Y/N waited outside of the school, her backpack slung on one shoulder. She shifted her weight from foot to foot, tippy-toeing and peering inside of the windows. 

"Boo!" 

She squeaked, spinning around. Taeyoung was there, grinning at her in amusement. 

"Did I scare you?" he asked, bumping into her shoulder playfully. 

"Of course not," she responded, not quite looking at him. She was sure that if she looked at him, he'd be able to see in her eyes that she had a crush on him. And she couldn't do that. 

They'd been friends since childhood. He clearly didn't like her back, so no use worrying herself with those feelings. Besides, it was just a silly crush. She'd have to find someone else and move on. She wasn't even sure of her feelings yet, not really. Why should she risk ruining their friendship?

He laughing, taking her bag off of her shoulder and swinging it onto his own. "Sure. What are you doing later today?" 

"Serim said he'd help me with my essay." 

Taeyoung pouted at her. "We're in the same class. Why don't you let me help you?"

Because I don't think my heart can handle being next to you for so long. 

"Because one, I always do better than you in literature. And two, Serim is older, he's gone through these classes, and therefore will probably be the better choice to help me." 

"Does that mean you're coming to the dorms later?" 

"Nah, I think we'll be in one of the practice rooms." 

Taeyoung scratched his head, nodding, but his eyes were on the ground. "Okay. Maybe I'll stop by and see you later then." He looked up. "We're here," he said, gesturing to her house. 

"You wanna come in for a bit? My parents haven't seen you in forever, they miss you." 

"I have to go do my homework quickly and then practice," he said, looking at her apologetically. "Hopefully some other time. Sometime soon. There's something I want to ask them." 

Huh? What could he possibly want to ask them? 

***

Y/N leaned over, pointing to a line in the textbook. "I still don't get what they're trying to say though." 

"I thought I was supposed to be helping you with your essay." 

"You were. But then I got home and tried to do my science homework, and now here we are." 

Serim laughed, shaking his head at her. "How are you doing in science?" 

"Taeyoung is beating me at it," she said with a sigh, rolling her eyes playfully. "I have to work harder." 

Serim laughed again, clapping his heads. She grinned. He was cute when he got excited. 

"The two of you are so competitive," he teased. "I bet that's what keeps your grades so high."

"Probably," she agreed with a laugh.

He smiled, but then his face suddenly turned serious, and he cleared his throat, looking at the floor. 

"Actually Y/N... I have something I wanted to ask you." 

She pulled out her essay, laying it on the desk. "Yes?" 

Serim wrung his hands together. She frowned. This was the first time she'd seen him nervous around her. 

"Willyougoonadatewithme?" 

She blinked. Once, twice, the words taking a while to process in her head. She giggled, feeling her face turn red. "Say that again?"

Serim mock-glared at her. "You definitely heard that the first time." 

"But I think I'd like to hear it again," she teased. He took her hand, her heart skipping a beat when he did so. 

"Will you go on a date with me?" he repeated, confidence building up in his eyes. "Y/N, will you be my girlfriend?" 

Y/N laughed happily, throwing her arms around his neck. She felt him laugh as he wrapped his arms around her, leaning out of the hug and giving her forehead a kiss. 

Her heart was thundering happily, and she felt like she was flying. 

"Okay," he said, breaking the hug first. "Now, let's get to work on this essay."

Essay? How could she work on her essay at a time like this?

"I think... I'll go to the restroom for a minute," she said, blushing and stumbling over her words. She needed a second to compose herself. 

Y/N ran out of the room and was only halfway down the hallway when she let out an excited squeal, spinning around in a circle, and bumping into someone. 

"I'm sorry-" she said quickly, looking up at the person. "Oh! Taeyoung, it's you! Guess what!!!" 

He smiled at her excitement. "What?" 

"SERIM ASKED ME OUT!!" 

Taeyoung's face froze. "And... what did you say?" 

"Yes, of course. I'd had a crush on him a while ago, back when you guys were still trainees. But I kinda gave up on it. And then I started liking..." she trailed off, not ready to tell him that she'd been secretly crushing on him for a couple of months. 

She'd liked Serim since the first moment Taeyoung had introduced them. But with rumors of him having a secret girlfriend, she'd forced herself to let it go. Even when she learned it wasn't true, she'd been sure he was out of her league. 

That's how she'd come to realize that her best friend, Taeyoung, was someone who also fit her ideal type in every way. That's when she started to like him. 

But now Serim had asked her out, and her heart was screaming in happiness. She bounced up and down on her toes a couple of times before noticing that Taeyoung wasn't smiling anymore. 

"What's wrong?" 

He flinched, staring at her face for a long moment before smiling and shaking his head. "Nothing. It's nothing. I'm happy for you." 

Y/N grinned. "Thanks. I better go back to him now. It's getting late, so I'll have to go home soon."

"Yeah. Bye." 

She waved at him. "I'll see you at school tomorrow!" She tried to be cheery about it, but it was hard to do when Taeyoung was looking so upset. "You sure you're okay?"

"Positive," he said firmly, ruffling her hair. "I'll see you tomorrow." 

She stood in the hallway, watching him leave for a second before spinning around and racing back to Serim. 

"Hey!" he said, looking up when she came in. "What you have in your essay so far is really great. Though I'd change the wording here a bit-" 

"Serim." 

"Yeah?" 

Y/N blushed again, feeling nervous. "Could we... could we go on a date sometime?" 

He grinned at her. "Absolutely." 

Serim put his arm around her shoulder. "But only if you get an A on this essay."

***

Notes: 

Lol well this started out as a Taeyoung fanfic and then... 

I feel like this low-key represents me... who has currently left Taeyoung and ended up biasing Serim (I'm really sorry Taeyoung😂)

I'm going to add some cute Serim pictures cause I literally love him so much. 

But first, two quick things... 

1. For now, I'm going to stop doing part twos. I'm really sorry, but I've been having a hard time coming up with ideas for part twos lately. 

2. Next imagines will be Minhee and Wonjin, as requested🤗