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sunghoon was jungwon’s close friend, he considered him as his older brother, he looks up to him and even wants to be a bit like him. that’s why he’s surprised when his sunghoon hyung came to his house, whining and pouting because he got into an argument with his boyfriend.
“so… are you going to just sulk and pout there, hyung? i kind of… have an assignment to finish.”
“jungwonie… i can’t believe it! he’s so! myghod!” sunghoon continues to vent.
jungwon scratches the back of his head, unsure what exactly to do. he can not believe this guy is two years older than him.
“uh.. hyung. i kind of… can’t help you when i don’t know anything.”
“he’s so frustrating, i deserve a lot of cuddles after this!” sunghoon continues to rant.
“is this about your boyfriend? jay hyung, right?”
“who else would i want to be cuddled by?”
“me?”
“point taken. but. you know..”
“that’s besides the point. how can i help?”
“i just want to rant. skip your assignment and let’s eat outside.”
jungwon thinks for a second, he had two assignments but his sunghoon hyung’s pleading eyes made him say yes.
and so they did, they went out to eat at a 7/11, sunghoon let jungwon buy a lot of snacks as compensation as he should be doing his assignment right now.
“ugh, he texted me.”
“well… aren’t you going to reply?”
“no. i’m sulking.”
jungwon doesn’t know what to think about it, he’s never been in a relationship and doesn’t really know how it works.
“he’s calling. god.” sunghoon says and picks up his phone.
“sunghoon… i’m so sorry, i didn’t mean to!”
“you didn’t mean to? really? you didn’t mean to eat my ramen?”
what? is this what they are really fighting about…? ramen? as far as jungwon knows, they have all the financial capabilities to buy an entire brand of ramen.
“where are you right now? i’m outside your dorm.”
“i’m with jungwon. go home, love.”
jungwon coughs, cringing from hearing their endearment.
“omg! are you okay? have some water!”
“i’m okay! just… not used to you… talking like that.”
“who’s that?”
“jungwon. remember my younger friend who's almost the same age as riki? i’m with him.”
jungwon is curious to know who this ‘riki’ person. he doesn’t really have a lot of friends outside of school that are kind of the same age as him. most of his friends are hyungs that he met because of taekwondo or because they were family friends. his closest friend was sunoo, his cousin who was a year older than him.
“hyung, my mom is kind of calling me to go home already. she told me to walk maeumi too.”
“okay okay. thank you for accompanying me.”
a week passed by and sunghoon was at his house again, he wondered if college students don’t really have assignments, why does sunghoon always have free time? but it was also saturday, but jungwon had things to do.
“are you free today? jay wants to meet you, riki is with him too. i think you’ll be good friends.”
“huh? why do you think so?”
“you both are insane dancers and he’s cool too! just a bit shy at first but he’s fun to be with!”
“i have things to do, hyung.”
“ice cream. my treat.”
“fine. what about my mom?”
“she already said yes.”
“you knew i was going to go. you planned everything!”
“i just want my boyfriend to meet my friend!”
“sure, i’m down to meet people today.” he says, feeling very social today.
an hour later, jungwon was with sunghoon who was on his phone. probably texting that they were here already. they were at a café, seemingly very expensive.
“i’m curious. where do you and jay hyung go on dates?”
“hotels and café.” sunghoon answered casually, eyes still on his phone.
“sunghoon hyung!” someone calls out. jungwon looked at him, he’s tall… very tall. but his face is the complete contrast, he looks young and quite baby like.
“yo!” sunghoon says and clings to jay, jungwon assumes by the way he was holding his hand.
“jungwon, this is jay. and this is riki, he’s a year younger than you, but i’m sure you’ll get along!”
jungwon stands up and greets them. he realizes that riki was younger than him yet so tall. he was the tallest one.
“hi!” he greets with a smile.
“hey, i’m jay, unfortunately this idiot’s boyfriend.”
“says you. you were the one who confessed.”
“ah, i shouldn’t have gone here if you were going to make me a third wheel.” riki says, jungwon supposes he’s joking.
“you had to get out of the house too, you know? jungwon can keep you company will we order!” sunghoon says.
riki awkwardly sits on the seat in front of jungwon. both kind of feeling the awkward tension.
“so… did hyung drag you here too?” jungwon starts, breaking the ice.
he notices that riki’s face lights up, “uhuh. jay hyung said it’s his treat. who am i to refuse blessings?”
“same! i have assignments today but i got bribed by ice cream.”
“i could help you if you want. i think we are at the same grade?”
“you could if you want. i don’t really mind.” jungwon says, not noticing that he was staring at riki.
“you have pretty beauty marks.” words slip out of jungwon’s lip.
riki seems flustered with the compliment, covering his face with his hand.
“sorry, i didn’t mean for it to be that way!”
“no no no! it’s okay, i’m just not used to people noticing my moles.”
“you look like a baby.” jungwon adds.
“says you. your dimples are cute.” riki says, reaching over to jungwon to poke his dimple.
now it was jungwon who was flustered, he wasn’t used to people doing that to him. if it were other people, he would have glared at them. but for some reason, it was okay when riki did it.
“we left for a bit and you’re already touching faces?” sunghoon teases.
“riki, sit beside jungwon. i’m going to sit beside sunghoon.”
jungwon moves a bit for riki. when he sat beside him, his scent was baby powder. kind of fitting.
“have you tried any of this, riki?” jay asks.
“not really, i haven’t been to korean cafés.”
“of course you haven’t. bet heeseung hyung already let you taste ten types of ramen.”
“you’re not korean?” jungwon asks.
“yep, i’m japanese! i just moved last month.” jungwon is amazed, he never really talked to a foreigner before.
“we should go out sometime, i’ll let you taste all my favorites.” jungwon offers.
“sure, let’s do it after school!”
“love, i think we are the third wheels.” jay whispers to sunghoon.
an hour later, after eating and getting to know each other. jay and sunghoon both decided to leave the two together.
“you have any plans later? it’s still quite early.” riki says.
“you said you’re new to korea right? want to explore a bit?”
“let’s go!” riki says with enthusiasm. normally he wouldn’t be so careless with someone he just first met, but he’s with jungwon. it felt right.
and so they did. they went to parks and malls with jungwon touring him and telling all the things that he could do. they had such a good time together.
“you should try bungeoppang!” jungwon suggests.
“it’s so cute!” riki says, jungwon finds everything that riki does is endearing.
he didn’t want this day to end. it was a good day, he met a new friend, had so much fun with their short but memorable hangout.
but alas, it was time to go home. riki offered to walk jungwon home as they found out they liked being quite close to each other.
“i had a great time, jungwon hyung!”
“shh, just jungwon is fine. can i… can i ask for your number on kakaotalk?”
“sure!”
“what’s your full name if you don’t mind me asking? i save my contacts by their full name.”
“woah? so formal. nishimura riki.” even his name was pretty.
“yang jungwon.”
“yang? sheep?”
“uhuh.”
“hehe. i’ll put you as jungwonie with a sheep emoticon. i’ll text you later, goodnight?”
“goodnight!”
jungwon entered their house with a big smile, he had so much fun with his new friend.
“who’s that?” his mom asks.
“a new friend, mom.”
“boyfriend?”
“mom!” jungwon knows his mom likes to tease him about his new friends.
“sunoo also came by earlier but i told him you were out. he left a few gifts.”
“sunoo! you won’t believe where i went to today!” jungwon says on his facetime with sunoo.
“auntie told me you were out today. were you on a date?”
“what? no! i was with sunghoon hyung and his friends!”
“why are you smiling like that? you have a new crush?” sunoo teases.
“huh? why is everyone thinking that way?”
“i don’t know… maybe because you’re smiling so much?”
“anyways! thanks for the chocolates, when are you going to hang out with us next?”
“i don’t know yet, but what i know is that something memorable happened today. you’re literally glowing!”
“so i met this new friend…”
“friend… are you sure?”
“you’re just like mom!”
suddenly, jungwon received a notification from kakaotalk, his face lit up and he smiled unconsciously.
“he texted you, didn’t he?”
“ha? oh! yeah… he did.”
“go talk to him. i have to eat in a while. have fun!” sunoo says, ending the facetime.
“jungwon! have you eaten your dinner?”
jungwon contemplated on what to reply, but little did he know, he was smiling.
“of course. how about you?”
“i’m done eating. what did we eat earlier again? bugeo… bugeopang?”
“bungeoppang!”
“i love them very much! i asked my hyung to buy them for me. thank you so much for introducing me to them!”
“it’s no biggie. what time do you sleep?”
“a bit late as i play video games..”
“ah i see. i don’t really play.”
“aw, i wanted to play with you.”
“but i didn’t say i don’t want to try. what games do you play?”
and so jungwon finds himself sleeping a bit later than his normal bedtime as he was very into the topic with riki.
“some of my friends call me ni-ki, if you want you can call me that too.”
“i prefer calling you riki, feels more… you.”
“ah. i have a nickname for you. can i call you wonie?”
“gladly.”
jungwon slept that night with a big smile plastered on his face.
the next day, he went to school all happy and smiling, ni-ki was the only one who made him feel this way so far.
even sunoo noticed it as they were schoolmates. of course, he just had to tease him.
“was the late night talk that good? you’ve been smiling all day.”
“i think… i think i found my soulmate.” jungwon is too shy to admit it, but he really feels that way. it was like a spell, they just matched and vibed immediately with each other.
sunoo giggles, “how cute! you have to let me meet him!”
“we just talked for a day! it’s not that serious…”
“not that serious? you’ve been literally glowing all day!”
at dismissal time, jungwon was met with a surprise because he saw students gathering, saying there were ‘handsome’ boys at the gate. of course, being the student council president, he had to check it for himself.
when he saw two tall boys, being riki and jay hyung, his face immediately heated up. they were indeed handsome.
“wonie!” riki called him, and almost everyone looked at him. he shyly walked up to him and gave him a hug out of nervousness.
“what are you doing here?” jungwon whispered.
“jay hyung was on his way to pick up sunghoon hyung, so i went with him. you look cute in your uniform!” riki complimented him while squishing his cheeks, he could still feel the students looking at them.
“can we… go? they are looking… if you’re okay with leaving of course..” jungwon whispered.
“hey hyung, wonie and i will dip already.”
“sure, i can see sunghoon already.”
“love!” sunghoon called out, and that was their sign to leave before they became third wheels.
unconsciously, jungwon held riki’s hand and they started walking out the school holding hands, sunoo will definitely tease him endlessly.
“don’t you go to school?” jungwon asked.
“my classes start next week. i saw your name on the board, you’re the student council president?”
“yeah… i am for some reason.”
“wow! my wonie so responsible and cute!!” riki said squished jungwon’s cheek again. he felt his face heating up, does riki know his effect on him? my wonie?
“are we going to go to your home? are you busy? i don’t want to disturb you!”
“no no. you can accompany me while doing my project if you want.”
“of course! maybe i’ll help.” riki says clinging to jungwon, how insanely cute.
they reached jungwon’s house as it wasn’t really that far from his school, not noticing they were still holding hands. everything with riki just felt natural.
“welcome to my humble abode! make yourself at home, i’m usually the only one home.”
“you don’t have any siblings?”
“i have one but she’s already in her college dorm.” jungwon says, dropping his bag and getting the materials needed for his project.
“stay there, i’m going to change clothes.” jungwon excuses himself. he hurried to his closet and immediately put on his favorite baby blue jacket. for some reason, he wanted to look cute in front of riki even though he was only wearing a sweatshirt and pajamas.
“you look cute, like a teddy bear!” riki says as soon as he saw jungwon.
“yeah… i get that a lot.” jungwon says and sits besides riki, who was quick to hug him on the couch.
“going to change your contact name from wonie sheep to wonie teddy.”
“i’m too lazy to do my project, i just want to sleep.” and that was new for jungwon who’s a very diligent student.
“we can just lay down here and hug.” riki says, nuzzling his face into jungwon’s neck, jungwon would normally not let any other person cuddle him but since this was riki, he’s an exception.
“would anyone believe that we just recently met?” jungwon says while closing his eyes.
“felt like i’ve known you for years. i’m very comfortable with you. you make me feel safe.” riki said, jungwon felt like he’s going to melt. he’s extremely happy that he makes someone feel safe.
“can i sleep here?” riki asks.
“of course.” jungwon says and starts playing with riki’s hair, he noticed that he liked it a lot.
riki laid on top of him, already in dreamland. jungwon stared at him, his face was baby-like.
“you didn’t tell me you had your boyfriend over.” jungwon was startled by his mom’s voice but he didn’t got up as he didn’t want to wake riki up.
“mom!” he whispered.
“am i disturbing something? alright… continue staring at your boyfriend… kind of creepy.” his mom joked.
“mom! he’s just my friend!”
“do you cuddle with sunghoon?”
“yeah…?”
“do you stare at sunghoon when he sleeps?”
“no! that’s weird, sunghoon hyung has a boyfriend!”
“see? alright, i’ll be in my room if you need me. i doubt you will. next time you tell me if your boyfriend is coming over so i can bake some snacks.”
jungwon rolled his eyes, knowing well that his mother loves to tease him. he didn’t notice it but he slowly fell asleep too, even though riki was laying on top of him, he felt comfortable.
“wonie…” someone whispered into his ear. being a light sleeper, he opened his eyes to see riki still hugging him.
“what time is it?” jungwon asks.
“9 pm… what about your project?”
“shit… i was supposed to pass a dance video by 11!” jungwon immediately stood up.
“dance video? i could help, you still have time until 11.”
“ah.. ah shit. oh.. sorry for the bad words but uh.. aren’t your hyungs going to scold you for coming home late?” jungwon starts to panic, he’s always used to passing his outputs super early.
“hey… calm down. it’s okay… i can help you. what type of dance is it?” normally jungwon would scream at someone who’s going to calm him down because this is definitely not okay, he wasn’t used to procrastinating.
“freestyle.. 30 seconds…”
riki holds jungwon’s hand and smiles, reassuring him that it will be okay and he will help him. an hour later, they already completed the assignment and were able to pass it. jungwon was amazed by how fast riki could come up with choreographies, he even agreed to be part of it. they danced to TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s blue hour.
“that was… fun!” jungwon says, panting from dancing. they already passed his video but they continued dancing together. riki was an insanely good dancer, sunghoon hyung wasn’t lying.
“can i borrow a hoodie? my shirt is soaked.”
“of course, you can choose any from my closet.”
“thanks, i’ll return this tomorrow when i pick you up from school.” jungwon blushed, does that mean riki picking him up will be a daily thing?
“how are you going to go home? you can sleep over if you want. my bed can fit two people.”
“are you sure? i was going to ask jake hyung to pick me up.. but i think he’s with heeseung hyung.”
“yeah sure… you can stay.” what the hell was jungwon thinking? his heart was racing, is he okay?
“you can uhm.. take a shower.” he offered. as soon as riki entered the bathroom he ran to call sunghoon.
“sunghoon hyung! sunghoon hyung!”
“jungwon, are you okay? what’s happening?”
“riki… riki…”
“what’s with riki? you were with him. he’s not home yet?”
“no! he’s going to sleep over, hyung!”
“woah woah woah! you two are going insanely fast. faster than me and jay!”
“what? but… what do i do? i just… i just… oh my god!”
“calm down. it’s just riki, what makes you nervous?’’
“i feel like… i feel like my heart is going to explode when i’m with him.”
“you like him, don’t you?”
and that’s when jungwon ended the call. that’s impossible. they just met. that couldn’t be, right?
“wonie, i can just sleep on the floor if you want.”
“no no no! i don’t want to make you uncomfortable!”
“but i don’t want to make YOU uncomfortable…”
there was a five second silence, and then they both burst out laughing.
“you can sleep beside me, come on.” jungwon says, why are they acting like the couch thing didn’t happen earlier?
jungwon feels like he’s going to explode, he’s definitely going to be teased nonstop by sunghoon and sunoo tomorrow.
“good night wonie, sweet dreams!”
indeed jungwon had a good dream because when he woke up to get ready for school, riki was cuddling him. he must have thought he was a pillow.
“riki… i have to get ready for school..”
“too early…” he yawned.
“i have to go to school early because i always have to be ready for announcements.”
“oh yeah, you’re the student council president…” riki said and opened his eyes, but he’s still quite sleepy.
“go get ready, i’ll walk you to school too.” riki said, jungwon wanted to explode, he knew he was blushing.
jungwon went down to eat first, his mom leaves super early and normally leaves his food and a note on the table. this time, two bowls of bibimbap were on the table and a note writing, made food for you and your boyfriend! you have to introduce him to me next time :)
he smiled at the note and pasted it on his refrigerator, he called riki to eat.
“heeseung hyung blew up my phone last night. he started teasing me about sleeping over here.”
“ah… that was the noise last night.”
moments later, jungwon was ready to go to school, riki noticed how cute he looked wearing an oversized jacket, he made a mental note that he would bring his own jackets for jungwon to borrow.
“let’s go?” riki asks and holds his hand, jungwon is flustered. is holding hands a common thing for friends?
they started walking to jungwon’s school as it was quite close to his house, the warm morning breeze was perfect for morning walks.
he noticed a lot of students were looking at them, he immediately felt shy and went closer to riki, feeling small.
“we’re here, wonie! see you later, goodluck for today!” riki said and gave him a hug.
“see you later, riki!” jungwon said and smiled. as soon as riki walked out of the school gate, he immediately ran inside. he dislikes being looked at and being talked about.
“woah woah!” sunghoon catches him.
“hyung! what are you doing in the senior high school department?”
“waiting for you. are you okay? why are you all red?”
“uh… uh…. i don’t know.”
“oh i know, it’s riki, right?” sunghoon teases.
“from what i heard, you came in holding hands.i didn’t know you were at that stage already.”
“i’m going to kick you.”
“you can’t, you love me.”
“depends on my mood.”
“but in all seriousness, i’m glad you’re becoming close with riki. it’s nice to have someone in your age range.”
“yeah, because you are sooooo old.” jungwon said and immediately ran away.
“hey! take that back, you brat!”
jungwon went to the bathroom to freshen up before going to his class, he can still feel that he’s blushing. a lot of people saw them holding hands, surely people will assume they are a couple.
he went to his first class, greeted by everyone but he felt shy today so he just smiled at everyone and went to his seat.
“good morning class!” their teacher greets.
“i received your submissions for our performance task. but one video caught my attention.”
“mr. yang, it’s a pleasure to have your boyfriend participate in your submission.”
jungwon wanted the ground to swallow him at that exact moment.
“would it be okay to show in class? it’s quite cute, unexpected that you would include your significant other in your output.”
jungwon didn’t know what to do, he didn’t want to be rude so he nodded slowly.
the teacher started showing his output to the class, his classmates grinning at him. he just knew he was going to be teased non stop.
“you two are great dancers, considering it’s free style. all of you are free to invite your friends or significant others too. i appreciate you having fun while doing the output.”
later that day, after endless teasing of his friends, sunoo just had to sit with him during lunch.
“well there’s mr i have a boyfriend!”
“he’s not…”
“he’s not your boyfriend yet .”
“we’re just friends.”
“heeseung hyung and i are friends too but you don’t see us holding hands at school, don’t you?”
“but heeseung hyung is courting jake hyung already.”
“ah right… bad example. i’m friends with yeonjun hyung but you don’t see us holding hands while going to school.”
“admit it, you like him. it’s like love at first sight!”
“isn’t it weird to like someone you met a few days ago?”
“nah, as long as you feel the connection, time doesn’t matter. you can meet someone for ten minutes and immediately feel something.”
jungwon felt confused, he had never felt this way before. he never felt a connection this strong with anyone, it felt like he already knew riki for years.
maybe yang jungwon does like nishimura riki.