"Y/N, why are you so shy all the time?" your best friend, Seulgi questions. You shrug your shoulders, biting onto your lower lip as you stare over at your crush from across the room. "Just go ask him out!" she says while pushing you forward.

You immediately shake your head, gripping onto the nearest object you can to prevent her from pushing you further towards him.

"No!" You say. This causes Seulgi to roll her eyes before stepping directly in front of you.

"You want to go out with him, right?" she questions. You nod. "Well, he won't exactly go on a date with a girl that he's barely spoken to before."

You glance over at him, admiring him for a few seconds.

He has thick, perfect eyebrows, earrings dangling from his ears, and he has dark brown hair. His plump lips are curved into a smile as he laughs while talking to his friends. His hair is styled messily with a few strands hanging over his forehead.

You bite onto your lower lip.

Lucas is something else.

You look over at Seulgi once more before sighing.

"I can't talk to him, Seulgi."

"Why not? Does he have cooties?" she sasses. This causes you to let out a soft laugh before immediately shaking your head. "Then what is it?"

"I prefer just saying hi to him during our college lectures." You state. She rolls her eyes before fixing her jet black hair. She stands up straight, shoulders back before taking a deep breath.

"Since you can't do it, let me show you how it's done." She says before immediately stepping towards Lucas and his group of friends.

You widen your eyes, wanting to stop her before backing out as you realize you'd have to talk to Lucas if you did.

She approaches one of his friends in the friend group and starts a conversation.

She exudes confidence.

She's dressed in a black mini skirt, a leather jacket with a band t-shirt underneath it, and a pair of black boots. She's wearing some concealer with CC cream, a light layer of blush, and a red lip tint.

She looks badass.

You watch as she starts laughing while talking to the man, her hand rested on his shoulder.

The other boys in the group look at each other, smirking before glancing at the two as they see the flirting happening first-hand. After they look at them, you watch as they slowly back away, giving the two time to talk. Once they finish backing away, they start walking forward.

You widen your eyes.

They're walking towards you. Lucas is walking towards you.

You feel your heart speeding up as you stand there, trying to figure out how to stand casually without looking creepy.

The boys ignore your presence, except Lucas.

Lucas gives you a quick wave before pausing to talk to you.

Somehow, Seulgi manifested that you would end up talking to him, whether you liked it or not.

"Hey, Y/N." Lucas says as he stops walking to talk to you.

"Hey, Lucas!" you say while giving a friendly smile, your face heating up as he speaks to you.

"How are you?" he asks while grinning.

"I'm... um..." you clear your throat as you hear your voice sounding weird once you start talking. "I'm alright. How about you?"

"I'm good." He says before awkwardly glancing around. "Did you finish that homework that's due today?" he questions.

You tilt your head to the side, feeling disappointment deep down as you realize he was just asking to get some answers.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. I did it." You say before smiling up at him.

"Do you think you could help me out with that?" he questions. "I've been working on another project for my music course so I can really use the help."

Your smile falters slightly and you glance over his shoulder to look at Seulgi, who's now standing by herself, arms crossed as she arches an eyebrow while watching you interacting with Lucas. She knows why he's talking to you and is giving you the 'if you talked to him more about things not related to school, this wouldn't be happening' look.

Gulping, you make eye contact with Lucas again before nodding your head quickly.

"Sure, I can email the answers." You say.

Seulgi shakes her head now, face palming herself in the distance.

"Sweet! I owe you!" Lucas says while giving you a wide smile before placing his hand on your elbow gently to thank you, bowing his head slightly at you. "There's a frat party coming up. I'll get you an invite as a 'thank you.'" He says.

You nod.

He smiles and nods before gently tapping your arm before looking over at his friends.

"Alright, I should get going, I'll see you in class, Y/N!" he says before rushing off, leaving you standing by yourself, feeling like an idiot.

To be fair, you rarely talk to him and every time you do get to talk to him, it's to talk about something school-related. You can't blame the guy for not really bothering to get to know you.

Sighing, you watch as Seulgi walks back over to you, immediately shaking her head and crossing her arms.

"Y/N, why would you give someone homework answers and not ask for a date in return?" she questions. "If you're going to let him use you for homework answers, use him to your benefit too."

You weakly shrug your shoulders before looking over at the direction he walked off in.

"It's not that big of a deal. He invited me to a party anyway." You shrug. Seulgi rolls her eyes as you say this.

"A party that he probably won't even talk to you during." She points out.

"Yeah... I'm a fucking idiot." You say. Seulgi immediately uncrosses her arms and rests her hand on your shoulder.

"Not an idiot, just too shy to ask for what you want." She states before nodding her head. "But that's okay because Sunmi and I are going to fix this."

You furrow your eyebrows.

"Fix this? What do you mean 'fix this?'"

"We're going to set you up on a date for the night of the party." she says. "Trust me, I know your type."

You shake your head immediately.

"Seulgi, I don't need a boyfriend or date that badly, you know that right?"

"I know you don't." she says before pointing over in the direction that Lucas walked off to. "I just don't want you by yourself while witnessing him hooking up with someone else, because we both know that he's going to."

You bite onto your lower lip.

"So, this isn't a serious date thing?"

"Not unless you want it to be and have a connection with him. Just someone to distract yourself with."

"But I could just distract myself with you and Sunmi."

"That's not the kind of distraction I'm talking about." She says while giving a cat-like grin. "I meant more of a 'someone to hang out with who also comes in handy if you wanted to make Lucas jealous' thing."

"You can't make someone jealous if they've shown zero interest in you." You respond.

"Oh please," she rolls her eyes. "He's interested, just not sure if you are. He was touching your arm, smiling a lot, and giving so many other signs that he would be interested if you tried to talk to him. However, since you don't have the nerve to do that, making him jealous is the next best bet." She responds.

You merely sigh before nodding your head.

"Alright, I'll let you set me up this one time but don't let this get to your head; it's just a one-time thing."

She smiles widely and nods her head before immediately pulling her phone out to start telling Sunmi most likely.

"Come on, let's go back to your dorm." You say while starting to walk. She follows behind aimlessly, attention fully on her phone.

~~~~~

You're now sitting at a restaurant, hands in your lap as you patiently wait for your date.

Seulgi and Sunmi promised that you would have a nice date. They even went as far as to claim that they did a full background check on the guy.

"Hi, are you Y/N?" you look up and see a man with long, dark hair. He has kissable pink lips, almond-shaped eyes and has some earrings on.

He moves some of his long hair out of his face and tucks a strand of it behind his ear.

"Yeah, I'm Y/N." you say while smiling up at him.

"I'm Hyunjin." He says and you immediately become attracted to this man.

This is going to be a good date.

*****
I hope all of you are excited for this story! I decided to post the prologue today and then chapter 1 tomorrow (they kind of go together so I figured I'd publish both in the same week).

Thank you so much to everyone who is reading this after reading Voyeurism, Chef's Kiss, Love on the Pole, and Airplane Pt. 3. It means so much to me to have all of you supporting my works. I love creating stories for you all.

I hope you're all doing well.

I purple you.
Kim 💜