Requested by anon
Flashback
“But Umma,” you whined as you tried to form fake tears.
“When I said no, it means a no,” she snapped back with a stern voice .
“Umma..”
“We won’t talk about this anymore..” she said and left the room.
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You remembered the conversation you’d had your mother as a tear rolled down your cheek. You never cried. Your friends told you, you had a heart made out of stone. They were right. Ever since your father left you didn’t feel any emotions. You wanted to show the world that you were strong but tonight you missed your eomeoni. It had been a week since you ran away from home just so you could attend Seoul Academy. Everything about it was great. The food was good, the living conditions were okay and best of all they had an amazing badminton program- the reason you went there. The only problem was that it was an ‘All Boys’ academy.
Ever since you were little you’d always been mistaken for a boy because of the way you kept your hair and the kind of cloths you wore. Your mother always nagged you about it but you used it in your favor. You were happy that you were here but you still missed her.
“Get up and get ready!” your roommate Shin, threw a shirt at you. He hated you. You’d made set rules. You didn’t want him changing, eating or lying naked in the room. He didn’t quite understand but he knew for sure that something was up.
You glared at him as you left the room. You were lost in your own thoughts when you bumped into someone.
“Ai, Mianhe,” he apologized holding your arms tightly. You looked up at him and for the first time you felt butterflies in your stomach. You didn’t realize that you’d been staring at him.
“Yo Key!” you roommate called out the guy’s name from behind.
“Hey man! Where have you been?” Key replied walking up to him
You shook your head and continued walking.
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“Are you nervous?” You jumped at the sudden voice from behind you. It was him again. The guy from earlier that morning. You tried to recall his name.
“Aneyo,” you shoved your hands between your legs nervously.
He gave you a brief smile and got up for his turn.
“Hey coach!” he shook hands with the man standing across the badminton court.
You watched each and every move that he made. His hands moved swiftly in sync with his waist moving from side to side. A smile broke on your face and your head tilted sideways. You had no idea how silly you looked.
“It’s your turn!” Key waved his hand in your face.
“Huh? Ohh,” you shook your head. You were embarrassed. You scolded yourself for being so stupid. There was no way you were going to blow your cover and get kicked out of the school.
You couldn’t focus on the game because you knew he was watching you.
“You need a lot of practice,” the coach patted your back as practice finished. You closed your eyes and cursed yourself.
“It’s okay, don’t be upset.” He smiled at you.
“Gomawo,” you bowed and began to pack your stuff. It had been a week and this is the image you had created for yourself. You sighed and walked back to your dorm room.
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“Let’s chill out in your room,” Key asked your roommate.
“My room?” he laughed. “You haven’t seen my roommate. He’s so weird! He doesn’t let me do anything. I can’t change in the room. I can’t sleep naked in the room, like I don’t even know what his deal is. “
Key burst out laughing. “You know he might be …” he trailed off with a cheeky smile on his face.
Shin understood what he meant and both burst out laughing.
“Yeah maybe he doesn’t want to make you feel uncomfortable that’s why he wouldn’t come out straight up,” Key suggested.
hin frowned and rolled his eyes.
“Whatever, I just hate him.”
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You had no idea how obnoxious guys could be. You secretly wished Key would be in one of your classes but he wasn’t. He was an upper classmen and since he was such a good athlete, he barely went to any of his classes.
“Are you going to the party?” Shin asked you.
“No,” you replied without bothering to look up.
Somebody knocked on the door. Shin opened it.
“Hey come one man, let’s go!” Key said poking his head inside. You tried to ignore him.
“Yeah I’m coming,” Shin replied.
“Hey ________, don’t you wanna come?” Key asked you. You tried to act casual.
“Aaa, I’m not in the mood.”
“Oh come on, it’ll be fun,” Key said now walking towards you. He had a big smile on his face as if he was up to something. You gave him a strange look and went back to playing star craft.
“Seriously dude..” he insisted.
You thought for a while and finally got up. There was no harm in going, after all you were getting to spend more time with him.
“That’s my namja.” He slapped your back. It hurt but all you could do was smile even though you wanted to punch him.
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You had never in your life been to a party with so many guys. In fact you had never been to a party in your life. All of this was new to you.
“So are you having fun?” Key came up besides you. You didn’t quite understand why he was giving you so much attention. He wasn’t like this two weeks ago.
“Ye,” you replied and looked away. His smile made you uncomfortable.
“Why are the girls here?” you suddenly turned around and threw a question at him.
“Girls? He chuckled. “We don’t see girls all year round. Don’t you think we deserve at least this,” he said and winked at you.
You rolled your eyes and looked away.
“You know you don’t seem like a guy..” Key began saying. Your heart sank. “I mean you don’t seem like the other guys here.“
“What do you mean?” you snapped back.
“You don’t seem interested in any of the girls here,” he smirked.
You scratched your head as your eyes wandered from here to there. You didn’t know what to say.
“You know what that’s alright..” he said looking at you. You looked at him with questioning eyes. “Let me slip in a secret to you,” he said and pulled you towards him.
“I like someone here,” he said.
You were disappointed but you couldn’t show it.
“Who?” you said with a meek voice.
He pointed towards a cute girl standing next to a guy in the corner. She was pretty and girly. You couldn’t even compare yourself to her. Tears were forming in your eyes but you fought them back.
“She’s pretty,” you remarked.
“She?” he gave you a look. “I meant him,” he said pointing to the guy next to him.
“What?” you gasped. You couldn’t believe it. He nodded and winked. Your eyes were still, wide open with surprise. Key messed your hair and left.
One guy, one guy that you ever like in your life and he turns out to be gay. You were so surprised that you began to laugh at your fate.
“Wow,” you said to yourself and shook your head.
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You had tried to avoid eye contact with Key ever since the night at the party. Every time he’d see you, he’d pass one of his sexy smiles at you. He made you feel uncomfortable. At practices you made sure you wouldn’t go anywhere near him. You tried to keep as much distance as possible.
You were taking a shower at your usual time – 5 am- one morning when someone walked into the bathroom. The only reason you chose this time was because none of the guys got up that early but you were surprised today. You were panicking as you put on the shirt on your wet body. Water was dripping from your hair as you sneaked out but someone’s hand caught you. You turned around and of course- it was Key. He was almost naked with only a towel wrapped around his waist.
You were horrified. “What are you doing here?” you asked him.
He didn’t respond but pulled you closer to him. You couldn’t quite understand what he was doing. He carefully placed his hands on your waist. You could feel his warm breath on your face. It felt good yet awkward at the same time. You tried to create distance between you and him by placing your arms on his chest.
“Don’t pull away from me,” he said shaking his head. You looked away.
“I’ve started liking you ______,” he said moving the short strands of hair from your face.
“What?” you gasped. You liked him too but he was gay. You couldn’t spend the rest of your life with him pretending that you were a guy.
“Key hyung let me go,” you struggled but he maintained his strong grip.
“Please,” you whimpered.
He shook his head.
“I am not gay, I’m a girl” you yelled and used all your force to pull him away.
Instead of glaring at you Key began laughing. You were confused. Why was he laughing, it didn’t make any sense. He should have been devastated.
“What?” you shouted again.
“Shhhhh,” Key advanced towards you once again.
“I’m not gay,” he chuckled.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, I knew that you were a girl all along. I was pretending to be gay to freak you out.” He began laughing again.
“You knew all along?”
“Yeah, ever since I saw your sports bar in your bag at practice and then Shin told me the weird stuff you make him do so I figured it out,” he shrugged his shoulders.
You were embarrassed but more than that you were scared. He was going to tell the administration and you were going to get kicked out. You felt your hands getting numb. You had really screwed up this time.
“Please don’t tell anybody?” you got on your knees and begged.
He looked at you with a cocky smile on his voice. He wanted to have more fun and annoy you but the tears forming your in eyes changed his mind.
“Relax, I won’t tell anyone,” he sighed.
“Really?” you raised your eyebrows in surprise.
“Ye,” he replied.
“Gomawo hyung.. Oh I mean Oppa,” you corrected yourself. The two of you awkwardly stood in silence before you finally decided to leave. Once again Key held your wrist.
“What now?” you asked turning around.
He pulled you towards him. “I didn’t lie about what I said I liked you..” he said and looked away and then looked back at you. You couldn’t have imagined yourself in the arms of a hot, naked man. He was confessing his feelings for you. Your heart fluttered and your face blushed a hot pink. You shyly looked away.
“Don’t leave..” he said and leaned in giving you a peck on the cheek.
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abgGHLighlghlsg! Yeah so I didn’t finish watching “to the beautiful you” [however many episodes that have aired] so if this isn’t what you were thinking in your head.. Im really sorry! ENJOY! <3