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Heeseung was walking to class, with Sunghoon and Sunoo. Lately the two were clinging a lot to each other, and Heeseung was hundred percent convinced that the two were dating. Which they obviously never admitted.
"So when are you two making it official?" Heeseung asks them.
Sunoo pretends to throw up. "Are you serious? I would never date this ugly loser"
Sunghoon side eyes him. "Me neither, Sunoo can never be my type"
Heeseung sighs, shaking his head. "I am done with y'all"
He drops the two to their lecture first, before heading over towards the architecture department. He actually had no reason to go there, except to drink the coffee from their cafeteria.
He's mindlessly scrolling through his phone, when a student bumps into him, and the architectural model he was holding in his hands, fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
Heeseung stares with wide eyes, at the boy on the ground along with his ruined project. "Oh my god" he kneels down.
The boy looks up at him, glaring as he starts picking up the pieces of the broken model.
Heeseung looks at him with guilt. "I am so sorry"
The guy sends another glare his way. "It's alright, it's my fault too"
Heeseung gives an apologetic smile. "Please I am actually really sorry. Is there any way I can help? Do you need my help in fixing this?"
The guy backs away from Heeseung. "No thanks"
"Jake!" A girl comes running to him. "Oh my god! Your model Jake!"
The girl kneels down, helping him pick up. The girl then stares at Heeseung. "Did you do this?"
Heeseung shook his head. "It was an accident-"
"Sophia it's alright" the guy who was probably called Jake, replies. "It's my fault too"
"But Jake!" Sophia finally helps him stand up. "You should hold this guy accountable! It's only your work which got ruined! He didn't loose anything"
Heeseung felt horrible now. He steps forward. "Jake, please let me help you! I feel really bad for doing this"
"Can you get his deadline extended?!" Sophia snaps at him. "His project was due today!"
Heeseung shuts up, avoiding both of their gaze. "I don't know about that"
"Sophia let the guy go" Jake says. "I will manage it"
And with that Jake turns around, walking away from Heeseung. Sophia sends one final glare at him before following Jake.
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Back in the common room, as he sits with his friend group, Heeseung stares into space as everyone chatted amongst themselves.
Euijoo nudges him. "Heeseung? You feeling okay?"
Heeseung snaps out of his thoughts. "Oh, yeah"
Euijoo shakes his head. "You have been zoning out! What's on your mind?"
Heeseung takes a deep breath, before speaking up. "I ruined some guys work today"
Euijoo pauses, furrowing his eyebrows. "You would never do such a thing"
"It was an accident of course but" Heeseung continues. "The thing which surprised me was..he didn't even lash out at me. If it were someone else, they would have screamed in my face, probably broken my jaw or something too"
Euijoo laughs. "Are you surprised at the guys patience?"
"Yeah" Heeseung says. "And I even offered help but he refused"
"Then why are you still thinking about it? Chill out" Euijoo pats his shoulder.
Heeseung nods, but his heart felt really uneasy for some reason. Or maybe he knew the reason.
It was definitely something about the architecture student Jake, who probably missed his deadline because of Heeseung.
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A couple days later, Heeseung is once again in the architecture department. Because the last time he was there, he couldn't get his coffee due to that accident.
So today he made sure he would get it.
He enters their cafeteria walking over to the coffee station, finally ordering what he wanted to that day. The lady hands him over his drink but the moment he spins around, his coffee slips from his hand, and falls on the person behind him.
"Ouch fuck" the guy who got his hand burned and shirt stained winced in pain loudly, and then stared up at Heeseung to make eye contact. "It's you again?"
Heeseung blinks. Once, twice. It was the same guy he saw couple days ago.
Jake?
"Oh my god" Heeseung mutters. "I am so sorry"
Jake just sighs. "Do you have a problem with me? Or did someone send you after me?"
Heeseung stares in confusion. "W-what? No?!"
"This is the second time you have caused me damage. And I swear I have never seen you in this department until 2 days ago. Are you new here?" Jake asks.
Heeseung shakes his head. "No! I am a 4th year student. I am from the engineering department, my name is Heeseung by the way"
"4th year? Engineering? Then why are you here lately? Looking for someone?" Jake asks.
"I often come here" Heeseung answers. "Maybe you just didn't notice me until that day when I ruined your work"
"We architecture students don't have time to socialise or notice people so of course, I wouldn't know you. But why do you come here often? Have a friend here?" Jake asks.
Heeseung once again, shook his head. "No I just like the coffee from this cafe"
Jake just sighs hearing his reason. "Are you sure someone didn't send you after me? To ruin my project once again?"
Heeseung frowns. "Trust me, why would someone send me to do that?"
"Cause it has happened before" Jake reveals. "My academic rival once asked a guy from another department to break my model before my critique"
Heeseung stares in shock. No wonder he has trust issues and thinks heeseung also has some ulterior motive to bumping into him like this.
"Jake" Heeseung starts. "Your names Jake right? I heard that day"
Jake nods.
"Please believe me when I say, I am not sent after you to ruin your projects or spill coffee on you, it was an accident both times because my ass is clumsy" and then Heeseung's eyes trail down to his hand, which was red. He immediately reaches for it, which makes Jake stare at him flustered.
"Your hand oh fuck" Heeseung says. "Come with me to my department. My friends have a first aid kit in there"
Jake politely releases his hand. "It's alright Heeseung, you didn't do it on purpose"
"No please" Heeseung requests him. "This is the least I can do for you. I already feel so guilty for that day. You refused help then too. Please let me make it up this time"
Jake stares at him for a couple seconds before agreeing. Heeseung did seem like he was really guilty for causing him damage twice. "Alright I guess"
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Heeseung enters the common room, dragging Jake along with him. All three of his friends stare at the two, in utter shock.
"So guys" Heeseung claps his hands together. "I caused a bit of an accident to Jake" he points towards the guy beside him who had a coffee stained shirt on, and a burned hand. "So Sunghoon can I get your first aid kit?"
Sunghoon side eyes him before standing up to take out the kit from his bag, meanwhile Sunoo tries to hide his smirk seeing how flustered Heeseung seemed around Jake.
Heeseung makes Jake sit on the floor with him, before gently holding his wrist. He then applies the burn cream on it very gently, but Jake kept hissing in pain.
"Sorry, does it hurt a lot?" Heeseung asks, furrowing his eyebrows.
Jake puts up a polite smile. "It's alright Heeseung"
Heeseung continued to gently apply the cream on his hand, as Jake sneaked glances at him again and again.
Euijoo nudges Sunghoon before leaning in to whisper. "Is it just me or are they both flirting right now?"
Sunghoon shrugs. "Don't know, but that's the reddest I have seen Heeseung's face ever get"
Sunoo leans in too. "Not gonna lie, they look cute"
After it's been almost 5 minutes, and Heeseung still wasn't leaving Jake's hand, Sunghoon interrupts them. He coughs. "Heeseung I am sure you must be done by now"
Heeseung flinches for a moment, looking at Sunghoon. "O-oh yeah right" he immediately leaves Jake's hand, who's face was bright red too.
Jake immediately stands up, and Heeseung mirrors him. "Thanks Heeseung, my hand will be better in no time"
Heeseung blushes, shaking his head. "This was the least I could do"
"No really, all thanks to you" Jake says.
"I am sorry once again" Heeseung adds.
"It's alright" Jake smiles at him, and then turns to leave but Heeseung grabs his arm stopping him.
"Your shirt is stained" Heeseung says. "I have a spare sweatshirt in my bag, you can take it"
Jake widens his eyes, blushing furiously. "N-no! That's not necessary it's fine!" He declines.
But Heeseung was already reaching for his bag, and takes out the shirt handing it over to Jake.
"Please take it" Heeseung says giving it to him. "You can return me later"
Jake doesn't know how to refuse him anymore, so he just politely takes it. He takes a look at the sweatshirt, and pauses for a moment.
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Was written at the back of the shirt. Did Heeseung want him to wear the shirt with his name on, in front of the whole university?
"It has your name on it" Jake says, nervously laughing.
"I am sorry it's the only spare one I have right now" Heeseung says. "Unless you want me to take off the one I am wearing right now?"
Jake widens his eyes panicking. "No no no it's fine! Thank you Heeseung. I will wear it" he smiles.
Heeseung smiles back too, and then Jake hands him over his phone.
"Give me your number so I can contact you for returning this" Jake says.
Heeseung nods, smiling politely before adding his number in his phone.
"Well thank you then Heeseung, for the hand treatment and sweatshirt" Jake waves at him before leaving the room.
Heeseung stares at him as he leaves, grinning like an idiot. And then he is smacked across the shoulder hard.
"Ouch" Heeseung frowns.
"Dude! You just flirted for 10 minutes straight in front of us! Do you have any shame?" Sunghoon says.
"I wasn't!" Heeseung says, blushing hard.
"You are down bad for him Heeseung" Euijoo adds. "I am sad, did you move on from me that quick?"
Sunoo gasps. "I am calling Nicholas right now"
Euijoo strangles Sunoo. "I was just joking! Don't call him"
Sunghoon puts a hand on Heeseung's shoulder. "I approve him, as your new boyfriend"
"What are you talking about?!" Heeseung says, flustered.
"You have such an obvious crush on him" Sunghoon says. "I get it, he's pretty"
Sunoo side eyes him hearing that. "Oh? Is he pretty?"
Sunghoon sticks his tongue out at Sunoo. "Yeah! A lot more than you!"
A fight breaks between the two, and Heeseung just sighs looking over at him. His mind once again drifts off to Jake.
The way Jake kept glancing at him, and giving him those soft smiles.
The way he blushed when Heeseung caressed his hand to apply the cream. The way he didn't stop Heeseung himself.
He was getting a bit delusional about this now. Maybe Jake was slightly interested in him too?
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