anagapesis ~ jeong yunho | rewrite

- lvl 1: the beginning

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3 R D P E R S O N P O V

"Yunho, can I have some of your lunch? I forgot mine today," Wooyoung wines across the lunch table, making grabby hands towards Yunho's food.

"No, bring your own food next time," Yunho says, feigning anger as he pulls his food closer to himself.

"Here, Woo," Y/n say as she hand him half of her sandwich and a granola bar she had brought.

"Thank you, Y/n! I love you!" Wooyoung exclaims as he devours half of the sandwich in one go.

"Slow down or you'll choke and you wont be able to eat any more," Y/n says as she laughs lightly at his antics.

"I mean, if he chokes, he won't be hungry anymore," San says matter-of-factly.

"You want me to choke?!" Wooyoung practically yells - with food still in his mouth - turning to the black haired man.

"If you keep talking with your mouth full it wont be the sandwich that cuts your life short," Ryujin says sinisterly as she glares at Wooyoung, who shuts up immediately.

The table fell into an odd - yet not uncomfortable - silence at Ryujin's threat before other members of the friend group finally made their appearance.

"There're barely any spots left for us!" Felix announces as he, Chan, Yeji, Chaeryoung, Changbin and Jisung all approach the table.

We begin to all shuffle around, trying to form any kind of vacant spot for the incoming friends. "What did they have at the café today?" Wooyoung asks energetically eyeing the newcomers plates.

"Not anything they don't usually serve," Chaeryoung says as she pokes at... something... on her tray.

"Wooyoung, I promise, I'll bring you something to eat tomorrow for lunch," Chan says, smiling at the younger boy.

"Thank you!" The conversation lulled after that, pointless bickering and play fights could be seen between people at the table. Although the reasons for everything, every day, at that same table

Only two things remained consistent everyday at the lunch table:
1) Wooyoung asking for food
and
2) Yunho's longing look towards Yeji.

Few people know of Yunho's affection towards the girl. Seonghwa, Seungmin, Jeongin, Lia, Y/n, and Changbin, were the only ones with the knowledge of it. All of them offered to try to help him get closer to her, but he refused profusely, not wishing to damage their small friendship they posses together.

Only knowing each other for about a year - having met sophomore year of college - Yunho practically found love at first sight. Although he wished for her to like him back, he knew it was unlikely.

Their personalities didn't exactly align, and neither did their hobbies. If we were to date, what would we even do together?  is a question that Yunho always has running through his mind. With the knowledge that they aren't exactly compatible, Yunho decides it was best to hang on to this crush of his and force himself to feel content with the unrequited love.

"Why wouldn't you at least ask her out or something?" Changbin asks as he glances away from his computer screen to look at Yunho who is laying on his bed with one of his pillows over his face. "You have to have a bit more confidence in yourself. The worst she could say is no."

"That's the issue. I don't want her to say no-"

"Well, no shit."

"-quiet! I don't want her to say no. I want her to be happy that I asked her out. If she says no, its going to be unbearable to be in the friend group." Yunho sighs, throwing the pillow off of his face, hearing the soft plop!  of the fluff and cloth hit the wooden floor.

"You know I'll support what you choose to do, but I think the best idea for you to at least try. You shouldn't hang onto this feeling forever, it's not going to be good for you in the future." Changbin says.

Taking a long intake of breath, Yunho grabs his phone from his nightstand and texts Lia:

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texting: lia

yunho
hey lia

lia
hey yunho
everything good?

yunho
yeah
just thinking

lia
yeji?

yunho
.

lia
called it
need advice again?

yunho
.

lia
what do you need help with specifically?

yunho
changbin keeps telling me to just ask her out but im nervous because if she says no i dont think i can show my face to her anymore which means i wont be able to see any of my friends

lia
yunho
calm down
its all right
i can guarantee it wont be like that
you're a great guy

yunho
what if yeji doesnt think the same
i mean, you have a pretty biased opinion

lia
how am i biased?

yunho
you've known me since high school, lia
that's how you're biased

lia
me having known you for a longer period of time doesn't make me biased

yunho
i just dont want to make things awkward for everyone else
id much rather just keep it to myself

lia
i cant force you to do anything, but i agree with Changbin on this one
i think you need to say something to her

yunho
ill think about it
it's getting late, i won't keep you up anymore
goodnight, lia

lia
night, yunho

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Placing his phone back on the nightstand, he picks his pillow back up from the ground, dusts it off slightly, and places it back at the head of his bed, resting his head against the plush pillow.

"Got your alarms set for tomorrow?" Changbin asks as he stands by the lightswitch. Yunho nods before the room goes dark, only the small light from Changbins phone illuminates the room as he makes his way to his own bed, shutting off the light and bidding goodnight to his dormmate.

With a racing mind and a heavy heart, Yunho weighs the pros and cons. With the recent advice from his friends, Yunho knows he will need to think on his decision a bit more than just one time before bed, but he also notes it cannot occupy his mind 24/7.

With that, Yunho buries himself under his comforters and closes his eyes, dreading and excited to wake up tomorrow and meet at the same tree his group has met at in the mornings since freshman year.

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