Strawberry Lipgloss | Luwoo

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Jungwoo sat on the risers of the room they met for his dance class, nervously bouncing his leg up and down as people filed into the room. Today he would find out how he did on his solo performance...he just hoped it was good enough.

The room quieted down as their profesor, who went by Taemin, walked into the room. He walked to the center of the large room, looking around with a disgusted expression.

"Obviously...some of you picked the wrong Major! Five of you failed your solo...if you fail the next assignment you're out of my class. I will not put up with low skill dancers...this is the advanced placement class...so fucking dance like you're advanced!" Taemin yelled before clicking a button on the remote in his hand. The projector behind him lit up, exposing the grades of everybody.

Frantically searching the screen, Jungwoo felt his heart speed up as he tried not to cry. His eyes fell on his name and he let out a sigh of relief. 90% Lack of confidence while dancing otherwise impressive.

A grin spread across his face as he read the comment Taemin left him. His dance was impressive!

"Ok everybody done? Cool. This week we're doing duets, here are your partners." Taemin dramatically threw his hand gripping the remote before pressing the button to change the slide.

Jungwoo trailed his eyes down the screw until he saw his name and...Yugyeom next to it

"Jungwoo, right?" Jumping slightly at the voice behind him, he turned to face who he assumed was Yugyeom.

"Yeah." He stared at the tall boy in front of him, taking in his handsome features. "Wait you're a senior."

Yugyeom raised an eyebrow, "I believe so."

A confused expression rested on Jungwoo's face, "Why am I paired with a senior?"

"You're good, but you need to work on your confidence like Taemin said. I've been cleared in the confidence department...so I can help you. I assume that's why." Yugyeom spoke, his tone suggesting it should've been obvious.

As Yugyeom turned to walk towards their practice room Jungwoo crossed his arms and made faces at the giants back. Dumb bitchy senior...

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Jungwoo stomped into his dorm and slammed the door, disturbing the quiet for his roommate.

"What's wrong with you?" Seonghwa questioned from his bed, taking in the boys annoyed aura.

"Yugyeom is an asshole that's why!" Jungwoo exclaimed as he threw himself on his own bed. At first, Jungwoo had just tired to ignore the rude comments about his skills, but after a whole day of it, he couldn't. Yes Yugyeom is a senior, so he should be thankful for the guidance, but there was no reason for him to be a bitch.

A frown formed on Seonghwa's face as he heard that. "He's in my calculus class, I'll beat him up for you," Seonghwa muttered, earning a giggle from Jungwoo.

"Why aren't there more boys here like you? You'd be the perfect boyfriend." Jungwoo said, although it was muffled by his face pressed into the blankets.

When he heard a scoff, Jungwoo lifted his head to look at Seonghwa. "I literally asked you out last year and now you want a boy like me?"

Jungwoo's eyes widened, "You know what I mean! We're just better as friends!"

"Anyway—if Yugyeom continues to annoy you, tell me. I'll talk to him." Hoping to change the subject, Seonghwa said the first thing that came to his mind.

A pout returned to Jungwoo's face as he nodded. Flashing a quick smile at Seonghwa, he casually walked over to the boys bed before jumping on top of him.

After letting out a small "umph," Seonghwa wrapped his arms around arms around the boy.

"Thank you for protecting me from all the mean boys." Jungwoo whispered as he propped his chin up on Seonghwa's chest.

"It's my job as your friend to protect you." He muttered, Making sure to emphasize the word friend.

There was a couple seconds of comfortable silence before Jungwoo rolled off of his friend. Skipping over to his vanity, he applied as thin layer of his favorite lipgloss to his lips. "I'm going to see Ten and Sicheng...do you wanna come?"

"No thanks, but have fun."

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"I'm dropping out of college!" Jungwoo yelled dramatically as he let himself in his two best friends dorm.

Starring back at the boy in confusion, Sicheng leaned in to whisper something to Ten.

"I'm going to ignore that. We found you two potential candidates," Ten stated with a proud smile on his face

Jungwoo sat down on the floor, "Who?"

"Ten! I think I broke the fridge!" Everybody turned to look at a distressed Johnny who was pointing towards the mini fridge in the corner.

Ten let out a small sigh, "Just sit down and stop touching stuff!"

When Johnny noticed Jungwoo on the floor, he jumped up and down excitedly before sitting down next to him.

"So the boys we found are Yuto and Yugyeom." Sicheng said as he clung to Ten's side.

Jungwoo's face contorted in disgust, "Yugyeom is the biggest bitch I've ever met! I hate him!" There was a pout on his face as he was once again forced to remember how horrible the elder was. He let out a breath before laying down, his head resting on Johnny's thigh.

"Ok, baby, you don't have to date Yugyeom. How about Yuto?" Ten asked softly.

Pondering the idea of Yuto, he closed his eyes to think. "Yuto's hot don't get me wrong...but it would be weird for me and Sicheng to have boyfriends with almost the same name. And Isn't Yuto straight?" Jungwoo rambled, relaxing a bit as Johnny started to play with his hair.

"I...actually didn't ask. He's just really nice!" Sicheng said, trying to defend himself.

Rolling his eyes, Ten let out another sigh, "Jungwoo you're impossible."

"Where's Yuta? He's usually here." Sicheng laughed as he watched Jungwoo look around the room like his boyfriend was hidden somewhere.

"He's helping Jeno study for some exam." There was a twinge of sadness in Sicheng's voice, as he hoped to spend time with his boyfriend.

Jungwoo closed his eyes tightly before letting out a heavy sigh, "Thank you for trying...but maybe I'm just meant to be alone." 

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Jungwoo's dancing skills aren't talked about enough :( 

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