyun the great?” Doyoung hissed out. Jaehyun flinched at the harsh tone in his voice. He didn’t dare to turn to face Doyoung.
“You brought us into this mess. Both of our families think we are dating, just because you couldn’t be honest. Mum is ecstatic that we found each other, and I don’t want to be the one that tells her that our fairy-tale meeting is actually a lie. So please fix this.”
“How exactly am I supposed to do that? It will hurt their feelings.”
“Well right now you are hurting my feelings. You could’ve helped me out last week, but you didn’t and now we’re here.”
“I will fix it. I promise. But not tonight, I really don’t want to ruin this get together. We didn’t have one in so long. Please just let’s pretend today.“
“You are awful you know that?” Doyoung replied, but when he saw Jaehyun’s mother smile at them warmly he couldn’t help but agree with Jaehyun. One more night of their parents believing they dated couldn’t hurt anyone, could it?