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Yeona stuffs the napkin in her pocket, and then both her and Taemin leave the cafe as it is reaching closing time, and they need to finish their studies. She notices a skip in Taemin's step as they make the short journey back to the dorms. Yeona laughs at her friend's enthusiasm, and she tries to fight the feeling of butterflies deep in her stomach from the note left for her.

"Call him now!" Taemin yells as they enter his dorm room.

"No way!" Yeona says, playfully hitting Taemin in the arm

"You have to call him tonight, I'll be asking him tomorrow and if you don't, I'll give him your number and make him call you!" Taemin says

"You're really set on this, aren't you?" she asks

"Yep! Now let's study for one more hour, then call it a night." Taemin says

"Kibum's gonna be here in an hour I guess?" Yeona teases

"Hey shut up! No, he'll be here in an hour and a half, actually." Taemin says

"Just enough time for a shower..." Yeona says

Taemin laughs, knowing that Yeona is right, he has to be clean before Kibum arrives, always wanting to impress the older man. He sighs to himself as he thinks about his feelings for him, every day they grow more intense, and every night it becomes more difficult not to whisper those three magic words as they lay in bed together.

"How old is Jonghyun, anyway?" Yeona asks

"Three years our senior, so 23." Taemin replies

"Even older than Kibum-oppa." she says

"Yes, but that's still okay, right?" Taemin asks

"Yes, it's still okay." Yeona chuckles

The pair continue studying, their minds clearer to soak in the information after their break, and from the caffeine, but both of them are still distracted as they think of what will come after their study session. An hour passes, and Yeona stands to collect her books, putting them in her bag and slinging the bag across her shoulder.

"I'll see you in class tomorrow." Yeona says

"You better call Jonghyun-hyung." Taemin replies

"Fine!" she replies

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Yeona sighs dramatically as she exits the dorm, before crossing the hall and walking towards the girls dorm building. She takes the long route, passing by the cafe and sneaking a glance inside, to see it is empty and the lights are off, she then turns to walk down the next corridor.

"Yeona?"

Yeona turns around, and is met by the man whose number she has on a napkin in her pocket. He smiles at her, and runs a hand through his hair, rubbing the back of his neck in a display of nervousness.

"Hi, Jonghyun." she says meekly

"I hope I wasn't too forward, leaving you that napkin with my number." he says

Yeona smiles, realising that he is nervous too, it is relieving to know that she isn't the only one overwhelmed by this, even if she feels that out of the two, she is still probably the more awkward one.

"I was going to call you as soon as I got back to my room, so no, I wouldn't say you were too forward." Yeona says, pretending not to notice the slight stutter in her voice

"Oh, thank goodness. I mean, that's great. You can do that now, if you'd like?" Jonghyun says

"Call you now? But you're here?" she asks