Everything Seventeen

Soonyoung (Hoshi)

"Carat~" a sweet voice chimed in the distance.

I looked up from my homework to see my good friend (and crush), Kwon Soonyoung. He came bouncing into the room. If it were anyone else, I would get angry but this was Soonyoung so screw homework, right? I got up and went over to him.

He brought his hands from behind his back to reveal a box with a hole in the top.

"What's this?" I asked.

"A box, duh!" he pointed out the obvious.

I rolled my eyes in response.

"Of course. A box. What's IN the box?" I asked more specifically this time.

"I don't know. It could be a bunch of chores or a dare. If you're lucky, u might get the 'boss Soonyoung around for a week' coupon," he told me.

"I made sure there was only one of that among the dozens of other stuff," he leaned in and whispered.

He then told me to reach in and take one. Whatever it was, I could or had to do it. Sounded fair enough.

I reached my hand in, fished about, prayed I got the one I wanted and pulled one slip of paper out. I unfolded it and-

"Lunch date"

It took every muscle in my body to hold back any form of blushing or showing I was flustered. I- I was screaming internally.

"G-give me 3 chances! Please!" I pleaded.

He smiled and nodded. He is so cute. ;-;

I reached my hand in and pulled out another one.

"Receive a kiss from Kwon Soonyoung, the great."

This was... WHY WAS HE DOING THIS TO ME? THIS WAS NOT FAIR? DID HE FEEL THE SAME WAY OR WAS HE JUST MESSING WITH ME? I NEEDED ANSWERS. BUT ALSO, THAT LAST CHANCE.

"You really have your head far up your ass, huh? ONE MORE! I'll get it for sure!" I confidently said.

I withdrew the last coupon. He watched as I closed my eyes and prayed before unfolding the slip of paper.

"Become Soonyoung's girlfriend (and perhaps wife for life)"

My mind. It just exploded internally and it was so clear I was a blushing mess. My heart was beating quickly with the thought of being his girlfriend. There was no spacing between 'girl' and 'friend' so of course, he meant it that way... Right?

Just like the other slips, there was a line written in smaller handwriting below: "Valid for Carat only :)"

He just had to really- I looked up at him who kept up that cute smile of his.

"One more chance?" I asked.

He shook his head.

"Is it that bad of a dare?" he asked, chuckling.

YAH! WAS HE EVEN FOR REAL NOW? He definitely had an idea of what was written on the slip of paper. He wrote them after all!

I hesitantly looked down at the coupon and at him.

"Ok, choose one. The best out of 3!" he said, still cheerful as always.

Meanwhile, I was mentally unstable. I looked at the 3 slips. It was obvious which to choose. This box thing ended up as a shock to me. I was doing math just a minute before this mess happened. That was double the injury.

However, this was a chance. A good one. If he had rigged it purposely to have many of these kinds of 'dares', he should feel the same way I did for him. Why else would he play me like that? HE WAS THE PUREST SOUL I KNEW!

I held out the third slip, faced down. I looked away and kept my mouth shut. My heart was beating quickly. The moment I felt the slip of paper leave my hand, I shut my eyes and retracted my arm to cover my chest.

"Alright! Coupon used!" he announced, tearing the slip of paper.

I slowly opened my eyes and looked at him. He was all smiley. Still. Please please, please. Do not let this be a prank. As much as I secretly liked him pranking me, please let this not be a prank for once.

"I have been waiting for this moment..." he engulfed me in a hug.

please please, please

"Jagiya."

I love my life.

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"Wait, is this legit?" I asked.

"Yup!" he chirped.

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"So, you really are asking me to be your girlfriend?" I asked, to be sure.

He nodded.

"I really like you like aLOT. I want you to be my girlfriend," he confessed.

I sighed in relief.

"Well, you did hand me that slip so now you're my girlfriend!" he added.

I was influenced by his joyfulness and cheered too. I gave him a hug and we jumped about. In that span of time of us cheering for ourselves, I had an idea.

When we stopped jumping, I held out another slip to him.

"In that case, I'll use this now!" I exclaimed.

He read the slip and looked at me. He grinned and leaned in to kiss me without hesitation.