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Jake sat on the infirmary bed with blood gushing from his knee. He needs to stop doing dares for some spare change, but today, Jungwon gave him 30000 won to do a flip off the banister. It ended with him landing on his knees and 30000 won richer.
"Jake, this is getting out of hand..." The nurse sighed as she cleaned up the open wound. Jake tuned out everything she was saying out and stared at the hot blonde standing next to her.
He was cringing at the sight of the gash, holding his clipboard close to his chest. He looked ethereal with his flushed pink cheeks and his skin glowing in the bright lighting.
"I'll be safer next time, promise! Right, you trust me?" Jake smirked, pointing to the boy. He used the clipboard to cover his giggle and rolled his eyes. Jake snickered.
"You see Sunoo, most people who come in here are idiots that could easily avoid their injuries." She scoffed, pressing the alcohol covered pad on his wound. Jake screamed before it was cut off by the nurses hand. "Quit that! you're fine!"
"N-nurse, I don't think you're supposed to do that." The alleged Sunoo mumbled. Jake nodded fervently, hand still over his mouth. The nurse glared at Sunoo and ripped the pad off Jake knee, making it sting just as much as before.
"Then show me." She stood up, folding her arms. God, she looked horrifying from this angle. The nurse was probably seven feet tall and five feet wide with an insane case of RBF.
Sunoo knelt down and took a clean pad of alcohol to clean up around the wound. Jake still hissed in pain, but it was less unpleasant. He scrunched his face while watching the wound change from a harsh red to a flushed pink.
"Sorry, it'll sting a bit." Sunoo pouted, catching Jake's watery eyes. Jake nodded, giving a small smile.
Sunoo was gentle with everything from putting the antibiotic cream on the plaster to sticking the plaster on Jake's knee.
Once he finished, he stood up and looked at the bitch ass nurse. She glared at Sunoo, then Jake, and finally smacked the back of Sunoo's neck. "Don't you ever try to make me look stupid ever again." She growled in his ear.
Jake bowed to the both of them. "Uhm, thanks for everything, and I won't be back tomorrow!" Jake nudged the nurse's shoulder and winked at sunoo. He swore he saw the nurse's eyes turn red for a moment, signaling him to leave.
***
Sunoo didn't leave Jake's mind for days. He never saw him on campus or in the city, when and where did this angel descend from heaven? He didn't wanna see the bitchass nurse again, but he yearned for Sunoo.
He figured out Sunoo was in the infirmary on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from walking by and stalking. He would occasionally catch Jake and wave, but Jake would flee the scene fast.
All of his friends just told him to ask him out like a normal person, but Jake wasn't a normal person, he was a coward that feared rejection. He's never dated anyone in his twenty-one years old living and didn't plan to unless his future spouse approached him first.
"I've heard he's really sweet, you should at least follow him on instagram." Jungwon, his roommate— and personal instigator— shrugged. They were playing Fifa in the common room with their "friend", Riki— he just shows up sometimes.
Jake rolled his eyes at the proposition. "And when he spits in my face and laughs? Forget it, Won." Jake scoffed. He was so pathetic, and he knew it. "Fuck, I should've been Neymar." He grumbled.
Jungwon snickered. "You should just continue to get hurt so you can see him." Jungwon mumbled sarcastically. Jake dropped his controller and looked at Jungwon with bright eyes. Jungwon shrugged confused, turning to Riki for help.
"You're the smartest person I know!" Jake screamed, shaking his shoulders. Jungwon furrowed his eyebrows, confused.
They stood across from each other, Jungwon holding the controller in a violent way. "Are you sure you want this?" Jungwon asked. Jake nodded eagerly.
"Don't break it, but make it bleed." Jake explained. Jungwon bit his lip. This was weird. They both knew it was weird. Even Riki was confused on the couch. "Jungwon, be a man and—"
All of Jake's senses left his body for three seconds before he could taste the blood from his newly busted lip and feel something wet leak from his nose. He looked up at Jungwon who was holding his hand over his mouth.
"I'm sorry hyung! Is your nose broken?!" Jungwon asked, grabbing his chin to examine his face. Jungwon loved seeing Jake do stupid shit, but this was even scary for him.
Jake shook his head and kissed his forehead as a thank you. He debated on asking Jungwon to hit him again to raise more concern, but this was fine for now.
Jake was back in the infirmary, holding his bleeding nose with his sleeve. "Bloody nose." He yelled once he entered. Lo and behold, Sunoo came around the corner and gasped softly.
"Jake! Are you ok?" He immediately asked, helping him sit on the bed. Jake looked down at Sunoo's hands on his shoulders, so soft with him. "Are you ok? Can you hear me?" Sunoo asked again, Jake's cheeks now red.
He nodded slowly. "I'm amazing." He smiled, shooting heart eyes at Sunoo. What a loser.
Sunoo pulled his arm down to see his bleeding lip and nose. Thank god he didn't ask Jungwon to sock him again, it would've been bent upside down. He grabbed him a few tissues and an ice pack.
"Do you want a new shirt?" Sunoo asked. Jake looked down at himself to see blood all over him. Grody. He nodded, quickly taking his shirt off. He watched Sunoo's face flush complete red and his jaw go slack.
In any other situation, Jake would be proud to show his toned abs, flaunting them like a grade A douchebag, but he shrank down once he saw Sunoo's reaction, y'know like an idiot.
Sunoo grabbed his hand with the tissues and ice pack and forced it onto his nose, nearly pushing him over. "P-please hold your n-nose." Was the last thing his said before leaving to get a spare shirt. Jake leaned his back against the wall with his same dazed smile. He had some impact on Sunoo, duly noted.
The blonde came back with a shirt and placed it next to him. Jake looked down at the shirt, then up at Sunoo with a teasing pout. "How can I put this on while holding the ice?" He asked. Sunoo sighed and took the ice from him. Anticlimactic, Jake thought. He yearned for that warm touch.
He threw on the shirt that said Practice Safe Sex! with a cute bunny next to it. Ironic. Sunoo snickered at the shirt and started to head back to his little corner. "Wait! Do you... wanna sit?" Jake asked, patting the space next to him on the bed.
Smooth Jake, real smooth.
Sunoo scratched his neck nervously and nodded slowly while walking over to the bed. He held their eye contact as he sat on the bed, swinging his feet back and forth.
"What bet did you make this time?" Sunoo chuckled, looking down at his feet. Jake's eyes followed. New Balance 530s.
Jake inhaled deeply, now feeling like an idiot. He nearly broke his nose on purpose to see the boy he likes.
"My friend hit me with the gaming controller after I won in Fifa." It wasn't a total lie, it just sounded like it wasn't Jake's fault. And it wasn't his fault, Jungwon consented.
"Oh my God! I'm so sorry." Sunoo pouted, caressing his exposed cheek. Jake failed to hide his melting smile at the contact. His hands were so warm and soft against his blazing skin. "Does it hurt a lot?" He asked, tilting his head to catch Jake's eyes.
"Pfft, no. I'm used to it." Which was sadly the truth. Being stupid does have perks.
Both of their attention was taken by the door swinging open to reveal the nurse. She was holding a small plastic baggie that clearly had a pack of cigarettes in them. Sunoo wasted no time jumping off the bed and stepping away from Jake all together.
She looked up at Jake and groaned as she walked to her desk. "How much did you earn from this?" She scoffed, leaning on the desk.
"Nothing. He was attacked." Sunoo quickly stepped in. The nurse rolled her eyes. She knew it was bull, and Jake could tell. "Eomma— I mean nurse, it's t-true!" Sunoo stammered.
Jake barely concealed his surprised expression at the reveal. He seriously had no shot with him! The nurse hated him, like a lot! Sunoo on the other hand was beat red, looking at the floor.
"Jake, you're fine. leave." She spat, pointing to the door. Jake groaned and moaned as he headed for the door to drag out his exit. He turned back to Sunoo and waved with a wink. Sunoo smiled behind his hand and waved.
Progress!
***
"Kim Sunoo? You're not his type." Heeseung snickered as he dribbled the basketball. He finally opened up to the worst person he possibly could've, Lee Heeseung. He'd fuck anything with a hole and vocal cords.
Jake furrowed his eyebrows. "What?" Jake stole the ball.
Heeseung nodded with a smug look plastered on his annoyingly perfect face. "He likes guys with... experience." He shrugged, blocking Jake from shooting.
The shorter groaned and threw the rebound to his teammate. What did Heeseung know about his sex life? He never made it publicly known he was a virgin. Did Jungwon tell the whole school? That's something he'd do.
"Did you date him?" Jake asked. Heeseung narrowed his eyes before nodding slowly. So no. Jake could see right through him. "Yeah? What's his favorite color?"
Heeseung scoffed. "Green. Do you even know his family name?" He was right. Jake knew close to nothing about Sunoo other than he was the nurse's son and was beautiful.
The ball was in Jake's hands again, and the hoop was open for a layup. He quickly ran up to the hoop before feeling a whole body slam into him at ten thousand miles per hour.
Jake woke up in the infirmary with his head feeling wet. What the fuck? This must be the end. The aliens got him. He slowly sat up before feeling a set of hands hold his shoulders.
"D-don't move too fast!" It was Sunoo. Jake complied easily, laying back down. Sunoo adjusted the ice pack on his head, caressing his cheek with the other hand. "Thank God you're awake now." He mumbled.
Jake nodded slowly. "What happened?"
Sunoo looked over at Heeseung who was playing on his phone with some bandages on his chin— is that Dance Monkey playing? "Basketball collision. You fell back, hitting your head. You could be concussed." Sunoo pouted.
Sweet! He's so injured, Sunoo would definitely care about him more than fucking Heeseung.
"You seriously need to be more careful." Sunoo pouted, rubbing Jake's shoulder. He wasn't really listening. Jake just nodded in a dazed state with the combination of his head pain and Sunoo touching him.
"Hey Sun, can I leave?" Heeseung asked, not looking away from piano tiles. Sunoo turned back to him with a grimace and nodded. "You wanna come with?" He was smirking now, sitting up on the bed.
Heeseung didn't look too bad. His arms were scraped up and there was a slight cut on his forehead that was definitely bleeding way more earlier. In any other situation, jake would envy his lack of injury.
Sunoo's face got hot at the request and excused himself from Jake, shutting the curtain on his side. Jake found it weird, watching their silhouettes get closer.
"Hyung, stop talking to me like this." Sunoo whispered, his hand going up somewhere. Jake heard Heeseung's trademarked chuckled and watched him grab his waist. Sunoo yelped in shock.
"I'm sorry, I just can't resist you." He whispered softly, making Sunoo groan. "C'mon~ we were inseparable."
Sunoo moved his hand away and opened the curtain to head back to Jake. "You need stitches in your forehead. Once the nurse gets back, she'll give them to you." Sunoo was back to his regular self, smiling at Jake.
Jake groaned. That bitch was gonna give him stitches? "She might sew my mouth shut in the process." He scoffed. Sunoo laughed, lifting Jake's ice pack to reveal the semi-bandaged cut.
"I can take you to the hospital once the nurse gets back?" Sunoo offered, his natraul blush darkening.
Oh wow. Jake was smiling way too hard as he nodded fervently. How romantic, a hospital visit! And the cherry on top was Heeseung hearing all of this.
"Great! She'll be back soon."
"Oh Sunoo," Jake started, looking straight at Heeseung. "What's your favorite color?" Sunoo's face changed, confused.
"Uh right now it's pink and yellow." He shrugged.
"Thoughts on green?"
Sunoo gagged. "Gross." He scoffed, heading to sit at the desk. Jake looked up at Heeseung with a shit-eating grin. Heeseung rolled his eyes and re opened his phone. Great, now Shape of You was playing at full volume.
***
Jake didn't know how to control his emotions, they just happened. He was like a dog that never stops barking when someone walks past the window because it's excited to see people, or pissed off at the mailman.
He was an open book, easy to read and prone to fucking up. Which is why he's sat on a hospital bed with his crush, sweating like he ran a marathon. Only weird shit like this happens to Jake.
"Your hair covers them nicely." Sunoo muttered, admiring the work done by the doctor. His face was way too close to Jake's, their noses almost touching. he could see every detail on Sunoo's face and his gorgeous light brown eyes glowing in the fluorescent hospital lights.
Sunoo finally sat next to him probably after noticing Jake was holding his breath. They sat in silence, Sunoo playing with the hem of his shirt, his tight shirt that cinched his skinny waist like a Victorian Queen.
"Thanks for coming with me." Jake finally spat out, holding the bandage on his knee. Sunoo hummed sweetly, turning to face him with a smile.
The room fell quiet again, annoying Jake. He was left alone with his thoughts in this silence like what was he gonna eat for dinner with Sunoo sitting right there staring at him.
"Y'know, you could've just asked me out, right?" At least the silence is broken.
Jake fully shifts to face Sunoo, face dumbfounded. "Huh?" Was all he could spit out.
Sunoo scoffed. "I know your friend didn't attack you with that controller."
"H-how— I mean, what, he jumped me and—"
"He came in the day after to ask if you were okay, then told me the whole story." Sunoo confessed. Jungwon, that big mouthed fucker. Jake groaned while hiding in his hands. "To be honest, I think that's cute." Sunoo shrugged.
He has to be trolling at this point. Cute? Try idiotic, or deranged. Jake seemed like a fan now— he is. "Really?" Jake perked up, body fully facing Sunoo.
The blonde nodded, placing his hand on top of Jake's. "Are you doing anything after whatever this is?" Sunoo asked, caressing his soft thumb pad over his dry hands. Jake's mind went blank.
"I don't know." He blurted out.
Sunoo rolled his eyes hard. "You're such an idiot." He giggled, resting his head on his shoulder. "Go on a date with me!" He groaned, nuzzling into his neck. His hair tickled his neck and the scent of eucalyptus and peaches flooding his senses, what a combo.
"Okay! I'll take you out." He pushed Sunoo away, now meeting his fox eyes again. His pupils were dialated. "Where do you wanna eat?"
"You're taking me out, you pick." Sunoo nudged Jake's shoulder. "But, I do want meat of some sort." He whispered, leaning over and now calmly resting on Jake's shoulder.
Jake nodded, letting his head fall onto Sunoo's. He enjoyed this silence, soaking up Sunoo's comforting presence. He was still nervous as hell, being the inexperienced idiot he was, but he was happy.
"Your mom might kill me if she finds out." Jake realized. Sunoo sat up fast, panic written on his face.
"You can never hurt yourself again."
"Zero promises."