#jinhyuck

“sometimes, you find love where you’d least expect it.”

☽ baseball team captain!jinhyuck x softball team captain!reader

☽ college!au    

☽ ft. up10tion’s jinhyuck, uniq’s seungyoun, up10tion’s wooseok and most likely other produce x 101 contestants aswell

☽ also kim jiyeon, cho sojung and kim hyunjung of wjsn just to have a face to those names, but if you want to imagine your own people go ahead because this is mainly a produce x 101 fic

☽ fluff and bits of angst, possibly more mature content but only following a warning

☽ second person view, female reader who goes by your name (y/n)

☽ word count  : 3k

☽ finished at 2019-11-25, 9:30 pm cet

☽ a/n : finaaaallyyyyy! sorry for the long wait... i’ve had quite a lot going on in my life lately, both physically and mentally (and a maaaajor writers block when it came to this...). thank you all for waiting. also, go check out jinhyuk’s solo debut! it’s great!!

ALSO! click here to find jinhyuk and y/n’s clothes for the party!!

trigger warning : mentions of anxiety/panic attacks! 

Masterlist l Chapter one l Chapter two l Chapter three l Chapter four l Chapter five 

↬ The two of you spent a good amount of time that evening together, getting to know each other’s kissing styles so that you could be prepared for the party. Or, to you, it was more of a moment to get to know the whole act of kissing itself. After some time, you actually grew more confident and less scared of the party. Or, at least that’s what you thought in the moment.

But when you woke up the next morning, there was a huge lump in your throat. You were a bit on-edge the whole day, and your mind wandered back to thinking about the party any time it could. 

As Fridays were the teams’ only weekday free from practice, parties were often held on exactly those days, except for if there was a game the morning after. Games were most often either on Saturdays or Sundays, with sometimes a celebratory party on Saturday evening if the game went well. There weren’t any games until the nationals, so the whole weekend would be free for players to be hungover, so Wooseok had planned his party on a good day. After school, you went straight back to your dorm to get some rest before Jinhyuk would pick you up at 8. Right as you were done eating a quick dinner, Sojung came crashing in through the door.

“Girl, I saw this in the shop window today and I needed to get you it for tonight,” she said as she placed a shopping bag on the floor in front of you.

“Didn’t you have class today?”

“Yes I did, but since when does that mean I have to attend it?” You chuckled at her response but grinned, reaching down to the bag. You saw that it was from a shop you had heard from - not exactly a cheap store.

“Sojung, I can’t take this. It must’ve been super expensive,” you said, giving her a thankful yet sad smile.

She shook her head at you. “It was on sale, like 70% off! And give it back tomorrow if you want to, just please, please, wear it tonight.” You stood still, only thinking about it for a few seconds, before agreeing. You nodded at her and could instantly see how her whole face shone up. “Try it on, then! Go!” 

You picked the piece of clothing out of the bag, and - it was really pretty. It was a black shoulderless dress, with the sleeves merely a little bit puffed. It was decorated along the chest and sleeves with strings, and only held up by two strings over the shoulders. You were stunned. “Have I ever told you that you have great taste in clothes?” Sojung only grinned and you could really tell how excited she was to see you in it. 

You got changed quickly, and when you were done, you turned around for her to see you - and her mouth hung agape. “Wow. Just wow,” she said and you couldn’t help blushing. You walked over to the full-length mirror by the front door and watched yourself. You weren’t someone who usually dressed up all fancy; you usually didn’t have a reason to. But now that you had, you felt confident. You looked good. The dress hugged your body in just the right places, and it wasn’t too short or too long for your taste. You smiled at the sight in the mirror. 

Sojung’s voice soon interrupted your thoughts. “Jinhyuk is going to love it. And you.” And now you were blushing even harder. You hadn’t thought yet about Jinhyuk seeing you in that dress, and suddenly you got really nervous. He had pretty much never seen you like this, all dressed up, and you were unsure of how he was going to react. 

“Let me do your hair!” Sojung’s mother was a hairstylist, so she had been taught how to work with hair from when she was very young. She always braided your hair for your competitions and put your hair in pretty hairstyles for special occasions. This time, she put your hair up in a cool ponytail and gave your hair some pretty waves. Just as you were about to check yourself out in the mirror, there was a knock on the door. You checked the time on your phone, 7:41, before opening the door - and behind it stood none other than Jinhyuk.

“Oh, you’re early!” you exclaimed, a bit surprised as you didn’t expect to see him so soon.

“And you’re really pretty,” he said and grinned, pulling you in for a hug.

You heard your own heartbeat very loudly in your head. Did he really call me pretty just now?, you thought to yourself. You breathed deeply to try to collect yourself, and put a bright smile on your lips as you pulled away from the hug. Your eyes scanned his outfit; he was wearing a white button-up with thin black vertical stripes, and its hem was lazily tucked into his ripped jeans at some parts. The jeans’ holes over his knees were so large that his whole knees were sticking out - but it looked cool nonetheless. And on his feet, a pair of regular white sneakers that matched his shirt. His outfit was simple, to say the least, yet it made him look very handsome. “Well you don’t look too bad yourself,” you snickered and nudged his side with your elbow.

“Do you need some more time or are you ready to leave?” You nodded and went to grab your phone, and on the way back you saw Sojung who was still watching you with a big smile plastered on her lips. You pulled her in for a hug.

“Thank you so so much,” you whispered to her and squeezed her extra tightly.

“It’s my pleasure,” she said back, pulling away from the hug to smile at you. 

You walked over to Jinhyuk who was holding his out hand for you, and you took it in yours. You put on your shoes and waved a last time to Sojung before leaving through the front door. “How are you feeling?”

You two began walking towards the exit and you let out a small sigh. “A bit nervous, but I’m fine.”

“Don’t be,” His thumb stroked the back of your hand softly as you went out through the front door, heading towards the parking lot. “I won’t leave your side, and you know you can cancel the kissing if you want.”

You nodded to yourself, but couldn’t get any more words out of your mouth. You wanted to do it, you really did - you really wanted people to think of you two as a legit couple for the contest - but it frightened you. A lot. Just the thought of being that close to Jinhyuk, kissing Jinhyuk, in front of all these people made you dizzy. But you had to stay strong.

You two soon reached Jinhyuk’s car which was parked in the school’s parking lot. As the party was going to be in an apartment off-campus, there was a drive of a couple of minutes, but Jinhyuk filled it up by talking to you about all kinds of nonsense to calm you down. When you arrived at Wooseok’s apartment, Jinhyuk ran around the car to the passenger’s seat to open the door for you and help you out. You smiled at his actions and thanked him, and he threw his arm around your waist to keep you close before leading you inside.

The room you first entered was the combined hallway/living room, with big speakers playing some kind of EDM music and lamps shooting beams in green and blue all over the room. There was a smell of alcohol, so strong your nose itched a bit. The room was filled with students with red cups in their hands, some dancing slowly and out of sync to the music, some just standing upright and talking. “Let’s find Wooseok,” Jinhyuk said and you nodded at him.

The room was so crowded that it was hard for you to get through, and Jinhyuk’s grip on your waist tightened, making sure that you wouldn’t fall away into the mass. You two made it into the kitchen after a few moments, and there was Wooseok, chatting with a girl who was sitting on a kitchen counter. You hadn’t seen her on campus before, but you assumed she went to your school - but you thought she must’ve been in a lower grade than you, as she looked a few years younger. She had light brown wavy hair that framed her pretty looks, and dark freckles that were sprinkled across her face.

“What’s up, man?” Jinhyuk said when you approached the two of them.

“Hey, I’m glad you both could make it!” Wooseok snickered, a grin spreading across his lips. “Guys, this is Natasha.” He introduced the girl and she waved to you with a cute smile. “Natasha, this is Jinhyuk and Y/N.”

“It’s nice to meet you,” you said and Jinhyuk nodded next to you.

“You too!” Natasha exclaimed and pulled a hand through her big, fluffy hair to get it out of her face.

You could really understand why Wooseok liked her (if it was actually real and not just to get on better terms with her father, that is). Everything about her was pretty - her smile, her nose, her hair, her eyes. If Wooseok is actually using her, you thought to yourself, then this is awful. Then she deserves someone much better.

The boys soon got immersed in a discussion about some football game, and Natasha was pulled away after a little while by one of her friends to the living room-area. You weren’t particularly interested in the conversation going on, but as you scouted the room you didn’t notice anyone familiar, so you had nowhere to go. So you stayed right next to Jinhyuk. And his arm never left its place around your waist.

After a while, you felt a tap on your shoulder. Turning around, you saw someone you knew. Kim Jiyeon, a senior and the greatest batter of the softball team. You two weren’t exactly best friends, but as you were teammates, you knew each other well.

“Hey girl! I didn’t think you’d make it,” she rejoiced and pulled you in for a hug.

Giving her a squeeze back, you smiled to yourself at her excitement. “It’s nice to see you!” You two pulled away from the hug. “I didn’t know you’d be here.”

“Well, this guy forced me to come here with him,” she said and pointed towards the boy standing behind her - Lee Hangyul, the baseball team’s strongest shortstop. He was responsible for more double plays than any other shortstop in the league last season. He was also a quite nice guy, one of the few boys on the team who didn’t consider himself “too cool” to talk to you softball players. He and Jiyeon were sworn best friends, and according to them only so - though a lot of people thought there was something else going on between them.

The boys broke off their chitchat and you all five started small-talking together instead. The boys soon went to get some drinks, and Jinhyuk kissed your cheek as he mumbled into your ear that he’d be back any minute.

Jiyeon leaned against a kitchen counter before she started talking. “So... How are you feeling about the competition? Are you nervous?”

You were confused. What contest was she talking about? “Do you mean the national championships?” you asked, to which she shook her head and smiled at you.

“No, the one tonight.” You searched through your mind. Did Jinhyuk mention any contest? Had your memory been erased in some magical way? Jiyeon saw your struggle and spoke up again. “The kissing contest. The round of ~too hot~, don’t you know? You and Jinhyuk are up against Natasha and Wooseok. The couple the crowd likes the most wins.”

Your heart stopped. Was this for real? You weren’t only going to kiss Jinhyuk in front of all these people, but you were going to be judged by them? The thought of them watching your every move, how your mouth moved against his, made your stomach twist. Your mind went blank and you stopped breathing for a few seconds.

A hand on your shoulder woke you up again. “Y/N? What’s going on?” Jiyeon’s voice echoed through your head along with the loud music and you blinked a couple of times to try to see clearer. Everything was dark. Your breathing became heavier.

“I-I-I need to get some air...” you let out all in one breath before turning around and moving as quickly as you could through the crowd. There were people everywhere, dancing and hollering at each other. The tunes coming out of the speakers made your head hurt, and the extreme smell of alcohol didn’t make it any better. As you pushed yourself between the students, you felt a strong pain in your chest and your breathing intensified. I just need to get outside, you thought to yourself. I just need some air...

Finally, after what felt like hours, you found a back door that lead to Wooseok’s small backyard. Pulling the handle down with all the power you had left in your body, you let the door slide open and you threw yourself outside, letting it close behind you. You sat down on the grass and it was as if you finally let loose. Like everything just poured out of you. The anxiety over having to kiss him in front of someone, anyone at all, and the anxiety of knowing they will judge you from all that you do. You started hyperventilating, and now tears were falling along your cheeks nonstop. You felt like someone was choking you. The world was spinning and you reached forward with trembling hands to try to stabilize yourself to the ground.

Suddenly, your arms were pulled gently up over your head and your hands were held by another large pair of hands. “Breathe,” a voice whispered lowly.

You recognized it - it was Jinhyuk’s.

“Do it with me. Breathe in,” he said and really emphasized the in, signaling for you to take it slow. “and out.” And so he continued. You tried your best to follow him, even though it was hard.

And Jinhyuk was nothing but patient with you. He took it slow, and focused on helping you bring you up from all of this. His thumbs alternated between stroking the back of your hands and wiping tears off your cheeks.

When you eventually calmed down and could breathe properly again, you felt another wave of feelings wash over you - but this time, it was feelings of embarrassment. You had been sitting here crying like a total freak, in front of one of the most popular boys in school, a boy you knew talked to all his friends about almost everything - especially when it came to girls.

You looked away as he let go of your hands, and could feel your cheeks heating up instantly. Your hand went up to draw your fingers through your hair, a habit of yours for whenever you got embarrassed. “Are you okay?” the boy in front of you asked, seemingly worried.

“Yes,” you spoke in a weak voice, feeling like your voice wasn’t strong enough not to crack if you were to say anything else.

“What caused all of this? Is it the kiss?”

You shook your head. ”No...” you mumbled. “or, yes, kind of. I don’t know.” A couple of lonely tears ran along your cheek once again. “I heard about the... competition.”

“The what?”

“There’s apparently some kind of contest between you and me, and Wooseok and Natasha.”

You looked up at him after finishing your sentence, and Jinhyuck pulled a face you couldn’t quite understand, but he looked really confused. “What?!”

“Jiyeon told me about it, and...” You let out a sigh. “something just happened. I couldn’t control it. I needed to get out of there.”

Suddenly, Jinhyuck pulled his arms around you and engulfed you into a soft hug. “There’s absolutely no pressure to do this, okay? We can go back to the dorm right now if you’d like to.”

Shaking your head, you pulled away from the hug and wiped away the last of your tears. “I can go through with the kissing, it’s just the contest that I’m not up for.”

“I could go inside and tell them to call it off?”

You looked up at him with hope in your eyes. “Could you do that?”

He nodded and smiled at you. “Of course. Anything for you.”

A weight lifted off your shoulders and you could finally smile again. Did he really mean that? Saying that was really sweet of him, and it didn’t seem like he only said it for the deal - it seemed like he genuinely cared for you.

“Thank you.” He nodded and reached forward to cup your face, stroking your cheek with his thumb ever so softly, before standing up and walking back towards the house. But as he was about to enter, the door was opened by someone else - Seungyoun.

“Is she okay?” He asked, shooting a worried glance over towards you.

Jinhyuk nodded. “Just... be gentle with her,” he muttered under his breath before heading in to the party and letting Seungyoun walk over to you.

190807 Unho Yunho mentioned in Radio Star

"Kim Jinhyuk met Yunho in a broadcast station's restroom. Yunho greeted "Hello" passionately!

Jinhyuk wondered how to greet Yunho or tell Yunho he is his role model, worried that he'd be disturbing his senior.

But Yunho said "Ah anyway! Work hard! Let's go!" before rushing to do his stage."

“sometimes, you find love where you’d least expect it.” 

☽ baseball team captain!jinhyuck x softball team captain!reader

☽ college!au    

☽ ft. up10tion’s jinhyuck, uniq’s seungyoun, up10tion’s wooseok and most likely other produce x 101 contestants aswell

☽ also kim jiyeon, cho sojung and kim hyunjung of wjsn just to have a face to those names, but if you want to imagine your own people go ahead because this is mainly a produce x 101 fic

☽ fluff and bits of angst, possibly more mature content but only following a warning

☽ second person view, female reader who goes by your name (y/n) 

☽ word count  : 1.4k 

☽ finished at 2019-07-15, 1:00 am 

☽ a/n : sorry for writing it as jinhyuCK instead of jinhyuK... consider this my fight back against the weird romanization of the korean language! but hey here’s the first chapter, i hope you enjoy!

Masterlist l Chapter one l Chapter two l Chapter three l Chapter four l Chapter five

↬ You were not someone who longed for love. You could watch couples in the campus café and you think that you were happy for them - nothing more. It wasn’t something that you thought about daily, the need to fall in love or get a partner, unlike some of your other friends. You would always joke that your best friend Sojung was a hallway major, always strolling around the hallways talking to boys instead of actually being in the classrooms and listening to the teachers. You, however, studied as a real student would; but after school hours, all your time was spent working out or practicing. 

You were the greatest pitcher in your softball team, and that hadn’t exactly come easily. You had put down a great amount of practice in your younger years to get a scholarship in this college, which was the best one in all of Korea when it came to softball and baseball. But that wasn’t the final goal, only a pit stop on the way. You wanted to become one of the very best and play in the biggest leagues, and this education really helped you on your way. But in order to not lose your scholarship and get sent back to your hometown, you also needed to stay focused in class. Your coaches and teachers had made it very clear to you that they would not keep anyone in school who was failing the classes. Somewhere along the way, you had also become the team captain, thanks to your happy and positive nature that dragged your teammates forwards at every game against other schools. As a team captain, you have a great responsibility and can not slack around to expect everyone else to do hard work, just because you radiate good vibes - you need to be the one who practices the hardest and the most often, and motivates everyone else to do the same. 

So even if you had been wishing for love, there wouldn’t be time. You had to stay focused every minute in school so that you wouldn’t need to study overtime, and as soon as classes ended you made it to practice. And the little free time you had? It was needed to recover and rest your body so you could continue improving and grow even stronger. 

You had many friends who understood your situation. A lot of the girls in your team had similar positions, being on scholarships and needing to focus both in class and on field, but they were all very well aware that you were overworking yourself. Even the boys in the baseball team weren’t working as hard as you. But maybe they weren’t aiming as high as you either. 

There was one boy though who was very similar to you in terms of hard work. His name was Lee Jinhyuck; the baseball team’s captain and also their strongest batter. He was known to be one of the most popular boys on campus, as talent often brought fame - along with something else he had a lot of; good looks. 

Though this was something that might be changing in the future. Not his good looks, that is, but his fame and his status in the team. At least according to your friend Seungyoun, who was a baseman in the baseball team. 

The two of you were chatting a bit as you had just finished your practice, and he was about to begin his. “Well, he’s losing his status. You know Wooseok, right?” he asked and leaned his arm on the wall next to him in the corridor you two were currently talking in. You nodded at him and he continued talking. “He’s dating the coach’s daughter...” 

You couldn’t help but let your mouth hang agape. “Really? That’s insane...” 

“She’s a freshman, aswell...” You chuckled. That meant she was three years younger than you, as you were in your last year in school, a senior. “Word has it that he’s only doing it because he thinks the coach will see him as the best batter. And you know who’s got that position right now...” 

“Jinhyuck.” You were friends with a couple of the boys in the team, including Jinhyuck, though you weren’t really close to any of them except for Seungyoun. But he enjoyed gossiping, so you were aware of almost all the small in intrigues and things going on in the team. It felt almost like you were in fact friends with them, as you knew everything from what their personalities were like and what things they’ve said about their girlfriends. 

“Apparently it’s a cool thing to have a girlfriend, and it’s a cool thing to be picked by the coach. And, well, Jinhyuck hasn’t had a girlfriend ever since Siyeon...” Seungyoun muttered, really stressing the name of Jinhyuck’s latest girlfriend as they didn’t exactly end... well. You nodded and he checked his watch. “Oh, two minutes until I need to go. Let’s talk quicker.” 

You chuckled again. “I don’t really see the problem though. Why doesn’t he just get another girlfriend? Is that so hard?” 

“Well spoken from a person who hasn’t had a real lover in like... ever?” You stuck out your tongue at him. “But honestly though, don’t you know what she said about him? She thought he was too lazy and never wanted to spend any time doing anything other than like, cuddle. So he apparently isn’t really boyfriend material.” 

“Oh, is that so?” He nodded and you thought about it for a moment. From what you had noticed of Jinhyuck, he wasn’t someone who struck you as a lazy type. And he wasn’t someone who struck you as the do-not-date-type either. Nor the not-boyfriend-material-type. He was handsome, had a sweet personality, was fit and was really talented, so you didn’t really understand the fuzz. But again, you hadn’t been in a serious relationship that lasted for more than a few weeks since... You couldn’t even remember when. Did you lack that part that made you understand the dateability of boys since you hadn’t been interested, and since it hadn’t been one of your priorities? 

“Hey,” Seungyoun interrupted your thoughts. “aren’t you going to sign up for prom queen? Apparently the prom committee needs the applicants pretty early so that they can prepare for the voting.” 

You sighed. Becoming prom queen had been one of your biggest wishes, non-sport wishes, ever since you had been really young - well, isn’t it everyone’s? Standing on the stage in front of all your schoolmates, all the people who have voted for you, and accepting the crown, looking over at the person who’s just been crowned king- and right. There’s that problem again. The king. “Well, this year, they changed the rules. You’re only allowed to compete as couples. So first of all, I would need a partner-” 

“Already screwed.” You huffed and acted mad, pushing his shoulder lightly. “Okay, okay, go on.” 

“And second of all, you’d need to be a popular couple in order for people to actually vote for you. So we’ll see how it goes.” 

“I believe in you! You’ll just have to-” 

“Cho Seungyoun! Get your ass on field right this instant, you’re already late!” his coach yelled at him, and he quickly put on his helmet and waved goodbye to you before running away towards the field. You laughed at him as you could see his face redden up as he got scolded by the coach in front of all his teammates. 

You stood in your place for a while, leaning against the wall and thinking about all you had discussed with Seungyoun. Wooseok dating the coach’s daughter just to get an advantage while playing; your failed hopes at becoming prom queen in my last year of college; and Jinhyuck, who apparently is falling in the boys’ hierarchy. 

As you were standing there, lost in thought, suddenly Jinhyuck came off the court and into the hallway you were standing in. He waved at you and gave you a sweet smile, which you answered with a quick “hi”, before heading straight into the dressing room. 

“sometimes, you find love where you’d least expect it.”

☽ baseball team captain!jinhyuck x softball team captain!reader

☽ college!au    

☽ ft. up10tion’s jinhyuck, uniq’s seungyoun, up10tion’s wooseok and most likely other produce x 101 contestants aswell

☽ also kim jiyeon, cho sojung and kim hyunjung of wjsn just to have a face to those names, but if you want to imagine your own people go ahead because this is mainly a produce x 101 fic

☽ fluff and bits of angst, possibly more mature content but only following a warning

☽ second person view, female reader who goes by your name (y/n)

☽ word count  : 2.2k

☽ finished at 2019-07-22,12:35 pm

☽ a/n : still writing it as jinhyuCK instead of jinhyuK, sorry guys. blame the korean language for being weird (or blame all the other languages for being weird?? korean is actually kinda cool). hope you guys enjoy this! feel free to leave any feedback! 

Masterlist l Chapter one l Chapter two l Chapter three l Chapter four l Chapter five

↬ You took a deep breath and opened the door to the boys’ dressing room. At an instant, you regretted your decision when you saw that Jinhyuck was in the middle of taking his shirt off. This looks bad, you thought to yourself. Luckily there’s no one else in here, so if I just look down and quietly sneak out- 

“Y/N?” Jinhyuck’s sweet voice called and you looked up at him. His hair was a bit damp from sweating at practice, and his toned upper body seemingly wasn’t something he was ashamed of. He grinned at you. “Did you take the wrong dressing room?” 

“Well, I-I-” you stuttered. That was a first. Jinhyuk wasn’t usually someone to make you stutter. You were used to his joking nature but in some way, your mind was too crowded right now to make out a sentence. Or, it was just the fact that he still hadn’t put on a shirt that made you like this. “Actually, no. I came in here to talk to you.” He cocked an eyebrow at you and sat down on one of the benches, looking through his bag after something. Hopefully a shirt to put on. “I have an offer to make. But this is kind of secret, so I’d just like for you to check so that there isn’t a naked man in the shower who could overhear us right now.” 

He chuckled and muttered a “fair enough” before heading towards the showers. “No one here, so go on.” 

You took a few steps into the room and closed the door after yourself, before sitting down at the bench opposite of where he had now sat down again. “I’m just going to get straight to the point. You know that prom’s coming up, I’m sure?” 

He nodded. “I wasn’t planning on attending, but yeah.” 

“What do you mean you aren’t attending?” you playfully scolded him and he shrugged. “It’s the highlight of the year! And the highlight of the prom is the coronation of the prom king and queen.” 

“Yuck.” 

You leaned forward and pushed his shoulder. “Hey! Can you at least listen?” He chuckled again and nodded, leaning back on the wall and crossing his arms over his chest. “Becoming prom queen has been my dream since I was a very young little girl. And this is my final chance, since it’s my senior year.”

“Where do I get into the picture?” He sighed and looked at the clock hanging on the wall. “I have an ongoing practice, you know.” 

“Yes, I’ll make it quick. Here’s the thing; the committee this year only takes in actual couples for the applicants for prom king and queen. And to gain votes, the couple would have to be popular.” You took a deep breath, not believing you were actually about to say the next sentence. “And what would make a more popular couple than the team captains of both the baseball and softball team?”

He frowned. “Wait a second... You’re saying you and I should become a couple? Just for you to win some stupid crown?” 

“It’s not stupid,” you warned and held out a finger in the air to show him how serious you were - to which he could only laugh. 

“And what would I get out of this?” 

“If I said that I’ve heard from a little bird that one particular team captain has had problems finding a girlfriend recently, would that bird have been telling the truth?” 

“Yes, but-”

“And if another bird told me that relationships, for some stupid reason, brings you higher up in the hierarchy, and that this particular team captain has been falling down a bit recently due to another player dating the coach’s daughter? Would he still be telling the truth?” 

“Who’s giving you all this information?” 

“That doesn’t matter.” You shrugged. “Think about it. You’ll win over the boys in no time, and you’ll look popular around campus. And it would make it easier for you to begin dating again afterward, since people will think that if one person can put up with you, why can’t anyone else?” 

“You’re smart, Y/N, have I ever told you that?” You grinned and shrugged again. “So what exactly is it that you want me to do?”

“You pretend to date me. No strings, no feelings. You only take me out for a couple of dates every once in a while to show people that we are a great couple that they want to vote for as prom king and queen.” He nodded. “But we have to be great actors. We have to make everyone believe us.” 

“I can do that. I was really close to choosing my drama scholarship over this one.” He winked at you. 

“No way, you can not have gotten a drama scholarship!” 

There was a moment of silence where the two of you only looked at each other, no words being said, but he was looking at you with a face as if he was trying to make you believe in him. But you didn’t. “Fine, okay. But you almost believed me, didn’t you?” 

“...no.” 

He groaned and you laughed at his response. “Okay I should get back out on the field, but we can discuss this later?” 

You nodded. “Text me when your practice is over.” He gave you a thumbs up before pulling his shirt back on, thank god, grabbing his helmet and running out of the room. 

A couple of hours later, you had finished showering and laid on your bed in a pair of black tights and a hoodie, scrolling through your chemistry textbook to study for your upcoming test. Your phone buzzed and dragged you out of your thoughts, and on the lit-up screen was a text from Jinhyuck.

8:21  - Hey, should I bring dinner? I was planning on buying takeout

You realized from the text that you hadn’t eaten any dinner so far, and it was getting pretty late so the campus cafeteria would most likely close soon. You typed out an answer quickly.

8:22 - yes please! thank you!

You continued your studying and you weren’t interrupted again until a moment later, when there was a knock on your dorm room door. The bathroom door opened and out came your roommate Hyunjung, who told you “I’ll get it!” and reached for the door before you could even say a word. And as she opened the door, she revealed Jinhyuck who was standing there in a pair of loose jeans and a white T-shirt, a take out bag in one hand. “Oh, hello there,” she said, trying to hide her surprise.

“Hello! And hello, Y/N!” He looked past her and over to you, and gave you a small wave.

“Hi! Come in, come in,” you said and waved for him to do so and closed your book, putting it on the floor. You stood up and walked over to him, who was in the middle of taking his shoes off, when you saw that Hyunjung was backing away, giving you a face you couldn’t quite translate. Suddenly, Jinhyuck placed the bag on the floor and pulled you in for a tight hug. It took you by surprise; the two of you had never hugged before, but you weren’t exactly complaining. He was a great hugger. But you quickly realized that he had begun the act already. You smiled at the thought of him improvising like this.

“I have to go talk to Sojung about something,” Hyunjung started and you pulled away from the hug. “so I’ll see you later!” You nodded and waved at her as she sneaked behind you two and out through the door.

“Great Improvisation,” you said as soon as the door closed.

He grinned. “I’ve been planning to do that if she was here for fifteen minutes.” Your heart fluttered. Did he really think about hugging me? you thought, but then reminded yourself that it’s probably all just to make it more believable. Don’t get the wrong impression now, Y/N. 

You chuckled at him, but quickly changed your attention to the take out bag. “What did you get?”

“I got Chinese! Easy to eat right out of the box,” he responded and you both went over to the small dining table in the dorm. The table only had two chairs so it was very fitting right now. He pulled the boxes out of the bag, handing you one along with a pair of chopsticks. “So... about the thing...”

“It’s just the two of us in here so no one can hear, you can speak clearly.” You grinned at him and opened the box before breaking apart the chopsticks.

“Okay, okay. Here’s the thing; I feel like if we’re going to do something about this, we’re kind of in a rush because Wooseok is gaining popularity, my popularity, real quick and I’m losing it in the same speed. And prom is only like, what? Four months away? Five? If we want to compete with other couples who’s been together for longer times, we’ll have to work quickly.”

“So what’s your plan?” you questioned, both of you taking a bite of your food. He looked up at you with a frown. “What? You seem so matter-of-factly so I just assumed you’d have one...”

“You’re lucky because...” He released his frown and grinned instead. “I did actually think about it. We could say that we just started dating, but it could seem a bit suspicious if we like, just became friends and then go forward quickly. So, may I suggest,” You smiled at him as you continued eating. This boy had so much energy and seemed so into the thing already that it made you want to laugh. “We pretend that we’ve been ~casually seeing~ each other for a while now and decided to make it official just now.” 

“I must say, I never thought you’d be this creative.” 

He made a shocked face at you and jokingly held his heart, pretending to be hurt. “How dare you?” he cried out and you laughed. You had never seen this side of him before. This cute, energetic side. He was a really calm type around school and always was kind to everyone, so he made a lot of friends naturally. He looks like a tough guy and thanks to his nice front, he made a lot of friends. But not a lot of people could really get to his core, nor see his real deep personality. But you were hoping you would come closer to him; otherwise, people wouldn’t believe you two in your act. 

“How about skinship?” 

“Well, I guess it’s going to have to increase as this goes on to make it seem believable.” You got a lump in your throat when just thinking about it. You hadn’t had any of that kind of skinship with anyone since your last boyfriend. It made you feel weird - but then you reminded yourself. He is nothing but a friend, so it won’t be weird. “Holding hands is like a pretty basic must, I would say. And maybe like hugging when we greet and say goodbye? And like an occasional kiss on the cheek at times? Would you be comfortable with that?” 

You actually weren’t entirely sure what you felt. It had been a while since you went through and did all of those things, and you’d never done it with just a friend before. It was going to feel weird, but you reminded yourself that you needed to work hard for what you wanted. You’d just have to get used to it. “Yes, sure.” You took another bite of your food, swallowing it down with some water before continuing to speak. “And you?” 

“Yeah, it’s fine. Do you want your arms over mine or below mine in a hug?” 

You frowned but kept your smile. “What?” 

He stood up and walked over to the chair you were sitting on. “Stand up.” You shook your head and chuckled, but followed his instructions and stood up next to him. You hadn’t until now realized how tall he was. He was probably a bit taller than the average, and a lot taller than you. And the way he was smiling down at you made you understand why he was so popular - his looks weren’t exactly failing him. “Hug me.” You could only let out a sound that you guess would be the vocal version of ~?!~, and he laughed at you. “Do it. And try to make it natural.” 

“Well the chances of that are about 0% now,” you muttered and he chuckled, but you pulled your arms around him. And he pulled his around you. It was a bit weird but you tried to relax into the hug, and you rested your head on top of his shoulder. 

“This is good, hm? It feels almost natural?” You hummed in response. “Okay, so my arms are above yours, almost around your neck, and your arms are around my body. Let’s remember this now so it looks good to others later, hm?” You pulled away and nodded at him. 

“sometimes, you find love where you’d least expect it.”

☽ baseball team captain!jinhyuck x softball team captain!reader

☽ college!au    

☽ ft. up10tion’s jinhyuck, uniq’s seungyoun, up10tion’s wooseok and most likely other produce x 101 contestants aswell

☽ also kim jiyeon, cho sojung and kim hyunjung of wjsn just to have a face to those names, but if you want to imagine your own people go ahead because this is mainly a produce x 101 fic

☽ fluff and bits of angst, possibly more mature content but only following a warning

☽ second person view, female reader who goes by your name (y/n)

☽ word count  : 2.3k 

☽ finished at 2019-08-25, 11:05 am est 

☽ a/n : FINALLY JINHYUK ! gonna go back and change it in the other chapters aswell sometime when i have time. don’t be shy to leave any (constructive) feedback bbs! i hope you have a wonderful day and that school isn’t killing you so far. <3

Masterlist l Chapter one l Chapter two l Chapter three l Chapter four l Chapter five

↬ You weren’t a shy type of person. Heck, you were one of the most extrovert and outgoing people your friends knew. So it was nothing weird when they confronted you about being so quiet around Jinhyuk. 

Today was Thursday, and you had entered your fake relationship with Jinhyuk only three days ago, but the two of you had spent a lot of time together so far. You had eaten lunch together a couple of times, and you had hung out with him and the other boys from the team a bit aswell. Hyunjung and Sojung easily noticed how you weren’t acting quite... yourself around him. “Is something wrong? Is he being mean to you? Does he not want you to be your usual loud self?” Sojung asked when you three had gathered in your and Hyunjung’s room after school. 

“It’s nothing like that...,” you began, sitting down by your desk to try to catch up on some homework. “I just get nervous, you know? It’s been a while since I’ve had an actual boyfriend. And I just want to be accepted by his friends before, you know, getting loud.” 

“But didn’t you say you two dated for a while before telling us? Were you quiet like this then too?” Hyunjung asked as she threw herself onto the couch. 

“No, of course not,” you scoffed. “It’s different when it’s just him and me.” You looked down into your englishbook, the room growing quiet for a couple of moments. But you soon gave up on studying and turned around in your chair. “Also, he asked me to go with him to Wooseok’s party tomorrow.” For a while, none of them said anything. They stopped in their tracks, their thoughts not processing quickly enough for them to say anything. “What’s the problem?” 

“A-are you okay with that? Going to that party?” Sojung asked and you frowned at her. 

“Why?” 

“You know what they do to new couples there, right?” 

You thought about it. Had Jinhyuk mentioned anything special? “No...” 

Sojung gasped. “Jeez, you’re about to go to Wooseok’s party with your new boyfriend and you don’t even know what you’ve signed up for. You’re unbelievable.” 

“How about you just tell me already, hm?” you asked, a bit passive-aggressively.

“Wooseok always throws a party in his apartment when there’s a new couple in the team, and this time there are two; you and Jinhyuk, and Wooseok and Natasha.” Ah right, Natasha was the coach’s daughter. “In the middle of the party, everyone gathers in the living room, and the new couple is told to play a modified version too hot.” I knew what that was. It’s a game where two people kiss without any other body parts than their lips touching each other, and the one who touches the other first looses. “But instead of having one of the partners losing, they just challenge the couple to see for how long they can do it. I guess they want to test how close the couple has become and how comfortable they are with each other, and if they’re comfortable enough to kiss in front of other people. If they do not go through with the game though...” She grimaced.

“What? Why that face?”

“They get teased about it a lot. A lot. Most couples can’t handle that pressure, so they break up after it. You know Seungwoo and his old girlfriend? They were such a great fit and they were so cute together, but they couldn’t handle being picked on like that.”

You sighed. How come Jinhyuk hadn’t told you about this? Did he want you to not know about it just to like what, embarrass you and get picked on?

Interrupting your thoughts was a knock on the door. You stood up and walked over to it, and behind it stood in fact that boy you had just been talking about. He was there to pick you up for practice, as both of your practices began at the same time.

“Hey,” he said and grinned, leaning over to you to give you a hug - but you only put a finger in his chest and pushed him off. A confused look spread across his face.

“We need to talk, young man,” you demanded and frowned, which didn’t exactly ease the look on his face.

“...okay.” He nodded slowly. “Do you have your bag?”

“Yes,” you hummed and grabbed your practice bag from next to the door, before looking over your shoulder and waving at the girls sitting in your couch, Jinhyuk doing the same. The two of you walked out through your front door, closing it behind you, and Jinhyuk took your hand in his. It had almost become a habit for you - when you were walking somewhere together, you held hands. But still, it made your stomach bubble a bit in excitement every time. You tried to control it with your usual thought; it’s only acting.

“So?” He asked as you began walking towards the exit.

“So?”

He sighed. “You wanted to talk to me.”

“Not in here, you never know who’s eavesdropping.” He chuckled but understood, and you two continued walking quietly through the hallways and out through the front door. You kept quiet for a little while more, wanting to get a bit away from the building before talking. Someone with good ears, or a purpose of overhearing, could still easily hear you two through an open window if you were too close. Just as Jinhyuk started thinking it was weird that you still were quiet, you stopped in your tracks and faced him. “Were you planning on telling me about the party?”

He frowned. “What do you mean? Wooseok‘s party?”

“You know what I’m talking about.” His eyes enlargened and he looked like he was trying to think about what you could mean. “What they do to new couples. The round of too hot.”

“...Oh. That.”

“Didn’t you plan on telling me? Did you want me to freak out and not have any idea what to do?”

“I was going to tell you. Today.”

“Wow, you’re really a man of great planning, Jinhyuk!” you scoffed and rolled your eyes at him.

“We don’t have to do it if you don’t want to, you know,” he told you and gave your hand a light squeeze.

You sighed. “What’s the other option? Get teased and not win the crown?”

“You’ve got to put your own well-being first, you know. I know you want to win, but-“

“I’ll just have to get on with it.” You cut him off mid-sentence. “It’s not like it means anything anyway, it’s just acting.” You knew that your words were true, yet it still made your heart race even thinking about it. Now, the problem was deciding if it was the kissing itself that made you feel like this - or kissing Jinhyuk in particular. You hoped for the first one. Something you had understood pretty early was that it would be bad to catch feelings for a person you’re fake dating when you’re sure that the other person doesn’t have any feelings, so you were trying your best to avoid it.

“Just let me know if you change your mind, hm?” You nodded and smiled at him before the two of you started walking towards the court again. “How are you feeling about nationals? Are you excited?”

Right. The national championships. The first games were coming up soon, so the team was practicing extra hard. The baseball championships and softball championships weren’t the same year, so the competition was only every two years for you, and this year was the softball championships. Last time, you weren’t participating - you were considered “too young”, even though you had clear talents, and so you were placed on the stands to cheer. And this year, it wasn’t only your first national championships, but it was also your first time as the team captain and first pitcher. So you were extremely nervous.

“Excited, yes, but also nervous.”

“Why so? Aren’t you practicing real hard?” He teased and you stuck out your tongue at him.

“Of course I am. But...” You sighed. “It’s my first time.” 

“Didn’t you play last time?” 

“No, I was cut last-minute last time.” 

“Yikes.” He chuckled. “I knew your coach was harsh, but...” 

“It’s also my first big tournament as the team captain, which means the pressure will be huge on me handling the entire team and getting everyone to play their best and-”

He cut you off in the middle of your rant by stopping in his tracks, making you get pulled to a stop as well due to your hands still holding each other’s. “You’re going to do well,” he started and cupped your cheek with his free hand. “I know so. Don’t be nervous.” And he flashed you one of his pretty smiles. And you weren’t quite sure what to do. It helped you, it really did; you felt a lot less nervous, knowing that he seemed to genuinely believe you could do well. You let out another sigh, but a more happy one this time, letting a small smile crack up on your lips, as you nodded. 

The rest of the walk was pretty silent. The court and practice center laid pretty close to the schools main building, only about a ten-minute walk, so you arrived pretty soon. But before you pulled up at the building, a couple of meters away, Jinhyuk stopped again. 

“About tomorrow though...” He looked a bit around you two to make sure no one was listening. “Should we do something? Like to prepare?” 

You shot him a questioning look. 

“I mean... Like... Practice? Or something?” You chuckled lowly and shook your head. 

“What?” 

He thought for a moment, dragging a hand through his hair. “Okay, like this. Have you ever kissed someone?” 

You froze. The last kiss you could remember was when you kissed a classmate on his cheek in second grade. So, you weren’t exactly experienced. But you couldn’t tell Jinhyuk that. “O-of course I have!” 

“Why the stutter?” 

You hit his arm. “It’s October and we’re outside in the cold, people stutter when they’re cold. Let’s go inside.” 

“Wait, what do you think? About the... practice?” 

You considered it for a while, before beginning to walk inside, shooting a look behind you to Jinhyuk who was still standing there. “Meet me in my room at 9.”

And right on time was a knock on your door from him. You silently thanked the gods that Hyunjung had gone out to study in the library at the moment, as you made your way over to open the door for him.

“Are we alone?” he asked and threw a glance around the room to make sure, and you nodded. “Good. This could’ve been weird otherwise.” He walked over to stand a few meters into the room, and you closed the door behind him, following him to stand in front of him. “Okay, so...”

“First, there’s something I’ve been meaning to ask you,” you said and he nodded for you to go on. “You know that test I had the other day, the chemistry one, did I tell you about that?”

He shook his head.

“Then how did you know?”

He grinned. “I’ve got my sources.”

You hit his shoulder. “Hey!”

“Okay, okay,” he laughed. “You know Hangyul from the team? He’s in your chemistry class, right? And he mentioned something about a chemistry test that day.” You frowned, a bit confused. “I thought it would be a nice thing to say in front of all our friends, to make it seem like you had talked about your worries to me earlier on a date or over text or something.”

Jinhyuk was going deeper into this whole fake-relationship thing than you thought. Had he really made that connection in his mind and thought about you when Hangyul mentioned it? You smiled, quite satisfied with the whole situation - maybe this whole thing was going to be easy for you if you had Jinhyuk by your side.

“Now, when was your last kiss?” You remained silent. “You can be honest with me. I won’t judge.”

Now here was a dilemma. Telling him the truth would be awkward, and you were scared that he would make fun of you about it. You were a person who always made your best to tell the truth - except for a couple of white lies every now and then - as you know that it is something that helps strengthen all kinds of relationships. And you knew that looking back at this situation, you would realize that it would make pretty much everything about this situation easier if you told the truth. With that in mind, you took a deep breath and looked down. “A bunch of years ago, maybe first grade? Second? I’m not sure.”

“Then, will you be comfortable with me being your first kiss as a young adult?” he teased with a grin in the corner of his mouth, but you could still feel how sincere his question was. How he really wondered if you’d be alright. You nodded and looked up at him again, into his eyes that were filled with nothing but calm. “I’ll lead you, don’t worry.”

His right hand moved down to cup your cheek ever so delicately, his thumb slowly stroking over your soft skin. His

And as his face lowered towards yours, and his lips touched yours for the first time ever, your mind wandered away to think about the whole situation again. About how fast everything had gone. You had entered this fake relationship only this Monday, and now, four days later, you stood kissing a boy you were barely even friends with before this week began.

“why do you ask?”

“there’s a guy i would like for you to meet.” you let out a sigh. you knew how this would end. ever since yeji had gotten herself a boyfriend recently, she had begun to feel sorry for you (even though you had been very clear that you weren’t exactly looking for love at the moment - schoolwork was taking up too much of your free time) and had therefore been trying to set you up with a lot of her single friends lately - pretending that all three of you were going out for a friendly drink or coffee, but every single one ended in the same way. something would come up for her and she would sadly need to leave this wonderful meeting, but the two of you can continue talking ay?. the boys she was trying to set you up weren’t exactly great, either - you can say there’s a reason to why they were single. you were tired of her tries, since they only ended up wasting your time. time you could’ve spent studying or watching netflix, instead of sitting in some awkward silence with a boy you had never met before, and hoped to never meet again. 

“not happening,” you muttered and took a sip from your water bottle before picking up your phone to scroll through instagram. 

“why? it’s friday night, don’t tell me you’re going to spend it alone with your homework.” 

“well, if it had been with my homework, it wouldn’t be all alone huh?” just as you had asked your question, a pillow came flying right over your head, only missing it by a few centimeters. “okay, i get it. well first of all,” you put down your phone and looked over at yeji who was looking at you with a skeptic expression on her face. “your blind dates suck. honestly. are you even dates with those people?”

“...i know them from class?”

“not good enough. and second,” you let out another sigh to buy you time, as you were thinking up a lie that you could tell to get her off your back. “i actually have a date for tonight.” 

she scoffed. “that’s bullshit. want me to throw another pillow at you?”

“well, you missed the last one, so-” you were cut off by the pillow crashing into your face. 

“so? you’re dating someone?”

crap. you didn’t think this through. you didn’t think she would ask extra questions. 

“i-i mean...” your brain worked quickly to try to make up another lie, one that was more believable than the first one. “i wouldn’t call it dating, we’re just... casually seeing each other.” great. this way she won’t think it’s too big of a deal and force you to let her meet him. 

“quit the sugar coating. who is he? what’s his name? what’s he like?” 

“his name is...”

—

part 1 part 2

“sometimes, you find love where you’d least expect it.” 

☽ baseball team captain!jinhyuck x softball team captain!reader

☽ college!au 

☽ ft. up10tion’s jinhyuck, uniq’s seungyoun, up10tion’s wooseok and most likely other produce x 101 contestants aswell

☽ also kim jiyeon, cho sojung and kim hyunjung of wjsn just to have a face to those names, but if you want to imagine your own people go ahead because this is mainly a produce x 101 fic

☽ fluff and bits of angst, possibly more mature content but only following a warning

☽ second person view, female reader who goes by your name (y/n)