#& I love soft and emotional male friendships sooooo much

[myokk]

a lazy afternoon by the black lake🫶

[starryparkrr]

🤍Hewwo can I order a strawberry milk (haikyuu!!) pls! ~ my preferred gender is male!

I’m 5’5 1/2 with tan skin with eczema (a rash skin condition) and very dark brown eyes and black, straight shoulder length hair and sadly pretty small and slim, I’m an INTP and a Capricorn, I don’t talk much with people I don’t know since I’m nervous when I make new friends but when I’m with my family or close friends I get pretty loud and talkative in a good way and bad way. I love to draw as my hobby and my job to sell my art as well and I love listening to many different genres music as long it sounds good lmao to me, my friends and family considers me as a human gremlin/badass (I feel like I’m not making any sense lol) also my friend thought of me as a kinda-tsundere-ish???I’m also pretty lazy, I have 2 people as my close friends but it’s better than me being with a lot of people. Another hobby I do is martial arts and boxing with my dad (practicing self defense) that I enjoy doing as well! I’m also competitive but also sadly emotional which I’m a sucker for movies and anime. ✨Finished!✨ Thank you for reading this! I luv the works I do!! ❤️

𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘱 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 ! 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 ! 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘶 𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩...

It all started with Oikawa of course. He saw you walking in the halls and he knew it was your first day bcs not only where you a new pretty face but you were hopelessly lost 💀 he turned to Iwaizumi and basically dragged him in your direction. He instantly just started to talking to you like you guys had been friends your whole life and you were so confused on why these 2 really good looking guys just randomly walked up to you. But you mainly noticed the little porcupine next to him that was red as ever and looking... angry?

This wonderful first interaction obviously bloomed into a wonderful friendship with these 2 idiots and they're a package with the rest of the volleyball club sooooo... ya. Of course Iwaizumi was in total denial about his feelings for you. That is until one day Oikawa decides to push you guys together. Oikawa is a natural flirt but he finally decided to take it to the next level. All throughout practice he would flirt with you nonstop. Of course that just triggered Iwaizumi and he instantly became grumpy. After practice in the locker room Iwaizumi asked Oikawa what that was all about and Oikawa hits him with the, "Well since you won't admit to your feelings I decided to shoot my shot. I'm gonna ask her out when we all walk home together." And then Iwa just broke and started telling Oikawa he couldn't do that bcs he liked you. It was Oikawas master plan it payed off when later on that night Iwa confessed and you said yes to being his girlfriend :))

Yalls relationship starts off soft and innocent with shy touches and cute compliments. But once you guys get comfortable and adjust you both open up so much to eachother it's crazy. You become more talkative and loud and Iwa absolutely adores the fact that you opened up to him this much. Plus he loves the way you get all excited during certain topics.

He to becomes excited over certain things and when he talks about them his words start to mesh together and he speeds up and in the beg of your relationship you never knew what he was saying but you got used to it now.

He definitely supports you and your art. Absolutely adores your style and can't wait to see where you go in the future. I can see you guys hanging out in eachothers room and he has some music playing in the background while you draw and he does school work. You better believe he slips in some of the Godzilla soundtrack with out you realizing.

You guys often watch movies at his house for a typical date night. You guys take turns choosing the movie, and you better believe you guys bicker very much about who has better taste in movies. I can also see you going to the gym with him often. He's a huge muscle head and was VERY impressed with your boxing and martial art skills. He jaw actually dropped when he was teaching you and you beat him up 💀 have you ever seen Iron Man 2??? The boxing scene with Natasha and Happy??? Yaaaa basically you guys.

You guys just complement eachother very well and everyone respects you guys and sees you as a power couple. ALSO you better believe you both gang up on Oikawa all the time lol

𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 ! 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘮𝘬 !

[battlestar-royco]

let’s talk about tropes

here’s a little (little?!) post on tropes, as promised!

some tropes i hate and why i hate them

love triangles: this one’s pretty simple and obvious. love triangles are unrealistic and toxic. they romanticize emotional cheating, and they cause nasty ship wars in fandoms, especially when two of the points in the triangle are women. often, the “losing” point of the triangle is a one-dimensional throwaway character who either gets killed off or accepts their fate and steps back for the “winner” to take over. this dynamic can get especially problematic when the “loser” is a woc and the “winner” is white, when the “loser” is an lgbtq+ character, and/or when the “loser” has no purpose other than to create drama for two other fleshed out characters. the character often ends up being hated for bad writing and “getting in the way” of the endgame ship. yikes. the only valid resolution to love triangles, imo, is a polyamorous relationship!!!

girl hate: it’s rare to see nice friendships and romances between women, and often this trope is used to drive an unnecessary wedge between two female characters who would have otherwise been great friends. i don’t mind when two women/girls are in conflict with one another for an interesting reason, but i absolutely hate when the conflict is based on something stereotypical and boring. the “girl hate” conflict is always based on something misogynistic, unrealistic, and/or stupid--like a man, looks, sexual practices, or a contrived competition. this is especially gross when the men in the story act as the voices of reason in the conflict, patronizing the women and teaching them how to be nice and use logic.

“strong female characters”: many writers mistake “strong” characters for characters who employ violence, sassiness, and masculine attributes to get what they want. I’m so over it. all I want is nuanced representation of women that doesn’t reduce them to a love interest or a sex object who looks down on other women. strength comes in many forms, and everyone defines it and identifies with it differently.

miscommunication: this has to be one of the laziest forms of prolonging drama, when two characters are fighting because of something that could easily be solved if they were locked in a room together for five minutes.

incest/incest-adjacent romances: this should go without saying, but we’re for some god-awful reason going through a period where incestuous relationships/fake-outs (ie, you’re in love with him? too bad he’s your brother. oh wait, it’s revealed that he’s not!/you two are blood related but you either never met or you went through a period of separation, so that means you can fall in love) are heavily romanticized or used to create extra drama, and it’s just unnecessary and not cute. i think authors use this to add some sort of edge or uniqueness to their writing, but it’s just so toxic and a complete turn-off for me.

aesthetic oppression: (term inspired by and similar to “aesthetic conflict,” thanks kat) when an author throws in some sort of oppression that is experienced by people in real life, but they either don’t address the oppression thoroughly or they only use it to add some sort of edge to their story and further a character’s romance, death, redemption arc, etc. for example, the homophobia in GOT season 6, which reduced loras to a walking stereotype of a gay man before he was subjugated by the church sept and blown up, and the patriarchy in ACOTAR that only exists to show how feminist rhysand is.

boys/men fighting, having tantrums, or expressing themselves through violence: it’s fine for male characters to fight every once in a while, but i just hate that this seems to be exclusively employed with male characters and it is used as a solution or reaction to problems when realistically, men are much more nuanced. men cry. they might be alone or in front of others. they might cry into their pillow or on a friend’s shoulder. fictional men add violence and anger to their sadness because the authors don’t want to emasculate them, but that’s a stupid goal and crying doesn’t affect someone’s gender. smashing your belongings when you are upset is unhealthy and potentially dangerous, and so is physically fighting others over trivial or patriarchal issues (ie a woman) when conversation could be/is probably much more compelling and effective. it’s important to show men that anger isn’t always the first emotion to feel under duress and that they don’t have to express their feelings by punching walls or throwing their belongings across the room. (also?! practically? YOU’RE RUINING YOUR OWN FUCKING STUFF AND/OR YOUR ROOMMATE/FRIEND/PARTNER’S STUFF, YOU ASSHOLE.)

sexy immortals: immortality can be used in clever and entertaining ways, but i feel like a lot of the immortals i’ve been seeing lately run in the same vein as the twilight vampires, which is to say: unearthly beautiful (aka conventionally attractive), overly sexy (aka stalking a love interest for the sake of “attraction”), apparently 16-25 years old (aka accessible to grown women who read/write ya).

uninvolved parents or non-existent guardian figures: sometimes young characters don’t have parents and that’s fine; some of my favorite books are about characters with one parent or no parents. but i still feel like we’re coming out of a period where it was very popular to kill off the parents (especially moms) at the beginning or before the story starts. i really want to see more exploration of characters with parents, or at least see the characters without parents make significant relationships with adults or react appropriately to the loss of their parents.

one-off character deaths: when a character enters one chapter or episode of a book/show just to immediately die for cheap emotional manipulation. this character is also sooooo often a marginalized person, and it’s super predictable and tired. try harder, author/screenwriter!

some tropes i love and why i love them

special snowflake/chosen one: I can’t explain it. I know it’s so cliche and one of the most hated ones out there, but I love when this trope is done right. I’m not a big fan of the chosen ones who have a special destiny, especially if the mc is a white boy, because that’s been done a million times before. but I’m a sucker for that one character who comes upon an unexpected special ability/object/creature or connection to a force of good/evil/nature and has to contend with that. They’ve been Chosen and they’re completely unprepared, and it’s gonna change their life trajectory and relationships and maybe even political climate.

woobies!!!: I feel like this trope is so underrated and it’s one of my favorites of all time. I absolutely love rooting for that one character who’s too good for any of the shit they’ve been through and Deserves Better^TM, but they manage to survive and grow against all odds.

found family: i love that authors are expanding the concept of family and unconventional narratives about love. the found family trope is so charming and relatable to many readers, and it’s great to see seemingly contrary characters come together to find a loving home together that isn’t necessarily romantic.

soft characters: it’s rare (though increasingly less rare, fortunately) to find soft boys, aka male characters who are compassionate, funny, kind, pensive, and/or quiet instead of brash, loud, violent, and angry. i know so many boys and men who fall all along the spectrum of masculinity, and it would be great to see more characters who represent that, especially because male characters are typically forced to express their masculinity in one way. i also absolutely love seeing women being equally as soft and kind--with the exception of ASOIAF!sansa, i feel like this kind of character has been cast aside for the sassy, rebellious, empowered^TM female character who isn’t like other girls and wields a bunch of weapons. i’d really like to see more female characters whose strengths come from empathy, intelligence, and emotion.

unique relationships within a friend group/ensemble: this one is marginally related to my love of found families. not only do i really like tight, strong friend groups, but i also like when each of the friends within that group has a different and compelling dynamic (hostile, romantic, friendly, tragic, whatever may have you) that can carry a scene or an arc. unique relationships between all the characters in an ensemble adds so much dimensionality to a story.

complex guardian figures: this mostly applies to ya, but i think it can also be said for many adult books and tv shows. adult characters often get flattened or sidelined for romance or action plots when in reality almost everyone has parent/guardian relationships, and these relationships are the source of so much complexity. that complexity may mean love, found family, anger, patronization, manipulation, and more, and all these things will be expressed differently based on the characters in question. for example, look at the difference between eleven and hopper from stranger things and harry and dumbledore from harry potter. hopper and dumbledore are so different and each of them carry darkness and baggage that comes out on the kids for better and worse. bonus points if the guardian is a woman, because these types of relationships between girls and women are relatively rare to the ones between boys and men.

anti-heroes/anti-villains: i think this is another one that goes without explaining. we’re all the hero of our own story, after all. if an author can successfully convince me to root for a character who i know is wrong but believes they’re in the right, or for a character who does the wrong things for the right reasons, there’s a good chance that i think very highly of that author.

stoic, bitter, angry characters: if there’s one character in the ensemble who has any of these traits, there’s a good chance they’ll be my favorite, especially if that character is a woman. usually this character’s journey is about what makes them vulnerable and how they become close with the most unlikely companions or form a special relationship with a foil character. it makes the audience feel like we’re being let in on a secret, specifically about that character.

and that’s about it! my inbox is always open to talk more in depth about any of these and more, so let me know. thanks so much for 700, you all are great :D

[sailorzakuro]

MY BIG STRICTLY PARTY POST OF THE 2019 FINAL

Hi I’m shitting Kelvin and Oti won KELVIN AND FUCKING QUEEN OTI WON I cannot believe it I would have been happy with ANY of them but ngl I had a soft spot for Kelvin and Oti and THEY ONLY WENT AND DID IT. THEY BLOODY WON IT. You know when you watch the launch show and you look at them all and you think “I wonder which one of them will be the winner?”, WELL TURNS OUT NONE OF THEM COS KELVIN DID IT HE WON I AM SO HAPPY. K now for the content here we go...

Karim and Amy (Quickstep) - OH THIS WAS SO MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE SECOND TIME ROUND. I mean there was NOTHING wrong with it last time but it just had a tad more flair to it this time, WELL DESERVED 40.

Emma and Anton (Charleston) - Judges put her right in it giving her a recently high scored dance but it was a treat to see her do it just with Anton XD. Not much improvement but it was pretty good the last time anyway, just nice to watch rather than a progression but that wasn’t Emma’s fault at all.

Kelvin and Oti (Rumba) - SHIT BEAR WITH ME NEED TO PREPARE TO TALK ABOUT THE WINNERS K HERE WE GO. I have to say Kelvin definitely got more of the Rumba flow this time around, it was great! Him and Oti’s chemistry and partnership has really grown over the series which is VERY evident in this dance and it was one of the best male Rumbas to date.

Karim and Amy (Showdance) - I SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH IT CRAIG HUSH. Karim really put his soul into this dance and he and Amy executed it BEAUTIFULLY it was amaziiiiiiing this really showed his natural talent and his performance abilities.

Emma and Anton (Showdance) - K yeah I agree with Craig on the synchronisation issues but she looked like she was enjoying it SO much, it suited them so so so sooooo well and it was really enjoyable!

Kelvin and Oti (Showdance) - I ACTUALLY GOT TIRED JUST WATCHING THIS FUCK IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE ON FAST FORWARD. This dance may have been why he won lmao NOT COMPLAINING IT WAS EVERYTHING. LITERALLY. Perfect is all I can say wow.

Karim and Amy (Jive) - AMY’S HAIR WAS MORE LIKE TRACY’S THAN PENNY’S THIS TIME THANK FUCK. All that needed improving from last time lmao perfect yet again.

Emma and Anton (Viennese Waltz) - CRAIG YOU STINGY SHIT GIVE EM A 10 THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. She looked so much more relaxed, their chemistry was amazing, that was Emma’s best dance ever. She ended on such a good note.

Kelvin and Oti (Samba) - K yeah it still didn’t beat Danny’s Samba with Oti but IT WAS PRETTY DARN FUCKING CLOSE holy crap I am SO happy they chose to do this again!! I thought they wouldn’t cos WHO LIKES THE SAMBA but fuck it was amazing we love you Kelvin AND WE LOVE YOU OTI it had flow it had bounce it had ACTION it was just the BEST dance to possibly end the series on. Also it was difficult to not see that dance through the eyes of “OH SO THIS IS HOW KELVIN’S GONNA DANCE OKAY” I always associate that dance with him being the newcomer who got everyone shook but he won the series with it sooooo... XD.

And now we move on to... THE LOSERS DANCE. MY FAVOURITE PART OF EVERY SERIES. Although now I’m tempted to call it the rejects group like Anneka did XD. They came out in ORDER this time, thank you XD. James and his pancakes, ICONIC, Anneka was clearly itching to get back in that dress and rip Dev and Dianne gone too soon man GONE TOO SOON. I wish David had his Batman mask on tho rip. CATHERINE AND JOHANNES MY LOVELYS I LOVED SEEING THEM BEYONCE IT UP AGAIN honestly I stan that friendship we love we really love. I loved everyone passing the towels for V.Emma and Aljaz like their most iconic moment was TOWELS XD. WILL MY MAN WILL CAME BACK WE LOVE I stg on ITT they said Will’s training for Tokyo 2020 then they had a special guest, and then... Will was just there?? Like honestly I was expecting Jamie fucking Laing to show up but no I guess the special guest was Will but I expected him to be there anyway so?? LOL MIKE RIDING THAT POLE AGAIN WAS ICONIC I was half expecting another conga to break about but oh well XD. MICHELLE BROUGHT BACK THE VOGUING WE STAN A QUEEN WHO WILL KEEP VOGUING DESPITE NO SOD LIKING IT WE LOVE DEDICATION. Saffron’s most iconic moment was... a typical Paso move?? Okay... ANYWAY Alex and Neil were just bopping in front of some gospel singers honestly the opportunity to have Kevin shove Neil out the way was RIGHT THERE and nobody took it I’m mad. AND OMG WHEN MY LOVELY RAMSEY CAME OUT I SCREAMED WE FUCKING LOVE CHRIS RAMSEY IT’S LIKE HE NEVER WENT AWAY YES CHRIS WE LOVE YOU. And that was the end of the losers dance, this has been a written description by me and we stan Chris and Karen.

And now on to... THE CROWNING MOMENT. THE WINNING MOMENT. Honestly seeing them all stood there with Emma and Anton in the middle I thought they were gonna win. I STILL WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY BUZZING, but I thought it would be them. And I have to be honest, if it were Karim and Amy I would have half expected it. If it were Emma and Anton I would have half expected it. BUT FOR SOME REASON I DIDN’T THINK KELVIN AND OTI WOULD WIN IDK WHY. He was clearly very popular and an actual talented dancer, idk maybe I thought because he was my VERY SLIGHT preference he wouldn’t win. BUT HE DID. FUCK.

I LEGIT CRIED I HAD NO IDEA I HAD SO MANY EMOTIONS REGARDING KELVIN AND OTI BUT LIKE I CRIED XD. I cried like Kelvin’s dad OH WE STAN WARREN I WANT HIM ON NEXT YEAR. Him and Jamie Laing XD. Motsi was bawling, Warren was bawling, Liz was bawling AND SO WAS I FUCK. I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy about a Strictly winner as I am these two. VERY WELL FUCKING DESERVED.

All I wanna say now is thank you to ANYONE who has read these incredibly biased reviews of mine XD. I’ve loved FINALLY expressing my love of Strictly without fearing judgement of loving a show that’s “for the elderly”, and this fandom is so amazing and so welcoming. To anyone that has replied to me once or even become a friend, THANK YOU. I’ve loved this year and I can’t wait to do this again next year. AND DON’T THINK I WON’T BE DOING ONE FOR THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM btw I may be incredibly biased to Dianne SORRY BUT OTI AND KAREN BOTH MADE IT REALLY FAR SO MY FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS PRO IS DIANNE XD. I shall see you after Christmas then!! <3 <3 <3

[svtmatokis]

Maid of Honor Part 6

Annyeong~! I am so so sooooo sorry I haven’t updated in so long and I know a lot of you have been anticipating this next part so without further ado~ lets get to the story!

Thank you so much for your love and support for this story! I’m glad you guys are enjoying it and I’ll be sure to post more often when I can :)

Part: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5.2 

Genre: Fluff & Angst 

Pairing: You x Wonwoo

Words: 3581

When Jihoon rolled (literally) into his hospital room, he was not surprised to see Wonwoo sitting in the chair next to his bed, a look of frustration on his face.

“Won-“ Jihoon started slowly but immediately shut his mouth when Wonwoo looked at him with a glare. That’s when he knew that Wonwoo had heard everything.

Jihoon figured  he would have considering it was around the time Wonwoo would come visit you anyways so he wasn’t exactly surprised. But unlike Mingyu and Joshua, Wonwoo and Jihoon weren’t so close so he couldn’t gage what the other male was feeling right now.

“You guys dated?” Wonwoo growled, “behind everyone’s back?”

Jihoon gulped as Wonwoos folded hands turned white as he clenched then tighter. If Jihoon wasn’t already in the hospital, he had a feeling that he would’ve been after dealing with Wonwoo.

“AND YOU CHEATED ON HER? In her apartment?!” Wonwoos voice raised but was still quiet enough so he didn’t attract anyone outside.

Jihoon stayed quiet. If he knew one thing about Wonwoo, it was that when he was upset to never interrupt him when he was on a role.

“It was you! There was a missing puzzle piece when Mingyu told me that you saved her from a bad date and started protecting her. It was because you had every reason to, because she was yours.” Wonwoo huffed and Jihoon had to rub his eyes to ensure that it wasn’t smoke he saw come out of Wonwoo’s nose. In all the years the two knew each other, he never saw Wonwoo this upset at a situation.

Wonwoo shook his head, “Y/N hasn’t spoken a willing word to me since she woke up because of a messed up misunderstanding but you cheat on her and you’re one of her closest friends. How the heck is that even possible?” He asked in disbelief staring the injured boy down. “What do you have over her that has you two so close?”

Jihoons head shot up at Wonwoos accusatory tone and stated as firmly as he could, “I hold nothing against Y/N.” his eyes leveled Wonwoos stare before he looked down defeated, “I hurt her in the worst way possible and she’s still willing to forgive me… she’s willing to forget everything that happened between us because she considers our friendship important” he let out a sigh.

“But it’s so hard for me to live like that. To watch her blame herself for everything that happened between us when it was my fault.” He shook his head as Wonwoo stayed silent, his face void of emotion. “That’s why when she told me she forgave me for everything, I couldn’t believe it. Even Joshua was against it for a while…”

“Joshua?” Wonwoo asked, “what does Joshua have to do with this?”

The two men gave each other hard looks before Jihoon’s shoulders slumped and he explained what happened during your relationship with Jihoon to Wonwoo.

Wonwoos poker face never changed as he listened to Jihoon speak. He could not believe how big of an idiot this guy was. Jihoon might’ve lost the best thing that happened to him but then again… you and Wonwoo weren’t on speaking terms either.  

He thought about your emotions and how you must’ve felt. The way Jihoon talked about your relationship, it sounded like it could’ve been forever had Jihoon not screwed it up royally.

He thought about how you must’ve felt walking into your apartment to see Jihoon in your bed with another woman before immediately exiting. His fist clenched thinking about the stupidity of Jihoon.  But from the tone of remorse coming from Jihoon, he knew that he regretted his actions greatly.

When Jihoon finished, wonwoo had to use all the self control he had not to punch the guy in the face for all the pain he put you through but he had to ask one question first.

“Did you still love her?”

The look on Jihoons face was all he needed as an answer so he continued.

“You know I’m going to fight for her right.”

Jihoon nodded slowly.

“I won’t let you hurt her again.” Wonwoo finished.

“And you think I’ll let you have her?” Jihoon shot at him. Who did Wonwoo think he was?, “You’re the reason she’s in the hospital in the first place. If she wasn’t so lost in thought, she wouldn’t have fallen-”

“It was a MISUNDERSTANDING” Wonwoo said ,  “She never let me explain and then the accident happened and now she won’t even talk to me because of the damage YOU caused to her heart. Unlike you, she won’t even give me the chance.”

“She gave me another chance?! She gave me another chance at friendship Jeon, not a relationship and I’ll be damned if I let you hurt her like I did.” Jihoon looked at Wonwoo with a menacing glare.

The two boys had a stare down, both wanting the other to back down before Wonwoo asked.

“So are you going to help me or not.”

Jihoons stared didn’t waver but in the end he let out a defeated sigh and nodded.

“Don’t think I’m going to make it easy for you” Jihoon muttered and Wonwoo shook head head before he made his way to the door.

“I wouldn’t expect you to.”

Wonwoo walked out of Jihoons room, leaving him to his thoughts as he made his way to your room hoping you were awake and alone and to his happiness, you were.

Knocking silently on the door, he waited until you looked in his direction before smiling softly.

“Hey” he said slowly walking in, watching your reaction carefully. When he saw no signs that you didn’t want him there, he sat in the chair next to your bed.

“Hi” you said softly. For some odd reason, you weren’t nervous. You had a feeling that Wonwoo would approach you sooner or later but thought he would’ve waited till you were out of the hospital.

“How are you feeling?” He asked, the same question he always asked. It was as if that was what your conversations had come to, light chatter, nothing too deep. Just enough to graze a conversation.

“My head hurts a bit every time I blink cause of the stitches but other than that, the painkillers are doing their job.” You replied making Wonwoo to chuckle lightly glad the air was on the lighter side.

“Listen...about that Friday…” he started slowly as you cut him off.

“Oh yea, did you meet your girlfriend for drinks?” You asked playing dumb. You knew he showed up at your door that night and you knew that Jihoon didn’t let him in either.

Wonwoo looked at you and gulped slightly but shook his head quickly, “She isn’t my girlfriend...If I recall, I was on a date with a really great girl and at the end of the night, she wasn’t feeling well and I offered to walk her home but she left in a hurry.” Wonwoo retold the story and you looked down at your hands.

“I couldn’t figure out why she would run away…” Wonwoo continued.

“Maybe it was because she saw something she wished she didn’t have to see.” you shot at him the emotions from that night getting to you. “Maybe she felt like the date she was on wasn’t a date. You did tell your old coworkers  that you were with a friend after all and considering the last few weeks that lead up to that date, I was surprised it even happened” you muttered the last part to yourself as Wonwoo stared at you.

Your words hit Wonwoo like a ton of bricks. What did you mean by surprised the date even happened? He took into consideration the time frame you needed to catch up on your work so he didn’t want to bug you. He thought back to that night and suddenly he felt like his heart dropped realizing he had messed up.

When he didn’t respond, you clenched your fist and continued.

“I know I don’t have the best dating history, but to be screwed over by two of Josh’s friends. Wow Y/N, amazing..” you mumbled to yourself before you looked up at him with a weak smile, “You’re a really great guy Wonwoo, I’m sure Ye-rin will make you very happy but next time, please don’t loop another girls heart  into it. They tend to be really delicate.”

“Y/N…” Wonwoo slowly reached for your hand but you pulled away. Feeling discouraged, he spoke anyways. He wanted  you to know how he was feeling and how sorry he was over the misunderstanding.

“I’m not dating Ye-rin..” he started and took it as a sign to continue when you stayed silent.

Slowly, he explained the story of how he knew her and how the two worked together at his old company. He told you everything from how they first met to when he started developing feelings for her to the point where he realized that she was incapable of staying faithful and that’s why he decided to move back home.

He didn’t  want to leave anything out. All he wanted was for you to listen and hear him out. He wanted to be an open book so you could crush any doubts you had.

After hearing his story you nodded your head slowly, feeling slightly stupid for assuming and not asking but after what happened with Jihoon, your survival instincts kicked in.

Looking at Wonwoo you sighed feeling a slight ache in your heart. It was unfamiliar to you but you had a hunch that it had something to do with the man in front of you.  He was looking at you with a soft hopeful gaze, wanting you to believe him.

Joshua and Hye-mi had talked to you about the situation before, not too long after you woke up. The words Joshua said resonated in your head.

“Give him a chance, he isn’t like the others. Jihoon included, Y/N. He’s gone what you’ve been through. He’s been here everyday since your accident. He really really cares about you...you should try to at least give him a chance.”

It threw you off to know that Wonwoo had visited you despite you being unconscious but it warmed your heart a tiny bit. Wanting confirmation you asked quietly.

“Is it true that you’ve been here everyday since the accident?”

Wonwoo nodded his head, “Everyday after work, sometimes twice. Once during my lunch and then after work….ah…” He hesitated. “Who told you?”

“Joshua...he and Hye-mi told me a lot of things…” you said looking down. Your heart was so conflicted. Part of you was telling you to stop what you were doing and run away but the other part really wanted to give him a chance. This whole thing was giving you a headache and it made you wince in pain.

“Are you okay?” Wonwoo asked worriedly leaning over to hold your arm when he noticed you wince.

Feeling his touch made you stop wincing for a moment to look at him. Like really look at him. You could see faint bags under his eyes from the lack of sleep Joshua told you about. Apparently, if he wasn’t at the hospital, he was at work and vice versa, only stopping at home to shower and change. You didn’t realize he was that worried about you.

Slowly, you used the hand which wasn’t held by him and reached for his face.  Gently, you ran your thumb over the dark circles under his eyes.

Wonwoo stayed still and watched  you carefully. This was the first time he had seen this look on your face and your touch made his insides tingle. He didn’t want to do anything that could ruin the quiet moment you had now.

You continued to gently stroke his cheek which made him close his eyes and lean into your palm, gently kissing it sending butterflies throughout your body. Everything was telling you that Wonwoo told the truth and that he really did care about you. After seeing only pure adoration in his eyes you knew what you were going to do.

“Would you….would you wait for me?” You asked in a small voice, afraid of his rejection you assumed was coming.

Opening his eyes slowly, he looked at you. Like really looked at you before pulling away from your hand and leaned over to kiss your cheek gently making you blush.

“Always” he whispered into your ear before pulling away smiling at you. He was happy, it wasn’t rejection and the fact that you asked him to wait mean that you may have feelings for him.

The two of you looked at each other for while and broke into quiet laughter, most of the awkwardness diminishing. Things were going to be okay.

The two of you ended up talking about what was happening with the wedding since you were out for the last few weeks. You found out that Wonwoo had taken it upon himself to help Hye-mi and Mingyu with most of the planning and that the venue was now set along with the groomsmen's tuxedos.

The conversation moved to common interests and then funny stories of the the boys from middle and high school which left you two laughing which was also what Joshua and Hye-mi walked into when they came to visit you.

Watching you two from the door, they looked at each other and bumped fists. It was progress, you and Wonwoo were on talking terms now. What they didn’t realize was Jihoon had been there the whole time behind them watching the whole exchange, his eyes locked on Wonwoo’s hand that held yours on the bed which went unnoticed by Joshua and Hye-mi.

“Someone sounds like she’s feeling better” Hye-mi sang as she and Joshua entered the room. “We come bringing good news.”

“And bad news” Joshua said looking at you.

You looked at Wonwoo who looked equally confused as you did before you asked.

“Let’s start with the good news”

“Well good news is, that you’re getting discharged in two days!” Hye-mi said excitedly.

“Ah! Really?!” You asked in shock. “Has it already been two weeks?”

The three in the room nodded their heads.

“Now the bad news”  Wonwoo said leaning forward with a smirk knowing what it was and despite it being “bad news” it made him happy.

“Because you’re left with a broken arm and leg each, the doctor advised that you’d need a full time caretaker for a little while. “ Joshua explained, “Hye-mi has her wedding” he gave said girl a side glance who nodded, “And because of your absence at the office, I can’t really take the time off right now. So…” everyone turned to look at Wonwoo.

“I offered to help you out” Wonwoo said and your head turned to look at him with wide eyes.

“A-are you sure?” you asked and he nodded his head, “But don’t you have to work? You must’ve just started your job...won’t you get in trouble?”

The three people in the room chuckled before Wonwoo explained.

“My job allows me to work at home and at the office. I mean, I’m sure Joshua is capable of running things himself. Afterall, he was the one who trained me.” he shot a smirk at the older boy who smirked back as you looked between the two confused.

“You...work for SVT?” you questioned.

Both boys nodded their heads.

“When you had your accident, a big project came up and it was something I couldn’t do alone and in the dire need of someone, I asked Wonwoo if he was interested in a contract position just for this project and the higher ups were impressed by his work so they offered him a permanent position as a trainee team-leader position and he’s more or less helped me complete a project or two since then.” Joshua explained and shared a smile with Wonwoo.

“He’s also been a big help with the wedding planning. The moment you’re out of here, we are going dress shopping!” Hye-mi said and giggled.

Turning to look at the man on your right you frowned, “You replaced me?”

Everyone in the room laughed as you pouted in your bed.

After the laughter subsided, everyone was back on topic.

“Wait, why is Wonwoo taking care me?” you questioned.

“Do you not want me to take care of you?” Wonwoo asked with fake offence.

“No no, it’s not that…”

“Wonwoo lives closer than you than any of us. So it only made sense.” Joshua said and you gave them another confused look but Joshua knew exactly what you were going to ask, “When SVT offered him the position, he was renting a place farther away but when he accepted, he bought a place closer to the office.”

“Ohh….” you said getting it now and turned to look at Wonwoo, “Are you okay with that though? I don’t want to be a burden…”

Wonwoo raised his eyebrow before chuckling.

“Getting to spend everyday with you, tending to your every need?” he thought for a moment, “I don’t think I can find a better way to spend the next two weeks.” he grinned.

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t think you’re on a vacation or anything, you still have reports to work on.” Joshua stated with a pointed look.

Wonwoo only gave him a sheepish grin and nodded his head.

“What about Jihoon?” you asked, you knew that Jihoon’s injuries weren’t as severe as yours and that he was still in the hospital being treated for exhaustion. He was a music producer for a large company and spent many hours in his studio which was why you tried so hard after the break up to make amends with him so he wouldn’t lock himself up so much.

“Cheol and Soonyoung are going to keep an eye on him. He and Soonyoung were thinking about rooming together anyways so it makes sense” Hye-mi explained as you nodded.

Satisfied with the answers, you dug into the food Hye-mi had brought. Mingyu made sure to make you dinner on a daily. He knew how bad hospital food tasted and made sure you had at least one decent meal a day.

Two days later, Seungcheol, Soonyoung, Wonwoo, Joshua, Hye-mi, Jeonghan and Mingyu were at the hospital to take you and Jhoon home. You were in a wheelchair, dressed in your own clothes, the hospital gown no longer present. Jihoon next to you dressed in the same.

After his breakdown two days ago, you were able to talk to him yesterday and cleared a lot of air. You expressed that his friendship was important to you and you didn’t want to leave it all behind. You emphasized that what happened in the past was what it was, in the past. After a while, he accepted the situation and you hoped that things would go back to normal eventually.

The group eventually split in two with Hye-mi, Mingyu, Wonwoo and Joshua taking you back to your apartment and Jeonghan, Seungcheol and Soonyoung taking Jihoon back to Soonyoungs place where he would be staying while he recovered.

When the five of you get back to your apartment, you were shocked to see things tidied up and put away. Your fridge was fully stocked and the boys had even installed a special shower seat for you.

Once settled, all that was left were you and Wonwoo. The plan was that Wonwoo would spend most of the day with you, just incase you needed anything. He had to go to the office sometimes but was allowed to leave anytime granted you needed something. Though you told him that you’d be just fine, he only chuckled.

“I told you at the hospital. Getting to spend everyday with you tending to your every need? I don’t think I could find anyway better way to spend the next two weeks”

The comment once again made you go red in the face as he chuckled thinking how cute you were being.

“Do you want to watch a movie?” he suggested and you nodded your head.

He had set you up in an interesting way. Your leg was propped up on two pillows while your arm was resting on a pillow on your arm rest.

Wonwoo went to your kitchen to grab a few snacks which he had bought earlier on and brought them out. After agreeing on a movie, the two of you settled in a comfortable silence.

Throughout the movie, Wonwoo handed you the snacks you wanted and put a straw in your drink so you could sip it from time to time, all the while being the perfect gentleman. Slowly, his arm made his way around you and you found your head nestled comfortably on the crook of his neck.

Noticing that you had fallen asleep, Wonwoo gently carried you into your bedroom and placed you on your bed.

Gently kissing your forehead he whispered, “I’ll wait for you as long as you need me to. But remember...my heart is fragile too…” he kissed your forehead one last time before he walked out of your room, leaving it slightly ajar so he could hear you if you needed anything and went into the guest bedroom he set up for himself and for the rest time in a long time, had a restful sleep.