Side glances are thrown towards your hands that keep bumping each other, and you can't help but wonder if he's doing it on purpose. Surely, he isn't, you think, because he's more of the type to do it without any hesitation.

So maybe this is all in your head.

Except probably not, because his hand keeps touching yours one too many times for it to be a mistake. (Your heart clenches at the thought of you being a mistake to him.) 

You don't know whether to man the up and just interlock your fingers together or pretend you have no idea what's going on. You peek at the man standing next to you, wondering if he's aware of what he's doing.

He's not, if the blank look on his face is any indication.

Damn this tease, even though he probably doesn't know he's a tease, because you're probably the only one hyper aware that your hands keep touching, and damn, you feel like you're going to go crazy if his fingers brush against your knuckles again.

Wait just a diddly darn minute.

You can move slightly to the right so you aren't so close to him anymore. Yeah, that works out great! Plus, he probably won't even notice because he's not even noticing the subtle (yet not-so-subtle) hand touches (regretfully).

You slowly move your footsteps to the right, leaving distance between your hands, and you're starting to miss the touch.

That is, until he reaches for your hand and laces your fingers together.

Then you don't miss it anymore because this is so much better than shy touches that probably didn't mean anything to him but meant everything to you, but since he grabbed your hand, that obviously meant he cared, right? Right?

"Jeez, can't even pick up a hint when I want you to hold my hand," he jokes, or at least you hope he's joking and that he's not poking fun at your inability to pick up a hint, even though you totally picked it up. "Making me do all the work, huh?"

And then he sends you one of those smiles that remind you of why you fell in love with him.

Oh.

Your name is Do Kyungsoo and you're in love with a boy who's going to teach you all the right words.

heyo! this is my entry for the writing contest that is hosted by exocontests! as such, this is a free write, so no prompts are used. o u o, please enjoy, what! is the title dumb, it's dumb isn't it.