lucid dream | p.sh

𝟎𝟔 | the deal

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YURI ARRIVED AT school the next day and was currently out front of Sejong High, in desperate search of Sunghoon.

The night prior, she had made the decision to agree to his deal. Only because of Jihoon, though. She'd hated that she was being used to get Semi to want to date Sunghoon again, but to Yuri, she was only in this for herself.

Her eyes danced around the school's courtyard, scanning the many, many students until they eventually landed on the Park boy. Yuri didn't hesitate as she stormed up to him, grabbing a hold of his wrist and pulling him behind a bush (where the two couldn't be seen), worried of any students seeing the two's shenanigans.

She gave a sigh. "I'll do it." She simply said.

Sunghoon's eyes widened slightly at her words. The boy was almost positive someone like Choe Yuri would never agree to something like this, so to see that she did was a complete and utter shock to him.

"Really?" The Park boy cocked an eyebrow and let out a slight, breathily chuckle.

Yuri just looked down at the ground, far too embarrassed to look him in the eyes, until she did. "Meet me by the football field after school. We can discuss rules." She crossed her arms against her chest as she looked up at the boy.

"Rules? Seriously?" Sunghoon was quick to say, which only caused rage to build up inside of Yuri's body as she shot daggers at him. "Do you want to do this, or not?" She questioned with an annoyed tone in her voice.

"Okay, okay." Sunghoon released a chuckle. "Rules it is, then."

Deep down, Yuri felt a slight uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. Had she really just agreed to this? Should she just back out and tell him she wasn't going to do it?

However, her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the morning bell ringing, initiating that she was late to class.

"See you later," Yuri said. And with that, she quickly skipped off, attempting to make it to her class as soon as she possibly could.

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The end of the school day had finally arrived, and Yuri felt the nerves build up in her stomach as she walked towards the Park boy, who (as promised) was sitting at one of the nearby picnic tables under a shady tree, located right by the football field.

She approached him and cleared her throat awkwardly, before she took a seat across from the dark haired boy.

The only sounds that could be heard were the faint noises of the football team in the middle of practice, and the chirping songs from the many birds around the area.

"Let's make this quick, I have practice." Sunghoon stated, causing Yuri to roll her eyes slightly.

"So," Yuri unzipped her backpack and haphazardly rummaged through the many items inside, eventually pulling out a notepad and flipping to her desired page. "I wrote these down while in calculus today." She stated, turning the notebook and pushing it towards Sunghoon so he could see.

RULES
Made by Choe Yuri

1. Only affectionate towards one another in public, nowhere else.
2. No kissing whatsoever.
3. Neither of us can tell anyone about the deal, not even our best friends or family members.
4. After we both get what we want out of this, we immediately go back to being strangers and act like it never happened.

Sunghoon furrowed his eyebrows at what Yuri had written down in her delicate handwriting. "What do you mean, no kissing?" He questioned. "How do you expect people to believe this if we can't kiss?"

The boy quickly took the black pen from the girls hand, gritting his teeth as he scribbled out the word 'No' and wrote a small 'Yes' above it.

"Sunghoon." Yuri snatched the pen out of the boys hand. "I don't want to kiss someone if it's not for real." She announced, scribbling out the 'Yes' he wrote and writing a big giant 'NO' instead.

"You're no fun." The Park boy rolled his eyes.

"This isn't about fun." Yuri stated, using the same pen to doodle random drawings on the paper. "This is about the outcome of this. Nothing more." She said, looking up at the boy.

"Whatever," Sunghoon mumbled. "So, what things can we do?" He questioned.

Yuri bit the nub of her pen, thinking hard about his question. What could they do? Surely not much, right?

"How about this," Yuri started her idea. "We can go on dates, go to parties together, and post each other on social media, then people will surely believe it."

Sunghoon bit the inside of his cheek. The boy couldn't help but feel his stomach churn at the thought of doing those things with Yuri, or maybe more seeing the look on Semi's face. "Works for me."

"Okay." Yuri clapped her hands in agreement. "When should we start?"

"Tomorrow," The Park boy stated. "I can walk you to school if you want?"

Yuri quickly felt her cheeks heat scarlet from his words. Why was Sunghoon making her blush? She looked down at the ground in attempt to hide her flushed cheeks. "Sounds good." She smiled at him.

"See you tomorrow, then, fake girlfriend." Sunghoon said, holding his hand out indicating a handshake with her delicate ones. The girl reached her hand and shook his, meaning the two's dating deal was officially in place.

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