For All, For Grant
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Despite how long they’ve known each other and how Renjun has witnessed the entirety of their longstanding feud, he just doesn’t seem to get it. Renjun doesn’t get how Lee Jeno’s soft smiles are empty facades put in the face of their rivalry because he knows it irritates Jaemin. He doesn’t get that Lee Jeno snatches up extra study spaces and research opportunities just to get in Jaemin’s way. He doesn’t get that this grant they’re both after is reserved for just one person, the top of their department. He doesn’t get that Lee Jeno is brilliant and an actual threat to Jaemin. And he certainly doesn’t seem to get that Jaemin refuses to back down in the face of challenge. He just doesn’t get it.
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Jaemin and Jeno are masters students battling each other for the same grant. When Jaemin finds himself stuck with sharing a study room with his long time competitor, he’s forced to come to terms with the fact that maybe there’s something else between them other than just deadlines and rivalry.
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- Part 1 of For All, For Grant
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“It’s Valentine's Day.”
“And some of us are single,” Donghyuck adds again.
Jaemin takes offense immediately. “What? All of us are single.”
This time, not only Donghyuck but even Renjun gives him a look that’s so judging, Jaemin almost actually feels shame. Doesn’t change the fact that he still doesn’t get what they’re insinuating. That aside, the words about the day take their time sinking in, and Jaemin lets several minutes pass before the gravity of his error finally clicks in his mind.
“Oh my god. I set a work appointment with Jeno. On Valentine’s Day. What if he thinks it’s an actual date?”
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In which Jaemin realizes in abject horror that he’s accidentally peer pressured his graduate school rival into a work “date” on Valentine’s Day.
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- Part 2 of For All, For Grant
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“You may think he’s nice, but underneath that layer of niceness is a hot blooded, competitive asshole who’s no better than me.”
“Do you seriously still think that?”
For a long time, he had been convinced of Lee Jeno’s true nature—the version of himself that he only presents to Jaemin. Certainly, he had that nice guy façade in front of others. But when they’re alone, Jaemin sees him as no one else has: bold, confident, sharp tongued and wicked leered. A devilish and competent rival.
Only recently did he become a bit more aware of Jeno’s softer side. The one that presents him with his exact coffee order without prompting and tricks him into resting when he’s tired. Maybe he isn’t 100% an asshole. But at least 60% for sure.
In which masters student Jaemin navigates his rivals-with-benefits relationship with his arch nemesis and maybe finally learns something in the course of his graduate school life.
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- Part 3 of For All, For Grant