rollercoaster | johnten

chapter two

"taeyong? why did you do this?" ten cried in his phone. he couldn't believe it; his friends had lured him into a damn trap. now he was stuck going on a tall ass rollercoaster.

"i'm sorry, tennie. it was super funny."

"no it wasn't!" ten whined, his lips forming a pout even though taeyong couldn't see him. he didn't care how loud he was being and how people all around were looking at him. he just wanted to go home and cuddle with his dog and watch netflix.

"it'll be fun tennie... if you aren't too short, i mean."

ten hung up furiously with a growl. "i hate my friends."

"they probably shouldn't be your friends, then."

ten looked up and saw the most handsome man he'd ever seen.

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johnny had been in line for this coaster for a while. it was strange no one had decided to get in line behind him.

he had wanted to go to this park with all his friends but only mark and donghyuck could come with him. and of course the two had to happily in a committed relationship. the whole time there johnny felt terrible for just third wheeling and when the three had gotten to the park he had just went off by himself, claiming he had seen his friend taeil somewhere and wanted to say hi.

the american has just wandered around by himself for what felt like forever. he didn't feel like going on rides all by himself, as he heard the park paired single riders against their will. and johnny did not feel like riding with a random person.

but when it came to rollercoasters, he was an enthusiast. johnny had been on rollercoaster big and small, mostly big, since he was younger. the man had been to theme parks in america when he lived there and a few in korea but he had yet to ride this new and huge coaster.

and so here he was, alone and sacrificing his hate for riding with a stranger just to experience the huge drop high in the air to the ground.

he stood in line for a while scrolling through his phone until he felt a presence behind him. he didn't turn back because he didn't know if it would be rude so he just kept on his phone and eavesdropped as he heard a voice talking.

"taeyong? why did you do this?" asked a soft yet frustrated voice behind him. johnny felt something stir in his chest because the voice was heavenly. the tall guy whipped around to see this person himself.

the short boy behind johnny was the prettiest person johnny had ever laid eyes on. his hair was dark and slightly messy from the slight breeze and he had a faint rose color to his cheeks. his eyes were slightly narrowed but were a dark chocolate brown and his lips were in an adorable pout.

"no it wasn't!" the boy whined into the phone while stomping his foot. he bit his lip and hung up the phone, munbling an "i hate my friends" to himself as he hung his head.

johnny thought he looked so tiny and cute. the tall boy just wanted to speak to the smaller. "they probably shouldn't be your friends, then," he blurted out and immediately regretted doing so because of his inexperience with socializing.

the short boy looked up at johnny and the two met eyes. god, looking at him like this makes him even more beautiful, thought johnny.

"i-i probably should," the boy chuckled, giving johnny a shy and awkward smile.

"yeah? what happened?" johnny stuffed his hands into his pockets.

"one of them tricked me into coming over here. he said chanyeol from exhoe was over here and i believed him." ten shuffled his feet. "i was pretty gullible."

johnny shrugged and gave the shorter a sluggish grin. "well, if someone said chanyeol from exhoe was over here i would come too."

ten crossed his arms. "now i'm here alone."

"i came here as a third wheel. you have nothing to complain about." johnny smiled as ten gagged.

"i hate being a third wheel! i'm always the single friend!" he complained and johnny found this conversation very relatable.

"mood," he said as ten laughed. his laugh sounded melodious... johnny could listen all day. johnny stuck out his hand.

"i'm johnny suh."

the smaller boy took his hand, johnny noticing how soft his hand was and how it fit in johnny's perfectly. "ten lee. as in the number."

johnny nodded. "that's not your real name? like you just didn't pop out and your mom was like, 'oh, let's name my child after a number.'"

ten giggled. "no. i'm thai."

"oh!" said johnny. "so you're not from korea either!"

ten shook his head, hiding a laugh because johnny kind of looked cute when he was acting dumb. "god, americans."

"how did you know i'm american?"

"your name is johnny," spoke ten in perfect english. "no korean is going to name their kid that."

johnny grinned widely. "you speak english?" he asked in his native tongue.

ten rolled his eyes. "i feel like sometimes i speak every language." the two continued their conversation in english.

"language. a blessing and a curse."

"am i right?" ten found this stranger interesting.

the two continued talking about their lives and problems. ten found out johnny had moved from america to korea when he entered high school because he wanted to pursue a career in photography and had gotten a scholarship. johnny found out ten was manager and a designer of a famous clothing brand.

another thing johnny learned about the shorter while in line was that he had a fear of fruits.

"fruits are scary," said ten. "i can't stand them."

johnny laughed but yet still felt sympathetic towards the smaller male. "fruits? out of everything?"

"yes! just imagine those tiny seeds growing inside you!" ten shuddered.

"that's it?" johnny wheezed.

ten slapped johnny's arm. "they have mushy spots in them too! once i had a banana completely covered in the brown spots when i was younger and i would not eat it!"

"is that like, even a phobia?" johnny took out his phone and googled it, snorting when he got the result. "fructaphobia? holy shit, it's real!"

ten stood by johnny, standing on his tiptoes as he tried to see the screen of johnny's phone, which the taller naturally held higher. johnny, noticing ten's discomfort, lowered his phone down for the shorter to see.

no one had ever really taken ten's height into consideration like that.

"it's real and it's serious," pouted ten.

johnny wanted to coo and pick up the smaller human and just keep him in his pocket. ten was absolutely adorable. johnny wanted to believe it was love at first sight, or at least some sort of interest or infatuation. he'd only known this kid for about fifteen minutes, but he really wanted to know ten better.

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the chanyeol from exhoe thing was intentional i dont need copyright problems on my hands
also i noticed the need for johnten fics on wattpad like wtf-

-uwu