★ | #41 | advice
"you have to commit somehow."

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stuck on you • grentperez
"you could wipe my mind, i'd still be stuck on you."

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“WOAH, woah, woah. Back up a minute. Hold on.” Jay spoke, raising his hands up beside his head as almost everyone had grown surprised upon his sudden confession.

Of course, they expected it. Just not so early, as their jaws hung agape in a mixture of surprise and confusion.

“What?” Heeseung huffed, arms folding over his chest as he raised a brow, eyes narrowed as he skimmed over the expressions of his friends. “Weren't you guys the same people encouraging this?”

“I mean, yeah. But woah. Didn't expect you to admit it so soon.” Jake let out, before a teasing smile curved onto his lips as he nudged the older boy.

“What made you finally snap out of your oblivion and realize?” He added, wiggling his eyebrows teasingly.

Heeseung rolled his eyes, cheeks tinted pink as she pressed his lips into a thin line, suppressing the sheepish smile tugging at the corners of his lips.

The boy shrugged slightly, swallowing the lump in his throat.

“I don't know, honestly. I just— I mean, I've known here since we were little. I've felt a lot of things, but nothing quite like this. I'm not dumb enough to sweep it under the rug and go on as if it's the same platonic thing it's been for years. It's something different, and I'm not denying that.” He explained.

“Well? Are you gonna confess or something?” Sunghoon asked, his eyes curving up as he smiled.

Heeseung paused, pondering for a brief moment before slowly shaking his head off to the side in return. “No. She doesn't feel the same.” He replied, as if it were a well-known fact.

“Is that a fact or is it just you telling yourself so?” Jay chimed in, earning a small nod from Jake as he too anticipated the answer.

“Come on. We're talking about Seong Haewon, guys. There's no way in hell she views me as anything more than her best friend.” The oldest sighed out, clicking his tongue.

“So, that's it?” Jake began, shaking his head as he scoffed and rolled his eyes playfully as he continued.

“What's your plan here exactly? Do you just expect to continue to like her in secret and think those feelings of yours will just vanish? That's not how it works.” The Australian boy continued, tucking his lips into a thin line.

“I agree. You can't just say nothing and expect something to happen out of the blue. You have to commit somehow.” Jay hummed.

“And who's to say she doesn't like you already? Maybe she's exactly like you and just doesn't want to speak up on it in fear of rejection.” Sunghoon reasoned, shrugging lightly.

“Exactly! I don't doubt that there's a pretty high chance she can feel the same way. I've seen the way she looks at you when you're not noticing. And the way she talks about you is cute, too. Just the way you guys act together has such a couple vibe.” Jake expressed, putting extra emphasis on certain words.

“Well, what do you suggest I do? I'm sure as hell not just going to go up to her and lay everything out so openly. That's just a way to get yourself heartbroken.” Heeseung grimaced, shaking his head.

“Be subtle about it. Change the way you act, be more direct. Compliment her. Be sweet. Be a gentleman.” Jake listed out, earning a confused glance from everyone.

“Since when are you a love expert?” Jay laughed, brows furrowed slightly in confusion.

“I was a ladies man in Australia. You guys wouldn't get it.” Jake sighed out jokingly, waving it off.

“You? That's a shocker.” Sunghoon let out jokingly, as Jake rolled his eyes and repeated his words in an annoyingly high pitch.

Heeseung smiled at his friend's banter, a small sigh falling past his lips as he gazed down at the watch wrapped around his wrist.

“Okay okay, fine. I'll try to step it up a little. But do you think she'll even notice? What if she doesn't think anything of it at all?” Heeseung raised his brows, his tone of voice laced with vague worry.

“Doesn't Haewon read all of that manhwa stuff? I'm sure she knows a thing or two about love. And regardless, she's not that naive. She'll notice something. Just don't make it awkward.” Sunghoon responded, patting his shoulder.

“True, true. She has an addiction to them.” Heeseung mumbled, a small, breathy laugh bubbling from the back of his throat. “Well, I'll try my best.” He added with a reluctant and slow nod.

The bell rang throughout the school halls, a soft groan falling from Jake's lips in return as he leaned back dramatically against the locker.

“Oh, come on. I thought we had a little more time.” He complained, as Jay latched his hand around his arm and pulled him upright.

“You're so dramatic. Come on, if you hate school so much then you better get to class, otherwise you'll be spending an additional hour here in detention.” He advised, as Jake grumbled.

“I hate how strict this school is, honestly.”

“Right? I got detention once for being five minutes late. It's really not even that big of a deal, like he was barely into the lesson anyway.” Sunghoon chimed in.

Heeseung hummed in response, agreeing it was ridiculous to be punished for something so small, instead of actually paying attention to the bigger things happening amongst students that are in need of attention and punishment.

“Alright, alright. I'll see you guys around. I gotta get to class.” Heeseung sighed out, pursing his lips.

After bidding everyone a goodbye, they each separated — heading to their own classes.

Though, no matter what, Lee Heeseung’s thoughts always seemed to trail back to Seong Haewon, a soft smile fixed onto his lips unknowingly as he shook his head gently off to the side with a huffed out laugh.

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boringgggg i'm yawning !!!!!

guys i'll admit i had this chapter finished and ready to be published all day yesterday but i wanted to gatekeep so i did 😋‼️

anyway, i'm gonna cut the author's note short today because my brain is fried and i'm too sleepy for any of this rn lmao

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july 6th, 2024 — 1:57pm.
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