* takata mashiho｡11:34:56 PMReply

joon, even if you dont pass with the grade you wanted, you did youre best :> to me, the fact that you studied and you care shows me that you /are/ smart and youre a hard worker..im so proud of you and I know that you will do amazing cause I have so much faith in you.. remember that im rooting for you, im shaking my pom poms in support~! ^-^

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it was deliberate. he made it obvious to his wife soobin as she was watching him alternating between swiping left and right on tinder matches. he could feel her gaze over his shoulder, yet the silence between them was as stagnant and tense as their relationship had been for the previous months after their marriage. namjoon is tired, feeling unfulfilled, and he thinks a single date with a hot enough partner would give him the impetus he needed to continue his work at his high stakes law firm.

the following day, he meets with an attractive young man named yukhei at a local cafe the other had suggested. namjoon adds in the conversation that he'd have to leave directly after his shift at the firm (as to not provoke conversation with his wife). as he checks the other's message confirming their date, namjoon smiles, not forgetting to slip his wedding ring off and shove it into a miscellaneous desk drawer before he leaves.

wong yukhei, he learns, is in his last year of undergraduate school studying international politics. the coffee shop is one of his favorites, and namjoon notices how his smile brightens the moment namjoon offers to pay for their drinks. after sharing about an hour of conversation, namjoon proferring the other with questions he jubilantly responds to, despite the other neglecting to let namjoon share much about himself, he finds it exciting still. he finds the other cute as he blubbers in his excitement for the future--something he lost several years ago. when yukhei says he needs to return to campus for a late night class, namjoon leaves with him. underneath the awning of the cafe, he gingerly takes the other's hand into his, the ends of his digits tracing the inside of yukhei's palm. "do you mind if i kiss you?"

yukhei grows bashful, briefly shaking his head. without a moment of hesitance, namjoon leans forward, stealing a kiss from the other's lips before regretfully pulling himself away. he adds in low baritone "hope to see you again" before turning away, casting the other a coquettish grin over his shoulder.