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YURI shouldn't be this nervous to visit Jungwon, they've met up before, so why was Yuri feeling nervous? Oh, wait, it was because she was going to his house. The house with six other boys she's talked to once, and that was over text. Yuri feels like she's going to be eaten alive. It was a Sunday afternoon, the sun was shining and birds were chirping, and if Yuri was going to die, she would like to die today. Right now, she doesn't want to have to meet six famous k-pop idols. She's fine with just befriending one — Yang Jungwon.

Unfortunately, Yuri doesn't get hit by a car on the way to Jungwon's dorm. So, she's left to stand outside, waiting for someone to open the door after knocking. Her palms are sweaty (knees weak, mom's spaghetti), and she's desperately picking at her bitten nails. God, why is she feeling like this?

The door opens and Yuri feels intimidated beneath the stare of Lee Heeseung. He's taller than Yuri — who stands at five foot four — and immediately, Yuri wants to be taller than she is. Shifting on her feet, Yuri musters up a pretty pathetic smile. "Heeseung, right?"

The doe-eyed, six-foot boy, breaks out into a smile, "that's me! Come on in, Yuri, we've been waiting for you."

That totally wasn't bewildering in any way at all. (Why the hell would they be waiting for Yuri?)

After slipping off her shoes, Yuri follows Heeseung through the dorm, listening to him talk. "Jungwon's in the shower, so you can sit with us in the living room until he's finished!"

Oh. Yuri really isn't prepared to spend a few minutes in a room with boys, with no Jungwon around to help her feel a bit comfortable. Heeseung flashes Yuri a kind smile over his shoulder, which Yuri struggles to return. Her stomach was churning and her heart was racing — was she dressed nicely? Was her make-up okay? Maybe she should've worn her contacts today. . . Damn it. Today really wasn't Yuri's day.

The amount of attractiveness in the room was overwhelming. Yuri felt like an overcooked dumpling in comparison to the six boys. With the soon-to-be-added Jungwon, Yuri would rather faint than exist in a room where the attractiveness could easily blow the roof off this dorm.

"Hi," Yuri greets shyly, "I'm Yuri."

Various greetings were given and Yuri awkwardly takes a seat at the end of the couch beside Sunghoon, sharing an awkward smile with the boy. Yuri places her folder full of Jungwon's notes on her lap awkwardly as she observes her surroundings. She's already missing her dogs and cat.

"Yuri," Ni-Ki was talking to her. Even though the boy was younger than Yuri, she feels very intimidated by the boy, — something to do with his height and status in South Korea — "do you like Jungwon?"

An awkward silence fills up the room. Yuri doesn't know how to answer Ni-Ki.

"Ni-Ki!" Sunoo whacks the youngest member, "you can't ask Yuri that!"

Ni-Ki shrugs, "I was just curious!"

"It's fine," Yuri speaks up because deep down, she wants Jungwon's friends to like her. Something to do with validation — Yuri doesn't know where her deep desire to be liked is coming from. Maybe her abandonment issues? Mommy issues? Gah, who cares! "I don't mind answering."

Everyone's attention turns to Yuri and now, she sees that even though Ni-Ki was scolded for asking the question, the others desperately wanted to know if Yuri liked Jungwon. There's no way Yuri could get out of this now.

"Of course I like him, he's my friend," Yuri answers stiffly, mustering up a — somewhat — warm smile that masks her discomfort in the room. (Yuri's not a very sociable person).

Yuri watches some boys deflate, while Ni-Ki's amused grin stays pinned onto his face.

Before Ni-Ki could prod any further, Jungwon appears in the living room, drying his wet hair with his towel. (He was fully clothed, thank god!) Yuri feels her heart drop to her stomach. She's surprised the roof of this dorm hasn't blown off yet, because the attractiveness in the room has now significantly increased. Jungwon looks. . . Good. Attractive. Heavenly. Oh God, why was Yuri feeling this way?

"Yuri!" A wide smile appears on Jungwon's face, his hands falling away from his still wet hair, "you're here!" He checks the time on his phone, "early."

Yuri offers a half-hearted shrug, "I don't like being late."

If possible, Jungwon's grin grows wider, "let's go to the kitchen, we'll have more privacy there."

Yuri's never left a room so quickly before.

Yuri ignores her heart faltering as she looks at Jungwon, who takes a seat beside her at the table in the kitchen, his hair still wet. Yuri clears her throat and pushes her folder of notes towards Jungwon. "We have more classes together than I expected. But then again, I don't really take note of familiar surroundings, Seo-Yun calls me Oblivious Yuri."

Jungwon laughs and opens the folder, his eyes scanning the many papers crammed into the purple folder. "Sorry for my messy handwriting," Yuri apologizes, "the teachers talk so fast!"

"It's fine, Yuri, it's the thought that counts, right?"

Yuri finds herself blushing, so she averts her eyes and fixes them on the wall in front of her. Not at the cute boy beside her with dimples that can make any girl swoon. "Yeah, the thought." Her leg bounces harshly as Jungwon reads some more of her notes. Yuri wants to leave now, she's embarrassed herself enough already.

"Yuri," Jungwon's voice brings her back to earth, "do you want to go grab something to eat with me?" He runs a hand through his wet hair and Yuri feels like throwing up. She doesn't know why, maybe it's out of disgust for the way her heartbeats, or maybe it's because Yuri's so darn nervous around Jungwon. And for what reason? They've only known each other for about a month! And he's rejected two girls as well, so what are Yuri's chances with him?

"Oh — um, yeah, sure, why not?" Yuri's a mess right now. She wants to crawl into herself. She wants the ground to disappear beneath her and swallow her up whole — like those scary sinkholes in Florida.

"Great! Let me grab my socks and a coat then we'll go!"

Jungwon's bright smile slowly warms the discomfort away from Yuri, who says her goodbyes to the six boys she met for the first time in person. Yuri promises herself that next time, she won't be as shy and awkward around them — that is if there even is a next time. Following Jungwon out the door, Yuri slowly grows more comfortable as she walks beside Jungwon.

"Thank you for the notes, Yuri," Jungwon says after a couple of minutes of comfortable silence, "I seriously appreciate it."

"It was nothing, just a friend helping out a friend."

Jungwon smiles and pushes some hair out of his face — hair that wasn't wet anymore. Yuri doesn't know if that's a good thing or not. Her heart's fine now, but her gut feels disappointed. God, being a teenager with hormones sucks.

"How's Ji-Woo? How's our business class?"

"Ji-Woo's still a bitch. Did you know, she completely blew me off last night for BTS? She would rather watch episodes of Run BTS that she's already seen than face-timing me! She's ridiculous, I can't stand her sometimes."

Jungwon laughs, "you can always face-time me! I'll definitely pick up."

This time, Yuri's prepared for her blush and she, somehow, manages to keep it away. "I'll keep that in mind, Jungwon," Yuri responds as if his announcement didn't faze her.

"Good! How's Ha-Yoon and Seo-Yun?"

Yuri grins and shoves her hands in her pockets, "still flirting like crazy. It's driving Ji and I nuts, like, seriously! They should just kiss already! I think our whole class is tired of them avoiding their feelings for each other."

Jungwon laughs and Yuri's stomach plunges, like a rollercoaster on its descent. What the fuck. Yuri does her best to ignore the discomfort flooding her body. She's only known Jungwon for a fucking month, why was she beginning to develop feelings for him that felt like more than a crush.

They enter a small cafe on the corner of a busy Seoul street. It seems as if though the cafe environment lightened up both Jungwon and Yuri. They got lost in each other's words as they spent their afternoon comfortably sitting in the cafe, Yuri ignoring the tug and pull in her chest, ignoring her gut feeling telling her that whatever she feels for Jungwon was something more.

"You're very fun to talk to, Yuri," Jungwon tells her as they leave the cafe and into the late afternoon.

"I get that a lot," teases Yuri with a wide smile on her face.

Jungwon rolls his eyes, "I'm not complimenting you again, Yuri."

"I take it back!" Yuri says, a teasing smile on her face, "I cannot live without your compliments!"

"How do you have friends?" Jungwon asks, earning a glare from Yuri.

"Yah!" She smacks him on the shoulder, — oh wow, his shoulders felt broad — "you can't say that to me after I give you notes I willingly took for you! I'm taking them back." Yuri pushes past Jungwon in order to get to the dorm first before him.

Instead of Jungwon calling out to Yuri, he takes her hand.

"I was only kidding, Yuri!"

Yuri grins at Jungwon, "I know, so was I, I'm not that mean."

Yuri ignores the warmth spreading through her chest as Jungwon's hand remains tightly wrapped around her own hand. She ignores her irregular heartbeat, she ignores all the signs pointing to her having more than a crush on Jungwon.

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waitingforjin did u give sunghoon my number?
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↳kittyyuri waitinforjin i cant read sorry :(

swagojun So I went to your house for nothing?
↳kittyyuri swagojun i LITERALLY told u i couldnt hang out today?
↳swagojun kittyyuri How was I supposed to understand you? You were screaming at Haneul??
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hayoonsprivate Do-Yun is probably crying rn
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↳kittyyuri kittywonie but omg thank u that has calmed me down a bit now :)