MatchMakers
Title: MatchMaker
Chapter: 3/13
Pairings: EunHae, KiHae, SiHae, SiChul, KiHan
Side Pairings: KangTeuk, KyuWook, YeMin
Rating: PG-16
Summary: They were known as the school MatchMakers; if you wanted a steady relationship with someone you’d love forever, they were the three to go see. But the MatchMakers can’t find someone for themselves! When a new student transfers in, will their situation change for the better... Or worse?
A/N: Sorry for the late update X.X I've been very busy lately, and still am... This chapter failed again, but it moves the storyline along.
“So how did you find your first day at the university?” KyuHyun asked DongHae that night, while there was a lapse in customers at the café where they worked.
DongHae grinned. “It was fun! I think I’ll get along great with everyone. And I’m starting to find new friends myself too, so you and your friends don’t have to do all the work.”
“You mean you don’t want to hang out with us?” KyuHyun asked, pretending to be hurt.
“Wait-wait-wait, I didn’t mean that!” DongHae exclaimed, alarmed. “I meant it’s good for me to know lots of people, but I want you guys to be my best friends, I didn’t mean I didn’t want to be friends with you!” KyuHyun laughed softly at the wide-eyed look on DongHae’s face, patting him on the head like a puppy. “Okay, I understand.”
The door to the café opened, and DongHae looked up. “Oh, another customer!” KyuHyun smacked him lightly off the back of the head; he was really too loud sometimes. Looking to see who it was, he blinked. “HyukJae!”
HyukJae waved. “Hello… Are they still accepting employees here, KyuHyun ah?”
DongHae looked from one to the other with interest. “You know each other, KyuHyun ah?” He asked. KyuHyun nodded. “Who doesn’t know one of the three MatchMakers?”
“MatchMakers?”
HyukJae grinned. “Are you new? The MatchMakers are famous at school for helping the students find potential soulmates.”
KyuHyun smiled faintly. “They may not have much social standing, in HyukJae’s case, but unofficially they’re one of the most popular kids in school. Unofficially.”
“Hey!” HyukJae frowned, and DongHae laughed. “HyukJae, you going to have anything while you’re here?”
“Yeah, I guess I’ll just have coffee. I’m asleep on my feet.” He did look rather tired. KyuHyun got the coffee together and passed it to him over the counter.
“So who’s the other two?” DongHae asked curiously.
“Choi SiWon and Kim KiBum,” HyukJae said, still glaring evilly at KyuHyun.
“Oh, KiBum sshi!” DongHae lit up, recognizing the name. “I met him today! He’s very nice, and he believes in aliens too!”
HyukJae, sipping on the coffee, choked. KyuHyun slipped around the counter to pat him carefully on the back. “W-what did you just say?” EunHyuk asked when he could breath properly.
“KiBum believes in aliens!” (Of course KiBum hadn’t actually answered the question posed by DongHae, but the alien boy seemed to have taken the lack of answer for a ‘yes’.)
HyukJae burst out in laughter, doubling over and trying to catch his breath as KyuHyun saved his coffee from ending up on the floor. DongHae pouted, not seeing what was so funny. “Ki-KiBum, believing in aliens! That boy is so based on logic, everything has a scientific explanation, a-and he believes in ALIENS!” The monkey-boy was beet-red in the face by now. “HyukJae hyung, don’t forget to breathe,” KyuHyun reminded.
“Well, everyone needs to believe in something,” DongHae pointed out, but that only increased HyukJae’s laughter.
“He’s never going to hear the end of this,” HyukJae swore, grinning from ear to ear as he straightened up again and took his coffee back from KyuHyun. “I’m going to hand in my job application to your manager now. Wish me luck!” With that, HyukJae left them.
“So you actually talked to KiBum?” KyuHyun asked DongHae, who nodded. KyuHyun whistled. “I always thought he was a mute. He’s a nice guy, but he’s always so QUIET…”
*****
The next day at school found DongHae lost in the immense library. He had been told to find a book for his research project, but the place was so huge he didn’t know where to start! So he searched through the many bookshelves, the pout on his lips becoming more and more pronounced as time wore on.
One of the boys sitting in the corner of the library working on some notes had taken to watching him in the past five minutes, and when DongHae folded his arms across his chest and glared at the shelf as if demanding the book appear in front of him, he stood up and walked over. “Are you looking for something?” He asked in a soft voice, a heavy accent marring his words.
DongHae brightened instantly. “Yes! Can you help me find this book?” He showed the tall foreign looking boy a name written on a piece of paper. “A book on China?” The boy asked curiously.
DongHae nodded. “I have to do some culture research and stuff, but all the books on China I found were… Well… In Chinese.” The taller boy laughed softly, leading him to the back of the library. It took him only two minutes to locate the book where DongHae had been searching for half an hour.
“Thank you!” The alien boy chirped happily. “I’m new here, so I don’t know where anything is! What’s your name.”
“HanG-… HanKyung,” the boy said, correcting himself at the last moment. “I’m an exchange student.”
“So you’re new here too?” DongHae asked, eyes wide. “And you already you’re your way around the library so well?”
HanKyung laughed nervously. “Well… I spend most my time here, so I guess so…” He spoke carefully, trying not to mispronounce anything.
“HanKyung, there you are.”
Hearing a new voice, DongHae looked up. His jaw dropped slightly at the tall male coming towards them.
All he could think was ‘Wow…’. The boy was VERY tall, and even through his shirt DongHae could make out well-fined abs and an athletes body. His smile was charming, like a prince, and his eyes were so soft and gentle but firm at the same time. DongHae couldn’t help but stare.
“SiWon ah,” HanKyung greeted him with a smile. “Is it time already? Sorry, I don’t have a watch.”
“It’s okay,” SiWon said. Then he noticed DongHae, who had managed to close his mouth. “Good morning, are you a friend of HanKyungs?” He asked with a smile that make DongHae’s legs nearly turn to jelly. Oh my god.
“N-no, I mean, y-yes, I-I… I’m Lee DongHae, it’s nice to meet you!” He bowed quickly, nearly hitting himself on the edge of the bookshelf. Never in his life had he been so tongue-tied… But never in his life has someone so stunningly handsome ever talked to him either. He could hear HanKyung chuckling softly.
“My name is Choi SiWon,” The other boy said. “You must be the new student KiBum was talking about… It’s nice to meet you.” He looked up at HanKyung before returning that intense gaze to DongHae, who stood up straight again. “We have to go, maybe I’ll run into you again some day?”
“O-Okay, bye!” DongHae said as the two left the library. Once they were gone, DongHae quickly found a chair to sink down into. Even if he came face-to-face with an alien, he didn’t think it would have an effect on him as badly as this. He touched the back of his hand to his burning cheeks.
“What’s with me…?”
Chapter: 3/13
Pairings: EunHae, KiHae, SiHae, SiChul, KiHan
Side Pairings: KangTeuk, KyuWook, YeMin
Rating: PG-16
Summary: They were known as the school MatchMakers; if you wanted a steady relationship with someone you’d love forever, they were the three to go see. But the MatchMakers can’t find someone for themselves! When a new student transfers in, will their situation change for the better... Or worse?
A/N: Sorry for the late update X.X I've been very busy lately, and still am... This chapter failed again, but it moves the storyline along.
“So how did you find your first day at the university?” KyuHyun asked DongHae that night, while there was a lapse in customers at the café where they worked.
DongHae grinned. “It was fun! I think I’ll get along great with everyone. And I’m starting to find new friends myself too, so you and your friends don’t have to do all the work.”
“You mean you don’t want to hang out with us?” KyuHyun asked, pretending to be hurt.
“Wait-wait-wait, I didn’t mean that!” DongHae exclaimed, alarmed. “I meant it’s good for me to know lots of people, but I want you guys to be my best friends, I didn’t mean I didn’t want to be friends with you!” KyuHyun laughed softly at the wide-eyed look on DongHae’s face, patting him on the head like a puppy. “Okay, I understand.”
The door to the café opened, and DongHae looked up. “Oh, another customer!” KyuHyun smacked him lightly off the back of the head; he was really too loud sometimes. Looking to see who it was, he blinked. “HyukJae!”
HyukJae waved. “Hello… Are they still accepting employees here, KyuHyun ah?”
DongHae looked from one to the other with interest. “You know each other, KyuHyun ah?” He asked. KyuHyun nodded. “Who doesn’t know one of the three MatchMakers?”
“MatchMakers?”
HyukJae grinned. “Are you new? The MatchMakers are famous at school for helping the students find potential soulmates.”
KyuHyun smiled faintly. “They may not have much social standing, in HyukJae’s case, but unofficially they’re one of the most popular kids in school. Unofficially.”
“Hey!” HyukJae frowned, and DongHae laughed. “HyukJae, you going to have anything while you’re here?”
“Yeah, I guess I’ll just have coffee. I’m asleep on my feet.” He did look rather tired. KyuHyun got the coffee together and passed it to him over the counter.
“So who’s the other two?” DongHae asked curiously.
“Choi SiWon and Kim KiBum,” HyukJae said, still glaring evilly at KyuHyun.
“Oh, KiBum sshi!” DongHae lit up, recognizing the name. “I met him today! He’s very nice, and he believes in aliens too!”
HyukJae, sipping on the coffee, choked. KyuHyun slipped around the counter to pat him carefully on the back. “W-what did you just say?” EunHyuk asked when he could breath properly.
“KiBum believes in aliens!” (Of course KiBum hadn’t actually answered the question posed by DongHae, but the alien boy seemed to have taken the lack of answer for a ‘yes’.)
HyukJae burst out in laughter, doubling over and trying to catch his breath as KyuHyun saved his coffee from ending up on the floor. DongHae pouted, not seeing what was so funny. “Ki-KiBum, believing in aliens! That boy is so based on logic, everything has a scientific explanation, a-and he believes in ALIENS!” The monkey-boy was beet-red in the face by now. “HyukJae hyung, don’t forget to breathe,” KyuHyun reminded.
“Well, everyone needs to believe in something,” DongHae pointed out, but that only increased HyukJae’s laughter.
“He’s never going to hear the end of this,” HyukJae swore, grinning from ear to ear as he straightened up again and took his coffee back from KyuHyun. “I’m going to hand in my job application to your manager now. Wish me luck!” With that, HyukJae left them.
“So you actually talked to KiBum?” KyuHyun asked DongHae, who nodded. KyuHyun whistled. “I always thought he was a mute. He’s a nice guy, but he’s always so QUIET…”
*****
The next day at school found DongHae lost in the immense library. He had been told to find a book for his research project, but the place was so huge he didn’t know where to start! So he searched through the many bookshelves, the pout on his lips becoming more and more pronounced as time wore on.
One of the boys sitting in the corner of the library working on some notes had taken to watching him in the past five minutes, and when DongHae folded his arms across his chest and glared at the shelf as if demanding the book appear in front of him, he stood up and walked over. “Are you looking for something?” He asked in a soft voice, a heavy accent marring his words.
DongHae brightened instantly. “Yes! Can you help me find this book?” He showed the tall foreign looking boy a name written on a piece of paper. “A book on China?” The boy asked curiously.
DongHae nodded. “I have to do some culture research and stuff, but all the books on China I found were… Well… In Chinese.” The taller boy laughed softly, leading him to the back of the library. It took him only two minutes to locate the book where DongHae had been searching for half an hour.
“Thank you!” The alien boy chirped happily. “I’m new here, so I don’t know where anything is! What’s your name.”
“HanG-… HanKyung,” the boy said, correcting himself at the last moment. “I’m an exchange student.”
“So you’re new here too?” DongHae asked, eyes wide. “And you already you’re your way around the library so well?”
HanKyung laughed nervously. “Well… I spend most my time here, so I guess so…” He spoke carefully, trying not to mispronounce anything.
“HanKyung, there you are.”
Hearing a new voice, DongHae looked up. His jaw dropped slightly at the tall male coming towards them.
All he could think was ‘Wow…’. The boy was VERY tall, and even through his shirt DongHae could make out well-fined abs and an athletes body. His smile was charming, like a prince, and his eyes were so soft and gentle but firm at the same time. DongHae couldn’t help but stare.
“SiWon ah,” HanKyung greeted him with a smile. “Is it time already? Sorry, I don’t have a watch.”
“It’s okay,” SiWon said. Then he noticed DongHae, who had managed to close his mouth. “Good morning, are you a friend of HanKyungs?” He asked with a smile that make DongHae’s legs nearly turn to jelly. Oh my god.
“N-no, I mean, y-yes, I-I… I’m Lee DongHae, it’s nice to meet you!” He bowed quickly, nearly hitting himself on the edge of the bookshelf. Never in his life had he been so tongue-tied… But never in his life has someone so stunningly handsome ever talked to him either. He could hear HanKyung chuckling softly.
“My name is Choi SiWon,” The other boy said. “You must be the new student KiBum was talking about… It’s nice to meet you.” He looked up at HanKyung before returning that intense gaze to DongHae, who stood up straight again. “We have to go, maybe I’ll run into you again some day?”
“O-Okay, bye!” DongHae said as the two left the library. Once they were gone, DongHae quickly found a chair to sink down into. Even if he came face-to-face with an alien, he didn’t think it would have an effect on him as badly as this. He touched the back of his hand to his burning cheeks.
“What’s with me…?”