Youngjae POV

Youngjae hurried towards Himchan's classroom, frantically trying to see where he was going behind his blonde fringe that was obscuring his vision. He knew that his face was already flushed, and that he probably looked ridiculous, but at the moment, he didn't really care. All he wanted to get was help from his best friend. 

"Kim Himchan!" Youngjae burst into classroom 2A to find his best friend engaged in a hot eye-makeout session with Jongup. Normally, Youngjae would have left Himchan alone in situations like this, but Youngjae was too riled up by a certain Jung Daehyun to care too much. All Youngjae wanted right now was for Himchan to help him impress the Busan boy. 

Youngjae cleared his throat and sat himself down on Himchan's desk, right in the middle of Jongup and Himchan's heated gazes.

Himchan sighed and looked up, while Jongup flushed pink when he realized Youngjae had seen them.

"Ya. Jae-baby, can't you see I'm a bit busy?" Youngjae stubbornly refused to leave, and only when Himchan decided to look up at the blonde's face did he notice that Youngjae was bothered by something.

"What's wrong?" Himchan asked worriedly.

Youngjae quickly spilled everything that just happened to Himchan, blushing at certain parts but still talking animatedly. By the end of Youngjae's story, Himchan was snickering and grinning like an idiot. Of course Himchan was proud that Youngjae got a project partner all on his own, but he was chuckling at the fact that Youngjae had absolutely no idea why he wanted to impress this Jung kid so much. Youngjae huffed, annoyed that his friend was laughing at his distress.

"Kim Himchan!" Youngjae turned to look at Jongup for help, but Jongup too was chuckling.

Himchan slung his arm around an irritated Youngjae. "You could always...y'know..." Himchan leaned in closer and lowered his voice so both Jongup and Youngjae had to lean in to hear him. "Put on a pair of cat ears and wiggle your hips a little bit. That would certainly get him to like you." Himchan wiggled his perfect eyebrows, his smirk running from ear to ear. Jongup choked on air, still grinning, while Youngjae turned a dark shade of red and sputtered.

"KIM HIMCHAN." He tried to swat his best friend, but Himchan knew Youngjae too well and danced out of the way, chanting

"It would work~" in a lilting voice.

His voice hoarse from coughing, Jongup cleared his throat and suggested that Youngjae should consider dressing up. "It's like a date, right? You want to impress him on your first date."

Himchan was gleefully guffawing now, bent over in laughter. Youngjae turned cherry tomato red.

"It's not like that! We're going to work on a project! I don't want to impress him like that!" The blonde was not only miffed that Himchan wasn't taking his worries seriously, but Jongup had totally misread the situation. I'm going to kill both of you! Blend you two into coffee! 

He glowered as his two friends took a hint and sat down, clearing their throats. Jongup looked slightly confused.

"Then why are you impressing him?"

Himchan ignored Jongup and looked at Youngjae seriously. "Jae. You should seriously consider dressing up though."

Youngjae was confused. "Why?"

His black haired friend pulled at Jongup's arm. "Just because. Plus, we'll give you tips about composing if you dress up. Deal?" He then raised the pitch of his voice and did a falsetto that was supposedly an imitation of Youngjae's. "Yes, Himchannie~ I love you~ see you later~♥" 

Youngjae sighed in defeat and grumbled as he walked out. He really wanted those pointers. Besides, I'm only doing this for my singing to get better. Definitely not because of my partner.

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[At the Coffee Shop]

I am going to kill Himchan later. Youngjae furiously stalked out of their shared dorm and headed towards the coffee shop where he had planned to meet Daehyun. After an hour of fussing, Himchan finally forced Youngjae into a gray sweater, gray pants, and a beanie. He had also fiddled with Youngjae's hair to make it look nicer.

Ping.

Test Message From: Channie♥

JaeJae~ I love you, keke. Kill that boy today! Wool-Knit sweater Yoo, fighting! ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

-Channie♥

Angrily, Youngjae texted back.

Text Message From: Jae

(◣_◢)t Die.

-Jae

Immediately, Youngjae's cell phone rang again.

Ping.

Test Message from: Channie♥

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ （^人^）I've sent you a pair of smiling s! Good luck, pabo!♥

-Channie♥

Youngjae couldn't help but giggle a bit despite his anger, and he slid his phone back into his pocket when he walked into the shop. He looked up at the clock and noticed that he was fifteen minutes early. Agh, I don't know why I'm so nervous! Daehyun shouldn't be here yet, it's so earl-

Youngjae blinked in surprise. Daehyun was there, sitting at a table alone. He had changed out of his uniform as well, so he was dressed in a white collared shirt with black pants, which only brought out his handsome features more. Youngjae unintentionally made a noise in the back of his throat that could be described as something like HNNNNGGGG.

The blonde nervously approached his partner, who was oblivious at the moment. The other vocalist was currently shoving cheesecake in his mouth, making his cheeks puff up, and was humming something along the lines of 'a cheesecake world is my world'. Youngjae couldn't help but giggle at Daehyun's adorable expression of pure bliss. He leaned in and poked those puffy cheeks. Daehyun jumped and looked up in surprise, his eyes instantly crinkling into his usual smile while he swallowed what cheesecake he had in his mouth. Then, his lips pulled into a pout as he watched Youngjae sit down.

"What'd you do that for?" Right after he spoke, he shoveled cheesecake into his mouth, making his cheeks puffy once more.

Youngjae giggled again. "Jung. Are you a chipmunk? Are you storing cheesecake in those cheeks of yours?" He leaned in to poke the other cheek and Daehyun indignantly moved back, unable to speak due to the large amount of cheesecake in his mouth.

"Mmfshwshdphnhphnn!" His brown eyes widened when this only made Youngjae laugh, hands pressing against his mouth as he tried to smother his ridiculous giggles. 

As soon as Daehyun swallowed, he made a pun something along the lines of "YOO are so mean to me", to which Youngjae snickered and raised his eyebrows incredulously.

"Gimme some cheescake, Junggie?" Youngjae pulled his mouth into a cute pout, his cheeks puffing up. Normally, he'd only act this way around Himchan and his friends, but something about Daehyun made him forget his awkwardness and let him be himself. Daehyun grinned, mischief dancing across his eyes. He scooped up some of his cheesecake and made a plane noise.

"Aigoo~ VVrrrrroooommmmm~ Yoo-baby, say 'aahhhhh~'"

Youngjae opened his mouth, but Daehyun gleefully turned the fork around and shoved it into his own mouth.

"Yah!"

Youngjae tried to make a grab for the fork, but ended up losing his balance and leaning too close to Daehyun's cheesecake scented face. Daehyun's eyes went wide. Youngjae could see his own reflection in them. Youngjae shivered slightly when he felt Daehyun's breath ghosting across his lips. 

"Say 'ah~'" Daehyun said, his eyes flickering with mischief but with something else as well. Youngjae, while trying to decipher what the other emotion in the other's eyes was, unthinkingly opened his lips, and Daehyun silently slid a piece of cheesecake into the blonde's waiting mouth. Youngjae giggled, and Daehyun's eyes followed Youngjae's lips as the blonde chewed. Youngjae swallowed, feeling fairly self-concious. Now this would be a good time to ki-

Suddenly, Daehyun's fingers were on his cheeks, pinching them. Youngjae made a whining noise, his eyes immediately watering.

"Ya! Jung Daehyun! Remme goh!" Youngjae struggled as Daehyun laughed with delight, his smile going from ear to ear and lighting up his whole face.

"You are the cutest Yoo in the world," he declared, and Youngjae didn't know whether he felt happy or miffed at that statement. He pinched Daehyun's nose until Daehyun unwillingly let go of his cheeks. Trying to be angry, Youngjae sat back down and rubbed his swollen cheeks. He didn't notice that Daehyun was watching him out the corner of his eye, chuckling to himself. However, as aburptly as their conversation started, an silence fell on to the two of them and they sat there awkwardly until Daehyun decided to talk about their project with his mouth full.

"Whthshnggshwdwewrttfrrprjcth?" Youngjae had to cover his mouth to prevent him from laughing at Daehyun's attempt at conversation. Daehyun shot him a mock-pout, quickly swallowed his cheesecake, and started to speak again. "What songs should we write for the project? We need two. Ah, but I don't want to do classical music. Most of the composers look like they need to take a crap but their wigs are too heavy and they're all too fat." 

Youngjae pretended to be shocked, and quickly scrambled for any classical knowledge that he had to impress Daehyun with his mental capabilities. "How rude! My favorite song is the Moonlight Sonata. It's written by Bach!" At this, Daehyun immediately spat out his water and snorted.

"Ya, pabo. Moonlight Sonata was written by Beethoven, YOO idiot," he said, snickering.

Youngjae turned blushed bright red. "I knew that! I was just...TESTING YOU HEY STOP LAUGHING."

Daehyun tried to stiffle his snickers, but the snorts coming from the brown haird boy completely gave him away. Youngjae wanted to melt down into the ground and get absorbed into the soil. Daehyun grinned.

"Hey, if you ever feel stupid, just remember that in 1788, the Austrian Army attacked itself and had over ten thousand casualties."

"Yah! I'm not that stupid! Come here, you punk!" Youngjae raged, red-faced, and started trying to swat Daehyun repeatedly, the elder always managing to dance out of the way while staying seated and shoving the remainder of his cheesecake slice into his mouth. 

With a lot of giggling, Youngjae and Daehyun finally settled on writing two songs about the theme of 'love' in a major scale. Daehyun mentioned that Youngjae would look good if he dressed up as Bach. Youngjae quickly looked up Bach's portrait on his phone, saw Bach in all his glory, immediately sputtered, and tried to whack Daehyun again. Unfortunately, Daehyun was cackling gleefully, and this made Youngjae giggle as well, unable to help himself.

"Oh? Isn't that Daehyun? Daehyuunniieee~!" Sunhwa's voice cut across the happy atmosphere and flitted to where the two of them were sitting. Youngjae noticed that Jieun and Yongguk followed her. Jieun spotted Youngjae and waved shyly, while Yongguk uttered a small "hey there" and smiled. Youngjae, his awkwardness coming back, nodded and smiled slightly as well.

Sunhwa cast a downward glance at Youngjae, and then decidedly ignored him. She turned to Daehyun. "What're you doing here with...him?" Well, hello to you, too.

Daehyun immediately grinned and stood up to meet his friends. "Yoo here..." He pulled Youngjae close and easily slung his arm over the blonde's shoulder. "..Is my project partner. We were actually doing homework." He smiled proudly, as if to say he never did his homework (which was true). Jieun looked surprised, and Yongguk raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything. Sunhwa, however, could keep shut.

"What?! Daehyun! You said you'd be my partner!" Sunhwa whined and grabbed on to Daehyun's other arm.

Daehyun looked confused. "Did I? I didn't even know about the project until this morning?" 

Yongguk sighed. "Sun, he didn't say anything to you. Let Daehyun chose his own partner." Daehyun scratched his head, and grinned as he lightly tilted Sunhwa's face up.

"Sorry Sunnie~ Yoo here is a really good singer~ I'll make it up to YOO~."

At this, Youngjae let out a snort, and Sunhwa shot him a dirty look.

"Really?" She wrinkled her nose, looking at Youngjae as if she was inspecting him. "He certainly doesn't look the part. He looks...average. Even below average, I'd say." She tossed her bright orange hair over her shoulder. "His friends are weird, too." WOW, Youngjae thought. I'M RIGHT HERE. 

Youngjae flushed red with embarrassment nevertheless, because he knew he was too fat, too short, and too ugly to be compared with Daehyun anyways. His mouth failed him again, and when he opened his mouth, nothing came out.

Suddenly, Daehyun slid his hand into Youngjae's and gave it a squeeze. Sunhwa, oblivious, didn't notice and continued to down talk him. From the contact with Daehyun, Youngjae suddenly got a boost of confidence. Taking a deep breath, he narrowed his eyes and shot back.

"Oh my god. Sunhwa! What's that on your face?" Sunhwa immediately reached up and Youngjae added, "Oh wait, it's just your nose." Jieun giggled and coughed it out when Sunhwa glared at her, while the boys just openly laughed. Sunhwa, however, wasn't finished. Youngjae could see that by retorting back at her, he had only infuriated her more. She narrowed her eyes.

"Oh yeah? Well, at least I'm not a fatty." 

Youngjae immediately felt like she had punched him in the gut. Sure, he knew that he was chubby, but still he-

Daehyun's Busan accented voice immediately cut through his thoughts. His voice had lowered, sounding a little threatening. "Sunnie. Youngjae is fine just the way he is. That's enough." He gripped Youngjae's hand and stepped in front of him protectively, as if his broad shoulders could shield Youngjae from her comments. Sunhwa glared at Daehyun, immediately stalked out. Jieun quickly patted Youngjae on the back, her big eyes wordlessly apologizing for Sunhwa. She then hugged Daehyun lightly, patted Yongguk on the arm, and followed Sunhwa out of the coffee shop. 

Suddenly Daehyun made a whining noise, and with a jolt, Youngjae noticed he had Daehyun trapped in his death grip again. He quickly let go of the boy's hand, blushing, and Daehyun noticed his actions and just playfully ruffled his hair.

"Sorry. Sunhwa's a little..." Daehyun struggled for a word.

Yongguk quickly helped his friend out. "A ?" 

Daehyun considered the word for a moment and then nodded, satisfied. Youngjae just shook his head. Youngjae wondered why whenver he held Daehyun's hand, all his self-confidence always came back. 

After that, Daehyun, Youngjae, and Yongguk all sat down and drank some more coffee, (Daehyun shoveling his cheesecake), and they spent the afternoon just talking and laughing. Youngjae decided that he liked Yongguk, but he really liked Daehyun. Whenever Daehyun mentioned him, he felt like he could snuggle up next to Daehyun and tackle him to the ground on the spot. Oh god, I'm going insane!

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[Later that night, walking to the Dorms]

Youngjae silently walked side by side with Daehyun as the older boy babbled away and talked non-stop, waving his hands back and forth as he talked at Youngjae. Yongguk had seen the way Youngjae acted around his friend, glanced at Youngjae knowingly, (Youngjae felt like Yongguk knew something about him he didn't know), and had made an excuse that he had to go buy something and left those two alone. When they finally reached Youngjae's door, Daehyun suddenly turned around, running his hand through his hair. He cleared his throat.

"Sodoyouwanttosharenumberswithmecausewe'repartn-"

Youngjae giggled and whispered a "shut up, Jung" before reaching into his pants pocket and pulled out his phone, suddenly nervous. Daehyun laughed quietly and handed his sleek phone over to Youngjae. The blonde, however was faced with the dilemma on what he should name himself in Daehyun's contacts list. Yoo Youngjae? Naw, too formal. What about...JaeJae? Youngjae flushed at the thought, and for once he was glad that it was dark outside so Daehyun couldn't really see his face. He ultimately decided to just name himself 'Yoo'. As soon as he hit save, however, he giggled.

"What?" Daehyun looked at him questioningly. Youngjae snickered.

"Jung. You have your mother saved under ''Dearest Mummy♥" as your number one contact?" Daehyun suddenly blushed, a light pink appearing over his tanned skin.

"Sh-shut up, Yoo," he grumbled, and he handed back Youngjae's phone. Youngjae looked down at his phone, and his eyes literally popped out of his sockets. In his contacts list, Daehyun had listed his name as 'My Dae♥♥'. Youngjae pouted.

"That's it," he declared. Daehyun looked at him questioningly. "You have been declared forever Jung. I'm never calling you by your first name. Never!" He crossed his arms, trying not to laugh. "You ruined your chances!" 

"What?! No, Yoo! Wait!" Daehyun whined, his lips pouting as he tried to get Youngjae to change his mind. "You're so mean to me!"

Youngjae huffed, and Daehyun continued on complaining about Youngjae's attitude. "I only was joking! 'Cause I'm your partner right?", Daehyun babbled. Youngjae suddenly shyly placed his hand on Daehyun's lips, like he had done earlier today, and makes a soft shushing noise. However, this time, Daehyun's eyes glint with mischief, and he keeps on talking against Youngjae's soft finger. 

"Ya." Youngjae whispered softly.

"-and you always just call me Jung! But Jung is such an annoying name! Why don't you-" Daehyun was grinning now.

"Jung."

"-just call me by my normal name. Daehyun isn't so hard to say right? Not like-"

"Jung!"

"Yongguk or like Minseok. It's just 'Daehyun'! I'm deserving of you saying my name properly-"

"Daehyunnie." Youngjae whined softly.

At the mention of his name, Daehyun suddenly shut up, and a silence fell around the two. Youngjae was painfully aware that his finger was still pressed up against Daehyun's soft lips, and that the older boy's brown eyes were trained on his own. He felt his knees grow weak. Silently, Daehyun stepped one step closer to Youngjae. The blonde immediately stepped back, until he felt that his back was pressed against the cold of his dorm door. Daehyun kept on stepping closer until Youngjae was practically pressed up against him, his heart beating like crazy, and his breath hitching. 

"Youngjae." Daehyun whispered. Their breath mingled. Youngjae whimpered. Holy crap, he's really close-

Himchan opened the door suddenly.

"Ya! Yoo Youngjae! You've been standing outside for more than five minutes! Are you going to-OH." Youngjae silently cursed Himchan and almost fell backwards. Daehyun quickly moved to catch the blonde, and the Youngjae straightened up, blushing crimson. When Youngjae looked up, Himchan had the widest smirk on his face. Damn you.

"Hey there, Daehyun! Nice to see you outside of class!' Himchan quipped, still smirking from ear to ear. Daehyun grinned. "Himchan."

They turned to Youngjae, who was still beet red, both grinning like idiots. Youngjae silently swore that he was going to throttle both of them when Jieun's voice broke him out of his haze. 

"Daehyun?" Jieun walked over to where they were standing. She then noticed Youngjae and Himchan and smiled and bowed. Himchan greeted her happily, and Youngjae uttered a small 'hey'. Daehyun smiled. "Jieun! How's Sunhwa?"

Jieun laughed. "She'll live. But Gguk is looking for you." Daehyun's eyes widened slightly. "Ah, really? Guess I should be going then." 

Just as Daehyun turned to leave, he turned slightly back and cocked his head slightly, revealing a boyish grin. "See you tomorrow, Yoo," he said softly before pinching Youngjae's cheek one final time. Youngjae tried to make an indignant noise, but it came out more as a whimper instead. Daehyun laughed quietly and turned around again, this time actually walking away. Knowing Himchan was going to pester him, he quickly hurried into the dorm, went into his room, and locked the door.

Ping.

Youngjae immediately wondered if it was from Daehyun and quickly slipped his phone out of his pocket. When he saw that it was from Himchan, he immediately sighed and opened the text message. He sat on his bed and read it while scowling and blushing furiously. "I'm not in love with him," Youngjae muttered. However, that statement sounded flimsy even to himself.

Text Message: From Channie♥

OMG U & UR LOVER BOY R SO CWUTE! ლ(⌒-⌒ლ)

PLS TELL ME UR DATING.₍₍ ᕕ(´◓⌓◔)ᕗ⁾⁾

I EXPECT FULL REPORT 2MARO, K?(ʘ෴̴͜ʘ)

-Channie♥

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This chapter was so long! Nothing really happened, too. (gahgahgah) I worked for 3 hours, keke. I haven't proofread yet, but as a reader myself, I know how annoying no content posted is! (ﾉಥДಥ)ﾉ So, here it is. Please excuse any errors. I'll correct them later. ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡I was going to make this chapter longer, but then I realized ithis was the longest chapter yet. So, I've cut what I have planned for Chapter 4 in half, so half of Chapter 4 is Chapter 5! (which is still in progress.) If you commented, I've replied on the Forward page! I love you guys. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

As usual, comments and critiques are wanted! ✌(◕‿-)✌

Also, heh, more DaeJae! There is a HimUp chapter coming up (not next, I think), but I do have one planned! (◡ ‿ ◡ ✿) 

Youngjae and Daehyun's outfit is from Coffee Shop. Literally, it's from the MV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VzuX88Dc_g&feature=kp

Sunhwa's hair is like this: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/han-sunhwa/images/34470621/title/sunhwa-3-photo

Here's a picture, just for kicks♥

Guys, thanks for reading!