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Kwon Jaehyuk, 3rd year Comp-sci major and major nerd at Hanguk University. He has the same schedule everyday: attend his lectures, eat lunch in cafeteria, sit in the library coding until his butt is numb or until the librarian comes to kick him out (whichever comes first) and then go back to his dorm. Jaehyuk lucked out this year because his roommate is never home and he's so glad he doesn't have to have anyone find out his secret get in the way of his hobby.
Seo Yeonoh, 4th year Drama major and this year's male lead in Hanguk University's annual drama production. Yeonoh's schedule consists of: going to lectures (when he can), meeting up with his team and then crashing in Song Jaemin's (his bestie) room after rehearsals.
Nobody knows Jaehyuk, besides the few classmates he's seen in his other comp-sci classes and his Professor's that have deemed him a coding and programming prodigy. Why would anyone know him anyways? He's always roaming the same 3 hallways or occupying the same seat tucked away in a quiet corner. How would anyone know him when he's glued to his laptop, with his blue-light protecting coated glasses perched on his nose.
Everybody knows Yeonoh, the Drama department's resident heartthrob. Why does everyone know him? Aside from his charming looks (that mole under his left eye, like the finishing touch on a sculpture created by an angel); he's got the sweetest personality and he's talented. How does everyone know him? He was scouted as a freshman after doing a street interview for the Drama departments social media page. His talent and looks managed to help him to score a minor role in a popular 9pm drama. Since then, he's picked up a few more roles and an advertisement while trying to finish his degree.
It's lunchtime for Jaehyuk and he's quietly enjoying his cafeteria meal when someone stops by his table and offers him a flyer:
"Hmm...should I go? I have to finish that bonus assignment, but it's the last show. What if they do something special?" Jaehyuk thinks to himself.
Hanguk University's Annual Production: Starring Seo Yeonoh & Song Hyejin
Final Performance: Friday Evening
Don't Miss It!
It's 4am and Jaehyuk's walking back to his dorm after finishing his assignment in the library. He's scrolling through his phone, catching up on the updates about Seo Yeonoh's final performance and he's rounding the corner to his dorm when he sees someone fumbling with the lock to his room.
His body is frozen but his mind is racing, is someone trying to break in?
Finally the stranger manages to open the door before stumbling inside, then *thud* this stranger is sprawled out on Jaehyuk's floor. Jaehyuk follows behind approaches whoever is lying on his floor., the smell of alcohol intensifying with each step he makes.
"...oww... why is this floor so hard..? Dammit...nghhh.."
"Alright, he's just drunk and he looks harmless...I guess this is my roommate?"
"Hey...let me help you up...are you hurt? I'm your roommate, J-Jaehyuk, Kwon Jaehyuk" As he's positioning his roommates arm around his shoulders to lift him up off the floor onto his bed, reality hits him like a truck. It's Seo Yeonoh. THE Seo Yeonoh. In his room, on his floor.
"Mmm..yeah..Heyy roomie..Heyy.. you're kinda hot?" and after that Yeonoh's out like a light and Jaehyuk is this close to pissing his pants. He's holding Seo Yeonoh in his arms at 4am in his dorm room and he just called him hot?
Jaehyuk places Yeonoh on the once vacant bed and he starts pacing around the room. Should he leave or should he stay to make sure Yeonoh doesn't choke on his own puke? First, he should take down the photos on his wall and hide them somehow because there's no way he's getting caught with them. Jaehyuk hides the photos in his dorm as quietly as he can before packing his things and finding a temporary bedroom in an empty lecture hall somewhere.
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Nobody knows Jaehyuk, so nobody knows he's an avid drama enjoyer, merch collector and the person behind one of the biggest fansites for Rookie Actor Seo Yeonoh. Yes, his website that gets 50k hits a month and one of the first fansites to ever post photos of Yeonoh is actually run by 3rd year Comp-sci major Kwon Jaehyuk. The photos on his wall are actually photographs of Yeonoh he's taken at fan events that the actor held over his 2 year career. Nobody knows, not even Jaehyuk himself, that he left his "Do it for Him" poster hanging in the space between his bookshelf and desk; the space normally covered by his laptop.
Yeonoh was blessed with good looks and talent but not the ability to hold his liquor. To say he went hard celebrating at the final cast dinner was an understatement. He's lying in a bed staring up at a ceiling that definitely wasn't Jaemin's, wrapped in a blanket that also definitely wasn't his own. He can't really remember why he couldn't get a hold of his manager or Jaemin and he definitely doesn't know where he is right now. His head is still kind of spinning and the afternoon sun isn't helping him. He's about to borrow this poor person's dormitory washroom and quietly let himself out but he can't help but notice the poster that's on the wall opposite to him.
"Do it for Him. Cute, a fan of mine. Wait- that's ME." Yeonoh's staring at pictures of himself, in a room that isn't his own with hardly any recollection of getting there. "Oh god, what if I'm in some random girls room? I'm gonna be sued for sure. I NEED TO LEAVE."
Yeonoh's splashing water on his face and the cold droplets start bringing back the memories of last night. He drank way too much at the dinner, couldn't get a hold of Jaemin or his manager and asked the DD to take him back to home. Home being the dormitory listed on the keycard hanging on his keychain, not Jaemin's home. Another splash brings back another wave of memories. Yeonoh stumbling along the hallway and he's trying to get the keycard into the slot and FINALLY the door opens, before he's sprawled out on the floor. Next thing he knows his arm is being put around a sturdy shoulder and he's being slowly lifted up off the floor, there's a whisper in his ear.
"Hey...let me help you up...are you hurt? I'm your roommate, J-Jaehyuk, Kwon Jaehyuk" Yeonoh's met with the prettiest blue-grey eyes he's ever seen, brows furrowed with concern. He does a quick once over and he's slurring his words:
"Mmm..yeah..Heyy roomie..Heyy.. you're kinda hot?"
Yeonoh is brought back to reality, water dripping onto this poor person's floor and oh god, he wishes the floor would collapse under him. Not only did he - a rising star - just barge into this poor guy's dorm (also his own dorm), but he also called him hot while drunk out of his mind. He's just about to reach for the door handle but it opens to reveal..not the person from last night..? The other person standing in front of him has the thickest pair of glasses he's ever seen. Now, hes even more mortified because he has no idea how this keycard let him into this room and the person he called hot is now roaming campus.
"I am SO sorry, I don't know how this keycard opened the room to your door but there was someone else here too. I'll let the RA know they should REALLY check the security of these doors. So sorry!" as Yeonoh makes a sorry attempt at hiding his face while rambling an apology at the speed of light.
Jaehyuk is too stunned to speak because Yeonoh is leaving his dorm room and he's recollecting the memories from last night. He got to hold Yeonoh in his arms and lift him to bed, not only that, but Yeonoh called him hot. So why did Yeonoh act like he'd just stumbled into a different dimension?