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jukyu ¦ say yes

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「 say yes 」
lee juyeon & ji changmin
word count: 9576

five ways to ask your best-friend-slash-crush to the winter dance: a guide by lee juyeon

⌗NOTE !
this was inspired by juyeon in the christmassy! m/v and the photos changmin posted on twitter (the one with the sunflowers). i had a hard time writing this but it was def fun to do, i hope y'all like it!!

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Foreword: Make a plan.

Juyeon likes to think that he has everything under control.

He is a great time... uh, manager? Time management manager? Anyway, managing his time productively is a skill he has mastered since middle school. From balancing his academics to social life to sports practice to personal time, Juyeon always manages to do everything on schedule and with remaining time to spare. Hence why the concept of procrastination is very weird and unfamiliar for him.

Juyeon always has things under control, so can someone explain how he had managed to forget to do something very important?

If it was football practice or a weekly meet up with friends he had forgotten, it would have been a no biggie. But oh no, he forgot one of the biggest days he has long been waiting to arrive.

The Winter Dance.

Okay, maybe he didn't wait that long since the event is just some stupid dance the school holds annually before they go on Christmas Break. The Winter Dance is their version of prom - dancing, booze, picture taking and more booze. Juyeon shouldn't be panicking about this. After all, the only thing he needs to prepare is an outfit that he'll definitely find quickly in his ridiculously large collection of suits and tuxedos (courtesy of his mom always making him attend their boring business meet ups). But the thing is, it's not just an outfit that he needs to prepare beforehand. There's also something else.

What makes this year special is the fact that this year is this year. This year, Juyeon will finally man up and ask his crush to be his partner for the Winter Dance. This year, Juyeon will set aside all of his what ifs and ask Changmin - which is, by the way, his best friend since kindergarten so this whole asking-him-out thing just got way more nerve-wracking - for his sweet 'yes'.

But how can he get Changmin's answer when he doesn't even have a plan on how he should ask him? Not to mention that the dance is on Saturday. Today is fucking Sunday.

So yeah, Juyeon definitely does not have everything under control.

"No. This is not it. Too cringey. Too corny. Embarrassing. Changmin wouldn't like this. What the hell?"

Looking at all of the crumpled notepads on the floor, Juyeon might as well just give up and cry. He has assembled his group of friends to his dorm room to help him create the perfect "promposal" but somehow, all of their ideas fall flat below his expectations. Nothing is working out.

Younghoon sighs. "Look, Ju. I know you are panicking right now but read our suggestions calmly, yeah? Nothing here will satisfy you as long as your mind is all over the place."

"I don't even know why you're stressing yourself too much, hyung." Sunwoo opines from Juyeon's bed. The soccer player really just came over to eat Juyeon's left-over fried rice this morning and not help him out. "Changmin-hyung wouldn't mind even if your promposal was just the words 'Date me?' written on cardboard. Hyung wouldn't care about anything as long as it comes from you."