#Rude of him to leave during the end of my class smh

[sephandhadesweeks]

Hermes Week?

I’ve had a couple people ask me if I was planning on holding a Hermes week; sadly it’s not going to be in the cards for me this week. But I wanted to say if someone does make one, I’d be happy to reblog it here if you @ me or pm me! If anyone does know there is a Hermes week going on (and there should be because Andre is a babe, I just wish he hadn’t left this month which is basically ON FIRE for me) please lmk so I can spread the good word.

[redhawtriot]

Master List✨✨✨

This master-list is a directory (of sorts [look, I tried my best]) of the all of the stories/head canons posted on this page!

SFW=👌

NSFW =💞

Fluff=❤️

Angst=😭

Humor=😂

💞 😂  Endeavor Suga Baby Series: Oneshots and shit posts about being endeavors suga baby lol. (Enji Todoroki x Reader)

Part1 Part2 Part3

👌😂❤️ Crush Journal: How tododeku (separately) would confess to their crushes. a.k.a. Izuku takes notes on how to be the perfect SIMP (Deku x reader Todoroki x Reader)

👌❤️ Bunny: Read this if you have a thing for being called bunny (Todoroki x reader, Bakugou x reader)

👌😂❤️ Art and Oreos: How our two top students deal with having a civilian girlfriend (Bakugou x Reader, Todoroki x Reader)

👌😂❤️ Problem Child: After the cute stage every parent has to eventually deal with a shitty teen. BNHA characters as parents (Midoriya, Shinsou, Bakugou, Iida, Kirishima) 

😂 What up my name’s ‘Gerund’ I’m 19 and I never FUCKING learned how to read.  Lord, bless this mess (Kaminari x Reader) 

👌😂❤️ Koala: You don't want your bed to get cold a.k.a. Todoroki with a clingy ass significant other (Todoroki x Reader)

💞 😭 Nobody’s Hero: Ground Zero saves you from being mugged one night and can’t seem to let you go. Warning: slight non/con (Yandere Bakugou x Reader)

😭 Mirror Images: Warning: mentions of still birth. (Bakugou x Reader)

👌😂❤️ Missed Call form Blasthole: Your first time being invited to spend the night with your boyfriend (Bakugou x Reader)

👌😂❤️ Shinsou Shits: You and your husband, Bakugou, are tasked with babysitting the twin seeds of Satan (Bakugou x Reader ft.Mina x Shinsou)

👌😂 Wanna Win?: Kirishima asks for Bakugou’s help to find the words to tell you that he loves you, but things don’t exactly go according to plan... (Kirishima x Reader ft Kiribaku)

💕😂 Operation Unvirgin:  Bakugou never bothered with girls. He’s got too much shit to deal with; however, he finds himself in a world of cognitive dissonance when he hears that his rival is about to lose “it” before him. hWHAT? That loser is gonna beat him in something?! He thinks that FUCK NOT. (Bakugou x reader)

👌😂❤️ Whose Manz is this?!: You get a box of chocolates and a love note from a little broccoli head boy and let’s just say... it truly does take a village to raise a child. (’Izuku Midoriya being wing-manned by class 1-A’ x Reader)

👌❤️ Grey Area: You are beginning to feel a little jealous over Todoroki, but it shouldn’t matter because you're just friends... right? (Todoroki x Reader ft TodoMomo)

Valentines Weekend: Just random, unrelated short stories, headcanons and drabbles for all your loving needs. (BNHA x reader [Look. there is over 23 “x reader” pairings in this! I cant name each one])

Part 1: type (HCS) (👌😂❤️)

Part 2: food play (💞)

Part 3: Things my boyfriend has said to me (👌❤️😂)

👌😭 Two Birds on a Wire: Hawks unexpectedly finds himself falling for love with a villain during his time as a double agent. How will he handle having to betray the woman he loves? trilogy (Hawks x Reader feat. Shigaraki, Dabi, Twice, and minor OCs)

Part 1, 

💞😂❤️ Deprived: They fucked up and you take it upon yourself to teach them a lesson in the coldest way possible: putting your body on lock down. How the hell are they gonna survive? (Todoroki x Reader, Bakugou x Reader, Midoriya x Reader, Iida x Reader)

👌❤️😂 Curly Hair Headcanons: (HCS) Let’s see how these boys do with a girlfriend who has curly hair... (Todoroki x Reader, Bakugou x Reader, Kirishima x Reader)

👌❤️😂Plant Daddy: Bakugou with a significant other who is obsessed with plants-- fragile, defenseless plants… I am sure nothing will go wrong there. (Bakugou x Reader)

👌😭When Cheated On Part 1: Shinsou finds out that you have been cheating on him. (Shinsou x Reader)

👌😭When Cheated On Part 2: Bakugou finds out that you have been cheating on him. (Bakugou x Reader)

👌😂❤️Tinder Games: You like to play tinder for fun, and it is all fun in games until a certain someone swipes right for you… (Bakugou x Reader, Iida x Reader, Todoroki x Reader, Midoriya x Reader, Kaminari x Reader, Kirishima x Reader)

👌😂❤️Drunk in Love: New Years Eve Special! Can any of these messes properly handle their liquor? Find out! (Bakugou x Reader, Midoriya x Reader, Yaoyorozu x Reader, Todoroki x Reader, Kirishima x Reader, Shinsou x Reader)

👌😂❤️Bad Dreams Fluff n Stuff: You wake up from a bad dream crying and Bakugou has to unclog his emotional constipation to support you. (Bakugou x Reader)

👌😂❤️Holiday Edition: Christmas with your boyfriend’s family is always a spectacle… (Bakugou x Reader)

👌😂❤️Holiday Edition: This is the first time you met Kaminari’s family! You gave him one job to prepare for the event…. One job... smh… (Kaminari x Reader)

👌😂High school: (HCS) Gender neutral Reader is just tryna make it through a school day after Sero smoked them out (ft. Bakugou, Midoriya, Jirou, Iida, Aizawa, Kaminari, and Todoroki)

👌❤️😂 How to Stop Liking a Stoner: Bakugou can’t help but falling in love with your delinquent ass, but that doesn't mean he is gonna fall quietly without a fucking fight. (Bakugou x Reader)

👌😂Tectonic Plates and Platonic Dates: You and Kirishima are platonic buddies that secretly watch romantic comedies together. Everything is chill until your hot-headed twin brother finds out! (Kirishima x Reader ft. Bakugou, Kaminari, and Sero)

👌😂MHA Charecters as Candy: (HCS) What was that? What candy would these MHA characters be!? Wait... oh… You never asked? Oh okay… I guess I’ll just leave this here anyway… *sniff-sniffle*… (Bakugou, Midoriya, Kirishima, Kaminari, Mineta, Monoma, Yaoyorozu, Sero, Shinsou)

👌😭❤️The Same Side of Anything: Dabi is totally a Todoroki in this. Romeo and Juliet did it better probably, but I love the idea of star-crossed lovers. Read this if you’re into mediocre poetic themes.  (Dabi x Reader)

👌😂Crackhead Post: Reader regrets letting the three stooges into their life (ft. Kaminari, Sero and Kirishima)

👌😂 ❤️ Soft Dad Moments: What would prompt some of the MHA dads to buy their children a plushie? Warning: Some of these dads are so sweet that you might need to see a dentist after. (Bakugou x Reader, Kirishima x Reader, Dabi x Reader, Shigaraki x Reader)

💞 😭 Baby Boom: You end up prego after a one night stand and Bakugou learns how to be a decent human being (Bakugou x reader)

Month 1,  Month 2, Month 3, Month 4

Interactive Series (You voted on the outcomes):

💞😭 😂 ❤️Sole Mates: Your every day life as a business woman is rudely interrupted by an explosive hero’s name being painfully imprinted on the sole of your foot, bounding the two of you’s pain, emotions and thoughts. (Bakugou x Reader, past Izuku X Reader)

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

💞😭Caught in The Act: You find out that your fiancé cheated on you, your grandmother’s dresser is ruined, Kirishima is a precious gift from god, and… wait, when did Todoroki get so hot? (Bakugou x Reader ft Todoroki, Kirishima and a few minor OC’s)

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4,  Part 5 Finale

Sequel (just a lil writing experiment. pay no mind if you like the original ending): Part 1

Tsugi No Hero Academia: a Next gen AU me and my crackhead friends conjured up feat. Bakugou’s son as the MC 

[hopewritcs]

the prodigal sister. eight.

pairing: familial byers fam x reader, romantic paring tbd

word count: 4.7k

summary: y/n is the middle sibling of the byers brothers. she’s just ten months younger than jonathan, making the pair “irish twins”. except when her father and mother got divorced, lonnie got custody of y/n and took her away from the rest of the family.

notes: welcome to chapter eight, where we get a the reader’s birthday.  originally i was gonna include the party in here too, but it got to a point where i figured the party would work better as it’s own chapter.  this chapter if filled with it’s own events such as a fun dinner, cute friendship, midnight meetings, and an surprise guest. 

warning: vague mentions and allusions to emotional abuse.  

other chapters: masterlist

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The morning of Y/N’s birthday was filled with the kind of feeling she’d always wanted.  She woke up to her door being opened and her family coming into her room, singing happy birthday to you at the top of their lungs with breakfast and a wrapped present in their arms.  It was so simple and such a family thing that her heart burst with joy.  She was too happy to be annoyed that they’d woken her up twenty minutes sooner than she normally would have been awake on a normal school morning.  

Joyce and her brothers all sat down as best they could fit together all four of them on Y/N’s bed, all smiles and laughter as they all shared in the breakfast on the tray.  The wrapped box contained a new dress in her favorite color that she’d pointed out when they’d gone shopping in downtown Hawkins the other week.  It was “for a special occasion”, Joyce had said.  

Which Y/N knew meant dinner on Saturday night since Joyce wasn’t working, and it was the cover for the surprise party they were throwing her.  

Thankfully, Y/N acted none the wiser to the party, which Jonathan was grateful for.  He and Joyce had worked hard on the party, and even though he knew that Y/N knew, he didn’t want Joyce to figure out the surprise wasn’t actually going to be a surprise.  

The rest of the day was a normal day at school.  It was Friday, and most people were either talking about their Valentine’s dates, the dance that night, or the party Tina was throwing Saturday night.  Of course, a couple of people noticed Y/N that day, as thanks to her locker being decorated with streamers and a note that said happy birthday as she’d been greeted that morning with a waiting friend group by her locker, and a surprise batch of cupcakes which she was told would be for lunch.  

It really was, without a doubt, the best birthday Y/N had had in years.  

At the end of the school day, the whole group of teens had piled into the Wheeler car for Nancy to take them back to the Byers house.  With Steve, Y/N, and Robin in the backseat, picking up Mike and Will from the middle school meant the younger teens were going to be sitting in the trunk on the way back.  They were all planning on hanging out that night to celebrate Y/N’s birthday, everyone planned on spending the night.  Y/N knew that if Steve hadn’t been invited over for the last minute slumber party that Nancy would have snuck out of her room in the middle of the night to go spend time with Jonathan, even if she hadn’t made that kind of a comment out loud.  She figured the pair would still sneak off at some point during the night.  

They listened the latest tunes on the radio loudly, everyone either singing along or shouting over the music to hold up a conversation.  The two kids in the back were in their own world, as were Jonathan and Nancy in the front of the car.  It was a chaotic feeling, with the blasting music and all the voices, it should have been too much.  But, even though it was loud, and Y/N could barely even hear her own thoughts, let alone the conversation she was trying to have with Robin about their drama class, it was filled with happy energy that was comforting.  It wasn’t like the dormitory where the music would blast and all Y/N wanted to do was escape to the quiet.  It was just the right amount of chaotic.   

“Hey who’s car is that in your drive?”  

Y/N, Will, and Jonathan’s heads all shot up and looked up at the car parked in the driveway.  It wasn’t their mother’s car, that much was obvious.  

“Are we expecting someone?”  Will asked, leaning his head over the seat to look at his siblings with raised eyebrows.  He didn’t recognize the car at all, and he couldn’t think of anyone who would be over at the house without anyone else home.  

Nancy pulled the car into the driveway, off to one side, and then the other car’s door opened.  

“Dad?!”  the Byers kids all gasped together, looking between themselves with a confused glance.  It didn’t help that the rest of the car was looking at the siblings confused as well.  

Y/N shook her head, this was not happening.  She shooed Steve, nudging him to push him out of the car quicker than he was.  He got out of the car, and held the door open for Y/N to get out as well.  

“Are you okay?”  he asked her quietly, so that no one else heard him ask, when she was pulling her bag out of the car.  

Y/N slightly shook her head.  It was a subtle motion and didn’t look like she was shaking her head to anyone else, but the way her eyes spoke to Steve he knew something was wrong.  

And there wasn’t anything he could do about it.  

Y/N gave Steve a tight lipped smile as she hiked her backpack up onto one of her shoulders and walked around the car.  By this point everyone else had gotten out of the car as well, and they were all looking at the man leaning on the door of his car.  No one was saying anything, and the non siblings all took a step back and waited awkwardly.  

What the hell were any of them supposed to do?

It wasn’t like Lonnie Byers was some sort of demon, he wasn’t any of the creatures ( or people ) the group had faced before.  But there was something that they all felt in the atmosphere, and it had the group of four looking worriedly at each other and back at the other four.  

Y/N and Will stood next to each other, Jonathan a step or two in front of them and blocking them from their father protectively.  Lonnie had yet to move or say anything, which only made the three siblings worry more about it all.  Y/N had a hand on Will’s shoulder, half stepping in front of him and closer to Jonathan as she looked at her father.  

“What are you doing here?”  

Either Y/N’s voice sounded much more confident than she thought it did, or the street was quieter than expected and her voice just carried.  

Lonnie moved slowly, kicking himself off of his car and looking at his daughter, decidedly ignoring the two boys at her side ( and definitely paying no mind to the group of other kids standing at the end of the driveway ).  “Can’t a loving father just drop by to wish his daughter a happy birthday?”  He shrugged his shoulders and looked at Y/N pointedly, raising his eyebrows at her.  

“You couldn’t even be bothered to send me a card for my last birthday.”  She replied, shaking her head.  

“I told you, it was just lost in the mail.”  

“You never remembered my birthday, don’t bullshit me dad.”  

Lonnie took a step forward and pointed at her chest as he glared, “That is no way to speak to your father!” 

Jonathan took a step in front of Y/N specifically, looking at his father.  Everything fell silent as the threatening tone Lonnie used hung in the air.  

It wasn’t like it was a secret that Lonnie Byers was a shitty parent.  He didn’t care much about anything other than himself.  The only thing he’d seemed to care about, for the longest time, was his high school sweetheart Joyce.  But even that wasn’t enough to change his ways.  Lonnie was rude and controlling and always took things too far ( see: having his eldest son go hunting and kill a rabbit at the age of ten even though Jonathan had no interest in that ).  

Y/N probably got everything the worst, since she’d been with him since the divorce.  While she always knew that Lonnie’s behavior was wrong it was hard to find anything good in her father.  She spent years wanting to go home to Hawkins, years wanting to be with her siblings and her mother.  She spent years wishing that her father was a different man.  She knew now that the only reason Lonnie had fought hard to get custody of her had been as a screw you to Joyce.  

But she wasn’t ready to talk about any of that, and just being around him still--knowing what she knew now and having been away from him both at boarding school and now being home with her family and people who were genuine--it made her jaw clench and she bit the inside of her cheek tightly.  

Y/N wanted to run off from the spot, but her feet kept her grounded to the driveway as she stared down her father.  

“Just go.” Y/N said softly, nudging Jonathan to the side to step forward as she looked at her father.  “Just go.  Go home.  We--I don’t want you here.”  her voice was quiet, and her hands down at her sides were shaking.  She’d never stood up to her father like this before, never outright told him to leave.  But it was the only way, since she knew that he wouldn’t listen to anything her brothers said.  It had to be her.  “Go.”  Y/N was losing her nerve, her voice cracking as she added in, “Please.”  

Lonnie wasn’t the kind of person to back down from an argument, even if the person he was arguing with was no more than a teenager ( and his own child on top of that ), but he could tell that he was outnumbered.  He glanced over at his son Jonathan who he always thought was a soft kid, who was now glaring daggers at Lonnie with his fists clenched and ready for a fight.  He looked behind his kids and saw the group of other teens looking on, and he could tell it wasn’t the right time.  

“This conversation isn’t over.”  he said, rubbing his chin.  “I have more to say, kid.”  Lonnie turned around and got back in his car, speeding out of the driveway without another word.   

It took Y/N no longer hearing the screeching of tires on asphalt to breathe again, the taste of copper in her mouth--she must have bit too hard on her cheek.  She closed her eyes and took in a couple of deep breaths as she relaxed her posture once more.  Her brothers came from either side of her and pulled her in for a hug, rubbing her back with soothing motions. 

And the siblings just stood there in the driveway for a couple of moments, each needing to calm down.  Jonathan was trying to work himself down from the anger that he’d felt for his sister, all he’d felt was the urge to protect her from their father. Will wasn’t sure if he was more curious or angry, since he didn’t have many memories of his father at all because the divorce had happened when he was young.  

Their friends looked at the sight, keeping themselves back as to not interrupt the moment.   

No one spoke.  

You could hear the rustling of the wind in the trees from behind their house and the echoing of the cars driving down the street farther down the road.  

Then, Jonathan pulled back and took Y/N’s hand, nodding his head at her and she took in another breath and nodded back at him.  Jonathan led his siblings to the house, unlocking the front door and letting them in first before calling for the rest of the group to follow behind them.  

And, even if none of their friends had been talking, it had been collectively decided they wouldn’t bring up the arrival of Lonnie Byers and instead focus on making the Byers siblings forget that ever happened.  

The siblings also decided their own thing: they would not be telling Joyce about their dad showing up, at least until after the party on Saturday.  They didn’t want to ruin the celebration any more than it had already felt tainted.  

A couple of hours later the group was sitting down on the floor in the Byers living room playing a board game and the stereo was on behind them.  No one had even thought of the person who showed up and almost ruined Y/N’s birthday.  

Joyce was still at work at Melvald’s, so she’d left the kids money to order pizza for dinner.  Which had been the plan, until Robin said they should go out and celebrate the day.  Everyone agreed, because it was a good way to end the night.  They all decided to go to the retro diner downtown where everything felt like they were on the set of Happy Days with the big juke box in the corner and the servers ran around in fifties era uniforms.  It was a little farther, kind of on the other edge of town, but it had the best pies you could imagine.  

The group piled into a corner booth with Y/N in the middle.  They even made a big deal of telling everyone that it was Y/N’s birthday, which led to a rendition of Happy Birthday sung by the waitstaff to the juke box playing Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog.  They’d placed a piece of Y/N’s favorite cake in front of her, candle in it and all, which she blew out happily to the cheers of the rest of the people in the diner who’s attention had been brought over by the birthday celebration.  

As everyone dug into their own slices of pie, Y/N looked around at the table and smiled.  She stuck her fork into the pie and took a slice, “You know,” she paused to take her bite before nodding and continuing, “I know this isn’t the party we’re having tomorrow night, but this is really the best birthday I’ve had in a long time.  You guys are the best.”  She couldn’t look anyone in the eyes when she said it, the flush of heat from her own admission covered her cheeks.  

"We’re glad you’re here to celebrate with us, Y/N.”  Nancy said, reaching her hand across the table to take Y/N’s with a kind smile.  

“Yeah, all of us are.”  Jonathan nodded, smiling at his sister.  

“I’m really glad I’ve got you guys.”  Y/N said, looking up and looking at everyone she was at the table with.  It wasn’t everyone she was grateful for ( for which they’d need a much bigger table ) but it was a lot of them.  Her siblings, new friends.  

“Okay, before this gets all sappy.”  Robin clapped from Y/N’s side and nudged her friend’s arm with her elbow as she leaned up and she held up the milkshake she’d been sipping on.  “I’d like to cheers to my new best friend.  She’s only been here a couple of weeks but we’re already like this,” she held up her other hand with crossed fingers and laughed when Y/N did the same thing.  “See?  We’re in sync.  So as her very best friend, I’d like to say thank you for being you and letting us celebrate your birthday today and at the surprise party tomorrow night.  Which, by the way, you will totally rock acting surprised because of our drama class.”  The way Robin looked at Y/N as she said that made her laugh hard, and so did the rest of the table.  

“Let’s hope she I sell it.”  Y/N commented as she laughed.  

“I know it.”  Robin winked at Y/N before turning her attention elsewhere.  “Anyway, cheers to Y/N.”

“Hear hear!”  

Later everyone was getting ready for bed, even if no one was planning on going to bed right then ( except maybe Joyce, she was exhausted after her shift ).  Joyce sat in the kitchen with a cup of tea as she listened to the kids running around the house and talking to each other with a smile.  She loved having everyone in her house, even if she somewhat worried about something happening she could put those thoughts to the side for a couple of hours as she listened to her kids chatting with their friends.  She was just grateful that all of her kids were under one roof and that everything was okay.  

Everyone was okay.   

“I’m going to bed, don’t make a mess of the house kids.”  Joyce called out, washing her mug in the sink before making her way to each kids door to individually tell them all goodnight, tell them she loved them, and to tell them “not to stay up too late” even if she knew they would ignore that bit.  It was one of the things that Y/N really found comforting about being home.  

Y/N left her room and went to Jonathan’s knocking on the door before opening it a peak.  She knew their mother had just been in, but she still called out, “I’m coming in!” before she actually stepped into the room just in case.  Jonathan and Steve had been sitting on the floor looking at something, but both of them pushed what it was away before Y/N could get a look at whatever it was.  “Okay weirdos.”  she chuckled, shaking her head.  

“What’s up, Y/N/N?” Jonathan asked, crossing his arms and acting casual ( which was weird, since he wasn’t really a too casual person ).  But he and Steve had just been working on looking at pictures from when he and Y/N both were kids and a couple from now to put up for the party tomorrow, and he didn’t want to have to ruin that like the party had been ruined.  

“Okay, so my,” Y/N paused and closed the door before lowering her voice once more to make sure that if her mother was still walking around she wouldn’t hear her talking, “party is tomorrow.  I may have forgotten to mention something to you guys.”  Y/N shrugged her shoulders, making a face as she looked at her brother shyly and almost worried.  

“What?” Jonathan asked, relaxing.  

“I kind of invited Billy.”  Before either of the boys could react ( even if they did both immediately go to speak ) she held out her arms and looked at them.  “He’s still my friend, and he didn’t say if he’d show, but I figured I’d let you guys know and then you can spread the word to everyone else.  Make sure that everyone knows he might show up?”  Y/N rocked back and forth on her heels and licked her lips.  “I’m sorry, I know you guys don’t really like him.  But it is my party, and he’s my friend.”  

Jonathan had wanted to argue with that, but he knew that Y/N was right.  Billy was her friend, even if no one could quite understand how that happened, and they should have thought to invite him.  So her brother nodded his head, “We’ll let them know.  You’re right.”  

“Thank you.”  Y/N relaxed, stopping her motions and smiled at her brother.  “Night dork, Steve.”  

“Night dork.”  Jonathan called back to her as she left the room.  

“Night Y/N.”

Y/N went back into her room and settled into her bed as she looked at her friends.  It had been decided that the three of them could not fit onto her bed together, without one of them being knocked to the floor in the middle of the night ( though it had been fun when they got into the bed and tried to squeeze the three of them into it ).  And since they only had one sleeping bag, it was decided that Nancy would take the floor in the sleeping bag.  

Robin had put it best when she said, “You think once we’re asleep you’re not sneaking out to see Jonathan.  So take the sleeping bag and give me the comfy bed.”  

Nancy had rolled her eyes, but when Y/N burst out laughing alongside Robin and called out a, “You know it’s true.”  Nancy had eventually given up, agreed, and laughed with them.  

In the middle of the night Y/N got out of bed, even if she had to do so quietly and sneakily as to attempt not to wake up Robin beside her.  She stood up and stretched from sleeping, her eyes adjusting to the darkness of the room and realized that Nancy was most definitely not in the sleeping bag on the floor.  

Y/N left her room in search of a glass of water, hoping that Nancy and Jonathan hadn’t gone for a walk or something.  It was too late, and even if nothing had happened in the town since November according to everyone, since she had only just heard about it all she was nervous about what could happen.  

Y/N had filled up a glass of water in the sink and gone into the living room, sitting down on the edge of the couch without really looking only to be greeted by something moving under her as she sat down causing her to jump up back to her feet, spilling water all over herself and whatever was on the couch to flip up at the motion, groaning and turning to flip on the light on the couch.  

“Steve?!”  Y/N whispered loudly, keeping her voice down because she didn’t want to wake anybody else up in the house.  

“Y/N?  What’s going on?  Why am I wet?”  Steve mumbled, looking down at his water covered shirt and shaking it out.  

“Sorry, I didn’t see you.  Why are you sleeping on the couch?”  Y/N asked, putting the now empty glass down on the coffee table before taking a seat in the now cleared space on the couch as she looked at him.  

“Nancy.”  Steve mumbled, still holding the shirt away from his body as it was not only wet but also cold too and he didn’t know what to do about it.  

Y/N nodded her head and pressed her lips into a line, “Explains why she wasn’t in my room when I woke up just now.”  she hummed, shaking her head.  “Sorry you have to sleep on the couch.  But it is pretty comfortable, take it from someone who slept on it for a week and a half.”  

Steve raised his eyebrows at Y/N, “You slept on the couch for that long?”  

“Yeah, my father didn’t ship any of my stuff for a while and then we had to wait for a mattress too.”  

“Oh.  I didn’t know that.”  

Y/N waved her hand, “It’s not a big deal, anyway.”  

Steve turned to look at her and thought for a moment, letting the silence fill the space between them.  He didn’t know if it was the right thing to say, or the right moment to say it, but it had been on his mind since the afternoon and now that they were alone he just felt like he should get it out there, “I’m sorry about your dad.”  

Y/N furrowed her eyebrows at him, shifting on the couch to face him.  “Why?  It’s not your fault he’s a shitbag.  That’s his own fault.”  

Steve nodded his head.  While his dad wasn’t the best guy, at least he spent most of his time away and at work so Steve only had his mother at home most days and he happened to like his mother.  He couldn’t imagine having to deal with the man he’d seen that afternoon for longer than what he’d seen--and he hadn’t even been the one to talk to him.  “It’s still not right.”  

Y/N snorted quietly as she shook her head, “Yeah, well, life isn’t always right.  My kid brother and you guys have fought literal monsters.  Like out of another dimension or something beings,  I think I could handle Lonnie Byers.”  

Steve nodded his head, leaning back on the couch and relaxing into the seat as he spoke, “Yeah, the monsters are unreal.  You know, Dustin kept one of them after El killed it?  We had to give it back to the, uh, government scientist guy when everything was over.  I think Dustin was bummed because he wanted to see what the fuck that thing actually was.  If you ask me, I’m glad it’s not sitting in the freezer anymore.”  

Sometimes it shocked Y/N how easily they could all bring up these kinds of moments without thinking of it more than oh it’s just what happened to us because she hadn’t even been there and she felt the full weight of it all on her shoulders as if she had dealt with it first hand.  

Steve was surprised when she didn’t say anything and he put a hand on her shoulder, prompting Y/N to look at him.  Seeing she looked upset, Steve worried and whispered, “Did I say something wrong?”  

Y/N shook her head, putting her hand on the arm that he’d reached over to her as she leaned back on the couch.  “No, I just, it sounds stupid.”

“I’m sure it’s not stupid, Y/N.”

“No, it is.”  Y/N nodded, sighing as she looked at Steve before finishing her thought, “I didn’t even live through it but when you guys mention everything it just scares me and I can’t believe you all went through that.  I wasn’t there for Will or Jonathan.  I should have been here.”  She sniffed, blinking her eyes hard as she didn’t want to cry.  “But you’re the one who lived through it and you’re talking about it and I’m having nightmares because if something happens, I don’t think there’s anything I’d be able to do to help.”  

As she spoke, Steve had pulled her into his arms as she began to sniffle and he felt like she was going to cry.  She rested her head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her and she around him.  He shook his head, “I have nightmares.”  he didn’t wait for her to speak and ask about them, but he did feel her gaze turn back to look at him as he continued speaking softly.  “The first couple of nights after everything happened I was a mess and wasn’t sleeping because I’d see one of those things every time I closed my eyes.  And I worry about something coming back all the time, I think we all do, but I think that it’s better for us to talk about it like that because it’s some fucked up shit.”  Y/N snorted at his phrasing.  “No, seriously.  It’s seriously fucked up.  Like we had real life monsters trying to kill us, and all of us were hurt.  But if we avoid talking about it, or only talk about it as if it’s going to happen again, I think we’d all be freaking out constantly.”  

Y/N looked up at Steve when he was speaking and she blinked when he finished.  “Really, I feel like I should be comforting you now.”  she giggled softly, mostly into the sleeve of his shirt.  

“No one’s comforting anybody.  I’m just hugging the birthday girl.”  

“My birthday ended a couple of hours ago, Steve.”  

“Are we throwing you a party tonight or not?”

“You are.”

“Then it’s still your birthday by default.”  

They spent a while talking back and forth, both of them distracting each other from what they had dealt with and getting their minds ready for the party that day.  Neither of them expected to fall asleep on the couch, tangled in each other’s arms.  

Thankfully Nancy had seen this and come out to get Y/N to go back into her room before Joyce woke up too, but not before she stole Jonathan’s polaroid camera and snapped a picture of the pair of them, leaving it to develop on Jonathan’s desk.   

Steve woke up a few minutes after Y/N and Nancy were back in Y/N’s room, mostly from missing the warmth that he’d had before, but he shrugged and just rolled over and curled back to sleep on the couch.  

[leggomylino]

light switch | yandere!seungmin

Genre: yandere, romance/fluff, thriller, a little angst, some comedy (mainly in the first half) Pairing: yandere!Seungmin x reader Word count: ~11k (and this is only the first half…) Warnings: Author rambling, run-on sentences, mild language (censored), a few memes, moments of high tension and possible anxiety, ooc, and mild abuse/violence A/N: Requests are open~ | Masterlist in bio! | rip this turned out WAYYY longer than I meant it to and it’s my first time writing this format (and yandere for that matter) but, I hope y’all enjoy :’)) Thanks for reading!! <3

Okay so

You and Seungmin had been friends for a while

Y’all met in junior high and immediately hit it off

Here’s what happened fam

It was your turn to stay after class and clean up

The other kids who had been assigned to help you had already done their jobs and left

You let them off easy because it was raining and you didn’t want anyone to miss the bus

You always walked home since you lived in the neighborhood and you liked the rain so it was no big deal to you

*cringey middle schooler voice* “Hey is it okay if we head out? Are you okay by yourself?”

“Oh yeah sure go ahead! Have a great day!”

“Thanks! See you later (y/n)!”

Yeah a n y w a y 

So it’s raining out and it’s just you in the classroom after school, cleaning the whiteboard and sorta zoning out

The cloudy weather and sound of steady rainfall on the asphalt outside isn’t helping

But luckily you’re almost done, just gotta get a chair to reach the top of the board and--

Chunk!

What the

Um

Hello?

What was that sis

You look over your shoulder mid-swiping to see the silhouette of a person climbing in through the window

But you can’t see who it is at first cause right at that moment there’s a flash of lightning that lights up the whole room and casts everything in a veil of black and the hollow roar of thunder (just like in all the cliche horror movies), and a scream gets caught in your throat (like half of the cliche horror movies)

It successfully freaks you out a bit but

Once you’re able to see clearly again you realize it’s a boy

A boy you recognize

Barely tho

Like hardly

Because he’s honestly never around

Always skipping class

Typical delinquent kid

His name, you scarcely recall, is Kim Seungmin

He probably thinks he’s some sort of billy-badass or smth, you dunno

Well he’s just frozen like you are, halfway inside with his legs straddling the windowsill, soaking wet, just staring at you

Staring

Staring

Still staring...

You furrow your brow at him, slowly getting back into the groove of getting your business done and hightailing it outta there. “Take a picture, it’ll last longer.”

He smirks and leans forward, resting his hand on his chin, just watching you while half of him is still getting soaked by rain; he looks like the freakin’ Cheshire Cat. “The same could be said about you.”

You’re about to ask him what kind of a comeback that is when it dawns on you that you’re still staring as well, and you visibly shun yourself and whirl away to face the board again. He chuckles and you hear him toss his incredibly late ass all the way inside, closing the window and leaving a trail of rainwater and mud and dead leaves and outside nastiness on the floor that you just finished sweeping and cleaning uGH WTF BILLY-LATEASS WHY YOU GOTTA DO ME LIKE THAT

Great now you’re gonna miss the newest episode of Totally Spies and that rerun of Sailor Moon you were really looking forward to...all because this punk had to show up half past four.

He lifts one of the chairs off the desk and takes a seat, and when you curiously peek over your shoulder to see wtfudge he’s doing, he’s watching you. Again. Just sitting at what would be his usual seat in the middle of the room if he were ever in class on time at all. You roll over the teacher’s desk chair to finish cleaning the board and have just decided to leave the trail of dirt and wet grass for him to clean up

But uh

Unfortunately you have a brain made of spaghetti like the author

And well

You somehow managed to forget for a second that the chair has wheels, and the floors are still a little slick

So the moment you clamber your (enter height here) ass up on that chair guess what happens?

Just guess

Yeah you guessed it

London bridge comes falling down

Well in this case (y/n) bridge

It all happened so fast

And yet

You never touch the ground

No you didn’t spontaneously gain superpowers like in a Marvel or DC comic

This isn’t My Hero Academia either, you’re definitely quirkless

It’s this guy

He actually managed to throw himself over the desk and slide over just in time to save you

Wow maybe this is a bit of a superhero movie

Go Spiderminnie B))

Batminnie?

...Okay lame names and rambling aside, he saved you

You stare at him with a shocked look on your face, a bit winded from the experience

But also at the way he’s staring at you

It’s kinda sus sis

He’s looking at you like...almost like he’s seeing right through you

Into your soul

You know how they say the eyes are the window to the soul?

Well this bish is sunlight and he’s cutting right through...effortlessly

Gracefully radiating a strange unnatural light you aren’t really sure how to define

It’s weird, and foreign, and a bit uncomfortable

But a part of you kinda likes it

Which bothers you because sure this guy did just save you from getting a concussion and possibly breaking your neck but still

“Uh...thank you…” you mutter, not sure what else to say. It’s a miracle your spaghetti brain even managed to remember to say “thank you” at all smh

He’s smiling down at you kindly (even tho it’s a bit creepy, surely he means well) and uh

Does he plan on letting go of you anytime soon?

I mean 

He’s still wet and you like the rain and all but

Okay there we go he’s setting you down now

Phew see he’s not a weirdo or anything, it’s all good

“That was a smart move you just pulled. I’m guessing you aren’t very fluent in the common sense department.”

Uh eXCUSE ME?!

Okay wow rude much

Who says something like that after saving someone?

Who says something like that to anyone they barely know ever?

Way to ruin the moment … wait what moment

There wasn’t a moment

That wasn’t a moment that was just uh...he was just…

:)))) moving on

You squint at him and scramble up to your feet to get away from this rude boy who you’re just starting to notice is kinda cute even if the way he looks at you is a little creepy and his attitude needs work, dusting yourself off and inwardly cringing at the chill snaking up your side. That’s just from the rainwater, right...? “Like you’re one to talk.”

He laughs at that...his laugh sounds like a bell. A bit obnoxious, but it’s still pleasing to you. And that makes you pretty angry.

“Stop laughing at me!”

“Stop laughing at me!”

“Huh?!”

“Huh?!”

“I mean it! Cut it out!”

“I mean it! Cut it out!”

He’s mimicking everything you say in a horribly applicated high-pitched voice, which only fuels your anger and frustration. Not to mention your embarrassment.

You’re embarrassed, right? That’s why your face feels so hot right now? Or you’re running a fever. Maybe you caught the bug that’s going around. People catch colds all the time during a rain shower, it’s only in every cliche romance anime ever.

Wait a sec…

Romance anime?!

Uh hahaha no no sis that’s not what this was

Not in the slightest

But I mean

It’s all set up like one

The rain

After school atmosphere

Cute delinquent guy with a bad attitude rescuing and teasing airheaded good student

Crap crap crap

Abort mission abort abort

You gotta scram baby

So that’s just what you do

...Well you try to anyway

But next thing you know he’s lifting you up in his arms and like

Dude

Have you not heard about personal space before?!

You turn your heated face down to him and he’s smiling up at you, so sweetly, so purely, all rainbows and sunshine

“Sorry, I was just teasing you. I thought maybe you could use a lift?” ❀

Well crap

He wasn’t wrong tho

Hnnnnn you can feel your face heating up again; er, even more

HNNNNN THIS REALLY IS AN ANIME ROMANCE ASDFGHJKL;

Okay okay calm down (y/n)

Just go with the flow

No use fighting it

Nothing good ever comes of fighting it

So you smile and mumble your thanks and let it happen

And guess what?

You two end up becoming the best of friends \^-^/

It’s quite cute actually

And it happens very naturally too

A nice slow burn transition into acquaintances, then friends, then good friends, and finally by the time you reach high school, y’all are besties

He’s always there for you when you need him

...

Like, always

It’s kinda strange actually...

He always knows right where to find you and texts you the moment you unlock your phone to text him

You: 𝖶𝗈𝗐, 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎! 𝗈𝖠𝗈

Him: 𝖮𝗁 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒? 𝖧𝖺𝗁𝖺𝗁 / 𝖶𝗈𝗐, 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝖽𝖽𝗌? / 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎!! :) / 𝖦𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖨'𝗆 𝗉𝗌𝗒𝖼𝗁𝗂𝖼 :𝗉

But more recently, it’d gone a little something more like:

“𝖸𝖾𝖺𝗁, 𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 <𝟥”

… *shrugs* 

Guess he’s got some kind of a sixth sense or something

He just knows you so well

But you don’t think much of it because the two of you do spend an awful lot of time together

As in you’re practically joined at the hip when you’re not separated by classes or your mom calling you home for dinner if you happen to go out on the town somewhere

Usually it’s the ice cream parlor or the mall

His buddies Felix and Changbin work at one of the shops there so you like to stop by and say hi to them

But you don’t stay too long because Seungmin really values your alone time

Just the two of you strolling side by side, sometimes hand in hand, while he listens to you ramble on about your day and get excited over cute things in the storefront windows and grumble about being hungry every time you pass the food court

You always tug him in front of one of the stands with the full intent of buying, yet he always ends up paying; he simply insists on it

Because he loves it

Your whining 

Your excitement

The way you ramble over the speed limit and express your passion so effortlessly

It’s real to him

Attractive

Inspiring

Photogenic 

He’d bottle each memory up and relive them over and over again if he could

Of course they’ll always be in the picturebook of his heart, but that’s a little cringe

He doesn’t care though cause it’s true

Watching you twitch your nose and turn your head like a muskrat as the scent of fresh cinnabuns wafts through the air 

It makes him smile and beam with delight and the whole atmosphere becomes warm and inviting

Of course, you don’t know that

Because Kim Seungmin isn’t an open book

More like a locked diary (with chains all wrapped around it like something out of a medieval fairy tale)

Some people have questioned why the two of you aren’t dating yet

But Seungmin’s too shy to say anything; the very notion makes him feel faint and his heart race; and you always dodge the question or tell people you’re simply “just friends”

Because to be honest, any feelings you thought you had for him have sorta cooled down into a comfortable friendship 

And while you may have thought about the two of you being an item before

You’re not sure how he feels 

Before you rant at the author whAt do YoU mEAN hAve yOU nOt beEn pAYInG aTTENtiOn to WhaT’S gOinG On?! 

LET ME (well you) EXPLAIN

While the two of you HAVE been rather inseparable over time since that fateful encounter in junior high

Seungmin is still a bit of an odd duck

Ya know him

But sometimes it feels like you don’t

Lately he’s been getting harder and harder to read

At least when it comes to the feelings department

Aka pathos

You know he certainly cares for you, a lot

And you care for him...a lot

But surely it doesn’t mean anything...more

He’s like the brother you never had

Just looking out for you, wanting the best for you, like family

It’s not anything romantic~ or lustful~ or anything like that …

Is it?

I mean uh

So what if you cuddled while watching movies together, and when you started to drift off against his chest you distinctly felt him place a soft kiss atop your head? So what if you shared milkshakes and ice cream sundaes at the parlor while holding hands beneath the table and speaking of hands you both blushed and giggled cutely when they touched while reaching for the popcorn at the same time? So what if he made you flower crowns and took pictures of you looking like a beautiful mess down by the river, or at the beach, or in the garden behind his house? So what if he occasionally showered you with gifts and bought you food and always left you the biggest mess of flowers and chocolates on Valentine’s day and worked himself tirelessly trying to teach you material you didn’t understand, and was the first one calling to see how you were doing when you got sick, even going so far as to skip class to bring you soup and tease that “you probably caught that dummy virus you had the day we met” and stayed sitting crisscross applesauce on the floor while you laughed stuffily at Tuxedo Mask calling Usagi/Sabrina a Meatball Head and he smiled at your congested laughter while mimicking you in a memey fashion (to which you respond by throwing used tissues at him that never get very far), copying all of the days notes you missed into your journal with that surprisingly pretty cursive handwriting of his...and leaving cute little love poetry off to the side for you to find later...so what if...something is starting to click inside your head...it doesn’t mean anything. None of it does. None of that meant anything!! \(>-<)/ …

……

……...right?

You scream internally into the void

For you do not know 

(╥﹏╥)

One day after school of your senior year you’re doing rounds like you normally do

And you whine like you usually do

And he snickers like he regularly does

And y’all wander over to the food court like two happy little love birds (to him) and a couple of friends in a we-aren’t-dating-we’re-just-great-buds-it’s-complicated relationship (to you)

And that’s when you see him

Wow

I mean WOW

This new guy behind the counter

You recognize him from school

He just transferred to your school from out of town

His name is

Uh...

Shoot what’s his name? (._.”) ??

It’s almost your turn in line

Guess you’re about to find out ♥

Gosh he’s gorgeous wowowow

He’s looking more attractive the closer you get, and you’ve only seen him from a distance at school and he was ALREADY the bees knees then

You take a step forward up to the counter…

That is until Seungmin stops you

This bish just completely cut you off 

His tall 5’9 ass is completely blocking your view of Hunkilicious >:((

Your peeking around him as best you can, but it’s hard when he’s constantly shifting his weight in time with you; you still manage to get a glimpse though, and wowza he’s fine (♥‿♥)

That sandy blonde hair

Those gorgeous bright eyes

A whole snacc sis

You smile at him while Minnie’s placing your order, and he catches your shy little wave, sending a flawless wink back at ya

 (/❛o❛)/❤,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~-.¸,.-~*´¨¯¨`*·~ o(~_^)o

OOF

MAN DOWN MAN DOWN

HE GOT YOU

ONE HIT KO

AHHHHHH <3

If love at first sight is a thing

This may very well be it

He’s. So. Cute~ 乂❤‿❤乂

At least you think so

Seungmin, on the other hand…

…

Not so much :))

In fact

The way he’s looking at this guy

You may not know what he’s thinking

But you can tell

He’s trying really hard to put up a normal/average front

His aura is…

Well

It’s not pleasant that’s for sure

When you two stand off to the side, waiting for your order

You tug at his sleeve and ask him if he’s alright

“Hm?” He snaps out of glaring daggers to peer down at you, smiling softly. “Yeah, everything’s fine.”

You highly doubt that, but you aren’t about to open any doors that should remain locked

“Okay…”

Just then your order is being called, by the cute blonde by that recently stole your heart

You instantly light up like a Christmas tree, and before Seungmin can make a move you dash over to the counter to pick it up

Leaving Minnie in your dust

“……”

He doesn’t say a word

Meanwhile, back at the food stand, you’re taking the bag of goods from…

You’re squinting at his nametag…

Only to notice he isn’t wearing one. Now you feel kind of dumb.

“It’s Jaemin,” he laughs, dropping some extra napkins in the bag. But also…

Why is winking at you like that?

“Maybe I’ll be hearing from you sometime?”

What…

You look down into the bag

Sure enough, there’s a phone number scribbled out in pen over the top napkin

...Wow. He’s not even trying to be sneaky about it. He’s letting you know what’s up.

But doesn’t he think that…?

You look at him earnestly. “Don’t take this the wrong way or anything, but um…”

His eyes grow soft, and looks disappointed all of a sudden. But he seems to be taking whatever he thinks is going on respectfully. “Oh, so you are in a relationship. I’m sorry, I thought that-- well, Jeno told me you two weren’t anything serious, so I thought that--”

“Jeno?” You look over his shoulder, and sure enough there’s Jeno, school jock, meeting your stare and giving you a quick “what up” nod before he hustles back to work

Jaemin sighs, making himself look busy by swiping down the counter. “Sorry, again. That was really rude of me, you can just ignore--”

“No!” you cut in.

He’s looking back up at you, a bit surprised, and you clear your throat. “I mean uh...he’s right. Jeno’s right. I’m not...seeing anyone right now. I mean, I’m not in a relationship or...anything like that. Seungmin and I are just really good friends. He’s like a brother, almost.”

Jaemin’s surprise quickly spreads into a smile that travels from ear to ear, and chuckles mostly to himself, giving himself a nod as well. “Okay. Sounds great. Maybe I really will be hearing from you then.”

Hnnnnn your insides are turning to goo, and you nod a little too ecstatically, having to contain the excited squeal threatening to erupt from the butterflies in your stomach as you hurry back over to Seungmin’s side

He’s right where you left him, and he looks…

He looks like a kicked puppy

There’s no way he could have heard what just happened

But you knew he saw the whole thing

...That didn’t matter though, right?

Cause it’s not like you guys are dating

He doesn’t even like you like that

Just friends

Just friends, (y/n)

So it’s fine

You don’t even care if he sees the phone number napkin

Which he’s looking at right now; actually glaring intensely would be a better word

And now he’s

Oh

He’s reaching inside the bag

He’s taking it out

He’s glaring at it

He’s debating something

He doesn’t look very happy

Brave (Y/n) tries to reach for the phone number

Her attack missed

Minnie’s power level is too strong

It’s over 9,000

Now he’s walking away and…

You gulp as he waits to get Jaemin’s attention

exchanging some words with him

Oh dear stars

What are they saying?

What’s going on?

You’re not sure why, but your legs won’t move

There’s some kind of...barrier...there’s this aura emitting off of Seungmin. It’s the same as earlier when he first caught you smiling at Jaemin. 

But now it’s stronger, more powerful. Clearly you aren’t the only one who feels it either, because the customers and employees around him are taking a few steps back and sending curious glances as well...when he comes back, he’s empty handed. And he looks…

Calmly pleased with himself. “Sorry about that, (y/n). He won’t be bothering you anymore.”

You frown. “He wasn’t bothering me, Minnie. In fact--”

You don’t get to finish that thought, because he’s ushering you off like a shepherd herding a lost sheep away from a pack of wolves...

Except you’re starting to suspect that he may be a wolf in sheep’s...well, shepherd's clothing

You sit down to eat, and it’s like nothing happened. Minus the twitch in his face every time you so much as look toward the Cinnabon shop.

~~~

The next day you’re sitting in your chosen science course, Environmental Systems. It was either that or Quantum Physics...and let’s face it, you hate math, so ES won ten to none

You’re sitting at your lab table totally zoning out...you can’t stop thinking about Minnie’s behavior the other day. What the heck had gotten into him? Why was he acting so strangely? So rudely?

He’d gotten better after he started hanging out with you. He’d stop skipping classes, started taking his classwork seriously

It turns out Minnie is actually really smart; like, really smart. His IQ has gotta be in the 150 range. It was just a matter of applying himself and actually giving a hoot; and for some reason, he’d listen to you. Most of the time, anyway.

 So you’re sitting there all slumped over in your stool, elbows on the table with your head propped up in both hands. Your eyes are locked in an internal battle with the clock on the far wall; each second that ticks by is a second lost, a second wasted, a second longer that you STILL can’t figure out what’s wrong with--

...Say, why is this bothering you so much anyway?

You two ain’t dating

You’re just friends

But you still care about him and are worried for him...as a close friend, right? That’s normal, isn’t it? You’re like a fretting sister worried about her brother’s strange behavior

Yeah yeah that’s all it is

Also what was up with that aura coming off of him?

You’re pretty sure even the Fire Nation would have turned and run with their tails between their legs

Wonder what it was he said to Jaemin…

...Aw man

Jaemin

So much for that romance waiting to be written (“=3=)

You feel a hand on your shoulder

“Ahh!” 

You whirl around to see Seu--

…

Lucas?

He gives you a tender smile, slinging his backpack to the floor beside the table. “Hey. You okay?”

“Oh…” You sigh, shaking your head to clear it. “Yeah. Yeah I’m...fine.” ...Not fine, but it’s okay.

New character introduction! → This is your lab partner, Lucas. He’s sat beside you all year, but you normally don’t speak much beyond idle chitchat and classwork. 

But today is different

Because today is the day he’s finally getting up the courage to…

...No, not confess his undying love for you. He just wants to talk more. He’s seen you around with Seungmin a lot; in fact the two of them share a class together, and let’s just say you’re not the only one who’s noticed some odd behavior. Lucas is a caring guy, and he’s worried about you… He thinks you’re a good person. And to him, good people are precious treasures that must be protected!! (/oAo)/

He takes a seat in his stool beside you, the one next to the window, and looks at you with concern in his eyes. “So, listen...I know we don’t talk a lot, but…is it okay if I ask you something?”

“? Sure, go ahead.”

“You and Kim...what’s your relationship like?”

You frown. “We don’t have a relationship. I mean, I’m not romantically involved with him...we met in middle school. We’ve been friends ever since.”

“...Are you sure about that?”

...what?

“What do you mean?”

“Well...not to sound out of line or anything, but I’m a bit surprised...well, I have a hard time believing...erm, seeing a person like you hanging out with a person like him. And it’s not just me, either. Anyone who knows either of you feels the same way.”

(• ε •) ? Why tho

You’re looking to him for the answer, but he doesn’t give you one. Instead he’s changing the subject.

“...Not to be nosy, but Jaemin told me what happened the other day. Uh…” He rubs the back of his neck, glaring down at the table. “He wanted me to apologize to you again, in his place. But you really should have told him if you were--”

“I’m not in a relationship with him!”

You’d slammed your hands on the table, jumping out of your seat. The rest of your classmates all silence their chatter or last minute scribbling of unfinished homework assignments, staring at the far left corner of the room where your table is.

Oops

You uh

You hadn’t meant to do that

Muttering an apology you sink back down into your seat, head bowed to allow your hair to hide your face like a curtain. Showtime’s over, folks. No encores, please.

Lucas hesitates, but after a moment he places a hand against your back. Something wet rolls down your cheeks...sheesh, when did you become such a crybaby? Are you seriously crying about this right now? But why…?

 You hear him swallow, and next thing you know he’s asking you for your side of the story, and you tell him everything. About Seungmin flipping like a light switch. About his scary aura you’d never noticed before. That you had no idea he was gonna react like that.

“I see…” Lucas is quiet for a moment. Then he holds out his hand to you. “Give me your phone for a sec.”

??? Okay…

You give him your phone, and he smiles a bit at the phone charms of things you stan clinking together as it’s being passed over to him. He grabs your wrist for a second (lightly) to unlock it, making you chuckle, then he’s opening the contacts app. He slides it back over not but a few moments later with the friendliest smile he’s ever given you; a smile letting you know that everything’s going to be alright.

“Text me anytime. I gave you Jaemin’s number as well. You should call him. I know he seems kind of like...a womanizer, but he’s really not. That’s just a dumb rumor going around from the popular crowd ‘cause he turned one of the cheerleaders down. He’s really a nice guy, and he talks about you a lot.”

��…

QAQ <3

LUCAS I COULD KISS YOU RIGHT NOW

OmgoshomgoshomgOSH \(^.^)/ 

GO LUCAS YEEHAW

You do hug him at least

You can’t help yourself

You feel like a weight has been lifted

Like you can breathe a little easier

Lucas just laughs half awkwardly, half genuine, and pats your back before the teacher walks in and makes a comment about PDA, and you both roll your eyes and take your seats

You spend the whole class chatting and catching up like two good friends that hadn’t seen each other in a long time, really hitting it off even though you’ve been lab partners the whole semester 

Your teacher doesn’t mind as long as you get your work done; today is a relaxed, catch up on late assignments kind of day

You’re so engrossed in a debate about which flavor of ice cream is superior that you scarcely hear the bell ring; you notice it but it leaves your mind after five seconds because this hoe over here is trying to convince you that vanilla is better than chocolate

CHOCOLATE IS SUPERIOR OKAY?!? (Author Note: if you feel otherwise, just pretend the roles are switched✌️)

 You’re going into heavy detail about how your flavor is just melts-in-your-mouth kind of good, being a river of pure joy when you notice Lucas staring towards the door with a troubled look on his face...is he trying to tell you he needs to go?

Probably. Well shoot, is it pretty rude to keep someone from getting where they need to go…

You’re about to apologize and turn to get your things and uh

Seungmin is there

At the door

Just watching you two

He’s wearing the same resting b*tch face he wore during the Jaemin fiasco

Uh-oh.

He doesn’t approach you like you fear he will, though. He simply waits patiently, one eye on you, the other on Lucas.

The moment you get your things together you bow your head to Lucas, being overly respectful in a state of minor panic before scurrying for the door. Seungmin flips his attitude again to be all smiles and sunshine, taking your hand a bit too forcefully and sending a look over his shoulder before hauling you off. 

“What was that all about?”

He may be smiling, but his tone is the complete opposite, making you frown

He’s not gonna freak out again like yesterday, is he??

Uh uh uh

Wait you don’t have anything to hide

You have the right to have friends

You know what

YOU KNOW WHAT

You’re about to tell this guy

This whole thing is dumb, you’re probably making it out to be way worse than it actually is

It’s surely nothing

Guys are just weird and testy

...But when you open your mouth to let him know how you feel

Aka the truth

Nothing comes out

Not a dang thing

You close your mouth; open, close, open

N o t h i n g

Then something finally does come:

“Lucas is my lab partner. We were just talking about--”

He cuts you off, squeezing your hand a little tighter. Ow. “No, not that. I meant before class.”

Be--

Before class?!

“I saw you handing your phone to him. What happened?”

Uh

Sis what

He saw that? He was there?!

WHERE?!?

He always walks you to and from class, but you were sure you saw him leave after he dropped you off! He...He had to be hiding somewhere…

Normally you’d think it was a bit cute because “oh he’s just a helicopter brother” or laugh ‘cause he’d be trying to pull a prank on you but

Given what happened yesterday

It freaks you out.

He’s squeezing your hand tighter. It’s really starting to hurt.

“Um...it was nothing! It was part of a warmup assignment!”

“Warm-up assignment?”

“Yeah! We were comparing the current temperatures around the world, and his phone wasn’t working, so I let him borrow mine!”

The lie comes tumbling out of your mouth like a rolling stone

You can’t very well give him the truth

Not if he can’t handle the truth

Plus you need time to sort out what’s really going on with him

But does he buy it?

Well let’s see

He stops and looks you in the eyes

His gaze is cutting through you again

Just like it did when you met him some four or five years ago

It’s more than a little unsettling, but you refuse to crack

Please buy it please but it please buy it…

He sighs and studies you, more gently this time, before pressing his lips together and giving a few small nods. “Okay. I guess that’s okay.”

He uh

He what now?

He guesses that’s okay…?

……

“...Listen, Seungmin. I think we need to talk later.”

“I do too. I have something for you.”

He um

He has something...for you?

Another present?

“What is it?”

His grin is almost too excited. Yet it also seems so pure and innocent. His eyes are smoldering… At least that’s how your brain interprets it, but surely he’s just trying to scare you as is his hobby 24/7. “But you’ll have to wait ‘til tomorrow to open it.”

~~~

Tomorrow comes sooner than you know it

It’s Valentine’s Day

Flowers and chocolate and greeting cards are all over the place

Ribbons and lace and delicious cakes

Hey that kinda rhymed B)) You’re the new Shakespeare

Okay anyway

You’re at your locker; for once Seungmin isn’t around between periods, he’s being held up with a board meeting

Oh yeah, that’s right...forgot to mention, he’s on the Student Council

Told you he was smart tho

But that also made him a lot more...worrisome, given his recent outburst and weird personality flips

The Student Council had a lot of influence at your school

They practically ran the whole circus here

For example, you knew it wasn’t a coincidence that you no longer shared Statistics class with Jeno, Jaemin’s buddy.

… sigh

This whole thing was just one giant me--

UM

What is all this?? (o.o)

You open your locker, right

And well

There’s a huge mess of roses

And chocolates

And greeting cards

And ribbons and lace and delicious cakes; word 😎

You have to grab a few bouquets and boxes before they spill all over the floor

How is it that...since when did you have so many admirers?

No offense to you or anything

You were a very nice girl

Cute, smart, sophisticated, good sense of humor

But you were also rather quiet and shy

Mostly because Seungmin took up all your free time

He kept it that way

Once you survive shoving everything back into the locker in a way that won’t result in them burying you alive, you open one of the greeting cards while a janitor and a few students give you looks at the mess of petals all over the floor

(𝑌/𝑛),  𝐻𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝐷𝑎𝑦! (\(^-^)/) 𝑊𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝘩𝑢𝑔? 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑦 𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 ;𝑃 -- 𝑆𝑒𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑚𝑖𝑛

You open another:

𝑅𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑉𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒, 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 ��𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑑'𝑠 ��𝑦𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤

??? Okay then…

You’re noticing that all the cards and boxes are labeled “Seungmin” or “Minnie” or “you know who” as you’re shuffling through the garden that has become of your locker

You find the tulips near the back next to some daffodils and classic red roses, having to use half your strength just to wrestle them out

Oi vey

You peer inside from “a bird’s eye view”

…

But you don’t see anything

Wait a second yes you do

There’s something dark and boxy buried inside the bouquet

You dig inside...fish it out

It’s a lovely black box, long and rectangular, with a beautifully elegant ice-blue ribbon tied around it

Wow this thing looks pretty pricey...how much did he spend on you exactly?

Seungmin had always been a little extra when it came to you but this year was overkill big time

There’s a note sticking to the back of the box; it says: 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑒

Wow he may as well just attached all the notes he gave you into a novel

But okay you read it

You like reading anyway

𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑝.𝑠. - 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 <𝟥

...Huh??

You examine the flowers before you…

Your eyes instantly land on the one in the center, which looks slightly different from the others

Because it’s fake...

~~~

Minnie helps you carry your things home after school. He handles your bags and chocolates and most of the flowers, but he insists that you carry the tulips

Why not roses? →  Tulips were your favorite flower

But even if they hadn’t been, he’d bought you one of every kind of flower on the freaking planet anyway, as well as every good chocolate combination in existence

He’d even gotten you that cute plushie you’d been eyeing in the window of a toy shop in the mall

“Did you like everything?”

“Yeah...it’s great. You didn’t have to, though.”

His face gets a little...resting b*tch again. “Nonsense. I wanted to. You deserve it.”

M’kay…

“...Thanks, Minnie.”

“I mean it. You deserve this and more.”

“No, no. This is plenty. Wayyy more than enough.”

You laugh at first, but the moment you notice Seungmin’s not laughing, you stop.

There’s an uncomfortable silence in the air for the rest of the walk, that is until you reach your house.

“Listen, (y/n)--”

“Welp thanks for everything today!!”

You rush inside, dumping the load in your arms by the front door. When you run back outside to get the rest of what Seungmin is carrying, he tries speaking to you again.

“(Y/n)--”

“Geez it’s awfully cold out! Winter sure is a bummer huh? But I do love curling up inside and um...oh wow I’ve got a lot of homework to do--”

“(Y/n)!!”

You wince at the harsh tone in his voice; if you were an animal you’d have your ears flat against your head right now. “...Y-Yeah?”

Something...uh...uh-oh

His cheeks are turning the color of the roses in his arms.

This can’t be good

But when his lips part to say what he needs to say, nothing comes out

Cause here comes Lucas riding his bike down the street

And there’s a red rose gripped against the handle

Oh dear stars what fresh hell is this

You’re lost for words

Maybe he’d just passing by on his way to give some other girl a--

Nope he’s putting on the break in front of your house

He’s wheeling his bike over to you

Seungmin’s going into resting b*tch mode again

Why does karma hate you??

“(Y/n),” Lucas chuckles. “Don’t get too excited or anything. This isn’t from me. Jaemin asked me to give it to you. He’s been swamped by girls all day and hasn’t had a moment to himself to come find you. He’s got practice after school so...well I owe him a favor after losing a bet last week, so here I am. Haha...ha.”

Oh man, karma really does hate you

You look over to Seungmin, slowly, careful that any sudden movements will set him off (if Lucas’s words haven’t)

…

……

Wow he’s actually pretty calm right now

Hey maybe he’s okay

Wait no he’s not

He’s crushing those roses and chocolates in his arms pretty tightly

He looks really stiff and rigid

You’re surprised there isn’t a vein throbbing out of his forehead right now

And that scary aura is leaking back into the air again…

“Uh, th-thanks Lucas…” You can’t stop stuttering as you reach for the flower

You take it and after exchanging a few lame jokes and chatter, he waves and gives Seungmin a Bro Nod before riding off

...I mean

That could have gone way worse

You honestly thought Seungmin was going to try and stop you

Or say something

And truth be told the author did plan that

BUT

Then she got another idea okay back to you (y/n)

Gee thanks >->

Okay now

You’re watching Lucas ride off into the sunset (not romantically or anything, just seeing him off and secretly cursing him for choosing such a poor time to pull a stunt like that) when Seungmin blocks you view and is standing...really close to you. 

Why is he so close?

He’s...looking down at you intently. Watching you closely.

Huh who what

Why

This is weird

He just keeps getting weirder and weirder

Making less and less sense

And then he says:

“(Y/n)...listen for a second. Please?”

Um okay

Kinda scared to but sure

“Okay…”

“About what happened yesterday...I’m sorry.”

Oh! He’s apologizing!

He’s not crazy after all (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥

I’m fine you’re fine everybody’s fine

You smile in relief, feeling your muscles relax and all the tension leave the air. You’re seeing the old Minnie you became friends with in those sparkling eyes, that kind lopsided goofy smile, those soft lips, that...that uh…

……

Soft lips?

Sis I

*internally shaking your head*

Girl you gotta get your butt inside RN

You quickly tell Minnie that it’s alright and sweep the whole thing under the rug, giving him a FRIENDLY kiss on the cheek that he may or may not have taken the wrong way

And you get your crushed flowers and broken chocolates and scramble up the sidewalk leading to your doorstep.

…

You fail to notice how long Seungmin is glaring after you with the purest, yet most lecherous, smile on his face

~~~

The moment you yeet yer ass back into the house

It’s like a reminder notification goes off in your head

And you remember about the tulips

Luckily your parents are out having a romantic dinner at some four-star restaurant, so you gather up all the stuff Seungmin had bought you and make three or four trips getting everything securely into the closet of your room

Plushie goes on the bed

You put the tulips in a vase, pondering curiously at what to make of the whole “last flower dying” business

But that can also wait

Because you have a gift to unwrap

You crack open a box of broken chocolates first (hey they’re still good even if they are a little messy and no longer visibly attractive), then you set the box down before you on your desk and just...stare at it for a minute

Admiring how pretty and fancy it is

It’s after school now, sooo…

You tear into that bad boy ヽ(⌐■◡■)ノ♪♬

…

……

………

It’s

It’s a

   ᴵᵗ'ˢ ᵃ ᵏᶰᶤᶠᵉ

Seungmin

He

He got you a--

Holy cow uh

Holy shiz

What

What are you supposed to make of this?? 

……………………

There’s another note inside the box, beneath where the knife was

You carefully set down the weapon, you don’t know if it’s a switchblade or what and the last thing you need is this thing popping out at you

𝑊𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑑

𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠

𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑

……………………………………..

*takes a breath*

Okayyyyyyyy

You take it back

There’s a sinking feeling in your gut right now

You have an idea of what this could mean

But you don’t want to

…

You peek outside your window

No one is there

You stick your head out into the hallway; no one’s home either

Normally you’d hope Mom and Dad would bring you home some leftovers

But tonight you’ve lost your appetite

You don’t even know why you’re stuffing your face with chocolate right now

Stress eating you guess…

…...

You close your door again with a small shiver, reaching down to examine the knife he gave you

Once you manage to get it open anyway

You let out a little yelp the first time, but after practicing a few times it becomes easier and less scary, your confidence in not cutting yourself or losing an eye growing

You turn the blade in the sunlight

It was really freaking pretty

Like 

Really really pretty

It’s shiny af

So so shiny

And let’s face it you love shiny things

You were probably a seagull in a past life with how attracted you were to sparkly objects 

S o s p a r k l y ✨💕

The colors blended so beautifully too, one spectrum flawlessly cascading into the other, then the next

The whole thing was very elegant and feminine

But also cool and kind of retro-looking

A rainbow-stained blade with a black chrome handle

It had a little pocket clip on one side, in case you wanna clip it to your jeans or attach it to something

The design on the handle is pretty

It honestly looks like a butterfly knife, but it’s not

Just a basic spring-assist

You only know this because Minnie catches you examining it again the next day and tells you 

Why did you bring a knife to school, you ask?

Well…

What if your mom decided to do cleaning? Was your whole thought process; she always gets a little nosy after Valentine’s Day and likes to tease you about all the stuff Seungmin usually busy

Wait til she gets a load of Butterfly Gardens in the closet

You’re looking over at Seungmin now, who’s all peaches and cream, looking cute as a button for someone who just gave you a deadly weapon the other day

He looks really excited and pleased with himself 

And then he asks you

“Are you gonna keep it?”

...

Well let’s see

You’re pretty sure if you bring a knife home

As in, your parents see you walking through the front door and actually find out about it

Even if you are just about a legal adult now

Your mom is gonna freak

Your dad won’t be having any part of it either

“yOU’ll shOOt yOUr EyE OUt!1!1!”

“Mom it’s not a gun and this isn’t A Christmas Story!!”

“You’LL STaB YouR eYe ouT1!1!”

Ugh yeah it’d be a no go sis

Plus with that poem he wrote you…

And everything else…

Even if you are friends and all…

Or whatever the heck your connection to him was

It’s all too much

You’re about to respectfully and politely decline when you look at Seungmin’s face and

...

He’s staring at you

Hard

Really hard

Like he looks a little pissed

It’s almost like he read your whole thought process just now

Like he knows you’re about to say no and hand it back to him

Holy shiz

Uh okay bro chill out haha...ha

“Well?”

Dang he don’t sound very pleased either 

Uh uh uh

You smile to cover up the weird feeling in your gut, gripping the blade close to your chest (closed, ofc): “It’s great! So pretty! I love it!”

...That’s not a total lie, anyway.

It is really pretty

And you do like it

Even if it does creep you out a little a lot

But you getting grounded and swamped by Angry Mom™?

Not so great no

Seungmin is suddenly all smiles again, back to his usual goofy/cheerful self. “That’s great, I knew you’d like it. It suits you perfectly. It’s colorful and charming...just like you.”

He swipes a stray hair from your face, tucking it behind your ear tenderly. The whole action is oozing with love and affection...but you’re not sure if it’s the good kind. It’s light on the outside, but it’s got some weight to it. It’s got a...it’s just...

The final bell rings, signaling that All Students Must Yeet Themselves Off The Premises Because Teachers Wanna Go Home Too

Seungmin places a hand against the small of your back, leading you off campus

Once you turn the corner off official school grounds that hand snakes it’s way around your waist, resting on your hip

U m

You’re uh

You’re honestly too scared to say anything

A chill runs up your spine that doesn’t disappear until after he’s dropped you off at home

The next day goes by in a flash, mostly because for the first time ever you stayed up horribly late way past your usual bedtime to stare at what Seungmin had given you, other than a recent case of the heebie-jeebies (> ︿ <”) 

You’d managed to keep the blade hidden from your parents; the moment Minnie dropped you off you’d rushed inside before he could invite himself over (since you could tell it was heading that way and uh...well he was starting to get a bit more handsy) and stormed straight up the stairs to your room, shutting the door and stashing the deadly weapon in a drawer

Seriously, what the heck was going on?! Why was he acting like this? >:((

...

It was on your mind the rest of the evening, while you were doing homework, when you were having dinner

Not even a few episodes of Sailor Moon or your favorite sitcoms were helping

Not even Studio Ghibli

Your mind was present for all of five seconds of Arrietty before you came back to reality and the credits were rolling

Preferably that one part where the dad goes, “sometimes it’s best not to go looking for danger...”

S i g h

Tell me about it, Papa Borrower

You’re trying but it’s like danger won’t stop looking for you

Danger by the name of Kim Seungmin...

...

Was he really dangerous, though?

Kim Seungmin? Dangerous?

He was such a sweet boy

A former delinquent, yes, but the worst he’d done was skip class to do...whatever it was he did. He’d never hurt a fly— at least, not that you knew of

He’s was a Chaotic Shy boy with a kind face that loved photography and flowers and being a sarcastic ass half the time

So what if he had a thing for knives?

It’s normal for teenage boys to be into all that stuff

And maybe he didn’t even have a thing at all

He probably just wanted to catch you off guard to fool you

He wanted to freak you out on purpose

It was all a joke

Yeah!

That’s it!

A dumb prank

Finally you could get some shut eye…

“Would you like to answer this one, (y/n)?”

Your head snaps up, and a few giggles circle round the classroom. Your face flushes in slight embarrassment. 

“Um...yes Mrs. Hwang, of course”

Okay you’ll get some shut eye as soon as school is over

You got the answer wrong, btw

Stupid Seungmin 😞😒 you’d let him have it for giving you a scare like that later

That poem was a nice touch too, the bastard

And as soon as later rolls around, you’re ready to pass it over, boys

Here comes the thunder

It’s your free period, and while you thought about taking a nap and telling a friend to wake you a few minutes before Environmental Systems (that friend being Lucas), you were too upset to sleep

You had to give this jerk a what for 

A good slap upside the head outta do the trick

Yeah!!

He should be in Woodshop right now, if your sleep deprived brain was remembering correctly

Get ready you jerk 😤 cause here comes the—

...

Your froze in the doorway

Wanna know why?

It’s because your eyes instantly find Seungmin

But the moment they do they can’t help but travel downwards to the project he’s working on in his hands

It’s a statue of you

Like okay hear me out

You ain’t tryna be vain or nothin

Because while the carving is really beautiful and all

It’s totally you

There’s no mistaking it

It’s really freaking detailed

And you see yourself in the mirror at least twice a day

So you should be able to recognize yourself when you see her

And bish that is most certainly, without a doubt, a wood carving of you

......

What are you supposed to do now?

What were you doing here again??

Um uh uh

Sh*t bro

This ain’t good

Normally one would be flattered, right?

But you don’t know

You don’t know what to think

You haven’t known what to think since the incident involving Jaemin

You really aren’t sure how you feel about this sudden new development 

You’re just standing there two steps into the room with a fist raised when the boy next to him, your friend Felix (but mainly his), looks over his shoulder and smiles to you, not even questioning why you’re frozen like that. 

“Hey, (y/n)! How’s it going?”

Crap.

Seungmin immediately looks up, and his whole demeanor goes from zero to sixty, calm and focused to chaotic and delighted

If only you could say the same about yourself

“(Y/n)...I wasn’t expecting you to come find me.” He smiles. He does that a lot so long as there isn’t another guy around. (Felix and Changbin not included). “Is everything okay?”

“Um…” Say it, (y/n). Say it! 

You put on a brave face, trying to look as stern as possible. But that idol of you staring you down from across the room is weakening your stature like kryptonite. “Actually...no, it’s not. It’s really not. I need to talk to you--”

“Then let’s go someplace quiet.”

Wait

Right now?

Apparently so

He’s pulling you out into the hall, yelling at Felix to “cover for him.”

The last thing you see is the freckled boy giving him a thumbs up before you’re dragged off to the Student Council office

It’s empty and dark when you get there; the door is locked

Seungmin must have known it would be

He pulls out a key and unlocks the door, sliding it open and sweeping you inside.

He closes the door but

He doesn’t turn the lights on

So you reach and try to feel your way along the walls for the switch, but your fingers find his instead

Causing him to intertwine them with his

He pulls you right up against him…

And he kisses you

Softly

It’s very gentle, very tender

And you find yourself melting into it, even though just a second ago you were ready to klonk his brains out

But then…

Then he shoves you into a wall

No, he’s not passionately throwing you up against it

He’s slamming you into it

Hard

It honestly knocks the wind out of you for a second

And the first thing you see now that your sight has adjusted are his eyes; they’re boiling, dark, violent

He’s definitely not a happy camper

His grip on you is tight; like he’s trying to make you pop or something

It hurts bro

It really, really hurts

You suck in a sharp breath of air, but he silences you by getting the first word in

“Why the hell are you so difficult?”

UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUh

You, difficult?! He’s one to talk!

“Wh-What are you--”

“Shut up! I’m not finished talking yet!”

He’s totally cutting off your blood circulation

You feel your arms starting to go numb, then your hands. He continues yelling at you in hushed tones.

“Why did you let me kiss you just now? Why did you kiss me back? Why are you...and them…”

...Them?

Is he talking about...Jaemin? And Lucas? And all the other guys you’ve so much as smiled to?

“...I can’t do this anymore, (y/n)...not if you’re not going to listen to me or do as I say. It’s driving me crazy. Don’t you get it? Don’t you f***ing see how I feel about you? Have you really been so dense this whole f***ing time?!?”

You

You don’t know what to say

But that’s okay because he’s not finished yet anyway

“The other day...on Valentine’s Day...when you told me...you said it was too much…...even if you were just joking…”

He loosens his grip on you for all but two seconds before squeezing you again tenfold

You no longer have it in you to meme the situation or find any part of anything remotely ironic or lighthearted

You let out a whimper of pain and he shoots a hand over your mouth to stifle it...then he’s cupping your face with both hands, using his thumbs to brush away the tears

You’d run

But you’re too scared to move again

Seungmin is much stronger than you

Taller

Faster

And now that you think about it

You’re pretty sure you heard him lock the door while you were fumbling around for the light switch

“......”

“......”

You hiccup and bite your lip, trying to stop yourself from crying so he’ll give you the space you need right now

This isn’t driving you crazy anymore

It’s scaring you

He’s scaring you

You want the old Seungmin back

The one that wasn’t bipolar and insane

Cause it was all starting to come to you now

The dots were finally connecting

How could you be so blind…?

…

Blind…

Blind.

The poem

What did it say again?

𝑊𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩𝑡

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑑

𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠

𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑

……

You just got an eerie feeling in your chest

Seungmin is still looking at you like a puzzle he can’t seem to piece together. You’re sure you’re looking at him the same way.

“(Y/n). I need to know...tell me, do you…” You can feel his cheeks getting hot inches away from your own. “...Do you feel the same way?”

Crazy? No.

Scared? Upset? Yes.

“...I……” You end on a little sigh, a hesitant puff of air. You can’t get your voice box to work properly.

Unfortunately for you, Seungmin takes this the wrong way; slamming you back into the wall again, he reaches into his pocket, cursing while punching in a number you can’t see. Probably because you’re sinking down the wall with fresh tears in your eyes. You seriously want to go back five years ago and reverse such a terrible mistake...or at least be at home.

You think he’s calling someone, but for some reason he only holds the phone to his ear for all of five seconds before hanging up and putting it away. Guess whoever he was trying to reach wasn’t around.

“......”

And then you see something slowly cross over his face. Like watching a sunrise of realization. Like waking up from a horrible dream, a bad nightmare. 

And then you see that he’s crying.

The tears are silent and steady

And he angles his body quickly to gape at you with a look of pure horror on his face. 

“(Y-Y/n)...”

He drops down to his knees, reaching for you again

But you squeal in panic and flinch away, and he retracts his hands, gripping them close and hanging his head in shame. He’s shaking all over...staring at his hands in disbelief

“......I...I’m so sorry, I...I just...wanted to protect you, (y/n).”

“......”

“Th-Those guys you hang out with. They aren’t good for you. I wanted you to see that...”

“......”

“I’m the only one, (y/n). I’m the only one that understands you. But when you toy with my heart like this--”

“Toy with your heart?!”

You found your voice again. And she ain’t happy.

“...” he swallows, tilting his face up to look you in the eye. Still crying, softly. “...Yes. I--”

“I’ve never toyed with your heart once in my life! I can’t get a word in because you scare the heck out of me! Ever since I met Jaemin at the mall and started talking to Lucas you’ve been acting totally crazy! It’s like I don’t even know who you are anymore…!”

………

And then it’s silent for quite some time

“......” he swallows again, turning his head away and muttering curse after curse to himself while he heads to door.

He locks it behind him.

~~~

Well you found the light switch, but turns out it doesn’t work for some dumbass reason

You’re sure you’re doomed

Your phone is in your bag with the rest of your belongings

You’re confused

And sore

You don’t know what to think anymore, for real this time

You could try calling for help? But…

The Student Council hall is located in a more isolated part of the school that rarely anyone uses

Then Seungmin comes back

And he’s got a first aid kit with him

As well as that kicked puppy expression on his face

Nothing really happens, thankfully

He just patches you up (even though you don’t really need it, since it’s just a few bruises and minor scratch marks)

……

And he leaves you alone

School is long over, so you grab your things from where you left them in your cubby--

…

Wait where’s your stuff

Your bag is gone

Your phone was in there

All your textbooks and homework

Gone

...This day just keeps getting better and better doesn’t it?

Then you turn around

And Lucas is standing there

He’s looking pretty worried with his bag slung over his shoulder, yours in the opposite hand

“Where were you today? You just up and vanished all of a sudden. It’s not like you to skip out on class like that.”

“......”

“Some girls in your class told me you didn’t show up for Statistics either.”

“......”

“Or English.”

“......”

“...” Lucas sighs...then his eyes travel down to your arms, catching on a bit too late, and he gapes at you. “...What happened…?”

“......” You can’t help it. Maybe it was the traumatic experience you just had. Maybe you were about to start your time of the month. But (y/n).exe shut down and fell apart.

Lucas drops everything as you run to him, and he stands there and holds you while you sob into his chest, just letting everything spill out: tears, secrets, all of it.

“(y/n)...”

You gasp for another breath, looking up at him. 

“...” His face is twisted with pain, letting you know you’re not gonna like what he’s about to say. “...I think you should stop hanging around him. In fact, I think you need to get a restraining order. I’m not kidding. You don’t know this, but...the way he acts when you’re not around...it’s very different than when he’s with you. He’s very hostile and closed off. He rarely speaks a word to anyone unless he absolutely has to. He’s civil at first, but he gets short pretty easily...he gets hot under the collar the moment anyone, especially a guy, so much as mentions your name...and then today, with you…” He squares his shoulders, standing straight and tall as he’s looking down at you. “Why don’t I walk you to my house? You’re parents went out of town today, didn’t they? I don’t think it’s safe for you to be alone if he knows where you live…”

…

It was true

You’d practically forgotten

Your parents would be out of town for the evening on a short overnight business trip

……

You really don’t want to be alone right now, and you’ve never gotten a bad vibe from Lucas before. You’d grown closer to him since the two of you exchanged numbers as well, so…

You nod your head, and he gives you a kind, sympathetic smile as he leads you away with an arm wrapped carefully and lightly around your shoulders.

~~~

The moment you get to Lucas’s house

You call your mom to let her know you won’t be home

In case she tries calling the house phone and you don’t answer

You can’t tell her you’re staying at a boy’s house that she’s never officially met before, because even if you do trust him she won’t go for it; and because you don’t want to tell her about the Seungmin fiasco either, you mean to tell her you’re staying at a galpals place

But unfortunately for you you don’t have any you can recall off the bat, and because Seungmin is still on your mind his name is the first one that rolls out of your mouth

And you have to go with it

Your mom is a little unsure at first, buuuuut...well okay, Seungmin is a nice boy, he’s over all the time and you’ve known him forever. Just be careful and don’t stay up too late!

Honestly you thought she’d yell at you even if it was Seungmin, so you’re a bit surprised but 

Oh well

At least she won’t call or worry now

You ask if you can at least stop by your house to get a change of clothes and your toothbrush, but Lucas doesn’t think it’s a good idea; instead he buys you a new one from the convenience store and let’s you wear his clothes

The t-shirt nearly swallows you and you have to tighten the drawstring pants all the way to keep them up but

It works out okay ^_^

You’re still a little shaken up over everything, but Lucas is a really good friend; he makes up a space on the floor just for you (he insisted a million times you take his bed; he’d changed the sheets and everything) but you didn’t wanna put him out since it was all such short notice, and he finally caves but makes a tent for you that’s as comfortable as possible

The two of you actually have a lot of fun making a pillow fort.

He orders delivery and the two of you curl up in the tent together watching some old Disney movies on a small box TV he hauls out of his closet

Wow this dude is vintage af with his VHS tapes

But it’s nice

The two of you sipping noodles and laughing at Toy Story and Finding Nemo

You started drifting off halfway through Emperor’s New Groove when he decided it was time for lights out and cleaned up everything

He tucked you in and made sure you were nice and comfortable before closing the tent and turning out the lights

Big Brother of the Year award goes to: Lucas Wong. *applause*

But, well…

M e a n w h i l e

At a certain Dandy Boy™ house

Something was rotten in the state of…[enter town name here]

It started with a phone call he’d just gotten from a little someone called (Y/n)’s Mom

Or as he referred to her, Mrs. (L/n).

“Mrs. (L/n)?”

“Hey, Minnie! I was just calling to check on (y/n) and remind her to bring the mail in before she gets too comfortable. She’s not answering her phone and well...you know how scatterbrained my daughter can be sometimes. I’m sure she’s just got it buried in her purse again or forgot to turn it off of Silent mode.”

“...I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Is (y/n) not home right now?”

“...Well no...is she not with you? She called about...oh, three hours ago? Said she was spending the night at your house.”

“......”

𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅.

[tuanhood]

pretentious

pairing: ta!park jinyoung x reader

genre: fluff

word count: 3,235

summary: your pretentious ta wants to meet with you to discuss your essay... at a bar? 

a/n: uMmmMm this is not edited and it kind of fizzles out towards the end but I just wanted to post some writing smh. YIKES

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“Therefore, Adorno and Horkheimer would find themselves in a place of negotiation when it comes to today’s forms of media – whether social media operates within cultural industry or if it provides an opposition.” Your TA paused, glancing down at the watch on his wrist, “looks like that’ll be it for today, but remember to sign up for a time slot where we can discuss the grades of your first papers.” 

There are collective groans that can be heard throughout the room at his remark, “now, now calm down I only failed one of you.” At that the room goes dead silent, but is then filled by his warm laugh, “I’m just kidding. Seriously don’t worry. Thank you guys and I’ll see you at the one on one meetings.” With that he claps his hands together and the class around you begins to move to life. Some students still stuck on his comment, wondering if he truly was joking and others immediately rushing for the door to head home. 

You got up from your seat rather slowly, placing your computer, notebook and pens in your bag at a rather sluggish rate. Out of the corner of your eye you tried to see if the reason for your lack of pace was also collecting their belongings. 

Over the last few weeks you had acquired a kind of fondness for Kim Yugyeom. At first it was a crush that had harbored from his sweetness to you in class, his friendliness and his repertoire of intelligent thoughts he would say during discussions. You had felt as though the two of you had a good back and forth, he laughed at all your jokes or quirks you would make and related to one another in the educational setting. However, after finding him on Instagram one late night, you were discouraged to learn he had a girlfriend… of three years. It was clear that the crush was simply going to be that – a crush. Still nonetheless, you found yourself being pulled towards him and you couldn’t help it, even if you knew your interest and like for him would never be mutual. 

As you watched Yugyeom place his items into his backpack, you attempted to match his pace in an effort to exit at the same time and ask him to walk together to the bus station outside the front of the university. With the last pencil in his backpack, he stood up and slung it over his shoulder, marching to the door. You followed suit and both you and Yugyeom came face to face with one another at the exit. He smiled at you brightly and your heart melted, “Hey, are you heading home? Do you maybe want to walk –” You were cut off by a loud interruption from your TA. 

“Did you sign up for a time slot yet?” You turn to him narrowing your eyes, annoyed at his timing, “no I haven’t,” you mumbled. 

Turning back around to Yugyeom, he gives you an apologetic smile and motioned his head towards the exit in an effort to tell you that he’s going. Shutting your eyes once tightly and reopening them, you give him a smile to show him it’s okay. 

And just like that, Kim Yugyeom’s gone until the next week you have class. 

“So that time slot?” Park Jinyoung had been your TA for almost a full semester, but you had yet to actually talk to him one on one. You of course did your fair share in the group discussion, talking about theories and concepts relating to the lessons your professor would give in the main lecture, but you tried to avoid talking to Jinyoung. 

Jinyoung was pretentious and as a PhD student it was clear that he thought he was so much better than you and everyone else in the class. It wasn’t like you all were unintelligent, after all you were all studying to get a master’s degree, but he acted as though you had come out of the womb yesterday. And now he had ruined perfect Kim Yugyeom time. 

You smiled tightly at him, “where’s the sheet?” 

He nodded to the desk at the front of the room, “right where I put it at the beginning of the seminar.” 

You wanted nothing more than to just roll your eyes at him and tell him off, but you couldn’t. He was of course the one marking your essay and someone who you would most likely be crossing paths with for the rest of your educational experience. 

Grabbing the pen next to the sheet, you scan the page for an open time slot, but you don’t see one. You turned to him, “there isn’t anything left.” 

“Ah well I guess you should have signed up sooner.” Jinyoung quirked. 

Taking a look at him you realize that maybe in another life you and him could have been friends. When he first introduced himself at the introductory meeting for your program you had actually hoped that he would be a TA for one of your classes. He seemed so intelligent, confident and sure of himself. The smile he had on his face while telling everyone about his research interests and background was addicting. You had admired someone who was clearly so passionate about learning and his academic pursuits. But soon enough you realized that all of that was arrogance and his overtly pompous tendencies. At first, he would be fine, but soon enough he was always picking on you in class.

Oh have you read this? You haven’t? Well it’s essential if you want to be successful in this course. 

What was your name again? That’s right… well maybe if you paid attention or engaged in the discussion more it would stick. 

Park Jinyoung was plain rude and out to get you. First class, then with Yugyeom and now this fucking sign up sheet. 

You tap the pen against the table in an effort to not blow up on the spot, “Right my mistake.” 

Approaching you, he took the paper out of your hand and looks for himself, “I can fit you in on Friday night. How does that sound?” 

At his resolution, you frown. A Friday night? Was he serious? Friday night was supposed to be your time for doing anything besides school and discussing your essay. You try search your brain for a plausible excuse as to why you can’t meet him, but don’t come up with anything solid. Instead you opt for the classic, “I don’t think that’ll work for me.” 

Jinyoung’s eyebrows shoot up, “Oh really? Why’s that?” When he cocks his head to the side, you can’t help but admire him for a moment. He was attractive and most of your friends had some kind of crush on him, but you couldn’t forget his personality. 

You hadn’t expected him to press on and in your state of annoyance you sigh, deciding to just be honest since you were probably going to get nowhere. “I honestly just don’t want to. It’s Friday night.” 

“And you think I want to?” Jinyoung quipped back. 

“Then just give me my grade and we don’t have to meet at all.” 

Jinyoung shook his head firmly, “It’s Friday night or I have to give you a 0.” 

You widened your eyes, “What? Are you being serious? That’s not fair!”

Jinyoung gathers his things and places them into his bag, “Life’s not fair. See you Friday at 10, the Hideaway.” With his last words, he exits the classroom leaving you behind completely dumbfounded. The asshole was actually going to fail you if you didn’t show up. He was worse than you thought. 

It took you a moment to finally absorb what he had said. 10pm? At the Hideway? 

When he said Friday night you thought he meant 6 or 7, not 10 and certainly not at the bar on campus. Was he fucking with you? Were you actually meant to go or was he joking? You had never heard a TA meeting with a student so late before, especially not at a place where alcohol would be served. 

You spent the rest of the week going back and forth of whether not you should even meet Jinyoung. He had threatened you with an automatic 0 on your essay, but something told you that he didn’t really have that power. By the time Friday morning rolled around you had essentially talked yourself out of going. But then your mind began to wonder, and you were curious what it would be like to see Jinyoung in a non-school setting. Technically you would still be “at” school, but Jinyoung at a bar? Did he know how to let loose and be a normal person? Even though the meeting was school oriented you were curious about what it would be like to meet with him one on one in such a place. 

Late afternoon you felt yourself on autopilot as you began doing your make up and choosing an outfit to meet Jinyoung. Halfway through putting on a necklace you realized your decision had been made. 

When you arrived at the Hideway and immediately scanned the bar for Jinyoung. It wasn’t as crowded as you expected it to be for a Friday night, but you still found that you were most likely going to have to weave through people.

Just as you’re about to give up on finding him, your ears are drawn to a loud laugh from the back booth. You turn to see Jinyoung looking more casual and laid back then he does during seminar. The top buttons of his white dress shirt undone, his hair a bit disheveled and his shoulders relaxed. His eyes crinkle when he laughs again at something his friend at the booth said. He almost looked… normal? 

Taking a deep breath and attempting not to get caught in the crowd, you walk through the bar to approach him and when you finally reach the table, he looks so happy and nonchalant that you feel as though you’re trespassing on an intimate moment. 

His friend notices you and gives Jinyoung a nod in your direction. He stops laughing and turns to look at you. You hesitated, “um hi?” 

He smiled, “You’re here.” You try to snap yourself at the soft feelings you had for him only a moment ago. Maybe he was acting like a normal human being, but he’s not. He’s Park Jinyoung, the guy who thinks he’s the most intelligent person in all of academia. And he was making you meet him at a bar on a Friday night to discuss an essay, “of course I’m here. You said you would fail me if I didn’t come. Now let’s talk about my paper.” You drop your bag next to where he’s sitting in the booth and slide in beside him. You catch a look from his friend who appears to be confused. 

Jinyoung shrugged his shoulders, “I didn’t bring it.” 

You stopped taking your notebook out of you bag, “Excuse me?” 

“I didn’t bring your paper with my comments.”

“Why?” 

“I forgot.” 

You couldn’t believe it. He really did think that he was better than everyone. You had had it with Park Jinyoung. If he was going to be like this, then you weren’t going to hold back any longer. Who cares if you might have to continue having him as a TA or might have to work alongside him on research projects later? You didn’t care if you were going to burn any bridges. 

“Do you think you’re funny?” He winces at your sudden tone, confused by the attitude, “sorry?” 

“You make me meet you on a Friday night to talk about my stupid paper and you’re not even prepared? What kind of TA are you?” 

He blinks at you confused, “Did you think we were actually meeting about your paper?” 

What was his issue? What else were you meant to meet about? “Yes!” 

“Y/N, the meetings aren’t mandatory. Weren’t you listening to me during seminar?” 

You paused, “what?” 

“And why would I schedule a meeting with you at 10pm at a bar?” 

“Well…” You drifted off. You had honestly thought he was just being an asshole and making you meet him. You never assumed that his ridiculous request to meet you at the bar had been more than a ridiculous request. 

“I thought you got what I was saying… That I was inviting you out.” 

 Park Jinyoung was inviting you out? For what? Drinks? To hangout? You’re speechless and stare at him for a moment. You’re completely lost and feel as though everything you thought or speculated about Jinyoung was a lie or something you imagined. You almost forget that you and Jinyoung aren’t alone at the booth when his friend cleared his throat. 

“Um Jinyoung I think I’m going to get another round at the bar… Do you want anything?” He paused and turned to you hesitantly, “Uh Y/N do you want anything?” 

“A vodka cranberry please,” you answered him a little too quickly. At your response Jinyoung’s friend raises his eyebrows and looks to him questioningly. Jinyoung nods his head at him, “thanks Mark.” 

With that, Mark leaves to go to the bar and you’re left alone with Jinyoung still feeling confused. 

“How does he know my name?” Jinyoung furrowed his eyebrows at you, “Huh?” 

“Your friend he said my name… How does he know it?” 

“I said it earlier,” Jinyoung shrugged looking at you as if you were crazy. There was the Jinyoung you knew. 

“Yeah I know that, but… it seemed too natural.” 

“Maybe I’ve mentioned you before…” he mumbled while taking a sip from the beer glass in front of him although it’s empty. Even under the dim lights of the bar you could tell he was embarrassed by his response. 

He had mentioned you to his friend. Park Jinyoung had mentioned you to his friend? 

“Oh… well um thank you?” You suddenly felt yourself getting shy. The annoyed attitude you had felt with Jinyoung began to dissipate and replaced with something else. 

Jinyoung fully turned to you in the booth, his face a bit pink, “Listen I invited you out because I wanted to get to know you… Outside of class.” 

You felt your stomach do a flip at his revelation. For a moment you stare into his eyes, trying to see if the pretentious snob that you had painted him out to be in your mind was the person you were currently meeting. But all you could see were twinkling brown eyes that were hopeful and had a gentleness to them. You felt as though you were really seeing Jinyoung. 

You weren’t sure what to say to him, after all it felt as though suddenly everything you knew was a fabrication. “Do you do this with other people from seminar?” You find yourself asking. He smiled at you and shakes his head, “no I definitely don’t do this with other people from our seminar. Only the ones that hate me.” 

You widened your eyes, realizing he had picked up on your distaste for him over the semester. “I-I don’t hate you.” 

Jinyoung laughed and placed his hand closer to where yours rested on the booth. “Are you kidding? Every time I ask you anything you look like you want me dead.” 

“Well you don’t have to be so grandiose about everything!” You huffed crossing your arms. 

“Do you really think I’m that terrible?” 

You rolled your eyes at him, “Of course not.” 

He laughed again, “You’re so cute when you do that.” 

Your heart skipped a beat at his words, “do what?” 

“Roll your eyes at me.” 

“I don’t do it that often!” 

Jinyoung narrowed his gaze on you and leaned in a bit as if telling you a secret, “I’m grandiose remember? I notice everything and everyone.” You couldn’t help but let out a small smile at his choice of words, he was teasing you. However, his nice words now weren’t going to make you forget how he acted before. 

“Why do you always pick on me in class?” 

Jinyoung massaged the back of his neck and looked embarrassed for the second time of the night, “I know it was kind of a dick move, but I think that was my way of coping?” 

You furrowed your eyebrows at him, “coping with what?” 

He sighed, “I’ve just never had these kinds of feelings for someone in one of my seminar’s before… So, I think I was just trying to deal with them by acting like that with you.” You don’t say anything, but simply nodded your head at him and he cleared his throat, moving closer to you. 

“I know that I’m not your first choice for prospective guy you might want to get to know romantically, but I would love it if you at least consider me and give me a chance. I can’t promise you that it won’t get weird being your TA, but I can promise you that I won’t hurt you. If anything, you might be the one who hurts me.” 

It’s then when you realize that maybe everything you thought about Park Jinyoung was wrong. Sure, maybe as a TA he acted pretentious and snobby, but the Park Jinyoung sitting in front of you was not those things. 

“I-I would like that. To get to know you.” It feels as though a weight that you didn’t know you had been holding has been lifted from your shoulders.

Jinyoung smiled brightly and you catch the way his eyes crinkle just as they did when he was laughing with Mark when you first came in. You realize that you certainly wouldn’t mind seeing and being the reason for those crinkles. 

“Do you mind if I hold your hand? I’ve been staring at it this entire time and it was really hard to not just reach out and grab it,” he confessed. 

Your heart swells. 

“If I say no do I get a 0 on my essay?” You teased. 

“Y/N you should know this by now, I’m a professional.” 

You looked to him and then down at your hand, smiling. He takes this as his go ahead and reaches out to grab your hand. Somehow your hand in his feels so natural, as though you’ve been doing it for years. 

You almost feel as though the two of you are in your world, until you’re interrupted by the sound of a groan and drinks being dropped onto the table.

“Hey sorry that took so long, the line was-” Mark cuts himself off when he notices your hand intertwined with Jinyoung’s. He turned to look at Jinyoung, smiling, “Finally you did it! I told you that you just had to be upfront! The pretentious intellect Jinyoung can only go so far before people get annoyed.”

You practically jumped up from your seat in agreement, “You see it too!” 

Jinyoung rolled his eyes, “I’m not that bad!” 

“Blah blah media theory, blah you have to read this book that has nothing to do with what we’re talking about blah.” Jinyoung brings his free hand up towards Mark, jokingly making a slapping motion. 

Mark laughed and turned to you, “I think you’ll mellow him out.” 

You felt Jinyoung squeeze your hand and you smiled, thinking about what the future holds, “oh I know I will.”

[marshmellowtea]

hey!! im gonna send you a lot of charas, you can answer them as you want, I just wanna make sure you have enough to answer all you want!! seishi, nikei, ayumu, marin maki, komaeda, makoto, mikan and sayake, please!

aaaaaaaa anon ur so sweet ilysm ;o; 

i’ll probably have to divide these into a couple posts so i can break it into chunks for myself but i’ll start off with seishi, nikei, and ayumu here :’0 

also putting this under a cut so i hopefully don’t break anyone’s dashes 

seishi 

favorite thing about them 

he’s just,, baby?? he’s just baby hdfjaslkdfsdf i don’t even know how to describe it. i was attached to him the moment i saw him and the more i watched of him the more in love i fell he’s such a precious dork,, 

least favorite thing about them 

idk if this actually counts because this is more of a criticism of his writing than anything but it’s so annoying how people just default him to “standard evil villain” after the katagiri zen reveal like no,, there’s so much more that can be done with him,, how dare you,, 

favorite line 

tbh as much as i’m disappointed (read: angry) with the direction voices was going to go, “did you just call us horny?” is still an ICONIC line fhaslksdfjlksdf i love it so much 

brOTP 

him and marin! also him and mikoto,, and him and nico,, tbh him and any girl is good he just vibes “let’s go wlw let’s go!!”, y’know? i also like him and nikei being like. adopted brothers or adopted cousins tbh it’s really cute 

OTP 

seishi/akira/ayumu/saiji. yes that it as an ot4. yes it counts come at me bro. any seishi/rebirth boy ship is good tho 

nOTP 

i,, really don’t like seishi/girls fjadsklfjsadf feels bad man 

random headcanon 

he has TRAUMA dammit!! i hc that he has a backstory similar to maki’s in that he was forced into being an assassin at a young age so it wasn’t really his choice to get involved in all this. i’ve kinda ran that idea into the ground at this point though so here’s a lighter headcanon: when he was 14, he reeeaaaally wanted to be a cat. like, to the point where he’s embarrassed to look back on those days because oh my god he really straight up tried to act like a cat 24/7 huh? kinda ties into another headcanon of mine that he’s less mature than he lets on and tends to go through periods of feeling kinda childlike but ssshh shsh shsh shush

unpopular opinion 

he’s a good boy with a morally dubious job and that doesn’t make him automatically evil. y’all are just unimaginative, uncreative and mean >:( 

song i associate with them 

coughs at my seishi and zen playlists uhh there’s a lot tbh but the songs most strongly connected with him in my mind are “this is how you spell haha we destroyed the hopes and dreams of a generation of faux romantics” by los campesinos! and “i’ve got all this ringing in my ears and none on my fingers” by fall out boy (and yes those are two songs with very long titles i know hdfaklsjdflsd ;w;) 

favorite picture of them 

aaaa rebirth doesn’t have a lot of good cgs to pull from across either of its canons and idk if fanart counts so,, but gosh i really love his surprised sprite. he’s like :o. he’s so baby i love him so much 

nikei 

favorite thing about them 

he’s so interesting. it’s clear a lot of work went into his character, and it’s always a fascinating struggle to try and write him. i think it might be a bit easier after chapter four is fully translated but still there’s a lot of complexity to him and it’s interesting trying to break down his outer shell and get inside his head, y’know? also, he’s adorable. i wanna squish his cheeks. 

least favorite thing about them 

oh my GOD does my boy stress me out. i hate seeing him being mean to my other favorite characters and i’m always just like baby why are you like this please don’t ohmygod?? i’m gonna have to watch chapter four with my hands covering my eyes hasdfjslkdf i hate betrayal plots :’) 

favorite line 

this is kinda hard actually hasdkflsjdfk but “and she threw them away just like that? girl, are you a genius or an idiot, make up your mind!” from the third trial is reALLY GOOD FHKJDFLKDSF on a more heartbreaking note though him apologizing before he dies is just,, god. god.

brOTP 

him and the other voids!! they’re a family fight me. and him and seishi, ofc. i also like him and setsuka a lot though,, after chapter six i’m doubling down on my “she’s his mom!!” stance okay. i also like him and yoruko because i think they could have a fun dynamic (and maybe a soft dynamic with older yoruko,, maybe,,)(what i’m saying is that he gains another mom okay. let me project my mommy issues in peace) 

OTP 

i,, actually largely headcanon him as aro so there’s not a lot of ships with him i’m super passionate about?? i still kinda like him and setsuka in aus and such but other than that i mostly dropped all my ships for him after chapter six cuz it’s no big loss to me. though,, i’m not gonna lie, i still have a HUGE soft spot for sorakei. after seeing his free time events they just,, grew on me and i’d think they’d be really cute together c’mon guys can we make it happen- :’0 

nOTP 

nikei/mikado nikei/mikado nikei/mikado LIKE CAN WE PUT IT TO REST ALREADY I ACTUALLY HATE IT 

random headcanon 

his hair is actually naturally super curly and he straightens it every morning so other people don’t realize this. the other voids think it looks really cute pre-straightener but he thinks it makes it hard for others to take him seriously which is why he goes to such lengths to try to hide it basically he does NOT appreciate the cooing he gets from emma, thank you very much. hgalsdjfadlfkl

unpopular opinion 

i’m not actually sure if this counts cuz i don’t see this on tumblr at least but i don’t think we should take what he says to emma and hajime in the void theater at face value. i think despite what he says he actually does care about them in his own way, he just doesn’t really show it well because he doesn’t like to be vulnerable around others. he’s an asshole sometimes (actually a lot of the time hadsflkjsdflk), but that doesn’t mean he’s unfeeling or unable to care about people. 

song i associate with them 

once again side eyes my nikei playlist ahdfslksdfjslkfd a part of me doesn’t want to spoil one of the songs on it because i do eventually wanna release it to the public but i really just,, i really gotta go with “are you satisfied?” by marina. it’s just too perfect and i think of him every time i hear it now 

favorite picture of them 

honestly? his first tts avatar. no talk him. him angy his last tts avatar upsets me though LEAVE HIM BE LINUJ

ayumu 

favorite thing about them 

AAAAAAAAAA BOYFRIEND BOYFRIEND he’s so sweet such a good boy!! i like that he’s empathetic towards others cuz of his luck and he cares about how it affects them. i like that he’s soft and definitely a good cuddle partner. i love that he’s a trans icon even if that’s not really the intent i don’t care he just vibes trans so well (gal or guy or nonbinary but i tend to stick with the trans guy headcanon cuz haha i transmasc-)  

least favorite thing about them 

i kinda wish he had more of a canon sarcastic side? i mean i’m gonna continue to write him that way lol but c’mon there had to have been times where his luck is just so wildly terrible that his inner hinata jumps out and he makes a quip about it hfkajsdfksdf 

favorite line 

aaaaaa his little hope speech during in voices’ chapter one trial makes me soft,, i love him so much,, i also like him shutting aruma down when she’s being too horny hdlkajdsflksdf it’s really good 

brOTP 

ngl i tend to ship him with most of the class so,, like,, i also brotp him with the whole class,, dalfksdlfkasdf 

OTP 

see above but my favorite of those pairings are ayumu/seishi, ayumu/akira and ayumu/mikoto 

nOTP 

when i’m headcanoning him as a trans guy: nico, misuzu, and kasumi cuz i hc them as lesbians. when i’m headcanoning her as a trans girl: seishi. kind of a nonissue when i go with a nonbinary headcanon though 

random headcanon 

he plays minecraft with akira a lot, but they always have to play in create mode where you can’t really die otherwise it’s just a montage of ayumu dying over and over again, pfft. even with unlimited life though he still usually ends up stuck somewhere and akira has to come dig him out and since akira’s a rude boy he’s always laughing his ass off as he’s doing it smh >:0

unpopular opinion 

it’s,, silly to be mad about his “secretly a boy” twist on the same level as you’re mad about the v3 protag twist,, it’s a fangan and not even that well known of one at that like it doesn’t really have the power to “break down barriers” like that or whatever tf you’re expecting hdsflkajsfdlksdf 

song i associate with them 

he’s another character i have a playlist for ahdflaksdjflaksd but “this is home” by cavetown and i cry every time :’) 

favorite picture of them 

once again there’s not a lot of canon art to pull from but i do adore the promo art of him with his “male” and “female” versions :’0 

[midoriyas-tears]

A shit show of a bunch of random word documents I have

[travis x sal fic.doc]

(authors note- this is unfinished. made january 23rd, by me) fandom- sally face

Sal's lips softened into a light loving smile, feeling his boyfriend's body heat with his palm as the taller boy tangled his hands in Sal's hair. He ran his fingers through the light blue curls and tufts and clusters, trying to rid of any knots. Every time the blonde forced through something more severe, it followed with an "Ow" and a "I'm sorry," and then an " It's okay." And then a grin.

Being sat in his lovers lap, Sal began to lay back into his arms, comfortable. Travis lightly nudged him with two of his fingers, so that he can continue to mess with the others hair. Sal moved forwards. "Sorry." He mumbled, smiling at the freckled boy.

"You don't have to apologize.." Travis got through two or three tangles " You told me that you didn't get alot of sleep.. "

"Its fine. I'm not that tired." Sal would speak quietly. Though it was a bit of a lie. He could fall asleep at that moment if he wanted to. Travis adjusted the shorter boy's head to look up at him, and then bent to plant a short kiss on Sal's lips (It was frankly uncomfortable). "You look tired. Please sleep, babe." Travis sighed, and Sal nodded a 'no'-----. "Fine."

Travis knew little about hair. He didn't take care of himself much, and he never got close to any girls or anybody with a good deal of hair. He took a bunch of the blue locks and split it into three sections, like he had seen some girls do at lunch. Sal purred, closing his eyes.

He tried to remember what to do, until his head gave up and his hands unnatrually began to move around the strands. He undid it, restarting. "Ouch."

"Sorry, babe."

" Its fine. "

"Do you know how to braid hair, Travis?" He

When Travis shook his head, Sal moved, letting his body face Travis', but still sitting in his lap like usual. The taller boys freckled cheeks turned a tint of cherry at the position.

[rp starter.doc]

(authors note- its a roleplay starter. made january 29th, by me) fandom- bnha

After an array of cool weather, the air was pleasingly warm, and the sun shone brightly above, covered by puffs of clouds drifting over and swaying about in the sky. The sidewalk was populated with a short series of people, walking slow to the tone of the morning. In the midst of it all, Midoriya was walking to his new school, with his mother. He gripped onto her hand with one, and with tge other he held onto his plain blue backpack, which had a decorative Allmight chain hanging off of it. He really was obsessed, wasn't he? Izuku looked at his mom curiously as they entered the school, nearing the kindergarden classroom. This was a new school. It was exciting to him, so he smiled, but a set of nervous thoughts still crept over his small shoulders.

His mother bent down, getting on a knee and planting a soft motherly kiss on the boys forehead. "Have a good day, Izuku." She gave him a warm smile which he was happy to recognize. "Mommy will see you soon." She stood up, patting him on his fluffs of green hair and leading him into the classroom. Every other kindergardener stared at him briefly.

The teacher grinned at him. "This is Midoriya. Say hello to him."

They pointed to a table for him to sit, "Sit with (insert characters name)." (authors note- lmao)

He followed instructions

[rp starter 2.doc]

(authors note- simular to the last one. created febuary 10th, by me) fandom- bnha

It frankly was not an ideal day to be at the playground. The sky was blue, but was ashen and cloudy-- it would certainly rain soon. The playground was unpopulated and minerature, not featuring much equipment. And the only people there were himself and one or two other kids who didn't bother talking to him. Izuku didn't mind though. He clasped onto the swing he sat on, pushing himself back and forward with his legs. He moved slowly. After a while of swinging, he attempted to call out for his mother to push him, but she was distracted by a book.

Midoriya sighed, a bit defeated. He looked over at the seesaw, wondering if anyone would want to go on it with him. His eyes went to the back of a boy, who seemed about his age. He squinted at the features. Hey, was that Kachaan? He waved to him excitedly, grinning widely at the familiar face. "Hey! Hey!"

[rp starter 3.doc]

(authors note- this ones different. it was originally for a fic, but i copped out. i liked the idea so i made it a starter. kamisero. created march 10th, by me) fandom- bnha

Before he could fully evaluate the situation, Kaminari didn't take much mind to what he and his friends were doing. The freckled blonde sat beside two of his best friends, Mina and Sero, observing as Kirishima placed a half-full water bottle in the middle of the circle. The pink-haired female beside him clasped her hands together, grinning wildly. "Now, this is something I'm excited for"

It was only then, when Denki could realize what he was getting himself into. Sure, he was single. Sure, he was pansexual. He glimpsed over to Sero for a moment, feeling a light brush of pink tint over his cheeks. But if he refused to do it, he knew he wouldn't hear the end of it. Especially because Mina knew that Kami liked Sero.

"Before we start," Denki heard Kirishima begin to speak, sitting up, "You have seven minutes. You cannot forfeit unless you're going to shit yourself. I don't care if you're gay."

Denki gulped, and Mina playfully punched him in the arm. She knew why Denki was nervous. Mina suddenly seized The blonde's hand, placing it on th water bottle. "Kami, why don't you start? I mean, you didn't get to do much in truth or dare, so.."

Denki glared at her. Mina was his best friend, and he really appreciated her-- but she was really pushy with revealing all of his secrets. Not like she had ever done that, its just sometimes he wished Mina wasn't the /only/ person he could go to. "Yeah, sure."

He spun the bottle. And, he was taken back, when it landed on Sero. Fuck.

[sfg.doc]

(authors note- lmao this is drunk deku so yeah uhh hes obviously underaged so leave if you dont like that. also a roleplay starter. smh im on sham.chat alot. march 15th, by me) fandom- bnha

It wasn't particularly something he wanted to do. He /was/ underaged, with little experience with the substance. Izuku wasn't actually drunk,was he? He didn't drink too much, did he? Kirishima and Mina had hosted a party during the weekend, not to celebrate anything, just to- do it, I guess. Midoriya, though he had admittedly never been to a real one, came. He did get a loose invitation, after all. He didn't want to be rude and say he had plans, because he didn't.

Midoriya had been sitting on the couch, watching from distance as his classmates sat on the floor to play a game of spin the bottle, which he sat out in. Even if he wasn't sober, he didn't want to kiss his friends. He picked at a soda can with his thumb-nail, squinting while trying to open it. "Eeeh.."

[e.doc]

(authors note- last one. march 17th, also by me. roleplay starter, again. this is kindergarten todo, which i thought would be adorable. even though he probably wouldn't evem go to public school in my opinion) fandom- bnha

Frankly, Todoroki was surprised that his father even agreed with his mother, for once. Even at six, Shoto took notice of the unhealthy relationship his parents shared. He actually wasn't the happiest about going to a public kindergarten, instead of being homeschooled. Sure, he wouldn't have to see his mean father every day, atleast-- not as much. But he didn't usually talk to kids his age, if any at all. He didn't know what they would think of him.

It was the first day of kindergarten. Shoto walked by his dad, quietly. He was a bit unhappy by this, as he didn't want to make a scene in his classroom. His dad was a hero, after all. He didn't really want to be a hero. By how his dad pushed it upon him, it seemed like the hardest job ever. Todoroki didn't know what he wanted to be, but not something like that.

Surprisingly, Endeavor *didn't* go in the class. He stopped by the door, telling him to behave, then leaving, hastily. He didn't really care, though. Its not like he was going to talk to anyone. He sat in a random seat near the back, plopping his backpack next to his seat and watching as a plethora of six-year-olds came in through the door. One of them sat by him. He awkwardly avoided eye contact.

[guccisvt]

Boyfriend Minghao

let us begin!

you were walking down the street one day when 

ooooo street performers

very intesting

must watch

you were with a friend, just shopping

you pulled her along with you because street performers are hella talented

there was a crowd around them and that made you want to see even more

you tried to push past the people surrounding them but you couldn’t;-;

then there was a space you could fit through

people were all rowdy and moving a lot though so you ended up falling

and scratched up your palm

didn’t think it would be this much work to see a street performer huh?

you didn’t even want to watch anymore but you were stuck around a bunch of people pushing and yelling so you were lowkey stuck

you finally pushed someone out of the way and looked hella mad

mind you, your friend was behind the crowd watching this happen because she didn’t want to be pushed in the stupid crowd

a random hand popped out of nowhere and you finally got to the front of the crowd

when you looked at the stranger who helped, you were like

DANGGG

he was waering a red hoodie and black joggers and had some light brown hair and just looked so

YES

on that note

he kept pulling you to where all the hype was

and you were like

“No no no”

shaking your head and stuff when you saw others dancing but

he just kept smiling and pulling you towards people spinning on their heads and break dancing and some were dancing with people who passed by

but

you couldn’t dance lol

when the dude started dancing in front of you and you were awkwardly 

wiggling???

i’m sorry idk lol

you were an awkward thing though

he made a face that was like

“Oh damn, that’s why you said no”

but then he stopped you and started leading you with some simple moves

that even you couldn’t mess up lol

and it was actually fun but then you realized you had someone waiting for you

you got out of the dude’s grasp and he looked lowkey upset that you had to leave so he left a kiss on your knuckles and then went back to the rest of his crew

whew

do you feel that? that love for slick ass Minghao? just me? okay

anyway you made it out easier than trying to get in

your friend looked annoyed but who cares???

fast-forward

you’re alone today

there’s another street performance in the same place but you don’t feel like being smushed

rude ass people smh

you keep walking but ahead of you, there’s someone running in your direction

you move to get out of his way but he moved at the same time and knocked into you

he was trying to be consideRATE okAY

but after you both go down and your hand gets scratched up again again

tch

you look at the dude and he looks at you

it’s the dancing dude!

you’re still mad even though it was an accident

he holds his hand out to help you up and you take it

he’s dusting you off lol

looks a little panicked

“Are you okay? Did you hit your head?”

“No, just scraped my hand a little”

he still looks lowkey guilty even though you reassure him it’s nothing

he pulls out a band-aid from his bag and you’re just like

F A T E

it must be FATE

then he brings your palm to his lips where the band-aid is and

hE KISSES IT AGAIN

abdkfksjen

he looks at you through his lashes

your heart skips a beat

wow this dude is smooth af

he smiles at you and keeps running in the direction of the performance

you’re just standing there for a second like

did that happen?

no it’s all a dream

next time you see the dude is when you sign up for dance classes because boy do want to be able to do it confidently

and it just sounds fun lol

you come in this dance studio and everything looks so nice and new

everyone looks nice enough but they already have their lil friends so you don’t really talk to anyone the first class

you’re just stretching like you see everyone else doing

in walks the instructor

F A T E

this beautiful man walks in there like he owns the place

he looks all over the classroom then stops his eyes on you in the back when he’s up front

“Hello, everyone, I’m your instructor”

D E S T I N Y

give it any name you want

you guys just learn about form and proper stretching the first class because 

it’s important especially in dance class? whew

sometimes he helps people with stretching and pushes them to do more

when it came to you

he could probably feel you sweating even if he just put his hands on your shoulders

“Relax” he whispered and he rubbed your shoulders a little

SCREAMING

anywhoozle

class=over

you=lowkey dead

me too me too

after class, instructor dude comes over and asks you why you were so tense

I DON’T KNOW MAYBE BECAUSE YOU’RE TOO FINE TO RELAX AROUND??? “It’s kind of hard to relax around you”

“Why? You don’t need to be tense around me. Just trying to help”

his smile is so disarming and charming

“I know. Sorry”

skedaddle out of there

next few classes, you’re actually learnin some moves and it’s super fun

you even made a few friends

then after another few classes, you’re sick so you don’t go

around 4 pm you hear the door

nobody said they were coming over though

“Who is it?”

“Minghao”

he announced his name during the first class oops

you open the door like

whatcha doing here?

“Came to check on you. You weren’t in class today”

“How’d you know my address”

“Checked with the office and said I have something to bring you”

this sweet ass nugget raises his hand and gives you a take-out bowl of soup

“From a really good place I know”

“Do you want to come in?”

“Sure”

he sits down and is like, have you been resting?

have you eaten?

just small talk

awkward silence for a while

mind you, he’s been looking at you this entire time

stOP stAriNG

“Do you remember me from the street performances”

you nod

“Did you like my performances?”

you barely saw them but nodded lol

“What about me?”

you nod really slowly

“I liked you too. Since the first time we awkwardly danced”

you almost spit out the soup you were drinking

and this man has the nerve to be laughing at your near death experience

“You done yet?”

“Yeah, sorry”

back to the confession

“sorry if that was sudden, we’ve only known each other for a couple months”

every tuesday and friday  for the past 3 months to be exact

“But I’m attracted to you and I think you feel the same?”

you nod really quickly this time

and a smile of all smiles appears on his face

sighhhh

ONTO BOYFRIEND MINGHAO

very confident

in both how he carries himself and how he shows his affection

doesn’t often show affection in front of others unless he’s spiting someone

“EW MINGHAO AND Y/N GET A ROOM” when you’re just hugging

and he’ll kiss you right there lol

is very caring indeed just very reserved with how he shows it

whenever you rant, he’ll listen and is often your voice of reason

loves watching you dance even though you still kind of suck

has the most beautiful laugh y’all

E Y E C O N T A C T

24/7

a good liar but doesn’t lie to you

flirty in a teasing way

he’ll be changing his shirt and you walk in and he winks at you

lowkey father-like kinda like Seungcheol

you’ll go into a store

“OOooo I want that shirt”

“Didn’t you just spend a lot of money on a new outfit/ food/ something kinda stupid already?”

he’s usually always right lol

blunt but in a savage way rather than plain rude

teases you because he thinks you’re cute when angry

if you guys argue, you usually apologize first because you realize

oh shit

he was right

never yells and it can be kinda infuriating how calm he is sometimes

fashion icon couple

he let’s you borrow his clothes a lot but expects them back within an unspoken time frame

sometimes he just looks at you and goes like “I’m so lucky to have you babe”

Overall: an overall savagely wise boyfriend

i give him a million spicy boys out of 10

-sleep deprived M

[lovelylunarwriting]

Hufflepuff!Joshua x Ravenclaw!Reader

You’re going to your Charms class one day, and as you head to your desk, you notice a cute box of candy heart just... chilling there.

You got there before the class actually began, so you ask generally to the class if the candy belongs to anyone.

Everyone is like “hmm nope. Not mine”

So you come to the conclusion that someone in the previous class probably left them on accident.

Because why else would they be there??

So when class is over you leave them… On the desk… For whoever left them on accident to come back and get them.

And with it you leave Joshua's figurative heart. Rest in pieces.

Because basically eVerYone at this point knows that Joshua has a crush on you.

Everyone but you, that is.

Some people try to casually hint to you about his feelings towards you.

Like when Ravenclaw!Seokmin keeps mentioning all these great things that Joshua has done. But he’ll insert it randomly into a conversation where it isn't relevant.

So you're always like “that's cool but back to Care of Magical Creatures, I think that with the Hippogriff it would be best to study it by...”

Some people are… Less subtle about bringing up Joshua around you *cough cough jeOnGhAn*

Jeonghan: “so what's your deal with Joshua”

You: “I wasn't aware I had a deal with him”

Jeonghan: “yeah but like… How do you feel about him”

You: “I don’t really get the chance to talk to him enough to answer that”

When Jeonghan reports back to Joshua on your responses Joshua's just like “they’re literally not wrong like we haven’t talked much but I want to talk to them and I’m trYING”

Okay throwback to how y’all met:

This all started your first year. You were so eager to learn how to make cool stuff in your Potions class, that on the first day you didn’t bother to try and sit with someone you knew, you just sat next to a random kid.

That kid was Joshua. And first year Joshua in his head was like “oh god they’re very cute and it’s only the first day and wOw oKAy i’M fINe it’S fINE”

He’s too scared to speak to you for like half the year because you make smol Josh nervous with your impressive dedication to learning and really pretty eyes and the way you try to tuck your hair behind your ear whenever it gets in your face from looking down while you’re writing, but you never try to pin it back or tie it up and he thinks it’s adorable and that you’re the cutest and yeah he could probably ramble about you forever.

He’s like “the year is almost over, you have to say something to them”

So the next day he gathers up all his courage, turns to you, and is like “Hi, I’m Joshua”

And you’re like “Yeah I know that, we’ve been sitting with each other for months”

He’s screaming on the inside for two reasons because 1.) you know his name and he didn’t even have to teLL yOu iT and 2.) Dear god he’s actually talking to you and you’re talking back.

Next Joshua is like “Haha, you’re right. I left my textbook in my dorm,,, aha whoops so could we share one?? For today??”

And you’re like “Oh I’ll go get you one of the classroom textbooks, don’t worry!”, and shoot him a smile before leaving to find him a book.

And Joshua’s thinking “my plan did not work but I don’t even care because look at the way they just smiled at me”

After this, Joshua thought about trying to talk to you more during class, but you always looked so focused and concentrated and he decided it would be rude to interrupt you all the time.

But on the last day of your first year, he leaves a hair bow and some hairpins on your desk with a note reading “Y/N, if your hair is always in your face, why not put it up? Remember to take care of yourself, and keep doing your best!”

He wrote and rewrote that about 793 times because he was like “AM I TOO CHEESY?? What if they don’t like it. Is it too obvious that it’s from me? Do I want them to know it’s from me???”

You found the hairbow and pins and the note and quietly put it in your bag. On the outside your face didn’t change at all but on the inside you were “!!! asdfghjkl who the heck did this nICE THING for mE”

The first day of your second year, when the first years were being sorted into their houses, Joshua glanced across the dining hall to see you. Wearing. That. Bow. The one he gave you.

It was from that moment that he knew he was whipped for you.

And he’s been trying to do sweet things for you ever since but sometimes you just don’t get that it’s directed at you.

But when most people would be disheartened, Joshua is always like “I’ll do something bigger and better next time!”, after you end up not noticing him.

So Joshua’s attempts at flirting/confessing become more and more obvious.

To everyone but you, rip.

But even the most dense people eventually notice that something's up, and you definitely do.

Some years have passed, and you’re cleaning out your dresser in your dorm, when you find the hair bow from your first year. You hold it with two hands, as if it’s the most precious thing in the world, when your roommate walks in.

They see you with this bow and are like “wow, by the way you’re looking at that, someone really special must’ve given it to you”

And you just sit there, dumbstruck. You knew that it meant a lot to you, but until your roommate pointed it out to you, you never realized how important it was.

Right then you decide, you’re going to figure out who the hell gave you this back then. You put it in your hair, so that if someone recognizes it, hopefully they’ll come talk to you about it.

You start by asking around, and first you ask Ravenclaw!DK, who is like “maybe you should ask some of the hufflepuffs… ;)”, but you’re like “why would the hufflepuffs know anything wth that’s not logical at all”, and you leave.

So next you go to Ravenclaw!Jeonghan and ask if he knows anything. It takes all of Jeonghan’s self control not to blurt out “IT’S JOSHUA, HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW”

Instead he says “Instead of just that hairbow, has anything else… special… happened around you?”

You take a moment to think about it and are like “well… someone left heart candies on my desk yesterday… and there was that one time that I found roses in my bag…. But I thought someone just mistook my bag for theirs and put them in the wrong one… but maybe…”

You: *GIANT GASP* “WERE THOSE FOR ME!?”

Jeonghan: “yes you idiot, oh my god”

You: “they weren’t… from you, were they?”

Jeonghan: “Nope, wasn’t me”

You: “oh thank goodness, I mean you’re pretty I guess but you’re not my type and you’re always going on about-”

Jeonghan: “doN’T yoU haVe soMe gUY to fiND”

The weight of all the romantic gestures over the years is pouring into your head, to the point where you’re just trudging through the halls aimlessly, not looking where you’re going or paying attention to anything at all.

You feel awful for not noticing all this time, and are thinking that whoever keeps doing these gestures must think you’ve rejected them time and time again.

You’re legit about to cry when you stumble a little bit, expecting to fall on your face, but you collide with someone’s chest.

Tears start to pour down your face, this person’s shirt in you grip from you bracing yourself to fall, when you hear them ask softly: “You still kept my bow?”

You head snaps up and you look up to see Joshua, looking at you like you’re the entire world.

And it clicks. It was him. Of course it was him, he was always there, whether you noticed fully or not. That’s why Seokmin wouldn’t ever shut up about Joshua and why Jeonghan would ask you weird questions about the relationship between the two of you.

“But... why are you crying?”, he asks gently, cupping your face with one hand and brushing a tear away.

At this point you just break, and spill out everything that’s on your mind

“Joshua, I’m so sorry that I haven’t been paying attention enough to see all you’ve done for me, and I’m sorry for accidentally not accepting your kind gestures, and I’m sor-”

He takes yours hands in his, lacing your fingers together, and cuts you off in the best way possible- a kiss on the lips.

He pulls away and grins at you in a way that makes you just know that he’s not mad.

Joshua: “Who ever said it was me?”

You: “IT WASN’T?!”

Joshua: “Oh no, it definitely was me”

You playfully shove his shoulder because let’s be real how much more awkward would it be if it just wasn’t Joshua lmao

After this you two wander around the halls and catch up until it’s gotten so late that no one but the two of you are out of their dorms

You realize this and are like “frick what if Flich finds us”

So the two of you agree to meet up in the library tomorrow, but before you part ways, you’re like “so are we… dating?”

Joshua: “If I asked, would you say yes?”

You: “Well, of course”

Joshua: “Then yes. We’re dating”

You two walk to your respective dorms with the biggest grins on your faces.

You walk into you dorm looking like the happiest person in the world, and your roommate is like “smh maybe I should give someone a bow”

When you two are sitting together in the library the next day, Jeonghan walks up and says “Joshua you owe me, I’m the one who sparked all this”

And you’re like “um excuse you, I would’ve figured it out on my own eventually”

Jeonghan: “You’re right. It did only take you years to figure it out”

Joshua is trying so hard not to laugh but is desperately failing.

You: “Joshua who’s side are you on???”

Joshua: “yours!! Your side, I’m forever yours”

He gives you a quick peck on the cheek and you’re trying not to be flustered af.

But it’s okay, Joshua didn’t notice your cheeks turning a gradual pink because he was too distracted by Jeonghan making gagging noises and pointing at the two of you as he ran out of the library.

Neither of you care though, because even though you spent years apart, you’re both determined to make up for that lost time with each other.