☆ close to you
pairing: academic rival!keeho x fem!reader
summary: yoon keeho is a menace to society. especially if the definition of society is you (and maybe your math teacher).
other info: this was written for a friend, so the texting style is specifically to fit her texting style. also i think i made it a fem reader? no proper proofreading / editing soz. also ur math teacher is nosy as hell but also i would love having him as my math teacher
Being the first person in a column of students had its perks, because you were the one who got to see every students’ test scores before you passed their papers back. Usually, you were not the type of person to invade someone’s privacy and potentially embarrass them like that, but with Keeho, it was very different.
He was the biggest smartass you knew, and you were quite smart yourself. You just weren’t a dick about it.
But your seating chart gave you the upper hand here — you get to make fun of any idiotic mistakes he makes on his test, and he can’t do the same for you.
You flip through the papers until you find yours, and then his, and you take a long look at his. You hear him groan behind you.
“Just pass back the damn paper. If you’re so curious, I could tell you my grade. You’re holding everyone else up.”
“You’d lie,” you mutter, as you continue reading his test. “Oh, wow, how’d you get number eight wrong?” You reach back and hold out the stack of papers for him to grab.
“If you’d let me see my paper earlier, I might’ve been able to give you an answer.”
“‘Might’ve,’” you mock. You take a look at your own test paper and see you also got number eight wrong. You feel a presence near your shoulder and you realize Keeho’s reading your test from behind you. You flip the paper over as fast as you can before turning around to glare at him.
“What’re you looking at?”
“Just checking if you have the right answer for number eight. Guess you don't.”
“Shut up. At least I know how to solve it now.”
“Who said I didn’t?”
Of course he’s smirking.
You roll your eyes at him and turn back around.
The next day, he taps on your shoulder. You quickly turn around to glare at him but notice he’s rubbing his nose. You look down at your braid that rests on your shoulder. You fight the urge to laugh.
“Did I just hit you with my hair?”
“Most people would say sorry.”
“Clearly, I’m not most people. What do you want?”
He stops rubbing his nose and looks at you, clearly annoyed.
“Can you pass me the notes for 9.3? I couldn’t really get what he was saying.”
“Why would I help you? Ask one of your friends,” you snap.
“I am.”
You freeze. We’re friends now? Since when?
He’s making a (really ugly) pouty face and you feel like throwing up or something.
“Ugh, fine, whatever,” you say, handing him your notebook. “Wait, how the hell am I supposed to take notes now?”
Keeho doesn’t respond, and stares a little above your head instead.
You cringe, having a feeling that you know what’s behind you. You turn around and are met with your math teacher’s grimacing face. You feel like you’re trapped in a Disney Channel movie.
“Hope you had a nice little chat. If you continue it, I’ll give you your very own detention slip!” he exclaims, a fake smile adorning his face. Normally, you loved your teacher’s sarcasm, but this situation has made you realize you don’t love it as much when it’s directed at you.
Both you and Keeho mutter quick apologies to your teacher, and you quickly snatch your notebook back from him.
“As I was saying, with integrals, you have to keep in mind…”
Turns out, Keeho’s stupider than you thought. Even though your teacher essentially said “shut up or you’ll both get detention,” the idiot decides to open his big mouth.
He asks you for the notebook again and your teacher stops in the middle of his lesson, staring at the two of you with his same pained smile. He looks down at his podium and starts scribbling. You groan quietly and try your hardest not to smack Keeho in front of your entire class.
“Since you two love flirting in my class so much, here’s a ticket to a room just for the two of you. And me, of course. Today, after school.”
You open your mouth to object, but you know that’s going to make it worse. Wait, what the hell did he just say?
Whatever. Your mom’s going to kill you.
A couple hours later and it’s finally time for your first detention. If only he’d given you detention tomorrow so you could’ve explained that you didn’t interact with him that second time.
Whatever, it’s probably already on your record already.
Fuck Keeho.
Speaking of the boy, he’s seated in your usual class seat.
You give him a weird look and sit at the desk closest to the door. He gets up from his (read: your) seat and sits at the desk closest to yours.
You roll your eyes. “Just stay away from me. Because your idiotic self couldn’t pay attention in class, I’m stuck in detention. This is on my record because you didn’t take notes like you should’ve.” You pull out your computer from your backpack and decide to do homework.
Your math teacher still hasn’t arrived.
You take a quick glance at Keeho’s face and he looks kind of… hurt. When he realizes you saw him, he hides whatever the expression was with a smirk. “Ouch, that really hurt,” he says in the most sarcastic tone you’ve heard. He moves closer to you. “You know—“
Your teacher walks into the room and raises an eyebrow at the two of you. Keeho immediately moves positions and sits like a normal smartass.
Your teacher starts working at his desk. At the same time, you’re handed a post-it note.
“Excuse me? Also I know the post-it note’s from you dumbass, you don’t need to write your name on it. You’re an idiot sometimes, you know that?” You’ve already spoken before you remember where you are, and at this point, you don’t care.
“Actually, I’m not. From our grades, we’re relatively the same intelligence-wise, so if you’re calling me stupid, you’re calling yourself stupid too.”
“Math grades aren’t everything, dipshit. Also, did you just try to use the ‘I’m not a mirror’ comeback without using the ‘I’m not a mirror’ comeback?”
“I guess, yeah.”
“Hey, guys, I was joking when I said you can flirt in here, you’re supposed to be quiet. So please be. And do work — please do not just text each other or something,” your teacher sighs, running his hand through his hair.
You could’ve sworn he muttered something about “not being paid enough for this.”
Your phone lights up and you’re once again reminded that Yoon Keeho is actually the biggest idiot you know.
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ok so back to what i was saying
YOU
how dumb are you
YOU
he literally just said “don’t
just text each other” and
you’re literally texting me
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you’re texting back
YOU
oh my God how are you
in eleventh grade right now
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same way you are,
sweetheart
You almost shriek and then (luckily) remember where you are. You turn to look at Keeho, and he’s already looking at you. Sometimes, it feels like his smirk is glued to his face.
YOU
I don’t think we’re close
enough for you to call me
sweetheart
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i’d disagree with you there
YOU
oh?
YOU
okay, then tell me. how
close are we?
YOU
in your opinion, of
course
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i’d say about a foot
You roll your eyes and turn off your phone, going back to your work. A couple of minutes later and your phone (finally) lights up with another text.
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okay fine sorry
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i called you my friend today
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i’d say we’re that close
YOU
and friends call each other
sweetheart?
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i mean why not?
YOU
ugh why are you so
difficult all the time
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okay fine fine
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hey, wait i never said i called
you sweetheart because
we’re friends
YOU
okay so then why'd
you call me sweetheart
YOU
and please be quick
with your answer
YOU
I could have gotten the math
homework done by now
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i called you sweetheart
because i wanted to be closer
YOU
closer than a foot?
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you’re the one being difficult
now
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i wanted to be closer than
friends
You set your phone down with a thud. You half-expected his text, but the other half of you feels giddy with surprise seeing the message. This time, when you look at him, he’s not looking at you. In fact, his eyes are trained on his phone screen, and you can see a faint redness in his cheeks.
You tap his shoulder to get his attention. He doesn’t respond. You tap him again. He still doesn’t move an inch. You look back down at the conversation. You squint your eyes at the screen. Wait a second.
YOU
wanted?
You look back at him. He finally looks back up at you. The second your eyes meet, he looks back at his phone. The text bubble appears, then disappears.
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*want
You try to fight it, but you can’t help but grinning. You pinch him and he yelps, attracting the attention of your teacher. You put on your best goody-two-shoes smile and he looks away.
“You like me?” you whisper. “Hey, Keeho, you in there?” You tap him again. He remains still.
You sit back in your seat.
YOU
never thought I’d see the day
where Yoon Keeho was
rendered speechless
YOU
especially by little old me
YOU
also Keeho if you’re not
gonna let me speak to you,
why’d you tell me?
He doesn’t text his response. He, instead, decides to finally look you in the eye.
You look at your teacher and look back at Keeho.
You can’t say it, because it’d be horribly embarrassing for your teacher to hear, so you instead mouth the words.
“I like you too,” a voice rings out, and it’s not your own.
You look at the direction it came from and notice your math teacher grimacing.
“Guys, come on. You’re not subtle; you text kind of loudly. But it’s nice that you guys have sorted out whatever your feelings are. I hope this means you’ll stop interrupting my class with your… conversations.”
You feel like dissolving right then and there. You look at Keeho, and he looks as mortified as you are.
“You know what? You guys are my best students anyway, get out of here and have your teenage fun, I don’t know. I won’t put the detention on your transcripts. I didn’t have the best day today and you kids having your conversation in the middle of one of the harder concepts in the class was kind of the icing on the cake. Sorry for taking it out on you. I’ll give you free As on the next pop quiz. Not like you wouldn’t get them anyway.”
He smiles at you both — a genuine one this time — and waves.
You immediately start packing and head out.
You start walking to the front of the school when a hand tugs you back. You bump into Keeho, who looks down at you with his signature smirk. You turn around to properly face him.
“So…. you like me? At least, that’s what I’ve heard.” He shrugs, a playful look in his eyes.
“This coming from the one who… what was it? Wanted to be close enough to me to call me sweetheart?”
“Yeah,” he breathes, stepping towards you. “You got it right.”
You look up at him through your eyelashes. “I’d say you’re pretty close. Much closer than a foot.”
He throws his head back and laughs, running a hand through his hair. “You’re so annoying,” he sighs. He leans in, and suddenly, he’s as close as he can possibly be, lips on yours.
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