The first day I arrived to school, my attention was caught by a pretty boy of dark black hair and a face perfectly painted by multiple moles in different areas of, not only his face but, his body too. I could never talk to him, he was hella popular and I don't think he'd like to talk to someone like me, a random girl who came this year.

I wasn't completely lonely, I had a friend named Mi-Ju, she told me a bit more about Sunghoon. Things like he had a younger sister, he used to be an ice skater and a lot more things that just made me admire and feel more interested in him.

"You're going to create a hole in his back if you continue staring at him like that" I heard Mi-Ju say and I just rolled my eyes, I was looking at Sunghoon from our table at lunch with my chin on top of my hand "It's not like that..." I said and looked away from him after 5 minutes of staring at him to start eating "Have you heard about the History project?" "History project?! What?!" I looked at Mi-Ju, almost as if something tragic had happened "Yeah... Mrs Kim told us about it last class, we don't have to bring anything she just told us about it to... I don't know, be ready?" She said and I let out a sigh, feeling less worried about it "The thing is that it's in pairs but we won't be able to choose our partners... She'll choose them" "Really? Mrs Kim is always like that... it's no fun literally..." I said and went back to eating before going to our history class.

"Okay class, I'll start naming your partners for this project. When I finish naming all of you, then you can see how you'll organize to do this" the teacher said and everyone stayed silent "So, the pairs will be Areum and Haerin" "Yeonhan and Mi-Ju" "Sunghoon and ___" "Jeonmi and..." wait... I was paired with Sunghoon?! I turned around to look at Mi-Ju but instead of finding her eyes, I found Sunghoon's which were already looking at me beforehand "Alright, those are the pairings for this project. Good luck and remember to bring it in two weeks".

I sighed nervously as I stood up and walked to Sunghoon's desk, thinking on how I was going to deal with him and having to talk to him for two weeks, was this good or bad? "Hey Sunghoon..." I said and swallowed nervously, looking at him before looking to the ground "Hey.. ___" I heard him say and I didn't know what else to say "Do you wanna sit down?" Sunghoon asked me and I nodded, sitting next to him feeling pretty awkward. "So... how do we start this project?" He asked as he looked through his notebook "Uhm I think the teacher said that we should choose a chapter from the book and make a poster about it and the main topics" I said as I grabbed my history book and started to flip through the pages "Do you have any chapter in mind? Also, sorry. Today I forgot my history book so if you don't mind, can we share your book?" "Oh? Yeah no problem about that. Honestly I have one chapter in mind but we can decide which one together, does that sound right?" I asked softly, not believing the way I started to talk to him so normally and confidently "Yeah I'm okay with that" Sunghoon said and we started the project.

"How's it going with Sunghoon?" Mi-Ju asked me, nudging my shoulder playfully before we sat down for lunch. It has been a week since the history project started and my little conversations with Sunghoon, about the project, started too. "What do you mean? It's going good, we're always working on the project so..." I said smiling as I started to eat. I was talking to Mi-Ju when I felt a tap on my shoulder, turning around I couldn't believe that Sunghoon was there looking at me "Yes?" I mumbled softly "Uhm... Would you like to.. meet me after school to grab something?" He asked me and I was speechless "To continue the project! Yeah..." Sunghoon added and I chuckled as he sounded nervous, something new for me to see "Sure" I said smiling at him before he walked away.

"What was that?!" Mi-Ju asked and I giggled to myself, burying my face in my arms "I don't know but I'm so happy right now" "Yeah of course you are, your crush asked you out after school.." Mi-Ju said as she ate her lunch "He didn't ask me out! He said it was to finish the project!" I said, looking over at her before she eyed me "You know very well that it's more like a date rather a study session or whatever... He even said it himself but added the project part to sound more subtle" "Whatever.." I said and looked down at my food, smiling to myself.

"Why did I say that?! Oh my god I'm so dumb" Sunghoon said and bumped his head on the table as Jake patted his shoulder "It wasn't that bad by the way you say you did it... a study session? It's not that bad" Jungwon said, eating his lunch as he looked over at Sunghoon "I could've just gone and asked her on a proper date instead of a "study session"! I don't know why I was so nervous..." Sunghoon groaned "Maybe because you like her?" Ni-ki butted in, playing some games in his phone while he listened to Sunghoon's rambling "I don't-" "Yes you do, Sunghoon" everyone in the table said in unison, glancing at him before he bumped his head on the table again.

Sitting down next to Sunghoon in one of the cafe's table I started to take out all my books and things we were going to need to complete the project "Did you bring your book today?" I asked Sunghoon jokingly as I looked over at him "Yeah I did..." he said before chuckling lightly, cute.

"Let me walk you home, ___" I heard Sunghoon say as we walked out from the café after finishing the history project, a week before the day we had to hand it in "What?" I couldn't believe my ears in that moment "Yeah... Would you be comfortable with me walking you home?" He asked again and I smiled softly, nodding at his words "Yes..". We were walking together when suddenly little drops started to fall, slowly turning into a light rain "Oh.." I said as we realized it had started to rain "It's okay, I have an umbrella in my backpack" I said before taking out a small umbrella, it was more likely to be an individual umbrella due to the size but Sunghoon didn't mind about that as we shared it. It was awkward, definitely. But gladly my apartment wasn't far away from where we were and minutes after we arrived there "Thank you for walking me home, Sunghoon" I said smiling at him "No problem" he said and he was about to walk away under the rain when I stopped him, grabbing his arm softly "You can have my umbrella, I can't let you walk home under the rain" "Really?" "Yeah" I said chuckling "How can I repay you?" Sunghoon asked me and I shrugged, smiling "Giving it back?" I said and we both laughed "I don't know, but don't worry. Make sure to arrive safely and then we'll talk about that" I said and Sunghoon nodded, he waved before he started to walk away with my umbrella.

"And so I gave it to him!" I told Mi-Ju as we were on a phone call "Oh my god, I swear you're making smoother moves than him!" She said and I laughed "It's okay, I don't think he even likes me" I said and laid down on my bed, talking to Mi-Ju for a while more.

The next day I was in my locker when I saw my umbrella with a note and candies beside it, how did it end up inside my locker? I don't remember giving Sunghoon my locker keys. I grabbed the note and read it, smiling to myself as I grabbed the umbrella and put it inside my backpack again. I noticed that the candies were also one of my favorites, how did he know? Maybe it was a consequence and I was just overthinking about it, but how did he manage to put the umbrella and the candies inside my locker?

"Did you pass the chemistry exam?" Mi-Ju was talking with Ni-ki when I walked to her, she smiled and introduced Ni-ki to me as one of Sunghoon's friend "No I didn't" Ni-ki said, chuckling to himself "But the subject is so boring!" He added and I gasped, as a person who loved chemistry "What? Chemistry? Boring? Oh my god-" I said and Mi-Ju only laughed as I argued with Ni-ki. "Ni-ki? ___? What are you doing here?" A voice asked and Mi-Ju gasped "You forgot about me!" "Oh yeah sorry" I looked up and saw Sunghoon, it was weird to see him talk to Mi-Ju so confidently? "Hey" I said and Sunghoon turned to me, smiling "What were you talking about?" He asked again and Ni-ki told him about how he failed his chemistry exam. "___?" Sunghoon asked quietly and I looked at him, Mi-Ju and Ni-ki were busy arguing about something else so they weren't paying attention "Yeah?" I replied simply, waiting for him to talk "Would you like to go out after school to discuss about the project?" He asked me and I almost bursted out laughing, but I got the idea of his suggestion "Okay... even if we already finished the project?" I asked smiling playfully at him as he chuckled to himself, nodding "Yeah, even if we already finished it".

And that's how it was the last week before handing in the project. Sunghoon would ask me to go out after school to talk about the project, when we just went out to eat or walk around. It was sweet, indeed, but it left me confused. Did he want something else with me? If not then why was he doing this?

"Sunghoon?" I asked softly, as we walked together back to my apartment after spending another afternoon together "Yeah?" He replied "Why are you doing this?" "Asking you out after school?" And I was surprised by the way he already knew the point of my question "Yes.." I waited for his reply, but instead heard him chuckle "Because I like you" "What?" I asked again, not believing what he had said. We stopped walking and stood looking at each other "I like you, ___" Sunghoon said, looking down "But I didn't know a better way of asking you out apart from saying it was to study.." he said and I chuckled softly, I looked up at him "I like you too, Sunghoon... I've liked you for a long time" I admitted and he sighed before grabbing my hand "I'm sorry for making you wait" "It's okay, we're ending up together anyways?" I chuckled and he nodded, bringing me closer "We are" Sunghoon said and brought his hand to hold my cheek before connecting our lips together in a soft kiss.

✦゜・。。

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"Come on Sunoo! We'll be late!" I shouted from the front door of Sunoo's house "Okay okay!" He shouted back before walking rapidly my way "You take so long to get ready" I mumbled as we walked out from his place and walked down the streets to visit a new café nearby, which I wanted to go since it opened "Don't say that! You take your time too!" Sunoo said as he checked his hair in a little mirror he had brought before going out "Anyways, aren't you excited to see the new café? I heard that it has really good food and furniture!" I said as we walked together "I have to see it to believe it.." he said and I rolled my eyes "Yeah wait until we arrive and you'll believe it"

"I'd like to have a cinnamon roll with a latte, please" Sunoo told the waiter as she wrote down our orders, after she had left I turned to Sunoo smiling "The place is really nice, right? and there aren't many people today, gladly" I said as I looked around before looking at him again, I chuckled when Sunoo suddenly rolled his eyes at my remark on the good decoration of the place "I guess it's good" he said and I hit his shoulder playfully "Admit that you like it c'mon!" "It's well decorated but I don't love it" he said and it was my turn to roll my eyes "Think what you want to think, I do love this place". After a while of talking our orders arrived and we started to eat, the food was really good too and I got Sunoo to admit that.

"It wasn't that bad in the end" Sunoo said as we walked back home "See?! It was a really good and cozy café! The food was amazing too!" I said happily, remembering the quality of the food "Why do you like it so much? It's just a café..." I heard him say and I shook my head "You wouldn't understand.." I said smiling to the front while we walked and I could hear Sunoo scoff at my words.

I went out from my classroom and walked to my locker to put my books back inside before going home, today was a busy day. Walking to the school entrance I felt someone holding my arm, turning around I saw Sunoo smiling down at me "Hey Sun" I said as I stopped walking and turned all my attention to him "Hey, wanna go to the café we went last time?" I was stunned by his question, I thought he didn't like the café that much to invite me again "Really? If you say so, then yes!" I chuckled and grabbed his hand before pulling him forward to walk out from school but I felt him tense by this and so I let go of his hand when I felt him holding my hand again "I'm okay with that, you just caught me off guard" Sunoo said and I chuckled "I thought you didn't like it".

One week after I was studying in the library when suddenly Sunoo entered and sat next to me, weird because he wouldn't step a meter close to this place "Hey ___" he greeted me and I looked at him weirded out "What are you doing here? You don't study here? Do you even study?" I bombarded him with questions because it was really weird to see him here and with school books "Oh my- I can't even step in this place that you'll make all for those questions, just let me be.." I heard him say as he put all his books and opened his notebooks, to study, apparently. "If you say so, I'll let you be... maybe you'll pass the upcoming exams.." Sunoo gasped "Stop right there, ___" he said and I laughed, focusing on my own books shortly after.

"Do you like someone?" Sunoo asked me as we sat on my bed, our study session long forgotten as he had gotten bored and wanted to go to my place instead "Not really, I'm not looking for being in a relationship right now... how about you? Is there someone you like?" I asked, nudging Sunoo's shoulder playfully "Maybe... but I'm not sure if they'd like me back, I heard that they didn't like anyone" he said nervously, I smiled at him and patted his shoulder "Don't worry! try to make a move and make them fall in love" I said, chuckling softly as I tried to encourage him to get closer to his crush "Yeah I should try that..." he mumbled softly before turning to use his phone again.

Some days passed after our conversation about who we liked and I was noticing a change in Sunoo's behavior, and I was scared. I was starting to think he liked me, for the way he acted and treated me, which was different to the way he treated me some weeks ago before our conversation. I was scared because if he did like me, I wasn't going to be able to reciprocate those feelings, I only saw Sunoo as my best friend and even as my brother... I didn't see him differently and I didn't want to change my way of seeing him, but I didn't want to end what we had because of his feelings.. Was it my fault to not like him back? Even if I wasn't sure if he did like me, it seemed like it. Should I ask him if he likes me? I'm so confused right now...

"So what are you planning to do today, ___?" Silence... "___?" .... "Uhm earth to ___!" And I came back to reality "O-oh... sorry, what did you say?" I asked Sunoo, I was deep in thought thinking about what I decided to do today, I didn't want to give Sunoo fake hopes to be with me... because there weren't any possibilities for him to be with me, because he did like me. Last Tuesday I was sat next to Jungwon and I couldn't keep it in and just asked him about it, and he said that Sunoo did like me. "I was asking you if you had something planned to do today.." Sunoo said and I shook my head, looking at him, maybe this was the moment to tell him "No no, I don't have anything planned" I said and I saw him smile at me "Perfect then, let's go to the café you like" "Okay~!" I said and we started to walk to the café, I was scared to reach there and have to tell him everything... I didn't want to end everything just yet.

"You look pretty today, ___" why did he have to do this? "Thank you" I said softly, looking down at my cup of coffee, avoiding his gaze. "___, you know, lately I've been feeling different and I've started to feel something new with you. I started to see you as something more than my best friend, and I realized that I wanted you to-" "don't. Please... don't continue that sentence" I said, still looking down because I wouldn't dare to look into his eyes without crying "What?" "I can't... I can't reciprocate your feelings Sun..." Sunoo sighed softly, moving awkwardly in his seat "___ it's okay-" "No it's not, I didn't want you to give you false hopes.. I'm sorry, I'll leave" I couldn't stand being there for a minute longer, I was breaking inside. "What? No no! We can talk this out.." Sunoo held my arm, not letting me go just yet "Sunoo, it's the best if I leave before you love me" I said softly, looking at his hand holding my arm slowly letting it go "It's way too late for that, ___" "But you know I can't love you back, Sun" "Why?" "Because you're my best friend, my brother, I can't see you differently and I didn't want anything else but a relationship like that Sun, friends" I said and turned my head to the front before walking away, he didn't stop me this time... I guess Sunoo did let me go this time.

🌛゜・。。

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Dating someone who was an idol wasn't something easy and we'd always have to be careful to not get caught, because people could end everything so easily that didn't let us relax for a moment if we decided to go out to the convenience store.

I wasn't an idol myself but just a student, already graduated from high school and the person who I got involved with being an idol was my boyfriend. Yang Jungwon was his name, is his name and I'm glad to be able to call him my boyfriend; because he's a really nice person himself. We met some time ago but that doesn't matter, because no matter the ways we ended up together.

Knowing Jungwon as a really straight and responsible person, I couldn't believe how he asked me to be his girlfriend, knowing how hard it was for him to date someone in the industry he was in. He said he'd take any risks to be with me even if he knew he could get fired for doing so, and I couldn't contradict him because it would've been useless at this time, also because I'm in love with him too. Our relationship is worth the risk. Jungwon was chill about going out together, always being careful of course, but I couldn't say the same about myself as I'd get scared of someone catching us and ruining Jungwon's career. I have to admit that sometimes I was just overthinking about the what if's but Jungwon is always there to bring me back to earth and calm me down.

"Which one do you want? Jake hyung told me this one's really good" Jungwon pointed the chocolate ice cream inside the refrigerator, I was struggling in choosing an ice cream because all of them looked good "Mhm.. okay I'll get that one" I said before grabbing the ice cream Jungwon told me Jake had recommended him, I was going to give it a try. We went to pay for everything we had grabbed and soon we were walking back home, hand in hand. I couldn't help but turn around or look for someone around when we were walking, making Jungwon confused by my sudden behavior "Is something wrong?" He asked as we walked "No no" I said trying to convince him, but I knew I couldn't because we knew each other really well "Tell me what is it, is something on?" Jungwon asked me again, the only difference that this time he stopped walking and looked at me "I don't want someone to see you walking around with me... you know if someone sees us and then takes pictures and then posts them you'll-" "Hey hey... it's okay, no one will see us because it's almost 2 am and I don't think someone would be around with a camera wanting to take pictures, would they?" He asked me with a tinge of playfulness in the end to try to calm me down, maybe that was what I needed, some reassurance and his silly jokes "Okay~" I said smiling as we started walking again but before I could hold his hand, he started to run away making me go behind him "Hey!" I shouted as I followed him until he slowed down and started walking normally again. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and I looked up at him "Why did you run away?" "I don't know but it was funny seeing how you tried to catch up" Jungwon said and I chuckled shaking my head softly at his actions. Then I realized that he had his arm around my shoulder instead of holding my hand, looking up with a pout I heard him chuckle as if he already knew why I was looking him like that, maybe he did know "Why? Do you want me to hold your hand again?" He asked me and I nodded almost instantly, cringing at the way I'd agree at whatever Jungwon would say or ask. "Okay, whatever you say~" I heard him say before grabbing my hand and intertwining his fingers with mine as we walked together with slow steps because we didn't have a reason to rush anything, we were together and that was enough for the both of us.

"Didn't you want to watch this one? Last week you told me you were looking forward to do so" Jungwon asked me as we sat together on our bed, full of snacks as we decided to have a movie night "Ah yes! I totally forgot about that, let's watch it!" I said excitedly, getting comfortable as I opened a pack of chips and started to eat while Jungwon played the movie on the tv. I don't know if I was tired or what but I ended up falling asleep after watching half of the movie, maybe it was because I was all cuddled up next to Jungwon as he'd rub circles in my back as we watched the movie. Or maybe because the movie turned out to be more boring than I had expected making me fall asleep without even finishing it.

I felt movement behind me before the mattress sank and making me recognize that it was Jungwon who was moving behind me. Before I could turn around, I felt his arms wrapping around me while pulling me to feel his chest behind my back. Trying to wash my sleepiness away, I turned around and saw Jungwon still awake looking down at me "Did I wake you up?" He asked me softly, bringing me closer to him "Yes.." I said, chuckling at my own words and before he could apologize, I talked "But it's okay, don't worry... I fell asleep while we were watching the movie, right?" I asked, seeing how Jungwon's eyes were turning into half crescents as his smile was growing too; remembering the moment I had fallen asleep "Yes.. you fell asleep but to be honest, the movie was a bit boring" he said and I laughed softly "It was, but you weren't helping either.." I smiled as I said this, referring to the way he was almost lulling me to sleep as we sat together watching the tv "I know... but you know it's already a habit of mine already~" he said, chuckling softly and I swore I wanted to keep this moment forever with me; his smile, the sound of his chuckle and the way he was holding me right now.

I smiled before hugging him closer and leaning my face in his neck, feeling how he kissed my head "I love you, rest well my love" I heard him whisper softly in my ear, careful to not talk loudly "I love you too, won.. good night" I said, already falling asleep in his arms. Jungwon whispered some more things but I couldn't understand what he said, maybe I'd ask him tomorrow...

💌゜・。。

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Walking around the recently opened mall I spotted an interesting shop, wanting to see what they had on display I walked closer. Taking a look at the different clothes they sold, my eyes spotted a pair of jeans. The piece of clothing seemed made for me, I was already imagining myself styling it and the model was perfect- "oh- I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was walking" a manly voice said beside me. Looking up I saw a young boy, around my age, looking down at me. Soon snapping back to reality I noticed how the boy was still looking at me, waiting for an answer "Oh it's okay, don't worry" I said and the boy vowed slightly. I brushed off any thoughts and entered the shop, I walked around it, soon spotting the pair of jeans I had seen before coming inside the shop. I smiled to myself as I brought my hand to grab the hanger, but instead, I felt a hand over mine; looking beside me I saw the same boy who had bumped into me some minutes ago "You again?" I said, chuckling softly. I saw the boy blushing before moving his hand away from mine, I heard him clear his throat before chuckling softly too "haha... Yeah" he said, still a bit awkward. I smiled and then looked at the pair of jeans, which would have caught the attention of both me and the boy. "Were you thinking of getting them?" I asked, taking out the piece of clothing from the hanger. The boy nodded and I smiled "We can ask for it on the counter" I said and the boy nodded, looking away, cute. Wait what?

We walked to the counter and I handed the pair of jeans to the woman behind it "How much is it?" I asked, giving her a kind smile. The woman typed in her computer's keyboard and scanned the jeans' barcode "It's $15,03" the woman said and I nodded smiling "But... There's only one of this left in stock, the restock will be around a month or two" the cashier said and my smile quickly dropped, I turned to look at the boy beside me "Uh.. you can have it" I said and extended the piece of clothing in his direction, the boy shook his head and smiled. He pushed my hands to my chest, with the jeans too "No, it's okay. It's going to be better if you keep it" I thought for a second and then I shook my head again in refusal "No, I can look at another shop. Keep it" I said and pushed the jeans to his chest again, he sighed "Okay, I'll keep them only if you give me your number" I saw him show a playful smirk towards me, feeling my cheeks reddening I nodded "alright, you can have it" I said while avoiding eye contact.

"So... Eunji?" He asked while smiling at me, I nodded as I looked to to the recently contact added in my phone. "You're Jake?" I asked as I finally looked up from my phone, I saw the boy in front of me nod with a smile. Jake moved closer and kissed my cheek in a swift movement, I couldn't stop the blush to creep up my cheeks as he did so "Maybe I can lend you the jeans from time to time if I may have a date with you?" He asked while keeping the eye contact, I chuckled and looked away "More? You want my number and a date to keep those jeans?" I didn't know where did that confidence come from but it did, I heard Jake chuckle "Maybe I wouldn't be asking you so much if you weren't so pretty... Or so interesting.." he said and I choked on my own saliva after he had come closer and tugged a strand of hair behind my ear. Why was he so smooth with every action? "Sure" I said, I couldn't say anything else due to the effect his actions had on me. How could a complete stranger have such strong effect on me?

"Then it's done, I'll text you when and where we're meeting. Until then, see you, Eunji" Jake waved before walking away, this was a completely new experience to me but I'll make sure of making it count.

👖゜・。。

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