Med student Jungwon and culinary student Jay disregard their boiling hate for each other when they find that their benefits outweigh their hatred, with just one simple thing- to be each other's fake boyfriend.
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Riki has been engrossed on his phone and only the music has engulfed the silence. The atmosphere was uncomfortable, and nobody uttered a word. It seems like Riki knew something since he stopped joking around about the two and instead kept stealing glances at them, eyes fleeting from Jungwon to Jay and Jungwon knows that look on Riki's face, that he's serious.
Soon enough, the car was parked and Jungwon's carrying his things to their dorm, with Riki trailing after him with his own luggage. Jay still walked them to their room. Reaching the door, Jungwon looks at Jay who finally looked at him for the first time since leaving the car.
"So... We're here," Jungwon murmurs.
"You're here," Jay nods, stuffing his hands in his pockets. He looks away. "Well," their eyes met once again and for a second Jungwon could see the way Jay's eyes looked different. Like somehow, he has been hurt, a sort of void in his eyes that was always filled with beautiful emotions. "I guess I'll see you."
"I guess," Jungwon whispers. He takes a deep breath and pats Jay's arm. "Hey, thanks," he mutters. Riki's staring intently at them, and Jungwon knows it would come off for Riki as thanking Jay for the ride and the stay at his house, but it meant so much more than that. Thank you for all the care you've given me. For being my boyfriend, regardless if it's fake. Thank you for showing me that side of yourself. Thank you, because I got to actually know you, Park Jongseong.
Jay nods his head. He understands. He always does, because he knows Jungwon a lot more than anyone thinks. His hand reaches out, although a tad hesitant at first, but he places his palm on the top of Jungwon's head. He doesn't mess with his hair, and Jungwon stares at him as he feels the comfortable weight of Jay's hand. "Thank you, too," Jay mutters, "Yang Jungwon."
There's a little smile on Jay's face and he slowly lets go, and just like that Jay has slipped away from him. Jungwon only watches as Jay takes a step back, eyes still locked on each other, and another step, before he turns around completely.
No more. No more laughing at each other's jokes, no more staring at the way Jay cooks his meals with that slight jut of his lower lip in concentration, no more of Jay's arms wrapped around his waist, his voice in his ear, his palm on the top of his head. No more of Jay's hand on his neck, Jay's lips stretched into a beautiful smile only for Jungwon and by Jungwon.
When he walks, he doesn't look back at Jungwon, but Jungwon still stares as he leaves as if etching this memory in his mind forever. He doesn't even care that his eyes had shimmered with tears despite Riki being there.
"Hyung..." Riki mumbles with that tone he always used whenever Jungwon would cry to him when they were children.
"Get inside, Riki," Jungwon mumbles, wiping his eyes as he opens the door for the both of them. They do get inside and Riki looks at him with a frown, setting his luggage aside.
"Jungwon-hyung I-"
"I'm not in the mood, Riki. I'm sorry," Jungwon says, his voice wavering as the door closes behind him. "Your... Your Jay-hyung and I.. We..."
"Broke up?" Riki continues for him when Jungwon swallows the lump in his throat, having trouble finishing that sentence. "Hyung, I know what happened. Sunoo-hyung told me. About the whole fake dating thing," he murmurs, and Jungwon looks at the ground. Ashamed, maybe? That Riki had to know this way.
Riki softly sighs before gently taking Jungwon in for a hug, patting his back. "It's okay, hyung," he comfortingly says, and Jungwon leans his face on Riki's shoulder, crying softly. He feels the way Riki tightens the hug. "You really love him, huh?" He murmurs.
Jungwon sniffles. He hums brokenly against Riki's shoulder, head nodding. "Yeah," he says, muffled. "Yeah."
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annoying mf you're the best, jungwon.
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Sunoo went home a few hours later when Jungwon and Riki were on the couch, watching some show. "Heyyy guys," he murmurs, and Jungwon looks at him at the front door with a small smile on his face.
"Sunoo-hyung!" Riki excitedly hops off the couch and runs to Sunoo, hugging him. They were excitedly hugging and talking to each other and Jungwon just let them, and when they were done, Sunoo walked over behind Jungwon on the couch and hugged Jungwon from behind.
"Hey Won," he pulls back a bit. "You okay?"
Jungwon nods, "a little better, yeah."
"Do you wanna talk about it later?" Sunoo asks softly, playing with Jungwon's hair. Jungwon nods and Sunoo smiles, "okay, for now, I bought some takeout. Sunghoon also got some sweets for you and Riki."
"Okay," Jungwon chuckles softly. "Tell him thanks."
"Will do," Sunoo says.
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Sunghoon opens the door and sees Jay asleep on the couch. He stirs awake at the sound of Sunghoon walking in, and he looks at him and waves. "Hey Hoon."
"Hey," Sunghoon greets, not mentioning the fact that Jay looks a bit like a mess. His hair was all over the place, a blanket spread on him and even draping off to the floor, some empty cups of ice cream on the table, and his nose a little red. It was like that one time when he was sick, except Sunghoon knew well his runny nose wasn't because of allergy rhinitis or a cold.
"Jeez... You okay?" Sunghoon mutters.
"Yeah, just celebrating my first breakup," Jay says. "Even though it's not even real," he sighs softly.
"I heard..." Sunghoon sheepishly says. "I know how to make you feel better. You chill in there, I'll be the one who makes dinner this time."
"Just order," Jay sighs, "I don't trust you with the kitchen."
Sunghoon scoffs. "That's offensive but I'll let it slide this time."
Jay snorts. "So are you ordering?"
"No, I'm gonna cook. It's my token for you, just accept it."
"This must be a punishment," Jay groans and Sunghoon laughs out loud.
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this was such a short update wtaf(this feels more like a filler chap) 😭 i've been having a hard time writing recently so sorry if the writing sucked 😭😭
comment down what you wanna see for the next chapter/s HEHEHEHE
also, i made a spotify playlist for TPE! i would LOVE if you guys drop songs that remind you of them so i can add them to the playlist. here's the link!
