Bzzzzzzt. Bzzzzzzzzt. Bzzzzzzzzt. She groaned, slapping her alarm clock in an attempt to shut it up before checking the time.

"I can have ten more minutes of sleep before putting on pants and going to this date... meeting...thing. Whatever." She rolled over, pulling the covers over her head and drifting back off into dreamland. "It doesn't even matter what I look like, anyways. If he doesn't like me when I'm in my natural form, then how the hell does he deserve me in my final form?" She managed to grumble out before completely falling asleep.

Bzzzzzzzt. Bzzzzzzzzt. Bzzzzt. Bzzzzzzz -- "Ugh fine, fine, I'll get up, jesus --" She finally sat up, pushing her alarm clock off her bed and glaring around her dorm room, only to have her frown push in deeper when she heard her roommate's voice.

"Don't you have a date in like, twenty minutes?" The darker skinned girl commented, throwing a pair of jeans at her as she stood up.

"Calm the down, Celeste, I'll make it." It wasn't that Celeste wasn't a nice or good roommate, she honestly could say that the two were friends -- but she rarely spent time at the dorm because she liked visiting her sister. 

Oh yeah, she was probably pissed because her sister ran the website and company that set her up on this date, and Celeste pulled a favor so she didn't have to pay the fee to get matched. (Jesus, she knew that Celeste's sister was one to match celebrities and , but for a college student... any money spent on not food seemed like a waste.) 


"I did you a favor, please don't waste it." Celeste sighed, watching her roommate struggle to put her pants on. 

"I'm not, I swear I just -- waking up is hard. Can't I just sleep forever?" 
 

"...That's called death, Jace." 

Jacey rolled her eyes, "True. But hey, I'm not wasting it -- look, I put on jeans!" She showcased the jeans on her legs, and Celeste clapped over-enthusiastically. 

"Now that's what I call effort!" The amused sarcasm didn't escape Jacey's radar, but she let it be -- it was the main way they both communicated. 

Jacey looked in the mirror as she did a once over with her toothbrush -- hey, teeth hygiene was still important. "I'm guessing Heaven's on a business trip, then? That's the only time you're ever here." 

"Ouch, your truth bomb was a direct hit," Celeste gagged as she sprawled out on the bed, "But yeah. She's in Australia for a couple weeks." 

Jacey raised an eyebrow as she rinsed out , spitting in the skink and wiping with her sleeve, "Wasn't she just in Manchester last month?"

"Yeah," Celeste sighed, shaking her head, "She needed to go an in-person interview with a soccer dude because he was terrified of flying." This was a common conversation between the two, honestly. Celeste had some really funny stories about Heaven's job, and Jacey just found herself interested in it. What was spoken in confidence (what they named their dorm room, because they're both just that cool) stayed in confidence. Soon enough, one thing led to another and suddenly she was matched. Weird.

"So she matched him up with someone in England, right? Otherwise the other person is pretty much screwed unless they moved --"

Celeste looked like she was holding in a laugh. Jacey raised an eyebrow. This must be a good one.

"Actually, she lives in Hawaii. And she's very lively, from what I heard."

"Oh my god," Jacey shook her head, "I can't decided whether your sister is a genius or truly the best scammer in the world."

"Guess you'll find out ~" Celeste teased, looking at the time. Jacey struck a pose for her, "So? How's this for a first date look?"

"...Brush your hair and put on deodrant and i'll literally be the happiest roommate ever?" Celeste offered, and Jacey sighed. She still picked up the brush and began tackling her hair.

Five minutes later, Jacey felt like she was officially ready to meet this guy. She grabbed her bag and was about to leave when Celeste made her wait. 

"If you tell me to put on a jacket I swear to god ---"

"No! It's raining --"

"Umbrellas are a hassle and a tool made by society to stop us from fully enjoying the rain our ancestors once danced in!!!" Jacey screeched, looking at the umbrella in Celeste's hands like it was a dead snake. But at least a dead snake would be kinda cool.

"Jacey." Celeste made direct eye contact with her, "Jacey. Please."

"Fiiiine but you have to cover dinner for tonight."

Celeste grinned and slapped the umbrella in her roommate's hand. "Sure! You still have the chicken and beer place on speed dial?" 

"If they weren't, send me to the hospital because I'm either dying or losing my mind. Probably both." Jacey shrugged, before yelling 'bye' once more and heading out, not even bothering to open the umbrella as she stepped outside.

This had to have been the worst day ever, according to Sehun. He had a date in less than half an hour and he was definitely not going to make it on time. Sehun sighed, he just wanted his hair to look nice for his date, and when he leaves it's already raining and he hasn't got an umbrella.

He could techincally go back into the store and ask a stylist for an umbrella... But that involved going back in and he doesn't want to make them think they did anything wrong... And then if he tells them he didn't bring an umbrella, it'll just be a burden because they looked pretty busy and to stop and try and find an umbrella he could borrow was just a hassle. Not to mention the fact that it could still be raining by the time the stylists got off and if he's using a personal umbrella they'd have to wait or get wet and risk a cold ---

It wasn't worth it, he huffed, carefully making sure his hair was still in tact as he looked out into the rain.

....But his hair.

So unfortunately, all Sehun could do was stand there under the covering of the salon, hoping that it'll let up enough for him to make a break for it with minimal damage to his hair.

"I should call to let her know --" He pulled out his phone, but yelping in surprise when he sees a hook of an umbrella is shoved into his line of sight. He looks over to see a petite young woman, already kind of wet, shoving her umbrella towards him.

"Here, take it. I don't like this tool of society anyways." She huffed, looking at the umbrella in disgust. He hurriedly put his phone away, chasing after the girl when he managed to get the umbrella up.

"Hey, hey wait!" He called, catching up to her easily and attempting to shield her from the rain. She looked up and a took an large step to the side back into the rain. Sehun frowned. 

"Let me take you to wherever you're going first before taking advantage of your generosity." 


She looked at him like he was crazy. "It's fine, I don't want to trouble you."

"But I insist." Sehun was sure he was blushing, "It'll be bad if you catch a cold." It looked like she was wrestling with herself for a minute before she finally sighed, stepping back under the umbrella.

"I hate being sick more than I hate society's tools, so fine." 

The walk to wherever the young woman was headed to was pretty silent, and Sehun couldn't help but think that this area seemed pretty familar...

"Hey, this is me." She jerked her thumb towards the Korean BBQ restuarant to their left. Sehun blinked. Oh.

"This is where I'm headed too." He mentioned, stepping into the restuarant and shaking off the umbrella before closing it and following her further in.

"Cool, works out then." She commented, looking around for someone, "I'll just fine my date... friend.... thing? I'm not sure what you'd call a person you get setup with."

And that's all the confirmation he needed to ensure that his theory was true. "Jacey Yien Wang?" He used her full name, just in case.

Jacey looked over with wide eyes. "Uuuuuuh yeah, that's me."

He smiled, "I'm Oh Sehun, it's nice to meet you."

"Oh !" Jacey grinned, "Awesome, then I guess it won't be as awkward then."

The date definitely lasted longer than Sehun had thoguht, because Jacey, despite being smaller, could really eat when she could. He couldn't help but be fascinated with Jacey and her mannerisms. She was different and really interesting in his mind.

The conversation topics were pretty natural for a first date -- how old are you, what are you doing, vague questions about family and hometowns as to avoid anything too deep, etc.

Jacey was currently 21, and Sehun was 23. The reason Jacey signed up for Heaven's service was to experience dating. Sehun was almost embarrassed to admit that he joined because he was too shy to really approach anyone he'd be interested in in real life.

Sehun was currently studying Chinese and Jacey was majoring in Human Relations. That opened a lot of questions and comments, much to his surprise.

", man," Jacey swallowed a mouthful of meat before checking on the staus of the current cooking meat, "You must be really smart then." She took a few pieces before looking up at him. He shook his head. He'd gotten full quite sometime ago, btu he didn't mind letting her eat until she was done. It was a date after all.

"Well, I...." Sehun cleared his throat, "I get help from my roommate, Tao. He's a Chinese exchange student, so..."

"Worked out for you, huh?" Jacey grinned as she stuffed another piece of meat into , "Maybe I'll meet them sometime. You might meet Celeste, she's my roommate at university."

"Is she foreign?" Well, Sehun had definitely meant to be smoother than that but that's how he asked it and there was no turnign back now.

"Well, kind of." Jacey tapped her chopsticks against the side of , "She's half Korean -- She's actually Heaven's sister." 

Wait. What? Sehun blinked, shaking his head, "Do you mean.... Heaven? Like Heaven Boo, CEO and Founder of Match Made From Heaven????"

Jacey seemed so unfazed and casual about the entire thing, he was sure that Heaven could've been an international idol and she'd still have the same attitude. "Yeah, she's pretty cool. Both of them, I mean. Celeste's usually with her since most of their family's back in Australia."

And so the conversation kept going. Jacey was the one who kept the words going, all inbetween (or with) mouthfuls of meat. And Sehun just went along with it. He answered anything that Jacey asked and would offer a question here and there to be a more active part. But Jacey seemed comfortable leading and Sehun was just as fine following.

Almost two hours had past when they finally left the restuarant, Sehun making sure to grab the umbrella and look around. The rain wasn't as bad, but he should still walk Jacey home.

"I had... a really good time... Could we...." Sehun gulped, he could totally do this, Jacey was comfortable, "Do it again?"

Jacey thought about it for a minute, lips pursed. "Yeah, sure. I'll let you pick the next place."

"Great!" Sehun hoped he wasn't coming across too eager, but judging by Jacey's face, he probably was, "I'll text you and we can figure out details from there?"

"Suuuuure, sounds good friendo. Byeeee!" She waved, running off into the street and up the next. Sehun waved goodbye, before realizing something when he looked down to check his shoes.

He still had the umbrella.
 

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