collision | jay | enhypen

11. fomo

YUNHEE

Why did I never know Jay wore glasses? And why wasn't I prepared to see how good they looked on him?

He wore thin-rimmed silver glasses, and some strands of his hair had fallen over them as he worked intently on bringing our ideas together. I hate to admit it, but he looked like a dreamy romance novel character.

"Don't you think you're slacking off, princess? The work's not gonna finish itself, get your ass up," he says and I immediately get out of my trance. Was I staring at him the entire time? More importantly, why did he have to keep calling me princess out of all things?

"What's gotten into you? We still have, like, a month or something left. Why're you in a hurry now?" I ask, curious as to what sparked his sudden interest in academics and projects.

"Less talking, more doing. Stand there," he shushes me as he walks over with a piece of cut-out fabric. He stands in front of me and, in a surprising action, drapes the fabric around me. I stand there wide-eyed. Why am I suddenly feeling so nervous? And why were our faces so damn close?

"Hmm, maybe the sequins can go here... and the buttons over there. How's that sound?" He looks at me as he asks the question, before his eyes widen, probably realizing the proximity between us as well.

He opens his mouth to say something, but no words come out of it. We stand there staring at each other, and I'm suddenly reminded of the time we almost kissed at Sunghoon's party. My cheeks flush red at the thought and I step away from him.

"Uh... yeah! We should totally, um, put those buttons and sequins there!" I say loud and clear, trying to ease off the tension. What's wrong with me, I'm not supposed to be thinking of these things!

"Okay!" He says just as loudly and awkwardly before we face away from each other. I was dying in embarrassment.

What would've happened if I didn't step aside?

JAY

I enter the campus in a surprisingly good mood today. Well, not that surprisingly. I was happy about the work Yunhee and I got done yesterday. Yeah... the work was definitely what I was happy about.

"Why are you always spending time with her?" An annoying feminine voice asks behind me. I turn around, only for my eyes to meet the face of Haneul. She was some kind of stalker and personally, I wanted nothing to do with her.

"What?" I ask, bored.

"Why are you so close with that Yunhee bitch? She's obviously two-timing you with Hyunjin, so you should leave her. Be with someone like me instead, who's loyal and devoted."

I did not like what she called Yunhee.

"Sorry, I don't take advice from delusional trolls. What's it to you, anyways? How do you even know what I'm doing with her? It's not like you're even in my class," I say, suspicious of her methods of collecting information. Fangirls are scary. She scoffs.

"You're acting like you didn't put up that Instagram story yourself last night."

"What story? I didn't post anything yesterday, though?" I ask myself doubtfully as I bring my phone out of my pocket. Strangely enough, the video I meant to post on my story for close friends was posted for the public instead. This was exactly the kind of thing I wanted to avoid.

"Jay, stop bothering mee," an annoyed Yunhee says as I zoom the camera in and out of her face. Disturbing her was one of my many talents.

"Whatever you say, my princess," I say as she rolls her eyes at the comment. The camera cuts off after that, but I could see her blushing.