Fun fact: This fanfic has been inspired by Heartstopper \^o^/ After watching the show I had the idea to write this! I hope you have been enjoying <33
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After school, as promised, Charles went over to the hall to help with the decorations for the dance.
"Joni and Emilia, you both will be in charge of the stage decorations with the other students! Alex, I trust you and Carly to be in charge of the dining tables. Charles and I will be in charge of the banners! Is that okay, everyone?" Mia reported everything that had to be done to the decorations team, after all, she was chosen as the leader.
She has gained confidence in herself over the past years, making her an undeniably great leader next to Emilia.
Everyone agreed with their duties and went on to work.
As Mia was painting the banners and Charles was cutting ribbons to hang on to the walls, Mia sat closer to him.
"Look at this, I found it in our storage room," Mia showed Charles a photo of a rectangular board. "We can use this," Mia said gleaming.
"Yeah, it looks great!" Charles said. "We can decorate it with bows and stuff. Oh! And the lights, I think it'll look nice," he added.
"What should we write?" Mia questioned. "We can't write both their names, it would be a little bit confusing,"
"Let's just write 'Will you go to prom with me?', we can ask them both individually," Charles remarked. Mia continued to nod at everything he said.
"Oh, yeah. I made this," Mia took out something from her pouch bag. She handed it to Charles as he looked down at her hands. It was a beautiful handcrafted choker necklace, it had elegant laces and silver chains that shone with small pink gems.
"Oh my, Mia, you made this? In one night? It's beautiful! She's going to love it," Charles gasped, astonished. "Could you make me one too?" he joked, even though, he truly wanted one too.
"Awh, thanks, Cero!" Mia cheered. "Yes, of course, I'll make one for you!" she giggled.
"Should I get Jiwon a gift too?" Charles questioned.
"Let's be honest, he's too rich for his own good," Mia joked, it was a repetition of what Charles said before which caused him to gasp at her dramatically as a joke.
"Wow! Well, sorry I'm not as creatively talented as you," he teased back.
"No, but you are very poetic," Mia stated the words poetic out loud, it caused Charles to recall his old phase and cringe at the thought. "Why not write him something?" she suggested.
"You think so?" Charles asked.
"Yes! Of course!" Mia cheered. Maybe he could write Jiwon a love poem, Charles thought.
"Oh, and after this, meet me at my house so we can work on the board! And we got to pick a song, Also I told Emilia and Joni about our plans, they want to help too!" Mia added.
"Oh, yeah sure," Charles nodded. It took him a while to realise what Mia had just said. "Wait, you told Emilia and Joni that I'm going to ask Jiwon out?" he yelled in shock. He quickly covered his mouth after hearing some students ask about the commotion.
"You didn't want them to know?" Mia said "But it's okay! I didn't tell them about it," she reassured and Charles let out a sigh of relief.
"Why don't you want to let them know?" Mia questioned with a worried look.
Charles sighed. "It's not that I don't want them to know, I'm just afraid of what they would think,"
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"Hey," Charles waved awkwardly as he peaked behind Mia at the door, he noticed Joni and Emilia staring weirdly at him.
"Come in, Cero!" Mia invited him. She let them all into her room as she brought in the materials for their 'project'.
"Did you bring the lights?" Mia asked Charles with a smile on her face.
"Oh...yes," Charles muttered and took out a pack of fairy lights.
"Cero, these are perfect! Thank you!" Mia cheered with delight.
"I also brought these," Charles said handing her some tiny pink and black bows along with some pink gems.
"Great! Thanks, we can use these," she remarked. As their work began, Mia realised a sudden tension and awkwardness between the group.
"Is something...wrong?" Mia questioned the group, but no one answered.
"Well...no it's nothing," Emilia reassured.
Charles and Mia looked at each other. "Okay then," Mia said as she continued working on the board.
Everyone continued to decorate the board, saying barely a word until Joni spoke out.
"Okay look...I know I shouldn't interfere with someone's personal business, but we're bound to know soon, right?" Joni muttered quickly. Mia looked questionably at her.
"What I'm saying is...who is Charles asking to the dance?" Joni asked, Emilia quickly covered her mouth even though it was too late.
"Sorry! Charles, look...you don't need to tell us," Emilia assured.
"It's Jiwon," Charles sighed. Joni and Emilia went wide-eyed.
"Say what," Joni asked, unable to believe what she just heard.
Charles just went silent. "It's...Jiwon,"
"No...I heard you, I just wanted to make sure that you're hearing yourself," Joni said as Charles rolled his eyes.
"Wait...when did that happen?" Emilia asked. "When did you like Jiwon?"
"Uh...I'm not sure," Charles just answered.
"Are you sure you aren't being delusional again because Mia rejected you before?" Joni asked jokingly.
"Yes, Joni, I am sure," Charles hissed.
"Sorry, it's just..."Joni started snickering until she couldn't hold in her laughter. "I just couldn't believe it,"
Emilia quickly hit Joni on the shoulder. "Don't be rude, Joni!"
"It's okay, Charles," Joni added. "I was also surprised when Mia told us she liked Sofia, but either way I support you both!"
"Thanks," Charles said with a small smile.
"Oho, so you like the serious Kim Jiwon," Joni teased with her eyebrows moving up and down as Charles pushed her away lightly.
After a while, the group finally finished making the light board, with big written words 'Will you go to prom with me', decorated with bows, fairy lights and coloured in with markers and doodles.
"It looks great!" Mia cheered.
"You guys are definitely going to prom together! Sofia wouldn't even back down from this," Joni exclaimed happily as the group began to celebrate, Charles received a text.
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NOT MY BESTFRIEND (JIWON)
Jiwon - Hey
Charles started blankly at the text, then looked up to the girls who were chatting. He started typing on the screen.
Charles - Sup! How ya doing?
Jiwon - Doing much better now
Jiwon - I think I can go to school tmr
Jiwon - Hbu? What are you doing?
Charles - Im just chilling with Mia and the others
Charles - Omg finally you're coming back!!!
Charles - I wont be the only guy here!
Jiwon - Why?
Jiwon - Do you miss me?
Charles felt his heart flutter, he felt like it was a crime for Jiwon to tease him like this, even on text. However, sometimes it was hard to tell if Jiwon was serious or joking.
Charles - pftttss no. :p
As Charles was texting, Joni noticed Charles being distracted by his phone while chuckling about something, well, she knew exactly who that 'something' or someone was.
"Hey Charles, who are you texting so happily," She teased, her face plastered with a full grin.
Charles rolled his eyes and turned away from her. "No one,"
Emilia found it quite amusing too. "Are you sure? Not a certain someone we know?" she said joining in with the tease.
Charles couldn't say anything, but his red face told it all.
"Aw, are you guys flirting on text? I never knew Jiwon was someone like that," Joni said, her smile forming into an even bigger one as she sat closer to Charles.
"Shut up," Charles couldn't help holding in his smile, as his face was turning even pinker.
Mia couldn't help but giggle too. "No, it's okay, Cero. Keep texting. We won't bother you both," She said with a small smile as she winked.
"I could never, Jiwon's a dry texter, Imagine having a dry texter flirt with you," Joni added while laughing.
"Like what would he say? 'You fine boy, full-stop'?"
"Maybe that's what Charles is into," Emilia continued to tease, but Charles just grinned.
"Nah, he just treats me special, even on text, unlike you girls," Charles winked and the girls gasped.
The group began to laugh, they laughed even more after hearing Joni's loud maniacal laugh. She tumbled onto the floor suddenly and the group screamed, but Charles laughed at Joni's demise anyway.
Later, Charles started working on his letter for Jiwon. Emilia and Joni were surprised at how long he wrote, it started with 1 page now it's 5 pages long.
They all read the letter together while teasing him on some cheesy lines he wrote, even though they all admitted it was a really heart-warming letter along with the help of Emilia's criticism on any grammar mistakes.
"This is really good though," Joni said. "You could be a pro writer with this!" she added while Emilia and Mia nodded.
"Yeah, let's just hope he likes it," Charles said.
After that, the group had to leave as it was a school night, telling Mia they had fun helping her make the board. Charles decided to walk Joni, and then Emilia home as he remembered his mother telling him to not leave girls alone at night.
Both Joni and Emilia granted him luck for tomorrow, which he appreciated, he was nervous thinking about it.
He laid down on his bed, feeling the softness of his mattress. He felt his phone vibrate on the bed, he sat up to check his messages.
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TINY EMO BOY (NOEL)
Noel - Hey
Noel - Heard from Pockey that you're going to ask Jiwon out tomorrow
Noel - Good luck
Noel - If you do get rejected(which u won't)
Noel - Im here for u
Charles - thanks tiny bro
Charles - I cant wait for tmr
Charles - MAYBE HE'LL ASK ME TO BE HIS BF
Noel - don't get ur hopes too high pfftttt
Charles - What does that mean!?!?
Charles - HEY
Charles - I'm the whole bf package, limited edition!!
Noel - yeah...right
Noel - More like 'outdated edition' 😒
Noel - okay its late
Noel - bye gn
Charles - goodnight
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"Charles, over here!" Mia called out to him from her seat, on her table was the board and a pink-wrapped box with a pink bow on top. As he started walking up to her, he felt a sudden force on his back.
"Hey, you ready?" Joni said grabbing his back with a smile. Charles smiled back.
"Yeah," he replied.
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"Why isn't Jiwon, here!?" Joni belted, Emilia quickly covered her mouth, refraining her from alerting other students. It was already recess time, so Emilia was thankful that they were eating outside.
"I don't know," Charles said shaking his head. "Maybe he suddenly got sick again,"
Mia saw the disappointed look on Charles's face and went closer to him, she patted his shoulder.
"It's alright, Cero. You can always ask him, you still have time," she comforted.
"Yeah! Mia's right, you still have until...tomorrow," Joni said, realising that the school dance was tomorrow.
"Why don't you go to his house tonight?" Emilia suggested. Charles nodded.
"It's okay," he said shaking his head. "Mia, let's go to Sofia, now," he said getting up.
It was time, Mia clenched her hands on the board, walking through the halls. She felt all eyes were on her as students curiously wanted to see who the most popular girl in school was going to ask out to the dance.
She finally reached the canteen along with Emilia, Joni and Charles. The Canteen was full of students who whispered and gossiped seeing her holding the brightly lit board, even catching the attention of some of the teachers on patrol.
All these people, yet what she had her eyes on was the pink magenta hair just metres away, Sofia who didn't notice the commotion and was chatting with her friends.
Mia took a deep breath and walked through the crowd of students who all cleared a path for her. Joni and Emilia both stood behind her, along with Charles. They walked until Mia suddenly stopped, Charles noticed the panicked look on her face.
"What if she says no," she muttered under her breath.
Charles patted her back lightly. "She won't. She's going to say yes," he said reassuringly with a smile as Emilia and Joni both agreed with thumbs-ups.
Mia shut her eyes and opened them, she took another deep breath with a smile, she walked forward while Charles and the girls stayed behind to watch the miracle happen.
"Sofia," Mia called out to her, Sofia turned back and noticed the sign Mia was holding up, and a sudden realisation hit her.
Sofia's hands covered her mouth, her eyes wide-opened. Qistina and Zara smiled happily at the scene. Sofia quickly turned to face Mia as she stood up from her seat.
"Will you go to prom...with me?" Mia said finally, Joni and the others silently cheered, waiting for an answer.
Mia looked around her, and she noticed everyone gasping in awe, waiting for Sofia's reply.
Sofia crossed her arms and sighed, she shook her head and Mia's face dropped. The crowd went even silent.
"What took you so long to ask me?" Sofia said with a grin, her gaze turning soft. Mia's face lit up at the comment, and Sofia quickly pulled her into a hug, hugging her tightly. Sofia felt her feet leave the ground as Mia lifted her up.
The crowd cheered and congratulated them, Joni and Emilia ran to Mia and hugged her too. Zara and Qistina jumped up and down while holding hands. Charles couldn't help but smile at the sight too.
It was then that Mia started singing a song as Joni and Emilia vocalised with her, students sang along while clapping their hands to the beat. It was an enjoyable memory for everyone, especially for Mia and Sofia.
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"Oh, hi Charles," C-Daigon greeted. "Here to see Jiwon again?"
Charles nodded. "He's still sick, right?"
"Yeah," C-daigon admitted. "He felt better until this morning, his temperature went up more,"
Charles walks behind C-daigon to Jiwon's room where they meet a grey door.
"Can I ask you for a favour?" C-daigon asked.
"Sure," Charles said.
"Could you look after Jiwon for me, I have important business overseas, and I have not been working for days," he explained.
"It's alright. I understand you got work. I can stay overnight with Jiwon too," Charles reassured.
"Oh really? Thank you, that means a lot," C-daigon said letting out a sigh of relief. "Do you need to go get your things?"
"No, don't worry. I've already packed what I need," Charles said showing him a big duffle bag.
"Oho, I see," C-daigon hummed. "You've prepared to stay overnight with Jiwon already," he teased.
Charles didn't know how to reply but was flustered by the comment.
"Remember, if anything comes up, call me," C-daigon reminded as Charles nodded.
After C-daigon left, Charles slowly opened the door and went into the room. He spotted the figure covered up in his blanket, his face was red and his forehead had a cooling patch on.
"Hey," Charles called out to him as he grabbed a chair to sit next to Jiwon who was resting.
"Cero," Jiwon said opening his eyes immediately after hearing his voice.
"Have you eaten?" Charles asked, he took out a thermal food container and a metal spoon, he placed them on his knee balancing. Jiwon shook his head.
"Here, my mother told me to bring you this," Charles said opening the container to reveal hot soup, the steam rose up into the air as Jiwon took a sniff of the scent.
"Smells good," he smiled.
"Duh, my mom made this," Charles said smiling back. "Here, try," Charles said feeding Jiwon a spoon. Jiwon sat up, sitting closer to Charles as he took a sip from the spoon.
"Mhm, it's yummy," Jiwon said, he looked up to see Charles's slightly flushed face.
"What's wrong? You're red," Jiwon said moving his hand to Charles's face, he put his palm on Charles's forehead. "Are you sick too?"
"No...I'm not, just drink the soup," Charles muttered while distancing himself from Jiwon.
"You don't need me to feed you, right," Charles said flustered while shoving the container and spoon into Jiwon's hands which Jiwon nodded in response.
"Alright," he said with a smile
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Charles looked up at the clock in the room, it's already 6 o'clock. He looks at Jiwon who was reading a book on his bed. Charles has already spent hours scrolling through his phone and he was already getting bored.
"Hey," he called out to Jiwon. "Let's watch something,"
They both decided to watch the Barbie movie, a movie Jiwon hasn't watched and Charles who was shocked he hadn't.
"You haven't seen, Barbie? Oh, the girls aren't going to be happy to hear that," Charles joked.
It started with smiles where Jiwon found the Barbie house confusing and how almost every girl was named Barbie. Until the near end of the movie where Charles said it was touching eventhough Jiwon still didn't understand.
"Dude, Barbie's dream house is imaginary, that's why there's no goddamn water in the shower!" Charles yelled, explaining for the 8th time to Jiwon on how the Barbie dreamhouse works.
Charles looked up at the clock, it was around 8 o'clock. He looked at Jiwon who was resting on the sofa.
"Jiwon," Charles went up to him and touched his forehead. "Why do you seem even redder?"
"I think I should take a shower, first. I'll rest later," Jiwon said and Charles nodded.
While Jiwon was showering, Charles received a notification.
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My bro 4 life (Corey)
Corey - Hey! Heard Jiwon was sick, how is he?
Charles - WOAHH I thought u forgot about me 🤨
Corey - sorry bro🙏🏻😔 was busy with training
Charles - it's okay I understand bro
Charles - he's doing okay, sickness aint really getting better
Corey - that's not good
Corey - does that mean he's not going to the school dance 😢
Corey - so you aren't going with Jiwon tomorrow?
Charles - did Emilia tell you that I'm asking him to the dance?
Corey - what?
Corey - I thought Jiwon said he was going to ask u
Charles - no he didn't
Corey - Oh
Charles - WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
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Jiwon stepped out of the bathroom, wiping the water in his hair with a towel.
"Cero?" Jiwon called out. He noticed Charles was lying down on the mattress next to his bed.
Jiwon's gaze turns soft as he sees Charles sleeping. He must be tired, he thought.
As Jiwon turns off the lights and lays down on his bed, he hears a quiet shuffle.
" I know you're awake," he said and he heard Charles groan.
"Are you still feeling hot?" Charles asked sitting up.
"Yeah, I still feel a little unwell," Jiwon answered while rubbing his neck.
Charles sighed and sat next to Jiwon on the bed.
"Cero," Jiwon said. "Your writing is very nice..."
"What?" Charles asked.
"The letter you wrote me," Jiwon said smiling. Charles thought for a second and suddenly realised.
"But I didn't give you the letter?" Charles yelled suddenly.
"Mia sent it to me," Jiwon explained.
"So, you knew then..." Charles muttered. "That I like you,"
Jiwon nodded in response.
"Just go to sleep," Charles said suddenly. "I want you to get better quickly,"
Charles paused, he hesitated.
"I want you to get better... So that I can take you to the dance tomorrow," Charles felt his heart pounding, his face hot and his breath hitched. He finally said it.
"No," Jiwon said. Charles felt his heart break apart for a second until Jiwon suddenly held onto his hands. Charles's eyes met his, his face to his ears was a shade of pink.
"Because I want to take you to the dance,"
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NOTE: SADLY THIS ISN'T THE LAST PART, IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG OF WORDS SO I DECIDED TO WRITE ANOTHER PART INSTEAD!! Hope you understand !!😭😭
I SWEAR THE NEXT PART IS THE LAST PART...unless....