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Post by Thomas Fan Qiwang on May 12, 2016 23:48:13 GMT -8
Thomas reached out to help lift the backpack into place by lifting the top handle to help it settle on Kangwan's shoulders and said tentatively, "I can carry your bag if you want, if it's too heavy. It wouldn't be a big deal."
He led the way across campus to the bathroom that he usually used to change and said, "I'll be back out in a minute," leaving his school bag next to Kangwan while he ducked into the bathroom, coming out a few minutes later wearing a clean t-shirt and a pair of jeans that had been clearly well worn but still fit pretty well. He hoisted his own bags onto his shoulders and asked, "Do you want me to take your bag for you?"
He pointed them in the direction of the beach, and told Kangwan, "My family used to go to this awesome little ice cream shop down on the beach when I was a little kid. It's got some of the best ice cream in town if you want to go. There are a few places closer, but the beach is a nice walk with delicious ice cream at the end."
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Idol - Vocalist/Songwriter / Seoul Cyber University Student (2025) Major: Applied Music.
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Post by Kim Kangwan on May 17, 2016 21:08:49 GMT -8
"No no I'm fine!" Kangwan said a bit too quickly, embarrassed by his struggle. He followed Thomas regardless, nodding and stopping outside the gym, working on shoving his sweater into his backpack. He couldn't fit it though, and instead looped it around the straps so that he didn't have to wear or carry it. As Thomas came out again, he shook his head, "No, I'm fine. I just forgot how many books I was bringing home, is all." He said with a shy smile. He perked up at the mention of beach and ice cream. "Oh really? That sounds good!" He said excitedly.
He grunted as they passed the lockers. "On second thought..." He muttered, venturing away from Thomas and going to his locker. He unlocked it and took off his bag, opening it and shoving a good majority of the books inside. He didn't do homework anyway, at least not the majority of the time, and almost never actually after getting home from school. He didn't know why he'd decided to pretend to be a good student this time. He tried to hide the fact that he was probably blushing furiously as he realized it was because he was pretending he'd be able to do homework while watching Thomas practice. He hid under the bleachers more often than he'd ever admit, probably. He shut his locker, shoving in his sweater and zipping up his bag and giving Thomas a thumbs up. "Much better! Now the walk won't be as bad."
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Post by Thomas Fan Qiwang on May 19, 2016 0:01:14 GMT -8
Thomas watched Kangwan unload his backpack, suspecting that it was more that Kangwan didn't want to deal with it than that he was done, considering the mess of his homework that Thomas had spotted earlier. He said, "Has the homework been treating you OK? It's got to have been hard coming in during the middle of the school year with everything. I, um, I took most of those classes last year and the year before, or am in the honors or AP version, so if you ever need help with homework, let me know, ok? I could help during homeroom or after school or something."
He normally didn't offer to help people, though he got sort of dragged into helping his teammates sometimes. There weren't many people he wanted to spend that much time around, but Kangwan was definitely one of those people. Thomas contemplated that a bit as he led the way off campus towards the beach. He walked close beside Kangwan, pointing to the direction that they were going when they got to cross walks and generally letting their shoulders brush when he could. It was nice walking with Kangwan, being around him, and Thomas didn't really know what else to say, his natural shyness and quietness kicking in again. He kept glancing over to Kangwan though, wondering how the other boy was doing, and what was going on in his head, and whether or not he was half wondering if this was maybe an almost date too.
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Idol - Vocalist/Songwriter / Seoul Cyber University Student (2025) Major: Applied Music.
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Post by Kim Kangwan on May 22, 2016 10:10:52 GMT -8
Kangwan shrugged at the offer, smiling a bit, "Honestly, I don't really do homework most of the time anyway." He admitted with a small chuckle. He looked up at the sky, squinting a bit, "Thank you for the offer though. Maybe I will accept sometimes. And do some homework sometimes." He said with a laugh.
He let Thomas lead the way, recognizing some things because when he didn't have plans after school, he tended to just wander to waste time before going home. A sudden thought formed, and he looked down to the ground as he felt blush creeping onto his face. This could be like a date. His mind told him. He stuck his hands deep in his pants pockets, trying desperately to think of something to say to distract him from that thought. "So do you have anyone you like?" was the first thing to pop out of his mouth, and he could've smacked himself. "Ahh, I'm going crazy." He whined in Korean.
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Post by Thomas Fan Qiwang on May 23, 2016 0:10:22 GMT -8
Thomas looked at him strangely and asked, pausing a bit between words, "You... don't do homework, really?"
He blurted out, "Let me help you with some of the homework then, like you don't have to do a ton of it, but if I can help you with getting more done, well, it's not like I do much during homeroom, I'm always way ahead on homework, and it would be something. I mean, not that homework is the most important thing ever, but good grades are useful if nothing else."
He covered his own mouth to make himself stop babbling. He shook his head and said, "Sorry, um, that might have been a little out of line. I just, I kind of care a lot about school sometimes cause it's what gives me an opportunity to get somewhere that I can support myself and my brothers eventually. My big brother should have been an artist, and instead he's taking care of us, and it's something I can eventually fix, but I have to get through university first, and I'm going to need scholarships to do that. But I'm not you, and I shouldn't try to make you do things my way."
There was a lull when he finished babbling, before Kangwan asked his question, and stunned Thomas. He blushed, tripped, and nearly went sprawling, instead managing to flail his way a few steps back into balance. He looked over at Kangwan, blush clear and obvious on his face, and muttered out, "Um, maybe?"
He looked down, looked at Kangwan again, and wondered if the other boy realized that Thomas thought he was cute. Would he hate that he did? He looked down sharply again, and realized that they were nearly to the way down to the beach and said, "Look, there are the stairs, we can head down and the ice cream place is right near here."
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Idol - Vocalist/Songwriter / Seoul Cyber University Student (2025) Major: Applied Music.
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Post by Kim Kangwan on May 26, 2016 19:49:52 GMT -8
Kangwan shook his head quickly, letting his hair fall into his eyes. "No, no, it's okay. I really should get back into doing it. In Korea, you just have to pass the test and homework doesn't really matter. But here it's different. My grades are suffering." He said with a small chuckle. His face quickly fell, and he looked down, kicking at a rock. "I promised my mom I'd do well in school, and go to a good college." He said softly, but he took a breath and tried not to let the memory of his promise phase him. He looked up, giving Thomas another smile, "I'm going to go to a SKY college-oh wait Americans don't know what that is-it's the top three. Like UCLA, Stanford, and Princeton here. But I have to get really good grades first. Sooo, really, I think having a person to make sure I do homework would be a thing that is good." He said with a slight chuckle.
He followed Thomas' finger towards the stairs, and his smile turned legitimate, "Yay! Ice cream~!" He said, grabbing Thomas' hand without thinking and ushering him down the stairs.
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Post by Thomas Fan Qiwang on May 30, 2016 19:36:58 GMT -8
Thomas giggled a little and said, "UCLA, Stanford, and Princeton aren't the top three, I mean, they're good schools, but there are way too many schools in the US, and they specialize too much, for there to be a specific top three. I get what you mean though, and yeah, I can see the transition to a different style of school being really hard. I really will help with your homework if you'll let me though."
Thomas blushed at the sudden hand holding, almost stumbling again on the steps, but he didn't say anything. It was a nice sort of feeling. Even if it was really embarrassing. He tugged on Kangwan's hand a little bit and aimed him towards the stand once they got to the bottom of the stairs. They were nearly to the stand when he asked, "What sort of ice cream do you like? They've got normal flavors, but usually a few weird things too."
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Post by Kim Kangwan on Jun 1, 2016 11:15:44 GMT -8
Kangwan blushed as he lowered his head quickly, "Well I don't know what is and isn't good schools here." He muttered defiantly. He nodded in response to Thomas' offer to help with homework. He bit his lip hard, though thankfully not drawing blood as he tried to keep himself from saying out loud what his mind was practically chanting: study date, study date study date...
He huffed at his own thoughts, spotting the ice cream stand. "Hm... I don't know. I don't really have a preference, though I tend to get strawberry." He said with a simple shrug.
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Post by Thomas Fan Qiwang on Jun 4, 2016 22:56:33 GMT -8
As they got closer to the stand and started seeing more people around, since it was at a popular part of the beach near one of the easier places to get on than the short cut that Thomas had taken, he regretfully let go of Kangwan's hand, not sure he was ready to have people see them holding hands when he wasn't even sure what was going on. He fiddled with his bags, kind of wanting to make it look like he had taken his hand away for a purpose though, and he dug out his wallet so that he'd be able to get ice cream. He said softly, "I'm going to look forward to working with you one stuff then."
He led them to the line, which wasn't too long, but definitely had a fair number of people in it. He said, "They've got a lot of flavors, including some weirder ones, always. I'm sure that they've got strawberry, but they've also got stuff like taro, or green tea, or lemon ginger, or cardamom. I really like the cardamom one, and sometimes they've got a spicy one which is good. They've also got stuff like orange chocolate if that's your thing. But I'm not that into chocolate, or well a lot of super sweet things. I think that that was part of why this was where we always came for ice cream when we were kids. My parents could always find something that I'd actually like without me doing the drill of I guess I don't want ice cream after all but it's ok everyone else is happy. I wasn't too bummed about it most of the time, but I think that it bothered my parents any time we went to the actual ice cream parlor in town. I'd pretty much always end up sitting there with nothing."
He realized that he'd been so distracted by everything that he'd been babbling, about his parents no less, and his childhood, without making himself super sad or distressed. He smiled at Kangwan, startled by the feeling and said very quietly, figuring that Kangwan might understand, "You know, that's the first time I've talked about them in a while without it hurting."
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Idol - Vocalist/Songwriter / Seoul Cyber University Student (2025) Major: Applied Music.
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Dating Thomas Fan.
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Post by Kim Kangwan on Jun 26, 2016 8:28:24 GMT -8
Kangwan debated which flavor he wanted, not able to really decide exactly what he wanted with the new flavors presented. He liked chocolate, and well, anything sweet, and he couldn't help but laugh a bit. "We're exact opposite, then." He told Thomas. He was a bit taken aback by Thomas' ending confession, but his heart went out to him. Occasionally, though very rarely, he had those moments too, where he'd talk about something his mom or brother did without it hurting so much he'd have to stop his story halfway through. He smiled bittersweetly, "My brother was like you though. When we were little, we'd always get into fights about where to go because he didn't like sweet things and I did." He let out a small breath, shyly pointing a mostly covered finger at Thomas' heart, "That means it's healing." He said cutely, poking Thomas softly.
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Post by Thomas Fan Qiwang on Jun 30, 2016 23:29:14 GMT -8
Thomas smiled at Kangwan and gave a little laugh. He said, "Well the next time I accidentally end up with sweets, I'll be sure to give them to you then."
He thought to himself, Or maybe not so accidentally. I'd be tempted to buy you sweets if they'd make you smile. He hoped he wasn't blushing from following his own train of thought.
After Kangwan poked him in the chest, Thomas's hand drifted up to cover the spot for a moment. He smiled ruefully and said, "Yeah, it's been a few years now, so I guess time is starting to work it's magic. It helps that I know that I can do things to make life easier for my brothers."
He bumped shoulders lightly with Kangwan as they got close to the front of the line, where they could see the different flavors of ice cream. He grinned and pointed out, "They have cardamom-ginger today. That's one that they rotate in, and it's one of my favorites. Anything look especially good to you?"
He didn't want to stay on a topic that could get depressing too easily. The goal was to make Kangwan smile more after all. The other boy had helped him earlier, and it was nice having someone who understood without him having to explain.
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Idol - Vocalist/Songwriter / Seoul Cyber University Student (2025) Major: Applied Music.
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Post by Kim Kangwan on Jul 14, 2016 16:27:26 GMT -8
Kangwan chuckled a bit and giggled happily. Having someone willing to offer him sweets was something he was very okay with. He looked over the ice cream choices once they were close enough. "Chocolate mint sounds good. Ooh, but also honey lavender. But maybe that won't be sweet enough for me. Oo they have cookie dough too." He went quiet, biting his lip as he looked up to Thomas. He felt a bit embarrassed at not being able to pick on specific flavor. "The... chocolate mint, I think." He muttered sheepishly.
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Post by Thomas Fan Qiwang on Jul 16, 2016 23:01:35 GMT -8
Thomas couldn't help but laugh a little bit at Kangwan's excitement over the ice cream. He said lightly, "They'll do a cone or cup with two flavors if you want it. If you like that sort of thing, their waffle cones are apparently really good."
He kind of just wanted to squeeze Kangwan he was being so adorable, which was probably not doing good things for his blushing, at all.
He ordered a cup of the cardamom-ginger ice cream for himself, and told the person minding the stall, "And whatever my friend wants."
He figured he could get a head start on buying Kangwan sweets.
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