#also i googled nu'est dongho for smth

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college au! dongho

a/n: requested; whenever i say ‘senior’ throughout this thing i’m referring to anyone who’s been in the dance club longer than you and not like freshman sophomore senior lol just smth to take note so it doesn’t get confusing! 

in your first year of university, you join the school’s dance club in hopes of meeting new people 

you do have friends already but you feel that in order to fully enjoy uni you have to meet as many people as you can, and joining a club is the perfect way to do exactly that and be a part of a solid community

also you used to dance way back in your early teen years so you thought it would be cool to pick that up again

on the day of your first meeting with the club you dress up in the most dance-appropriate & comfortable clothes you have and head to the dance room

once you enter the room you see that there are close to around 40? or 50 people milling about the room 

some of them are stretching while some of them are standing around in small groups just chatting

some people (whom you assume are the older members of the club) are playing some music from a speaker connected to a laptop and they’re just grooving to the music

among these people you see a few new lost freshmen like you standing there looking a little lost so you just make your way to them so you can look lost together lol

soon this guy called howon who introduces himself as the captain of the club calls everyone to come together

and he introduces himself and goes through a basic rundown of what the club usually does on a normal meeting day and what kind of performances they have coming up, what kind of traditions they usually have, anything else you need to know etc etc

turns out that out of the 48 total members of the club 13 of you guys are freshmen

so once howon finishes with his introduction he announces that you’re going to be doing some icebreaker activities to get to know y’all better

initially you guys were just supposed to sit in one big circle and go around one by one introducing yourselves and your dance background and why you joined the club and stuff like that

but it’s hard to do that with literally so many people and it gets kinda boring anyways so they just let the whole thing dissolve into normal conversation between smaller groups in the circle

there’s another freshman to your right and you’re both just sitting there in awkward silence bc everyone around you is engaged in their own conversations so you decide to introduce yourself

so you tell her your name and she tells you that her name is mina and the two of you get to know each other better

you tell her that you joined the club to meet new people and re-pick up dance and she tells you she joined to learn a new genre of dance after having danced ballet for the longest time

mina’s super nice and you two bond pretty well

soon howon draws everyone’s attention and gets y’all up on your feet

and without a word he just moves over and plays a beat from the speaker

and the older members cheer and naturally get everyone to form a circle

one senior starts off in the middle of the circle and after dancing for a few seconds he points to someone else in the circle and that person takes over his spot in the middle of the circle

when you and mina realise that it’s basically an impromptu freestyle sesh in action you join in the cheers

so you decide that you love this club already because everyone is overflowing with talent and it has such a nice and comfortable vibe and it’s amazing

after that there comes a short break for everyone to catch their breaths and drink some water and get ready to start getting involved in earnest for the upcoming showcase the club’s having

so you head off to the area where your water bottle is with this other freshman you’d just met called jeongguk who’s pretty chill and friendly and you’re drinking water when you see mina talking to this group of seniors 

weirdly they’re all looking over at you a lot and you’re starting to get a bit uneasy when they all actually walk up to you

you look at mina questioningly but before she can say anything, one of the senior guys who was with her starts talking

“hey, my name is minki!! and this is dongho,” he says gesturing to the guy beside him and you’re taken aback the moment you look at him bc he has one of the worst RBFs you’ve ever seen he looks ready to kill

you gulp and introduce yourself while jeongguk does the same 

“anyway,” minki continues “i was just telling mina about how you looked super fierce but she says you’re nice so i’m here to say sorry for judging you by your cover”

you just laugh nervously bc 1) lol wtf is he saying and 2) everyone tells you that you look fierce before they get to know you so you don’t really know what to tell him

and seeing your nervous laugh, dongho starts to crack the smallest of smiles but he goes back to frowning when minki says “yeah but the good thing is now we have a member in the club who can match up to dongho’s rbf”

you start laughing in earnest at that and you guys all slip into casual conversation before howon is calling everyone to come back from their breaks

and although you haven’t really exactly talked to this dongho dude yet you gotta say,,, he’s kinda hot

once howon calls it a day and everyone is once more milling around the room cooling down and making plans to go get smth to eat afterwards or whatever you’re just packing your bag and getting ready to go when you see dongho approaching you

“hey! how was your first day?” he asks you as he bends down to pick up his own bag which you realise is right beside yours

“good! it was good!! yeah it was great” 

wtf how many times do you have to say it 

usually you don’t too awkward when talking to new people but looking at dongho again you realise he’s really hot and it’s making u nervous

he straightens up and chuckles at your answer

“that’s good. what was your name again? i’m not sure i caught it earlier”

“it’s y/n. you’re dongho right?”

“yup” then he looks up at you while adjusting the cap onto his head and goes “y/n? that’s a nice name” 

“oh is it? thank you!”

and before you can do anything else he says “alright then, hope we get to talk more next sesh!” and goes off to meet his other friends or wtv

and oh boyyyy

nice name??? hope we get to talk more???? hope?? talk more???? he’s spoken to you for an approximate 1 minute 22 seconds but you’re already receiving signs

but then again what are the chances of a hot senior getting interested in you after literally having known you for like an hour? you’re thinking close to zero

so you just shake it off and gather your stuff and head out with mina lol

the club meets every wednesday and friday and the session you’ve just come out of is a friday

and before the next wednesday arrives you realise that mina lives in the same dorm building as you and that jeongguk is in your japanese class so that’s rlly cool! you get closer to the both of them, especially mina

also,,,

you bump into dongho twice while just making your way across the campus and both times he smiles at you and says “hey y/n!!” making sure to say your (nice) name which makes you kinda kdsfkdshf

when the next meeting arrives, howon announces that there’s a showcase coming up in about 2 months time

there are several items in the showcase but as of now you’re confirmed to be in two of them - the one that everyone is in and the one that every freshman is doing as part of the freshmen item

it’s up to you guys to decide what you wanna do so you guys get straight to it and start discussing what you wanna do

soon you’ve come up with a loose routine and you guys are going through it on friday when the seniors decide to come and check up on y’all

so dongho minki howon and a bunch of other seniors come up and ask y’all to go through the routine in front of them

now and then they stop you halfway to ask you guys questions or adjust you guys or whatever

one time dongho asks everyone to stop and looks at you and goes “are you sure that’s your spot?”

and you’re like ????? “it is?” and the fact that he has a straight face aka looks super scary while asking kinda makes you nervous and forget the fact that ?? literally this is his first time seeing your routine he doesn’t even know where you’re supposed to be in the first place

there’s another part where another senior called chungha asks you guys to pause midway so that she can work on a move you guys are doing

and when she gets y’all to do it together it goes well for a couple of times before dongho speaks to you again

“y/n, you understand what chungha’s saying right?”

and you’re like ??? yes? and you’re super confused like am i doing something wrong wtf and your fellow freshmen around you are kinda smiling and you’re like wat??

until you see minki elbowing dongho while laughing like dude lmao stop it

and you realise like oh,, he’s just teasing you

and you turn super red bc now you’re embarrassed

and also a little flustered that he’s paying you this attention

,,,, 

he doesn’t say anything after that and you guys are once more left to rehearse on your own

once the day’s session ends and you’re getting prepared to leave, mina comes over to you and invites you to go out and grab smth to eat with the rest of them

the rest of them being mina jeongguk dongho minki chungha and a few others

and you’re like ok sure

and as you guys are walking towards the burger place you guys were heading to, somehow dongho falls in step beside you

“hi y/n”

“hi dongho”

“i was just playing around earlier i hope you didn’t mind or anything”

 “yeah it’s alright”

and then he asks you about why you joined the club

and you tell him

then he tells you why he joined the club

and somehow you guys end up talking throughout dinner and you realise it’s super fun and nice to talk to him

and that the way he talks and does stuff and just goes through life just makes him a hundred times more attractive 

in fact you two are so engrossed in your own conversation that halfway through the meal minki interrupts everyone’s conversations to loudly announce

“YO dongho & y/n looks like y’all are getting along real well” and smiles suggestively

and the whole table looks over at yall and goes “oooooh” as if they’re a bunch of preteens gdi

and you just sit there kind of blushing kind of laughing kind of not knowing what to say as dongho throws a french fry at minki lmao

it’s only when you’re already on the way home alone that you realise that neither of you had asked for the other’s number but oh well,,,

after that you guys are all super engrossed in preparing for your respective items for the showcase during meetings so you don’t really have much time to talk to dongho except for now and then during breaks or when you guys go to eat something afterwards

for some reason you guys still haven’t asked for each other’s numbers by the time the actual showcase rolls around

anyways, everyone just focuses on doing their best on stage on the day itself so you don’t really have time to think about that

so once the entire showcase ends and everyone’s still buzzing from performing and also emotional and happy and everything howon invites everyone to head back to the club room for a little afterparty

halfway through the little celebration when everyone’s doing their own thing in their small little groups, minki suddenly gets up on a table in the middle of the room 

“TWENTY BUCKS FOR ANYONE WHO CAN BEAT DONGHO AT ARM WRESTLING”

there’s a moment of silence with dongho looking like he wants the floor to swallow him up whole until jeongguk goes “pssht that’s easy”

cue the most intense arm wrestling matches you’ve ever seen

jeongguk is literally known for his muscles and strength but dongho actually beats him 

everyone gets so impressed that suddenly there’s an entire line queuing up to arm wrestle with dongho who looks super exasperated and confused but competitive at the same time

and oh my lord you are impressed by his strength 

soon he’s all but defeated literally everyone in the room and he looks super triumphant but at the same time he’s also kinda laughing bc he’s embarrassed and that’s a super cute expression on him

but then minki goes “dongho i bet you can’t beat y/n”

and you’re like ??? bc DUH HE CAN

but mina pushes you towards the table from behind and you’re like what’s going on

and everyone actually gathers around to watch because you don’t know this but everyone ships you two and they wanna watch what happens

so you have no other option but to go forward and slot your hand into his and woowww his hand is so big compared to yours that it kinda makes your stomach feel all ksdfkshd

you don’t even dare to look up at his face bc you’re so close loool

minki blows a whistle which no one knows where he found to signal the start of the match and to your confusion dongho does absolutely nothing to push your hand down

so you’re like ?? and experimentally push his hand down and he just lets you

so you win just like that

and everyone around you goes MAD cheering so loud

minki: “FINALLY DONGHO HAS GIVEN UP HIS THRONE AS THE KING OF ARM WRESTLING TO THE NEW QUEEN Y/N!!!”

wtf

then he brings a fake mic to dongho and asks “so tell us mr kang, what happened?”

“idk y/n’s just so strong it’s impossible to beat her”

and you’re like jshdfjhsdh what

once minki turns away with the fake mic and starts searching for his next victim dongho turns around to you 

“also i was scared that if i beat you at arm wrestling then you wouldn’t say yes to what i’m about to ask you”

“... and what’s that?”

“will you go out with me?”

KADKSHDFKJS WHAT

“..... yes, of course”

his face blossoms into the nicest smile and he steps forward to envelope you in a hug and you are not sure at all whether anything is real

so that’s how you two get together

let me just say that dongho would be the cutest most caring best most heart fluttering boyfriend ever

literally the whole dance club melts at your relationship

you two have breakfast together all the time because that’s the time of the day when both of you have free time the most often

and dongho is so sweet, he’ll take care of you so well

if he thinks you’re stressed he’ll get you to talk about it and he’ll make sure that you feel better before he leaves

and he’s so spontaneous that it’s amazing like any time you want you can just call him up and be like “babe wanna go out” and he’ll be down for it if he’s free

even if it’s at 4am

somehow he has an answer to every single problem you face

but at the same time he’s the biggest baby like he’ll get you to feed him and he’ll fall asleep on your lap and he’ll ask you to teach him how to play this new game he downloaded and if he gets a paper cut or something he’ll come pouting to you asking you to help him

but when it comes to actual adult matters of the heart and just life stuff he gets all wise and protective and suddenly he’s the one babying you and that dynamic is so damn cute

he hates PDA but one time he notices that there’s this guy eyeing you from the other side of the cafe or whatever and he pulls you into a big kiss right in front of that guy just to show him what’s up

he tells anyone who’ll listen that you’re perfect but he’s even more perfect and he makes you glad everyday that you joined the dance club

a/n: ok jst wanted to say that i know that jeongguk mina dongho minki etc might be a weird grouping of people but idk that’s what i went with lol but thanks for reading!!!! feel free to drop me an ask or message me to tell me what u think! <3