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jonghyuk is shocked to say the least when the young person bumps into him. he’s not offended -- merely surprised because jonghyuk is a hard guy to miss, with him being six foot and dashingly handsome. 

despite being in soccer for most of his life, which definitely required quite a bit of hand-eye coordination, jonghyuk still found himself to be quite the klutz. most of the time it’s for stupid things -- like balancing on a stool that is very clearly not sturdy enough to hold a 6ft man -- but sometimes he just manages to trip over his feet just as easily.

he isn’t really paying attention as he walks down the sidewalk, too focused on scrolling through social media on his phone. unfortunately, he barrels right into a smaller woman. in any other scenario, jonghyuk’s large frame should have easily toppled this poor woman over. but somehow while trying to avoid that fate, he twists his body to quickly move out of the way, subsequently tripping and landing face-first into the concrete. he lays there for a moment, stunned, but luckily mostly unscathed thanks to the fact that his hands came out to catch him.

sleep hasn’t come easy for jonghyuk the past few weeks, for reasons he’s not really sure of, and when he can’t sleep he has a tendency to wander the town when given the opportunity.

it’s much too early in the morning for anyone to be awake, which jonghyuk takes as the perfect opportunity to go to the convenience store to grab some food. while he did enjoy cooking, he was much too tired to bother with it this morning, instead craving something he could easily heat in a microwave. he makes the trek to the store, enjoying watching the sun rise on his way there. the store comes into view and the tall man happily walks up to it, walking by someone sitting on the sidewalk.

jonghyuk pauses as he passes the stranger, brain registering the ginger hair and he turns around, looking down at juno. he smirks, walking up to his friend to make a smart remark. apparently it works a little too well, and jonghyuk’s eyes widen as his friends chokes on the noodle. he breathes a sigh of relief when he’s able to speak again. he laughs, rolling his eyes, “i’m the one madly in love? you’re the one that nearly died because of something i said.” he smirks, but there’s nothing but friendly adoration in his gaze. 

truth be told, jonghyuk has no idea where he’s going. he decided a late night walk would be nice, the weather on the cooler side with a light breeze. he keeps a headphone in while he walks, eyes focused on the music videos playing on his phone. he’s oblivious to the world around him, until he hears a sharp voice in the night that, honestly, scares the shit out of him.

his head immediately snaps to look up at the woman talking to him. she’s slim, with blonde hair, and very obviously does not like jonghyuk at that moment at all. “uh what?” he asks, almost annoyed before looking around. he realizes they’re on an empty street, jonghyuk walking behind her; he nods his head slowly, realizing just how terrifying that probably is for a woman. “ah, i see. um, i swear i’m not following you or anything.” he holds up his phone, a colorful girl group music video flashing on the screen, “i honestly had no idea you were there until you spoke to me, i’ve been busy watching videos.” 

is it a good idea? no. is it a fun idea? also debatable. but jonghyuk has suddenly decided that he’s ready to face the one thing in his life that seemingly was the downfall of everything good: skateboarding. he buys two online, because obviously he needs someone else to do this with him. otherwise he’ll be the only one to blame when something inevitably goes wrong. he recruits juno, who seems all too eager to go on this nearly spiritual journey with him. 

they’re walking up to the park, which is surprisingly empty for a friday afternoon. jonghyuk moves his skateboard to the other arm, stopping at the outside basketball court which is really the only open space you can use a skateboard on. “so my experience on a skateboard is, um,” he hesitates for a moment to think of the right word, “interesting?” he says, unsure of how else he should phrase it. “but who knows, maybe falling down a long staircase with a skateboard and injuring yourself severely is just the sacrifice you have to make in order to do cool skateboard tricks.” 

a groan escapes jonghyuk as he sits in front of the gas station, head being held up by his palms while his elbows dig into his thighs. he hadn’t been this tired in a while -- but it looked like old habits were coming back to haunt him because he just couldn’t seem to fall asleep last night. he had intended on stopping by the corner store after work just for some ramen, but after eating his body seems to finally realize how exhausted it is after a full day’s work on no sleep.

it’s busier than usual when jonghyuk first enters the bar, opting to lean against the counter at the end while he waits for an opportunity to approach. a small smile tugs at his lips as he watches jiwon rush around to get everyone their requests.