Mingyu couldn't stop the smile from forming on his face as he took in the exquisite existence of the beauty in front of him.

Unfortunately, that didn't last for long as he turned around and walked back into the dorm. Mingyu followed, closing the door behind him.

The beauty, which Mingyu had decided to refer to his mystery man as after seeing him again, walked back into the kitchen hiding himself in a corner. Except he was too tall to actually hide.

"What a coincidence!" Mingyu remarked when really he didn't think it was a coincidence. This was fate. What were the odds that his mystery man, out of the thousands of students at this university would be at his best friend's boyfriend's party?

"Not really a coincidence." He heard the beauty say under his breath. Mingyu agreed but calling it fate in front of him would be jumping the gun.

"Didn't expect to see you here." Mingyu confessed leaning against the counter. "I'm Jun's roommate." The beauty looked at Mingyu in the eyes, a deadpan expression on his face before he looked away.

Mingyu took a good look at the beauty. He definitely didn't look like a tiger fanatic and if he did have a boyfriend, then he'd be with his boyfriend.

Which meant, the beauty was Wonwoo. He had the hot name!

"Wonwoo?" Mingyu called just to make sure and his thoughts were confirmed when Wonwoo turned to look at him.

"Wow, so you're Jun hyung's roommate, do you know who Myungho- or Minghao is?" Mingyu asked receiving a nod from Wonwoo. "I'm-"

"His best friend." They completed the sentence together and Mingyu smiled again. His mystery man somehow knew him and God knows for how long! He couldn't believe they were connected in so many ways.

"Why are you hiding in that corner though? I think anyone can see you from over there." Mingyu pointed to the living room. Wonwoo shrugged before replying, "Not a fan of crowds."

Mingyu nodded in understanding. "Good thing one's not a crowd." He flashed his pearly white teeth and got a bit closer to Wonwoo. "Are you also not a fan of giving others your number?"

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Wonwoo hadn't planned to open the door for Mingyu. He was just on his way to his dorm to get his face mask and headphones.

And now he had the boy, who looked... really good, (not that that mattered) asking for his number. If it was anyone else, he would've said no without thinking twice.

So why was he speechless now? Why had Mingyu taken his breath away... literally?

"Oh, so you're not a fan then." Mingyu assumed after Wonwoo's moment of silence. "Why do you want my number?" Wonwoo asked, not able to make eye contact with the boy whose aura was too confident for someone as insecure as Wonwoo to coexist with.

"Normally, people ask for the numbers of people they're interested in." Mingyu said in a teacher-like voice. Wonwoo rolled his eyes. He knew that already.

"Why are you interested in... me?" He specified now completely focused on scratching his nails.

"Well I don't know how I couldn't be, have you perhaps ever looked in a mirror?" Mingyu replied startling Wonwoo a bit, he had never been flirted with so easily before. Was Mingyu trying to say he was handsome? No, he was probably just teasing.

"You possess an unmistakable allure Wonwoo... hyung." Wonwoo stared at Mingyu, surprised, he was so good with his words even though they weren't true.

"What's your major?" Wonwoo asked, although he had an answer already. "English Lit." Mingyu replied and Wonwoo smirked a bit. He was right.

"So is there a chance I might get your number tonight?" Mingyu enquired, now fully positioned on the counter. The ceiling light illuminated his face which Wonwoo now found to be quite attractive.

What- no! Not attractive, more like interesting... he just had interesting features.

"Maybe." Wonwoo said before realising what he'd just uttered. It was too late to take it back, not that he actually wanted to.

"Hmm, a challenge, I like that." Mingyu smirked before getting off the counter. Wonwoo sharply looked away, trying to cool himself down.

Why was the kitchen so hot?

Once he cooled down, he turned back to Mingyu who had his left hand positioned on the counter with his hand placed on his palm, and his eyes focused on him.

He instantly went red again. Maybe it was because he wasn't used to getting so much attention.

"Hey guys." A voice distracted the two, making them both turn in the direction. "Fuck off traitor." Wonwoo heard Mingyu say in a half serious, half joking tone.

"If this about me knowing Wonwoo hyung was your mystery man and not telling you, I just wanted to let the universe do it's thing!" Minghao defended himself while Wonwoo analysed the sentence.

Mystery man? That's what Mingyu had been calling him?

It was certainly a lot nicer than weirdo.

"You knew he was my mystery man?!" Mingyu whisper-shouted. Wonwoo moved further into the corner, letting the chaos unfold even though he was realistically at the center of it.

"Oh wait, is this not about that?" Minghao asked and Mingyu shook his head instantly. "Oh..." Minghao uttered before running off.

Wonwoo glanced at Mingyu expecting him to chase the boy but he just turned his head back to Wonwoo. "What's Mystery man?" Wonwoo questioned and for the first time throughout this whole conversation, he saw Mingyu turn red.

"Oh, that? It's nothing, just, actually, no it's just a-"

Wonwoo watched as Mingyu scrambled to defend himself and he couldn't believe that he was smiling at how cute the boy was.

Once Mingyu made eye contact with Wonwoo, he stopped talking and pointed at Wonwoo's face. "What?" Wonwoo touched his cheek.

"You're smiling."

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Started - 17/09/2024
Ended - n/a