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Disclaimer,
- fluff
- college au
- minor angst
- pt.1(?)

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Sitting in the bay window in his apartment with his laptop propped up on his knees Daewon stared outside. The snow fell heavily onto the busy Seoul streets as the bitter harsh winds blew around the building. Daewons book had long been abandoned as he watched people walk by on the streets .

A mom ushering her child along to get them out of the snow, various pedestrians rushing about to get to bus stops or meet up with friends, a couple holding hands with bright smiles on their faces which were bright red from the cold. A bitter sense of nostalgia hit Daewon as he admired the couple. That was him once upon a time with the love well, former love of his life.

He and Yeonjun broke up over a year ago. It had been snowing then too. They went to Yeonjun's favorite burger place after classes. Daewon remembers him wearing a soft cream colored scarf and bundled in his black trench coat. He looked stunning. They ordered their burgers and talked for a good hour before Yeonjun smiled sadly as he took Daewon's hands in his.

"Ya know" he started off, "This last year has been amazing but" he paused and Daewon felt his world collapse underneath him "I just think that maybe we've run our course" Yeonjun finished and ouch. That hurt. Daewon thought that they'd been doing fine, apparently not though. He tried to protest at first, saying that they could do better, could change things up but Yeonjun had been set on them breaking up and with a heavy heart Daewon agreed. It wasn't until a month later that Daewon found out why Yeonjun believed they'd run their course. He'd fallen for someone else, an art major a year younger than Daewon, Beomgyu.

Daewon had been even more heartbroken to learn this and then angry but instead of making a scene and embarrassing himself he took his emotions and turned them into writing. He wrote up a love tragedy play between bitter lovers for his composition class for theater. It not only succeeded in helping him vent his emotions and get a good grade but his theater teacher Mr.Park Jimin believed it was good enough for the school's next student directed play. Daewon had nervously agreed despite knowing that it would open up an array of work for him.

In just a few short weeks he had to make various corrections and adjustments to his play giving the characters more depth and personality, making their story more personal and relatable to viewers and a bunch of other things that simply made his head hurt. He made it through the shit storm and how came the auditions. Daewon was surprisingly excited about it. He had put his blood sweat and tears (the last one quite literally) into writing the play and making it come to life, he knows exactly what he's looking for for each and every one of his characters and he's more than excited to see which actors will step up tomorrow to audition for them.

With a sigh Daewon gently closes his laptop as he swings his legs to the edge of the bay window. As he stands to stretch out his legs Daewon tucks his laptop under his arm before padding off to his bedroom. He sets his laptop on his desk before peeling back the comforter on his bed and crawling under to sleep.

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Daewon was up before his alarm and ready for the day. He quickly did his hair, got dressed and bundled in warm clothes before leaving his apartment with his satchel (yes satchel). Daewon for a change was smiling as he felt the cool wind against his skin and heard the crunch of the snow beneath his shoes. On his way to campus he walked past his favorite coffee place. Giving in to temptation Daewon took a few steps backwards to head into the small shop despite knowing this little pitstop would cause him to be five minutes late.

"Hey Daewon! Want your usual?" the cashier, jeonghan questions. Daewon shoots him a smile as he fishes for his wallet.

"Yep and we'll add a bagel today"

"Oh? Finally listening to me about eating breakfast more often? Or any meal really?" Jeonghan questions as he goes to work putting together Daewon's mocha latte. Daewon rubs at the back of his neck embarrassingly as he chuckles.

"I'm trying hyung"

"And that's the most important thing," Jeonghan says as he finishes off the coffee, topping it with just a little more whipped cream than he's supposed to. He hands the cup over to Daewon along with a blueberry bagel before taking the bills out of Daewon's hands.

"Thanks hyung. See you next time!" Daewon waves, not bothering to get his bills. He makes the short trip to campus alternating between taking wary sips of the hot coffee and then a bite of the bagel.

Now in the theater building Daewon made his way to the auditorium with a little more energy. The bagel was long gone but the coffee stayed hot in the cup in his hand, keeping them warm. Reaching the auditorium he reaches for the door only to have it swing open surprising him but it wasn't more startling than the body slamming into him right after. The coffee cup gets crushed in his hand and Daewon yelps as the hot liquid drips down his hand before he lets go of the cup watching as it falls, the rest of the contents splashing across the floor.

He hisses bringing his hand to his mouth to sooth the burn while also glaring at the tall but seemingly attractive stranger that had crashed into him. Quickly Daewon rips his hand from his mouth ready to give them an earful but the tall man huffs before trudging down the hall.

"You could say sorry ya know!" Daewon shouts after him. The theater major begins to grumble under his breath as he opens the door with his none injured hand and makes the long journey down the row of seats.

"You're late," Youngmi huffs.

"Nice to see you too Mimi" Daewon sighs as he settles into the seat beside her.

"Sorry. Morning Dae...you're late" she says with a fake smile. Daewon rolls his eyes as his self proclaimed "mother" and begins to unpack his things.

"You got an ice pack or something? I stopped for coffee and then a handsome but rude stranger ran into me and now I have coffee burn," he says as he uses one hand to type in the password to his laptop.

"What? Burn? Let me see!" youngmi exclaims as she reaches for Daewon's hand only to listen to him hiss in pain.

"Easy will ya?"

"Sorry sorry" she apologies. This time she grabs his hand gently, turning it over to inspect it.

"You should get this checked out"

"Later we're already" Daewon squints at the small number in the corner of the screen "twenty minutes late. I'll get it looked at after"

"Fine. In the meantime you're lucky Dongsoo packed me lunch this morning before I left. The ice pack should still be frozen," Youngmi says as she fumbles with her lunch box. She easily locates the hello kitty shaped ice pack and gently sets it on top of Daewon's injured hand that was laying flat on the table.

"Thanks Mi. Now lets call in the actors. I want to get things rolling"

"AlrightY boss. JEONG YUNHO TO THE STAGE PLEASE!" Youngmi calls for the first actor to come to the stage for their audition. .together they watch as a handsome tall man awkwardly walks to the center of the stage. He fumbles with the microphone a bit before adjusting it to his height and introducing himself.

"Hello, I'm Jeong Yunho and I'm auditioning for the part of Hwan Byeong-Ho" he says.

"Go on and read a few lines from the play please"

"Yes ma'am." Yunho clears his throat before beginning to recite a few lines from the play. He was decent, Daewon would consider him for later but he wasn't what Daewon was looking for. After Yunho was Park Sunghoon. He was also very handsome, acting skills were on point but he was too serious for either character who definitely had their more playful sides.

More and more people came and went, a few giving Daewon good impressions and hints of their talents but none of them matched up to his expectations. Daewon was beginning to feel a little disappointed with the results.

"How many more do we have to go through?"

"Five more. Kang Yeosang, Na Jaemin, Lee Jeno, Choi Soobin and...C-Choi Yeonjun.." at the mention of Yeonjun Daewon sat straighter in his seat. With his good hand he reaches for the clip board, scanning down the long row of names before finding Choi Yeonjun at the bottom. Yeonjun was auditioning for his play...the play he wrote about Yeonjun breaking up with him. Oh the ways this could go wrong.

"Let's get this over with," he sighs. Youngmi calls for Yeosang to come to the stage and the man gives his audition however Daewon wasn't fully paying attention, his mind wrapped on the fact that Yeonjun was auditioning for his play. The next few auditions flew by, Daewon paid attention a bit during Na Jaemin's audition. He would be a good fit for Ha Yeonwoo.

"CHOI SOOBIN!" Youngmi calls for the second to last person to come forth. Daewon can hear the wet slaps of the man's shoes hit the stage before he sees him cross to the center. He can feel his hand twitch with irritation as he vaguely recognizes him as the guy who ran into him before he walked in. Daewon scoffs through his nose, something Youngmi catches but doesn't question.

"Hello. My name is Choi Soobin and I will be auditioning for Hwan ByeongHo," he says, his smooth deep voice sounding out from the microphone. Daewon has to will the fleet of butterflies attacking his stomach away.

"I am like a fish in love with a bird wishing I could fly. I would jump out of the water for you to be with you up in the sky but when I did you left me there to die" Daewon blinks, surprised by this Soobin's passion.

"The part of my heart that I held you in so dearly died when you turned away from me, from us that day. I want to hate you, to be mad but the love I have is far too strong for those emotions to cloud our memories and the love we shared. I want to say I'm not pathetic enough to wait for you to end things with him to realize that we were always meant to be but as the days go on I realize that we might not have been meant for each other. That our love was like the snow we admired so much. Beautiful and temporary before melting into nothingness." as he finishes the lines Soobin stares into Daewon's eyes. The young play writer swallowed thickly as he tried to force his emotions back down deep but Soobin's performance brought them up to the surface. He felt tears blur his vision and quickly brought his hand up to wipe them away before they could fall.

"Thank you Soobin. Please send the next person in!" Youngmi announces. The actor gives a bow before walking off stage sending the next person in.

"Hey you ok?" Youngmi whispers. She placed a comforting hand on the middle of Daewon's back, rubbing up and down his spine.

"M fine. Just wanna finish this" the younger man sniffs.

"Hello. I'm Choi Yeonjun and I will be auditioning for Ha Yeonwoo" Yeonjun says and Daewon lets out a wet chuckle. Of course he'd be auditioning for himself, or the representation of him in Daewon's mind.

"Begin when you're ready!" Youngmi announces. Yeonjun clears his throat before beginning to read his lines. Daewon found himself not being able to focus. That as Yeonjun spoke he couldn't hear over the ringing in his ears as he tried to keep from crying. He knows every line in the script forwards and backwards and despite Yeonjun saying the words Daewon wished he'd say for months, the playwright found himself not being ready to hear them fall from his exs lips. Before long Yeonjun was finished and Youngmin was encouraging him to bring in all the actors.

"The writer and I will discuss and then we'll post the results on the school theater page. Thank you for showing up!" Youngmi says to the actors before they scatter off stage.

"So who caught your eye the most? Let's write them down now before you forget," Youngmi says as she flips through her notebook to write down names. Daewon furiously rubs at his eyes to rid them of tears before he leans back with a high.

"I won't forget," he mutters, voice coming out raspy "I already know who I want as my cast." Youngmi gives him a look of surprise that he already knew which actors to choose but this is Daewon. When he gets into something he is serious and meticulous.

"Really? Starting with who?" she questions. Daewon flicks through the audition list before highlighting a name.

"Starting with Choi Soobin as Hwan ByeongHo..."

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ೃ⁀➷ ꒰ a/n꒱ so i wrote this awhile ago when it snowed. it snowed again so i decided to finish it! not sure how i feel about it but it was smth to write since it has been so long since ive been able to sit down and write for this book. let me know what you guys think and if you want a part 2! lots of love and stay warm/safe bluejays💙༉

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