It Started with Hello

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Donghae's shy and in love. He's been pining for a certain someone for over a year and even though they've never actually exchanged words before, Donghae's sure that he's absolutely and hopelessly in love with him. Thank goodness for the internet. 

Foreword

Donghae and Siwon were on their way out of Donghae's office when Siwon caught sight of Hyukjae across the room leaving his cubicle, already grinning and waving towards Leeteuk and Shindong who was waiting for him by the door of their office floor.

"Hey, Hae. Look," he nudged Donghae's side and motioned with his head to look across the room. "I bet they're going out drinking. Should we join them?"

Donghae took all of one second to glance towards Hyukjae's way before his heart thumped and immediately turned his head down and hid his face away to not show the way his cheeks flushed at the mere sight of the other.  

"Shut up." Donghae mumbled under his breathe as he double-triple checked that his office door was closed. "He might hear you, stupid."

Siwon rolled his eyes at Donghae and adjusted his hold on his shoulder strap. "It's been a year, Donghae. Don't you think it's time to do something about this crush of yours?"

"Sssh!" Donghae shushed frantically and looked over to where he last saw Hyukjae before releasing a sigh of relief when he no longer found him there. Once he got over his relief, he glared at Siwon and punched his shoulders. "Are you trying to get me caught?"

"Yes." Siwon answered without hesitating. "For goodness sake, Donghae, the man doesn't even know you exist and you literally have been working on the same project for three months!"

Donghae scowled and walked a little ahead of Siwon. "It's not a big deal. It's just a crush."

"A crush doesn't last this long." Siwon argued and stood right next to Donghae as they both waited for the elevator. "You're practically a stalker at this point."

"I am not!" Donghae yelled indignant. 

"You follow all his social media accounts under a pen name and stare at him whenever he's not looking. You have three projects you're in charge of but still volunteered to help assist with his first pet project like you're superman."

Donghae pouted to himself and tried not to let Siwon's words get to him too much. "It's not a big deal." He mumbled then tried to get away from the conversation by walking inside the elevator as soon as it opened. 

"I wouldn't say anything if you were actually using your time with him wisely." Siwon shook his head at Donghae helplessly and leaned his shoulders against the side of the elevator while giving him a very disappointed look. "I mean, side edits? Courtesy email check-ins? You might as well be a faceless AI to him."

Donghae huffed then groaned at Siwon's lecture. "It's not that easy!"

"Why not?"

"Because!" Donghae yelled then quickly deflated with concealed frustration. "He's just so...sooo," Donghae exaggerated wiith no context before continuing on to something else, "...and I'm just-..just-...you know?"

Siwon raised a curious brow at what Donghae said because no, he doesn't know what he was talking about. Donghae saw the look Siwon was giving him and cursed under his breath. 

"Aish! Yah! I'll-...I'll figure it out, okay?!"

Siwon rolled his eyes at him and shook his head disappointedly. "Whatever. You can die alone without getting married for all I care."

Donghae jutted his lower lip at Siwon's words but didn't say anything on the subject anymore. It wasn't like he hasn't tried to approach Hyukjae on several occasions. He tried walking up to him but everytime he got close enough to hear his voice, his heart would just immediately jumpstart itself and his instincts to run away overshadows his desire to actually hear more of the other's voice. He thought by offering a hand with his community project, he'd get to have more interaction with him but turns out, as the senior member of the group, he would also have to take care of the other members that Hyukjae had gathered with him. 

Suffice to say, adding that to his already full workload, Donghae was not able to spare much alone time with Hyukjae like he thought he would. 

"Are we still on for drinks?" Siwon asked Donghae when they reached the lobby. 

"Yeah." Donghae answered and just as he was about to walk off to the exit, he found Hyukjae in front of  him, on the floor cursing and picking up his belongings on the floor. His eyes widened in shock and instead of helping him, he just remained standing still like a statue watching him. Siwon noticed and rolled his eyes at Donghae. Seriously. How is he still denying that his feelings were more than a crush?

Siwon picked up the pen that rolled to his feet and assisted Hyukjae, Leeteuk, and Shindong with picking up the rest of Hyukjae's items off the floor. 

"Oh! Thank you!" Hyukjae took the pen from Siwon and shoved it inside his bag. Hyukjae's bag was now being held by both hands looking lumpy and stuffed with the way he just aimlessly kept stuffing his belongings in. The strap he was holding on earlier was torn at the seam and it was obvious from his disheveled look just how clumsy things got. Hyukjae was the first one to notice standing a few feet away from him, his body still and frozen in place as his brain scanned his vocabulary skills trying to find the right words to say. 

"Donghae sunbaenim!" Hyukjae greeted and carefully placed his bag on the floor before getting up and bowing to the other at a full 90-degree. Hearing his name come out of Hyukjae's lips sent Donghae's sensory into overdrive and gulped still not quite able to form the words he wanted to say to the other. He knows he should greet him back but his stupid brain just wouldn't say the word he wanted to say!

Siwon wanted to laugh if Donghae didn't look so intimidating right now with his frozen look and stoic expression. When he saw Hyukjae look a little uneasy at Donghae's unresponsiveness, he decided to help his friend out at least a little. 

"Ahh...Hyukjae, right?" Siwon called to shift the other's attention to him.

Hyukjae slowly turned his head to Siwon and  smiled his gummy smile before bowing to him as well. "Hello, my name is Lee Hyukjae."

"Nice to meet you." Siwon bowed slightly and glanced at Donghae for him to jump in. Hyukjae saw the look he gave Donghae and was a little confused as to what it meant. He slowly shifted his attention back to Donghae and missed the way Leeteuk and Shindong both sniggered behind him. 

Donghae's mind was now on full alert. Hyukjae's eyes were staring right at him and Siwon was giving him a look that said it was now or never. Swallowing down the lump he felt in his throat, Donghe opened his mouth to say something. He wasn't really sure if it was the right thing to say but he supposed it was better than nothing.

"H-Hey..."

Or...maybe nothing was better. 

Hyukjae sweatdropped a little uncomfortably and let out a very small light chuckle. "He-Hello." 

Leeteuk and Shindong couldn't help themselves anymore and burst out laughing. Hyukjae's eyes widened and quickly turned to them to shush them before apologizing to both Siwon and Donghae for his friends. He quickly gathered his things off the floor before and did another quick bow before leaving and stomping his feet to his friends where they were still laughing quite loudly. Siwon also couldn't help sport his own side-smirk of amusement at what Donghae just did. Once Hyukjae was long gone and out of sight, he turned to Donghae and very amusingly asked, "Hey?'"

Donghae blinked then groaned very loudly while facepalming himself. He buried his face in his hands and wanted nothing more than to hide inside his shell and never show himself to Hyukjae ever again. 

"I need a drink."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


A/N: I kinda wrote this for TeukAngelRin since he's been down but I hope this story cheers other people up as well ^_^

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Sorry for the delay in updates. Life has been crazy and all of a sudden, I realized tomorrow's not a guarantee xD I really want to finish my fics before then ^^;

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hyukflavor
#1
Chapter 5: I read this in one go! And I must say that I love this fic so so much!!!! I love how Donghae being so flirty and composed but then looking all shy just because his crush in front of him. I love this so much, and I love how Hyukjae then take the initiative to take a move on their date. I love to see more of this but thank hou so much for sharing this story with us. Their love story really adorable
oliviachan99 #2
Chapter 5: This is so fun!!!!
oliviachan99 #3
Chapter 1: Wowww....so cuteeee
crescentbunni
#4
Chapter 5: Ahh this is so cute! The juxtaposition between flirty online Donghae and shy reality Donghae is so funny. Hyukjae is so coy in the push and pull game but bravo to him making the actual first step into their relationship even though Donghae confessed first haha.
iykwimimi
#5
Chapter 5: WHAT????? Nothing more???? 😭😭😭😭
iykwimimi
#6
Chapter 2: Kyaaaaaaaaahhhhh my insides are flipping from the flirting!! It’s so cute and adorable I’m gonna pass out 😭😭😭😭
Kethryveris
#7
Chapter 5: Oh, je cherchais la suite. En tout cas c'était adorable. Merci
Aidenlee_24 #8
Chapter 5: Omo! Its kinda cliffhanger. 🙃 I want moreee 🙃

but then Thank youuu! 💙
eunnahaela
#9
Chapter 5: It's the end??? I would love to see Donghae suffers more. 😈😈😈 I mean, I would love to see Hyukjae and Donghae's interaction without Donghae being weird. Lol. I love this. It makes me feel giddy and fluffy and happy seeing their conversation. 🤭🤭🤭
Lunamun
#10
Chapter 1: Ahhhh!! What a convenient way to confess, Donghae!!
He is lucky that Hyukjae likes him back too! If not, what an embarrassing experience for both of them...
I hope that everything will go smoothly for them from now on!
Thank you very much for this great story!!