Kris grabs Joonmyun by the wrist as he pulls the smaller male away from the crowded atmosphere. He pushes Joonmyun against the wall and kisses him harshly, both of them fighting for dominance. Kris can feel Joonmyun’s hands around the back of his head, deepening the kiss and leaving no amount of space between them. Joonmyun tastes like expensive alcohol and that’s enough to keep Kris addicted. Kris tugs down Joonmyun’s dress shirt as his hands starts to roam on the skin beneath it. He Joonmyun’s neck leaving small bite marks on the untainted area when he feels.… Rrrriiing! Rrringgg! Rrrriiing! Rrringgg!

Kris wakes up from the sound of his alarm clock and dang it, how can a stupid machine be such a block! Kris groans in frustration as he remembers his 8 am class. He has an hour to prepare for this day and he shrugs at the thought of teaching a new lesson today. He involuntarily forced himself out his bed to take a shower, reminding himself that he’ll see the beautiful male today so he needs to look extra handsome and dashing. He learns that his name is Joonmyun through the class record and personal information that he managed to find through Luhan’s files. It may sound staker-ish, but hell Kris doesn’t care.  Knowing your student is one of the responsibilities of being a teacher right? Right? He dismisses the thought of being creepy and smiles as he remembers his first encounter with Joonmyun; grinning widely after seeing him the next day in a most unconventional situation. His bestfriend, Luhan, made him an instant professor after bailing out his career for love. “You bastard! You didn’t even invite me to your wedding!” Kris scoffs as he received a call from Luhan telling him that he’ll get married to Oh Sehun in 10 minutes. “God bless that kid for marrying Luhan and carrying his child”. Kris thoughts and sighs as he wishes Luhan good luck. In less than a minute after Luhan’s call, Kris immediately received a call from the department’s dean, Mr. Lee, offering him Luhan’s position. Of course, Kris accepted it but on a condition that he will only teach for this semester and that the department would give back the position to Luhan as soon as he returns from his honeymoon. Those were his grounds before accepting Mr. Lee’s offer. Mr. Lee laughs and agrees, saying that he doesn’t have a choice but to indulge when two of his best students are bargaining to him.

Never in a million years did Kris imagine himself as a professor and that career leap did not certainly ring a bell in his bucket list. As much as he likes to choke his bestfriend to death for putting him in a compromising situation, he smiles and thanks Luhan’s spontaneity, admiring his bestfriend’s guts to drop everything for love. If not for Luhan then he wouldn’t have met that beautiful male again and to say that he was surprised when Kris saw him as one of his students was an understatement.  Right there and then Kris swore to himself that he’ll never let that beautiful male go and he will absolutely make sure to exhaust all means to make that beautiful male his. And now here he is reading his powerpoint presentation rapidly on his iPad while munching on a toast and chugging a cup of coffee at the same time. He brushes his teeth and glances quickly at the mirror before heading to his car and on the way to the university. “This will surely be a good day” Kris thoughts to himself.

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It’s already 7:57 am and Joonmyun walks briskly to his 8 am class when he feels his cellphone vibrate at the same time play SNSD’s I Got a Boy; a ringtone that he specifically assigned to one of his bestfriends, Baekhyun.

“Joon where are you? Kyungsoo and I are already here. Aren’t you excited to see Mr. Wu today?” Baekhyun teasingly says to him.

“Ssshh! Baekhyun! What are you talking about! I’m on my way you little derp.” Joonmyun shushes him hoping Baekhyun wasn’t loud enough for their other blockmates to hear.

Joonmyun told his friends about his encounter with Kris two months ago and both Kyungsoo and Baekhyun couldn’t get more excited for their little friend.

“So both of you met outside the Basilica while you were reading a book? Wow, I never thought that being a bookworm can get you laid.” Kyungsoo quips as Baekhyun laughs hysterically.

“Shut up. You met Jongin at ballet class and Baekhyun met Chanyeol on a cosplay event so both of you are no better than me. And for your information Mr. Wu is our teacher. There is a level of professionalism between a student and a teacher so sanitize your thoughts about him.” Joonmyun retaliates while blushing profusely.

“Touché. But don’t be such a hypocrite Kim Joonmyun. Don’t tell me you haven’t thought about Mr. Wu while  jack--- OMPHF! OWW!“ Joonmyun covers Baekhyun’s mouth, stopping his bestfriend from further embarrassing him. Kyungsoo was about to retort another comeback when Joonmyun throws a book that hits on Kyungsoo’s head. “Bullseye.” Joonmyun thought to himself as Kyungsoo massages his forehead.

Joonmyun smiles at the recollection as he reaches to room 514 for his neurology class. He spots Baekhyun and Kyungsoo and immediately sits at the chair that they reserved for him. Third row, midline just as he likes it.

Mr. Wu’s classes are always interesting. He discusses the lessons well while at the same time interjecting a lot of anecdotes from his experience. At the age of 27 he is the university’s hospital youngest neurologist. As what Joonmyun had heard from the rumors, Mr. Wu is one of the best neurologists together with their MIA teacher, Mr. Luhan. Both of them were meticulously trained by the dean, Mr. Lee who is one of the most experienced and best neurosurgeon in Seoul. Mr. Luhan is a part-time teacher in the university at the same time neurologist at the university hospital. Mr. Wu is a full time neurologist, well not until he substituted for their professor. Joonmyun couldn’t help but smile at the way life has intertwined their fates. Kris still haven’t made a move on him but by judging the subtle glances that their substitute professor sends to him, Joonmyun couldn’t help but smile and hope for a little more than infatuation from their professor. He also admires the professionalism that Kris has set on his career. He never made any advancement to Joonmyun during classes (well except on the first day when he was introduced as their substitute teacher, but that is forgivable). Joonmyun was lost to his own thoughts not even noticing that he is already falling for the handsome stranger who once badmouthed his favorite author.    He may not admit it but Joonmyun knows that he always looks forward to his 8 am classes.

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Kris was surprised when Mr. Lee called him to his office. He was starting to get worried since he doesn’t want to be late for his class. On his waty to the office, he reflects carefully about the things that he had done before concluding that he did not do anything that violated the teacher’s code of ethics. He even postponed wooing Kim Joonmyun given that the beautiful male is one of his students. As he opened the door of Mr. Lee’s office he was surprised to see his bestfriend Luhan sitting comfortably on one of the chairs in front of Mr. Lee’s desk.

“So I see that the devil is back.” Kris utters with a grin as he hugs his bestfriend who has gone missing for two months.

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The whole class was stunned to see Mr. Luhan enter room 514 instead of Mr. Wu. The fact that Mr. Luhan acted and continued their discussion as if he had not gone missing silenced the whole class. Joonmyun’s heart sank. So that’s it? No explanation? No warning? Of course what can he expect? Kris was just their substitute teacher. He was only there to fill Mr. Luhan’s spot. As much as Joonmyun tried to think rationally, he couldn’t help but wish that it was Mr. Wu discussing in front of them. He hates to admit it but he is starting to get comfortable to Kris’s gummy smiles, his subtle glances and his dorky attitude. How could fate be so cruel and cut their ties unexpectedly? It was by authors when they first met. By serendipity the next. Joonmyun thinks that he is about to crazy when an insight crosses his mind. “Bumping into love is by chance but falling and staying in love is by choice.” Joonmyun smiles as he now knows what to do. He plans on taking a leap of faith with a heart full of determination.

As soon as the class is dismissed Joonmyun hurriedly bids his friends goodbye saying that he needs to do something urgent. He plans to go to the university hospital to talk and confess to Kris but he thinks he needs an ample amount of luck beforehand hence deciding to go to the Basilica where they first met. He’ll just proceed to the hospital after. Just as he arrives to the Basilica he spots a familiar figure with a short jet black hair in a spiky updo. He is sitting on one of the benches outside the Basilica reading a book. Luck is really on your side Kim Joonmyun, he thinks as he approaches the man.

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Kris was peacefully reading a book that isn’t his when a familiar voice interrupts him.

“Oh, so you are reading James Patterson huh? I thought you think that his works are cliché? If I remembered it correctly you preferred Stephen King right?” Kris looks up to see Joonmyun smiling in front of him. Gosh why does he look like an angel when he smiles. Kris smiles back at him, lost for words as Joonmyun takes the initiative to sit beside him.

“My name is Joonmyun by the way. Kim Joonmyun to be exact. Let’s be friends.”  Joonmyun smiles again and offers his hand to Kris. Kris takes it and shakes it firmly. He still couldn’t believe the twist of events. Two months ago they were in the exact situation although it was him who initiated the conversation. The way Joonmyun reacted was far from what he had expected. Now here they are again except at this time Joonmyun is taking the lead. Joonmyun looks so calm and relaxed compared to him who is struggling for words to say. Kris mentally slaps himself for being awkward. Where the hell was the composed and confident Kris Wu that he usually is? This had indeed taken him by surprise.

“I was about to go to the hospital and talk to you but I figured out that I need a good amount of luck in order to pull it off. So here I am going back to where I first met you. I’m really quite lucky huh? No need for me to go to the hospital and talk to you.” Joonmyun starts as he looks at him. Kris just wanted to kiss the beautiful male right there and then but he needs to be careful with his actions now. He doesn’t want to scare Joonmyun for the second time. He certainly can’t afford to lose him again.

“Why do you want to talk to me?” Kris asks carefully. His heart beating erratically in his chest that he thinks it might explode.

“Well, I want to ask you if you’ll still be our professor.” Joonmyun answers in a beat.

“No. I don’t think that’s possible. Luhan is back for good. I will be working full-time in the hospital. Being a substitute professor was just a spur of the moment and I won’t be teaching again.” Kris responds honestly.

“Oh, that’s good.” Joonmyun smiles brightly and stands up. Kris can now feel his heart crashing into pieces. Did Joonmyun really despise him that much? He stands up and plans to walk away when Joonmyun pulls his arms so that both of them are face to face.

“That’s good because I think it would be weird to date your professor right?  And I like you too Kris. Two months ago you said that you like me; I’m not allowing you to take it back. Will you go out with me Mr. Kris Wu?” Joonmyun asks bluntly. Sincerity is evident in his eyes. Kris doesn’t know how to respond. He just grins widely and nods his head. Everything feels so overwhelming. He then kisses Joonmyun’s lips. Their first kiss was sweet and chaste, better than what Kris had imagined it. When both of them pulled out from the kiss, Joonmyun was the first to speak.

“So, when are you planning to return my favorite book?”

And it’s done! HAHAHA Thank you for reading this sweetheart! I must say that I really had fun in making the story. Till next time! J