He was there, standing in all his glory, still as a statue, a man with bubblegum pink hair and light tan skin. His eyes a dark chocolate brown, and his face held the expression of intense concentration as he stared into the mirror next to him. His right hand reached for a brush, while the other was stationary, hovering in the air, not doing anything in particular. His full lips were pursed, as if he was unhappy with how he looked, while his eyes studied his own face.

Namjoon stood in shock, taking in the painting before him, wondering how this man could be so amazingly beautiful, and how any artist could be able to capture every handsome detail the man standing in the picture had.

Suddenly he realized he had been staring at the picture for quite a while. He glanced awkwardly around, before looking back at the man in the picture and faintly smiling. He felt his stomach flutter as if he was actually looking at a real man. He felt his cheeks warm when he saw someone looking at him weirdly, so he squinted, pretending to read the painting label, before actually reading the label. He looked all over it, finding that only the artist's name was listed.

"Excuse me, Sir? You have been standing here looking at this painting for a while." A security guard said, approaching Namjoon with an odd, quizzical look. The man was used to many women taking long looks at this photo, but many men skipped over the painting, preferring to look at the women's portraits instead. It was normal to stare at paintings for a while, but the guard had watched this man stand here for over an hour.

Namjoon jumped a little, the guard snapping him out of his admiration of the picture.

'Of course, I probably look like I'm plotting to steal this painting to them. Geeze, get a grip Namjoon, it's just a man in a painting.' Namjoon scolded himself internally, turning to look at the security guard and tearing his eyes from the man in the painting.

"Yes, I'm fine." Namjoon said, not entirely sure how to explain himself to the guard. He gave a half smile, hoping to seem friendly and then he walked away, trying not to look once more at the painting of the gorgeous man. Thankfully, the guard turned away, and Namjoon sneakily pulled out his phone and quickly snapped a photo of the painting, before walking away completely.

He left the gallery, not caring to see anymore artwork after that, and returned to his home, flopping onto his couch and heaving a sigh. He hadn't had a man in his life for a while, and he was beginning to miss having another presence in his home and in his bed. He wished the man in the painting really existed in his life; he would swear to never look at anyone else if he ever found this man. Hell, he would never want to see anything else anyways, the man in the painting was just so beautiful.

'Namjoon... What the hell are you thinking? You don't even know him. He's just a man in a painting. He's probably not real, too famous or in another country. You have 1 in a billion chance of meeting him. Relax.' He scolded himself again, before chuckling at how silly he was being.

"I really am getting desperate." He said out loud, shaking his head, before going to grab a drink from the fridge and shuffling to his room. He turned on the TV, and got ready for bed while listening to whatever show was on drone in the background.

Suddenly his phone buzzed and he looked over from brushing his teeth to see he had received a message from his life long best friend, Hoseok.

Hoe.seok: Joon, wanna go out for drinks tomorrow?

Hoe.seok: I know u don't have work, so dont give me that sht either

Me: sure, I really need to get out
actually, so that sounds good

Hoe.seok: wow I didn't actually expect you to say yes

Hoe.seok: how bout at my fav place, at 8pm?

Nam: yeah sure, sounds good.

Nam: just no hoeing around for you.

Nam: just u and me k?

Hoe.seok: ur no fun

Hoe.seok: but fine. see ya

Namjoon rolled his eyes, and turned off his phone. He finished brushing his teeth and climbed into bed, turning off the TV, and rolling onto his side. He fell asleep quickly, but not before sneaking one more look at the handsome man in the picture.

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Hey guys!

This is a new story I'm gonna work on since I need to update and I was insfired.

Thanks for checking it out!

Aluna💙