tmt | ᵐⁱⁿˢᵘⁿᵍ [EN]

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jisung was starting to enjoy his life once again. his past five years in malaysia seemed to be further away day by day and he owed that especially to his new friend.

his name was lee felix and he had just moved there from australia. he still didn't know korean well but jisung was always there to help him.

the two somehow felt close to each other—maybe because they were both new to that place—and they had immediately gotten along.

jisung was brave and sarcastic, felix was cute and funny. they were both talkative and never ran out of topics to talk about or puns to laugh at.

that day, they had decided to meet up to go to the library. they both needed their new books for the semester and thought that looking for them together might be more fun.

"jisungie? what about this one? it should be the right one..." felix asked, as he lifted a heavy book that read korean history on the front cover.

"mh, yeah," jisung peeked at it from the other book he was looking at, "i think so"

"okay, great. i'll just go to the other section over there and see if i can find some english books, finally..." he mumbled, a pout curving his lips as he strolled down the dimly lit hall of the library.

jisung barely heard him as he was too focused on reading the introduction to that new art book he had found. while still keeping his eyes fixated on the page, he held out his hand and pulled the closest chair so he could sit and peacefully read.

but the atmosphere turned into everything but peaceful.

a loud thump and a high-pitched scream were heard as someone tumbled on the floor behind jisung, before he could even sit down. he immediately turned around, kneeling on the floor next to the fallen person who was literally covered in books.

"i-i'm sorry, are you alright?" he kindly asked, while brushing off some books and ripped papers. as he was offering a helping hand, the other person lifted his head and their eyes met.

it was only a matter of seconds, but it was enough.

"minho?"

"jisung?"

they looked at each other with a confused expression before bursting out laughing.

an annoyed shushing was heard by the librarian and a few other students, but none of them cared. jisung was the first to stand up and help minho get up as well.

"i'm really sorry, i wasn't paying attention- are you hurt?" he asked, as the elder brushed off some dust from his neat clothes.

"nope... and don't worry, i was distracted, too. i was carrying so many books i couldn't even see where i was going," he laughed, finishing to pick up all the books from the floor. he placed them all on the table and sighed deeply.