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Taeyang
Today 10:01
the fucking nerve
good morning to u too
look at what i've found
lmao
why r u on tinder at 10 in the morning
it's a bit sad don't u think
bc the class i was supposed to teach right now is on a field trip and they forgot to tell me so i have to sit on my ass doing nothing for 45 minutes 😩
don't u have exams to grade
don't u have patients to see
i'm not working today
why do u always ask for my rota if ur never gonna look at it
why r u trying to pick a fight with me 😭😭😭
i'm not???
i'm being lovely
can we focus on mr. hypocrite here
you were there last friday
when he said he didn't understand why ppl use dating apps
that whole monologue he went on
blahblah i'm jiung and i'm better than you bc i don't use tinder
keeho 😭
that's not what he said
it was heavily implied??????
i don't think he meant he was better than you specifically
well that's what i heard 🙄
and now look
a brand new tinder profile
maybe he got tired of being bitchless 🤣🤣🤣🤣
did you swipe right
what
fuck no
why would i
you swiped right on my profile
that's cause we're friends
and what's jiung then
😭😭😭
okay but it's different
with you i knew it wouldn't be awkward
like
i could send u a dick pic and it wouldn't be awkward
please don't send me a dick pic
but with jiung idk
plus we won't match anyway
why
??
bc i'm not his type???
which is insane 💀
but i mean
to each their own 😇
............................
what now
for someone who's too good for tinder
he surely knows how to get attention
wait u haven't swiped left yet??
no
i'm documenting everything
for the next time he starts chatting nonsense about dating apps and i need to shut him up
petty doesn't look good on u
i think it looks just fine <3
no but seriously
the butterflies pic?
it's like a neon sign that says hey i'm slutty
EWWWWWW
what 😭
i literally said that to his face when he got it done
and you're still alive?
how lmao
i ran super fast
i mean his tattoos are nice tho
if i had one like that i'd post it too
don't worry you have other slutty qualities
should i mention what time it is again
10:08
boooooooooooo
i wanna be entertained
entertain me 😭😭😭
u seem to be entertained enough with jiung's profile
ur not as funny as u think u are
what time do u finish today
13 why
wanna swing by?
oh
are u going to entertain me in person 😍
invitation revoked
can we make it 15?
i gotta get stuff ready for tomorrow
sure
sweet
see u later then 😘
👍
In Keeho’s defence, the case against Choi Jiung isn’t going to build itself.
He exits Taeyang’s conversation, ignores Jongseob’s three new messages on purpose, and opens Tinder again. Jongseob can wait. Hypocrisy can’t. Keeho just needs to make sure he’s gathered enough evidence.
He hasn’t swiped left yet, so Jiung’s profile pops up on his screen one more time. Keeho scoffs at it, as the only logical reaction, and proceeds with the final examination.
The first pic has Jiung crouching down, next to a cat, smiling as if someone caught him off guard, which is a blatant lie, because nobody gets caught off guard in a photo they then choose for their Tinder profile. It’s the kind of introductory photo that says Look! I’m cute, I’m gentle, and good with animals. Keeho refuses to be moved by it.
Then, a couple of selfies. Keeho scoffs again. Jiung does know his angles, but more damningly, he knows exactly how to pout his lips just right.
The next one is a mirror selfie with the boxing ring behind him, in the classic gym-selfie thirst-trap style. Except Jiung looks like he was just punched in the face and lost a fight, so Keeho isn’t exactly sure what he’s trying to prove with this one. After that, there’s another photo of him walking down some street, hands in pockets, looking down. Boring, and easily forgettable.
And then, the butterflies.
Keeho already gave his closing statement on that tattoo, to Jiung’s face, the day he got it done. One word: slutty. He stands by it, even if Jiung himself has never done much to live up to it.
Keeho’s eyes trace the butterflies once more, his thumb lingering over the screen for a second too long before tapping the photo away, back to the beginning, back to the cat.
The cat is safe. The butterflies aren’t.
Okay. He has everything he needs screenshotted and stored in his gallery. No doubt about it. Keeho almost salivates at the idea of shutting Jiung down the next time he decides to debate the moral highs and lows of dating apps. The only thing left to do is swipe left and close the app, so he does.
Keeho’s eyes follow Jiung’s profile as it slides across the screen and disappears to the right.
Wait, what?
To the right? Did he just—
No. No, no, no.
Well. Fuck.
Fuuuuuuuuck.
What if—
Keeho’s heart makes a fool of itself for a few seconds, until his brain catches up and reminds him who’s on the other side of that swipe. It’s Jiung. Jiung, who would never, ever, ever, ever swipe right on him. Not in this universe, or any of the stranger ones.
It takes two to match, and surely Jiung would rather delete the app than swipe right on him.
Keeho knows him well enough to guarantee it, 100%. He panicked for nothing. He’s safe.
Obviously.
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23:23
Monday, 28 September
MMessages6m ago
Taeyang
dude u left your charger here again
Tinder10m ago
New match!
You just matched with Jiung