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Ali sat on his desk, drinking his juice, kicking his feet while laughing at the sight in front of him. Sang-woo was paced around the class room, contemplating what to do, and asking ali what he should do for the 50th time that month. ali had spent months trying to get sang-woo to confess his love to gi-hun, anyone with more than one brain cell could figure out the fact that they both liked each other. everyone knew they had feelings for each other, everyone except the two guys them self. Ali was in the middle, practically being the therapist for both Gi-hun's and Sang-woo's rants about the other. He had to sit through Gi-hun ranting about how smart sang-woo was and how he could 'never like a guy as dumb as him', and sang-woos long stories of every time Gi-hun made him laugh. It was a pain, frankly. there was nothing ali wanted more than for those two to finally get together.
"you dont get it ali, what if i confess, and he, says no!" sang-woo sat back down onto his chair, his desk right in front of Ali's "then i would've lost my childhood best friend. and I don't want that to happen. he means everything to me ali, you don't understand"
"no i understand, dont worry." ali sighed, jumping off the desk, before walking over to the trash can by the door " you are deeply in love with Gi-hun, and you dont want to lose him. although, it's so obvious he likes you ba-" ali stopped, eye widening when he looked out the door, his words long forgotten
there stood Gi-hun, his face red, gripping a small box of something that appeared to be cookies.next to him stood sae-byeok, her hand over her mouth, most likely to stop herself from laughing at the dumb confession. Ali realised that he must've been stood there the whole time, listening to everything the two were talking about. Ali looked back at sang-woo, about to say something before sang-woo continued to speak.
"its just, he is everything to me, I don't want to lose him. what if he doesnt like me back, and what if he thinks im weird"
"sang-woo.." ali tried to get him to stop
"what if he doesnt want to be friends with me anymore, and what if i never get to see his smile again, or hear his dumb laugh when ever he makes a stupid joke. and what if i never get to make fun of him when he doesnt know basic facts. i dont want to lose him"
"sang-woo, hey" ali's eyes quickly moved from Gi-hun, who still stood there, looking as red as a tomatoe, to sang-woo, who was basically confessing to Gi-hun without knowing. sae-byeok had placed her right hand onto gi-hun's shoulder, waving him goodbye and mouthing a "goodbye" before walking off, bursting out in laughter once she was far enough away from the class room
"i dont even know if he likes guys, how bad of a friend am i? i dont even know who my best friend likes"
"sang-woo !" ali practically yelled at him, stopping him mid sentence. he signalled to the door, which was only then when sang-woo realised that Gi-hun had been standing there the whole time, listening to his confession. sang-woo's eyes were wide open, not knowing what to say next. ali shook his head, going over to gi-hun before grabbing his wrist and pulling him towards sang-woo. once they were in front of sang-woo's desk, ali grabbed the cookies, putting them down onto the desk, before he pushed gi-hun, making him land in sang-woo's arms. "you guys talk this out. when i come back you guys better be together"
both sang-woo and gi-hun watched as ali walked out the door, walking to the classroom opposite them where jung-bae was sat, before sitting at the desk in front of him. gi-hun finally realised the fact that he was practically sitting on sang-woo's lap. he quickly got up, apologising to him and he straightened his uniform out
"so... you heard everything i said?" sang-woo was the one to break the silence, looking at the man in front of him
"yeah, i uh, i did hear everything. so you.." gi-hun paused for a minute, looking out of the window, trying to hide his flushed face " you like me back?"
"yeah i- wait" sang-woo stared at gi-hun with hope in his eyes " like you back? you like me?"
gi-hun grabbed the bag of cookies, taking out one chocolate chip one and one triple chocolate one, giving the triple chocolate one to sang-woo, before speaking. "i- yeah i do like you, sang-woo. i like you alot. since we were kids"
sang-woo smiled at gi-hun, watching as he sat in his chair, making sure to turn it to face sang-woo, and eating his cookie, still trying to hide his embarrassment. "well, i like you aswell, since we were kids aswell. ive always liked you"
"what now?" gi-hun asks, looking at sang-woo, watching as his hand goes up to fix his glasses, before running his hand through his hair.
"well, will you.." sang-woo let out a breath, "go out with me?"
gi-hun went even more red, if that was even possible, before replying "as in like, a date? or as in dating?"
"either, as long as you are happy i dont mind" sang-woo watched the way that gi-hun tried to hid a smile, ultimately failing.
"both.. if that's, okay with you"
"of course, gi-hun, ill take you on an amazing date tomorrow, my boyfriend" sang-woo didnt miss the way gi-hun somehow went even more red, his smile widening, reaching his eyes
"shut up and eat your cookie"
sang-woo laughed, picking up the cookie before yelling out "you guys can come out now"
gi-hun turned around, just as ali, jung-bae and sae-byeok all popped up from behind the wall. realising that his friends had been watching them the whole time, he hid his face into his hands, ignoring the way they were cheering them on. he felt his hands being pulled away from his face, realising that it was sang-woo taking his hands into his. he smiled, knowing the fact that he was now with the love of his life.
sang-woo took his hands and brought them up to his lips, before placing soft kisses onto his knuckles. sang-woo would do anything for this man, he truly loved him. and finally he was able to call him his.