I saw these people on tumblr saying that they can't stand Haechan and that he's ugly, and I'm just like 😐 not cool man don't spread hate. Haechan is sweet and sooooo attractive. Don't even get me started on his singing voice. I'm not saying that I know him because obviously I don't, but from what he shows to the camera I really don't see anything wrong with him. Btw I took screenshots if anyone is nosy lol
✨ A n y w a y s ✨
You meet in an unusual way.
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Renjun
You had been staying in Korea for the summer with your cousin and her roommates. You were close, but as far as her professional life went, all you really knew was that she was a makeup artist. One day you were lounging in her apartment while she was at work, when she called the home phone.
"Y/n?"
"Yes?"
You answered, mouth full of chips.
"I need you to do me a really important favor. Can you go into my room and look for a black makeup carry case?"
You told her you would, holding the phone to your ear and you went into her room to find what she was doing for.
"Got it"
"Okay listen, I need you to bring it to my job. I have the wrong case with me and if I don't have that one I could get fired"
Your eyes widened. The last thing you wanted was for your cousin to get fired if there was something you could do to help it. You quickly told her you were on the way, changing into a more socially acceptable pair of jeans and a sweatshirt before grabbing the case and walking to the address she had sent you.
About ten minutes later you stared up in shock, clearly not expecting to arrive in front of SM Entertainment. You looked at it confused for a moment trying to figure out if you'd gotten the address wrong, when-
"OH THANK THE LORD Y/N!"
Your cousin shouted, barreling out from a side entrance and snatching the case out of your hand. She turned around and started walking back inside.
"Well don't just stand there, come on"
She snapped, and you followed her reluctantly inside. You looked around in awe at the production as she took you into one of the studio rooms. Rolling racks of expensive clothes and employees with equipment rushed by the same way your cousin was. You put your stuff down at the hair and makeup station she told you was hers, and you were about to pull your phone out when she yelled your name.
"Grab that and follow me!"
She vaguely pointed in the general direction of an almost identical black case to the one you brought her, but you were quick to stanch it up and follow her speed walking.
"Today is a big day, y'know. It's photo shoot day"
You nodded as she rambled on about all the stressful things she would have to do. As the two of you walked frantically down the hallway, you saw a group of seven boys talking to someone who appeared to be their manager.
"Oh, hello Yuna"
The woman stopped to greet your cousin and they engaged in friendly conversation for a few minutes before the her attention turned otherwise.
"Who's this?"
She asked, finally looking to you. The seven boys shifted their attention to you also and you suddenly felt very uncomfortable with the energy that was being created in the studio today.
"This is my little cousin Y/n, she's visiting from __ "
She answered, rubbing your head playfully.
"Oh how cute!"
Their manager exclaimed excitedly. You glanced at the seven boys, one with a slight mullet and soft but princely features gazed at you.
"Y/n, welcome to Korea. My name is Renjun"
He smiled charmingly. You smiled back, letting him take your hand and run his thumb across your knuckles.
"It's very nice to meet you"
Someone in the background gagged.
"Stop flirting with her hyung, you're ugly"
You couldn't help but burst into laughter, retracting your hand so you could stifle your laugh.
"We have to keep moving, come along Y/n!"
Your cousin said, and you continued to laugh as you walked away, looking back over your shoulder at Renjun still visibly staring at you.
Jeno
You'd been helping your dad at his auto repair shop since you were a child. By nature, you knew cars like the back of your hand. It wasn't necessarily an interest, just something you happened to pick up on and be good at. You certainly weren't in school for it or anything.
"Y/n!"
Your dad called on the walkie talkie, interrupting the nextflix you were watching on his office TV.
"Can you get a breaker wrench and the SXL wire for me?"
You walkied him back that you would, opening his office closet where he kept his most used supplies before walking out the office and down the small staircase to the garage below. Your dads shop was almost set up like a loft, so from his office you could overlook everything that was going on. You looked down at your shoe, realizing you needed to tie it when you stopped walking.
"What do you need this for? Did someone send you a-"
The moment you looked up you were met with your dad working on the hood of the most tricked out mustang you had ever seen.
"Race car"
You finished your sentence, handing him the supplies before walking around the vehicle in shock.
"Woah"
You exclaimed, not realizing the owner of said vehicle and his friends were standing a few feet away, watching your dad work.
"Nice right?"
Your dad commented, and you nodded even though he wasn't looking at you.
"Can you get me the windshield washer fluid?"
He asked again.
"What do you need windshield washer fluid for?"
You replied, not understanding why he would need that if he was working under the hood.
"To wash the windshield...duh"
Your dad answered, as if imitating your voice.
You heard laughter behind you, looking over your shoulder slightly to be met with the most amazing visuals. A muscular boy with black hair was standing at the front of a group of five other boys, tight black shirt showing off his figure as he watched with his arms folded. His muscles looked like they were ready to burst out the shirt at any moment, and you were swooning...hard.
You decided to start walking away to save yourself the embarrassment.
"Actually while your over there get my other toolbox too!"
"Oh my gosh!"
"Sorry!"
You giggled as you walked away, returning a few minutes later with both the windshield washer fluid, and the toolbox. You now had your school uniform jacket on and a backpack on your back.
"Thanks, Y/n, you're the best"
You just smiled and shook your head, letting him know you would be heading off to school. Your college wasn't far away, so you usually walked to get there.
"Y/n!"
As if perfectly timed, Felix, your waking buddy, appeared in the doorway of the garage. His parents owned the Korean restaurant next door, and the two of you became fast friends. You waved to your dad, passing the group of friends as you walked off. The hot middle boy eyed you from the time you were walking until you made it out the door.
"Who's the guy checking you out?
Felix asked as the two of you started your route to the campus.
"I wish I knew"
Haechan
You were at work on an average Thursday, ready for the weekend to be here. You worked at the campus library, where there wasn't too much chaos, and it really wasn't much of a hectic job. You were in the middle of wheeling a cart of books past the front desk when the phone rang. You quickly rushed around the desk to answer it.
"Campus library, how may I help you?"
You answered in your professional phone voice.
"Hi, uh. Yes. Hypothetically speaking, would it be possible to buy concert tickets in the computer lab?"
"Theoretically yes, but the campus computers aren't really for-"
"Perfect! I'll be there in 20 minutes"
"Uh, actually-"
-Beeeeep-
The line went dead. You just shook your head and sighed before resuming wheeling the cart to the elevator.
~~~
About 20 minutes later while you were sitting at the desk marking returned books, a handsome brunette boy with tan skin and honey eyes sprinted into the room at full speed. His footsteps startled you and you looked up only to catch his eye as he was walking past. You both stopped for a minute, almost as if in a slow motion movie. Your gazes held for that second before he continued his speeding towards wherever he was going.
You shrugged it off, placing a hand over your heart before return to your work.
Why is my heart fluttering like this?
~~~
Barely a few minutes later, you were so drowned in your returns you almost didn't hear the sound of the printer behind you startling on. You spun around in your rolling chair to investigate. You hadn't printed anything, so what was going on.
C O M P U T E R 1 3 N O W P R I N T I N G
It said. You peeked around the desk into the computer area, and sure enough who did you see sitting at the desk? Mystery boy. You watched as he got up from his seat and frantically started checking every single printer in his vicinity. You were trying to decide if you should say something or not, eventually deciding on walking over to him.
You cleared your throat to make your presence known, causing him to lean up from under the computer table too quickly and hit his head.
"Ouch!"
He exclaimed, and you immediately covered your mouth to stifle a laugh. No noise in the library after all. He stood up and whirled around, eyes widening when he saw it was you.
"I think you sent your stuff to the wrong printer"
You smiled, speaking softly so as not to disturb anyone more than you already had. His eyes widened further as you gestured for him to follow you.
"Where did I send it?"
He asked, once you were out in the main foyer and you were walking behind the desk.
"The employee printer"
You heard him audibly choke on his spit, but you ignored it and pulled the sheets out.
"What is this anyway?"
You questioned, flipping the papers over as you were talking. You looked at the black ink and laughed. Concert tickets.
Jaemin
You started your day at 7 am sharp. You and another employee were working the opening shift at the campus cafe. It was a hotspot for studying and had the best drinks and desserts on campus. You usually worked stock room or barista position, but your boss needed someone to open the shop and work register in the mornings, so here you were.
You were here standing at the register waiting to take orders, when the little bell on the door rang to signify someone's entry.
You looked up to see a gorgeous boy stepping into the entryway. He was blonde and toned, you could tell even though he was wearing a jacket. The sunlight streaming in from the windows only made him look more ethereal. As he stepped up, you got a whiff of his cologne, and your heart beat even faster. Still, you proceeded with your job.
"Good morning, what can I get you?"
You greeted the handsome stranger.
"Hi, can I have a large cold brew with eight shots of espresso, lightly sweetened with an additional pack of sugar on the side"
You looked up from the cash register in shock.
"I-I...what?"
He chuckled at your reaction.
"Are you new? I've never seen you here before"
"Nope, I just don't usually work register"
You answered, still trying to wrap your head around this persons deaths sentence order.
"Interesting. I was just wondering because I haven't gotten that reaction to my order in a while. My name is Jaemin by the way"
He spoke all in one breath as you pulled out a cup to write his name on.
"May I ask what the extra pack of sugar is for?"
You questioned, typing his order into the register and printing up a receipt.
"I just like to chug it for an added boost"
Your head shot up again.
"Are you crazy?!"
He shrugged.
"Is that an appropriate thing to ask your customers...Y/n?"
He replied, taking a moment to look down at your name tag.
"It is when your customer is ordering a liquid cardiac arrest"
"Oh relax, I drink this every day"
"That's even worse!"
You exclaimed, just as today's barista walked up next to you to deliver the order.
"Large cold brew with...does that say 8? Eight shots of espresso?"
Jaemin just smiled and accepted his drink, immediately poking it with the provided straw and taking a sip long enough to empty about one fourth of the cup.
"Aaah, delicious as always"
You gave him a weird look before reaching under the counter and pulling out a pink paper packet.
"Your pack of sugar"
You smiled, waving it at him. His fingers grazed yours as he took it, and he made a show of looking you up and down and biting his lip. You didn't think you could possibly look that cute in your grey polo shirt and cafe apron, but he certainly made you feel special. Of course, all good things must come to an end.
"Yo Jaemin quit holding up the line, other people have to order y'know!"
The person behind him, a muscular black haired boy spoke, making you laugh and Jaemin flush in embarrassment.
Chenle
Tired from a full day of morning classes, you were working an afternoon shift at the student supply store on campus. You were currently updating the cash register, so you didn't notice the boy who walked in until he got your attention.
"Excuse me, how much is this!"
He literally yelled form across the small store, pointing to the decorative plastic statue of a dolphin in a school hoodie that was on top one of the water bottle racks.
"Oh, it's just for decoration"
You replied, not as loud as him but he still heard you. He made a face before coming a little closer.
"Okay, but like hypothetically speaking, how much money is it worth, like would you be willing to sell it to the highest bidder oooor-"
"Sir, you can't buy that it's not for sale"
"I'll give you $2,000 for it right now"
"I-"
"$3,000"
"Sir-"
"$3,500"
"Listen, even if it was for sale it wouldn't cost that much"
"So you're saying I can have it"
"W-what?! No I didn't say that at all!"
"But I can't buy it?"
You sighed and leaned your head against the counter.
"Yknow what, I don't care"
You said, your tired brain only now registering the amounts of money he was willing to spend.
"Wait, did you say $2,000?!"
Your head shot back up. He nodded, pulling that exact amount of cash out of his pocket as if he had been waiting for it. He slid it over the counter and raised his eyebrows seductively at you. You just shrugged and took the money, putting it into the cash register as he walked off excitedly to claim his prize.
"Pleasure doing business with you...Y/n"
He spoke, looking down at your name tag before proudly carrying the dolphin out of the store.
~One week later~
"You did what?!"
Your boss yelled in reaction to your response at where the water cooler dolphin went.
"How could you do that?! I could fire you for that yknow! I can't believe you would-"
You had kinda zoned out, but unbeknownst to you a certain wealthy boy and his friends were in the shop that day too.
"I should write you up for insubordination!"
"And why would you write up the fine employee who sold me one of my best purchases?"
The voice cut in. It was the boy from before. He had friends behind him, all dressed in the same prim and proper private college uniforms. You assumed they belonged to the university up the hill. It was pristine and private, for only those who could afford it. Certainly not for simpletons like yourself who had to work to put themselves through even the community college you were currently attending.
Your boss was immediately at a loss for words, mouth opening and closing like a fish.
"Apologies Mr. Zhong, I didn't know it was you who my employee sold it to"
He spoke. Your eyes widened. Zhong. As in Director Zhong. As in this boy was the Deans son. No wonder he had so much money.
"Yes, I had the pleasure of doing business with Y/n last week, she was so helpful. I would hate for my father to find out that you fire all your best employees"
"O-of course not, in fact I'll see to it that Miss Y/n receive a raise and a promotion"
Chenle nodded in approval before gesture for your manger to run along, which he did. Disappearing into the back room.
"Thank you"
You sighed, happy the heat was off your back.
"Of course, I wouldn't let anyone fire you. And don't worry, I think I scared him into giving you a raise"
You smiled.
"I appreciate it, I could use the money"
You spoke, not sure why you were telling him that in the first place. Your eyes couldn't help but drift to the fancy details of his uniform, the Chenle embroidered on the left side finally informing you of his name. When you looked back up he was already looking at you.
"I don't suppose you're into guys like me, huh?"
"Guys like you?"
You tilted your head in confusion. He nodded.
"Rich guys, so to speak"
You shrugged.
"I never really thought about it. If anything I would assume it's the other way around"
Chenle laughed and shook his head.
"The girls at my school are too stuck up and snobby for me. I want someone real and down to earth"
He smiled, giving you the hint that he was talking about you with his eyes. You smiled.
"May I ask why you're always here? Now that I know you don't go here?"
Chenle shook his head yes.
"There's this pretty girl who works at the student store. She's gorgeous, I've been trying to build up the courage to ask her out"
He smirked, making you laugh.
Jisung
You were sitting in your lecture hall waiting for your professor to return from lunch. You hadn't slept well the night before, and your sleep deprived brain was making you think now would be a perfect time for a nap.
"Hi!"
A loud voice startled you out of your trance, causing you to flinch and bang your arm on the desk you were currently leaning against.
"Sorry to scare you my name is Chenle I'm sitting over there and I'm here on behalf of my friend who wants to know if you have a boyfriend"
He spoke all in one breath as he pointed to the other side of the room where a cute boy with mouse like features was making a conscious effort to look everywhere else but there. You couldn't help but laugh at the polar opposite friends.
"He's cute, tell him I don't have a boyfriend"
"SHES SINGLE JISUNG, ALL SYSTEMS GO!"
The boy yelled across the room, causing everyone to turn in your direction. You rested your hand on your forehead, but couldn't contain the laugh that followed.
Chenle is ✨embarrassing✨