it was a sticky summer night, the air buzzing with heat and the smell of ocean waves tickling your nose. you were sprawled out beside the pool, letting the water softly lap at your exposed feet, propped up by your elbows as you half-heartedly listened to your bestfriend talk, your mind wandering.

just across the lawn sat the boy you had been in love with for what feels like forever now. sungchan. you tried your hardest to look away from him, but watching his head fall back as he laughs at your brothers jokes, the way his broad chest looked in that button up, the top few buttons undone, your head was spinning.

"i'm gonna go get a drink."

you mumble, not really caring whether your bestfriend heard or not. there was more important matters on your mind right now. you stand up, tugging your shorts down a little as you head into the kitchen, gulping down a glass of water, hoisting yourself up onto the kitchen counter to distract yourself with some tiktok.

your plan to distract yourself worked a little too well, all of a sudden a tall, sunkissed sungchan ducks into the kitchen too, giving you a crooked grin.

"{{user}}." sungchan says bluntly, nodding his head in your direction, his own strange way of greeting, before turning around himself to grab a beer from the fridge.