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"I really don't wanna go to a club this is not my type of thing..." You said with an edge of exasperation seeping through the phone, as you lay in your bed refusing to get up.

"Oh come on (Y/N), we're in freaking Japan you can't just hole yourself up in your room all the time." Your friend Amber replied with a whine in her tone. "You gotta let loose and have some fun sometimes, pull that stick out of your ass for god sake."

"I don't have a stick up my ass, fuck you Amber. I just don't see the appeal of being in a crowded room with the music blasting and being pushed around by a bunch sweaty people. Also, some of us haven't taken 3 semesters of Japanese, it's not like I can even flirt with anyone." You answered a bit sulkily. You were studying abroad in Japan for the semester, and even though you tried to teach yourself as much Japanese as possible before coming, the University you attended until now didn't offer Japanese courses like Amber's did, so you never got a formal Japanese education.

"Flirting has no language just come on it'll be fun!" She begged.

"Alright fine," you answered with a defeated tone, "But I'm gonna have to be drunk for this or it's not gonna happen."

"Of course! Hurry up and get ready, we'll take the train to Shibuya and stop at a Sev and pregame with some Strong Zeros. Meet me downstairs at 11." She blurted excitedly.

"What the hell am I even suppo-" you started before you heard a click indicating that Amber had hung up the phone. You pulled the phone away from your ear and looked at the time, 22:37, before groaning and rolling over onto your stomach and burying your face into the pillow and sighing loudly.

After a minute or 2 you pulled yourself out of bed and walked over to the dresser and began looking for something to wear. You scrutinized your closet for a few more minutes before purposely ignoring your more risqué outfits and settling on a thin cropped black sweater with shoulder cut outs and simple but tight, high-waisted white washed blue jeans. You quickly threw on the outfit then walked over to your bed and sat on the floor, eyeing the few pairs of shoes you brought before deciding against the heels and putting on a simple pair of black flats. You then walked over to the mirror and looked at yourself, debating whether or not it was worth it to put makeup on, before simply applying eyeliner and mascara and being done with it. As you were grabbing your bag and throwing your wallet in it, being sure that your resident's card was in it in case the police decided to stop you since your University threatened they would, Amber was sending text after text telling you to hurry out. You responded quickly telling her to "calm her tits" you grabbed your badge to get back in the dorm and your passmo for the subway and left your room.

You, Amber, and another mutual friend Jules, were precariously sitting on a guard rail on the side of the road right next to Seven Eleven, each of you nursing your third strong zero and most certainly feeling a rather strong buzz at this point, arguing about the alcohol content of the regular cans versus the larger cans.

"Dude, that doesn't even make sense." You argued squinting at Amber and pointing a finger in her direction.

"How does it not make sense?" She questioned right back, "If I'm drinking a tall strong zero, it's like drinking 2 regular strong zeros and therefore has an 18% alcohol content."

"Are you stupid?" Jules jabbed at Amber. "Both the regular and tall strong zeros are labeled as 9% alcohol, which means drinking 2 small ones will get you more drunk than one tall one."

"That still sounds wrong to me..." you replied hesitantly, because for some reason Jules' argument was swaying you when you knew if you hadn't been drinking at all, you wouldn't have given it a second thought. "Either way I think the fact that we are having this conversation proves that we are well on our way to being drunk so we should chug the last of these and head to the club." You said before doing just that with the last of yours and cringing at the aftertaste. You really weren't a fan of grapefruit but it was the only flavor they had left at the Seven Eleven.

"Oh, someone's impatient considering I had to drag your ass here in the first place." Amber commented with a smirk before her and Jules finished their drinks as well.

"Don't let the alcohol get to your head. You couldn't drag me anywhere if you tried."

"Sure babe whatever helps you sleep at night." Jules replied with snark.

"You know, I'm feeling really attacked right now, maybe I should just go home." You replied sarcastically.

"And waste a perfectly good buzz? Nah, lets go." Amber answered as she got off the guard rail and you and Jules followed behind her, since she knew where the club was.

"TADA!" Amber screeched. "Welcome to Camelot, AKA the best club in Shibuya!"

"How do you know it's the best club in Shibuya?" You asked sarcastically. "Have you been to every club here?"

"I know you're trying to be funny but I honestly probably have, you know I go clubbing on weekdays too."

"Yeah I know, because you always miss class the next day and ask me for notes. Honestly they can fail your ass for breaking the attendance policy."

"I'd like to see them try."

"Can y'all shut up so we can go inside?" Jules asked heading into the club and you and Amber continued to bicker as you followed behind her.

You all walked down the stairs to the front desk gave the attendent your residence cards to inspect and paid the 1500 yen entrance fee for the club. She gave all three of you 2 free drink tokens and permitted you to enter the club. The club had several small circular tables spread throughout where there were various people smoking and drinking. Straight ahead was the bar in which there was a small line of people waiting their turn to order drinks. Further to your right you analyzed the dance floor where there was a small crowd of people dancing and jumping up and down. There was a fog machine periodically adding more fog to the atmosphere and red green and blue flashing lights. At the very front of the dance floor there was a stage with a DJ hyping up the crowd. There were three platforms on the dance floor that only girls were permitted to dance on. No one explicity told you that, but you assumed that was the case when you saw security guards pull guys down from the platform if they attempted to get on them. The music was so loud you couldn't hear Amber trying to get your attention so she smacked your arm instead.

"Ow you bitch, what do you want?!" You asked loudly, trying to raise your voice over the music.

"Do you have 100 yen?" Amber questioned.

"Yeah, for what?"

"There are some lockers over there we can put our stuff in, it cost 300 yen for the night. I figure we could all just share one for 100 yen each."

"Sounds good to me! C'mon let's go." Jules shouted.

The three of you walked to the locker room, taking some money out of your bags before stuffing them in the locker and taking the key. Your friends left the key in your care since even though you were all a little drunk already, you were known to be the more responsible one. You all left the locker room and walked to the bar and used your first drink tokens. Amber and Jules got tequila sunrises while you just got whiskey on the rocks. Not the tastiest but hey, if you're gonna make it through this night you're gonna need to be much more drunk and it needs to be right now.

"Hey Y/N!" Jules shouted both her and Amber already finished with their drinks. "C'mon let's go dance on the podiums!"

"I'll meet you guys there! Lemme just finish my drink." You yelled back and the others nodded in agreement before running over to the podiums and jumping up on them, dancing like maniacs immediately. You sighed as you downed the rest of your whiskey, and shook off that familiar burn. You mumbled to yourself as you walked over to join them.

"God it's gonna be a long night..."

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You had finally managed to gulp down the rest of that god awful whiskey on the rocks. When the nausea and residual burn settled, you walked over to the dance floor and joined Jules and Amber. While you were quite tipsy from those Strong Zeros you'd all downed before coming in, it seemed it wasn't quite enough to get rid of the self-conscious feeling about dancing in front of strangers. You just rocked back and forth as you watched Amber dance like a mad woman while Jules giggled and recorded her. You noticed some guys staring at Amber but tried your best to ignore them. 'It is a club after all, what else are they supposed to do besides dance or watch other people dance?' you thought to yourself as the base blasted through the speakers so loudly you could feel it in your bones. "Oh come on Y/N!" Amber shouted, a little out of breath after her dance break. "You're not even dancing!""I am too!" You yelled indignantly and gestured to yourself swaying back and forth."You and I both know you can do better than that." Amber retorted as she raised an eyebrow at your (admittedly) half-assed dance efforts."Y/N," Jules started, "That sounds like Amber is challenging you. You're really just gonna let her talk shit?""If it's a challenge, Amber seems to have forgotten who taught her how to dance in the first place." You said smugly as the alcohol from that whiskey finally hit you in just the right way. You started rolling your hips to the beat of the music, letting your hands roam all over your body. Amber and Jules squealed in excitement as you finally loosened up and decided to have fun with them. All the people in the background were cheering in approval as the three of you moved your bodies to the music. After a bit you decided to climb up on one of the podiums and really start going crazy. You went from swaying your hips to dropping it low and getting back up seductively to the slower songs, to just jumping around and shouting along with the lyrics of the more upbeat songs. You took a random guys' hand as you made your way down from the podium and back to Jules and Amber. You thanked the guy as you let go, and turned your attention back to your friends. You all danced and giggled a bit with each other before noticing a group of guys approaching you. Two of the guys set their sights on Amber and Jules and grabbed their waists and started dancing with them. The man that caught your eye looked interested in you, but kept his distance. His outfit was quite simple, just fitted dark jeans and a white dress shirt, but they fit him so well it's as if they were made just for him.You started up the hip rolling again while making eye contact with the new guest. He smiled and looked you up and down from behind the dark hair dangling into his eyes as he shyly danced as well, but still made no moves to approach you. Now, in a normal everyday situation, you'd never be the one to make the first move on a guy. It wasn't about some outdated gender roles or anything stupid like that. You were just a bit shy, and also generally uninterested in dating. It's not that you didn't find any guy attractive, it was just never enough to make you consider going up to them and making conversation. You've been approached by men on a few occasions before and entertained them for a bit but nothing really went anywhere. But there was something about this guy, and all the alcohol, that made you want to try this time. He was clearly interested but wouldn't make the first move.You danced your way closer to him and put on quite the show, trying to be as seductive as humanly possible. Clearly it was working, because his smile changed from shy to intrigued and his eyes became hooded and full of desire. When he still didn't reach out to touch you, you decided to get even closer, turned your back and started grinding on him to the beat of the music. His hips met yours and grinded back, but he continued to keep his hands to himself. Dissatisfied with this, you turned around and met his eye. You were taken aback by just how handsome this man was up close, from afar he was just some guy and you craved physical affection, but standing this close to him had you flustered for a moment. You scanned his deep dark eyes, sharp cheekbones and soft-looking lips before regaining your composure. You decided to try out some of your rookie Japanese and flirt with the man."Am I scary?", you said in a smug tone."Scary? No, of course not." He muttered back and you smiled, pleased at his response but also glad that you could understand him."You can touch me you know? It's okay." You replied smiling sweetly. When he smiled back didn't move his hands quick enough, you grabbed them and placed them on your hips yourself. This seemed to give the man more confidence as he pulled you off to the side of the club, until his back was against the wall and began dancing with you properly.Now you really started grinding on him and things were starting to get heavy. Now that he had express permission to touch you, he did not hold back. You'd turned around and had your back facing him once again, the both of you bumping and grinding to the beat of the music. Suddenly, his head entered the space between your neck and your shoulder and he nosed at your sweet spot, his lips ghosting there shortly after. You sucked in a tiny breath and may have shuddered a bit but tried to keep your reactions to a minimum. You turned to face him again and took in his striking features as his eyes kept falling back to your lips. You put your arms around his neck and showed him a dazzling smile which he reciprocated. You didn't take a second to think before the words came tumbling out of your mouth."You are so pretty." You said, head clouded with alcohol and lust. He chuckled a bit in response."Pretty?" he questioned."The most beautiful person I've ever seen." You said as you watched him glance at your lips."I could say the same about you." He replied.Then, with the help of all the liquid courage, you leaned forward and locked your lips with his.

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The next few hours went by so slowly and so quickly at the same time. Moments were coming and going, swirling through the haze of alcohol. While you had kissed your fair share of men in the past, none of them could compare to this. In fact, before this you thought you didn't even like making out with people. You'd get tired or disgusted by it after about a minute and would pull away. But with him it was different. Though you couldn't be sure how much time was actually passing in your inebriated state, you could tell you'd been kissing him for quite a while, and you had no intentions of stopping. The music was just a dull thumping in the background at this point. You'd forgotten you were even in a club and the existence of the large amount of people around you wasn't even registering in your mind. This guy knew exactly what to do and exactly what you liked, even though you didn't even know what you liked. Your lips melded and moved together like they were shaped to fit each other perfectly. When he cautiously nipped at your bottom lip, you thought you were going to lose your mind and let him have his way with you right there. Unfortunately, it seemed someone had other plans. You reluctantly pulled away when you felt a tap on your shoulder. "Y/N?!" Amber yelled over the music at you."Dude are you kidding me? Can you not see what's happening right now? What do you want??" You replied in an irritated tone, whilst keeping your arms resting around the man's neck and he kept his arms securely around your waist."I wanna go home now." She stated with a straight serious face. This caused you to be a bit worried, since Amber was never really serious about anything with her carefree outlook on life. You detached your arms from the man's neck and turned to face Amber, though the man still kept his grip on your waist. You couldn't help but be pleased by that somewhere in the back of your mind."Did something happen?", you questioned, concern lacing your tone. "Is one of those guys bothering you? Do I need to throw hands because I will!" You shouted rolling up your sleeves and the man behind you tightened his grip on your waist, worrying that you were about to get yourself in trouble."No calm down no one's bothering me!" Amber placated before you got everyone arrested."If nothing's wrong then why do we need to leave?", you asked, entirely confused at this point."I just want to leave, let's go." Amber replied vaguely."Well since you won't tell me what's wrong can you at least wait five minutes?" You inquired sarcastically, irritated that she was seemingly interrupting for no reason. This is the same girl who goes clubbing every other day, not coming home until 6 or 7A.M. and now she wants to leave early?"Fine, I'll go find Jules and we'll be waiting at the bar. Don't take forever." She stated before walking away."Don't fucking tell me what to do." You mumbled under your breath as you watched her walk away. You turned your attention back to the stunning man, and he smiled sweetly at you as his thumbs rubbed over your hipbones soothingly."You should go take care of your friends." He said quietly. You were in shock that the words were uttered in English, and felt a tad embarrassed that you'd been assaulting his ears with your broken Japanese. He must've read your mind (or your obvious facial expression) because he chuckled softly and continued, "I lived abroad for a while as a child and studied English in university, but your Japanese is just so cute I didn't wanna stop you." You felt a bit shy but couldn't help but smile at being called cute. You pecked at his lips and he tightened his grip on your waist and deepened the kiss just long enough to get you sucked in and he laughed when you whined at him pulling away."I don't wanna leave. I'm having fun with you." You decided to push your luck by gently pushing your thigh between his legs. He let out a shaky breath at the contact and his hands clutched at the belt loops on your jeans as he pulled you closer. Unfortunately, his words didn't match his actions."I don't want you to leave either, but your friends need you." He replied as one hand reached up to stroke your face. You leaned into the warmth and looked down sadly unable to meet his eyes. 'Why am I so attached to a literal stranger? I don't even know his name but the thought of leaving is painful.' He leaned forward and kissed your forehead before moving his hands to your shoulders, and turning you in the direction Amber had walked in. You began walking after he gently nudged you but couldn't help but look back after going a few yards. He was still there, looking at you as well, he smiled his dazzling smile and waved cutely at you. You smiled and waved back before turning around and pushing your way through the crowd to get to the bar.The sight you were met with at the bar however, had you absolutely fuming. Amber and Jules were at the bar, drinks in hand and giggling with some random guys, different from the ones that were dancing with them earlier. You stomped over to them ready to give Amber a piece of your mind."What the hell is this??" You asked, voice slightly raised. "You wanted to leave so badly, but you bought more drinks?""Ah yeah, sorry about that. Everything's cool. We don't need to leave." She said simply."What a fucking joke." you chuckled and rolled your eyes. Deciding that you were going to go back to the mystery man.You pushed your way through the crowd again, slapping at a man's hand for reaching for your butt on the way. When you finally managed to get back where you last saw the man, he was nowhere to be found. You wandered around the dance floor more, gently shoving your way through people hoping to catch a glimpse of him but after searching for a few minutes, you realized that he must've already left. You were gonna let Amber's little snub slide since you thought you could just pick up where you left off with the man. But now you were pissed, you didn't have the man's contact information, hell you didn't even know his name. There was no way you were ever gonna see him again in Tokyo of all places. Amber totally cock blocked you, and she didn't even have a good reason for it. You made your way to the lockers you had all stored your things in, and took the key you'd been keeping out of your pocket. You roughly shoved the key in the lock and slammed the locker open, grabbing all of yours, Amber, and Jules' things before slamming it shut and walking briskly back out to the bar.When you got there you threw Amber and Jules' purse onto the counter and slung your own around your shoulder. Amber looked at you with a confused expression and Jules just grabbed her bag and stood up, walking over to stand behind you. She seemed to know exactly what was going on and was prepared to leave. You glared at Amber and pointed to her bag, and she had the audacity to continue to be confused."Let's go right fucking now." You stated, tone dangerously low."Okay, God." Amber said, grabbing her things as well. You all left the club and stood outside. Since you left earlier than planned, the subways wouldn't be running for a few more hours so you were going to have to take a taxi. You made sure to let Amber know that she was going to be the one paying for it since she ruined your chances with the guy and she agreed without putting up much of a fuss.When the taxi pulled up outside of the dorm, you got out and scanned yourself into the building without waiting for them. You got up to your room and threw your purse onto your desk. You immediately started stripping out of your clothes and turned on the shower, eager to get the smell of cigarettes and sweat off of your skin. You showered for quite a long time before finally stepping out, drying off and putting pajamas on and finishing your nighttime routine. By the time you were done the sun was already coming up so you closed the curtains and climbed into bed. Maybe you were being childish getting so upset about a guy. But for some reason you couldn't shake the hurt you felt at the thought of never seeing him again. You brought your hand up to your cheek as you tried to remember the way it felt when he caressed your face. With a heavy heart you laid there until you fell asleep, hand still resting on your cheek.

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You woke up in a daze in the middle of the day on Sunday since you had gone to bed so late that night. You stared at the ceiling as you began to piece together the moments from last night. You definitely hadn't blacked out or anything, you knew better to drink more than you could handle by now, but some parts of the night seemed to blend together. Since time tends to pass irregularly when you drink, it's hard to remember the exact order in which things transpired. As you recalled the events of the night, you felt a bitter feeling rising in your chest at the fact that you would probably never see the mystery man, that invoked feelings you'd never felt before, ever again. You literally didn't even ask him for his name nor tell him yours. You grumbled to yourself about Amber being a cock block as you rolled over to check the time on your phone.Seeing that it was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, you decided it would probably be a good idea to go get something to eat. You also had some assignments you needed to complete for class tomorrow, but knew you wouldn't be able to be productive until you put some food in your stomach. You also saw that you had a message notification, but you didn't actually unlock your phone to see who it was from. You assumed it would be Amber apologizing for ruining your night and had every intention of letting her stew and suffer in her self-inflicted guilt for a little bit longer. Is that petty? Sure, but at this point you don't have the ability to care.You dragged yourself out of bed and wandered over to the sink. You stared at your reflection in the mirror for a bit, poking at your more noticeable than usual eye bags, and moved on to brushing your teeth and washing your face to help you wake up. You didn't bother applying any make-up since you were just going to grab some food and bring it back home. Then, you walked over to your closet and examined its contents for something appropriate to wear. You slapped on some jeans and a random t-shirt and grabbed your things and went to a convenience store. After an uneventful transaction for a bento and something to drink you returned back to your dorm, intending to eat and and start on your assignments. You glanced at your phone while eating and decided to stop being a child and reply to Amber, but when you opened it you noticed the message wasn't from her but from someone named "Changkyun". You frowned at the unfamiliar name but opened the message anyway.

Changkyun

Hey, I'm Changkyun! It was nice meeting you Y/N. I hope I can see you again :)

I hope everything is okay with your friend too!
 Your jaw dropped and your hand flew to cover your mouth, hitting your face a bit harder than intended in the process. You were excited to finally have a name for the man and when you checked his profile picture it matched the hazy memories of his face in the crowded club the night before. Some confusion mixed with the excitement, as you thought you'd never exchanged contact information, at least you hadn't remembered doing it, and you racked your brain in search of the memory. After a few minutes of uninterrupted pondering, the lost memory began to play in your head.
You'd been making out for God knows how long at this point and things were starting to get heated. You could feel desire pooling in your stomach the longer this had gone on. You'd both pulled away from each other for a moment, foreheads leaning against each other as your breaths ghosted across the others' lips. He leaned back a bit further and his hands moved from your hips and instead his fingers looped into the belt loops of your jeans.
"Shall we go to a quieter place for a bit?" He asked. You weren't quite sure what he said over the noise of the music and the people but you nodded dumbly in reply. He grabbed your hand and you both weaved through the crowd and into the locker room. While there was still quite a bit of noise in the background, it was much easier to hear him now. "Do you have {insert messaging app here}?" He questioned. It was pretty common here for people to use certain messaging applications instead of exchanging phone numbers. Luckily, you had downloaded it soon after coming here since you couldn't use your phone plan from back home without paying a lot of international fees.
"Yeah I have it!", you answered chipperly as you pulled your phone out of your back pocket and opened up the app. You navigated to the section to add contacts and then handed your phone to him, took his and typed in your username. You returned each other's respective phones, and when he opened his mouth to say something you interrupted him by clashing your lips together once again. You made out for a bit longer before you pulled away and giggled to yourself when you saw the flustered look on his face paired with the red coloring his cheeks. "Sorry about that." you said coyly, not really sorry about it at all.

"No, it's fine I liked it! You just surprised me!" He answered, afraid that he had offended you somehow. " I was gonna ask if you wanted another drink." He continued.

"Sure, let's go!" You replied excitedly as you grabbed his hand and led him back into the main room in the club and up to the bar.
You cringed internally at your uncharacteristically forward behavior, but it was quickly overshadowed by the joy you felt at not having to go the rest of this trip not being able to explore your connection with him. You danced around in your chair in celebration and decided you should probably talk to Amber, you weren't going to apologize because she IS still a cock block, but at least she only ruined the night instead of however long it would've taken you to stop pouting about this. You scrolled to her contact in your phone and called her and it only had the chance to ring once in your ear before she picked up."Dude, I'm sorry okayyyy~", she whined into the receiver upon picking up the call. "I wasn't trying to cock block you but those dudes we were dancing with were gross and after we ditched them no other guys interacted with us for hours, I was just salty and wanted to leave. But when we waiting for you at the bar-""Listen it's fine I forgive you I'm not mad we're cool I still love you but guess what?!" you interrupted, the words spilling out of your mouth so fast Amber could barely keep up."What? What happened!?" Amber recovered quickly seemingly unbothered by the interruption. "Ooh~ does this have to do with that hot guy you were making out with all night?" she continued cheekily."Of course it does what else would it be about?" you answered. "He left so quickly that after I went over to the bar to see you guys, he was already gone when I got back. That's why I was pissed at you. I didn't remember getting his contact because drunk me is stupid but I woke up and had a message from him!""Oh my god seriously!! What did he say? What did you say?? Are you guys gonna start dating?? How did you manage to find such a hot guy in one night I've been clubbing like 4 times a week and-""OH MY GOD I DIDN'T EVEN ANSWER HIM GOTTA GO BYE!" you screamed as you hung up the phone and went back to your conversation with him, quickly typing a reply which he responded to within a few minutes.

Me

3>!!It was great meeting you too

!I hope you got home safely

Changkyun

Thank you :)

When are you free? I wanna see you again!

If that's okay with you of course

Me

!I want to see you again too

I'm taking seven classes this semester so my weeks are pretty packed

!
But I'm usually free on weekends

Changkyun

I'm happy to hear that!

Keep this weekend free for me

I want to take you on a date

Me

(:!Looking forward to it
You got out of your chair and fell face first into your bed. You squealed into your pillow and rolled around like a lovestruck teenager. You can't remember the last time you were this excited about anything. You rolled onto your side and moved the pillow away from your face and clutched it to your chest. You looked at your phone again and clicked on his profile picture. You couldn't stop the huge grin from plastering itself to your face once again as your heart fluttered in your chest. This weekend could not come fast enough.

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You were currently in your Religious Studies class absolutely bored out of your mind. Amber was next to you, surprisingly. Considering it was an 8am class and she very rarely, if ever, managed to make it to the university in general, let alone to the morning class. She was munching on some fried chicken from the 7/11. You also couldn't fathom how she was able to stomach fried chicken first thing in the morning, when just the thought of eating anything, let alone fried chicken, if you haven't been awake for at least two hours had you gagging. There was nothing wrong with you physically, your stomach just needed time to wake up before eating you supposed. The teacher was droning on and on about Buddhism, a topic that you would normally find interesting, but the man somehow managed to make it boring as hell with his unenthusiastic delivery.You were contemplating catching some more Z's along with some of your classmates, when your phone vibrated in your pocket. You glanced up at the professor to make sure he wasn't looking at you, but he was too busy reading his presentation word for word from the screen to notice anything, so you pulled your phone out and unlocked it. You couldn't stop the wide grin stretching itself across your face as you saw the name attached to the message. You and Changkyun had been sending messages back and forth on and off throughout the week. He was a busy man with a important position in an energy company, but he always responded as quickly as he could. It was now Thursday and though you had talked everyday this week, he hadn't brought up the date he mentioned taking you on. You didn't want to seem too eager by bringing it up again, so you were patiently (impatiently) waiting for him to solidify the date. You opened the message and your heart beat a little faster in anticipation. 
Changkyun

Good morning!

I hope your day is going well :)

Me

I'd be better if I wasn't dying of boredom haha

Changkyun

Class is that bad huh?

Well I might have something that will cheer you up

If you're interested

Me

...I'm listening

Changkyun

So...

Do you listen to {insert your favorite artist here}?

Me

!Yeah I really like their music

?Why

Changkyun

That's perfect!

I was planning to go to their concert with a friend tomorrow

But something came up and he can't go

Would you like to go with me?

Me

Ahh so I'm your second choice so you don't have to go alone lol

Changkyun

Hahah no of course not

But if I have the chance to bring a beautiful girl I like quite a bit...

Wouldn't I be stupid not to ask?

Me

...I guess when you put it that way

I am pretty stunning so you would be missing out if you didn't ask

That is a joke btw I promise I'm not stuck up

Changkyun

Can you really joke about something if it's true though?

You truly are stunning

Me

Well now I feel all shy

Changkyun

Haha you're adorable

But you never answered my question!

Do you wanna come with me??

Me

!Of course I do

?Do you want some money for the ticket

...I feel bad just showing up

Changkyun

Nope!

You aren't allowed to pay

And I'm not telling you how much it was

Repay me by gracing me with your presence

Me

I suppose I could manage an appearance

Just for you lol
 
Changkyun

I shall consider myself the luckiest man in the world

Well boss is staring me down so

I need to go back to work

Try to pay attention in class

Oh and the concert is tomorrow night!

Hope that's okay!

Me

!Yeah tomorrow is fine

I make no promises about paying attention in class lol
  You finally pocketed your phone again and looked up at the board to realize the professor was still reading off the same slide he was before you looked away. You rolled your eyes and glanced over at Amber, only to find her nodding off with her head in her hand and her elbow on the table. You silently chuckled at her before poking her in her side. You laughed a bit louder when she squeaked and jumped. The professor only spared you two a glance before going back to "teaching". Amber glared at you playfully before whispering something. "Is there a reason you felt the need to ruin my nap?" She said sarcastically."Nah, just bored and wanted to bother you." You said holding back a grin."Oh, did Changkyun finally stop texting you? Thank you for granting me the honor of remembering my existence." She replied teasingly."Oh hush you drama queen." you jested. "He finally asked me on a date by the way.""Oh really?? What are you guys gonna do?""He's taking me to a {insert favorite artist here} concert!""Are you fucking serious??" Amber whisper-yelled. "Not only do you find one of the hottest men on planet Earth on your first night out but now you get to go seeyour favorite artist live with him on the first goddamn date. That is so unfair.""What can I say? If the universe decides to play favorites in my favor there's nothing I can do about that." You answered smugly, before the insecurity crept into yourtone. "But will you help me get ready tomorrow after class? I have no idea what to wear I've never been on a date.""Don't worry I'll make sure you get laid tomorrow night.""Oh my god stop!"  Friday night had finally arrived and you were getting ready for your date with the help of Amber. Amber was making an absolute wreck of your dorm room, tearing through your closet as you put the finishing touches on your make-up. You didn't do your make-up often so it always took you a bit of time. You sprayed some setting spray over your finished work and glanced over at Amber, sighing at the mess she was making."Is it entirely necessary for you to mess up my whole room just picking an outfit?" You questioned."It's not my fault your clothing choices fucking suck. Why do you have so many goddamn graphic t-shirts?""They're comfortable! Leave me alone!" You pouted."Well I had to pull out the big guns aka my own clothes because you've given me almost nothing to work with. But here, wear this white jean skirt and you can pair it with your black crop top. Sexy but not over the top.""Fine give them to me. I'll go in the bathroom and put them on." You breathed out as you grabbed the outfit from her and headed towards the bathroom. "And pick up my fucking clothes off the floor and put them back!""Catch me not doing that. I have plans so I'm leaving! Have fun on your date!" She shouted merrily as she walked out of the room and shut the door behind her."I need new fucking friends God." You mumbled in exasperation as you walked out of the bathroom and looked at yourself in the mirror. Amber was right, the outfit was simple yet sexy, the crop top allowing for just a hint of midriff to show while the skirt hugged your waist in a flattering way.After inspecting your appearance for a bit you checked your watch and figured it was probably a good idea to leave soon. So you grabbed your little faux leather backpack, checking it again to make sure you had everything you needed, put on your white and black shoes and headed out. You sent Changkyun a message saying you were on your way as you walked to the subway station. You glanced at the directions telling you which line to take and headed that way. You stood on the platform waiting for the subway to arrive, and when it came to a stop in front of you, you made your way on. The subway wasn't overly crowded but there was nowhere for you to sit, so you grabbed a handle and stood.As the subway made its way to your destination, you started to feel a lot of anxiety. Nervous thoughts began flying in an out of your head as you stared blankly ahead. 'What if he sees me and realizes he doesn't actually like me? What if we were both just drunk and there's really nothing between us? What if he stands me up? Maybe this was a mistake...' But it was a little too late for that since the subway announced that it was arriving at your stop. This subway station was a lot bigger and busier than the ones you were normally in and you found yourself a bit overwhelmed. There were so many exits and you didn't know which one you should use so you pulled out your phone to message Changkyun and saw that he'd already sent one.
Changkyun

Are you here yet Y/N?

Me

!I'm here

...But I don't know where to go

Changkyun

Are you okay?

What can you see around you?

Me

Uh..there's a sign that says "Underground central entrance"

Changkyun

Can you go upstairs?

Me

I don't see a staircase...

I'm not really sure where I am tbh

Changkyun

It's okay don't worry

Just stay there

I'll come find you!
Me 
Okay
You walked over to a little vending machine and stood in front of it waiting for Changkyun. Your anxiety was really starting to get the best of you, and you felt stupid because you couldn't manage to find your way out of a subway station and now Changkyun had to come rescue you. You glanced around at all the people walking by hoping to catch sight of him. You looked down and adjusted your clothing, staring at your feet for a bit, only to see a nice pair of men's shoes approaching yours."Y/N?"Your eyes slowly made their way up from the fancy shoes to the expensive looking navy suit pants, the matching coat and a shiny black tie. They continued up until they landed on Changkyun's sharp facial features. His hair was gelled back and only a few strands fell onto his forehead. His lips were stretched in a wide grin, revealing his blindingly white perfect smile. You were so stunned by his beauty that your mouth opened and closed a few times without any words coming out. After a few seconds you finally managed to mutter something and unfortunately, it wasn't anything clever."Holy shit...."

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"Is there something on my face?" Changkyun chuckled with a teasing tone. Your whole demeanor just screamed shy and flustered. He seemed to find that cute as he continued to smile at you and wait for your response. When you finally managed to close your mouth and stop gaping at the man, you cleared your throat and looked away in embarrassment."No...you-there's nothing on your face. I...um." You grasped at straws for some sort of eloquent response but it appeared that the connection between your brain and your mouth had been severed. You looked down shyly and played with your hands as you gave up on talking for the moment. You didn't look up until you felt a hand under your chin gently tilting your head upwards, and you were forced to make eye contact with him. He quickly leaned in and gave you a peck on the lips before pulling away and smiling sweetly at you. Your eyes widened a bit in surprise since it happened so fast you had no time to react."You look beautiful by the way." He mentioned as he dropped his hand from your chin and rubbed your arm soothingly, easing up on the teasing. "Are you okay?""I'm okay." You finally spoke. "You just...", you trailed off."I just what?" He questioned."You just, you look so incredibly handsome. And you're wearing a suit and it....just looks really nice okay?" You said shyly. He smiled brightly at that, but the hand that reached up to rub the back of his neck gave away that he was a bit taken aback by the compliment."Sorry about the whole suit thing." He apologizes. "I'm not trying to show off or anything. I just didn't have time to go home and change after work before meeting you here.""No it's okay, I was just startled." You chuckled in reply, the nervousness was starting to lose its edge so you wanted to joke with him too. So you looked down and put on your most Oscar-worthy pout and fiddled with the hem of your skirt. "Though I can't help but feel underdressed now...you could have at least taken off the jacket." He immediately became flustered and moved as if he was going to remove it, but you stopped it by grabbing him by the jacket and pulling him in for a proper kiss. You stayed like that for a bit before you smiled into the kiss and pulled away. "Just kidding." You smirked. Instead of getting flustered like you had hoped, he just smiled at you with so much affection in his eyes and grabbed your hand. He glanced down and interlaced your fingers before looking up at you again."We'll miss the concert if we keep this up. Shall we go?""Okay."  After a rather uneventful train ride full of handholding and giggling, the train arrived at your stop and the two of you were walking into the stadium. He couldn't help but laugh at you balking at how big the building and the stadium were, as if you were a little kid in an aquarium for the first time. You'd never been to a concert in your life so this was truly your first time having an experience like this. As excited as your were to look around at everything and feel the atmosphere, your gaze kept finding its way back to Changkyun. Whether that was staring at his stunning profile or glancing down at your still intertwined hands. He didn't always catch you staring as you were trying to be subtle, but when he did he'd always grin at you and squeeze your hand a little tighter.You both had finally entered the stadium and made your way to your assigned seats. You weren't quite in nosebleed territory but it was decently high up and far away from the stage. You were sitting on the left side and during the performance you could easily make out the artist's figure but had to look to the big screen to see any of his facial expressions. You both had a blast at the concert and were singing along to the songs together, laughing and taking little videos and posting them to your snapchat or Instagram stories. You made sure not to be one of those people that posts an entire concert to their story but you didn't see the harm in posting little snippets of your favorite songs. The performance was absolutely amazing and before it was over you already knew it was going to be an experience that you would always remember.When the concert ended you both silently agreed to wait for most of the human traffic to clear out of the stadium before deciding to leave. Changkyun opened his mouth to ask you a question but was cut off by the rather loud sound of your stomach growling. You didn't eat much for lunch earlier because of your anxiety about this date, and it seemed your stomach was tired of being made to wait for a proper meal as it was well past 8pm at this point. He smirked at your shy expression before deciding to speak."Well, I was gonna ask if you were hungry but I guess that's been answered for you.""Shut up.""Oh, so you don't wanna go get food then?"You hesitated a bit before responding. "...I mean, I don't wanna like, not get food."He just smiled encouragingly at you and tried to catch your eye. "Do you like sushi?"  The universe seemed to think that every other embarrassing moment you've had tonight wasn't enough and decide to throw in another one. You have LITERALLY never had any issues using chopsticks before this moment, but for some unknown reason you could not pick up a piece of sushi to save your life. Changkyun sat on the other side of the table with his elbows on it and his head in his hands. A small teasing smile was stretching across his face as he watched you struggle. You weren't even feeling nervous anymore so you had nothing to explain your inability to use chopsticks right now. You poked out your lip in concentration as you continued to battle this piece of sushi before you heard a snort come from the other side of the table. You froze and glared up at the offending party."Would you like to share your joke with the class Mr. Im?" You deadpanned at him."Nope." He replied popping the 'p'. "There's no joke to share, seongsangnim." You knew he was Korean after a conversation talking about his upbringing, born in South Korea, moving to Japan after about three years and also spending a lot of time in the US due to his father's job. He was fluent in all three languages, but he mostly spoke English with you because it was easier. But sometimes he'd slip random Korean or Japanese words into the mix just to test you."You seem to be doing a lot of giggling for someone that doesn't find anything funny.""I don't find anything funny, I find it quite cute.""I am perfectly capable of using chopsticks you know." You said in mock offense at his teasing tone."I believe you." He snickered unable to keep the smile from his face."That face says otherwise." You pout, putting your chopsticks down and glaring holes into the sushi that had dared to defy you."You know you can eat sushi with your hands right?" He questioned. You glanced around at the other customers, not seeing a singular person eating their sushi without chopsticks and you looked at him with an appropriate amount of suspicion before replying."I can't tell if you're serious or trying to make me look stupid." You couldn't help but smile when he burst out laughing."I am offended that you think I would do such a thing!" He says, but the laughter gives away his true feeling on the matter. "But no, I'm serious, it's perfectly socially acceptable to eat sushi with your hands.""I don't know..." You contemplated staring at the sushi and rubbing a hand over your empty stomach."Well we have two options here. I guess you could say three, but I won't allow starving to be a choice. You can either eat it with your hands and I'll eat with mine too. Or..." He trailed off."Or?" You asked."Or..." he continues with a smirk. "I can feed it to you?" His tone was teasing but you could tell he was entirely serious about feeding sushi to you as he picked one up and held it out to you. "Say 'ah~'" The thought of taking that sushi from him had heat rushing to your cheeks and you quickly shook your head in refusal. You looked around to see if anyone was watching and snatched a piece of sushi up with your hands, dipped it in soy sauce and shoved it into your mouth. All he could do was laugh at your actions as he joined you in eating his sushi with his hands as well. The rest of the meal went by normally and when you were both full, he went to pay for the meal, refusing to take any money for your food, and you both walked outside. You strolled in a comfortable silence with no real destination in mind. You were originally walking on the edge of the sidewalk closest to the road but he gently moved you to the other side when a car came by and made sure you stayed there. You swooned a bit at the action but said nothing, not wanting to disturb the peaceful moment. But eventually the quiet was broken by him."It's getting late." He said matter-of-factly, with a frown on his face."Yeah.." You replied noncommittedly."Shall we head to the train station?" He asked, seemingly leaving the decision entirely up to you. Truth is, you didn't want to go home. You weren't ready to leave him but you didn't want to be too forward and suggest going to his place so you racked your brain for some excuse to stay out longer."Want to get drinks?" You didn't even want to get drunk, you just needed him to stay. It seemed like he'd been feeling the same way because his frown immediately transformed into a smile and he grabbed your hand. You giggled as he hastened his pace and pulled you along until he found a bar and you entered it. He sat you down at a table and asked what you wanted to drink. After receiving your request he walked over to the bar and put the order in, waiting for the drinks. He wasn't so far away that you couldn't see him, but far enough that if you tried to talk to him he wouldn't hear you over the music and the chatter of the other patrons.The bar wasn't overly crowded by any means but there were a decent amount of people occupying the space. You silently watched people's interactions before glancing down at your phone and replying to some messages from your friends. You'd never posted any guy on your social media, so the little glimpses of Changkyun in your story had your friends losing their minds. You chuckled at their enthusiasm before seeing a shadow appear on the table in your peripheral vision. You looked up smiling, assuming it was Changkyun with your drinks, only to meet the eyes of a stranger. Your smile faltered a bit but didn't completely disappear and you raised your eyebrows at him, silently questioning what he wanted."Hi there!" The man exclaimed excitedly in Japanese. "My name is Hyungwon, what's yours?" You cocked your head to the side a bit, recognizing that the name was another Korean name but smiled politely and replied."I'm Y/N." You said shyly. You glanced over at Changkyun who, to your surprise, was already raising a brow at the interaction, but otherwise didn't react."Nice to meet you. Where are you from?" You internally rolled your eyes already bored of this conversation but you also didn't want to be rude, so you quietly answered the question and noticed him perk up. "Oh really? I've always wanted to go there!" He said inviting himself to sit at your table. You stiffened at the gesture but nodded along to his statement without replying, arms curling around yourself in an attempt to soothe yourself. "Are you here alone?" he asked and before you could answer Changkyun strolled up behind him with your drinks in hand."Nope. She's with me, and you're in my seat so please move." He said with a level tone and a serious face."Relax dude, she's clearly into it." Hyungwon argued, to which you did not refrain from rolling your eyes at."I'm actually not." You muttered under your breath but that went ignored by Hyungwon. Changkyun then said something to him in Korean which you did not understand, but it must've spooked Hyungwon because he got up from the seat, told you to have a nice night and winked before leaving. Changkyun watched him walk away, shaking his head before sitting down and placing your drink in front of you. You took a sip of your drink and when you placed it back down he took the opportunity to grab your hand and stroke his thumb over your knuckles."Are you okay?" He asked sincerely while searching your eyes for any sign of discomfort."Mmm. I'm okay, he was more annoying than anything else." You replied honestly. Changkyun still looked a bit concerned so you decided to tease him to lighten the mood. "Actually I'm happy he came over here." An emotion flickered through his eyes at the comment and he let go of your hand."Oh is that so? Shall we call him back over then? Or maybe you should go talk to him instead." He commented looking off to the side with an exaggerated pout on his face. He knew you were trying to get a rise out of him but he still felt a twinge of jealousy."I'm joking~" You chuckled grabbing his hand once again. "Though you are really cute when you're jealous.""I wasn't jealous!" He rebutted."Whatever helps you sleep at night."  After having a few more drinks and some nice conversations you both decided you were tired of the bar and decided to head home. While Changkyun was in the bathroom you had went and paid for both of your drinks which he whined about when he came back. You only granted him a smile at the childish behavior and ignored his pleas to tell him how much they were so he could at least pay for his. He'd paid for everything else that night so you didn't see the harm in covering the drinks. You appreciated his desire to be a gentlemen, but you wanted to contribute something to the night as well and didn't want to feel as if you were taking advantage of him. You two had once again fallen into a comfortable silence, though there was a twinge of sadness to it at the same time. Both of you seemingly wanting to delay the inevitable separation. Changkyun intertwined your fingers again and this caused you to look over at him."It really is getting late Y/N, the trains will stop running soon and I want to make sure you get home safe." He said quietly, though there was an emotion in his eyes that you couldn't really read and a strange tone to his voice. As if he wanted to say something else, but knew this was the appropriate thing to say. You stopped walking suddenly and he turned around and met your eyes with a confused expression. You took a deep breath and calmed your racing heart as you gathered the courage to say the thing the both of you were too afraid to say. You let out the breath and met his confused gaze with a small smile and spoke with confidence.

"And what if I don't wanna go home?"

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Changkyun smiled at you as he caressed your hand. You couldn't help the slight blush that crept up your cheeks at the intensity of his gaze as he searched your eyes. It seemed like he was looking for something, any sense of doubt or unsureness and he would put you on a train back to your own dorm. The last thing Changkyun wanted to do was make you uncomfortable in any way, or feel like he was convincing you to do something you didn't want to do. He was quiet for longer than expected, but it seemed he couldn't find what he was looking for, and of course he was happy about that. He finally broke the long silence that he created by responding to your question."Well, if you truly don't want to go home...you can come to my place? Only if you want to, obviously!" He made sure to reiterate that the decision was entirely up to you."If you're okay with having me over, I'd love to come!" You smiled trying not to come across as over eager, while also making sure that you weren't inviting yourself in his home when he didn't actually want you there."Of course I'm okay with having you over, it's more than okay. We should get going though if we're gonna catch the last train." He said and he glanced down at his watch and seemed to be alarmed by just how late it was. "Oh my god! It's already 11:35 we have to run!" He panicked as he grabbed your hand and ran towards the train station. You couldn't help but giggle as you ran behind him, not that you had any choice but to follow him with his firm grip on your hand.   It was yet another uneventful train ride. The two of you were able to actually sit because the last train is never all that crowded, as the people that wanted to go home for the night took earlier trains, and everyone else decided to stay out and party until the first morning train. You honestly spent most of the ride dozing with your head bobbing over and over. Changkyun thought it was quite endearing, but he didn't want you to be uncomfortable so he gently caressed your cheek and guided your head to his shoulder. You were too tired to protest or be embarrassed so you allowed a small smile to grace your lips and kept your eyes closed. You were not able to fall asleep because of your slightly elevated heart rate, but you stayed there and enjoyed the moment.Eventually the train pulled up to Changkyun's stop and you were forced to remove your head from his shoulder. You were saddened by the lack of contact but Changkyun immediately remedied the situation by grabbing your hand and intertwining your fingers. You walked hand in hand out of the train and out of the station, and began the stroll to Changkyun's apartment. You were happy that the walk wasn't too long, but you were incredibly surprised as he lead the two of you to a rather expensive looking apartment complex. You knew Changkyun obviously made good money, but you couldn't help but feel a little insecure just looking at the building. You were a broke college student. Changkyun is obviously not a shallow person and you'd never accuse him of being such, but you couldn't help but wonder just what it is that he sees in you.You took the elevator up to Changkyun's floor and he let go of your hand for the first time since the train to reach into his pocket for his keys. He grabbed them and unlocked the door and proceeded to open it, only to glance inside and slam it shut just as quickly. He turned around and pressed his back to the door looking at you with a nervous smile. You couldn't help the confused look on your face as your curious eyes met his anxious gaze and you spoke for the first time in a while."Uh...is something wrong?" You asked hesitantly, not because you were scared of Changkyun, but he resembled a scared, cornered kitten right now and you didn't want to spook him even more."No uh, nothing is wrong per se...I just, um...would you mind waiting outside? Just for a second, I...wasn't expecting anyone over so the apartment could use a quick picking up." He replied, reaching behind his head to rub at his neck as a violent blush took over his features. You brought your hand to your mouth to stifle your laugh but you couldn't help but chuckle at his exaggerated reaction."It's okay." You giggled. "I'll wait for a bit if that makes you feel comfortable. Just don't take forever." He only nodded at you as he opened the door again and sprinted into the apartment. You finally let out your laugh now that he was out of earshot and decided to check your phone to pass the time. You saw Amber had sent you quite a few messages and decided to respond to them.
Amber

Soooo...?

how's everything going?

Is he as hot as you remembered?

How's the concert??

I bet it's so sick ugh you lucky bitch

Are y'all gonna get dinner afterwards?

I'm assuming you're getting dinner

okay the concert was over more than 2 hours ago where are you????

BITCH???

ARE YOU COMING HOME OR NAH?

ARE YOU DEAD

I NEED ANSWERS

HELLO!!!??

Me

ma'am I am fine can you fucking relax lol

I'm not dead obvi

I have never blown up your phone like this when you're out doing god know what

Amber

yeah because me not coming home before the sun comes back up is NORMAL

YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE

EXCUSE ME FOR BEING A CONCERNED FRIEND

SO SORRY

Me

Y
ou are quite possibly one of the most dramatic people I've ever met

anyways

to answer your questions

he is even more handsome than I remember

the concert was amazing

yes we did get food

and then drinks

and now I'm at his apartment

Amber

YOU'RE WHERE TF??

HIS HOUSEEEEE

OMG YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SEX WITH HIM??

Me

NO OF COURSE NOT

WHY WOULD YOU ASSUME THAT

Amber

Well

Why else would you be at his house in the middle of the night?

Me

I just wasn't ready to leave him

it doesn't mean we're gonna have sex

Amber

Yeah sure pal

I'm sure he invited you over with no expectations

or intentions

; )

Me

I'm done with this conversation

byeeee
By the time you closed out of the messaging app, locked your phone and prepared to put it back into your bag Changkyun was swinging the door open. He was breathing a little heavy and his hair was a bit disheveled and he was sans suit jacket, but still beautiful all the same. He straightened his posture and moved from in front of the doorway, gesturing for you to come in. You stepped inside and took off your shoes before completely walking inside and admiring the place. It was still an apartment but it was absolutely massive compared to your tiny dorm room. You could probably fit 15 of your rooms in his apartment. The space was decorated simply and with neutral colors, a large gray couch and a coffee table in the living room and an enormous flat screen hanging on the wall. The was a bar that separated the living space from the kitchen. The kitchen was filled with many state of the art appliances. You couldn't see much down the hall next to the kitchen from where you were standing, but you assumed it was where the bedroom and bathroom were located. Changkyun just watched you take the space in with a small smile on his face."This is...damn." You squeaked."Is that good or bad?" He chuckled."Definitely good." You murmured."Would you like to take a shower? Or do you want a snack or some water?" He asked."You can shower first! But some water would be great.""Okay, I'll grab you some water and before I shower I'll find something for you to wear if you don't wanna sleep in those clothes.""I'd appreciate that...Thank you Changkyun." He only nodded at you as he walked to the fridge and pulled out a pitcher of water. He grabbed a class from one of the cabinets, filled it with water and brought it back to you. After you took the glass and graciously took a sip of water, Changkyun was still standing in front of you. You tilted your head to the side and he just grinned at you."Aren't you gonna shower?' You questioned"Yeah." He replied, still not moving an inch. This resulted in the two of you just staring at each other and getting lost in the other's gaze for a bit before he finally stepped forward, put one arm around you waist and the other and the side of your face and glance down at your lips. He took too long to lean in so you did it instead. Every time you kissed Changkyun it was even more enchanting than the last time. You just vanished into another world where only the two of you existed. You spent quite a bit of time like that before you both pulled away to catch your breath. The two of you panted slighted and stared at each other before breaking into soft laughter. Changkyun moved back a bit and dropped the hand that was on your face previously, down towards your waist, and put his fingers through your belt look like he had done at the club. A mischievous smirk found its way to his face."Wanna shower with me?" He said in an extremely playful tone while wiggling his eyebrows, not at all expecting you to agree. You responded by lightly smacking his arm."Go shower alone!" You giggled. He chuckled in reply and walked off into the hallway and presumably to the bathroom. You let out a deep breath and plopped down onto the sofa, placing your glass onto an awaiting coaster before leaning back into the couch and staring at the ceiling. You heard the water in the shower turn on and decided to turn on the tv to occupy yourself. It opened to a music channel and ironically a song from the band who's concert you had just attended was playing. You couldn't help but smile as you hummed along to the song and wondered how the rest of the night was going to go.

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In the time it had taken Changkyun to shower and find some clothes for you to wear, you had dozed off on the couch. You should've know better than to listen to your body's urge to lay down instead of sitting up but alas,  choices were made and consequences were revealed. Changkyun strolled into the room wearing only a pair of shorts and with a towel draped around his neck. One hand was gently rubbing the towel over his still damp hair while his other hand was occupied with his phone, glancing at some work emails. He soon pocketed his phone and was about to call your name when he looked up and realized he didn't see your head peeking over the back of the couch. He glanced around, and walked to the other side of the couch only to see you laying down and sleeping peacefully on your back, with your phone in your hand resting on your stomach. He couldn't help the small smile that graced his face as he leaned over the arm of the couch to get a better look at you. He was trying to be romantic when he reached to move a strand of hair out of your face, but unfortunately you were a very light sleeper. You immediately jumped awake and attempted to sit up, which sent your forehead flying into Changkyun's.You yelped at the contact while Changkyun groaned and dramatically dropped to his knees on the floor. He cradled his head in his hands and lowered his whole body to the ground as he moaned in Korean about being in pain. It took you a second to recover from the shock and collect yourself but when you did, you peeked over the arm of the couch, hand still rubbing the growing bump on your forehead and looked down at Changkyun's crumpled form. You felt bad for hitting him and also wanted to lighten the mood so you decided to try out one of the few Korean phrases he'd taught you."괜찮아? (Are you okay?)" He looked up at you in surprise as he wasn't expecting to hear Korean. He smiled at you and sat up slowly, crossing his legs in the process."It definitely hurt, but I'm okay." He chuckled as he glanced at your forehead. "Does it still hurt? Let me see." he said and he moved to his knees and got closer to your face. He gently removed your hand from your forehead and held it and as his thumb rubbed across your knuckles. His other hand reached up to your forehead as he inspected it. He grimaced as he observed the swelling and the quickly forming bruises. He gently poked it and apologized under his breath when you flinched at the contact. He clicked his tongue and removed his hand from yours as he stood up. He made his way to the kitchen and began rummaging around in the freezer as you stayed on the couch, lost in thought. He walked back over moments later with an ice pack in hand and he pressed it to your forehead, you jumped lightly as the cold brought you out of your trance. "You okay, Y/N?" He questioned quietly."Yeah, sorry I'm fine. I'm sorry I hit you!" You spoke nervously."It's fine, I have a hard head so I doubt mine will bruise but yours is already starting to. I'm sorry I scared you." He apologized."It's not your fault!" You quickly replied. "I'm just a really light sleeper. I know you just gave me this ice pack, but can I take a shower now?" He squinted his eyes at you as he seemingly thought over whether it was more important for you to ice your forehead or take a shower, but quickly melted when you pouted cutely at him."Okay, okay! You're too cute I can't take it! Stop looking at me like that!" He shrieked while covering his eyes. "Feel free to shower but we're putting the ice back on it when you're done.""Yes sir~." You replied teasingly while saluting him. You smirked when you got the desired reaction. He didn't reveal much in terms of his facial expression but the gaze in his eye definitely darkened. You winked at him as you turned around and walked to the bathroom.You closed the door behind you and immediately hid your face behind your hands and squealed quietly to yourself. You aren't sure where the sudden courage to tease him came from and were a little embarrassed that you actually acted on it. But you quickly pulled yourself together and actually took a look around the bathroom. It was much bigger than you were expecting and everything looked so expensive. The bathroom was decorated very monochromatically, with black and white marble counters and a jet black shower calling your name. You stripped out of your clothes and turned on the shower, sighing as you stepped under the hot water. You stood there for a while just allow the water to run down your back before remembering that this isn't your home and you shouldn't waste other people's water, and that Changkyun was probably waiting for you. You grabbed his body soap and smelled it, happy that the scent wasn't overly masculine, and quickly cleaned yourself before turning off the water. You grabbed the towel the Changkyun left for you and dried off before looking at the clothes he left out for you. A pair of boxers and a t-shirt. You pulled the boxers on and were reaching for the t-shirt when you glanced at a robe hanging on a hook on the wall. For some reason you decided that you wanted to wear that instead so you left the t-shirt behind and wrapped yourself in the robe.You glanced at your reflection and frowned at the darkening bruise on your forehead, and sucking in a breath sharply at the pain that followed a gentle touch of it. You decided Changkyun was definitely right and you should put some ice on it for a bit. You walked out of the bathroom and down the hall and saw Changkyun's slightly damp hair over the back of the couch. The tv was still on and some random movie was playing but Changkyun seemed very absorbed in whatever he was doing on his phone and he payed the tv no mind. You walked around to the other side of the couch and plopped down and only then did Changkyun notice your presence and look up from his phone. His eye widened when he saw you wearing his robe instead of the clothes he left out for you, but he quickly recovered and smirked to hide his surprise."Oh~? Was my old t-shirt not good enough for you?" He asked jokingly."It was plenty good, but this looked soft and comfy and I couldn't resist. Does is suit me?""It looks so good on you I'm considering just letting you have it." He said honestly. "You don't need to do that." You giggled in reply. "Just wearing it for tonight will do." He just grinned at you."Wanna watch a movie?" He asked picking up the remote and opening up Netflix."Sure!"The two of you scrolled and debated about what movie to watch for a bit before finally settling on one and putting it on. At first the two of you just sat quietly next to each other with a small amount of space between the two of you. Throughout the movie you gradually moved closer to each other before Changkyun initiated changing positions entirely. You both ended up with Changkyun laying on his back and you laying on top of him with you head on his chest. Your legs were intertwined and his arm was rubbing soothing circles onto your back. He seemed to be interested in the movie still while you had stopped paying attention to it a long time ago and you just relished in the feeling of being in Changkyun's arms. Instead of watching the screen you just gazed up at him, studying the way his eyelashes danced against his sharp cheekbones when he blinked and analyzing his small facial expression changes as he reacted to the movie. Before you could stop yourself, your hand reached up to his head and your fingers made their way through his black silky locks. His eyes fluttered shut when your nails gently scratched his scalp and he leaned into the touch. He hummed contentedly before quietly speaking."I feel like a puppy." He mumbled."Does it feel that good?" You asked with a small smile on your face. He only hummed in reply. "You can be my puppy then."

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The two of you remained in that position for a while, with your head on his chest listening to his heart pump blood through his veins and your hand in his hair, fingers working their way through the slightly damp strands. Changkyun was relishing in the feeling of your nails gently scratching his scalp and was practically purring. He focused all of his concentration on staying awake, despite how relaxing the action was, so that he could experience the feeling for as long as humanly possible. Both of you had stopped paying attention to the movie a while ago and if either of you were asked to state what had happened in the last 20 minutes of the film, you'd fail miserably. You weren't even sure you remembered what movie the two of you were even "watching", let alone what it was about. Changkyun finally dropped the pretense of even looking at the screen and shifted the two of you a bit so you were laying side by side. Luckily, his couch was pretty large so no one was in danger of falling from the change in position. He just began staring at you, eyes tracking all over your face and stopping at your lips a few times before landing on your eyes. You couldn't help but look away from his intense gaze, feeling a little shy, but you noticed a small smile make it's way to his face in your peripheral vision. Eventually, you couldn't take the staring anymore so you decided to say something, though you still couldn't manage to meet his eyes. "Why are you staring? Is there something on my face?" You asked shyly. However he just hummed noncommittedly in reply, which you were unable to discern as a yes or a no. He then reached towards your face without saying anything, and his eyes followed his finger gently tracing your delicate features. He started at the top of your head, moving from your hairline to graze your forehead bruise with a feather-light touch, and you refrained from flinching at the slight pain. He worked his way down your cheek and allowed his thumb to glide across them a few times before moving to you lips. He thumbed at them lightly, seemingly hypnotized by how they moved. His gaze eventually moved from your lips back to your eyes and his sultry expression disappeared and was replaced with a light, joyful one."There's nothing on your face, I'm just taking it all in." He replied."Taking it in?" You questioned in confusion."Taking you in would be a better phrase for it I suppose. I don't know if you truly understand this Y/N, but you are quite possibly the most beautiful human being I have ever laid my eyes on. I don't know how to explain it, you're ethereal, I feel hypnotized by you. But I don't want the trance to break. I know we only met recently, but I already would have the worst time trying to forget about you." He stated, with no ounce of deceit in his tone. You were stunned to say the least. You'd never had anyone speak to you so honestly, directly, or with so much care the way the Changkyun just did. You were usually skeptical of the lame niceties that men gave you, since they always had an ulterior motive. But somehow you could tell the he meant it, he didn't initiate any sort of sexual contact after he said it he just continued to stroke you face and mumble to himself about how amazing you were, as if he was genuinely in disbelief himself. If you were a more emotional person you might have cried at his candid confession. Instead, you couldn't help but bring your lips to his, you needed to be grounded by the same person who'd just thrown you up on cloud nine.This kiss seemed to be a little different than any of your previous ones, in a good way of course. Your first kiss in the club was purely lustful, you were definitely intrigued by him but there was no emotional connection at the time. The kisses post concert were certainly intertwined with some blossoming feelings. These kisses however, were almost purely emotional, sex wasn't the goal for either one of you. You were terrible with words and you were trying to show him how you felt and that you returned his feelings without speaking. Your lips continued to meld together like magnets with an unstoppable attraction. After lazily kissing for a while, you were the one who took the situation to another level by pushing him on his back and climbing on top of him. You continued to kiss and experimented with running your hand down his chest and sides making sure to drag your nails, just a bit, and were elated by the reactions you got from Changkyun. Not only did he fail to stifle a moan, but the shiver it sent down his spine had you briefly pulling away and biting your lip. He smirked at your smug expression and flipped your positions with seemingly no effort.You looked up at him, a little stunned at how quickly you were overpowered by him, and admittedly you were a little turned on by it as well. He returned his lips to their rightful place on yours and his hands began to wander. He looked up at you a few times to gauge your reactions, and you gave him the green light to keep going. His hands slowly untied the belt on the robe and he gently pushed it open revealing your bare chest. You became a little shy in the moment, but still didn't signal that you wanted him to stop. He did however, pause and begin to admire your body. "Absolutely beautiful...", he muttered. You were very happy that he chose 'beautiful' instead of some vulgar compliment. He lowered his head down and started to leave kisses in the crook of you neck, causing you to let out a gasp and dig you nails into his bare sides. He meticulously kissed your neck and you audibly moaned when he turned his attention to your earlobe. He was pleased at your reaction and worked his way lower, down to your chest with the intent of going to work on your nipples. He had just begun and was getting plenty of encouraging sounds from you, and decided to take up a notch by reaching his hand down the robe and in between the two of you, towards the obvious destination. He detoured to your thighs but when his hand slowly started making its way back up you leg, you jumped and gently pushed him up with your arm, he immediately became concerned when he met your eyes and saw the panic in them."Wait...stop!'

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As Changkyun pushed himself off of you and backed away to the other side of the couch, you quickly sat up and covered yourself with the robe, hands shaking as you retied the belt Changkyun had previously undone. As you did this, Changkyun adjusted himself into a crisscross position and strategically avoided your eye by keeping his gaze down on his hands in his lap. He was anxiously playing with his fingers and nails as you gathered your thoughts together. You finally calmed yourself and couldn't help the guilt that you felt as you looked at Changkyun's pained expression. He didn't do anything wrong, and you weren't sure why you even reacted the way you did. You were enjoying yourself, you wanted him to continue until a massive amount of anxiety sprung out of nowhere and took over your whole body. You raked a hand through your slightly tangled hair and began playing with the strands and looked off to the side as you tried to figure out what to say to the man in front of you. You both sat in silence for a bit before coincidentally deciding to speak at the same time."I'm so sorry!" You both blurted out simultaneously. You then threw each other matching confused looks before once again, speaking at the same time. "What? Why are you sorry?" You couldn't help but chuckle at the two of you talking in unison and the sound brought a small smile to Changkyun's face."But really Y/N", He started. "I'm so sorry. I pushed it too far. I never want you to think that's all I want from you, because I don't, and I never will. I never meant to overstep your boundaries and I can never apologize to you enough for doing so. I completely understand if you don't want to speak to me anymore. I can sleep somewhere else tonight if you feel more comfortable that way. I'd take you home but I don't have a car and the trains aren't running yet but I-" Your mind was going a million miles an hour trying to keep up with Changkyun's word vomit apology. You shook your head sharply and interrupted him."Changkyun, breathe! Just stop talking for a second." You pleaded. Changkyun immediately shut his mouth and pouted a bit as he focused all of his attention onto you. You took a deep breath and tried to formulate your own thoughts."I'm the one that should be apologizing." Changkyun opened his mouth to protest but you held a hand up, signaling for him to let you finish. "I didn't mean to reject you. I like you, more than I ever thought I could like someone for how little time we've spent together. I was enjoying it, that's why I wasn't stopping you. I thought that's what I wanted, but for some reason it all just became too much all at once. I'm sorry. I don't think I can handle going that far right now. But I don't want to leave, and I really really don't want you to leave. Please stay.""I'm not going anywhere if you don't want me to." Changkyun replied as his eyes softened and he moved over to your side of the couch again, cradling you in his arms. "And just so you know, you have absolutely nothing to apologize for. Whenever you want to stop, we stop. That's it. It doesn't matter if you thought you were okay with it at first. Whenever you aren't okay we stop. I will not initiate anything like that again until you're ready. That's basic human decency and respect." You were honestly floored by this response. You'd had bad experiences in the past and you were expecting Changkyun to kick you out at the very least. You felt bad for even thinking he would react any differently than he did. He'd been nothing but caring and respectful since you'd met him, and that's what you should expect from him. You were so incredibly grateful that he still wanted to be around you, that he still liked you, even if you weren't ready to have sex, because you couldn't say the same for other men you had the misfortune of interacting with. You turned a bit in his arms and faced him so that you could kiss him. You were craving some kind of connection with him and wanted to express your care for him. Since words seemed to be failing you at the moment you wanted to kiss him, and he returned the kiss with just as much affection and emotion as you did.The two of you relished in that moment for a while before you finally pulled away and laid your head on his chest. He pulled you impossibly closer to him and ran his fingers through your hair, leaning his head down to press a kiss against your forehead. You rubbed your face into him like the cat that people constantly compare your personality to, and flinched a bit when the sore bruise on your forehead was brushed. He took note of that as you relaxed against him and began to let the sound of his heartbeat lull you into a light slumber. He allowed you to stay this way for a few minutes before he got a bit sleepy himself and decided it would be better for both of your spines if you moved to a bed."Y/N, let's move you to a bed, your neck will not forgive you if we sleep here. I know from experience." He suggested. You only groaned in reply and snuggled deeper into him which made him chuckle. He maneuvered the both of you until he was able to stand with you in his arms. You really weren't so sleepy that you couldn't get up and walk to the bedroom yourself, but you couldn't remember the last time someone carried you to bed and you liked the feeling, so you were gonna milk it while you could. Changkyun definitely knew you could walk but also didn't mind carrying you. He slowly made his way to the bedroom and you pouted a little bit as he laid you down on the bed. He smiled down at you and left a tiny kiss on your little pout before walking out of the room. You looked at the door in confusion and were about to protest before he walked back in the room with an ice pack."For your head. I felt you flinch earlier, and the bruising is pretty bad so you should ice it before you sleep." You didn't reach for the ice pack so he sat on the side of the bed and put it on your forehead. You stared at the ceiling as you let it rest on your forehead for a bit before you internally questioned why Changkyun was still just sitting on the edge of the bed instead of laying down next to you. You held the ice pack to your bruise with one hand and shifted so you were facing him. You looked at him curiously for a while as he fiddled with his phone before you audibly sighed. This was all it took to get him to look up from his phone and at you. Your curious look had transformed to a glare which he smirked and raised and eyebrow at."Is there a reason you're glaring holes into my soul?" He questioned jokingly, which made your glare dissolve into a pout."I just wanna know why you're sitting on the edge of the bed instead of cuddling me." You shot back, pout audible in your tone."I just wasn't sure if you were comfortable with me sleeping with you or if you wanted some space." He replied, his joking demeanor replaced with nervousness as he played with his fingers. This caused you to abandon the ice pack all together as you sat up and turned toward him. You reached out and grabbed his hand, rubbing over the back of it with your thumb. He looked up at you from with his hair falling into his eyes and an expression of unsureness. You couldn't help but smile at how adorable he was in that moment."Of course I want you to sleep with me, I thought we talked about this. I don't want you to leave." You said honestly."I'm not leaving!" He assured you. "I'm just saying I would understand if you don't wanna-" You rolled your eyes and cut him off."Just fucking get over here please." You said exasperatedly as you laid back down and put the ice pack back on your forehead. He jumped up from his seat and ran around to the other side of the bed and propelled himself onto it. You laughed as he practically tackled you before he snuggled up to you and laid his head on your chest. It was strange not being the one curled up on his chest for once, but you kind of liked it. You played with his hair and the two of you chatted about random things before the urge to sleep overcame you. You normally didn't cuddle while sleeping, but the two of you stayed tangled in each other's arms all night long.

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You woke up to the sun streaming through the blinds right into your eyelids. You groaned and rolled over expecting to grab your trusty stuffed animal and cover your face with it, but after a few seconds of blindly feeling around you begrudgingly opened your eyes only to find it wasn't there. You also discovered that this definitely wasn't your tiny little dorm room with that university "twin" sized bed. After spending a bit of time squinting in thought you recalled the events of the previous day and remembered that you were in Changkyun's apartment. You couldn't help the small smile that grew on your face at the thought of him, but the smile fell very quickly when you looked around and realized he wasn't there. You threw the blanket off of you and swung your legs over the side of the bed before standing and going on a hunt for Changkyun. You wandered all over the large flat but every corner turned up empty. You had no idea where he could've gone, but he had to be coming back soon. 'He could've at least left a note or something' you thought to yourself as you pouted and made your way to the bathroom to get ready for the day.You walked into the bathroom and were happy to see that he had a unopened spare toothbrush in his drawers that you helped yourself to. You washed your face and ran your fingers through your hair to try to get it to look less like a wild bird's nest and left when you were satisfied with your appearance. You ventured out to the living room in search of your phone, and felt a bit stupid when you found and opened it and saw a message from Changkyun saying he'd be back soon. There were also several messages from Amber asking about your whereabouts and other extremely personal and inappropriate questions. You rolled your eyes fondly and only told her that you were still at Changkyun's apartment before locking your phone again and looking for the remote to the tv. Just as you'd finally located you heard the knob on the front door jingling and saw Changkyun walk in with bags in his hands. It smelled like pancakes and suddenly you realized that you were starving. You ran over to Changkyun and grabbed the bags from him before planting a quick kiss on his lips and walking to the kitchen with the bags. Changkyun stood at the door in a daze, he's never come home to someone in his apartment to greet him so sweetly so it surprised him. You placed the bags on the counter and looked up to see Changkyun in the same place you left him. You cocked your head at him cutely and he couldn't help but grin and walk over to you. He hugged you from behind and started peppering kissing on your cheeks, making you giggle."Good morning angel." He mumbled as he planted another kiss on the side of your face. Your heart definitely did NOT do a gymnastics routine at the pet name, not even a little bit. You certainly didn't blush and struggle to make your mouth do the talking thing."Angel?" You questioned."Do you not want to be called that? I don't know why I said it. It just came out." He said sincerely."No....I liked it. A lot actually." You said as you turned around in his arms and locked your lips with his. He moved his hands to your sides and pulled you impossibly closer. The two of you kissed for a while, getting lost in each other before Changkyun's stomach growled rather loudly causing you to laugh and pull away while his face got a bit pink. "Let's eat before the food gets cold." You said to him sweetly and he smiled and nodded in return.   The two of you were cuddled up on the couch watching a movie after finishing the American style breakfast Changkyun brought back for you. It was midday at this point and you started to think about how you should probably head back to your dorm soon. You have to get up pretty early to catch the subway and make it to class by 8 A.M. You also had some small assignments you should finish, and Amber has been blowing up your phone seeking the details of your time with Changkyun so it's probably time to head back and placate her with limited details about what you were up to. But as you laid in Changkyun's arms, half listening to the dialogue between the characters on the screen, you realized that you absolutely no desire to be anywhere except where you were right now. Maybe it's too soon to be having feelings like this about someone you haven't even known for a month but these were your genuine thoughts. You were brought out of your head when a finger gently poked at the fading bruise on your forehead. You looked back at Changkyun with a hint of confusion on your face. He smiled down at you gently and ran his fingers through your hair."You look like you're thinking really hard about something." He said quietly."I wouldn't say I'm thinking particularly hard." You replied."The crease between your brows would beg to differ." He chuckled and you rolled your eyes playfully."I was thinking about class tomorrow.""Is the movie so boring that you'd rather think about school than watch it?" You laughed at that as well."Noooo. I was just thinking about how I have to go back soon and I don't really want to." You said the last part a bit hesitantly, hoping that it wouldn't come across as clingy or too much."I thought about that too honestly." He replied. "Maybe this is a little forward to say, but I'm gonna say it anyway. From the moment I laid eyes on you in that club I knew there was something different about you. I felt like I was being pulled towards you, and I didn't even want to resist it. I thought it could just be lust, but after I left I couldn't stop thinking about you. I was so glad when my friend canceled on the concert plans and I could invite you instead. Every minute I spend with you I feel so light and happy and free to be myself. I'm so happy you came. I'm so happy you're here. I want you to stay."