compendium | bts x lovelyz

73 | the art of pick-up lines

"Girl, just go for it."

Seo Jisoo looked up at her best friend, glaring at him. "Go for it? I can't even form two sentences whenever he's near me, Hoseok."

The latter laughed. "Well, you just have to be confident and not melt when he's close. You have confidence, Jisoo. Use that," he told her. "And besides, Seokjin likes you too. I'm sure of it."

Jisoo scoffed. "Don't give me false hope, Jung Hoseok. I know he doesn't like me. I mean, who likes someone who just nods and stutter whenever you talk to them? Definitely not Seokjin."

 Kim Seokjin wasn't just anyone in their university. He was the top of their whole acting department and the one who often got offers from different big agencies. He was a prodigy actually; could act amazingly and could embody any character that everyone even claimed that he deserved an Oscar. Did we tell you he was gorgeous? Well not gorgeous, but ethereal, out-of-this-world beauty, unreal, breathtaking, surreal, literally every word synonymous to beautiful. Not only that, Kim Seokjin was probably the most polite student out there. He was also so kind that no one ever hated him. Most of all, he wasn't like those preppy students. He was funny, charming, and sweet. He actually had personality. He had fanclubs inside and also outside of the university.

In conclusion, he was not only the university's treasure, but the city's treasure.

Because of his undeniable and immense greatness, Jisoo couldn't help but feel more adamant to just keep her feelings from him.

"Jisoo, bub, trust me. Do you trust me?" Hoseok asked.

"No," she instantly replied causing her best friend to pout playfully.

"But, I'm your best friend."

"Oh, shut up, idiot. I'm not gonna confess to Seokjin. Ever."

Hoseok's eyes narrowed at her. "But you've got to. He's gonna graduate in five months, idiot. You've been crushing on him since freshman year. You need to tell him or else you'll regret it."

Jisoo stilled. She'd regret it? She tried to imagine if she wouldn't confess to him and the picture was not pretty. Her head would be be full of 'what if's and 'what could have been's. She definitely didn't like that. But, the thought of him rejecting her.... she didn't like that either.

"I'm sure I'll get over it," she told him, but felt like to herself instead. "I'll get over him soon."

"Oh, come on! I'm telling you, you won't get over him. So, just get your ass up and tell him. Or maybe just talk to him," he insisted.

"Why are you so adamant about this?" she asked, eyes glaring at him.

Hoseok sighed. "I'm so frustrated about you two. You like him and I'm pretty sure that he likes you too. So, beat him into it. Talk to him. It's the 21st century, girls can ask guys out too. And also, I want you to be really really happy! You're my bestest friend, you know," he answered, smiling lightly.

Jisoo smiled. "But, I'm happy, Hobi."

"I said, really really happy."

Sighing, she got up from her position in his sofa. "I'd like to ask him out, but I'm just a bundle of nerves whenever he's near me and," she sighs again. "If he really likes me, like you claimed, then he'd have asked me out by now."

"Well, you know him. He's shy when it comes to things like this."

"And I'm not?"

"Ugh, you two are impossible. Okay, you know he likes dad jokes, right?"