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He was late. If he didn't walk two times faster than he usually does, Jihoon would be terribly late for his finals. Curse his short legs for not being able to cover a large space at a time - he really couldn't have asked for worse.
"HEY! HEY, WAIT UP!!! I THINK YOU DROPPED SOMETHING!"
Well, there came the worse. Jihoon turns around swiftly, only to see a mop of blond hair running headfast towards him. The person stops right in front Jihoon, huffing tiny little puffs of breath as he tries to smile. Jihoon stands expectantly for other to speak up, a polite smile etched onto his face.
"It was my heart."
The blond even throws in a wink, clicking his fingers at the other.
"Nice," Jihoon replies before turning and walking away without even looking behind to see the kicked-puppy look that the blond was left with.
It was a nice day. His finals went well, some cute guy hit on him and he immediately broke his heart. A nice day indeed.
Jihoon totally wants to punch Mingyu because why the hell had he been so stupid? He didn't even know who the other guy was but if he could just meet him again; maybe he could apologize nicely, maybe even treat the other guy to some coffee. But he can't because he doesn't know the other.
So he ends up punching Mingyu instead.
"Ow! That hurt. What did I do?" Mingyu wails, rubbing the sore spot on his arm where his best friend had just punched him.
"You didn't stop me from being stupid and rejecting a cute guy this morning," Jihoon replies nonchalantly as if it were completely the other's fault.
"What the heck, I wasn't even there---"
"Wait!" Jihoon cuts him off. He doesn't mean to be rude, but he swears he just saw a dash of bleached blond hair and the grey hoodie from the morning from the side of his eye. He turns around and confirms that it indeed is the cutie from that morning.
Without paying heed to his best friend, Jihoon steps towards the blond. It may be risky, but it is worth a shot.
"Hey! Stranger from the morning!!" he calls out. The blond looks up, eyes widening as he sees Jihoon swiftly approaching him. He is about to say something when Jihoon beats him to it.
"Hi, my name is Jihoon; and I picked up something that you claimed that I had dropped in the morning. I was wondering if you'd like me to return it."
The other smiles; eyes scrunching up into tiny crescents, pearly whites on display. Jihoon swears he didn't know that the sun could smile.
"I was planning on letting you keep it, anyway. Finders are keepers. But I guess we can talk about the return over a cup of coffee?"
The blond smiles before continuing.
"Hi, my name is Soonyoung and I would like your heart in return for taking mine."