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Morning lectures were tiring for Seungkwan. Especially, when the first subject is Mathematics. To be specific, Basic Algebra. Who uses algebra in their daily life anyways? After his Math class, break time comes. As he was preparing for his next subject, he got a weird feeling that someone was looking at him, but when he looked back, no one was looking at him. He just shrugged it off and continued preparing for his second class.
In the middle of his second class, Seungkwan got a feeling that someone was looking at him, again. He looked back and saw a man with fair skin, handsome face, and a pair of hazel-colored eyes looking at him. He got flustered and decided to face his professor. The discussion was done and lunch time came.
Seungkwan fixed his table and decided to leave. When he’s about to leave, he notices the same guy, who’s looking at him earlier, looking at him again. The guy immediately looked down on his table when he noticed Seungkwan stared at him. Seungkwan figured that the guy was too shy to approach him, so he decided to walk up to him.
Seungkwan approached the guy and lent his hand out. “Hi!” Seungkwan smiled. The guy looked up and stared at him. “I’m Boo Seungkwan. You can call me Seungkwan.”
“Hansol, Chwe Hansol.” The guy answered and shook Seungkwan’s hand. “You can call me Vernon.”
“So, Vernon, um… I noticed you were staring at me earlier…” Seungkwan chuckled, letting Hansol’s hand go.
“Oh, I’m sorry about that. You must’ve been uncomfortable.” Hansol nervously said, scratching the back of his head.
“No. no. I’m not. I’m just wondering why you were staring at me?” Seungkwan politely smiled.
“It’s because… you’re pretty.” Hansol softly stated. Which took Seungkwan by surprise.
“R-really? Wow…” Seungkwan chuckled and got really shy.
Then silence. Hansol started fidgeting and thought of something to say.
“So um… Do you want to have lunch with me?” Hansol proposed.
“Yeah. Sure!” Seungkwan replied, which made Hansol smile. He put his things in his bag and stood up.
“Let’s go” Seungkwan started walking and Hansol from behind.
The two were walking side by side, talking about their classes, and they reached the school cafeteria. They were looking for an empty table when suddenly Seungkwan asked, “Hansol, I mean, Vernon, I don’t want to assume your gender, but are you straight?”
That took Hansol aback. Then I laughed. They found an empty table and decided to sit there.
“I mean, I’m gay.” Seungkwan awkwardly said. “I’m putting that out. I don’t want to assume wrong here. You called me pretty earlier so I’m assuming-”
“I’m bi.” Hansol said, cutting Seungkwan. He brought his lunch box out and placed it on the table.
“Good.” Seungkwan smiled brightly and brought his lunch box out too.
“Good?” Hansol stared at Seungkwan.
“Good… That’s good to know!” Seungkwan averted his gaze.
“Okay.” Hansol nodded and started eating.
Seungkwan started eating his lunch too. They silently eat their lunch. The kind of silence that’s not awkward. He felt comfortable with the atmosphere between the two of them. Seungkwan wondered why he didn’t notice Hansol before. It’s been 3 months since the semester started but he knew about this guy just now.
“We’re friends now, right?” Hansol spoke all of a sudden, breaking Seungkwan’s train of thought.
Seungkwan looked up, chewing his food, then nodded. Hansol noticed a grain of rice on the side of Seungkwan’s lip. He instinctively wiped it and made Seungkwan frozen on his seat. The man’s eyes wide open as he was taken by surprise by the other man’s action.
Hansol realized this and immediately pulled back his hand, “Sorry.” He apologized. “There’s-”
Seungkwan composed himself. “No. It’s okay.” He shook his head with matching waving hands, “that just took me by surprise.” He giggled.
They chatted until they finished their lunch. Getting to know each other, in that way. Seungkwan stopped mid-talking when Hansol glanced at his watch. “Is it near time?” He asked. In which, Hansol replied with a nod. Seungkwan never realized they’ve been chatting for too long. He really got comfortable, huh?
“I’m so talkative, sorry. That must’ve bore you.” Seungkwan apologized with a tight lip.
“No. You’re not” Hansol retorted. “I just like listening to your voice.”
Flustered, Seungkwan laughed at Hansol’s remark. “Wow! You’re really good at words, huh?” Hansol just shrugged and laughed with Seungkwan.
They packed their things and walked out of the cafeteria. They head back to their classroom for their last class, Child Psychology. Seungkwan didn’t hate this subject. But, he didn’t like it either. It’s a fairly easy subject but he just doesn’t pay attention to this class as much as his other subjects.
After an hour of discussion, the class dismissed. Seungkwan started to pack his things and got ready to go home.
“Seungkwan,” A voice called him. He looked up at the figure in front of him and saw Hansol,
“Can I have your number?” Hansol handed his phone with a smile and great anticipation. Seungkwan took the phone and typed his number on Hansol’s phone.
“Can I ask for your Instagram?” Seungkwan asked, handing back Hansol’s phone.
“Okay! It's chwenotchew.” Hansol replied, chuckling.
“That’s a great username! Are you a genius?” Seungkwan beamed. He pulled out his phone, opened Instagram, and typed Hansol’s username. “There. I followed you!”
A notification popped up on Hansol’s phone ‘pledis_boos followed you’
“pledis_boos?” Hansol asked, “why pledis_boos?”
“ pledis is from our club name, pleiades. And, boo from my last name” Seungkwan answered. “Why did you ask?”
“Nothing. It’s just-”
“Yah! Boo Seungkwan!” A shouting voice cut Hansol. “Let’s go!” They both looked at the owner of the voice and saw Chan, Seungkwan’s friend.
“Your friend?” Hansol asked and Seungkwan replied with a nod.
“Wait!” Seungkwan shouted and put his phone back in his bag. “Wanna join us?” He offered.
“Nope. I have other things to do today.” Hansol answered.
“You sure?” Seungkwan fixed himself and stood up.
“uh-huh” Hansol answered, giving Seungkwan a thumbs up. “Enjoy your day!” He added.
“Okay! See you next week!” Seungkwan started running out of the room. “Make sure to follow me back!” He shouted at Hansol. And to which Hansol replied with a nod.
Later that day, Hansol followed back Seungkwan’s Instagram. But there’s a problem, Hansol had no confidence on himself. He wants to message Seungkwan but he doesn’t know what to say.
Then his phone lit up with a notification.
A message from pledis_boos: Chwe Hansol!!
A message from pledis_boos: Vernon!!
A message from pledis_boos: Thanks for the follow XD
He smiled. He’s happy that Seungkwan messaged first. Because if not, he will stay up all night thinking of something to say.
He replied with “ That’s nothing HAHAHA” followed by “Nice feed btw”
And their conversations went like that for weeks. Seungkwan messaged him first, then he replied. It’s not that he’s doing nothing or not interested, but rather, he doesn’t know what to say. He cannot come up with a topic to begin with.
On the other hand, Seungkwan was surprised that he’s the one messaging Hansol first. Considering Hansol was the one who took his phone number, he expects the guy to message him first. But at last, he figured that Hansol can’t start up conversations. Seungkwan also figured that when you introduce a topic to Hansol, he will talk. A lot. Their chats are so random and yet they will message each other for hours. Seungkwan observes that Hansol puts up small sentences when talking in person but Hansol can talk for hours when it's online.
But to Seungkwan’s surprise, Hansol breaks the streak.
A message from chwenotchew: Seungkwan, I have two movie tickets on Saturday.
pledis_boos: Okay…
A message from chwenotchew: I just want to ask if you want to see a movie…
A message from chwenotchew: With me, of course.
pledis_boos: Are you asking me on a date?
A message from chwenotchew: You can say that.
A message from chwenotchew: Yeah
A message from chwenotchew: I’m asking you to be my movie date.
pledis_boos: Okay XD
pledis_boos: It’s a date!
Saturday comes and Seungkwan’s in front of the cinema, waiting for Hansol.
“Kwannie!” Hansol appeared out of nowhere. Seungkwan was surprised of course, but ‘kwannie’ surprised him even further. “You look good,” Hansol added.
“Thank you.” Seungkwan replied, calming himself. “So, we’re nicknamed basis now?” He asked
“Can I call you that?” Hansol’s wariness in his voice was clear which made Seungkwan giggled. And, it further confused Hansol.
“It’s fine. In return, I will call you… umm… Sollie” Seungkwan giddily said. Hansol looked offended. And based on that reaction, Seungkwan thought ‘Sollie’ was a no. “How about Nonie?” He suggested.
“I guess, I’ll take it.” Hansol replied. “By the way, I bought popcorn and drinks”
“I can see that.” Seungkwan said. He scanned Hansol’s outfit. The guy’s wearing a jean jacket, inner wear, jean pants, and a beanie. “You look good too. I like your jacket.” Seungkwan added.
“Oh you liked it? I can give you one.” Hansol replied, giving Seungkwan his ticket
“No, thank you. It’s not my style. By the way, what movie are we watching?” Seungkwan asked, looking at the ticket receipt.
“It’s a part of my favorite movie series,” Hansol said, grinning.
It’s a Marvel movie – The Amazing Spiderman 2 to be exact. Seungkwan has no idea what that was but Hansol worked up all of his courage to ask him out so who is he to turn that down, right?
During the date, Hansol didn't say anything but Seungkwan noticed him very fidgety so he decided to hold Hansol’s hand. Hansol looked at him and he replied with a smile.
“Sorry. I picked this movie thinking you know something. Even a little bit.” Hansol said, looking at their intertwined hands.
“It’s fine. Besides, I got to learn new things today.” Seungkwan said, assuring Hansol. “Let’s just enjoy that movie”
After the movie, they were sitting in car in silence and Hansol got fidgety again, so Seungkwan grabbed his face and kissed him on the cheek. Hansol turned completely red but was grinning ear to ear. Seungkwan blushed after that.
Hansol held Seungkwan’s hand and started driving. Both of them enjoyed the ride on the way to Seungkwan’s house in silence. Both smiling and blushing.
But, that was 7 years ago. They bought a house, started living together and getting married in May. Going to Disney and Universal for their honeymoon.
As they get older, Seungkwan noticed that Hansol has become much more vocal but he still does most of the talking and socializing. He loved seeing Hansol happy around people. Getting involved in any social activities they attended.
They also developed a love language of their own. When they are holding hands, they do a “double squeeze” which means "love you" if they don’t want to talk.
In Seungkwan’s eyes, it's pretty much amazing.