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Kim dokja, a painter who likes to paint based on what he sees. He's always been honest and— Maybe a lil' dense or let's say, clueless.
But then, he dreamt of a very attractive person, who was— A tall person, atleast 6 feet tall. he had a very good fashion sense as well.
So he decided to paint him.
"Hmm.. it's kinda hard to paint them like this, the face was blurry in my dream." Dokja sighed but, of course— This was dokja. He never gives up just suddenly.
He then finishes the painting after awhile. but after he finished that painting, he never stopped dreaming of that "person". What was also weird was, in his dreams the person felt just like a real person and also spoke. The only thing that made him realize it was a dream was, their blurry face.
After time passes, he still didn't stop getting dreams of that person so he decided something.
He's gonna sell that painting in an art exhibition to finally ease his mind and, who knows? maybe this'll stop him from getting dreams of that specific "person".
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After a few days pass, he found a exhibition that let him sell his piece. While he was walking around, he saw someone looking at his artwork. What shocked him is, the person who was viewing his art looked exactly like the person in his dreams.
"Hm? this looks exactly like me, weird." the person in black says. So, dokja took this opportunity to talk to him.
"Hey! i'm the person who made this. don't misunderstand, I've never seen you before nor know about you. It's just a coincidence I painted someone looking like you." dokja said, all nervous.
"I see, it's a good painting though. I'd like to buy it, how much?" the person asks.
"₩500,000." dokja said.
"Thank you, anyways sir. What's the reason and why did you make this piece?" he said.
"You can call me dokja, well, I kept having dreams of this person, they looked very attractive to me so I decided to paint them but— I couldn't stop having dreams of them after I painted them, though." dokja says.
"Hm.. is this an indirect way of saying i'm attractive? Also I'm joonghyuk. may I get your number— you're gonna ship the painting to my house anyways. " joonghyuk said.
"Of course! It's 09xxxxxxx." dokja said.
They just kept chatting there for awhile, until joonghyuk finally had to go.
But, since dokja received tons of money. he decided to go drinking with his friend, sooyoung.
"Hey, dokja. you're already drunk. Oh my god. You didn't even wait for me. anyways, what's the special occasion?" sooyoung said.
"You knoww— I met a reallyy hot guy. plus he was crazy rich. he gave me like, ₩2,000,000 as a gift." dokja said.
"2.. 2,000,000 WON!??" sooyoung said, while being shocked.
"Mhm.. plus he was so my type too." dokja said, a bit drowsy.
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After some time passes, dokja and sooyoung got very drunk, so dokja tried to call his mom to pick them up because they were too drunk to drive.
Dokja got his phone and went to call his mom. But, he accidentally clicked the wrong number and called joonghyuk's number instead.
"Mom, we're at xxx. please pick us up. we've drank too m—" dokja said in a drunk tone and accidentally passes out while on call.
A few minutes later, a black ferrari showed up at the store. Which got.. the restaurant's owners shocked because they've never seen a ferrari.
"Huh?.. mom doesn't have a ferrari though." dokja said.
"Dumbass, then that's not your mom. i think you contacted that rich hot guy of yours." sooyoung said.
Joonghyuk went out of the car and went
rushing to the store.
"Dokja, hey. are you okay? do you need me to take you home?" joonghyuk said, with a little worry in his voice.
"Oh! so it was youu— that rich hot guy." dokja said, unconsciously.
"Huh? hot what now? anyways, we're going home. What's your addres-" joonghyuk tried to ask but, dokja passed out once again.
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Once dokja finally woke up, he saw himself in a unfamiliar place he's never seen. When suddenly, a housekeeper entered the room he was in.
"Oh, sir. you're finally awake, joonghyuk told me to bring you breakfast when you wake up so here you go." the housekeeper gave dokja his food.
"Thank you, but where's joonghyuk?" dokja asked.
"Actually.. keep this a secret. He's down stairs waiting for you to wake up." the housekeeper whispered to dokja.
"Ah, I see thank you." dokja smiled.
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When dokja finished eating, he went down stairs to find joonghyuk sitting in his big couch, alone.
"Joonghyuk-ah, thank you for last night! I appreciate you taking care of me when I was drunk. Is there anything I can do to repay you?" dokja said.
"Hm.. actually yeah. so like, I can draw and stuff but, I don't have a lot of knowledge about painting at all. Can you teach me?" joonghyuk said a bit embarrassed "Of course! we can start today." dokja said enthusiastically.
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"Joonghyuk-ah, you're holding the brush the wrong way, hold it like this." dokja held joonghyuk's hand.
It was just a simple movement so he could learn but, It made joonghyuk's face started to flush, and his heart beat loudly.
After the "art classes" with joonghyuk something suddenly popped in dokja's mind. He had forgotten sooyoung in the restaurant. He quickly opened his phone— hoping for the best.
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[ 24 new messages from sooyoung ]
[ 6 missed calls from mom and sooyoung ]
[ 5 new messages from mom ]
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Dokja sighs and, opens all the messages.
[ Dokja. I will haunt you. ]
[ You did literally not just leave me for your rich hot guy. ]
[ Nvm!! found a cute girl. stay there with ur rich "boyfie".]
"...boyfie who??" dokja mumbled.
"Who? you have a boyfriend?" joonghyuk secretly snuck behind him.
"Huh? no, what. why, were you interested?" dokja asked him.
"No. I was just curious since we're like, friends right?" he said, a bit suspicious.
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Months have passed and, joonghyuk slowly got better and better at painting. the two always see each other everyday, so they've gotten used to seeing each other's face everyday.
But joonghyuk realized one thing for sure. He likes dokja. No, he loves him. Dokja was joonghyuk's exact type, his personality is nice and he looked pretty too. So he told himself, why not try falling inlove again? It won't be bad to try.
Well.. it may not be bad to fall inlove but it sure is hard to flirt.
"Hey dokja, I made this painting is it nice? It reminds me of us." joonghyuk said while holding his painting that means a love confession.
"Oh, this is pretty nice, joonghyuk-ah. I like the colors and the way you did it. good job!" dokja said while giving him a thumbs up.
When dokja went away, joonghyuk sighed. he thought, "Dokja's a really good painter but he's kinda.. too dense." but in reality— Dokja wasn't really that dense at all. He was just pretending to, since he wasn't ready for a relationship. But, when will they finally admit they're in love with each other?
A few days passed after, joonghyuk made the painting to try to confess to dokja. Dokja still "didn't" get the hint so, he tried to make some moves.
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"Huh?.. who could it be this early in the morning?" dokja said as the door bell to his apartment rang.
When he opened his door, he finds a box of chocolates and a bunch of roses. Be tried to look who gave it and saw the delivery man— who was obviously joonghyuk by his height and hair.
Dokja thought, "Pfft— what is this now? roleplay? but, this is really cute of him."
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Time comes and, joonghyuk had finally got the courage to confess to dokja. So, Joonghyuk went and texted dokja,
[ Dokja, are you free this weekend? ]
[ Yep. why? ]
[ Let's go to an art gallery this weekend. I'm curious to see them. ]
[ Alright, see you this weekend! ]
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The both of them arrive at the art gallery, dokja's wearing casual clothes while, joonghyuk was wearing "casual" clothes too but, he was actually wearing really expensive clothes so he stood out.
"..Joonghyuk-ah, you call those casual clothes? Those cost wayy more than my whole life savings" dokja said jokingly.
"Really? I could even wear these all day though." joonghyuk told dokja seriously.
"Ah. I get it, I get it. No need to flex on my face, hyuk-ah." dokja laughed at him while, joonghyuk looked at him, confused.
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After a few minutes of entering the art gallery, they both found a eye-catching painting they both liked.
"Joonghyuk-ah, this painting looks really pretty. Don't you think so too?" dokja said with a smile.
"Yeah, but you're pretti—" joonghyuk was about to flirt but, got interrupted.
"Hey dokja and that rich hot guy of dokja's! you're here too?" sooyoung actually interrupted on purpose because, she knew the flirt joonghyuk was about to say was.. pretty cringey.
"Oh hi sooyoung, who's this girl with you?" dokja asked her.
"Oh she's sangah, my girlfriend." sooyoung said.
"Joonghyuk hyung?? what are you doing here?" sangah talked to joonghyuk.
"Sangah? well, I just uhm, went here with my friend?" joonghyuk said, a bit embarrassed.
"Hyung.. you don't just dress up for anyone. who's this, your crush?" sangah said playfully.
"Yeah, I like him. So what?" joonghyuk admitted.
Dokja already knew that joonghyuk liked him in the first place yet, his heart still fluttered and he felt his face light up when he heard those words from joonghyuk himself.
"Joonghyuk! let's talk in private." dokja said while trying to cover his face because he was blushing. But, he still failed because joonghyuk could see how red his face was.
"Joonghyuk, how can you say those things so casually? What if someone heard you, it'd be weird of a man liked the same gender right?" dokja worries for joonghyuk.
"No i don't think so, and even if they'd judge me— i can deal with. I promise. I like you dokja, will you be my boyfriend? " joonghyuk says, looking very sincere.
Dokja thought— whether he should accept it or not but, he knew, he liked joonghyuk too.
"I'm sorry, but please let me think about it. I'm not sure if i'm ready yet." dokja said and ran away from him.
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A month passed after that and, dokja tried to avoid joonghyuk at all cost— in reality, he actually didn't know what to do about it. he wanted to make sure if being in a relationship would be the right thing to do.
But by coincidence, they met a convenience store. dokja was shocked when he saw joonghyuk again, he didn't expect to see him there at all because he was "rich" and didn't need to go on convenience stores alot. It was like joonghyuk was waiting for him all along.
"Dokja, please. can we talk?" joonghyuk said in a worried tone.
"Ah.. yeah sure, come to my place." dokja said.
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"Dokja, why are you avoiding me? did I do something wrong or is it because I confessed to you? tell me." joonghyuk said with sadness in his tone.
"No, joonghyuk. I'm sorry i made you worried but, I was worrying all along— whether we should be in a relationship or not. people said I've hurted them in the past. so, I'm worried I might hurt you too and you'll go leave me." dokja said while trying to look away because, he was almost about to cry.
"Dokja, don't listen to them. Instead of hurting me, you completely changed my life. My life was really shitty until, I found you. I would never leave you." he reassured dokja.
When dokja heard those words from joonghyuk, he burst out crying. That was the first time in his life, he ever felt so appreciated.
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A few years after that incident, they started dating. And cleared things up with each other.
Joonghyuk asked dokja to go on a little "date" with him, on an art gallery. What dokja didn't know was, Joonghyuk was going to do something unexpected.
Joonghyuk knelt to the ground and— pulled out a diamond ring.
"Love, will you marry me?" Joonghyuk said.
"Yes!" Dokja put the ring on his ring finger and went in and kissed him.
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