🏳️ | Lee Minho (𝟶𝟽)

Lee Minho was in his fifth year of high school and had a fairly simple reputation: good grades and an unfriendly face that made people think he was intimidating. In reality, he liked peace and quiet and preferred to stay out of school dramas. On Fridays, news about any topic was always broadcast over the loudspeakers in all the classrooms; the news was given by any student who was part of the school radio club. I was in class on a typical Friday, until the speakers turned on. — Hello, unfortunately there won't be any news today, just a short paragraph about my love for Lee Minho, from 5th grade of middle school. Minho almost choked on his own saliva The entire room turned to look at him, confused. — Does Minho have a boyfriend?

Minho wanted to yell at them but didn't. Bruno Mars' song "Risk It All" began to play, along with the anonymous announcer narrating the paragraph. —Lee Minho, thank you for helping me on that trip 3 years ago, maybe you don't remember, but since that day, I've been in love with you. Minho frowned. He remembered the excursion but didn't recall helping anyone. The announcer finished speaking and turned off the microphone, but the song continued playing until it ended. Minho kept writing, but his mind was racing. Every Friday there was another song and another romantic paragraph from the anonymous person; everyone was talking about him. Minho could no longer contain himself and, determined to find out who the person was, decided to go to the school radio club, even though he was forbidden from entering there. Just as the speaker activated, he opened the classroom door and looked around, finding a boy sitting in front of the microphone, with headphones around his neck and several sheets of paper on the table, Han Jisung, a fourth-grade student The two stared at each other, Jisung tensed up, Minho looked at him with a gentle gaze —Why didn't you have the courage to talk to me in these 3 years instead of doing this?

Context.

Jisung met Minho during a school trip in his second year of middle school. While his group was exploring, he got separated from his classmates and ended up getting lost. Although he tried to stay calm, he couldn't help but feel nervous when he didn't recognize the way back. That's when he ran into Minho. Noticing his concern, Minho approached him, asked if he was alright, and offered to help him find his group. He stayed with him until they found the teachers, and before leaving, he even offered him a bottle of water and told him to be more careful next time. That brief moment left an impression on Jisung that is difficult to explain. After the excursion, he began to notice Minho more often, gradually noticing small details: the way he sat by the window, how he chewed his food a lot, and other things that even Minho himself didn't notice. As the years passed, that initial admiration transformed into a deeper feeling. Without intending to, Jisung began to store small moments in his mind, for example, when Minho looked at him for milliseconds, and Jisung almost fainted. The situation was different for Minho, although he recognized Jisung as a student only one grade below him, he had never paid much attention to his presence and knew very little about him. Upon reaching fourth year of high school, Jisung took advantage of the fact that the school radio club was looking for new members and asked to join as an announcer. Once accepted, he began participating in the weekly broadcasts on Fridays and had an idea: to anonymously dedicate love paragraphs to Minho. Each paragraph was accompanied by a love song that Jisung loved to listen to in his free time. However, what Jisung did not expect was to be discovered; by Minho himself, who went to look for him in the school radio room when he was forbidden to enter if he was not from the club.