{NINE.i} {pt.0 of Highschool Lovers} Something is wrong with the way Jaehyun has been living his life. Jaewon helps him understand. Contains: - identity crisis - comfort - angst - friendship/ambiguous relationships Formal info: - oneshot - completed - word count: ~4k
{NINE.i} {pt.1 of Highschool Lovers} Jungwoo thinks that things are fine the way they are - until he loses his earphones and finds them along with a pair of sunlit eyes peeking through the cracks in his walls. Jungwoo doesn't care about Yang Jaewon, or his two friends. He really, absolutely, does not care. Contains: ...
{NINE.i} {pt.3 of Highschool Lovers} - Joohyoung swears the warmth spreads through their palms, tightly pressed against each other. Wanders through his own fingertips and straight into his stomach, where it lives on as the soft shine of a candle in the night, wax dripping into every fiber of his being, a declaration...
{NINE.i} {pt.5 of Highschool Lovers} Jaewon has been ghosting him. Wasting his time spacing out, overthinking, pretending to sleep. He hates it. He hates himself. Jungwoo reaches out to him first. And everything comes breaking down. . . For past me, future me, and for all burnt out gifted kids struggling to cope with...
{NINE.i} {pt.6 of Highschool Lovers} Old habits die hard and Jaewon thinks he might never learn how to be kind to himself. But at least he loves the people around him and he cares - unconditionally and so, so much. It takes Jungwoo returning the love to realize he deserves that for himself, too. Contains: - self-este...
{NINE.i} {pt.7 of Highschool Lovers} Knowing nothing about who he is except for what he doesn't like, Jaehyun slowly finds his way back to himself again. Contains: - found family - identity crisis - self-discovery Formal info: - 4 chapters - final word count: ~14k