five rules || hwang hyunjin

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"i'll play along with your scheme."

hyunjin looked up from his phone, his eyes flashing surprised when he saw me standing in front of him.

"oh, deiji, i- wait what?"

i nod.

"i'll be your girlfriend."

he opens his mouth, a big grin on his face, as if he's about to speak. i interrupt him before he gets a chance.

"on one condition though." i cross my arms. "and we'll need to set some ground rules."

hyunjin nods frantically.

"anything!"

he stared at the sheet of paper with a look on his face that i can't read.

was it disgust? confusion? concern? frustration? depression? or was it a good all-in-1?

"you're...kidding, right?" hyunjin stares back up at me after scanning through the list.

i shake my head. "nope. all there. each and every one of my ground rules."

he sets the paper down and pinches the bridge of his nose like he's thinking long and hard - i doubt he's ever actually done so.

"rule number 32 states that i can't exhale within five feet away from you."

i shrug. "i don't wanna catch whatever it is that made your brain as twisted as it is."

he rolls his eyes before glancing back down at the list i had given him.

"rule number 12 says i can't look in your direction when we're in public."

i nod. "i've written this list in a pretty descriptive way that's easy to follow along to - i don't understand how you're struggling so hard right now..."

he tosses the paper to the side, meeting my gaze with a bewildered look on his face.

"you realize the entire point of this 'relationship' is for us to make us super, blatantly public, right?"

i raise an eyebrow and he sighs.

"how do you think we can go about doing that if half of this crazy list is against any means of publicity? and we also need to look like we're dating, not plotting each other's murders..."

alright, he's got me there.

truth was, i really did not want to do this.

i found hwang hyunjin absolutely appaling now, despite his astounding appearance.

but i just keep remembering my halmeoni. i just know how happy she'd be with me introducing a significant other.

and as sick as hwang hyunjin was in the head, he was my only choice. why? well, because he's the only one who's offering me a fake-dating scheme.