.☘︎ ݁˖ lucky dino syndrome

"what do you mean void is not in there? you sent a picture to us earlier before going to sleep!" hoshi, your bestfriend, panics upon hearing the news from facetime. another face pops up on the screen and it's joshua from the same call.

"i know! i looked for him everywhere in my unit and i couldn't find any speckle of him!" you sniffled as your eyes hope for that one goober to return to you.

"have you looked to your clothes? you always wear black and what if void is just there, blending in?" joshua says, calming you, but instead you turned the camera to your closet— that looked like ransacked. "i already did, shua..." you responded in defeat

"hmmm... have you tried posting his photo on the internet?" joshua tries, his face looks calm. "i posted too..." you sighed.

"ah!" hoshi beamed, making you and joshua turn to him on the screen "have you tried putting his litterbox outside your unit? or tried talking to cats outside your apartment?" he chirps, voice hopeful and excited.

"does that thing really work?" joshua asks, you nodded in agreement. "it is!! you just need patience y/n to make it work!" he said.

"yeah and i need patience because you're screaming into our ears" joshua replied making you chuckle. hoshi's eyes turns to crescent as he giggle "i'll try it, thank you for your suggestion, hoshi..." you smiled softly.

the group call ended, you wandering and worried for your cat, void. a black cat who's been with you since he was a kitten, the one who's been with you after a painful breakup...

you heard a knock on your door that breaks you from your train of thoughts and scurries to open it. it's probably someone who's gonna return your cat.

"hi! i heard this is your cat..." the man in the glasses said. he's tall, pale skin, sharp eyes yet soft just by how he's looking at you while holding the cat like craddling a baby. you gasped upon seeing your cat "void!!!! oh my gosh!" you began to sniffled. the man handed you the cat gently as you craddle it to your arms, feeling his soft fur and warmth against your skin.

"thank you so much! how did you got him? did he disturbed you? i'm so sorry! this is his first time sneaking out" you apologizes as you talks in panic. the man gave a small smile and nod "i just saw him sitting on my study table after i went to grab my food orders... so i guess he sneaked in and i didn't noticed" his voice deep yet soft.

"thank you so much— wait, how did you know that this is my cat?" you asked, the man purses his lips and thoughts "a friend of yours, i think. he's on social media and i think he saw my tweet about your cat that is lying on my bed" he chuckled "i get attached and took a photo of him" he stated, hint of joy on his voice.

you nodded and smiled "thank you again... uhm—?" you halted, waiting for him to say his name "wonwoo, i'm from that unit—nearby the balcony." he says and smiled. "oh! i see, i'm y/n, void's fur mama, thank you for returning my son" you joked and smiled as he return your gesture by poking void's nose "you're welcome... i gotta go" he said as he walked back to his unit.

is he a new neighbor? he looks cold and you almost got scared by him staring at you while craddling void— but his demeanor changed while talking about the cat...

"so??? the kid returned?" joshua chuckles when he saw void sleeping from your camera. "yeah, the audacity to sleep after eating and not cuddling with me!" you whined, "oh! i'm glad he's back! i thought i'm the only feline left on this family" hoshi pouted and you chuckled "i don't know what's up with this kid why he sneaked out. i almost shit my pants..." you said and looked at the cat sleeping so cozily on your bed.

"like how parents feel when their child sneaked out" joshua says and the three of you laughed. "so! who returned void to you?" hoshi asked, curious "a neighbor... his name is wonwoo.." you pursed your lips and then sucks your teeth "you know, he looks cold, then warms up easily while talking about void. he got attached to this little demon"

"wow~ is there gonna be a fur daddy?" joshua teases "no~ shut up, i don't wanna entertain anybody. all i want is void till i die" you chuckled as you caresses the cat's fur and he immediately stretches and shows his belly. "awww look at him~" hoshi cooed

"i wanna sniff his belly again~ it smells like bread and milk!" he says, "it does! especially when they're still kitten!" you chirped "wait— shua!" you halted "i suddenly remembered what wonwoo said"

"what?" joshua blinked "i don't know who's between the two of you that talked to him on social media and how did you found him?" you said, pointing at them on the screen. joshua let out a sly smile and hoshi looks dumbfounded

"what is going on?" he asked "i don't know what you're talking about, y/n" joshua says, but you know he's definately lying. "come on, tell me what is it" you presses. joshua chuckles, you can see the smirk on his lips "you'll see— i have to go now, lunch break is over!" he says and hangs up, leaving you and hoshi on call.

"lunch break? but it's almost dinner" hoshi chuckles. something is up, you don't know why but you felt your heartbeat speeding up for no reason. it's weird, it's like something is coming—

a knock is heard on your door, other than that, a doorbell ring follows. you stood up and walk towards the door, leaving void still cozily sleeping on your bed.

"i swear if this is joshua i'm gonna smack him. what does he mean by you'll see huh?" you muttered and opened the door, wary.

your eyes widened and saw seungcheol, standing there with a hopeful look on his eyes and an awkward smile.

"w—what... h—how...." you couldn't find any words to say right now.

because first of all, why is your ex boyfriend right here? right now? after the painful breakup with him, he's here?

you cleared your throat and stared back at him, feeling awkward by meeting the same eyes you used to admire and watch back then with full of joy and love, now his eyes are hopeful and wondering.

"it's really you, y/n... i've been looking for you..." he breathes, hands wanting to wrap around you and feel your heartbeat against his chest. somehow, you're still frozen.

"how did you find me?" the words you only uttered. seungcheol purses his lips and speaks again "if you pleased to let me in, then i'll tell you everything." he says softly. you closes your eyes and breathed, then opens the door widely.

he walks in, awkward as he removes his loafers and turns to you "please sit on the couch..." you say.

after the two of you settled in the couch, his fingers fidgets on top of his knees, eyes watching you, it feels like he's observing what you would do to him.

"i'm sorry." you sighed and looked at him, his eyes flutter as he listens to you, his body moving a little closer. "that i left... to pursue my career. i hurt you and left you without any trace." you continued, you turn your head to your hands on top of your lap, fidgeting as well.

"i thought you hated me after that, which i deserved. but here you are..." you say and meets his eyes, it's glistening. "you still want to come back into my life?" you asked.

"i want you back, y/n. believe it or not... my friend, wonwoo found your cat and your friend, joshua dmed me on twitter when he saw me commented on wonwoo's tweet with your cat on it" seungcheol narrates, a grin spreads on his lips. "wonwoo knows you're my ex... but he didn't saw you in person nor meet you in the hallways because he doesn't go out much often... he knows you because he saw your photos on my phone" he said, trailling at the last sentence.

you felt your heart throb at that. "what do you mean? you still have our photos?" you asked, he nodded "i cannot delete them, i'm hoping i could still meet you someday..." he utters then reaches for your hand that he's been craving to hold since you've been gone.

feeling his warmth on your hand is definately the thing that you need. you immediately pulled him in a hug which he looks surprised and then immediately melt into your embrace.

"fuck... i missed you so much... please don't do it again..." he breathes and buries his face on your neck, inhaling your scent that is so familiar to him. "i admit cheol... i missed you too... i'm just pretending to be strong all the time... i had void to help me cope but i still need you... i'm so sorry i hurted you..." you sniffled, tears began spilling your eyes as he pulled you even closer by your waist.

"it's worth the pain because you're here now... and i will keep my eyes on you... promise me you won't leave me again okay?" he asked, pulling away from the hug and meets your eyes. "i promise... i'm all better now... i have the job i wanted... but it's lonely because i left you..." you said, voice a little hoarse. he strokes your hair and kisses your forehead. "i love you..." he said with full of adoration.

you burst into tears upon hearing that. you haven't heard it in such long time, after the 2 years of your break up with him, which feels like a decade. "it's never gonna be lonely anymore, i'm here now..." he whispered, cupping your cheeks and forehead pressed against yours.

you both turn at the sound of your cat meowing, sitting and watching the two of you on top of the coffee table. seungcheol giggled and waved his hand "hi..." he says to the cat. the cat just stared at him then moments later void is on his lap, sniffing him.

"void... that's your father..." you joked, seungcheol blushed at the statement but laughs it off shyly. you both heard void's purr after sniffing seungcheol and settles himself on his lap.

"aww... look at you two... my boys..." you cooed and patted both of their heads. "did void bothered your friend?" you asked and looks at seungcheol.

seungcheol chuckles "he doesn't want to return it, i just keep on pushing him to return it to the owner since i was chatting with joshua and begging to return it to you which i didn't know you owned void yet"

you giggled at his statement "he seemed to fond of void... void knows how to get people's heart... whenever i bring him out, he's acting like a dog whenever people pet him, purring, showing his belly."

"and you know how to get my heart too..." seungcheol says, eyes drowning you. he's literally staring at you as you talk while your eyes are on void who's on his lap, sleeping.

you look at him and caught his eyes, glistening and happy. "i'm still guilty for leaving you..." you utter "i've already forgiven you the moment i saw you opened your door... " he says, hand reaching yours and intertwined his fingers on the spaces between your fingers.

you love how his hands look big but whenever he's holding your hands, it fits real good... you feel secure.

"you're too kind... i've always wanted you to hate me after i did that, like some sort of angst going on and here you are..." you said pouting and seungcheol chuckles and boops your nose "i may be sulky, but i really missed you so much so that overpowers it."

you jokingly gasped "you're not sulkycheol anymore?!" void's ear twitched at how loud your voice is but still sleeps in the same position. seungcheol laughed shyly "i still am, but that's not important right now..."

you stared at him lovingly, all the guilt washed away upon seeing him like this. you thought to yourself back then that he hated you for suddenly leaving without telling a single word to him and just vanishes through the night. you hurted him and that's all you know...

and for seungcheol, he still yearns for you in each day. he cried a lot in his sleep, wakes up like nothing happened, your face on his phone screen, he remembered just the beautiful days, when he can possibly hate you for doing so. all he thinks is that there might be a reason why you suddenly left. knowing you for so many years, he knows that you didn't do it in a mean purpose— and that's what he acknowledge. now that he knew the reason, he knew he did the right thing for not feeling hatred, when everyone in this world thinks you deserved to be hated for leaving such fine man and a kind soul person.

till this day, you still have those guilts creeping in. as you head to sleep, seungcheol cuddling you closer, his soft snores filling the quiet room. you'll be better, you'll do your best to make up it to him, to love him endlessly and meet him in the aisle.

all you wanted was your cat to come back, but here is the man that you missed so much and pretended not to came back as well...

coincidences?

fate?

destiny?

meanwhile, you're having a mental breakdown in your apartment. it's your schedule to do a night livestream while doing an art study but how can you do it when you're not in your right mind. you've been staring at your canvas for a little too long now.

after some scribbles and doodles, you decide to make a quick illustration just to vent out your frustrations and— overwhelming feelings, then later start doing a livestream because you need an outlet for your feelings.

which wonwoo is now watching you livestream in a different account, since you now know he's the gam3boi that you love.

"hi! so we gathered here today..." you said in your calmest voice, wonwoo reads the chatbox.

• YOOOOO HI Y/N!!

• OUR DARLING IS BACK IN HER MIDNIGHT STREAM!

• SO WHAT IS GOING ON?!

• you sound so calm, it's scary

• QUEEN HOW ARE YOU!? CONGRATS ON THE MAN DRAWING YESTERDAY!

• YOUR MAN DRAWING GATHERED A LOT OF ATTENTION! TOLD YA YOU DID GOOD

wonwoo smiled upon reading the chatbox. "you guys are not used to me being this calm, but tonight, i'll try to keep my energy high as possible while we study so we won't get sleepy!" you chirped as you twirl the pen in your fingers, feeling giddy at the chats.

"oh about the man drawing... you guys positively reacted to it. thank you, honestly." you say as you absentmindedly flips your sketchbook— flipping the pages until it reveals the sketches that no one should ever see.

"O-OH MY! my sketchbook is already full now! hehehe that's the drafts from portraiture!" you awkwardly laugh, internally panicking as you scurried to keep the sketchbook away from the camera and your table, almost throwing it on the floor then you grab a new sketchbook, ripping its plastic off.

wonwoo reads the chatbox, he blinks, he's not mistaken is he?

• WAIT DID I JUST SAW A MAN ON THE SKETCHBOOK?!

• YOU CALL THAT DRAFTS QUEEN?! ITS ALMOST PERFECT!!

• YOOO I THINK I SAW THE SIMILAR SKETCH OF THE MAN YOU POSTED!! I KNEW YOU COULD DRAW A MAN

• SHE'S BEEN PRACTICING FOR US!! A+ TO YOU Y/N!!

• PLEASE WE NEED A SKETCHBOOK TOUR!!

"n-no sketchbook tour, my sketchbook is too personal, i'm so sorry!" you apologized, still panicking, voice a little shaky but just covering it with a chuckle. wonwoo hears it all, he feels bad for you.

but he's not being delusional is he? what he saw on the accidental slip from your sketchbook page is his eyes, his nose and his lips. he wishes he could just take a screenshot so he could prove that his brain is not playing tricks on him.

the next day you came into the class, you almost hid yourself from the public. you wear your hoodie like it's a sleeping bag, almost covering your whole face and a facemask. afraid that one of wonwoo's friends saw your livestream last night and told him about it.

accidentally flashing your sketchbook on livestream feels like you flashed them your naked body—

"y/n! why are you wrapped up? are you sick? hiding from someone?" jihyo asks, wrapping her arm around you. "i just couldn't show my face to— you know who" you utter.

"well then, if you're feeling down, let's eat your comfort food later! cheeseburger with pickles and also a cream soda?" jihyo suggests.

"sounds good.." you smiled.

you hide your face even more upon going to the fast food across your campus, fearing that you might come across wonwoo or minghao that has been teasing you to death—

"you're hiding from everyone but you look like a lollipop right now with that red hoodie." a voice says behind you. your eyes widened and turned your head so quick to smack him but you halted.

"minghao!" you said in a gritted teeth, "relax, it's just me and soonyoung guy" he says casually, you saw a guy sitting across him. "i'm not a soonyoung guy, i'm just soonyoung" he says, pouty.

"whatever. this is y/n" minghao says, soonyoung greeted and smiles "hi! y/n!", you awkwardly smile and turn to minghao with furrowed brows, "afraid to see wonwoo?" he smirked before you could even talk.

"shut up. i knew you saw what happened on the livestream last night" you groaned. "well i don't watch your boring livestream, but seungkwan sent a screenshot" minghao drops. you were about to complain when you heard wonwoo's voice from outside the area and you immediately hid yourself back to your seat, back facing them, in hopes that wonwoo didn't saw you—

"y/n! look! i bought a toy! you're gonna love it!" jihyo excitedly chirps, showing you the box of the toy included in your meal. your heart almost jumped out of your chest, what if wonwoo heard it?

"hey, are you okay? something hurt?" she asked and stood in front of your table until she saw the reason why you look like you wanna melt into the floor.

upon noticing your discomfort, jihyo decided to take you to the evergarden cafe. it's very peaceful there and minghao's friends aren't there.

"what is this toy?" you asked as you opened the box. "it's included on your meal, like a blindbox" jihyo says and unbox hers as well.

"OH!!!!" you exclaimed like a kid, jihyo giggled. it's almost loud but you didn't notice how loud your voice is. the people inside the cafe are looking at you but you're in your own bubble.

"this is so cute!!!" you squealed and took a photo of the toy.

which wonwoo and his friends happened to hear your little noises upon entering the café. they didn't mean to follow you there, it's just seungkwan wants his iced americano intake.

"don't look, don't look" minghao chants as they all walked to the counter. "what do you mean don't look? don't look where?" soonyoung is confused, but wonwoo is already looking at you— watching you.

"wonwoo, don't look" minghao says, pulling him away to walk to their seat. "i'm sorry, am I making her uncomfortable?" he asks, voice wary. "she's shy..." minghao smiles "you saw what seungkwan sent last night right? that added to it. just give her time." minghao soothes wonwoo.

wonwoo didn't know from the start that you were the girl behind the subjects in his photography. whenever he takes pictures of a scenery or a crowd, he never fails to include you even as a photobomb— it could be fate that you're always at the background of his shots.

until he checks all the photos on his camera, he starts to notice you in the background. you look familiar to his eyes, that he wishes to know your name but he couldn't find you inside the campus—

however, his friends are fans of your works and watch your livestreams. minghao is your previous blockmate and seungcheol saw your work on x.

it's like those things happened to get him close to you— but you are drifting away from him because of your embarrassment.

"y/n!" wonwoo called, your eyes widened upon hearing his voice, "what is he doing here?" you whispered to jihyo. jihyo watches him approach your table. "i'm sorry, but— can i talk to your friend?" he asked jihyo politely.

"well, she seemed uncomfortable—" jihyo halted when you stopped her. "it's okay..." you say out of embarrassment, you can't tell him to go away, he approached you kindly and spoke to your friend politely— it'll be rude to shoo him.

you couldn't look him in the eye because first of all, he looks utterly handsome. his glasses sit nicely on his nose. his eyes once looked sharp but when he looks at you, it softens. taylor swift is so damn right, "he's so tall and handsome as hell"

"okay, i'll leave you two be," jihyo smiles and pats your head before going to his friends' table and in an instant, it feels like they have known each other for a long time about how noisy they are.

"hi..." you say awkwardly. he's sitting across from you, your hands fidgeting on the toy, squishing it out of nervousness. his eyes fixated on you, waiting for you to talk. "look, i'm sorry if i make you uncomfortable," he says, "but i'm here to say that i genuinely want us to be friends..." he added.

"but you knew that i like you so why—" you sighed. his eyes widened "you like me?" your cheeks start to turn red. "i—i thought you knew..." you uttered "how would i know? this is the first time for us to talk..." he says softly. your gaze turns to him, he's been staring, now you could feel your face and body heating up.

"didn't minghao tell you?" you guessed. wonwoo chuckled, a deep one and covered his face.

wow you did embarrassed yourself again, big time.

"no... he's not like that..." he says, voice softens. "i was asking us to be friends first because it might be creepy for you if i head on asking you if it's okay to date you?" he chuckles, he looks fond of you.

your eyes widened at his reply, he looks genuinely happy upon saying that "are you serious? why would you want to date me? you didn't know me that much... i mean as for you, i watch your livestreams..." you confess. "you watch my livestreams?" He looks surprised.

"Yeah? that's why i say that i like you because i told minghao i have a crush on a streamer named gam3boi and i didn't know it was you until i heard you talked to me in this same cafe" you ramble, he purses his lips, trying not to smile "so that's why you ran in panic?" he blurts

your face is red now "yes! because first of all, what the fuck is gam3boi doing infront of me right now?" you blurted out, he let out a laugh and then his voice turned serious "asking y/un ross-nim on a date" he replied.

"why would you want to date y/un ross-nim?" you played along with him "don't be surprised then..." he said and grabbed his camera from the sling bag and opened it for you. you watch him, curious.

"here... look, it's—" he sighed, figuring words to say and handed you his camera "you've been photobombing my pieces on the photography club... every shot there is unintentional. I didn't even know you at that time" he explained. you click and browse every photo in there.

"from the campus events, campus garden and even in the nearby parks... you're lingering in the background like a ghost" he says, chuckling at the thought "you're right...." you uttered.

"and you— drawing me on one of your livestream and accidentally revealing your sketches... or scribbles of my features..." he says, although you're not looking at him, you can hear him smiling as he talks— just like how you admire his voice on his livestreams.

"i'm gonna be honest with you— i had a crush on you for a week because i kept seeing you in the campus and i get to like your features so i decided to draw you.." you confess once more, he stares at you, listening "then when i didn't get to see you, it faded until i discovered gam3boi from a random post on x, so i decided to watch you and i didn't know it was you"

his lips curled into a smile, his features soften, his cheeks were pink. "guess this is fate..." he says softly. you blushed and stared at him a little longer "okay... it's a date..." you answered. his eyes lit up at your response.

"now, would you look at that.." seungkwan chuckles upon noticing the two of you talking so intently. seungcheol chuckled "yep, guess he's going on a date" "why is she holding his camera? he doesn't even let us hold it" soonyoung pouts "the message is there" minghao says, smiling as he watches you two.

"yo chat! i know i've been busy rendering the art right now, but let me know what you're thinking!" you said thru the mic.

the chat reacted enthusiastically on your statement. they reacted funny emotes and even spamming comments.

"pffft— "(y/un) broke the silence now let's respond to this woman!"— hey! i was busy, but hey, thank you! let's keep this livestream alive, i'm bad at keeping conversations so i'm trying my best to keep this going" you teasingly cried which made the chat on livestream laugh on your response.

can you make her eyes look bigger?

"eyes? isn't this big enough, chat? how big do you want it maam? big as my problem?"

hey, please drink water, you've been drinking coffee for the past 30 minutes

"this is water! it's just brown!"

back cracking asmr please?

"maybe later, my girl! i need to load the spines first"

(y/un)! can you draw men too?

"uh men sucks! no i'm just kidding don't cancel me! i love men!"

i wanna donate! where's your tip box!

"you can check the link on the description, my queen! thank you so much! let me kiss your feeties!"

your chatbox are filled with interactions to your viewers as your stream goes on. you are a faceless artist who goes livestream almost on a daily basis. you call yourself, "bob ross" wannabe as you teach art study randomly and giving tips and advices to the new artists on this generation.

your eyes trailed at the chatbox as you take a pause from drawing and reads the particular comment that caught your attention

ms. (y/un), are you copying other artstyles? i think i knew someone with the same artstyle as yours

"there is never an original artstyle. a note to remember that you can take inspiration, ideas, concepts to a lot of things and make it broader on your own and claim it as yours..." you said, voice toning down as you talk on the serious matter.

"my artstyle is never original, if i'm being honest, i take a lot of inspirations and make it broader, experiment on it until i came up with my own style. it was never easy everyone..." you utter as you continued to render the art on the screen.

love the honesty! that's why ai cannot replace you my queen! keep doing what you're doing!

"thank you, i know times can be hard for artists right now because of ai but we cannot be defeated by this advance technology that may perhaps harm us in the future— okay! this is getting serious i'm not used to this!" you whined as you exited the canvas tab. "going back to the replies, what shall i draw today? rendering on screen is boring so let's draw something fun?"

● DRAW MEN PLEASE IM BEGGING

• AGREE !!! 100% DRAW MEN (Y/UN)!!!

• YOU'LL SAVE THE WORLD IF YOU DRAW MEN

• DRAW A DELICIOUS MEN (Y/UN)!!

• CHAT SPAM COMMENTS, "DRAW MEN, (Y/N)!!" COME ON

• YEEEES DRAW MEN, WE'RE THIRSTY HERE! you've been drawing women a lot! let's see diversity here!

• MEN MEN MEN

• DRAW SOMEONE YOU LIKE!!!

"Okay you guys need to calm down! Who started the spam comments?! i'm gonna ban you here— i'm just kidding!" you chuckled as you continue to see your chat going crazy about the thought.

"why do you guys want me to draw men?! drawing women is easy as breathing! i can't draw men because they're fragile!" you joked, but the chat is not listening to you at this point.

• WE KNOW BUT WE WANNA CHALLENGE YOU

• DRAW MEN! I'LL DONATE 100%

• I'LL DONATE TOO IF YOU DRAW MEN

• COME ON (Y/UN)! GET OUT OF THE BUBBLE FOR AN HOUR

• DRAW MEN! I SAY AS THEY PULL ME TO THE ASYLUM

"hold on!!! oh my gosh! are you serious about donating? what if I can't make it as what you like?" you thought, thumping the stylus pen on the tab, making dots on the canvas.

"you really are assholes, you want me to draw men!??!" you joked again, but the chat laughs at you. it was always been a banter with your viewers to call them or you assholes when they're in the moments like this.

"I'M PRESSURED! you see? i'm shaking?!" you said, showing your hand, fake jiggling and shaking.

• LOL DONT FOOL US (Y/UN)! JUST PICK UP THE PEN AND DRAW

• DRAW MEN OR I'LL BURST INTO YOUR DOOR

• THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FROM DRINKING BROWN WATER

• (y/un)! just draw men!

"calm down! oh my god! so agressive~" you snickers as you holds her pen and puts it on top of the canvas.

• OH MY GOD SHE'S GONNA START

• HOLD MY HAND HOLD MY HAND

• WE WANNA SEE A HANDSOME MAN

• UP TO BUST IS FINE DARLING

• MAKE HIM A TWINK OR A DILF WE DONT CARE WE JUST WANNA SEE A MAN ON YOUR STYLE

• IF YOU HAVE A CRUSH, DRAW HIM! MAKE HIM YOUR MUSE!

"i'm not even starting and you're already yelling at me!!!" you yelled thru the mic which made your viewers laugh. you breathed and starts sketching.

"wait? i have a crush?" you chuckled then deleted the canvas. "do i have a crush?" you teased and looks at the chat.

• YOU'RE SO CRUEL WHY DID U DELETED IT AJSHSUWBSUSBSJSL

• THE EYES ALREADY ARE STUNNING OHSJJDNSNW

• YOU HAVE A CRUSH JUST DRAW HIM WERE NOT GONNA TELL HIM

• WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS JUST DRAW HIM

• DRAW UR MAN, QUEEN!

"i feel like i'm on a hostage right now, wipes sweat." you chuckled "okay fine! i'm not gonna show a picture here, i'm just gonna do a prompt in my mind." sighing as you add a new canvas layer and starts doing a messy sketch again.

☆°•

"are you seeing this right now? guys?" seungkwan, who is chronically online says as he stares at his phone, watching something.

"how can we see if you're not showing it to us, you dumbass" soonyoung teases, seungkwan glared at him and was about to smack him but minghao intrupts.

"who? y/un?" minghao says as he sketches in his sketchpad.

"oh! you know her too?!" seungkwan says excitedly. minghao just nods and smirks. "she was my classmate. she sucks at portraiture" he says. seungkwan chuckled "what do you mean? she seemed good with it, her artworks are pretty" he comments as his eyes went back to watching on his phone.

"she improved a lot... but she can't draw men, that's why she almost failed in portraiture." minghao says and sharpens his pencil.

"so what are you guys talking about?" soonyoung says, "none of your business, you're not an artist" minghao roasts. seungkwan laughs and slaps soonyoung's shoulder.

"when is wonwoo coming tho? he's still in class?" soonyoung asks as he watches the students on the lobby. "i guess he's gonna play with cheol later on the pc room— but hey speaking of wonwoo—" seungkwan says as he shows his phone to minghao.

"does this looks like wonwoo to you? he looks familiar" seungkwan thoughts. minghao stares at his phone "is that— y/un drawing wonwoo?" his bored eyes widened a little as he looks at him.

"i don't know, she was challenged to draw men and she was drawing this, but her drawing looks like wonwoo..." seungkwan chuckles.

minghao looks back at seungkwan's phone, watching your livestream.

• OH MY GOD HE LOOKS HANDSOME

• IS THIS MAN REAL?! WTF I WANNA MARRY A DRAWING

• HOW CAN HE LOOK LIKE THAT?! THIS SUCKS

• SHE ATE

• OH MEN IN DRAWINGS LOOKS SO HANDSOME AND BEAUTIFUL

• A MESSY SKETCH YET SHE DELIVERED A BEAUTIFUL MAN I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY LIFE

• ENDING THIS LIVESTREAM FEELS LIKE A DIVORCE AHDJSBWIWJS

• IS THIS A RANDOM MAN ON YOUR THOUGHTS OR A REAL MAN?!?! ANSWER MEEEEE

minghao chuckles as he reads the chat, "they're so aggressive in the comments... is she okay?" "yeah, i guess so, that's how they banter— but the drawing looks like wonwoo no? or my eyes are just tricking me" seungkwan says as he listens to you thru his earphones.

"i have to end this livestream before i say something that would end me!" you yelled nervous. "i'm not gonna answer your questions now! i delivered what you want!" faking a cry as you speak

seungkwan cackles "wow... she's so entertaining, do you have a picture of her, hao?" he asks. minghao just shakes his head. "she doesn't like anyone taking pictures of her. i'm guessing, she doesn't have a real picture on her accounts" minghao responded. "yeah... it's usually her drawings..." seungkwan agreed

the livestream ended— and so is your life.

"yo! wonwoo! you're trending on twitter!" seungcheol laughs as he scrolls on his for you page on X.

"what do you mean? i don't have twitter.. why would i be trending?" wonwoo says as he looks at seungcheol's screen.

"did someone posted me?" he asks. seungcheol shrugs. "I don't know— but someone drew you" he teases.

"drew me? who? just show me! you're making me nervous!" wonwoo groans.

"okay, calm down bro" seungcheol cackles as he shows a specific tweet to wonwoo.

@(y/un)

everyone, i drew a man, end me now.

replies >

⤷ OH MY GOOOOODD HE LOOKS SO GOOOOOD

⤷ MORE MORE MOREEEEEEE

⤷ I WANNA MARRY YOUR DRAWING HOLY SHIT

⤷ YOU FINALLY DREW A MAN AND WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING

⤷ told you! you can do it! NOW DRAW MORE DILFS!

⤷ HE LOOKS LIKE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE

⤷ TOO BAD HE'S A RANDOM IDEA OF LINLIN HUHUHUHU ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

⤷ ARE YOU SAYING THAT HE'S NOT REAL?!??!?!

⤷ CHAT I CAN HEAR CHURCH BELLS RINGING

⤷ IM CRYING HABSJANSLWLAHXJW WHY DO I FEEL LIKE HE'S SOMEONE IN YOUR DREAM

"see?" seungcheol says, nudging him. "does that look like me? it says in the comments that it's her idea" wonwoo says, moving back his chair.

"it does look like you! maybe she's someone who knows you, bro. i mean from afar" seungcheol teases. "you're kidding. she's an artist, she can draw and come up with random faces every time. i don't know her personally but it seems like that's what artists do" he replied, voice nonchalant.

"come on now, her drawing is trending already, it means you're trending too. what if we reply your picture there?" seungcheol schemes which made wonwoo look at him unamused.

"are you gonna exploit me? because i will report you to the police, right now." wonwoo says with his poker face "we can earn money from that" he chuckles.

"you're rich already why do you need more money?" wonwoo rolls his eyes as they started their game. "they seemed interested about who it was in the drawing you know— make a drama about it and maybe an agency will cast you as an actor" seungcheol chuckles

"you're not in the lobby, were gonna start the game now" wonwoo says boredly. "HEY WAIT!!" he yells.

°•☆♡

it's already evening when you finished your challenging drawing that almost downed your energy. you're now laying in your bed, hoping that your creative juices would come back when you start livestreaming again.

you sluggishly grabbed your phone on the other side of the bed and checks notifications. it's all from twitter but you didn't bother to read them all at this moment, you are too drained. until one reply on her tweet made you sprung up from your bed, feeling the blood come up to your head.

1 new message: PFU3 - Xu Minghao

- you drew Jeon Wonwoo, am I right?

skboo replied on your tweet

"oh i think i know who this is"

"MOTHERFUUU—" you ran to the computer and opens it, frantic. hands shaking, heartbeat racing on your chest.

what is going on? are you being cancelled on twitter right now because of the drawing?! did wonwoo knew it's him in the drawing?! how can you forget your blockmate on portraiture that knows your art account!?

the reply to your drawing feels like you're caught red handed.

NOW WHO IS SKBOO!?!?!? IS HE WONWOO'S BLOCKMATE?!? or someone that knows him in real life?!?!?

the replies on the specific comment makes you want to throw your computer out of the window.

• WHO IS THIS?!?! IS THIS A REAL PERSON

• NO WAY HE'S REAL?!?!

• I NEED TO SEE THIS MAN!!!

• PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN

• COME ON RANDOM PERSON ON THE INTERNET, SHOW US RECEIPTS

skboo

• oh i was guessing, this is probably y/un's new original character?

this even made your heartbeat faster, NOW THIS IS ANOTHER RESPONSIBILITY!!

you screamed and throws yourself on the bed. "I'M FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU—"

as you were about to sleep when a notification popped in followed by a loud screech from your very own mouth.

instagram:

notjeonww sent a message request

"WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?! THIS IS HIS ACCOUNT AM I RIGHT?!?!? WHY THE HECK DID HE SENT A MESSAGE ON MY ART ACCOUNT?!?!?!" you rambled, fingers jittery as you tried so hard to grip on your phone.

you could feel buckets of cold sweat dripping from your forehead.

notjeonww:

- hi miss (y/un)!

you:

- hi what can i do for you? :)

notjeonww:

- hi i just came here to say you're good

at drawing and

- do you perhaps study at **** uni?

- oh sorry

- i hope i didn't creeped you out

- the question was too personal

- i'm so sorry again

you:

- it's okay

- and i'm sorry i just couldn't answer personal questions :(

"I'M SO SORRY BABY!! I CANNOT ANSWER THIS! THIS IS SO HARD THAN DRAWING HANDS!" you whined as you kick your blanket.

"AM I SUSPICIOUS?!?! DID XU MINGHAO TOLD HIM THAT HE KNEW ME?!?!?! THIS MOTHERFUCK— NO not you wonwoo baby!" you smacked your head "what the heck are you saying?!?!?" sighing, you exit the instagram app and head to messages.

PFU3 - Xu Minghao

- you drew Jeon Wonwoo, am I right?

you:

- did you told everyone about me?!

- no one knows i'm a livestreamer hao!

minghao:

- you're still alive, congrats! :D

- and nope i didn't told everyone

- maybe i did

you:

- WHAT?!

- WHEN I CATCH YOU XU!

minghao:

- it's seungkwan, he's ur fan and my friend

you:

- NOOOOOOOO

- wonwoo just messaged my art account!

- HOW THE FUCK DID HE FIND ME?!

minghao:

- it's midnight and i'm still dealing with an idiot

- good luck with that ms. y/un ross

- get up

- you're down bad for wonwoo

you:

- HEY!

- i have a crush on him BEFORE but it died down when i didn't get to see him often in the campus and we don't really have interactions!

minghao:

- yeah right

- more lies pls

- i'm starving

you:

- SHUT UP

- go to hell

minghao:

- oh you go to hell

- you're a liar

you:

- I'LL DRAG YOU W ME

minghao:

- am i not dragged already?

- bc talking to you feels like i'm in hell

- you'll recover y/n

- just stand up

°•☆♡

the very next day, you headed to the university to your first subject of the day. you didn't have class yesterday so you took the opportunity to do livestream, you make earnings by doing livestreams and commissions which help you get thru expenses in living.

a notification pops again.

twitch:

gam3bo1 is live!

"play and chat with me"

"Wait?! that is such an early livestream sir!" you gasps when you saw the notification. "hey, y/n" minghao greets when he saw you walking towards the pole, eyes glued to your phone.

you whipped your head up to see him. "oi!! you son of a b—" you halted and about to walk to him but then you saw someone beside him.

"that's rude" he teases. "by the way, this is my friend, seungkwan." he says, introducing the lad beside him. you turned shy at the sight of a new person. "hi.. seungkwan..." you greeted.

"hi y/n noona!" seungkwan chirps, reaches his hand to you. you smiled and shakes his hand. "wow~ i'm shaking the artist's hand! that is so cool!" he giggles shyly.

"he's a fan of yours. well, glad we saw you here" minghao smirks. you squinted your eyes at him. "i have to go, seungkwan, minghao. see you!" you said and runs away from them but then frantically texts on your phone.

you:

- what are you planning to do?!

minghao:

- relax

- told u he's your fan

- he just wanted to see you lol

- btw you look silly squinting your eyes at me

- what if i was with wonwoo

you:

- STOP MENTIONING HIM

- i don't want to see him around here!

minghao:

- he's not here

- no classes for him today

- so feel free to show your face around

you:

- LET ME CLEAR THIS TO YOU

- i don't have a crush on jeon wonwoo anymore!

- i only have a crush on him for a week! that's it!

minghao:

- wrong answer

- invalid

- tell me the truth

you:

- UGH!! i hate you!

minghao:

- i get it

- you don't suck at portraiture

- you're just pretending to suck at it because

- you don't want anyone to see and to know that you have a crush on wonwoo

- he's your favorite subject is he?

- i get to have a peek on your sketchbook back then and saw my friend's face

you:

- THAT'S IT I'M BLOCKING YOU

- AND I REPEAT I DON'T HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM ANYMORE

- I JUST LIKE HOW HIS FACE LOOKED LIKE

- HE'S A PRETTY MUSE

minghao:

- saw his eyes nose and lips on your sketchbook

- very taeyang sunbaenim huh

you:

- DO I HAVE TO REPEAT MYSELF?

- you know who's my crush now?

minghao:

- no need to repeat yourself

- bc i could see it really really clear

you:

- i have a crush on this livestreamer named gam3bo1!

- AAAAAAAA

minghao:

- i'm surrounded by idiots

- i need to meditate

"wow... everyone is here... some are in the campus? i'm sorry, i did the livestream pretty much early" gameboi says on the stream, you chuckled as you listened to his livestream like a podcast while walking towards your class.

"i have an errand to run later so i'm gonna do this early as i promised to do a livestream during my rest days... after this and my errand, i'm gonna do my school works and maybe do a game review offline then i'll upload a video after i edited it." he says, he sounds so calm yet enthusiastic while sharing the mundane things he's gonna do.

"ah... i have this wild story to share, but it's a secret because you might track me and what i look like" he chuckles and sounds of mouse clicking and keyboard typing is heard thru the livestream. "about the story? no, maybe i'll share it once i figured it out first, because i'm still gathering courage... i'm quite of shy meeting people so it'll took me long enough to share the story" he says. you are now curious at this story he wanted to share.

"leave your chats while i check my messages. you keep hearing my instagram notifications on the background" he chuckles and a moment of silence on gameboi's livestream.

wonwoo's screen is filled with notification from instagram, but this one particular message from seungkwan made him halted on his scrolling. he immediately opened the messages to their groupchat.

seungkwan:

- i saw the artist that drew wonwoo

- i shook hands with her

- its like an honor

soonyoung:

- is it really wonwoo in the drawing?

seungcheol:

- yes it does look like him

- you could see the resemblance!

seungkwan:

- yes soonyoung you idiot!

- she's cool but shy lol

minghao:

- seungkwan delete that right now

wonwoo frowned at the message. why does minghao want seungkwan to delete it? he knows he's been looking to that artist in person.

wonwoo turned his mic on "hi everyone, apologies for the sudden silence... i think i need to leave the live early... i'm sorry. i just— it's just an emergency..." he says, voice steady and calm.

chats are now filled with positive message and sympathy for him.

• OH NOOOO I HOPE EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT GAMEBOI

• WHATEVER IT IS PLEASE BE SAFE

• TELL US YOU'LL BE OKAY

• WE'LL BE WAITING FOR YOU GAMEBOI

• it's okay man! go take your leave early! we'll see you next time!

• YES BE CAREFUL OUT THERE SIR!

"thank you everyone... i'll let you know but i will be okay. i promise... see you on next gameplay! bye!" wonwoo says as he ended the livestream.

wonwoo:

- i'm off live

- who is it, seungkwan?

seungkwan:

- well uh

- hao help me out

minghao:

- no way

- you did this to yourself

soonyoung:

- pointing fingers lolol

seungkwan:

- hao knows a lot

- i just met her wonwoo

minghao:

- you brought this to yourself boo seungkwan

wonwoo:

- minghao

- seungkwan

seungkwan:

- yes sir

minghao:

- sir

wonwoo:

- who is it?

minghao:

- meet you all in cafe near campus.

°•○●☆

you have been waiting on the classroom for almost 30 minutes and no one ever came but only you. you were listening to gam3boi's livestream but it suddenly cut off to him ending the livestream.

"damn, what happened to him? he sounded serious... well he said he's fine so" you shrugged and check your messages and saw your classmates' messages.

"WHAT?! they're on evergarden cafe right now?!" your voice echoed in the classroom. you immediately scurries your way out of the campus to join them.

as you reached the location, evergarden, a café nearby your campus. you saw your classmates on the art class. you tried to be quiet as you entered the café, but ended up causing ruckus as your canvas hits the table and chairs as your squeezed your way inside.

which made minghao and his friends turned their heads and watches you beeline to your spot beside jihyo and chaeyoung.

"you're on dnd for sure" chaeyoung chuckled. you plop down your canvas infront of you "well, i was watching and listening to a livestream and thought everybody is going into the classroom" you groaned, grabbing your pencil from your hair that keeps it all in a bun, releasing it down.

"the professor posted it on the bulletin, i thought you knew already since you went out in a hurry last week" jihyo says as she sketches the subject.

"so? who's the artist?" wonwoo whispers as he watches the class from the side. "why are they having a class here? it's a cafe?" seungkwan asks, observing the class. "they're drawing still-life. since this café has a good ambiance and objects, they went to have class in here" minghao explained.

"they're so cool..." soonyoung utters, watching the artists from afar with the sparks in his eyes. "also all girls..." he added "you're creepy" seungkwan commented "hey, i'm not. they're just cool... look at them, how can you not admire women with canvas?" soonyoung argues

"keep it down, where's cheol?" minghao asks "he's in the class meeting" seungkwan replied, sipping on his iced americano. "i'm waiting, hao" wonwoo says, almost impatient, he's picking and crumpling pieces of table napkins as he watches them.

"you're so serious" minghao chuckles, he leaned closer to him "you saw the girl in the red cardigan at the last row? the late comer? that's her, the y/un" he explains. wonwoo's lips agape as he watches you sketch on your canvas.

your lips agape, eyebrows creasing, eyes focused on the subject, hand is busy. he smirked and leans his back on the chair.

"what are you gonna do? why are you smirking?" minghao asks, almost grinning. "he seemed quiet" seungkwan added, chuckling "do you like her ah?" soonyoung teases.

"no, i'm just wondering why she drew me, well— if that's really me" wonwoo utters, returning to his poker face. still eyeing you from afar. "well, you have to ask her about that if that's gonna make you sleep at night" minghao shrugs.

right after the still-life subject, the class went out of the cafe, only few are left to touch up their works, even you who are busy cleaning your work.

"are you done, y/n? oh wow! that looks good!" jihyo chirps, patting your head. "as always!" chaeyoung giggled as well as she stared at your work.

"i think i need a little shading on this part.." you uttered. "no! that is fine! it'll look muddy if you touch the shading more" chaeyoung says.

the girls giggles and they all went to pack up their things.

"oh.." jihyo trails when she saw wonwoo walking past them and heads to you who's back are facing them, zipping up your bag.

wonwoo clears his throat. "are you y/n?" he asks. you froze. what is gameboi doing here and asking your name on a random wednesday afternoon?

your heartbeat is rapid, hands clammy and your throat feels dry.

"y/n?" jihyo calls.

that made you turn around and almost fall on the floor but you immediately put you hand on the wall to support herself.

your face almost slammed into his chest. you saw the jihyo and chaeyoung pointing at the guy infront of you which you haven't seen his face yet. your gaze trails up to his face and almost got your eyes bulging out of your eye sockets.

upon unlocking your shop's door, you felt a prescence behind you, you immediately turn around and saw the guy you're thinking about.

"h–hi! good morning!" you exclaimed, he's towering over you. when he saw how you look uncomfortable on a small space between you and him, he moved away to give you space and he nodded as response to your greeting.

"oh, sorry, you're probably waiting for the shop to open.. please come in" you said and both of you entered the shop. you flipped the signage to open and the guy is roaming around the small shop.

"are you gonna borrow a book today? i have new stuffs that came in last night." you said, initiating small talks. glad he's not wearing headphones today.

as you put your bag down under the counter, you heard his footsteps approaching on where you are. you lifted your head and peek from the counter, there he is, looking over you, waiting.

you smiled and stood up "i see, you're interested." you chuckled. "uhm— can i have your–" you were about to ask when he handed you his borrower's card. "oh, your card is already full... i will keep this old one for the record and will give you a new one." you said. he is indeed your top book borrower.

"thank you." he spoke.

your eyes widened as you heard his voice. damn, that's deep. you pretend to not look surprised and looks at him after you prepared the new card. "you're welcome." you replied casually, but your mind is racing. this guy is your crush already. you may not have a lot of interactions with him but by just seeing him inside your shop makes you feel giddy and happy but this one probably tops it all.

"here are the new books that came last night. you can borrow three since you have your first card full, i can give you 2 extra books to borrow." you chirped. he nodded and you saw his smile, this is the first time he smiled– damn he got dimples too! day by day you get to discover some parts of him, you got two today!

you lead him on the large box beside the counter, you heard him gasped when he looks at the box. he sounded excited, then there he goes, he grabbed almost four books from the box and puts it in the counter.

"oh, already?" you chuckled. it's like he just looked at the box and then picked right away.

"it's my favorite.." he said. ah, you get to hear his voice again.

"you like crayon shin chan?" you asked. you want to hear more.

"yes... this is the first time seeing this collection on your shop... i'm borrowing three, but i'd like to buy the other one.. if you please?" he asked.

that's the longest sentence you heard from him today and his voice sounds excited.

"oh! sure! of course, no problem." you chirped and stamped his card and writing 3 books on it. "do you have eco bag?" you asked.

"i forgot..." he trailed. "hey, don't worry! i can just hand you eco bag. i'll give this to you for free." you winked. it's less embarassing since you couldn't see his eyes. you saw his cheeky smile and nodded. "thank you..."

you put the books he borrowed on the eco bag and handed it to him then paid for the other one. "if you have new sets of collection for shin chan, can you send me a message? i can give you my number.." he said. you looked up at him.

is he serious? i mean, it's for the book cause not for flirting– but his number? that is willingly given to you?!

"of course, no problem.." you said, then you handed his phone to him.

"i put my contact name in there. it's seungcheol..." he said. you smiled. "let me call you so you can save mine." then he nods. you called his number and there it goes, his phone rings.

"i've been here frequently but can i know what's your name?" he asks "i'm y/n.." you answered. he nodded and types your name on his phone.

"thank you... i'll be staying here for a bit– i want to read some short books.." he said. "of course! no problem, please keep cozy!" you chirped.

your eyes trailed along with his figure going around the bookshelves, till he found a book and went to sit under the shelf. you can't help but to peek and watch him as you pretend to list the new books on the shelf.

under the ray of sunlight coming inside your small bookstore, there he is, seungcheol moving his hair away from his eyes...

you could finally see his eyes not up close but it's enough to see it, he has long lashes, its fluttering when he blinks. his eyes focused on the book he's reading.

"oh my gosh!" you yelped when the books you're trying to push in the shelf scattered on the floor. you are caught mesmerized by his eyes.

seungcheol looked at you but you're now panicking at the books pooling on your feet. you kneel down and pick it up, as you try your best to calm down and clean the books out, you felt his prescence beside you.

your shoulders bumping as he moves his arms to pick up the books. it's already pilling up on the basket beside you. "i—it's okay seungcheol!" you said, but he just hummed and let out a soft chuckle.

god, you want to melt.

he sounds cool.

you're so lost in your thoughts when seungcheol speaks from beside you "it's cleared. do you need help to organize them?" he asked politely. he's looking at you, but his eyes are now covered with his bangs again.

you absentmindedly brushes his bangs away, almost cupping his cheeks. both of your eyes wide, cheeks flushed, lips agape, heart beats loud against your chests.

"y—you're pretty..." you uttered, still not letting go of his face. upon hearing those words, his cheeks become redder. nervous, he moves his face away from your hands causing his bangs to cover half of his face again.

"s—sorry!" you apologized, pursing your lips as you try to read his body language since you couldn't decipher his expression because of those stupid bangs.

"you think so?" he asked, voice deep yet soft. you nodded, almost enthusiastically. "i hope i'm not creeping you out, my curiousity just get the best of me..."

he moved his bangs away again and looked at you. you can now see it clearly— his eyebrows, eyelashes, his eyes, how his nose perfectly harmonizes with his whole face and how his lips is just a perfect piece. he looks well sculpted. god has favorites.

"y—you need to tie those up..." you stuttered as you quickly pulled the black rubberband on your wrist. "can you tie it for me?" he asked, eyes doe, pleading.

you wanna smash your head into the wall

why is he looking so cute now?

"can you lean down a little?" you asked. he bent his knees down a little to match your level as you grab a fistful of his bangs. you took a quick glimpse of his face and he's looking up at you.

"please don't look at me, i can't tie this properly" you joked. he seemed to get it and chuckled softly. you could see his eyes closed, damn his lashes are long. its laying flat on his cheeks. as a woman that has a short lashes— the envy is there.

you quickly tied his bangs, his hair is absolutely soft that it bounces whenever you twist and turn. it made your heart flutter that from watching him inside your bookstore, to him giving you his number and hearing his voice to this—

"thank you, y/n..." you heard him say, standing fully in front of you. "a—ah! you're welcome! well uh— you said you wanted to help right? you can place the book per categories" you instructed.

it's almost half of the day when you both finished on inventory. seungcheol being satisfied at how his work turned out.

"you don't have anything to do all day that's why you decided to help?" you asked. you're both sitting behind the counter as you eat ramyeon there are few customers inside your store.

you noticed how he just let his bangs tied and his face being showed, you can finally see his expressions.

"your bookstore gives me nostalgia... everything can be read on the internet but it doesn't give the feeling of nostalgia, those faint scent from books, the dusts and the people you might came across with..." he explains, his eyes sparkling as he speaks. he stirrs his ramyeon "especially that i get to meet a cute owner..." he added and looks at you with his cheeky smile. those dimples again!

"eh~ don't go crazy with the compliments— do you want 50% off discount?" you joked, there he let out a cute giggle. you can't help but to feel proud at yourself for making such shy people like him to giggle or laugh.

"you're handsome yourself, seungcheol. next time you come here— don't hide your face anymore" you said nonchalantly as you put the chopstick on the empty ramyeon cup.

"do i get 50% discount if i don't hide my face anymore?" he teases. he has this menacing tone and you're starting to like it. you turned to him with a smirk "you can buy me and my store and i'd still give you 50% discount" you joked.

he laughs, eyes crescents "don't test me" he said between those laughter.

after a day hanging out with your loyal customer and him leaving— two men in black came into your store as you were about to close.

"sorry gentlemen, we're closed!" you said politely with a fake smile to ward them off but they walk over to your counter and handed you an envelope and left without a word.

"t—that's so creepy..." you uttered as you breathed out. you opened the envelope and took out everything inside to inspect it.

you saw a shiny business card that laying along with the papers and grab it and it reads:

choi seungcheol

chairman

you gasped and fumbles on the papers.

"contract of acquisition?!" you read almost loudly, your voice echoing to your quiet store.

"i—is he really that serious?!" you said as you tried to read everything in there but your mind is just all over the place.

outside your store, seungcheol is sitting inside his car with a fond smile on his face as he heard you screaming from inside your store.