Fake It Till You Make It

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Description

In a thoughtless attempt to get his mother off his back, Hong Jisoo's first course of action was to lie to her. That involved bringing in his best friend, Yoon Jeonghan, who was more than willing to help. They've gone through everything together; now all they had to do was pretend they were in a healthy, loving relationship, and keep up the act long enough for his mother to feel contented. That wasn't so hard. After which, things will go back to normal, right?

 

Foreword

Words from the Author:

What am I doing writing another chaptered story while I still have a lot unfinished? Good question!
The answer to which is that none of my other stories are cooperating with me at the moment, but I still desperately wanted to just write something.
Jihan will always be the home I return to at the end of a weary day (Home.mp3 plays in the background) so here I am, giving in to my desperate want to write another Jihan fic with the idea of making it chaptered. I'm aiming to finish this one as soon as possible, which is what I always say, but I'm sticking with it this time.
The idea for this fic was born after I realized I haven't written anything that involved the fake relationship trope yet. I've also always been a er with best-friends-turned-lovers type of stories, and doing that for Jihan just felt like the way to go. Roughly inspired by pretty much every other fake relationship fanfic out there.

 

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Story Information: 

The story is set in an alternate universe where they're not idols, but that's pretty much the only difference. 
Basics of how they look is blonde!Jeonghan and brunette!Jisoo. Other Seventeen members who make an eventual appearance will be described as the story goes. I have yet to figure out a seamless way for all thirteen to appear, so for now I can only say that Seungcheol, Junhui, and Minghao play bigger roles than the rest. Real names used, always, with Jisoo also going by Joshua. Purely because I am in love with the way Jeonghan says Shua. 
Current chapter count, tentatively, is around 12 chapters. There's a very minor side pairing (Junhao), but not enough to play a visible role in the story.
So yup, main focus is really just on Jihan! I love them so much.

 

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Graphics actually made by myself this time! Yay!
I'll probably get another one made once I finish everything.

 



Cross-posted on AO3 / Archive of Our Own : here
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Jihanmapanakit123 #1
Chapter 8: It is good, keep up the good work! Hwaiting! <3
shuhannie #2
ahhhh jihan stop making me cry so much ;;;;
princessswan #3
Chapter 8: JIHAN = actual soulmates. I am so in loveee with them, but also they way you portray them here is crazy good!
Ugh I need them together, Shua pls stop being so dense & hurting Jeonghan. I love this story so much, excited for more! <3
XiaoYuNan
#4
Chapter 8: My heart breaks a little for jeonghan. I hope jisoo wakes up lol
Jihan_Ren
#5
Chapter 8: I just hope this will be updated. 🥺
Evelyn-Everdeen
#6
Chapter 8: It's so interesting (though somehow not surprising to me ^^') that Jisoo also caught feelings for Jeonghan at some point. But I feel so bad for them that they're both currently suffering! How much more helpful it would be for them to just talk openly... But I fully understand why they don't.
I also feel very sorry for Jisoo that Jeonghan is generally a good actor - too good even for his own good ^^' I hope Junhui will be right, in the end, and that Jeonghan and Jisoo will talk this out rather sooner than later.

Thank you so much for this update! It brightened my day to see this story pop up in the updated section here on AFF :D
Ghad20
31 streak #7
the poster is MOOOOOD
fani437
#8
Chapter 6: Damn, Jeonghan caught feelings and finally realized yassss ^-^
Now, I hope Jisoo isn't TOO dense to realize and do something about it.
I AM HOOKED on this story :D
TheGreatLucioLee #9
Chapter 6: Oh my god i love this story so much!! i cant wait for the next update :)
Evelyn-Everdeen
#10
Chapter 6: Poor Jeonghan for getting his very (love-)drunk heart a little broken! But I'm hoping for a happy ending for him nevertheless.
I love all the details you put in here, all the things that Jeonghan suddenly notices and how he feels so very different about them than usually does. But I also love some of the phrases you put in here like 'endearingly stupid' and 'didn't smell like a night of mistakes'. They just make it all so much more real and vivid, I love it! Also, the Frozen reference is awesome!
I'm looking forward to future updates!