Chapter 4

Notidol!WOOHYUN

To say he’s surprised by the kiss is an understatement. Woohyun’s not sure how they got from barely strangers to talking, and then now, this. The other Woohyun (idol Woohyun) puts just the slightest pressure against his lips, and Woohyun feels his eyelids slowly flutter close. But then they immediately fly open again, because –

“What are you doing?”

Idol Woohyun holds his hands up, like he didn’t do anything, and Woohyun narrows his eyes at him.

“Dude, you didn’t protest so…” idol Woohyun mumbles, and Woohyun raises an eyebrow. Like sure, he’s the one who (accidentally) said he’ll date himself, but this isn’t what he meant. He wanted someone who could understand him, someone he’s familiar with and can read well, and to be honest, kissing and other stuff weren’t even on his mind when he had said that statement that caused him all this trouble to begin with. He glares at idol Woohyun, who’s giving him puppy eyes, and wonders if the guy’s more ually frustrated than he thought if he’s willing to kiss another version of himself so easily (unless idol Woohyun doesn’t believe Woohyun at all, but that doesn’t seem to be the case, Woohyun thinks). He remembers Sunggyu-hyung telling him a lot about idols and their many restrictions and rules so he supposes the ual frustration is to be expected but still –

“Isn’t it weird?” Woohyun drags out the last word, hesitant to touch his lips. He kind of wants to rub it off – the saliva and what feels like chapstick or lip balm from idol Woohyun’s lips – but he doesn’t want the other to get the wrong idea. Especially not now, when he’s pretty sure idol Woohyun is ually frustrated and all.

Idol Woohyun blinks slowly, like he’s thinking over what to reply, and Woohyun looks away a little when he sees the other’s tongue peek out slightly as he his lips while concentrating. Great, what am I doing? Why am I noticing that?

After a while, idol Woohyun clears his throat, then grins cheekily like he hadn’t just been giving puppy eyes earlier. “Well… don’t tell me you’ve never at least thought about it. You know, what it’ll be like to kiss yourself. And also, weren’t you the one who wanted to date yourself?”

Woohyun definitely doesn’t blush (nope, he doesn’t!), but his hands reach up to cover his warm cheeks anyway. “Yah! What the heck is going on in your head?”

After things settle down a little, with idol Woohyun promising he won’t do anything like that again (“Not unless you want me to~” which only earned him a smack from Woohyun), Woohyun takes in what the other just agreed to. Idol Woohyun had basically said he’ll help him, which means he might have a chance to go back to his own world, but he needs to be clear on what “help” constitutes exactly.

“Eh,” idol Woohyun runs his hand through his hair, “You said you need to date yourself right? So what do you usually do on your dates?”

Woohyun thinks about the dates he’s been on, the ones he always have with his boyfriend, and tries to ignore the aching in his heart at the thought of him (I’ll be back with you, soon, I hope). “Eat a meal, watch a movie, walk at a park at night, something like that, I guess? Though not all of them at once.”

Idol Woohyun looks at him funnily, like he doesn’t quite believe what he’s hearing, and Woohyun’s about to defend himself (not everyone can afford fancy dates okay!) when the guy says, “That’s nice. I wish I can do that.”

Woohyun blinks. “What do you mean? You can’t do that?”

“No,” idol Woohyun sighs, although he covers it up with a smile. “Idols can’t get into scandals so any dating, if we even have time to do that after our insane schedules, is done in secret. Spending an hour or two in either party’s house is probably the extent of it.”

Oh. That sounds terrible, Woohyun considers, but he doesn’t think the other needs his sympathy. He probably hears it enough from other people. Still, it raises a question he’s been wondering. “If you can’t do that, how am I supposed to date you?”

Idol Woohyun raises an eyebrow at him, grinning, and Woohyun is about to say, “Not that. Stop thinking about , seriously.” when he answers, “Would this count as a date?”

“Hmm?” Woohyun pauses. “I guess? I mean, technically we just talked, mostly. But hey, we’re at a park. That c