valley of lies - y/n's pov

chapter 1

"oh shit." niki says as we both walk out of the school.

i look up at him. it almost hurts my neck doing so. curse him for being so tall. "what?"

"i left my notebook in class. ugh, fuck, i need it for homework. i'll be right back, okay?"

he drops his backpack next to me on the bench as i sit down. "sure." i say as he runs back inside.

i guess i'll check my phone. i scroll through instagram looking at all of the pictures my schoolmates posted recently. they're all so cheesy. i don't even recognize half the people i follow.

"hey." a voice causes me to look up from my screen. it's familiar but i'm not sure why.

as soon as i observe him, my face goes white. park sunghoon?? my crush, the park sunghoon, is talking to me? i wish niki were here to pinch me right now. there's no way i'm not dreaming. this can't be real.

i point to myself. "me?"

he chuckles. "yes, you." i narrow my eyes at him. no way. this must be a prank or something. his next words take me by surprise. "do you want to go out sometime?"

no way. no way. no way!! "like on a date?"

"ideally, yes."

i try and keep my composure but it's hard when i'm mentally freaking out right now. park sunghoon is asking me out on a date? me? i chuckle. there's no way a popular guy like himself is asking someone like me out on a date. his junior, at that. how does he even know who i am?

"you're asking me on a date? very likely." i don't have time for games right now.

he scoffs. "yeah, i am." what's he getting all hot and bothered for? i have every right to question his actions.

i roll my eyes. "do you even know my name?"

"kang y/n."

gosh, my name sounds so nice slipping from his lips. like honey. he looks so attractive standing in front of me with his hands in his uniform jacket pockets. he's easily the most handsome guy in school.

he continues on. "look, i've liked you for a little while now and just wanted to ask you out but if you don't want to then-"

i quickly interrupt. "i didn't say that!" he likes me...? for how long? when did he even notice me? a million questions rush through my head but maybe i should just shove them down and focus on the fact that it's true.

park sunghoon likes me. isn't that every girl's dream?

"so how does tomorrow night sound? here, let me give you my number." he takes out a pen from his jacket pocket and writes ten numbers neatly on my notebook. i blush as he smiles. "see you tomorrow."

he winks before walking over to this group of friends and i'm left staring after him like an idiot. i must look stupid just drooling over a boy like this. but sunghoon isn't just any boy.

niki picking up his backpack shakes me from my thoughts. "got it! ready to go?"

i catch one last glimpse at sunghoon before nodding and smiling at my best friend. "mhm, let's go."

the following night, i scour my closet for any nice clothing. i have no idea where we're going or how to dress. ugh, dating is so hard. but it's worth it to go out with sunghoon. just thinking about it gives me butterflies.