#high school me would’ve been floored to hear anyone call me cool tbh

[statichvm]

🐭 (in a “wow they’re so cool” kind of way)

juno ran off to commit baby crimes so pls accept some very important stellas

[rainyrowan]

London With You | Chapter 1

AN: hey everybody! i came up with this idea during the holidays, but never really got around to finishing it. but here we are, a month (late)r and i continued it! tbh, i hoped for this story to become a one shot. however, it eventually exceeded the one shot word count limit of 3,000. so, think of this as a short multi-chap story! i hope you enjoy reading this and i’ll see y’all in chapter 2!!

description: An au set 8 years after the Matthews’ moved from New York to London. At this point, Riley's a thriving 22-year-old woman who’s on her own, especially during this Christmas season. That is, until a young Lucas friar stumbles upon her apartment building.

pairings: riley x lucas

word count: 1,959

The cold December atmosphere fills the air, as Lucas Friar strolls through the streets of London.

He’s been walking for 30 minutes straight with one large duffle bag and at this point, no sense of direction given that his uncharged cell phone means lacking a GPS. With that, it takes all of his brain power to remember the address Asher had sent him.

It’s safe to say that this is probably one of his worsts nights. Nearly freezing to death is something he definitely does not need at the moment.

After a while, he finally stumbles upon a tall building with a name so familiar that he decides to take his chances and see if it’s the right one.

The front desk manager smiles as he sees Lucas entering the building.

“Good evening, Sir! How may I help you?” He says, still offering a bright smile.

“I was just wondering if Asher Garcia lives here?”

“Hold on, give me one sec.” The manager scurries onto his desktop and does a quick search.

“Alright, is this him?” He tilts the monitor in Lucas’ direction.

His eyes widen as he sees a photo of his friend and lets out a sigh of relief. “Yes!”

“Okay, cool! His apartment number would be 498 and that’s on level 4.”

“Thank you so, so much.”

“No problem at all! You have a great rest of your night, sir!”

Lucas flashes a slight grin at him as he heads towards the elevator doors. He hops into one of them whilst thinking about how lucky he was when finding the right building.

When he reaches the 4th floor, it didn’t take him long to find his room. Although, when gets there, he spots an envelope with his name on it, taped to the door. Lucas yanks it out and reads what it says.

Hey Buddy--

I’m so sorry about what happened with Missy. I knew you should’ve left her while you still could.  But hey, I’m not writing this letter to prove you wrong for dating that stuck-up bitch.  (Saving that for when I actually get to see you in person *wink*) I’m writing this because a family emergency came up, and I won’t be home until after the holidays. My deepest apologies! In the meantime, you can still crash at my place. I cleaned it all up for you and left a key underneath the ‘Welcome’ mat.

You make yourself feel at home now. See you soon.

Regards,

Asher.

Although Lucas was bummed out that Asher isn’t home, he didn’t necessarily saw this as that big of an issue since he just needed a place to stay. That is, until he unfolded the welcome mat to find that no key was there.

A tired sigh escapes his mouth. “Great.”

He slides down against the wall, trying to figuring out what he’s supposed to do next. He’s pretty much homeless until Asher comes back, which definitely worries him.

Seconds later, one of the apartment doors open and a woman steps out. She’s quite tall and was also dressed in athletic wear. Although, what really gave Lucas a sense of familiarity was her long brown waves. After locking her door, she turns around, enabling Lucas to practically go out of his mind.

“Riley?!”

Riley offers a double take, before exchanging the exact same reaction. “Lucas?”

Lucas couldn’t believe it. He scrambles to his feet and walks towards her.

They haven’t seen each other in ages, ever since her mother revealed that she decided to transfer to London to take up her promotion. Lucas never thought he’d see Riley ever again.

“Oh my god, hi!!” She gives him a tight squeeze. “What are you doing here in London?”

His smile slightly fades away. “If I’m being honest, I’m kind of in a crisis right now.”

She frowns. “What? How come?”

“Well, it’s a really long story.”

“Good thing I practically have all the time in the world. Do you have someplace to be?”

He laughs. “Nope. Definitely not.”

“Alright, you can crash at my place for a bit... How ‘bout that?”

“That’d be wonderful, but don’t you have someplace to be? You were just about to leave.”

“Well, I don’t really have much going on. If anything, I felt productive tonight and decided to go to the gym downstairs. But that can wait!” She smiles, unlocking her door.

Riley leads him inside, and he instantly notices the smell of cinnamon lingering through the air the moment he steps in.  Once he gets a good look at everything, he also realizes how minimalistic and neat her apartment was. She had grey walls and light-wood floors. In Lucas’ opinion, this interior design didn’t seem to match the personality of the girl he had once knew. Taking in his surroundings, he thinks about how much she’s grown since then.

Although, he still feels this familiar sense of safety. Home. He always has around her. Despite all that happened in the past couple of years, that apparently didn’t seem to change.

“So, this is my apartment. It ain’t all that big, so my apologies there.” Riley explains.

“No, I really like it. It’s quite cozy if you ask me.”

“Aw, well I’m glad to hear that! Oh, I’ve got to show you something!” She grabs his wrist and drags him into what appears to be her room.

Lucas gasps as he sees it. “No way.” Across from them lies a white bay window, similar to what Riley had growing up.

“This bay window was actually the reason why I got this apartment.” She then slightly frowns, “Too bad I don’t have anyone to share it with me.”

Lucas turns to Riley. “Maya?”

“How is she? We lost contact in a sophomore year.”

“Well, that’s because she made new best friends around sophomore year.” He scoffs, “They go by drugs, alcohol, partying, and Zay.”

Riley’s eyes widen. “You’re kidding. Zay too?”

He shakes his head. “We all tried so hard to stop them.”

At this point, she starts walking over to the bay window. Lucas trails behind her.

“What happened after?” She asks, taking a seat.

“Our whole gang pretty much fell apart after that. Too many fights and arguments went on constantly. Things were just too toxic.” He pauses. “In that very moment, I realized how fucked up we all were without you.”

“I--” Riley couldn’t seem to process what she had just heard. “I don’t know what to say. I’m so sorry--”

Lucas stops her. “Don’t apologize. It’s not your fault. As a matter of fact, I think they’re all doing pretty well currently. I haven’t been speaking to them, but rumor has it, Maya eventually ended up getting an art scholarship to CalArts.”

A smile creeps back onto her face. “Really? That’s good.”

The both of them spend the next couple hours catching up on the time that they’ve missed together. Lucas further discusses what’s been going on with the rest of the gang, even though he’s not entirely sure if his information is accurate since he’s only been hearing about them through other people.

Riley talks about her career and accomplishments. Turns out, she ended up majoring in journalism and became a fashion journalist at British Vogue. Like always, Riley never fails to keep Lucas in awe of her.

“That’s amazing. I’m so proud of you, Riles.” Promptly, the sound of Lucas’ stomach grumbling interrupts her, leaving her laughing hysterically.

“Oh my god, I’m so sorry!” He laughs.

“It’s okay! C’mon, let me make you dinner.” Riley says as they head on over to her kitchen.

Lucas takes a seat on the bar stools behind the island, while she rummaged in her fridge.

“I wasn’t expecting a visitor today, therefore I didn’t really go out and buy groceries… All I have is Instant Ramen Noodles. Is that fine with you? Or if you want, I can go out real quick to get some food.” Riley offers.

“That’s fine. Do you need any help?”

“I can take it from here. Thanks, though.”

He takes a seat at her bar stool as she pours a pot of boiling hot water onto both ramen bowls. She then places one in front of Lucas whilst sitting next to him.

“So… You wanna tell me how you wounded up here?”

Lucas laughs in spite of himself. “Alright.”

“You see, around senior year of high school I ended up dating, well, Missy Bradford.”

Hearing this, Riley stops attending to her food and turns to him. “Huh, really?”

Lucas throws his hands up in surrender and drops his head down. “Look, I don’t really know what I was thinking but-”

“Lucas.” Riley interrupts. “It’s okay.”

He sighs. “But hey, during that time I was accepted to UC Davis as a veterinary major.”

“Wait, so you’re a-?

“Yes, Riley. I’m a veterinarian.” He says smiling.

Things obviously took a positive turn at this point, given that Riley hops off her seat to offer him an embrace. “I’m so proud of you.”

She thought back to when they were both at middle school and they had to work on a project about human connection for their history class. She remembered how they shared their very first connection when he told her that he wanted to become a veterinarian. It was a secret. The fact that he never told anyone, but her, meant the whole world to Riley. Even as much as hearing that Lucas actually is one right now.

“Thanks, Riles. But anyways, I was able to pursue my dream and once I graduated college, it’s like everything went at about a hundred miles per hour.” Lucas rambles on about how he was mainly stationed in California.

“About a month ago, they moved me here in London. And since I was still dating Missy during this time, she came up with the idea of moving into one of her father’s apartments just a couple blocks away from here, actually. I wish I could’ve called you or something. It would’ve made moving here so much easier.” He chuckles.

Riley drops her head down. “I can’t believe it. You were here for a whole month. You didn’t live too far away either. If only we kept in touch…”

“I know right? But hey, we’re here now. So, it’s fine.”

She looks back up at him and offers him a gentle smile. “Lucas, why were you seated in the hallway earlier?”

“We were just always fighting. I would have to come home every single day to her being such a pain in the ass. Coming home to a very toxic household isn’t that easy, Riley.” He pauses. “Especially when you come home to see another guy with her.”

Riley’s eyes widen. “She was cheating on you?”

“Yeah. This just happened two days ago, Riles. I had to leave. Miss just wasn’t worth it anymore. She never was. I packed my essentials, booked a hotel, and just left.”

“I always knew she was bad news.” She mentions, shaking her head.

“Tell me something I don’t know. Missy eventually kicked me out. Luckily though, my friend Asher offered a room at his apartment. It’s just a few doors away, actually. But he won’t be back for a while. Something came up and he had to leave.”

Riley’s eyes widen. “Asher Garcia? He lives in this building?” Lucas nods.

“I should really be getting out more!” She laughs. “But hey, you know you’re welcome to stay here for as long as you want.”

“Really?”

“Of course. I have a spare bedroom, you can stay there in the time being.”

Now it’s Lucas’ turn to give Riley a hug. “Thank you.”

[channiekyun]

chick or chic?//cube ent./pd101//seonho

pairing: yoo seonho/reader genres: fluff, bullet list word count: 1870 summary: “he always stayed by you because of your smile, but what happens when the reason you lose your smile is him?” a/n: i think this is the longest thing i’ve ever posted but, dear by lord i love this boy. pls support him and his debut!!

baby chick debuting with a mini album?

an hour to write before I fall asleep?

bring it on.

ok,

you and yoo seonho have been friends since you were like 6 bc your moms both dropped you off at the same daycare center

how convenient right

but you haven’t met seonho ‘till a while so bear with me here

I like me some backstory to the story

you’ve been coming to the daycare center for 4 months

you were so-so at making friends, kinda shy, but most of the times energetic

like literal spikes of energy could be seen coming out of your back lmao

sometimes you’d be called out on it by some of the kids or supervisors but like

u didn’t care 

anyway, you’ve pretty much gotten your name thrown everywhere in the daycare center 

and you were just playing with blocks and crashing toy cars into them (that’s what kids do right?)

then suddenly some of or supervisors start coming to you with a cake with lit up candles

“happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear (Y/N), happy birthday to you!”

and your 6 yr old brain was all like-huh?

but then they told you to make a wish and you blew out the candles

and you know how things done can’t come undone?

well, there’s your explanation for that being done

and then everyone just started cheering

plus the supervisors were all like: “I can’t believe your already 6, (Y/N)! you’ve grown so much!!~”

but again you’re just like: “im already 6??!??”

but your 6 yr old self just thinks that this atonement for not celebrating your birthday before you even went to the center

keep in mind you’ve only been there for 4 months so

ppl kept crowding you and the adults just starting distributing the cake

and this boy that you’ve never ever seen before sits next to you 

and he just whispers into your ear “it’s my birthday too.”

“oh really? it’s not even my birthday today anyway!” you giggle

and this boy’s like huh

but seonho doesn’t do anything

nuh uh

he likes it when you laugh and smile

so you share your big slice of cake with him and play with him the entire day

you guys got picked up at the same time so your moms were just waiting by the door and you were saying bye and your moms were like “isn’t that just cute aww”

then suddenly one of the supervisors came and started bowing

“I’m sorry Mrs. Yoo and Mrs. (L/N), we switched up (Y/N)’s and Seonho’s birthdays so we ended up celebrating (Y/N)’s birthday today!”

and your moms were just like “that’s fine” but Seonho just looked a tad bit disappointed

and an unhappy Seonho makes an unhappy you so

you started crying, legit out of nowhere bc you felt so bad for him

plus you started screaming stuff like “it’s all my fault” and yea

and the adults try calming you down, but no, that didn’t work

but then seonho comes up and hugs you

and you surely calmed down while you held to his shirt

you felt reassured

and the grown-ups found this amusing

like you only met today but who knew?

next morning you brought a huge cake+a gift for seonho to make it up to him (ofc with your mum’s consent though)

you tell him to open his present and he did

what laid inside was a chick stuffie

it wasn’t big or anything, just average

and seonho’s grateful and all but he asks why you gave him that

“because you remind me of one?” you laugh

he likes to think that that laugh was also a present for him

and you play with him for the rest of the day

fast forward, your moms became acquainted then soon began to hang out with each other

which made you happy bc you got to see seonho more

when you guys were still at the daycare center you would bring him food

like juice boxes

but then like juice boxes turned to chocolate bars and then that turned into muffins

fast forward a little bit more to where you were now, both of you 14 and in high school, and you were still close af

oh and muffins turned to legit rice lunches bc he never had enough to eat lol

and you called him out on it a lot and he would either act offended or not care at all 

that’s where he got his love for food from~

there were a couple loose strings here and there but that happens

you shared secrets, shared friends, shared test answers

you even got close to his brother and he got close to your sibling(s)

but everyone knows there’s gotta be a secret here and there somewhere

but you made several plots at 2AM to get to the bottom of whatever he seemed to hide even though it may not be your business

you were each other’s businesses anyway, right?

anyway

seonho had a dream of becoming famous

you admired him for that

and the school was going to be hosting an event where he would be starring in

and you were proud and almost started shedding a few tears

you: *sniff* so proud~~

him: not again (Y/N)

when the day of the show came on, he acted like a stuck up celeb 

and you weren’t sure whether this was all just an act, or if it was just him but you weren’t gonna have this

you pulled him out of the corridor and slapped him just for him to get his sense back+you also gave him his rice box so

during the talent show when seonho was performing with the piano and singing you were videotaping him while standing up 

you: “yeS, WORK IT SEONHO. gUYS THATS MY BEST FRiEND” (a total regina goerge’s mom moment here guys)

you were that extra lmao that seonho was mixed abt what you did but he felt so happy so you just cuddled (non-romantically) at his house after the show

next morning, you were waiting for seonho out of his house so you could walk to school together

but oh

he JUST HAD TO WALK OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH A LEATHER JAckET INSTEAD OF HIS REGULAR OL’ CARDIGAN HUh ASDFGHJKL

((i tried to look up seonho in a leather jacket and there were no images, pls someone get him into one i will die omfg lord))

and you just walked like you usually do, but this time in silence and no hitting or kicking

was he acting cold again?

he wasn’t talking at all

and even ppl started to stare

you just kind of avoided him for the whole day

it’s the type of thing that would get on celeb headlines: ‘(Y/N) Splits From a Cold Seonho?!?’

you were walking down the hall just mindlessly, wondering what to do with that extra rice lunch you had in your bag

but then you hear a couple girls whispering in a corner:

“oh my god, did you see seonho at the show last night? he has so much talent”

“but like did you see him today? he’s wearing a leather jacket and acting all cold today haha”

“he even drove (Y/N) away today, and they’ve been friends since they got here”

“that’s pretty chic though to be honest lol”

and there were murmurs of agreement to the last girls statement

and once you got outside you started laugh

cuz they just started calling seonho “chic”

you never thought that you would’ve ever lived to the day where someone would call that tall, clumsy, cutesy boy something along the lines of “chic”

but you felt a pang of jealousy when the girl’s started talking about him

yes, you were aware of your own feeling, you weren’t stupid like that

you went to his house, said hello to his mom, and went to his room

you didn’t want to mess around with anything but there was one thing couldn’t keep your eyes off

that chick plush you gave him when you were 6

it was sitting on his bed

you picked it up and admired it but quickly set it down

on the high bookcase shelf there was another chick plush

so you reached for it and looked at it in your hands

it was the exact same one but with a bow? which makes you confused

“what are you doing?” you hear behind you

oh shit

“um-really nothing” you turned around to seonho still in his leather jacket

“uh, then (Y/N), why are you holding that?”

you dropped the plush on the ground

“holding what?”

seonho just looked at the floor, not responding

and naturally..

you took the opportunity to slap him

“why were you acting like that the entire day? why with the jacket, dude??”

and he looked up at you with honest eyes and quietly said “for you”

that’s when your entire world started crashing down

“..for...me.?”

“i thought that if i acted cool you’d like me better, I guess that didn’t work though..” his eyes still tracing an outline of the floor

“you acted cool, just so i would notice you more?”

“i guess.”

and naturally...

you took that opportunity to kiss him

and his eyes grew wide and he just hugs you like you usually would and it was all just so damn perfect

you pulled away and was all like “seonho, honey, I love you but can we get you into that cardigan instead of this stupid jacket”

and he just jeered at you with “I love you too (Y/N) dearie”

that’s how you went from making out with seonho in a leather jacket to cuddling on his bed with seonho in his oversized white cardigan (which was fckn adorable btw)

man, you would love having a relationship with seonho, anyone would tbh

you even spoon fed him the rice lunch you had packed in your bag

his mom would call your mom to tell you what the hell was happening at her house

you and seonho’s mom fangirling over your relationship with each other

at the next show, you and seonho had a duet with him playing the piano and you singing

he got you a matching leather jacket and you were like “ew no,” but after he saw your reaction he made puppy eyes and said “but couple’s outfits” and you just said “i’m sold, just for gags though, seonho”

a happy seonho

a beagle seonho

you match each other so perfectly bc if soulmates were real, and they are, you found your match

one time you were helping seonho catch up on homework in an empty classroom after school and you got curious

“hey, seonho, what was that chick plush doing on top of your bookcase. it looks similar to the one i gave you”

he blushed and shyly said, “i was going to give it to you for your birthday..”

and you just kiss him

and when you pull away you say: “I can’t believe they would call a baby chick chic..”

ps i realized how bad i was at summaries mianhae