writetomyheart | [Team Five] Be The One Tonight Pt 2

chanyeol leaves the party for some air and gets kim jongin instead. inspired by One Direction's Perfect. Continuation of this.

onyu, go go go!

“Good luck with that, asshole!” The words drifted across the lawn, not quite loud, not quite soft. Then the football buffs were tossing their crumpled cans into the bin by the kitchen door and shuffling back into the house, probably in search of more beer.

"It's too loud in there." Kim Jongin's voice wasn't as deep as his own but it had a rich, husky quality to it that made Chanyeol feel things. Way too many things.

"Yeah, I um. . .don't do too well with noise," he more or less mumbled, eyes focused on his black Nikes because that was less terrifying than trying to make eye contact with his crush whom he'd never expected to actually ever have a conversation with. Why was it so hard to breathe?

"I figured," Jongin chuckled, "since you're out here all alone when the party is inside." Chanyeol felt like Jongin's eyes might be on him but he couldn't know for sure because all he could see was his Nikes and the paved floor of the gazebo.

"I don't do well with parties either, I guess." And people, Chanyeol didn't say.

"What's your name?" The words were quiet but they were enough to make Chanyeol look up from the ground. Kim Jongin close up was even more beautiful than Kim Jongin from a distance and it was so surreal that they were sitting right next to each other and that he had somehow not lost his ability to form sentences. Basic ones, anyway.

"Chanyeol. My name is Chanyeol."

It wasn't easy to make out in the dim light but Jongin was definitely smiling at him. "Hello, Chanyeol. I'm Jongin."

"I. . .know who you are." Chanyeol tried to catch the words and keep them in but they fell out his mouth anyway. Kim Jongin's eyebrows lifted in what looked like genuine surprise and mild confusion.

"You know my name? Are we in any classes together? I'm sure I never saw you before tonight."

"No, we're not in any classes together. I've just. . .heard about you. From Baekhyun," he finished lamely.

"I'm scared to ask what he said." Jongin watched him curiously.

"It wasn't anything bad, don't worry. Ahhh, I shouldn’t have said anything,” Chanyeol dragged a hand through his hair nervously. “I’m sorry I’m just not real good with people.”

“That’s not true. You just seem a little. . .shy?” Jongin was smiling again and a wave of warmth washed over Chanyeol.

"The adjective you're looking for is awkward," Chanyeol corrected him with a self-deprecating laugh.

"I like shy better." Jongin's smile widened, moonlight glinting off his piercings. And all of a sudden, for reasons he couldn't explain, the tension left Chanyeol's shoulders.

"No, really, I am about as awkward as awkward can get."

"Well I like it. Whatever it is--shy or awkward.”

“Okay.” The tips of his ears felt hot and Chanyeol hoped his face wasn’t red too because that would be so fucking embarrassing.

“You know you have a dimple right here?” Jongin’s fingertip stopped just short of touching Chanyeol’s left cheek. Before he could stop himself, Chanyeol’s eyes closed. His skin was alive, like there were butterfly wings beating beneath his skin right where Jongin was touching-not-touching him.

Jongin let his finger drop and the butterfly wings beat a little longer before vanishing. “Chanyeol? You okay,” Jongin asked.

All things considered, Chanyeol was about as far from okay as it was possible to be but all he did was open his eyes and nod. Desperate to move attention away from his dumb dimple, Chanyeol asked Jongin why he’d come out here when the party was inside.

“I saw you, you know? I saw you as you were leaving and you just looked like someone interesting to talk to. So I followed you out here and here I am.”

“Well, you’ve discovered for yourself how interesting I’m not so you can go back in if you want.”

Jongin frowned. “Don’t.”

“Don’t? Don’t what?”

“Don’t keep putting yourself down. I find you interesting and I really like that dimple in your cheek but okay, that really has nothing to do with this. Let me try again. So anyway, I came out here because I wanted to talk to you and I still want to talk to you. But also. . .Chanyeol, I really, really want to touch that dimple. But I won't because we just met and that would be rude. But just. . .just know that I really, really want to get to know you.” Jongin sounded almost embarrassed but at the same time, he sounded sincere. Chanyeol didn’t know what to do because he’d never met anyone like Jongin and he didn’t know how to cope with someone like Jongin paying someone like him any attention. Like why would someone as cool as Jongin want to have anything to do with a geek like him?

He wanted to ask why Jongin wanted to talk to him. He wanted to ask why he wanted to touch his dimple. To be fucking honest, Chanyeol wanted to ask Jongin a lot of things. But in the end, all he said was I don’t understand.

[Team Five] Be The One Tonight Pt 2

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