JOAH (leaving me breathless)

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JOAH (leaving me breathless)
kris/fem!junmyeon /bff!krisyeol, fem!kyungsoo - pg 13
there is this girl who yifan can't take his eyes off
written for this prompt at exopromptmeme


“Chanyeol, doesn’t she look perfect today?” Yifan says breathlessly as he caught sight of Junmyeon who is sitting on the bleachers.

Her long hair is tied up in a ponytail, and the white blouse, plaid skirt combination accentuates her pale skin. There is a wide smile plastered on her face as she listens in to her friend’s conversation while thumbing through the pages of her novel.

“That’s what you say every day.” Chanyeol replies breathlessly as he tries to reply while running. “We are lagging behind, better run faster if you do not want coach to nag again today, captain.”

Yifan lets out a soft sigh before picking up his speed to regain the lead that rest have gained on him while he was busy staring at Junmyeon. The coach had already been nagging at him for being distracted for the past few days; he can’t allow it to happen again today, not even with Junmyeon distracting him.

The coach is extremely harsh with his drills today, and Yifan has never been this grateful for a break. The rest of the team sprawls on the side of the court, not bothering to move an inch to quench their thirst, choosing to give their tired muscles a break instead. Chanyeol being the overly-energetic member offers to move the water container over, and in the process appoints Yifan as his helper.

“Park Chanyeol, why did you have to drag me into this?” Yifan complains. On a normal day, he will have no problem carrying a 5-liter water container by himself. But today, his arms feel like mush after training, and his back throbs with every step that he takes.

“You’re the captain, and besides look up.” Chanyeol says as he tightens his grip on the handle of the container.

What Yifan sees after he looks up is definitely something that he didn’t expects. His goddess Junmyeon is staring at him and Chanyeol, and he happens to catch her eye when he raises his head. The female quickly averts her eyes when she is caught staring, and a light blush spreads across her cheeks as she pretends to be in a conversation with her friends.

“See, I created this opportunity for you.” Chanyeol asks for credit when Yifan is still in a daze by the time they reach the court. The rest of the team cheers when they see the water, and quickly takes the load of the two volunteers. It is only then that Yifan regain his senses, and snaps back to reality.

“Did you see her eyes?” He exclaims, “It is like not completely black, and they are in a I-don’t-know what shape, but then it is so pretty.”

“Yes, I know. I’ve been hearing that for the last three months. Get a grip on yourself.”

Yifan first met Junmyeon in a barbeque shop three months ago. On that fateful day, the basketball team just won their first match of the year, and their coach decides to treat them as a reward. He is strategically seated next to the coach, and there is practically nothing he needs to do throughout the whole dinner as the rest of the team piles food onto his plate automatically.

Yifan is about to put the grilled pork into his mouth when a jingle by the door catches his attention. A few girls wearing their school uniform enters the restaurant, and proceeds to sit at the table opposite of theirs. Yifan recognizes a few familiar faces in the group, some of them having been placed in the same project group as him when they were in their first year, but it is one of the unfamiliar ones that catches his eye.

The girl has shoulder length hair, and her cheeks are slightly flushed. Her skin is free from any blemishes that plague all growing teenagers, and is pale in the prettiest way ever. Her eyes crinkle slightly as she smiles at whatever her friends are saying, and pink lips frame her teeth perfectly.

“Stop staring. You are starting to look like a creep.” Chanyeol nudges him from his right, and it is then when he realizes that the rest of the team is waiting for his reply and he has no idea what has been asked. Chanyeol quickly steps in to save him from embarrassment, and the entire team laughs at his reply, successfully taking the attention off Yifan.

“What’s her name?” Yifan whispers to his best friend when everyone is busy eating.

“The one in the middle?” Yifan nods quickly. “Kim Junmyeon. She is within top 10 for our year, you should have heard of her before.”

He shakes his head, and turns to see Junmyeon pushing her hair back as she drinks from her cup, and Yifan thinks that he fell in love.

The rest of the days pass in a blur with the intense basketball practice, and Yifan barely has enough time to study for his end-of-term exams. It is no coincidence that his grades are abysmal when his form teacher hands out the results slip but what comes as a surprise is his impending termination from the team if he does not show any improvements in the upcoming retest the following week. Their school has always spared no effort in training the basketball team, and with Yifan being the best player in the team, he has never expected to get kicked out.

“It is your final year, and the teachers and your coach agree that it is more important for you to focus on studying if you cannot balance both.” His form teacher informs him.

“What should I do?” Yifan whines, laying his head on the cafeteria’s table.

“Well, maybe you should start studying a little.” Chanyeol informs him nonchalantly, not worried at the prospect of losing his captain.

“How am I supposed to study for everything in two weeks? I can’t even remember what was taught yesterday.”

“Well, I’m quite good at Math, so I can help you out with that.” Chanyeol winks prompting Yifan to gag on the spot. “And, we can work on the - Hey wait, Kyungsoo!” He calls out to a friend of his.

Yifan raises his head from the table, curious about the identity of Chanyeol’s friend. He definitely didn’t expect his heart to start beating so furiously.

Kyungsoo turns out to be a petite girl with huge eyes, and linking hands with Kyungsoo is his long-term crush Junmyeon.

“Hello,” Kyungsoo greets cautiously as they near the table.

“Hey, can I ask you for a favor. You are number one in our year right? Mind tutoring my captain for two weeks so that he doesn’t get kicked off the team?” Chanyeol quickly explains ignoring the glares and kicks that Yifan has been sending him.

The petite girl gives a loud sigh, “I should have known that nothing good will come out of talking to you.” Yifan turns to stare at the girl feeling slightly offended. “What do I get out of this?”

“Well, anything you want.” Chanyeol answers easily, “Our captain will buy you whatever you want.”

A slightly sinister look flashes in those innocent eyes momentarily before Kyungsoo readily agrees.

“I’m not good with Literature though,” she mumbles looking contemplative for a second before pushing her friend next to her, “Junmyeon can help with that.”

Chanyeol laughs loudly at the final arrangement while Yifan groans inwardly before plastering on the most sincere smile he can muster.

They are scheduled to meet in the library after class, and Yifan cannot pay attention to all the remaining classes he has that day (to his and his teachers’ dismay). He continuously shifts in his seat, and bolts out of the room as soon as class is dismissed for the day. The library is empty with most of the students taking their time to pack their bag before moving off, and Yifan quickly walks to his favorite spot and take out his books.

He is flipping through his History textbook without absorbing a single word when the trio arrives.

“Why did you choose such a secluded corner?” Chanyeol complains. “We have to walk through the whole library just to find you.”

“Maintaining your image?” Kyungsoo teases. “The captain of a basketball team shouldn’t be seen in a library right?”

Yifan chooses not to answer and instead gestures awkwardly at the empty seats signaling them to sit down.

Kyungsoo and Chanyeol start working him immediately and get him to list out all the topics he is weak at before starting their revision proper. His eyes threaten to stray and look at the girl right in front of him as he makes the list, but by reflex, he will always look down before he manage to get a proper glimpse.

Kyungsoo is definitely a slave driver with the way she circles out all the relevant problems in the textbook and instructs Yifan to start working on them immediately after taking a look at the list. Yifan will have appreciated a little of explanation before diving into the sums, but Kyungsoo simply threw him a book and orders him to read it before going back to her own revision.

The book turns out to be a mini life-saver as Yifan breezes through most of the questions that he cannot even understand prior to this session. He has somewhat understood several concepts, and whenever he runs into problem while solving the sums, he just needs to refer to the notes in the book for enlightenment.

Time passes incredibly fast when he is concentrating, and it is not till his stomach growls that he realizes they had been sitting in the library for four hours. It is slightly past eight, and he is getting too hungry to concentrate. Chanyeol shares the same sentiment, and suggests continuing the revision on another day.

“Keep it. I don’t need it now.” Kyungsoo says as Yifan passes her the book. “You will be able to pass if you read through everything I wrote inside.”

Yifan nods, before mumbling a small thank you in her direction. He takes his time to pack his bag, trying to avoid eye contact with Junmyeon.

“Bye, Chanyeol. Bye, Yifan.” Junmyeon says and Yifan snaps his head up in time to catch an encouraging smile on her face before she is dragged away by Kyungsoo.

It is the first time he has ever heard Junmyeon’s voice, and he can’t help but marvel at how her soft voice matches her demeanor. He lets himself stare as a form of reward as the duo walks off, and he notices another thing about Junmyeon that he falls in love with. The way her hair swishes, and the light bounce in her steps is simply perfection.

The next scheduled study session is at Yifan’s house on a Saturday morning since everyone is busy with their extra-curricular for the remaining week. By now, winter has started unleashing its claws, and he can feel the air getting progressively colder as he makes his way to the train station. He is sure that he is early, but his crush is standing there dressed in a white dress with a dark gray coat when he arrives. His heart stops for a moment when she pushes some stray fringe away and rubs her hands together to generate heat, before returning at full speed, thumping harshly against his ribcage.

The urge to run away is too strong as his mind continuously flashes all the scenario of what can go wrong when he spends time alone with Junmyeon. However, before he can turn around and leave, Junmyeon sees him and gives him a little wave. His erratic heartbeat is a bit too loud for his liking as he walks closer to the girl of his dream, and the muscles on his face do a funny twitch as he tries to keep a straight face.

“Hello,” Junmyeon greets cheerfully as he approaches, “you’re early.”

“Y-yeah,” Yifan stammers, “I happen to wake up early today.”

Junmyeon laughs at his reply leaving Yifan in slight confusion. Did she realize that I woke up early because I’m too excited? Did I make a fool of myself? Or is there something on my face? Numerous thoughts run through his mind, and the worry reflects itself through his knitted eyebrows.

“Are you okay?” Junmyeon asks in concern when she sees the upset expression on Yifan’s face.

“Y-yeah, I’m fine. Are you cold?” He notices the slight shivering as he stands next to Junmyeon.

“A bit,” Junmyeon laughs airily. “It wasn’t this - ” her words are cut short as Yifan wraps his scarf around her. The residual warmth seeps into her rapidly causing the blush on her face to darken. “ - cold when I left my house this morning.” She mumbles the rest of her reply. “Thank you.”

“No worries, I’m not that cold anyway.” He answers easily, and he watches as Junmyeon bury her face deeper into the scarf till he can only see her eyes as she smiles in reply.

The remaining of the wait is slightly awkward as they look around trying to find something interesting to talk about. Yifan couldn’t be more grateful when Chanyeol and Kyungsoo arrives, effortlessly getting rid of all the weirdness in the air.

Today, Chanyeol will be helping him with Mathematics first, before Junmyeon steps in after lunch to help him with Literature. Being tutored by Chanyeol is easy, he gets insulted when he doesn’t understand a question, and in return he will get his revenge by pulling out the captain card (which might not be existent soon). Despite talking too much and too loudly, Chanyeol is a surprisingly good teacher who explains all the basic concepts first before getting him to start working on the sums.

Junmyeon, on the other hand, is probably the worst tutor he can ever have. The entire tutoring is done through discussion, where Yifan has to share his thoughts about what he feels about the characters in the book, what the themes are, or the rationale behind some of the actions. It will have gone well actually, seeing how this is the first time he is paying attention to anything that is going on in the books, but he can’t help himself from noticing how Junmyeon voice raises in excitement when she talks about her favorite character, how her eyes shine in determination when she explains the book, or how she gestures in frustration when she thinks the character is being dumb. He ends up admiring her voice, her habit of pushing back her hair, her hands instead of paying attention to the book.

“Do you understand the book a little more now?” Junmyeon asks as they take a break for dinner.

“Yeah, it is probably the first time I understood what is going on in the book.” He laughs uncertainly.

Junmyeon nods in content, and proceeds to clear the table of all their Literature notes.
“I think you look like Tess.” He blurts out all of a sudden. There is a strangled laugh from Chanyeol at the side, and he can feel Kyungsoo’s judging glare even when she is at the other side of the room.

“Eh?” Junmyeon raises her head in confusion.

“The white dress and braids just reminds me of those milkmaids.” He explains in embarrassment as heat rushes up his cheeks.

“Oh, I see.” Junmyeon is visibly embarrassed with the way her cheeks flushes, and yet she tries to diffuse the situation for Yifan. “That’s where I get my inspiration for my clothes, actually.”

Chanyeol laughs even harder with Kyungsoo joining in this time round, and Yifan is grateful that none of them can read his mind now, because he thinks there is no way he can stop liking Kim Junmyeon anymore.

“How did you do?” Chanyeol prods when he sees Yifan sitting lifelessly on the library’s chair.

Yifan shrugs and points at the stack of paper lying on the table.

“What the hell,” Chanyeol smacks him when he sees the results, “I thought you failed with your weird act.”

“I did well, didn’t I? Should have known that I’m a genius in the making.” There is a snort accompanying Yifan’s happy laughter that does not belong to Chanyeol, and the two turns simultaneously to look at the newcomer.

“Yeah right,” Kyungsoo retorts as the girls slip into their seats. “How about you repay us for our favor?”

Yifan readily agrees, and finds himself getting dragged out of the library so rapidly that he barely has enough time to grab his bag.
Kyungsoo’s idea of repayment is getting Yifan to treat them to dinner, buy them ice-cream, and then watch a movie while eating lots of nachos. The dinner and ice-cream session goes relatively well with Kyungsoo and Chanyeol non-stop chattering. The movie session is a different story with Chanyeol putting Junmyeon next to Yifan on purpose.

Yifan can feel Junmyeon’s arms brushing against his as she shifts slightly in her seat, and he contemplates moving away to reduce the amount of contact. Instead he squirms uncomfortably till Junmyeon asks him what’s wrong and he gives up, letting his arms rest against hers.
Kyungsoo chooses to watch Catching Fire, and Yifan knows that he should be paying attention to the movie seeing how his friends are completely engrossed in the film, but he cannot take his eyes off the girl who is sitting next to him.

She gets teary-eyed when the dead tributes are being mentioned; she squeals softly Finnick makes his appearance; her mouth hangs wide open during the fighting scenes, and she starts crying when the two protagonists make their confession by the beach. Yifan knows that it is better to leave someone alone when they are crying over a movie to save them from shame, but his body moves faster than his mind and his hands are already on Junmyeon’s face by the time he realizes.

“Don’t cry.” He whispers softly while wiping away her tears with his thumb.

He has anticipated her embarrassment, but he definitely did not expect her to cry even harder, eventually catching the attention of those near them. “Don’t cry, please.” He pulls her closer and lets her lean against him. Their position is slightly awkward with the armrest between them pressing against Yifan’s torso, and Junmyeon’s tears are seeping into his school jacket. In close proximity, he realizes that Junmyeon smells like Lavender which is oddly befitting of her, her hair is incredibly soft, and that he will not mind staying like this forever.

Yifan is given the task of walking Junmyeon home, thanks to Chanyeol who claims that it is too late for the girls to be walking home themselves (Yifan suspects that people might want to kidnap him for his looks too).

“I’m sorry for acting that way just now.” Junmyeon apologizes when they are on the bus, “I just cry harder when people try to console me.” She looks out of the window sheepishly, and Yifan can see her shy smile through the reflection of the window.

“It’s okay. You might want to wash my clothes for me though, since it is soaked with your tears.” Yifan teases.

Junmyeon turns around immediately, and tries to peel Yifan’s jacket off him. “Yes, give it to me. I’ll clean it by tomorrow.” She pulls even harder when Yifan struggles.

“Er, Junmyeon, we are on the bus and this looks really weird.” Yifan reminds, and Junmyeon stops mid-action realizing how odd it must have appeared for the other commuters.

“I’m sorry,” she blushes, purposely dropping her head so that she can use her hair to cover her face.

“It’s okay.” Yifan reaches out to push the hair covering her face behind her ear, causing Junmyeon to look up in surprise.

“I’m sorry.” It is Yifan’s turn to apologize, and the warmth from his cheeks rapidly spreads to the rest of his body.

“It’s okay,” Junmyeon echoes his reply earlier on, and breaks out into a smile. Indescribable warmth creeps into Yifan’s heart as he smiles in return.

“Hey Junmyeon, will you like to go out again sometime?” He asks after they said their goodbye in front of her door.

Junmyeon’s shock is clearly reflected on her face, causing Yifan to stammer as he tries to explain. “It’s just - just that I- I really enjoy spending time with you. And - and I think I might like you a lot. I just can’t stop looking at you? So, I kinda want to sp - spend more time with you.”
He lets out the huge breath that he has been holding in after his confession, and feels a newfound disappointment clouding his mind with Junmyeon lack of answer.

“It’s okay if you don’t want to,” He reaches out to ruffle Junmyeon hair, “I’ll be going first, sleep early kay?” He turns to leave, and he is almost in the lift when Junmyeon reaches out to grab his hand.

She looks flustered, and there is uncertainty in her tone as she asks, “Will Friday after classes be good for you?”

“When did you first start liking me?” Junmyeon asks out of curiosity when they are on their tenth date.
“The time I saw you at the barbeque shop.”
“Oh is it? I thought you were a stalker then, since you were staring at me for the whole time.”
Yifan protests nearly knocking down his drink in process. “I had been praising you for the last few weeks. Can’t you say something nice too?”
Junmyeon shrugs carelessly as she plays with her hair, which distracts Yifan from the conversation. “Sorry I only speak the truth.”

A/N: I'm sorry OP ): I only realized that I veered off track when I re-read the prompt when I'm almost done, but I hope you'll still like some krisho fluff! Will be back to edit it when I'm less tired /yawns

here's krisho for you to make up for the disappointment



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