Second Place

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Description

Lee Hyukjae has always been second place to his family, friends and colleagues.

Reeling from a bad breakup and trying to start over, completely and utterly alone in a big city, he slowly finds himself falling for  the charming, kind and devastatingly handsome Lee Donghae, who takes an interest in him. But when Donghae's ex comes back, and Hyukjae learns they never really fell out of love, he starts to wonder if he is also second place for Donghae.

 

I guess this will be a song-fic? I will be using lyrics from Taylor Swift's 'Begin Again' from her RED (2012) album.

 

 

Hi readers! ~ Here with another fic. This will be a bit angsty and have a lot of insecure Hyukjae so please don't read if you don't like these themes ^^ 

Okay, that's all. xx

 

And the beautiful cover is done by the lovely Imynadth - thank you again, I am so grateful as I am terrible at editing photos myself ^^

Foreword

Take a deep breath in the mirror…

Hyukjae looked at his reflection and gazed sadly at his average face – monolids, a nose that at times seemed a bit too big for his face and a very scrawny figure. He splashed some water on his face to get rid of the tear streaks and wiped his face with the towel hanging nearby. He gulped as he grabbed his bags which were extremely light as he couldn’t bring many things.

“Hurry up,” the other said tonelessly from outside the bathroom.

Hyukjae took a deep breath, with one final glance at the mirror thinking 'It's okay. I'm still standing.'

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This may be random but if anyone gets a reply from Meloddee, please ignore it. My friend is just pulling my leg... -_-

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inmydresm
#1
Chapter 4: I come back to reread this fic all the time, but I never comment. I really love it so much, it’s one of my faves and you did such an amazing job writing this masterpiece.🩷
hyukkie_chin
1455 streak #2
Hyuk's IG update w hae watching football brought me here again 💙 hays the feels in this story ✨
Lavender05 #3
Has been my fave so I’m here again rereading this amazing fic 💎💙
sweetylailai #4
Chapter 4: Here again!!!!
flower__angels
#5
i come again in 2022 ! its so good that i dont mind reread again
yanHae15
136 streak #6
Whoa...i noticed I am back here during year ends. And look, here I am again 😅

Though this year is not so bad. I'm still quite high because SJ went here last week~ 🥰
hyukflavor
#7
Chapter 3: OH MY GID I COME HERE TO REREAD IT AND UT STILL WONDERFUL
rui_girl23 #8
Chapter 4: I super looooove the story. The angst, the emotions. Felt every bit of it, especially the pain Hyukjae was going through. Hyukjae’s personality is so like mine, perhaps more mature and understanding than I ever would be. I guess my biggest takeaway from this story is that I should find me a Donghae. I tend to bottle up a lot of things too and if my partner isn’t patient enough to dig deep, we will be a lot of misunderstandings. *nod nod* gonna find me a Donghae. Thanks authornim for this lovely, lovely story!
Lad7whisper
#9
Chapter 2: OMG. I'M FUMING.
I admire Hyukjae because he managed to bottle things up for a long time, I would have snapped way earlier. Eventually, I'm truly glad he managed to get it all out and -I love you, Donghae, don't look at my following words-, well YOU DONGHAE. My jaw DROPPED when he didn't reply to Hyukjae about still loving Kibum. The thing that bothers me more is the fact that meanwhile, this is fiction, you portrayed very well how people can actually be in real life. You might be developing genuine feelings, while still handling past wounds, and here come people that rightfully are going through some other stuff but end up hurting you more and having to deal with new injuries.
How could Donghae believe mentioning hi ex wasn't something important when he cared to ask about Hyukjae's ex?
Okay, I will just stop rambling, although I could go on forever and not in the best interest of Donghae-- will serve the last chapter for tomorrow, now I chose to stay mad at Donghae HAHAHAHA
See you!
Lad7whisper
#10
Chapter 1: Not a swiftie, but the premise for this story is very promising and so far I'm loving their dynamic! Can't wait to dive more into this story ^^