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Sometimes it feels like yesterday when they met in the campus hallway, by accident, of course. With Jongin, a clumsy but really really sweet guy, bumped into someone. Hard enough to make his books fell and scattered around on the floor.
He gasped, eyes wide looking at his scattered books. Without looking anywhere else, he bow a few times muttering some apologizes, immediately crouched down to take up only one book before another pair of hands helped him, made Jongin startled and almost slipped because of unbalancement it makes. But that stranger’s hands grab Jongin’s arms on reflect and made him flustered, all red.
Another apologies almost spilled out before he rose up his eyes to the dark gaze looking straight at him. His jaw agape slightly. A dark, beautiful doe eyes was looking concerned at him as if wondering Jongin’s state at that time.
Jongin widen his eyes again. Oh my God, it’s Do Kyungsoo. His crush since the beginning of his first year in university. Kyungsoo is a cool, smart, and decent guy, such a straight-A type of student. Despite his coolness, he’s also popular because of his handsome-face with a manly body, not so muscular, just enough broad chest and strong arms and a pair of fit thighs and—that’s make everyone droll over him. Including Jongin.
“I-I’m s-sorry—“ He stuttered again, crouching up immediately and bowing down a few times already. His hand still grip the book tightly towards his chest, still sit up on his shin in front of popular Do Kyungsoo.
The guy just put two other books gently on the younger lap. He straighten up slowly.
“Be careful next time,” he said. His bass voice was heard so low, makes Jongin’s heart beat faster.
Jongin couldn’t even look him in the eyes. Just straight to the books on his lap instead. He nodded once, followed by a whisper of, “thank you.”
The Kyungsoo guy finally stood up and walked past Jongin. Something made his heart three times faster because of a single pat on his shoulder, courtesy of Kyungsoo’s, while walking away past him. A single pat that only both of them knew, hidden from the people eyes around them.
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That accidental phenomena almost eight months ago, actually still fresh in Jongin’s mind. And heart, of course.
Now they’re already become a couple.
A backstreet couple. No one knows, even Sehun, Kyungsoo’s bestfriend, and Baekhyun who practically Jongin’s best buddy.
A week after the incident, they’re magically stumbled upon each other. Jongin could found Kyungsoo everywhere in campus. Of course, being a smitten boy he is, he’s already judge that THIS IS FATE!
From God, with love.
It doesn’t even weird at all, Kyungsoo has already been famous since the beginning. But Jongin has never been brave even for imagining himself being face to face with the Do Kyungsoo.
Jongin’s aware that he and Kyungsoo are like water and fire, sky and earth, hot and cold, etcetera, etcetera.
Jongin will just keep his head down, ignoring Kyungsoo and his friends presence in the caféteria. Holding spoon tightly without batting an eye at Baekhyun and his mumbling about Kyungsoo’s gang, these and that. Sometimes, Jongin just nod and speak a very short reply for responding Baekhyun.
“What does it feel like to be in the same group as Kyungsoo..?” Baekhyun asks dreamily. He keeps looking at their table. Fingers tap lightly on his chin, makes Jongin look up and stare at him, confused.
“Baek,” he starts, “are you perhaps—“ Jongin halts, hesitant to continue and Baekhyun raising his eyebrow eagerly paying attention to him.
“What?”
“—mmm.. do you like Kyungsoo?” he whispers hesitantly.
Baekhyun widen his eyes. He looked so shock hearing that question spoken out of Jongin’s mouth. His soft and sweet bestfriend.
“Huh?? You don’t?” the brunette asks back. It seems ridiculous that there is someone who doesn’t like the perfect Kyungsoo.
Jongin stare back at the puppy boy in front of him. No answer. Blinks once, twice.
“Okay, okay, it so obvious that everyone here, in campus, as I mean, ALL of them! Are very much in love with the perfect and famous Kyungsoo to the core, Jongin!!” Baekhyun speaks excitedly with some hand movements here and there. “It is Kyungsoo after all,” he finishes.
“Is that so..?” Jongin mutters lowly. He’s fidgeting with the half-touched chicken burrito in front of him. Suddenly feeling full.
And for the rest of lunch time he just forces a tight smile for everything Baekhyun’s said.
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Jongin sighs heavily, annoyed because of his deadline assignment due to tomorrow morning and now he’s still in the library receiving a death glare from a librarian. Well, it’s already five p.m. and she wants to close the library then go home soon.
Sigh again, Jongin finally brings two thick books to borrow. He waits patiently and hurriedly go out of there.
Poor Jongin, rain falling hard from the dark sky outside but he doesn’t have any umbrella or rain coat at all. He decides to wait in front of campus, doesn’t want to ruin his books and assignment because of the cruel rain.
Half an hour have already passed but rain still falling so hard makes him want to cry loudly, he want to go home as soon as possible for finishing his assignment and eat something for his empty stomach.
He turns left and right, there is no one in campus, just him, and rain.
Suddenly a black Mercedes stop right in front of him. Jongin takes a step back, wondering who that is. A glass window slide down show him a beautiful face of his secret boyfriend. Yes, he’s Do Kyungsoo. He gasps lowly.
Kyungsoo smiles handsomely, tilts his head for Jongin to enter the car. It makes Jongin jerk his head left and right, back and forth, before entering the passenger side, fear that anyone might be saw them together.
The elder immediately help him put away his bag and books to the back seat.
“I thought you already go home, hyung,” Jongin says, fumbling with the seat-belt before Kyungsoo lean closer and helps him. It makes the younger blushes slightly.
“Nah, I just finished tutoring a few students and wait for you.” He reaches Jongins hand, rub it with the thumb slowly, fondly, as if his skin was the fine-china, easy to break. “I’m so worry, Jongin, I couldn’t see you walk out from there.” The looks from Kyungsoo’s eyes make him melting. “Are you okay?”
He nods, smiling sweetly to his boyfriend. “I’m okay, I just came out from library but the rain makes me frustrated,” he huffs, “I can’t go home soaking wet, can I?” Jongin grins.
He’s relief that Kyungsoo looks care enough to him despite their backstreet relationship. It was Jongin who confess to the elder after a few months of their fling. He really likes Kyungsoo very much. The boy never expects him to be accepted anyway, but Kyungsoo said okay with a condition.
Their relationship must not be known by anyone.
And a smitten Jongin easily agree to that, heart almost burst from happiness.
Honestly, deep in his heart, Jongin doubts that the older love him back, as much as he loves him.
It’s okay. This is enough for Jongin.