#helium

An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.

"Radioactivity made visible." Our wonder world : a library of knowledge in ten volumes. 1923.

vol 5. — Jay floats everytime you smile at him defying gravity well love does defies gravity but can feelings stay grounded? Or will Jay end up ceiling-stuck forever? — a silly Jay headcanon with Jake loosing his shit.

𖧧 ָ࣪ 𖧵ֹֺֽ໋໋݊ crack, cuties to lovers², fluff, slightly supernatural (?)

note: I was listening to helium for like 50th time this week and had this funny thought lol

Jay has a problem. A very specific you shaped problem. He wouldn't call it genetics but it was definitely making him lose his mind. He doesn't just likes you...no no...this guy levitates at the mere thought of you.

You smile? He's hovering. You laugh? Ceiling tile cracked. You tie your hair up? JAY IS GONE. FULL LIFT UP. 9.8 m/s² WHO?

Jake keeps a spreadsheet. It’s titled “Jay’s Floating Incidents (Vol. 34): An Unstable Study of Hormones vs. Gravity.”

Week 1:

You said “Good morning!” → Jay rose 2.3 inches off the ground.

You lent him your highlighter → he hovered mid-air for 6 minutes.

You said “thank you” with a wink → Jake had to tie Jay to a chair using an extension cord.

You wore lip gloss → Jay floated so fast he hit the library’s sprinkler system.

Note: “This is not sustainable.”

classes are surely entertaining with Heeseung constantly facepalming "just confess man...get it out of your system" and Jay nodding is head in a disbelief because in his head there is a constant thought if you reject him he will float and perish in space. Well...safe to say the god of luck is not in his favor because your homeroom teacher just paired you two for a group project !

It doesn't take 5 minutes for Ni-ki to let out a muffled squeal "guys he's doing the floaty thing again!" With that mf vine boom sound in background as Jake profusely sweats under his hoodie "“Please for the love of Newton, keep him grounded—”

And then you let out a laugh at Jay's joke. He's now horizontal, hovering by the overhead projector like a balloon someone forgot to deflate. Your homeroom teacher pauses her lectures “Is Park Jongseong... levitating?” Well for Jay his poor heart can't do anything as he deadpans from above and mutters "can't help...It’s a chronic condition.”

And when you finally catch him you question “Why do you keep floating every time I show up?” He lets out a nervous laugh while Jake gives default background screeches “THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. STAY ON THE GROUND. ACT NORMAL.”

He takes a breathe and answers "...because you make me feel lighter than air...", you giggle, blinking your lashes in slow motion with glitters shooting ( Jay's words ) and grab his hoodie pulling him down gently “Then maybe stay down here with me.” Well its safe to say Park Jongseong only combusts...nothing special, nothing abnormal.

Jay Starts Wearing Ankle Weights. He still floats. But now it’s controlled.

Jake had begged him to behave “I’m a Physics major. Your existence is embarrassing. PLEASE just sit. Still. And DON’T try to kiss her.” Well...his requests did not really last longer than 3 seconds anytime.

Ni-ki surely made some profit selling Jay-themed helium balloons with the tagline “Love got you floating? Same.” in school festival.

And Jay? He still floats a little when you smile. But now, he holds your hand on the way down.

When you pull back, your gloss smeared all over his lips, you giggle, “You’re floating again,” like this was normal. Jay tried to pretend he wasn’t inching upward like a confused soap bubble.

“I’m not.”

You pointed.

He looked down.

His socks were no longer touching the carpet.

Jake somewhere in the distant going nuts “Nope. Not again. I’m switching majors. This isn’t physics. This is psychological warfare.”

Jay tried to claw his way down but somehow went higher, knees tucked up as he hovered near the ceiling fan. You stood up, arms crossed, trying not to laugh. “Need help?”

Jay, face redder than a sunburned tomato could only answer “…Maybe?”

Jake arrived with a broom, handing it to you like a firefighter handing someone a rescue hose.“Just. Gently. Nudge him back toward Earth, please.”

You poked Jay with the broom. He spun slowly like a tragic weather balloon.

“THIS IS HUMILIATING,” he called, upside down.

You couldn’t help but laugh harder “You’re kind of cute like this.”

And for the love of god he goes up another foot.

Jake *on the floor*: “WHY does affection make him float harder?!”

Eventually, you got on a chair and held your hands out. “C’mon, Park Jongseong. Just fall for me already.” Jay, not missing a beat says “I already did.” And then, because the laws of anime physics apply, Jay softly descended into your arms like a trust-fall from the heavens.

You caught him. “Your heart’s beating really fast,” you whispered, flushed.

Jay gave you the most confident, not-confident look ever. “well, you make me feel like helium.”

You leaned closer. “So…can I kiss you before you float away again?”

Jay blinked “Sure,” he said, already halfway to the ceiling again.

You grabbed his hoodie and yanked him back down. And when your lips finally met his again, soft and sweet and hilarious, Jake calmly opened his laptop and dropped out of his major.

THE END