hueningkai: "You seriously like Taehyun?"
y/n: "No."
hueningkai: "Come on. Seriously. You really get all tongue tied around him for no reason?"
y/n: "...I don't know. I mean, he's just... he's so... intimidating."
hueningkai: "How? He seems chill."
y/n: "He is. And really smart and talented and I don't know how to talk to him without my mouth going haywire on me."
hueningkai: "You know, I'm no ultimate love guru but that usually means you like them. At least a little."
y/n: "It's because of the talent show last year. He performed and [cousin] and I went to see it and... he just takes to the stage so well. It's really something worth watching."
hueningkai: "Leader of the Taehyun fanclub alert..."
y/n: (laughs) "No, but really. He's great at performing. I bet he could become famous or something one day if he really wanted to."
hueningkai: "Okay, but he's not famous. He's normal, just like you."
y/n: "Gee, thanks."
hueningkai: "What I mean is: don't put him too high up on a pedestal. He's still a person. He's your classmate. He's in the same grade as us, right?"
y/n: (nods)
hueningkai: "And he talks to you normally so just talk to him normally back. Simple."
y/n: "Easy for you to say. You're not the one with a crush on him."
hueningkai: "So you admit you have a crush on him?"
y/n: "Fu-- you just... god, Hueningkai. Yeah. Fine."
[Y/N parks in car wash line]
hueningkai: "Is this gonna take long?"
y/n: "No, the line usually moves pretty quickly. Look, we're almost up next."
hueningkai: "Okay. Hey, don't divert from the conversation!"
y/n: "I wasn't! What is there to talk about, anyway? It's not like he likes me. He'd never."
hueningkai: "That's quitter talk."
y/n: "Oh jesus, you sound like a commercial using that phrase."
hueningkai: "All I'm saying is that you should at least try to befriend him. Like, actually become friends and form full, coherent sentences around him."
y/n: "Hold that thought."
hueningkai: "What are you doing?"
y/n: "I need to unbuckle my seat belt. I can never reach the damn screen to select payment options from inside the car."
hueningkai: "I'll do it next time, then."
y/n: "Wow, didn't know you had a license."
hueningkai: "I don't."
y/n: "My point exactly. It's okay, I've got it."
[Y/N enters car wash]
hueningkai: "You have what it takes to talk to him."
y/n: "I definitely don't. I can barely look him in the eye."
hueningkai: "Let's practice."
y/n: "How?"
hueningkai: "Let's just... talk. Like, what compliment would you tell him to his face, if you had the guts?"
y/n: "I--"
[CAR WASH begins]
hueningkai: "You better speak up! Just think: this is perfect practice!"
y/n: "I really like your singing voice."
hueningkai: "What?"
y/n: "I really like--"
hueningkai: "I can't hear you over the car wash, speak louder!"
y/n: "I really like your singing voice!"
hueningkai: "You sound like you're underwater!"
y/n: "Technically, we are!"
hueningkai: "Talk louder! Pretend I'm Taehyun, come on!"
y/n: "I said, I really--"
hueningkai: "Is that really the loudest you can talk?"
y/n: "I LIKE YOU!"
[CAR WASH pauses]
hueningkai: "...wow."
y/n: "Was that loud enough?"
hueningkai: "Yeah, and your face turned a little red, too. Here."
[HUENINGKAI hands Y/N water]
y/n: "Thanks. Now my throat hurts."
hueningkai: "Sorry. I didn't think you were gonna scream and I didn't think you were gonna scream that."
y/n: "Neither did I. It kind of just came out."
hueningkai: "It's okay. It's not like anyone can hear you in here, or see you."
y/n: "Yeah... huh. No one can see me or hear me in here."
hueningkai: "Yep."
[CAR WASH resumes]
y/n: "I LIKE TAEHYUN!"
hueningkai: "Wow, you are really going for it."
y/n: "I LIKE HOW HE SINGS AND HOW NICE HE IS AND--"
hueningkai: "Drink more water before your neck vein pops!"
[CAR WASH ends]
y/n: "Woah."
hueningkai: "The power of car washes. We should do this."
y/n: "Get more car washes?"
hueningkai: "No. I mean, sure, but what I meant was we should practice how you would talk to Taehyun."
y/n: "Why?"
hueningkai: "You like him. Don't you want him to like you back?"
y/n: "I mean... yeah. But--"
hueningkai: "Nope, no more buts. From this moment on, 'but' is no longer in your vocabulary."
y/n: "But--"
[HUENINGKAI flicks Y/N's forehead]
y/n: "Ow!"
[Y/N flicks HUENINGKAI's forehead]
hueningkai: "Eh. That was weak."
y/n: "Oh, I can go again if you want me to--"
hueningkai: "No, no, no, I believe you. But hear me out: let's practice. What have you got to lose?"
y/n: "My dignity."
hueningkai: "It's okay, if you lose your dignity I'll share some of mine with you."
y/n: "I didn't know dignity was shareable."
hueningkai: "Mine is."
