Strawberry Lipgloss | Luwoo

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Warning: homophobic slurs 

"Jungwoo, how nice of you to finally join us!" Taemin said sarcastically when he spotted the boy that had been absent for the past few days.

He gave his professor a small smile before hurrying across the room and sitting down next to a girl he'd never met before.

"Ok, this week you get to chose your partner and the style of dance you two will perform. Um that's it find a partner and go to a practice room!" Taemin yelled before sitting down behind his desk.

"Um...hi. I just transferred into this class yesterday and I don't know anybody. Could you maybe be my parter?" The girl next to him asked. She was shaking slightly as she fidgeted with her hands in her lap.

A small smile formed on Jungwoo's lips before he nodded. "I'd love to be partners with you, everybody else here is so...ugh. Anyway, I'm Jungwoo."

Giggling at how dramatic the boy was, she brought a hand up to cover her mouth. "I'm Jiwoo, but everybody calls me Chuu," She said quietly once she calmed down.

"So, what made you transfer into dance?" Jungwoo asked as he led the small girl to one of the empty practice rooms.

After setting her bag down, she begun to stretch, "My girlfriend finally convinced me to switch majors...because I didn't really like the one I had."

"You must be good if Taemin let you join in the middle of the year."

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Jungwoo soon learned that Chuu was in fact good. The two worked very well together as they had no trouble deciding a song and starting on the choreography.

Having paid no attention to the time, they continued to work on the dance long after class was dismissed.

"Jiwoo? Your class ended thirty minutes ago, I thought you got lost or something."

When Jungwoo looked up he saw and absolutely stunning girl leaning against the door frame, smiling at his partner. She had beautiful long dark brown hair, so dark it almost looked black. Her features were perfectly proportionate as if she was handcrafted by Aphrodite herself.

"Sooyoungie!" Chuu squeaked as she launched herself at the girl. "Jungwoo, this is my girlfriend Sooyoung!" She said excitedly when she pulled away from her.

He gave her a small smile, "Hi...I'm Jungwoo." Walking over to the corner of the room, he grabbed his phone and backpack, lazily swinging it over his shoulder. By the time he gathered all of his things the two girls were gone.

He walked out of the room and was surprised to see Lucas leaning against the wall across from him, "Lucas?"

The taller man looked up and smiled, "I was just about to call you."

"What are you doing here? Don't you have classes?" Jungwoo asked as they started walking towards the exit.

Lucas shook his head, "I have Monday afternoons off...and I'm here because," He paused, rummaging through his pocket for something. His eyebrows knit together as he struggled to find it, "Oh shit wrong pocket." Finding what he was looking for, a triumphant smile formed on his face, "You left this in my jacket pocket."

The elder looked up to see Lucas holding the tube of strawberry lipgloss that he had managed to forget about. "Oh my gosh I didn't even notice! Thank you!"

He nodded, awkwardly clasping his hands in front of him as he wasn't quite sure what to do now. "...are you free? We could do...something."

The boys face lit up, "Oh! This store in the mall is having a sale, we should go—I mean if you want to."

"I've got nothing better to do."

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Lucas was excitedly waiting in a chair outside of the dressing rooms while Jungwoo tried on the clothes he wanted. Anybody could've mistaken him for a exuberant boyfriend who was more than happy to do anything for the boy that was his.

But the reality was just a couple of best friends hanging out at the mall after class.

"Lucas...does this look okay?" Jungwoo asked as he hesitantly stepped out of the dressing room he was in.

A smile spread across the younger's face, "That looks amazing on y—"

"I didn't know fags shopped here," A girl said to her friend not so quietly.

"Looks like they're getting confident." The friend laughed out as she picked through a pile of shirts.

Lucas spun around on his heels, "Why the hell do you think you can say something lik—"

"Lucas just leave it alone," Jungwoo said softly before he grabbed the mans hand, trying to get his attention back on himself.

The girls cackled together in unison, "Poor thing actually thinks he looks good..."

That's it. The shorter boy not so gently pushed Lucas out of the way and walked up to the girls. "If you think two teenage girls with self esteem issues are going to hurt my feelings, you're wrong. This fag knows that he looks good so please carry on with your shopping and leave us alone." He rolled his eyes one last time before turning back around and going back to showing Lucas his outfit.

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"Jungwoo do you want t—"

"Let's just go please," The boy said stolidly before walking in the direction of the nearest exit. Lucas had been trying to talk to him ever since they left that store, but he'd barely gotten two words out of him.

A small sigh fell from his lips as he tried to catch up with Jungwoo who was practically speed walking.

When they got to Lucas's car, Jungwoo climbed into the passenger seat wordlessly.

"You're upset." The younger stated, looking over at the boy that was staring out the window.

He let out a breath, "I'm fine."

"You're not. You know that you can talk t—"

"There's nothing you can do Lucas! Okay!? Everywhere I go there's always somebody who hates me and there's nothing you can do about that!" Jungwoo snapped as a tear broke loose, racing down his cheek. He bit his bottom lip as hard as he could to prevent more from falling. He was strong...but not that strong...teenage girls really did get to him sometimes.

Pulling a small pack of tissues to the boy, Lucas tried to think of a way to comfort him. "I'm sorry," Was the best he could manage to come up with.

Jungwoo pulled his hood onto his head before sniffling quietly, "C—Can you just take me back to my dorm please?"

"Yeah." 

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I finally convinced my mom to let me buy a Kpop album...so DUMDi DUMDi is officially my first album. 

Thanks for reading lovelies 💖