Formula of Love CH. 17 - the performance (written)
you loved yunjin but god did you wish that you were just back in your room right now, on your bed, reading some kind of book.
you’re trying to briefly study before watching the performance, but you just can’t seem to focus.
it’s not that you didn’t want to support yunjin, no! again you loved yunjin so much you wouldn’t miss her first ever performance. it’s just why of all people did lee donghyuck have to be there too?
you’ve been getting along with him but this scene feels so unfamiliar, you can’t help but think there’s so many things you didn’t get to find out about him.
you’ve been feeling weird for the past few days, he of course has not lost his charm and honestly? its scary. as much as you want to be his friend, you can’t forget the shared experience you had together. yes, it was only a couple of weeks, a few phone calls and text conversations that lasted way late into the night. but the fact that he wormed his way into your heart super fast…weird. and well just when you thought you’d taken care of your only distraction, here he comes into your life again doing what he does best…distracting you.
“taeyong i refuse to believe you do NOT have ANY croissants in there! you make them everyday don’t you?”
you look up from your laptop hearing a familiar voice, you see choi beomgyu seething in front of lee taeyong (the cafe manager).
“beomgyu for the last time, i did NOT make any today. please help yourself to any other pastries we have here.” you feel bad for taeyong, choi beomgyu angry is not a pretty sight. you decide to get up and handle the situation.
“beomgyu please leave taeyong alone” you grab his arm to try and pull him away.
“Y/N NO come on taeyong i’m a paying customer let me have some croissants please please please please” you feel embarrassed, everyone is STARING.
“here” all of a sudden a plate of croissants lands in front of beomgyu’s face.
“THANK YOU RANDOM STRAN-” beomgyu suddenly gasps and you look to see who gave the croissants.
“OH NOT RANDOM STRANGER MY BAD”
it’s donghyuck…with a plate full of croissants.
beomgyu takes the entire plate from donghyuck and runs to sit at your table.
“woah” donghyuck stands there wide eyed. i guess there goes his croissants.
you turn to donghyuck “how did you get croissants? i thought taeyong didn’t make any today?”
“taeyong let’s me help out from time to time, i saved some to snack on cause he said he wouldn’t be displaying it today but..”
“oh! holy shit im so sorry about him wait let me go get the plate back-“ you try to fast walk your way to beomgyu before he eats all the croissants when donghyuck grabs your wrist to stop you.
“nono its okay, i can have them anytime. you and your friend enjoy some while watching the perfomance okay?” you look down at where he holds your wrist, he follows your line of sight and he suddenly lets go and stretches his arm to scratch his neck “i should go with the rest of the group and warm up, thanks for coming today y/n i hope you enjoy the show” he smiles at you and begins to walk away.
“y/n seriously if you don’t want him i’ll take him” you glare at beomgyu from across the table.
“you. are. embarrassing.”
“y/n he OFFERED why wouldn’t i take it?”
“normal people would only take one if someone offered them food, you took the WHOLE plate! do you have no shame?” you stare at him. beomgyu has already finished 3/5 croissants on the plate.
“y/n. you already know i’m far from normal. are you really questioning this? why would he put the entire plate in front of my face like that if he didn’t want me to take the whole thing?”
“you are unbelievable.” you try to grab a croissant but he slaps your hand away. greedy asshole.
“how on earth did you get croissants??” hanbin finally shows up alongside giselle after picking up the flowers you ordered for yunjin.
“y/n’s boyfriend gave me some- OW” you flick his forehead.
“donghyuck? he gave you croissants?”
“yes he did! he gave me an entire plate. i know why y/n likes him so much now”
before you could argue, the lights dim and soft guitar sounds start to play.
donghyuck’s voice resonates throughout the entire place.
wow. you are completely in awe…how has he never mentioned that he can sing?
i guess you should’ve known, he was always humming during calls, or more recently he keeps humming in the clinic.
you’re completely mesmerized by his honey voice that you don’t even realize their performance is over until you hear beomgyu’s loud ass clapping beside you.
you hear mark say thank you to the audience before the group exits the stage and yunjin comes to your table. you hug her congratulating her on her first performance. beomgyu even gives her his last croissant.
as your group falls into conversation you feel a tap on your shoulder and you turn around and see donghyuck standing there smiling at you.
“hey! good job on stage today you were amazing!”
“oh thanks! it’s really nothing” you notice his cheeks start to turn red.
“nothing?!?! donghyuck i’m pretty sure the entire audience was in awe of your voice. if i had a voice like that i honestly would not shut up” he smiles at your compliment.
“in awe…of my voice” he smirks. you can tell he’s teasing you but two can play at that game.
his smirk suddenly goes away, a shocked look on his face. he was NOT expecting you to play along…i mean you never did.
“what? it’s true, you’re amazing hyuck. you should be proud of yourself!”
“thanks y/n, that really means a lot” donghyuck can feel his heart beating. god, you make him crazy….
suddenly he hears jaemin loudly calling out his name in the middle of the cafe breaking the moment between you two.
“oof that sounds like its important. i should go, my friends want to get some food. again, you did great today hyuck! see you around?”
“yeah of course! i’ll see you”
he can’t even focus on his steps and trips on a chair on the way to his friends.
“oh my god are you okay???” you yell out to him.
“i’m fine i’m fine! have a good rest of your day y/n!” he quickly waves at you before speed walking away to his friends
“have a good day?? its 9pm at night lee donghyuck jesus.” he’s silently cursing jaemin in his head, this is all because of na jaemin’s loud ass voice calling him out like a dog in the cafe.
“yikes that was a mess.” speak of the devil.
“why were you yelling my name in a cafe full of people?!”
“because i’m hungry??? the guys insisted on waiting on you but your ass was taking so long! you took like 10 minutes only for you to embarrass yourself!”
“that loud ass noise was you falling no?”
before he can strangle jaemin, mark quickly butts in.
“alright alright break it up! lets go! aren’t you guys hungry?”
during dinner, haechan is silent. he tries to focus on his friends’ conversations but honestly? despite chenle’s yelling and mark’s consistent rambling, he can’t even hear any of it. the only thing on his mind right now, is you.
note: another written chapter!! rlly love flustered and down bad haechan but i also rlly love him teasing 😭 but he’s not gonna know what hit him once y/n gets confident enough to fire back 🤭🤭
