#Jeonghan one shot

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fated strut- pt. i

̗̀➛ 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: greek god!Jeonghan x model!reader

̗̀➛ 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: In a whirlwind fashion show, a part-time model's life takes a mystical turn when she becomes the muse for the captivating Greek God Jeonghan. Unbeknownst to her, she shares a deep connection tied to his past. As their chemistry ignites amidst secrets and rivalries, will love conquer their complicated fates?

̗̀➛ 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: fluff, angst, smut, fantasy, doppleganger au, r 18+

̗̀➛ 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: nocturnal emission (sex dream), unprotected sex, kissing, fingering, backshots, riding, oral, biting, hair pulling, multiple orgasms, pet names, sweet stuff, a lil bit of squirting, cream pie, oh and cursing 😂

̗̀➛ 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬: 7.2k

̗̀➛ 𝐀𝐍: This fic has had me stressed for the last couple of months lol. I have always been into greek mythology (I even hosted a multi collab before for it) and I got the idea earlier this year to do another one but just for seventeen. Thank you Maren @wooahaeproductions for hosting the 13 Gods Of Olympus collab with me and helping it come to life. Also thank you to @hannieween and @hobeemin for beta reading this and giving me some much needed feedback. I knew what I had was good and with your help it made it better :) also thank you to @cheolism and @junkissed for letting me run some ideas with them about the greek mythology and the BC era lol. I hope you like this 🖤

Golden light filters through your curtains, casting soft shadows that dance across the room. The scent of something sweet—honey and vanilla—lingers in the air, pulling at the edges of your consciousness. Everything feels so real and vivid, so alive. There is a haze in the light that looks nostalgic. 

You are sitting on a kline, handcrafted by Hephaestus himself, weaving away with a ball of twine in your hands. The clatter of sandals against the hard floor gets your attention. Looking up, Jeonghan is standing there, his blonde hair shimmering in the light, with a playful smile on his lips. 

“Shouldn’t be off delivering those messages to the mortals?” You tease him playfully. 

“They can wait,” he says, setting down his bag. “I have more pressing matters to attend to.” 

“Oh?” You slowly set down your twine. “What is that?” 

He walks over and kisses you deeply, sending ripples through your soul. You realize quickly that the “pressing matter” was that he wanted to be inside of you, and you were more than happy to oblige. 

“Jeonghan, you’re going to get in trouble with Zeus,” you taunt him. 

“I don’t care,” he grits, pulling you into another kiss.

You take off your gown, your nakedness exposed to him in all its glory. Jeonghan’s eyes you with adoration and lust, his hand palming the growing bulge under his toga. Sheer excitement runs through your veins, the thought of being roughly fucked on the kline making you wet with arousal. As if he read your mind, he tugs at your hair and bends you over, his fingers seductively playing with your sweet folds. 

“You’re already so wet for me, my love?” He licks your essence coated on his digits. “I have to break the rules more often.”

Your laugh is light as the air, anticipating and craving him deeply. You find yourself pressing your clit, spreading your legs apart, and rubbing it so he can get a better view. Jeonghan licks his lips at the sight before him, his hand stroking his cock as he lines up to your entrance. 

“Please,” your breathy moans floating in the room. “Give it to me.” 

“As you wish,” he murmurs as he inserts himself in your clenching heat. Your back arches as his thrusts go deep, the clapping sound of your skin against his hard and loud enough to create thunder from the heavens. Jeonghan looks down in amusement, watching your ass bounce every time he snaps his hips. He’s turned on and seduced, and you could have him turn into puddy with just one look. That’s how much he is into you. That’s how much he loves you. 

“You feel s-so g-good,” you barely sound out. “I-I love you.”

Jeonghan pulls you by your hair, his thrusts unrelenting as he kisses you hard. “I love you too.”

He raises his leg on the kline, pushing you back down, and strokes you from another angle. Your legs shake, your peak nearing as he continues to hit your pleasure points in all the right ways. “FUCK” is all you can scream out before you come undone, your essence squirting all over him and the floor. You are a whimpering mess, clutching the edge of the kline as he continues his onslaught until his release comes shortly after. He fills you up with his hot load, pumping his dick until he is spent, slowly slipping out of you. The loss is evident, and his cum starts to drip in between your folds. 

“Uh, uh,” he frowns as he crouches behind you. “We can’t leave that to waste, can we?”

He swipes what’s dripping down your leg with his fingers, returning them to your mouth to suck. You suck them with earnest, your eyes closing with sexual gratification. He turns you wild, and you want more. You attempt to initiate another round, but you are interrupted by the sound of thunder just outside your window, scaring you half to death.

“Sounds like the big guy is mad,” Jeonghan reluctantly pulls away. “I have to go.”

“Yeah, I know,” you nod, kneeling down to grab your gown. “You’ll be back, right?” 

He gazes at you with the softest eyes you have ever seen, letting him pull you close into another kiss. “Don’t I always come back?”

Your world shifts into a fading memory, the golden haze slowly replaced with stark brown walls and paintings. Jeonghan is gone. The thunder outside is as real as ever, followed by a bolt of lightning that feels too close to home. Reality slowly sets in, and you realize you are having a dream. This is the second one you have had this week with Jeonghan, the infamous Greek god. It feels natural, like you’re watching a memory of yourself, and you don’t understand it. 

You frantically grab your journal, jotting down every moment before the details get fuzzy and lost forever. This has to mean something, right?

A few weeks later...

You feel the galvanic buzz of anticipation humming as you stand backstage at Paris Fashion Week. Models twirl past you, dripping in the latest haute couture, their expressions exuding fierceness. You? You were just happy to be there. As the last-minute addition, the unexpected wildcard about to open the show—your heart races, matching the rhythm of the music that spills into the warehouse. The scent of expensive cologne and crepitus excitement lingers around you.

You weren’t even supposed to be here at all. You model in your part-time to pay the bills, but your real love, your true passion, is classical studies—specifically, your focus on Greek mythology. Growing up, you’ve always heard the stories of the Gods who ruled the world and how slowly but surely they started disappearing because people quit believing in them. Your mom, who raised you pagan, would tell you about missionaries coming over and preaching the Bible and using it in force, and people started losing their way and adapting to this new life. There are still gods amongst us who will never go away, no matter what. People are still human and have needs, after all.

That’s what brought you here tonight—Jeonghan, the god of many things, keeps appearing in your dreams; scenes of a past life take up much of your night, and you can’t ignore it anymore. You have to see and know him, and you aren’t above using unconventional methods to get what you want. You cozied up to the right people and got yourself cast onto his fashion show. Sometimes, all it takes is a look, a touch of your hand, or very selective words to get what you want. You aren’t sure you would call it a power… let’s just say you are persuasive.

“Thank the gods you are here tonight,” the stage manager, Lea, says as she adjusts your dress. “I can’t believe she didn’t show up.”

The model that was supposed to open up the show, Penelopeia, partied a little too hard the night before. How do you know this? You were right beside her, dancing and drinking the night away. You knew her in passing, working for the same modeling agency, and talked here and there, but you two aren’t friends. But you were out with acquaintances last night, and she was there. Ultimately, she is a grown woman and can make her own choices, but you might’ve given her some extra encouragement when she complained about her being tired and “needing” a break. You told her it was “fine” to blow off some steam, which wouldn’t mean anything. The touch of your hand when you held hers and listened to her cry about how tough her life is and whispered nothings in her ear. It was perfect. 

“Are you ready?”

You nod as the music changes, the lights dim, and you take your place behind the runway. Your heartbeat matched the drum's beat in your ears. 

“I'm like some kind of supernova... watch out!”

On cue, you walked, every gaze drawn to you as your body moved to the beat, each step a spell cast upon the audience. Unbeknownst to you, Jeonghan stood backstage, mesmerized by the essence you exuded, a natural allure that made him curious with its intensity.

You circle the runway and walk back to where you came from, your body on autopilot as your linen dress sashes across your body. You are rushed backstage, the dress slipping off of you hurriedly, briefly exposing your breasts while you are putting on another. You feel eyes burning into the back of your neck, and you instinctively turn around, meeting Jeonghan's soft brown eyes. His warm blonde locks hang below his ears, touching his delicate neck. He smirked, raising his glass of red wine, and you meekly looked away, clearly affected by a god's presence.

Jeonghan watches you intently as you take another lap around the runway. The familiarity of your presence slowly creeps in, and curiosity is taking care of the cat. He’s been around for a long time now, and he’s seen a lot of faces, old and new. But you remind him of an old lover from his past life, someone he prefers to keep buried in the back of his mind. You were clearly a doppelganger of her, and watching you in the flesh unnerves him to his core. There is no need to bring up thousands-year-old drama now. You’re in front of him now, beautiful as ever, and despite every red flag— he will have you wrapped around his fingers by the end of the night. 

You walk backstage and are dragged to the side by your dresser, who is adjusting your clothes one last time for your final walk. She fusses with your hair, a small annoyance you put up with because you know she is doing her job. You find yourself searching for Jeonghan through the slew of models, your eyes not resting until you see him talking to his stage assistant near the beginning of the runway. He is a god in every sense of the word. Butterflies flutter in the pit of your stomach when you see his soft, delicate features and how he carries himself. Very deific, very mindful. 

“He’s mesmerizing, isn’t he?”

You slowly come out of your self-induced trance, meeting the eyes of your dresser, Helen, a younger woman who couldn’t be older than 21. Her doe-eyed look makes her look innocent, and you feel the need to protect her from this cruel industry. 

“He’s okay,” you clear your throat. 

“Oh please, he’s a divine enigma,” Helen chuckled, a playful smirk gracing her lips. “It’s perfectly natural to admire someone’s allure, especially someone so utterly enchanting as HIM.”

You couldn’t help but chuckle at her outburst, knowing that deep down, she was right. Jeonghan is the sexiest man you have ever laid eyes on. It doesn’t help that he is the god of fortune, luxury, and all the other things that make him much more attractive. 

“Okay, it’s time to do the final walk,” Helen announces as she finishes up. “You are going to walk out with him in front since you technically walked first in the show.”

You gaze at Jeonghan across the way, watching him wrap up his conversation with the stage assistant. “Is this custom? I thought usually the models walk out one final time, and then the designer comes out towards the end.” 

“Usually, yeah,” Helen shrugs. “But that’s not how Jeonghan does things.”

She lightly pushes you towards the front, catching his attention as the strobe lights change colors. You glowed in your dress, symbolizing a halo of beauty that made it hard for Jeonghan to turn away. This catches him off guard, a strange chill running through his veins that he is unfamiliar with. Keeping himself in line, he saunters over to you, his close proximity filling your stomach with butterflies. 

“Don’t be nervous, baby,” he whispers in your ear. “I don’t bite.”

The thought of his perfect mouth giving you love bites thrills you, and an intense longing starts to brew within your core. Feeling bold, you smile softly, responding in a tone only he could hear. 

“Well, that’s too bad.” 

Jeonghan chuckles lightly, impressed by your cheekiness. He slips his arm between yours, waiting for the curtains to open. The light touch of his arm brushing against yours gives you goosebumps, the exuberance bubbling inside you. You’ve studied him all your life, read the stories, and visited the ancient sites from many moons ago. You have never been near a Greek god, let alone touch one, and for a moment, you forget why you were really there. You were just a pretty model, attracted to the most successful man in the world, and the way he looks at you right now is setting your loins on fire. 

The curtains finally open, and you walk with him arm and arm like you were his equal. The other models did as they were supposed to do, walking behind you as you two set the runway ablaze. You stood in the center while he gave his bows; the audience applauded in crescendos. Jeonghan then returns to your side, his presence intoxicating and making you almost lose your senses. You walk in unison until you reach backstage, and Helen is waiting for you to help you out of your dress. Before you parted ways, he lightly touched your hand, grabbing your attention and Helen’s, with raised eyebrows.

“I’m interested in sharing another stage with you,” he whispers, his brown eyes gleaming with desire. “Without all the light and people watching us. Beyond the runway.” 

You cock an eyebrow playfully, putting on your best poker face, but inside, nervousness eats at you alive. You know you shouldn’t do this, as your sole reason was to find answers about him and why he encompasses your every dream. It took a lot of sweet talking and favors to get you in his lineup, let alone starting the show and inadvertently being his muse of the day. You knew you were going to have to mix your business with pleasure, and with the way he is gazing at you, the business is going further in the back of your mind. 

“Where do I sign up?” You say coyly, rubbing your finger against the fabric of his shirt. 

“Meet me in the back in fifteen minutes, and I’ll take you to my place.” 

You nod, and he leaves you with a soft kiss on your cheek. “Don’t be late.”

You watched him walk away, still feeling his warm lips on your cheek. You kept it cool, casually grabbing your things, but inside, you were buzzing, excitement bursting through your chest like fireworks. You weren’t sure what the night would bring, but you would never turn down the possibility of being in the company of a Greek god. 

You make your way to the back as directed, exchanging goodbyes with Helen and watching the models leave one by one. Fifteen minutes exactly, Jeonghan appears, twirling his car keys in his hands and opening the back door for you, leading you to a classic Mercedes Benz 250CE. He opens your door like the gentleman he is, making sure you are secure in your seat before coming over to the driver’s side. 

“Are you ready to go, doll?”

You nod, your sparkling eyes matching your smile. “Yeah, let’s go.”

The car ride was a short one, but it felt like it was going on forever. He played smooth jazz, driving with one hand and conveniently placing his hand on your thigh. Your mind was filled with thoughts of your dreams—the intimacy you felt and the sadness that tormented you when he disappeared. 

“You seem comfortable,” Jeonghan observed. “Most people would be scared to be with me.”

“Well, I have a feeling I am in good hands,” you answer honestly. 

You had so many questions about him as a Greek god, as it's not often (or really at all) that you can talk to one. Despite these waves of emotions tugging at your heart, you maintained a flawless facade until you arrived at his residence, a beautiful hotel that housed penthouses only the wealthy lived in.

“Welcome in.” 

The housekeeper greeted you as you walked into Jeonghan’s penthouse, located in the heart and soul of Paris. The interior was dripped in luxury, feeling more like an art gallery than a place to live. Everything has a place, and it makes you nervous about even moving around in the event you accidentally bump into something. The vinyl player played soulful jazz, a fancy concert piano was in the corner and hundreds of books lined up like his own personal library. Jeonghan guides you by your waist to the kitchen, a grand spectacle of the finest cooking ware, dishes, and appliances that were way above your budget. You sit on a stool while he pours you a glass of red, the finest from Chateauneuf du Pape.

“Nice place,” you sweet talk him. “I would say you must’ve worked hard to get all this, but I know better.”

“Do you?” He counters, handing you your glass. “Do you think you know everything?”

“I know what I know from books, archives, etcetera,” you explain casually. “It’s not like I can ring up Zeus and ask him to read me a bedtime story.” 

His lips curve as he chuckles, watching you sip the rich ruby-red liquid in your glass. “You have a sense of humor. I like that.”

You smirked, leaving him to his thoughts as you walked towards the large picture window, looking at the Eiffel Tower. It’s late, but the city has so much life in it. The tall, grandeur buildings that have stood through the ages are accompanied by French lights and taxis flying back and forth at night. Between your studies, walking runways, and doing commercial shoots, it was a matter of time before you made it out of the United States and into Paris. 

You aren’t this in-demand model agencies are banging the door down for. But when you come to work, you work. You know how to convince people to take a chance on you, whether it's your words of intellect or how you pose. Your mom always taught you to be observant and scope the scene before you act; that advice hasn’t stirred you wrong before. 

In the window's reflection, you watch Jeonghan gently place his glass on the table, the soft clink barely breaking the serene silence. He strides to your right, his presence warm and magnetic as he stands beside you, eyes mesmerized by the sprawling cityscape before you. 

“So why are you here? Aside from the obvious.”

Jeonghan’s question catches you off guard, stirring you out of your peaceful daydream.

“What do you mean?”

“Come on, baby,” Jeonghan cocks his head. “Don’t play coy.”

Your response hangs in the air as you search for the right words. How do you confess to a god that you've been dreaming of them without knowing why? You are sure they have heard it all before, and you wouldn’t be any different.

“Honestly speaking,” you start, taking another sip of your wine. “I’ve studied you all my life: the Greek Gods and the beings you used to be on Earth. Your stories fascinate me, and I want to put this master’s degree in classical studies to good use.”

“Uh huh,” Jeonghan hums. “Are you sure that’s it?” 

“I mean, I may have other reasons… but I can’t tell you all my secrets.”

You finish the remnants in your glass, sauntering and setting it next to his. You glance up, your heart beating fast as you meet his gaze. He watches you intently, a spark of amusement dancing in his beautiful brown eyes as he watches you internally squirm. At that moment, it feels as though the world has narrowed down to just the two of you, and you feel yourself being sucked into his spell. 

“Well, are you going to stare at me all night or show me around this place?”

You raise your hand, waiting for him to grab it and lead the way. He does just that, showing you around his massive penthouse. You don’t know if you could ever afford this place even if you had all the money in the world. Every room has its bathroom, and the balcony is beautifully decorated with a view to die for. You notice another room with more books than the collection you saw earlier, and you make a note later to ask about it… even hoping to take a peek at potentially ancient history. 

 Jeonghan slipped his hand on your waist as the tour went on, pulling you close like you were already his. His slender fingers held on to you kind of tight, like he was imprinting on you… You can’t say you don’t like that. 

You stop in front of his bedroom, the dark forest green double-doored room paired with gold handles waiting to be opened. You gaze at Jeonghan, who leans against the door, casually putting his hands in his pockets. 

“Is there a reason why we are just standing here?” You pose, playing with the hem of his shirt.

“No reason at all,” he responds, pulling you closer to him. “I just like looking at my bedroom door closed, that’s all.”

You raise an eyebrow, quite aware that he is teasing you. Being around him gives you a rush through your veins, a magnetic pull that sets your nerves and soul on fire. You know you should be doing a better job fighting this attraction between you two, but being around him makes you slowly lose all of your senses. He’s intoxicating; you feel hazy, like you are in a dream and don’t want to wake up. 

“So, are you going to sweet talk me in front of this door all night, or are you going to let me in?”

He chuckles softly as he opens his doors, leading to a grand master bedroom that all of the words in the dictionary couldn’t come close to describing. You knew he was the god of luxury, but what’s in front of your eyes exceeds that. This is opulence in its purest form. His massive king-size bed was decked with the finest white blankets and pillows filled with goose feathers that looked handcrafted with care. Your toes bask in the softest fur rug you have ever touched. It felt like you were walking on clouds. Jeonghan motions for you to sit on the bed, taking your hand as he helps you climb up. Your dress rises a bit, exposing your inner thigh to your surprise and his delight. 

“Don’t get any ideas,” you rib, crossing your legs slowly. 

“Don’t worry, baby. You’ll give me an invitation by the end of the night.”

You roll your eyes, a smile tugging at the corners of your lips as you adjust your dress. Watching him move with purpose to his shelf, he pulls out a vinyl and puts it in the player. Recognizing Billie Holiday's distinct and powerful voice, you lean back into the pillows and watch him approach the other side of the bed. With a snap of his fingers, the lights dim, opening the curtains and revealing another side of Paris, a quieter one that shows the city below. The ceiling separates slowly, revealing a twilight blue skyline with dark clouds surrounding you. It’s beautiful. 

You feel the bed shift on your left, and Jeonghan climbs quietly, his movements as light as a cat. He lifts the comforter, a gentle invitation for you to come under as his feet disappear under the thick cover. 

“Are you this friendly with all the women you bring over?” You smirk, raising an eyebrow.

“Nope,” his laugh is light as he rakes his fingers through his hair. “Just the ones I like.” 

You nod, following his lead and slowly basking into the warm cover. You can still see him in the low light, his radiance shining through the dark room. Maybe it’s because of your extensive research of him and your knowledge, but he feels familiar. Every fiber in your body tells you to pull closer to him and confess every little thought swirling in your head. Is this what it’s like to be in front of a god?

“So, a master's in Classical Studies, huh?” Jeonghan probes, his index finger making a swirling motion on his sheets. “Let me guess, you have a focus on Greek mythology?”

Despite putting on your best poker face, you felt like something bitter went down your throat. He caught you off guard, and to be frank, it’s your fault. The god of many things and the most intelligent being to walk on this Earth would of course know who you are. He probably had your whole life story while you walked on his runway. 

“Ah,” you exhale. “You must think I’m crazy.” 

“Nah, I don’t,” he assures. “I’m very intrigued by you.”

“Are you?” 

“Yes. You’re smart, carry yourself well, almost as witty as me, and very well-spoken. Why do you choose to model instead of working in something with your degree?”

You stare at him, his words chipping away at your exterior piece by piece. You could sit here and come up with a lie that sounds plausible and keep your secrets. But you want to know why he keeps plaguing your dreams, and maybe he has the answers you need to make sense of this. Some honesty can’t hurt, right?

“I… like the attention,” you confess. “I like the way people look at me when I walk by. I love being adored and wanted. I like that I am so educated and an effective communicator that I can talk myself into things I want to be in. That and my looks combined? I don’t get turned down often.”

Jeonghan gazes at you, wondering if he should be amazed at your self-awareness or frightened. Admittedly, your confidence turns him on, and you have the kind of intellect he likes on a deeper level. Your voice is calm and seductive without even trying, and not to mention, you have a timeless beauty that makes it hard to look away. When you walked down that runway, your stride was a beautiful masterpiece—it held him captive. It was as if you were trained by Aphrodite herself. 

“Plus, I am not totally abandoning my degree,” you continue on. “I want to eventually write about the Greek gods and the legends behind them. So many stories and their lore have been forgotten as people worship other gods, and I don’t want that to be forgotten. It feels like a passion project, but I know this will benefit the world somehow.”

“How?”

“Well,” you clear your throat. “It will provide a different perspective of ancient civilization.”

You run your hands through your hair, causing the v top of your dress to shift slightly, partially revealing your cleavage. You reach down to adjust it, and Jeonghan eyes your every move as you gradually slide your dress back up. It’s your favorite dress, which you picked up at a thrift store a long time ago in New York. It’s a jade green evening dress that hugs your body the right way, with a mid-thigh split on the right. 

“You’re quiet,” you observe, shifting your body closer to him. “What’s on your mind?”

“Nothing, just taking in what you said.” He pauses, his finger slowly sliding down to the slit of your dress. “I like the way you think.”

You nod, carefully choosing your next words. “I’m glad I made you feel that way.”

Your insides are on fire, begging for him to touch you in all the wrong right places. As if he could read your mind, he pulls you in for a kiss, his soft lips tearing down any walls you had. In a swift motion, he’s on top of you, hiking your dress up as he grinds his growing bulge against your sensitive core. A pleased hum escapes your lips, your body completely giving in to him.

“Mmm, you smell sweet,” Jeonghan utters, biting the bottom of your lip. “I’m sure you’ll taste just as good.”

His lips travel down your neck, sucking on your smooth skin until it's tender. Your hands desperately grab onto his silky blond hair as his tongue plays in circles along your collarbone, igniting a fire in you. You slowly lower the straps of your dress, tugging at the silky fabric until it lowers completely, revealing your breasts. Jeonghan marvels at the sight in front of him, his fingers brushing softly against your nipples. 

“Ah, you’re a goddess,” he whispers. “I’m going to have fun with you.”

He kisses you again, his hunger for you hot and strong as he unbuttons his shirt, revealing his smooth chest and defined abs. Fire and desire burn between you two, and you thirstily tug at his pants, pushing them down so you can see his cock, threatening to break free in his boxers. 

“You are an eager little thing, aren’t you?” 

“I just know what I like, that’s all.” 

Leaving you with one last kiss, he moves on your breasts, cupping them softly and sucking on your nipples with such tenderness as if they were prized possessions. Your perfume mix smells pleasant to him, like an aphrodisiac, and he cannot get enough. Jeonghan usually likes to play with his food a bit before he eats it, but you bring something out of him that he hasn’t felt in a long time: impulsiveness and passion. He wants you more than he cares to admit, making him act out of his cool, calm, and collected nature. He sucks on your nipples harder, earning a hard moan from you, the blend of pleasure and pain igniting waves of excitement that leaves you breathless. 

His hand slips in between your legs, pushing them apart and sliding your panties to the side. His thumb rubs your clit softly, sending jolts of pleasure throughout your body. Jeonghan has you feeling like you are floating on air, unable to tell him what you want coherently. 

“Mmm… fuck I can’t take this,” you mutter. 

“Well, you will learn tonight, baby,” Jeonghan smirks as he lowers himself to your sweet entrance. “Tell me what you want.” 

“F-fuck,” you cooed. “You know what I want.”

“Just because I am a god doesn’t mean I can read your mind,” he teases, biting softly on your thigh. “Tell me what you want.”

You feel hot and rabid, trying to chase a high you are so close to getting. Jeonghan removes his thumb from your nub, snickering as he watches you groan in protest. He is determined to make you beg for it, and watching you squirm and fall apart underneath him would be the highlight of his night. He inserts a digit inside your wet core; a sweet smile spreads across your face soon after. 

“J-Jeonghan,” you sputter. “P-please just—”

“Say it, baby.” 

“Fuck, just make me cum, please.” 

Jeonghan slips a second finger into you, leaving small kisses on your thigh as he thrusts into your wet cunt. Your hands grip the sheets as he goes deeper, watching excitedly as your essence coats his fingers and his sheets. He planned to study you, explore what made you tick, and how your body liked to be teased. He wants to hear your perfect voice scream his name as your body shakes from being royally fucked by a god, and the way you are laid out in front of him, he is losing all composure. 

“Such a good girl,” he murmurs. “I think you deserve to cum now.” 

Quickly removing his fingers, he dives into your wet folds with his tongue and up to your sensitive clit. His fingers intertwine with yours, eating you with such a craze, the hunger of a starved being who is eating his favorite meal for the last time. The vibrating hums of his mouth to your delicate flower sends you over the edge, your orgasm crashing down on you hard. He holds onto your thighs, holding you hostage as he takes everything you got. You proved him right—you tasted just as sweet as your perfume. He’s addicted to your aroma, a natural aphrodisiac that he will never get enough of. 

“There you are, princess, ” he whispers. “Keep giving it to me.”

Your moans turn into whines and then screams, your fingers desperately clinging to the sheets as he drinks you in. Jeonghan’s appetite is insatiable, and the god’s thirst for you is getting stronger by the minute. His nails dig into your thighs as he licks up and down your folds, desperate to taste more of your sweet essence. You feel airy, your body floating on cloud nine as if you have never had this kind of pleasure before. Sure, you have had your experiences and what you thought was the best sex of your life, but those don’t even come close to this.

“Come on baby, give me another,” he goads you. “I know you have it in you.” 

“J-Jeonghan,” you croak, desperation falling on your lips. “P-please. You win.”

“Win?” He chuckles softly. “ I haven’t even started.” 

His fingers return to your entrance, thrusting into you while his tongue remains on your clit. His lips make lewd noises, slurping and smacking away as he bullies you into your second orgasm of the night. Your toes curl, the springs in your abdomen snapping as it ripples through you like a hard wave. Jeonghan moans into your sweet core as you surrender to him; his pupils dilate as he takes the remaining energy that you have left. His free hand furiously pulls down his boxers, liberating his cock, and he touches himself at last.  He jerks himself to the thought of your mouth wrapped around his dick, tasting his cum as he shoots loads down your throat. He could easily stop and make his imagination a reality, but you just taste too damn good. 

“Damn,” you curse, brushing his hair from his face. “You are so good at this.” 

“Mmhmm,” is all he could say, his cruel tongue still playing circles around your clit. You lift yourself away from him, watching him pout as you take his meal. You can barely move, your legs still spasming from that earth-shattering orgasm. Your eyes travel lower to his freed cock, watching him pump himself with such eagerness, the precum oozing from his tip begging to be sucked. He was thick and girthy, his veins popping in places you liked. Your mouth salivates at the thought of tasting him in your mouth. 

“Can I?”

You sit up, gently motioning for him to lay back on the pillow. Curiosity gets the better of him, and he does what he is told, relaxing his hands behind his head. Jeonghan isn’t used to his playmates wanting to take control in the bedroom; most of them just want to have a story to tell about being fucked by a god. You excite him, a confident woman who knows what they want and isn’t apologetic about it. The twinkle in your eye you have for him turns him on, and he is counting the seconds where he can finally be inside of you. 

Your hand slides up his shaft, watching him shudder from your touch. You lean down, sucking on his tip and tasting his precum. You make eye contact as you take more of him, hallowing your cheeks and letting saliva drip out of the corners of your mouth. He tastes better than you imagined, and you feel gratification watching his lips part and low moans escape his pretty little mouth. You feel dirty, like his own personal whore, and you aren’t mad at that. Your very sensitive core still wants him, your clit pulsating at the thought of his very thick cock beating your walls down. 

“You look so beautiful with your lips wrapped around me, princess,” he grunts, taking a handful of your hair. “Let’s see if you can handle me.” 

Jeonghan fucks your mouth roughly with such a force and rhythm that was only his, tears streaking your face as you take him whole. His dick hits the back of your throat, and you are thankful that you have a mean gag reflex. It’s smooth, clean, and fits your mouth just right. It’s like it was molded and shaped just for you. Your hand sneaks in between your legs, playing with your nub and willing yourself to cum for the third time. 

“Tsk, tsk, you dirty girl,” Jeonghan murmurs between grunts. “You do want me that bad? Do you want my cock inside your wet cunt?”

You nod fervently, your fingers increasing their pace. He pulls himself out of your mouth suddenly, lifting your head and kissing you with such an intense fire, his hands grasping your ass and giving it a tight smack. 

“I want to ride you, baby,” you breathe between kisses. “I want to feel you inside of me. Give me that, please.” 

He wants you as bad as you want him, his adrenaline pumping through his veins as he positions himself on the bed. His hands grab your hips, hovering over him as he aligns his cock to meet your entrance. The thought came to your mind about using a condom, but it went away quickly when you sunk onto him. He feels good; your walls tighten around him as you adjust to his size, rocking slowly back and forth to get a rhythm. 

“That’s it,” Jeonghan groans as he cups your breasts. “Take me however you want me.”

You increase your pace while he bucks into you, biting your lip until it's crimson red. His nails dig into your hips, the pain mixed with the pleasure sending you soaring through cloud nine. You lose all inhibition, riding him harder and deeper, addicted to chasing that orgasmic high that you feel coming sooner than you’d expected. Your body is on autopilot, refusing to stop until you’ve cummed on him at least once. If you didn’t know any better, you would say you were falling in love with him. The sex you had with him in your dreams doesn’t even come close to the real thing. His cock consistently hits all the right places, and he pays great attention to your body, teasing you and pushing you to your limits until you are sent over the edge. 

Jeonghan grabs you by your neck and kisses you deeply, thrusting deeper into you until you can no longer keep your composure. He loves watching you lose control, surrendering your body to him and screaming his name loud enough for the neighbors to hear. His lips are slightly parted, whispering sweet things in your ear, praising you for taking him so well and rewarding you with filling you up with his cum. You look every bit fucked out and heavenly to him, and he wishes he could stay buried inside of you forever. What he feels for you is risky, and if it were someone else, he would turn those feelings off. But with you and the way you are taking him so well, he is completely into you. 

He helps you ride out your high, kissing you from your lips to your collarbone until you are overripe with sensitivity. Slowly lifting you, he lays you gently on his right, allowing you to catch your breath. 

“I-I don’t think I have ever been fucked like that before,” you confess in between breaths. “Are you sure you’re not the god of love?”

Jeonghan chuckles, putting on a robe and heading towards the bathroom. Looking at himself in the mirror, he notices a few scratches you left, noticeable dig marks from your nails that dug into his skin. He shrugs them off, knowing that the next day, they will disappear, and it will be like they were never there. He’s been on this Earth for a long time and has slept his way through all the women and men he desired, but this night with you has topped all of them. He feels a connection with you mentally and spiritually, and after feeling you for the first time, he is determined to keep you by his side. By all means. 

Your eyes are heavy with exhaustion, the day’s events catching up to you as your body acclimates with the sheets. You hear soft water running from the bathroom, and a few seconds later, Jeonghan appears in front of the door, his robe removed and naked. You glance at him and smirk, slowly getting out of bed and walking towards him. He is a divine enigma indeed. 

“Don’t worry, darling,” he assures you. “It’ll be a nice, relaxing bath.” 

His bathroom was definitely tailored to his taste. It had white and forest green marble floors, a shower stall big enough for more than three people centered in the middle, and two vanity sinks placed on opposite ends of each other. The tub was round and spacious, placed by the circular window that allowed you to see the stars at night. You slowly step into the foaming water, the sweet aroma of vanilla and bergamots filling your senses and pleasing your soul. Jeonghan comes in behind you, the water slightly splooshing around as his arms wrap around your waist, pulling you close. You relax on his chest, feeling at peace as you stare outside the window. It feels so natural, feeling this comfortable around him. 

Your dreams of him show that you two had a successful relationship. You were partners in everything. He was good at communicating, and you knew how to support him and could persuade anyone if needed. You understood your roles, and you were perfect. So why do they always end with you walking away?

“What are you doing tomorrow?” Jeonghan’s voice breaks through your reverie. 

He unwraps his arms around you, places his hands on your shoulders, and gives you a comforting massage. You close your eyes, letting the steam from the warm water relax your muscles. 

“Heading back home,” you sigh heavily. “I have some go-sees to book and also continue my research. I have to put these looks and my big brain to use.”

“Yeah, no, you’re not,” Jeonghan declares smoothly. “I want you to stay here and work for me. Become my new muse.”

He watches you react closely, his eyes shining with mischief. “Just think about it. You would be my inspiration, my spark. Imagine the kind of magic we would create together.”

He catches you off guard but excites you nevertheless. Jeonghan wants to make you the face of his brand. You would be crazy to turn that down. Plus, it makes you so much closer to your research and figuring out your dreams. This was the universe giving you a sign.

“Yeah,” you say after thinking it over. “I would be open to that.”

You sink further into his chest, your tiredness getting the best of you, and falling into a slumber in the warm water. Jeonghan leaves light kisses on your shoulder, watching you sleep peacefully in his arms. He could go for another glass of wine, a perfect way to top off his night with you. He knows getting entangled with his ex-lover’s doppelganger is risky business, and eventually, he will have to deal with the truth of things. But tonight is not the night to open Pandora’s box and bring up the ancient feelings and heartache that he’s put behind. Instead, he will lay here with you, enjoying the sereneness while it lasts. 

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secret - jeonghan & seungcheol (m)

summary: new boyfriend!jeonghan & ex!seungcheol. your relationship with jeonghan is still new, and your breakup with cheol is still fresh. the three of you used to be close, but time, new jobs, and moving to different countries pulled you apart. now jeonghan is back home, filthy rich and very single. so are you. after some fun at a party, you start dating jeonghan seriously. will cheol’s return send you back into his arms, or will you stand by your man? or, perhaps, a mysterious third thing will happen instead :)

word count: 27k (don’t look at me)

warnings: afab reader. eventual threesome. lots of sex. lots of cum, creampie, cum mixing, cum eating? oral (m and f receiving). bondage. use of the color system. use of a vibrator in public. fingering. car sex kinda. some ass slapping? use of the word slut. 

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waking up at jeonghan’s was still a new experience for you. it’d been a few weeks since he asked you to move in with him, but it amazed you that you could open your eyes to an angel laying right next to you. today is no different. you rolled over after the first signs of morning woke you up, and you see jeonghan asleep with his hair slightly in his face, lips pouted in a silent snore. you brush the strands away from his eyes, and he lets out a noise between a hum and a groan.

“i’m sleeping,” he tells you.

“you’re doing a great job.”

“go back to sleep.”

“can’t, i’m bored now.”

“you’re insatiable,” he scolds, eyes snapping open because he knows what ‘bored’ really means. you spend the rest of the morning tangled in his sheets. er, your sheets. you live here now. jeonghan’s your boyfriend. isn’t that wild?

-

your relationship with jeonghan started because you were both bored. casual friends since college, you’ve known each other for years and never really knew each other. you weren’t confident you knew his last name until you heard it at graduation. after you graduated, you didn’t hear from him much, but that was more your fault than anything else. you broke his best friend’s heart. you were public enemy number one, until you weren’t anymore. 

you and seungcheol dated all through college. you fell in love fast, something so sickly sweet it made people around you gag, and a little jealous. let’s be clear though: jeonghan wasn’t one of those people. when you were with cheol, you were 100% his, and jeonghan respected that more than anything else. he was a good friend to cheol, and by proxy a good friend to you. nothing more. until he wasn’t anymore. 

your break up with cheol was messy. graduation took you both in different directions, and egos made it impossible for you to find a compromise. deep down, neither of you wanted to break up, you knew it was just the circumstances tearing you apart. but you chose your career and so did he, a stab to the chest that was self inflicted on both sides. when cheol chose his career, he also inadvertently chose jeonghan. they got jobs at the same great company abroad, and their twenty something brains couldn’t comprehend just how much fun they could get into as two handsome men with a lot of money. 

you’re doing well for yourself too, thanks for asking. not as filthy rich as the boys, but you were living comfortably. you kept in touch with a good chunk of your college friends, catching the way they tried not to gossip too much about seungcheol’s shenanigans overseas when you were in earshot. that’s how you heard jeonghan was in town a few months ago. he was going to a party that night, and just as the idea pops into your head your friend turns to you and asks if you want to go. 

the party, it turns out, was boring. the people there were also boring. what was exhilarating as hell was catching jeonghan’s gaze on you when you both knew it shouldn’t be. he’d play coy, turning away for at least a second before finding you again. finally tired of the conversation you can’t seem to escape, you keep staring back at jeonghan until he decides to come over and say hi. 

“y/n,” he smiles that cheshire cat grin at you, pulling you in for a polite hug. “it’s been so long.”

“i know,” you agree, a similar smile plastered on your own face. “i see you haven’t cut your hair since you left?”

“what, you don’t like it?” he laughs, shaking his long locks out so that his bangs fall slightly into his eyes. he looks good, you find yourself thinking. he took the black tie memo on the invitation seriously, wearing a suit so stunningly fit to his body you know it must be custom. 

“no, i like it,” you nod. “it’s a little douchey for a business man, but you make it work.”

“i thought being a douche was part of the job though?” he asks, and it’s your turn to laugh. jeonghan takes a sip of his drink, surveying the room before he turns back to you, “nice party.”

“sure,” you nod. “a little boring though.”

“stuffy too,” he tries, eyeing you carefully. “you wanna join me on the balcony?”

you knew going out there with jeonghan was a bad idea. you knew you shouldn’t be talking to him. you knew a lot of things were wrong with this scene, but too much of you wanted to see where it would go. turns out, it would go downhill pretty quickly. 

you joined jeonghan outside, letting the cool air brush off your nerves. you look at jeonghan and find him staring at you again, so you ask, “is my makeup smudged or something? you keep looking at me.”

“i can’t admire beautiful things?” 

“nice,” you chuckle, looking down at your shoes next to his. “did you want to say anything special? or are we really just out here to breathe some air that doesn’t smell like chanel no.5?”

“it’s been a long time,” jeonghan says again, and you nod. “are you seeing anybody right now, y/n?”

“hah, no,” you shake your head. “kind of on a break from men, if i’m honest. i started attracting too many weirdos not worth my time.”

“shame,” jeonghan tsks. “must have been hard for you.”

“yeah,” you agree, finding his eyes again, “boring too.”

“are you bored right now?” jeonghan asks. “because i’m pretty good at killing time.” 

“are you?” you challenge, and jeonghan hums. you feel a smile breaking across your face, your stomach doing flips as you say, “prove it then.”

-

that was about six months ago. if the owner of that venue’s asking, no you didn’t fuck jeonghan out on the balcony that night. anyone else asks and the answer would be yes, but you’d say it with a touch more dignity. you don’t know what attracted you to him so much that you had to have him right there. maybe you had been on your strike for too long, and you were just horny. or maybe it was the idea of something familiar. something safe. close to home. close to-

you’re ripped out of your thoughts by the sound of jeonghan calling your name. he had started a shower for himself before work, and now he’s all but begging you to come join him. why else would he have two shower heads, if not for you to spend some quiet time with your boyfriend who wants to dote on you before you start your day. or maybe he has them so it was less obvious to the builder that he wanted a shower he could have copious amounts of sex in. really, his obsession with shower sex probably needed to be analyzed by somebody, but he swears he likes it for ease (already naked) and just one personal reason (soapy boobs). 

the past six months have been...interesting to say the least. you really care for jeonghan, you do. you always have. but getting to know him in this new sense was different. every day was a surprise with him. part of that was due to his job, a not-so-9-to-5 that he ditched his crazy life in europe for so he could be closer to family. he left a life of beautiful food, beautiful places, and seungcheol behind for a better opportunity. maybe that’s what bonded you so quickly. despite not really wanting to, you’d both abandoned seungcheol without meaning to. 

you don’t talk about him much, only getting an update from jeonghan every so often when cheol deigns to text him back. they still work for the same parent company, so sometimes their paths cross in meetings or cheol has to call to confirm numbers with jeonghan’s new domestic team. other than that, there’s nothing to say. you’ve moved on (mostly) so you assume he has too. and now that you have jeonghan, you don’t have to worry about your feelings for cheol anymore. 

-

jeonghan asked you to move in with him mostly because he was bored. he had just renovated this huge penthouse, and after throwing a couple rager parties there he realized it was too lonely when everyone left and it was just him there, alone. you’d been trying to make a career change, so he convinced you by promising you could stay rent free and save up for when you get a new job and most likely take a pay cut. plus, he doesn’t worry about rent here either. he paid for it upfront, in cash. 

once you saw the penthouse, you knew you had to say yes. it was a dream, but what sold you was the view. standing at the floor to ceiling window, jeonghan’s hands around your waist, was the first time you’d felt something stir so deep in your heart for years. you haven’t said i love you yet to jeonghan, but then again neither has he. you know you care for each other through your actions. there’s love there, even if it’s unspoken right now. that’s part of what makes dating jeonghan so thrilling. you never know what he’s going to do next, a scheming smile on his lips and an exciting adventure planned for you no matter how big or how small. 

-

jeonghan is pretty adventurous, to say the least. he likes taking you to new restaurants where you’re not really sure what you’re eating. he loves whisking you away for weekend trips to places neither of you have ever been. his favorite though is bending you to his will, pushing you farther than you’ve been pushed before, just to see what it would take to make you crack. 

the sex with jeonghan is phenomenal. another aspect of your relationship where you never know what to expect. he likes to keep you guessing and gasping his name out in cracked moans. you started talking about things to do for his birthday, and when you asked what he wanted his only response was “you.” to some people that would be romantic, but you know it’s a challenge. it sent a shiver down your spine, much like his gaze whenever you catch his eyes at an event or get a random text throughout the day. you know when he’s bored it really means something else, so it’s become a code word of sorts. at tiring work parties or other obligations he wants out of, all he needs to do is look at you and yawn and you know to meet him in the closest secluded corner for a quick fuck. if he texts you that he’s bringing you lunch at work, you go ahead and tell your coworkers you’re taking the full hour, because you’ll need time to catch your breath and redress once he’s done with you.

today is one of those days, despite jeonghan’s best efforts earlier. you had a shitty morning after jeonghan left for work, almost forgetting your lunch, missing your train, all to come in and find out your biggest project to date is completely changing course. you were so frustrated you could cry, and when you texted jeonghan that you made it to work safely he knew something was off. he didn’t press though, knowing you well enough that asking what’s wrong instead of waiting for you to tell him will just start the waterworks early. instead he keeps his phone unlocked on his desk, completely ignoring whatever his assistant seungkwan is rambling about. 

“we need you to sign off on this, jeonghan,” seungkwan insists, pointing again to the document on jeonghan’s desk that he’s ignoring to watch your three dots appear and disappear again. he half asses his signature without reading the document, and seungkwan snatches it away from him. jeonghan will talk to him about that later. for now, he picks up his phone to read about your awful day and let’s out a quiet “aw baby” for you. as soon as seungkwan leaves there’s another knock at the door. jeonghan knows he’s getting into meeting after meeting now so he types out something sweet and encouraging before he puts his phone in his desk, standing to welcome whoever is on the other side of the door. 

jeonghan’s message boosted your mood, slightly. he knew how to sweet talk you, promising a bath, wine, and your favorite movie tonight when you get home. it was enough hope to get you through the day. that and imagining a cartoon anvil falling on this man in your meeting who keeps mansplaining the platform that you built. you’ve almost had it when you notice the clock, and you tell the team everyone should break for lunch. you all but run back to your desk before anyone can stop you, and when you’ve barely sat down you get a text. 

“coming for lunch,” jeonghan simply says, and your heart skips a beat. you contemplate eating quickly before he gets here, but he says he’s so close by that you don’t even have a chance. you dig for your food in the break room fridge, knowing you won’t get a chance to eat if jeonghan’s coming. at this point it’s mostly for show, because you can’t make it obvious that you’re leaving just to stress fuck your boyfriend. you tell your manager you’ll be taking the whole hour anyway, and then scurry outside just as jeonghan’s expensive car pulls up to your building. he slows the car to a stop in front of you, the window already down so he can call out, “hey sexy, you seen my girlfriend around here?”

“sorry mister, my mom told me not to talk to strangers,” you joke back, and your bad mood lifts when jeonghan laughs.

“get in baby,” he says, watching you intensely as you slide into the front seat. he frowns at the food in your lap, picking up the grocery bag you shoved your lunch into before you left. “what is this?”

“a picnic?”

“there are dinosaur nuggets in here,” he grumbles when he takes a peek. he looks up to you and asks, “you were gonna eat this for lunch?”

“yeah,” you shrug. “i didn’t have time for breakfast because someone took too long in the shower, so i had to pack something.”

“i didn’t even know we had these in the house,” jeonghan continues, looking at the chicken nuggets like he’s never seen something so foul. he carefully ties the bag and then tosses it into his backseat, much to your dismay. he looks at you with a cheeky smile, his hand squeezing your chin as he starts to maneuver the car out of the parking lot. “look back there baby, i picked up real food for you.” 

“i don’t wanna eat yet,” you say shyly, but jeonghan doesn’t hear so you have to repeat yourself. “i don’t wanna eat yet. don’t need all that sloshing around when you fuck me in a minute.”

“oh i’m gonna fuck you huh? and what if i just wanted to share a meal with my beautiful girlfriend?” he asks in fake shock. you lean across the armrest to kiss his cheek as you reply, “then i’d ask who you are and what have you done with yoon jeonghan.”

‘good girl,” he chuckles, expertly pulling the car into a parking spot in the empty spots at the back of the parking lot down the street from your office. for your sanity and jeonghan’s reputation, you pray there aren’t security cameras over here.

“so how was your morning?” you play coy as you watch jeonghan turn the car off. something passes over his face as he responds, but it’s there so shortly you don’t know how to read it.

“fine,” he clears his throat. “lots of meetings. almost got in a bitch fight with seungkwan because he didn’t want me to leave, said i’d be late to my next meeting.”

“he knows you well.”

“yeah, whatever,” jeonghan says as he twists in his seat to look at you directly. his hand is back on your chin, lifting it up so he can trace your lips with his thumb as he asks, “what was so bad about your morning?”

as you explain your trials, jeonghan slowly moves his hand from your chin down to your neck, across your collarbone, and down to the hem of your shirt. he carefully untucks it from your slacks, listening intently as you speak while unbuttoning your blouse slowly. when you get to the part about the jerk who assumed you didn’t know anything, jeonghan’s hand was working it’s way past your panties, his fingers dipping down to your entrance. he interrupts you only to ask, “damn baby, you this wet for me?”

“i’ve been wet since you texted me,” you say like its obvious, and jeonghan smiles proudly as he tells you to go on. you start recounting your meeting from hell, voice shaky now as his fingers circle your entrance and collect your slick so he can move them up to your clit, rubbing gently without applying too much pressure. when you’re finally done speaking, jeonghan captures your lips in a kiss, pulling back only slightly so he can tell you, “i’m sorry baby. you know you could always come work with me, and then no one would treat you like anything less than a queen.” you sigh instead of responding because jeonghan’s slipped two fingers into you, your arousal providing enough glide that he didn’t have to work you open with just one. he hisses when he feels how warm you are, and jeonghan is reminded for the millionth time why he’d follow you to the ends of the earth and back. your eyes. your smile. the way you cuddle into his neck when you don’t want to get out of bed. and the glorious feeling of being inside you, whether it’s his fingers, his tongue, or his cock. he can’t get enough of you, and he knows you feel the same way because you’re already bucking your hips, begging him for more. he pretends not to hear you, just fucking his fingers into you slowly as he listens for the lewd squelch of your pussy around him. 

“how’s it feel baby?” he asks quietly, and you whisper back that it feels good. “just good?”

“need more, hannie,” you whine, and he tuts.

“not yet,” he says as he checks the clock on the dashboard. “we’ve got time. you want another finger instead?”

“please,” you breathe out, and you watch him capture his tongue between his lips as he focuses on fucking you slowly. to fill the silence you ask quietly, “what did you bring for lunch?”

“i’m literally knuckles deep and you’d rather talk about the sandwich i bought you?” jeonghan laughs in disbelief. “i can’t believe you woman.”

“i told you, i didn’t eat this morning. i’m hungry.”

“need something in your mouth?” he asks, and as it so often is with jeonghan, you know this is a challenge. you think about what the right answer might be, and when you nod he lets a smile creep over his features as he says, “use your pretty little hands to get my cock out, then.” 

you do as he says, gasping when you lean over to reach his crotch and feel jeonghan’s fingers slip deeper. with shaky hands you undo his belt, looking up to make sure jeonghan’s watching. his dark eyes glint at you from above, and you blow him a kiss before unbuttoning his pants to find he’s not wearing any underwear. you look back up and see his shit eating grin, shrugging as he says, “what? i was running late.”

“you’re a menace,” you hiss, his fingers scissoring inside you. he does this a few more times as you take his cock in your hand, and when you lick the tip he stills completely. 

“don’t tease or i’ll stop right here,” he warns, so you get back to work, welcoming his cock past your lips and hollowing your cheeks so you can bob on his cock quickly. you’ve done this enough to know jeonghan wants something quick, messy, something that will make you embarrassed to face your coworkers after. you’re constantly shocked by his willpower though, moaning around him as his thumb finds your clit and starts drawing lazy circles. the vibrations of your moans shoot straight through jeonghan, but he shows no sign of mercy or that this is even affecting him at all. 

you groan and bob your head faster, using the saliva pooling past your lips as lube to stroke the rest of his cock. you pull off of him to catch your breath, jeonghan whispering encouragement above you as his hand stills at your core. he only starts moving again when you lean down to kitten lick his balls, legs twitching ever so slightly at the contact. you’re happy to have some kind of reaction from him, your ego boosted enough that you take a few more playful licks before holding him by the base and tapping his cock over your lips and waiting tongue. he watches you amused, waiting for you to give in, and when he shoves yet another finger inside your pussy you moan so loud your eyes roll back slightly, and jeonghan admires the way a little bit of drool drips past your lips onto his seat. he swipes it up with his free hand and pops the finger in his mouth, winking at you as you watch. 

you take him back into your mouth, ready to come and wanting to show him how good you can be, so you swallow around him until his cock is hitting the back of your throat and your nose is nestled against his lap, the smell of his expensive detergent drowning your senses. you’re brought back to visions of him fucking you senseless in his king bed, the sweet smell of fresh linen mingling with the scent of sex as jeonghan pulls orgasm after orgasm out of you. you shudder just at the memory, and he chuckles as he asks what you’re thinking about. you start to pull off of him to reply, but his hand stops you, chuckling as he says, “good girls don’t talk with their mouth full.”

you let him hold you down on his cock, giving up on sucking him off as you feel yourself get closer to release. jeonghan knows, so he holds you in place while he works you up to your orgasm, almost shrieking around his cock. you look up at him just as his eyes flutter, his hips sputtering as he starts to come. he keeps working you to your own high, and feeling jeonghan twitch as he comes down your throat sends you over the edge. his seat is almost ruined he thinks, seeing the way your release drips down his wrist. he groans as he watches you shake below him, always thinking you’re a work of art like this. he can’t help but admire it, and when he’s sure you’re done he moves his hand from the back of your head, reaching for your chin to carefully pull you off of him. you stick your tongue out for him to see that you swallowed it all, and he coos as he finally pulls his fingers from your core. he could be nice, he thinks, and just let you lick them clean, but instead he runs them across your face and watches as you lick at the arousal left behind. he swears he sees more drip out of you, and he has to look away or else you’ll never leave this car. 

“you ok baby?” he asks as you try to clean yourself up and avoid the puddle you left in your seat. 

“i’m great,” you say hoarsely, looking in the glovebox for napkins just to find a vibrator and handcuffs instead. you hold them up and jeonghan just smirks, saying, “i didn’t know what kinda mood you were in. i’m like a boy scout, gotta be prepared.”

“you don’t happen to have any of my makeup in this magic glovebox of yours do you?” you ask as you look at yourself in the rearview mirror, heart still racing from your high but somehow picking up speed when you see how fucked out you are and jeonghan barely did anything. he could drive you crazy, you think. when he softly pushes your arm off the center console to reveal everything you could possibly ever need (gum, jeonghan’s favorite lipstick on you, wipes, hand sanitizer, a pair of panties? and your favorite concealer and mascara) you think you could cry. this is what you mean when you say jeonghan loves you through his actions. he further drives that home as he reaches back for your lunch, mumbling to himself, “can’t believe she was gonna eat dino nuggets.”

-

when you come home that day, you’re giddy like a schoolgirl. because everything with jeonghan is still so new, sometimes it just hits you that you have a boyfriend. a boyfriend that you live with, and that always makes sure he’s home before you are so he can wrap you in a hug and kiss your forehead as soon as you get through the door. you’ve pavlov’d yourself into expecting this every time you get back from work, but today when you open the door and call out his name you’re met with silence. your eyes sweep across the living room and notice his briefcase tossed onto the couch, so you know he’s here somewhere. you head to the kitchen, stomach growling, and try to find a snack before you go searching for jeonghan. 

as you’re cutting up a mango, you hear soft steps padding down the stairs and jeonghan’s hushed voice on the phone. you strain to hear what he’s saying, wondering if this is a work call or something else. maybe he’s booking a reservation he doesn’t want you to hear about, but too bad. you leave the kitchen with the plate of mango in your hands, quietly joining him on the couch as he gives you a strained smile. you smile back, kissing the corner of his mouth before holding up a piece of mango for him, humming contently when he takes it despite saying something to whoever’s on the other side of the phone. you’ve ascertained that he’s setting up a meeting, and while you usually don’t pay too much attention to the specifics of his job you can tell he’s being vague. you watch him a little longer, absentmindedly licking the mango juice off your fingers before whispering that you’re going to your room, and jeonghan nods at you before smacking your ass as you walk away. he chuckles quietly when you let out a squeal, but his heart drops to his ass when he registers what’s being said on the other line.

“what was that?” seungcheol asks, and jeonghan’s hand heats up where he just touched you. “you need me to let you go?”

“no, no, i was just getting my mail and bumped into my neighbor,” jeonghan lies easily, hoping cheol is gullible enough to buy it. 

“big important guy like you i figure you’d have someone to do that for you,” cheol laughs, and jeonghan gives him a pity chuckle before bringing the conversation back to the matter at hand.

“so when’s your flight?” 

“end of this week,” seungcheol sighs. “i’m not ready to leave yet, man. i’m gonna miss how beautiful everything is here.”

“life on this side of the world isn’t too bad,” jeonghan tells him. 

“yeah sure, with all the mail you’ve been getting i bet it’s nice,” cheol teases, and jeonghan should’ve known his friend would see through him quickly.

“whatever,” jeonghan laughs. “just let me know when you’re in town and we’ll get dinner before the meeting.”

“you’re a classy man, yoon jeonghan,” cheol says, and jeonghan’s throat constricts ever so slightly. if only his friend knew who was in his bed right now, maybe cheol wouldn’t be so kind. 

jeonghan tiredly trudges upstairs, ears perking up at the sound of music coming from the bedroom. he cracks the door to see you leaning against the copious amount of pillows, scrolling through your phone as you snack on the mango at your side. you look up at the sound of the door, smiling softly at jeonghan. you’re about to beckon him over, but he takes a deep breath and says, “i’ve got to tell you something.”

“oh,” you breathe out, a little worried about what it could be. you pat the spot next to you regardless, and jeonghan perches on the bed cautiously, almost like he doesn’t want to be close to you when he says what he has to say. you’re nervous for a moment, but the way he’s looking at you isn’t what you expected. he’s not about to tell you he did something wrong, he’s about to tell you something he’s afraid of.

“seungcheol is coming back,” he starts, and before you can even react he says, “he can’t know about us.”

“he-what?” you ask, and jeonghan reaches for your hands as he settles on the bed, trying to bring you closer as he explains, “he’s coming back to work at my company. i didn’t hire him, i swear. we apparently acquired whatever business he was running, so now he’ll be managing it under me. he called to tell me the good news. he’s coming back this friday. and he can’t know that we’re together.”

“why not?”

“because it’s...weird,” jeonghan says nervously.

“what about us is weird, jeonghan?” you ask, and he can tell he messed up.

“no, baby, that’s not what i mean,” he tries to backtrack. “i just. for a little while. it might be best for you to...not come around so often?”

“what, so i just stop coming to your work parties?” you ask, and jeonghan closes his eyes as your frustrations rise. “can’t come visit you on my days off? and when you invite people out after work for drinks, i assume he’ll come with you. so i’m just supposed to sit at home all the time now?” 

“honey, i’m sorry,” he says softly, his eyes meeting yours and you can tell there’s a little bit of hurt there. “i just don’t know how we could explain this to him, and it’ll be hard enough getting him integrated into the company. i don’t want this to fail before it even starts, so, for now, he can’t know. but you’re still my number one, baby. i don’t know how you could ever think otherwise,” he says softly, brushing your hair behind your ears. you’re quiet as you think of how to respond, and you let jeonghan use his hand on your neck to guide you in for a tender kiss. against your lips he says, “i’m sorry.”

“don’t be sorry,” you sigh, leaning back in to kiss him again. “i’m proud of you for acquiring his company, that’s big,” jeonghan nods, “and i agree, it’d be too weird to explain. honestly i don’t know that i want to see him at all. but this means i’ll see less of you,” you pout, and with jeonghan’s hand still on your neck you feel his grip tighten.

“impossible,” he whispers, pecking your lips quickly before swiping his tongue over your bottom lip. “mm, you taste like mango.”

“yeah?”

“lemme taste something else,” he says with a smirk, and soon you’ve forgotten what he came in here to tell you in the first place.

-

a different version of you would’ve been upset that you could forget cheol so easily. for a long time, you thought he was the great love of your life. but if both of you would pick something else over each other so quickly, maybe your love wasn’t that great after all. you had settled into your life without seungcheol, so it makes sense that you forgot about his return so quickly. 

for seungcheol though? he’s wondering if he should call you. at least let you know he’s gonna be back in town. he won’t say that he’s staying, he’ll open the conversation and see what you do with it. he just wants to see you, see how you’re doing. a selfish part of him wants you to see how well he’s doing too, and he thinks for a moment that he should get the gang back together and invite jeonghan. he decides against it only because he wants some time alone with you to apologize. if this goes well, then he can think about jeonghan coming along. 

when cheol picks up his phone to call you, jeonghan is staring sappily into your eyes over dinner. you’ve had a rough week at work, so jeonghan insisted on comfort food at his favorite fancy place. he wanted to pamper you tonight, starting with giving you the shoes you’ve been salivating over for weeks now. he helped you get dressed and took his time kissing every inch of your skin that he could reach. now, over a plate of the most delicious pasta you’ve ever had, jeonghan is listening to you passionately talk about god knows what. he could listen to you talk like this for hours, but you stop mid-sentence and start looking for something. 

“what’s wrong baby?” he asks, reluctantly letting your hand slip out of his so you can twist around in your chair.

“i’m looking for my phone, it’s ringing,” you mumble as you struggle to untangle your purse from the back of your chair. 

“but baby,” he whines. “we’re on a date.”

“you know my mom usually calls me around this time,” you point out as you find your phone. “i at least need to check that it’s-”

“what?” jeonghan asks, noticing the confusion on your face. “not your mom?”

“no? it’s a weird number,” you say, showing him quickly. it looks familiar, and when jeonghan realizes why it’s too late. “hello?” you ask quietly, not wanting to be the annoying person on the phone in a public place, but curiosity got the best of you. 

“y/n?” seungcheol asks, and your breath catches in your throat. “y/n? hello?”

“seungcheol, hi,” you respond, looking at jeonghan with your eyes wide. he sits back in his chair and groans, but the sound of the restaurant covers it up. “um, what’s up?”

“how are you?” cheol asks, and you give him a curt response. “listen, i can tell you’re out doing something, but i just wanted to let you know i’m coming back home. i mean, i’m leaving my job in europe and taking on a new role here. with jeonghan. kind of. it’s his company. whatever, i’m rambling, i just wanted to let you know-”

“hang up,” jeonghan mouths, and you shake your head, listening to cheol talk himself in circles a little more. jeonghan reaches across the table and tugs on your arm but you swat him away, whispering a fierce warning to stop. 

“sorry, seungcheol, um, that sounds like a great opportunity,” you tell him once he’s finished up. “t-tell jeonghan i say hi. and good luck with everything, really.” you hate to rush him off the phone like this, but the way jeonghan is staring at you has your stomach doing flips. there’s no way cheol can be onto you so soon, but you tried your best to keep him off the scent. you just hope it works. “it was nice hearing from you, bye cheol!”

“yeah, sure,” he says suspiciously, looking at his phone to confirm that you did in fact hang up on him. your response was weird, awkward, which is understandable. but the weird part is that you completely ignored his invitation to meet for lunch. you sounded distracted, so maybe you didn’t hear him. maybe you didn’t want to see him at all. or maybe you were out with someone who wouldn’t like their girlfriend making plans with some random guy. whatever it is, cheol is onto you, but what keeps him content is that he knows your paths will cross again soon, planned or not. 

jeonghan was quiet after you hung up, mostly playing with the food on his plate as you watched him. you tapped his foot with your own beneath the table, skirting it up toward his calf when he doesn’t respond. you feel a warm hand grab your ankle, and jeonghan’s eyes are staring at you sternly as he asks, “why did you answer it?”

“i was curious.”

“but i told you not to answer it. then i told you to hang up, and you didn’t listen.”

“it’s my phone?” you say incredulously. “i’ll answer it if i want to.”

“but it was seungcheol,” jeonghan says. “he could figure out what’s going on.”

“why are you so insistent on cheol not knowing about us?” you ask. “like, i get not wanting to hurt his feelings. but he’s not here right now, and you’re being kind of a dick.”

“baby, i’m sorry,” he sighs. “i’m just afraid of you getting hurt.”

“me?”

“you and cheol have a lot of history,” jeonghan says carefully. “i guess i was trying to protect you from being around him and, i don’t know, getting upset over what happened. that you’re not with him anymore.”

“how could i ever be upset when i have you taking care of me?” you ask softly, looking for jeonghan’s hand so you can squeeze it assuringly as you say, “baby, yes, cheol and i have history. but you’re my now and my future as long as you don’t break me during sex some day.”

“got it,” he finally laughs, taking a deep breath. “sorry for being weird about it.”

“it’s ok,” you tell him. “you being possessive like that was a little hot.”

“down girl,” he teases, squeezing your hand now. “we’ve got two more courses here before we can leave.”

“have i mentioned how much i love this food, by the way?” you ask, and that sends you both into an easy conversation about food and how you want to do a pasta making date night. jeonghan takes his phone out to make a reminder for himself to find the best class in the city, and he sees a message that makes his heart stop. it’s from seungcheol, short and sweet.

“we need to talk,” it says. jeonghan locks his phone then, putting on a smile to cover up the way he just started to sweat.

-

you and jeonghan enjoy a sweet weekend together, having two blessed days where you don’t go anywhere. saturday is spent mostly sleeping, only leaving your bed for necessities and to find another book when you finish your first one. as you’re scanning the bookshelves jeonghan put up in his room just for you, he admires the way his old dress shirt hangs off of you. he doesn’t know why you insist on sleeping in his old clothes, but it warms his heart nonetheless. he loves that you don’t wear much underneath, so it’s not hard for him to pull you in for a hug just for his hand to brush you in places that send goosebumps across your skin. he wants you to hurry up and pick a book so you’ll come back to bed, his hands itching to skirt across your waist and pull you into his chest. 

he knows you’re both serious about each other. like you, he knows this is love without it being spoken. but he almost said it this morning, it almost slipped off his tongue as he woke up to the sound of clinking coffee mugs. he smiled sleepily at you as you placed his on his nightstand, grabbing your now free hand to kiss your palm and each of your fingertips. you claimed the warmth of the coffee in this heat is what caused your cheeks to flare up, but jeonghan knows better. he watched you proudly as you shuffled to your side of the bed, all of a sudden very happy that you’re here, his, and living in this space with him. 

you take a delicate sip of your coffee before you crawl back under the covers, and jeonghan admires the way you relish the taste, eyes closing slightly and a content smile on your lips as you finally rejoin him in bed. you yelp as he pulls you closer, hooking an arm around you so that you’re laying against his chest with his lips at the crown of your head. he thinks about saying it then, those three words, but your polite “let go of me, you freak” shakes him out of his thoughts, chuckling as he loosens his grasp so you can grab your book and then lay back down in his arms. you hold the book so that he can read along with you if he wants, but he’s still tired, so instead he lets himself drift off as you speed through the pages. 

when you finish your book, your first instinct is to get up and replace it on the shelf it came from. jeonghan always scolds you for keeping a messy nightstand, so you try to get in the habit of returning finished books as quickly as possible, but when you turn to look at the man in question you coo and decide that admiring your sleeping angel of a boyfriend is the better option. you reach out a hand to trace his eyebrows, down the soft slope of his nose, ending at his mouth. you press a kiss to your fingers and trace the outline of his lips, giggling when his top lip twitches at your touch. you love his lips, love the way they feel against your skin, the way they stretch across jeonghan’s perfect smile when he tells you something cheeky. you lose yourself for a moment as you play with them, maybe flicking your thumb over his plump bottom lip too hard because next thing you know there’s two strong arms holding you captive. jeonghan peeks an eye open at you, sheepish smile on your face as he asks, “what the hell are you doing?”

“playing with your lips,” you reply easily. “they’re my favorite toy.”

“oh these?” he asks, pouting his lips as he feigns going cross eyed to stare at them. he loves to make you laugh, the sound breaking him from his silly expression and into a fit of giggles similar to yours. you press your forehead to his as you calm down, your breaths mingling together as they steady out into the same inhales and exhales. “i really like waking up next to you,” jeonghan admits quietly. you look up to make sure he sees your eyes as you respond, “it’s kinda my favorite thing now, so i’m glad you like it. even when i have morning breath.”

“good thing you drink coffee like an addict,” jeonghan teases, tickling your nose with a strand of your hair. “because right now i’m just getting cafe bustelo and brown sugar.”

“mm,” you hum, “i want another coffee,” you say as you try to get up, but jeonghan’s vice grip stops you. 

“kiss first,” he says sternly, and you feel your cheeks warm as you lean back down to press your lips into his. he deepens the kiss briefly, letting you pull away to say, “hm, you taste like brown sugar too.”

“and you taste like cinnamon,” you smile, loving that spending so much time with you has turned jeonghan onto your favorite coffee recipes. “now let me go and i’ll make you a new one.”

“fine,” he sighs dramatically. “but come back quick.”

“you’re clingy today,” you notice, and you look at him fully. “is everything ok?”

“yeah honey,” he smiles, but there’s a hesitation there. “i just..you know i’m yours right?”

“of course i do hannie,” you smile back, and he nods. “anything else?”

“if i’m yours, you know that means you’re mine,” he smirks, and you nod again. “no complaints?”

“hm, you could do laundry a little more often-” you start to joke, but a pillow comes flying for your head. with a laugh you reach out for jeonghan’s leg under the covers, giving it a reassuring squeeze as you ask, “are you sure everything’s good? this is weirding me out.”

“i’m good,” he shrugs. “wanted to be sure.”

you watch him closely, but you decide there’s nothing further to discuss. you reach for his coffee mug and he passes it to you, only jerking it back once or twice when you reach for it. once you start pouting he gives in, handing it over with ease. you’re gone and back within a few minutes, two new drinks in your hands, but jeonghan’s eyes are closed again so you place his drink down before kissing his forehead lightly. you put your drink down and finally return your book, looking for your next victim. when you lay back down you stick to your side of the bed, not wanting to bother jeonghan. you’re obviously unaware that he was watching you the entire time you searched for a new book, but once you’re settled with the amount of pillow to back ratio you hear him mumble something into the blankets. you lean closer and ask him to repeat, and you hear a soft, “will you read to me?”

he’s never asked you to do this before, and you’re not sure how romantic it will be to read a thriller novel to your boyfriend, but you do it anyway. something’s gotten into jeonghan, you’re not sure what, but something’s on his mind. you’ll let him come to you about it, but even as you read the book out loud you barely process the words. you’re just worried about the change in jeonghan over the past few days, and you think you know what, or who, the culprit is. 

-

jeonghan had to welcome cheol into the office next week. he’s starting this week transitioning back to life at home, then he’s coming in closer to the weekend to finish up his paperwork. he starts next monday, and jeonghan has promised him dinner one night this week. he does this with any of his new employees, no matter their status. he takes them out for a meal, gets to know them, makes them feel welcome as part of the company, and everyone loves him for it. it’s why so many people fight to get the chance to work for him, and it’s also the reason why nobody wants to leave once they do. jeonghan takes care of his people. he defends them, wants the best for them, and can mediate any problem no matter how big or small. he’s the perfect boss, the perfect boyfriend, he’s just...perfect. 

but lately, he’s been having doubts. he’s been doubting himself, his relationship with you. he won’t admit it, but he’s afraid of you seeing cheol after all this time and wanting to go back to him. he never understood how you two could split so easily, so his biggest fear is that whatever feelings may be laying dormant will come back with a vengeance the moment you and seungcheol are back in a room together. that’s why he tries to talk about him as little as possible despite being on the phone with him all the time. seungcheol is a hard worker, so he’s already got questions for jeonghan, clients to bring over, applicants to interview for his assistant. jeonghan admires the tenacity, but he’s walking on eggshells around you so the topic of cheol never comes up. that becomes nearly impossible when seungcheol reminds jeonghan of their promised meal together, and jeonghan tries to pick a night when he knows you’ll be tired and therefore fine with him going out. 

he decides on tuesday night for dinner with cheol, and everything seems fine at first. you’ve got to go into the office early for a slew of back to back meetings, so you assure jeonghan you’ll be exhausted when you’re done. whatever “company thing” he has to do tonight can be done solo, and you tell him you’ll be expecting a kiss when he gets home, even if you’re asleep. he takes a slight breath of relief and promises he’ll be sweet to you when he gets back, pleased that it seems the topic he’s avoiding won’t have to come up at all.

tuesday comes, and you were fine with going home to no jeonghan, but as your day dragged on you realized there was no way you’ll be leaving on time. thing after thing keeps getting dumped on you until you’re on the verge of a freak out, and you text jeonghan to get some clarity. you tell him your day’s been awful, you’ll be home late, the usual, and he doesn’t respond. you’re so busy you don’t even have time to be upset about that, because as soon as you put your phone down you’re getting an email that almost makes you cry frustrated tears. you work on though, the only thing getting you through is the idea of falling into jeonghan’s arms as soon as you walk through the door. 

jeonghan didn’t respond to you because seungcheol ended up coming into the office today, eager to set up his office and get straight to work next week. it was a surprise for sure, seeing his friend after so long, but thankfully they fell back into their usual rapport once the awkward pleasantries were over with. jeonghan had been busy helping seungcheol organize his desk, explaining some of the more important files that seungkwan had already placed in cheol’s office for him to review. jeonghan was trying to save some of the business talk for their dinner tonight, but they ended up having a working lunch instead, jeonghan divulging all of the things he’s needed his best friend for in their time apart. 

“shit, is that the time?” cheol asks as he checks his watch. jeonghan looks at his phone then, seeing messages from you and wishing he could answer immediately. he’ll wait until he’s back in his office just to be safe. “i took up your whole day, i’m sorry.”

“no worries,” jeonghan waves him off. “it was nice catching up. it’s gonna be good having you here.”

“i’m really excited to get started,” cheol says.

“no shit, couldn’t tell,” jeonghan laughs. “but we’ve basically gone through everything i was planning to say at dinner. welcome to the team, this is the company culture, stay on top of your tasks, blah blah. come to me if you ever need anything, and uh, don’t drink the hazelnut coffee in the break room. it’s disgusting.”

“got it,” cheol nods. “i can’t believe i kept you here this long, if you need to leave, we can forget dinner.”

“no, i have time,” jeonghan thinks for a moment. “i should at least take you to this whiskey bar down the block, i think you’d like it. i do a lot of client meetings there.”

“sure, let’s go!”

-

the bar ended up being closed. who knew tuesday was a slow day for whiskey, because apparently it’s always closed on tuesdays and jeonghan had no clue. he feels bad that he’s not giving cheol the promised welcome meal or a nice drink on the company’s dime, so when seungcheol asks to see jeonghan’s place he has a hard time saying no. 

“i’m sure you’ve got a great home bar,” cheol says, “and i’d love to see your place. if that’s ok, of course.”

“um, let me just-”

“check with your girlfriend first?” cheol asks, and jeonghan stops cold. he tries to play it off, shaking his head with an excuse on his lips, but when jeonghan looks up at him there’s a knowing look in his eyes. “you don’t have to hide it. i knew there was always a reason you sound distracted on the phone. just didn’t know sly yoon jeonghan could be held down by anybody.”

“haha, yeah, it’s a miracle,” jeonghan laughs nervously. “but, um, no, i don’t need to check with anybody. i was just. yeah, sure, yeah, we can have a drink at my place. but i need to make it quick, sorry,” he starts to lie, “my meeting with london tomorrow just got pushed to the ass crack of dawn, so it’ll be an early night for me.”

“just one drink,” cheol nods, clapping his hand on jeonghan’s back. “send me your address. you want me to bring flowers as a housewarming gift, or is that too much?”

-

when you’re finally leaving work, it’s about three hours later than normal. you took a break to eat dinner, so that added to your time, knowing that jeonghan would have a hissy fit if he knew you worked late and didn’t eat. your meal added on to your time, but it definitely didn’t diminish the amount of work you had to do. by the time you get back to your apartment, you’re tired, you’re frustrated, and those tears from earlier are creeping back again. you text jeonghan when you’re close by, and again when you get into the lobby and ask if he picked up the package that came. nothing all day, and now suddenly he can’t seem to respond quick enough.

“wait for me outside,” the text reads, which you think is odd, but whatever. you check the mailroom anyway, shuffling along on autopilot as jeonghan loses his mind upstairs.

why? because cheol is still here. jeonghan forgot how easy it was for drunk cheol to go off on tangents, and he’s in the middle of one now that doesn’t seem like it’ll slow down in time for jeonghan to shoo him out the door without running into you. he’s trying to run through each solution when he hears your key in the lock, stopping cheol mid-sentence so he can smirk and say, “guess the lady of the house is home?”

jeonghan shoots up to intercept you, trying to stop the door from pushing open too much to reveal you to cheol or vice versa. but he’s too late. he can tell by the shock in your eyes, followed quickly by tears. you duck back out into the hallway and he follows, closing the door behind him and praying to god that cheol stays put. 

“baby, baby what’s wrong?” jeonghan asks, holding your hands to his chest as you try to calm down. your lip trembles as you explain, “i just had the worst day at work, i’m so tired of this job, i’m exhausted and frustrated and i wanted to come home to you and i was already about to cry but then he’s in there-wait, why is he in our house, hannie?” you ask, a bit of understandable anger in your voice. “i thought he couldn’t know about us,” you all but spit out, and jeonghan lets his head hang as he explains.

“i thought i’d be able to get him in and out before you got back,” he starts out. “i’m sorry i didn’t respond to you all day, but everything got away from me, and the place i was going to take cheol was closed, and he asked to see the apartment and i couldn’t really say no.” 

“well get him out of there,” you hiss. “i can’t handle this right now.”

“handle what?” jeonghan asks, and you groan at the jealousy in his voice.

“hannie!” you whine. “you know what i mean. i was trying not to cry all the way home and now there’s a man in our house and i have to cry in the hallway. my day can’t get any worse.”

“i’m sorry,” jeonghan says. “i’m sorry. i’ll get him out. but...”

“what?” you groan, and jeonghan looks at you shamefaced. 

“baby, if you don���t want to see him you’ll have to hide in the lobby or something. otherwise i bring you back inside and you have to address him there, or you stay out here and see him then.”

“i can’t just hide behind you?” you ask quietly, and he shakes his head. “‘fraid not, my love.”

“you’re in the shit, yoon jeonghan,” you say with an accusing finger under his chin. “you owe me.”

“you know i’ll make it up to you,” he whispers, dipping down to give you a chaste kiss. he leads you back to your door, pushing it open and clearing his throat when he sees cheol sitting with his head almost between his knees on the couch. “seungcheol, i can explain.”

“i don’t want to hear a word,” he says, standing up to get in jeonghan’s face. “some friend you are. how could you not tell me?”

“i’m sorry, i-”

“leave him alone,” you pipe up, and cheol’s anger turns to you briefly. once he looks at you, really looks at you, it all fades away and a soft ache replaces it. “seungcheol i think you should leave.”

“but-”

“you’re a guest in our home, and you’ve overstayed your welcome,” you hold your ground, but still don’t make eye contact with him. it’s comical, actually. you really are hiding behind jeonghan as you watch cheol leave.

“i can’t believe this,” he scoffs, gathering his things and pressing past you both. he looks back at you passingly as you close the door in his face, and your heart stirs in a way you don’t understand. the way cheol was looking at you burns into the backs of your eyelids, and you shake your head to get rid of it. jeonghan’s soft lips on your neck pull you back to reality, and he falls into another round of apologies. you turn around in his grasp, resting your head against his neck before you say, “jeonghan, it’s alright. let’s just go to bed.”

-

it’s safe to say that seungcheol is pissed. what’s infuriating about it though, at work he acts like nothing’s wrong. in meetings, through emails, on conference calls, cheol is the perfect associate. in the hallways though? the elevator? the break room? jeonghan feels ice shooting daggers through cheol’s gaze whenever their paths cross. he needs a chance to explain, but cheol won’t give it to him. he’s hurt that his friend would do this to him and keep it a secret, but what hurts just as much is that you’d date his best friend, hell, you’ve moved in with him, and cheol had no clue. from either of you. it’s hard to process that two people who were once so important to him could betray him like this, and with each other. he’s content to keep his relationship with jeonghan completely professional, hopeful that if he plays his cards right he’ll never have to be around you for extended periods of time. 

the first test of that comes this friday with a company celebration for the acquisition of so many new accounts, cheol’s included. he has to go, and he knows you’ll be there a majority of the night. he’s ready to dodge and weave, staying on alert for where you are at all times. but the moment he lets his guard down, you’re at his side, ordering a drink at the bar. you didn’t notice it was cheol or else you never would’ve approached, but jeonghan has been talking to some creepy accountant for so long you needed an out. cheol glances to the side and sees two glasses in your hands, sadly meeting your eyes as he acknowledges that one of them must be for jeonghan. you open your mouth to say something, but he’s disappeared into the crowd before you can even say hello. 

you get back to jeonghan to find him typing on his phone, and a quick peek tells you that he’s asking seungkwan to remove said creepy accountant from the premises. you smile as you hand him his drink, putting your hand under his chin so you can steady yourself to kiss his cheek. he lets you once, but then he turns so he can steal a kiss before you realize what’s happening. it makes you laugh, and the sound rings out across the corner of the room. 

“shh, baby,” jeonghan laughs. “can’t let everyone here know you’re having a better time than they are.”

“it’s a nice party though,” you tell him. “they should all be enjoying it.”

“i hope so,” he sighs, running a hand through his hair in an attempt to hold back the strands that have fallen out of place, only for them to drape back over his face softly. 

“you look sexy, by the way.”

“do i?” he smiles, and you nod, kissing his cheek again. he uses this as a chance to whisper in your ear, “and you’re stunning as always. i can’t keep my eyes off of you.”

“hannie stop,” you giggle, letting your face heat up as you pull away from him again. he drapes an arm around you now, pulling you into his side as he turns to face the rest of the room. with his lips closely pressed to your hairline he whispers something else that makes your skin erupt in goosebumps.

“i’m not the only one who can’t stop staring,” jeonghan says, turning you until you’re facing seungcheol from across the room. he’s right, cheol’s eyes are locked in on you and jeonghan. weird, considering he couldn’t get away from you fast enough earlier. even now his gaze holds strong, and you feel your blush deepen, this time from embarrassment and something more. “he’s been watching you all night.”

“stop,” you repeat, and jeonghan chuckles so lowly that you feel the sound rumble in your own chest pressed next to his. “he’s angry.”

“you think so?” jeonghan asks, his own gaze following yours to stare at cheol. “think we should talk to him?”

“actually, i do,” you say, breaking the stare down to look up at jeonghan. “or at least i should. you’re a good man, hannie, but i’m afraid you’d both get so cocky you wouldn’t be able to get through to him.”

“you think that’s a good idea?” he asks with a touch of warning in his voice. “he’s been hard to get through to all week-”

“and maybe if i talk to him, i can fix that,” you reply. then, quieter, almost like you don’t want to admit it to yourself, you ask, “come on, don’t you miss him?”

either you’re right and jeonghan does miss his best friend, or he’s scared to acknowledge that you might miss him too. regardless he nods and loosens his grip so you can step away. cheol watched that whole exchange, so he sees you coming. when you get close he tries to hide, but you don’t care, you call out his name loud enough for the partygoers around you to part like the sea just to get you through to him faster. 

“cheol, hi,” you say with a shy smile once you’re close enough to speak at a normal volume. “um, i didn’t get to say anything earlier at the bar, so i’m sorry i yelled just now.”

“no worries,” he says curtly. 

“i just..wanted to get your attention,” you continue, watching him unsure. “i want to talk, if that’s ok.”

“i don’t wanna hear it,” he replies, and he’s about to turn away but you place a delicate hand on his arm, squeezing lightly as you say, “no, really. we need to talk.” 

you can feel jeonghan’s eyes on you as you lead cheol out to the balcony, major deja vu to the first night you and jeonghan became something. crazy how things come full circle, you think. you catch jeonghan’s eyes from across the room and nod at him, but his face is unmoving, watching you apprehensively with something close to worry in his eyes.

out on the balcony, cheol tries to keep as much space between you as possible. you tried joining him at the railing but he slid away childishly, and then when you took another step in his direction he moved to the chairs like he was going to sit down. you can tell there’s nervous energy behind his dark brown eyes, so you let him scramble for a minute before calling his name.

“cheollie,” you whisper so softly that the wind almost takes it away. the sound of his nickname falling from your lips stops him cold, his sad eyes looking up at you as you begin to explain. “none of this is what it looks like.”

“you sure about that?” he scoffs, finally sitting down at one of the chairs in front of you. you remain standing, leaning against the railing, and you can see the flash of jeonghan’s suit through the windows. was he listening?

“jeonghan and i started dating a few months ago, after he moved back home. we hadn’t even talked since you and i...broke up..but we were at the same party, and we started hanging out-”

“i don’t need to hear that,” cheol says dismissively. “i need to hear you and jeonghan apologize for not telling me. my two best friends. the two people i used to be closer to than anybody else, leaving me for each other?” 

“that’s not what happened though,” you whine.

“y/n please,” he rolls his eyes. 

“no, seungcheol, you’re not listening to me,” you say sternly, crossing your arms over your chest for good measure. it’s just a bonus that it makes your dress shift ever so slightly, showing the lacy edge of your bra underneath. cheol’s eyes are shamelessly on your chest as you go on. “jeonghan and i never did anything to betray you, other than choosing what was better for our lives, our careers, in the long run. if i remember correctly, you had a couple choices to make too, and i think you chose exactly the same thing. so whatever butt hurt feelings you have? get over it. we’re all here now. you and hannie need to work together, so put your big boy pants on and work. that also requires you to at least say hi to me when i see you at these events.” you take a breath before you go on. “i know it may not be easy..but it’s what we all have to do. got it?”

“yes ma’am,” cheol nods, standing and crossing over to you. he moves so that he’s barely caging you in, making sure you can’t leave as he says, “but just know. i’ll be mature about this. i’ll be the best god damn employee here, and i’ll treat you like a queen if that’s what it takes to make you stop pouting. but you and i both know we belong together.” he pauses so he can try to read your face, continuing with his dark eyes staring you down. “so know that every day i come into work. every fancy party i’m at. all i’m going to be thinking about is you.”

“cheol, i-” your voice is cut off by the sound of the balcony door opening, and your heart stops until you see vernon, seungcheol’s assistant, poking his head outside. 

“hey, you’re missing the toast,” he tells cheol, who hasn’t turned around at all. he nods and says he’ll be there soon, vernon stepping back into the party unnoticed. cheol holds your gaze a moment longer before finally turning away.

“it was nice talking to you, y/n,” he says once he reaches the door. he sends you a wink before slipping through the door. “hopefully i’ll see you again very soon.”

-

you can’t stop thinking about what cheol said out on the balcony. you rejoin the party a few moments after him, sticking to the back as you listen to jeonghan lead the toasts to all their new employees, a brighter future, his usual charming boss speeches that everyone just eats up. you’re pressing your fingers to your lips, thoughts flooding through your head, when you hear your name called out and suddenly feel a roomful of eyes on you.

“and personally i just want to thank my rock, y/n, for being my voice of reason,” jeonghan says. “you’d be surprised how many of the important decisions i make here are actually because of her, so i’d like to raise a toast to her and all the other unspoken heroes of our company-” as he continues on, everyone’s focus shifts, but you feel one set of eyes still on you. you turn and find cheol, staring at you knowingly with a champagne flute in his hand. he tilts it toward you with a wink before swigging it down in one gulp, and you turn away when you catch yourself admiring his jawline. when curiosity gets the best of you and you look back, he’s gone. 

-

once the event is over, you go back to jeonghan’s office to wait for him to politely talk to people until they get the hint that they need to leave. jeonghan says this is the reason he has a couch in his office, so you have somewhere comfortable to wait for him after parties, but really he got it because he doesn’t always want to fuck on his desk. you wonder if tonight will be one of those nights, but you think that question is answered when jeonghan walks through the door and collapses on top of you in exhaustion. you wrap your arms around him, a hand instantly falling to the back of his head so you can play with his hair. he hums into your neck, placing a single kiss on your skin before his breathing evens out. you lay like this for a while, content to stay like this all night, but you know you need to tell him about cheol. 

“hannie,” you whisper, and his lack of a response makes you think he’s actually asleep. you push him up by the forehead, giggling when he looks at you confused and mumbles, “what.”

“hey cutie,” you whisper, kissing his forehead. “get up, you’re crushing me.”

“deal with it.”

“jeonghan, seriously,” you say, and he finally lifts himself up, staring at you expectantly. “i need to tell you about cheol.”

“tell me tomorrow,” he says before falling back onto your chest. “don’t feel like getting pissed off right now.”

“you’re both annoying,” you grumble, and that gets his attention. 

“he was annoying?” he asks, his cheek still pressed against your chest. you can feel his warm skin on yours, and his cheek is pushed up so that his face is smushed. it’s cute, but you can’t get distracted. “tell me more.”

“he’s mad,” you start, “so i was right-”

“you’re always right-”

“don’t be a kiss ass,” you say sternly, and jeonghan chuckles. “what?”

“now i’m just thinking about your ass,” he says with a cheeky smile, peeking an eye open at you. 

“jeonghan!” you whine. “can you please take this seriously! i tried talking to cheol about us, about all of us being mature about this, and he was really...he made it seem like..”

“like what?” jeonghan asks, sitting up suddenly. “he made it seem like what, y/n?”

“like he wasn’t over me,” you whisper, and jeonghan sees red for a moment. “he didn’t try anything. he didn’t want to be anywhere near me, n-not that i tried getting close to him! but like, i tried talking to him at the railing and he ran away, and then i could tell he was staring at my chest and he was like, super vague but still upset, and he said something about us being meant for each other and i just-”

“do you agree with him?” jeonghan asks, and you stop. “do you think you’re meant for each other?”

“hannie, i...he’s upset,” you reply, not giving him the response he wants. “he didn’t want to hear me explain anything, but he’s obviously hurt. he said he was going to change his attitude at work, but i don’t think this helped as much as i thought it would.”

“he’s the most stubborn man in the world, y/n.”

“oh so that explains why you two used to get along,” you tease, running a hand through jeonghan’s hair. your hand settles at the back of his head as you say, “i’m happy with you, hannie. you make me feel like the special-est girl ever. don’t look at me like you’re worried.”

“i’m not worried about you,” he says, turning so he can press soft kisses onto your wrist. “i’m worried about him.”

“whatever,” you shrug. “cheol is gonna be cheol. this will get easier with time.”

“hm,” he hums, lips still against your wrist. “speaking of time, how late is it?”

“late,” you reply. “we should go.”

“late?” he laughs. “that’s not a time baby.” 

“i don’t have a watch,” you shrug. “and someone is laying on me, so i can’t reach my phone.”

“should i buy you a watch?” jeonghan asks, that glint in his eyes whenever he’s ready to spoil you. “maybe we should get matching ones.”

“minnie and mickey mouse?” you suggest, and he laughs. 

“we’ll go shopping this weekend,” he promises before he hoists himself up, pulling you with him. “let’s go home now baby.”

-

it’s been a few days since the party, and you haven’t stopped thinking about cheol. it’s really bothering you, but you don’t want to bring it up to jeonghan again because you know it’ll just upset him. you’re thinking about what you should do as you make dinner tonight. you were able to come home early, excited to surprise jeonghan after such a stressful couple of days. he hasn’t said much about cheol, only that he’s been keeping to himself while still getting his work done. you figure this is how it should be, cheol doing his job and leaving the two of you alone, but there’s just a sliver of your heart that wants more. you’re thinking about it as jeonghan walks through the door, calling out your name before following the smell of food into the kitchen.

“is it my birthday or something?” he asks with a happy smile on his face. 

“hm, no?” you think for a second. “just wanted to do something nice for you.”

“you’re an angel,” he says as he walks over to join you, his arms wrapping around your waist and head falling to the crook of your neck. “you have perfect timing too, my day sucked.” 

“aw hannie,” you try to turn around in his arms, wanting to watch him as he explains what went wrong, but he holds your waist firmly so you won’t move. 

“keep cooking,” he whispers into your neck, kissing at the spot behind your ear that sends a chill down your spine. “let me blow off some steam before dinner. just tell me when it’s too much, got it baby?” you nod, but you hear jeonghan grumble, “use your words y/n.”

“got it,” you whisper out, and you feel jeonghan smile against your skin. he keeps kissing up and down your neck, moving your hair out of the way so he can kiss right where your neck and shoulder meet. you feel his tongue against your skin and then the sharp pang of teeth, jeonghan working on marking your neck. you let him work, trying to focus on not burning the food, but he’s making it incredibly difficult. 

“turn the heat down baby,” he advises you, noticing your lack of attention. “don’t want you to ruin dinner because you were distracted.” you do, your breath shaky when jeonghan’s hand slips from your waist to cup your pussy through your shorts. your breathes start coming in little gasps as he gives you the least amount of pressure possible. you groan frustrated, and he chuckles against your neck. “impatient baby.”

“i’m almost done cooking, hannie,” you tell him. “hurry up.”

“turn the stove off then,” jeonghan rasps out. “we’re staying right here.” his hand slips to the edge of your shorts, his fingers pushing the fabric of your shorts and panties aside to feel the arousal pooling at your core. “you don’t want me to stop, do you?”

“n-no.”

“no what?”

“no sir.”

“good girl,” he whispers, nipping at your ear as his fingers dip to your core. he loves feeling you falling apart on his fingers, you’d think you’d be used to this by now. but feeling him sink two fingers into your core has you shaking in his hold, grabbing onto his arm for leverage. you try grinding down into him, wanting more, but jeonghan is ever patient and ignores your attempts to feel more. he takes it slow, dragging his fingers in and out at an excruciating pace. it’s not enough, so your mind starts to wander to other times jeonghan has had his way with you in the kitchen, folding you over the counter, kneeling between your legs as you cook, and you jolt as your mind starts conjuring up images of cheol doing the same. your eyes fly open, jeonghan so tuned into your reactions that he chuckles as he whispers, “feel good baby?” and your heart starts to race. he doesn’t know. he can’t read your thoughts, so he doesn’t know what you were just imagining. but you feel...wrong. you feel like you’re doing something forbidden, not allowed, as you let jeonghan work you toward your high with thoughts of cheol still flashing through your mind. 

“i’m c-close hannie,” you breathe out, trying to anchor yourself in this moment. you feel him biting your neck again, leaving another hickey you’re not sure you’ll be able to cover up. 

“let me hear you then,” he says, fingers finally working faster, trying to make you come. you moan freely, feeling jeonghan’s hard cock pressing into you from behind. your eyes start to roll back as you come, letting out a soft moan, “oh, cheol-”

jeonghan stops.

all the air leaves your lungs, and you gasp as you try to cover, but jeonghan shushes you, arms tightening around your body as his lips graze your ear. “what did you just say?”

“n-nothing-”

“don’t lie to me,” he whispers. “what. did. you. say.”

“i-i said ch-cheol,” you stutter, jeonghan’s fingers still inside you, feeling the way your walls clench around him as you mention he who must not be named. “hannie, please, i’m sorry, i didn’t mean to, i-”

“should i call him?” jeonghan asks, and you hate the way your body reacts to the idea. “let him hear you moaning so pretty for him while i’m playing with your pussy? or should we skip that and just invite him over here to fuck you?” he asks, hands pulling from you so he can turn you around and cage you in against the counter. he gets closer, eyes angry and a little turned on as he asks, “you’d like that, wouldn’t you?”

“hannie, no, i want you, need you,” you say, afraid to touch him as his hands work at his belt. he’s got his cock out in record time, lazily stroking it as he watches you.

“you want me, you need me, but you want him too, don’t you?” he asks, and you could cry at how frustrated you are right now. you let jeonghan lift you onto the counter, spreading your legs as he pulls your clothes to the side. he taps his cock over your clit, reveling in the way you whine for him. “come on baby, talk to me. told you to use your words.”

“i-i don’t want cheol,” you say shakily. “i want you, jeonghan.” that’s all he needed to hear, slamming his cock into you as you let out a choked sob. he’s relentless, fucking you so fast you’re not sure how you’re going to hold out. instantly his thumb is rubbing over your clit, wanting to make you come as fast as possible. considering how close you were, he doesn’t wait long, a scream of his name ripping through your chest as you release around him, but he doesn’t stop. proudly, he smiles as he fucks into you, watching your pussy swallow his cock as he says, “what do you think cheol would do if he was here right now?”

“jeonghan-”

“answer me,” he says, eyes finding yours and holding your gaze. you can see the way his pupils are blown out, lust taking over him, and you realize with a gasp that he’s enjoying this. he’s mad, sure, but this is turning him on. the thought has you clenching around him hard, and he smiles evilly before he goes on. “you think he’d want your mouth? or would he want your pussy?”

“b-both,” you stutter out, jerking in jeonghan’s hold as you get closer again. “he’d want both.”

“hm, greedy. just like you,” jeonghan tuts, bringing his thumb up to your lips before asking you to suck, you hold onto his wrist, steadying yourself as you suck on his thumb while he fucks you, and you can’t believe you’re about to come again. “hold on honey. wait for me.”

“jeonghan i can’t-”

“you will,” he says sternly, switching his pace so he’s thrusting into you so deep you feel like he’s going to split you open. your pussy keeps clenching down on him, making it hard to move, and when he looks up and sees you with his thumb still hanging from your mouth he groans, holding your chin as he watches you slowly unravel. he admires the way your eyes flutter first, then your jaw goes slack, whimpering as he thrusts into you to help you come. your body starts to shake and he can feel you spasming around his cock, his hips jerking as he starts coming deep inside you. he thrusts lazily until you’re both spent, your sensitive body jerking at every movement. he finally pulls out, moaning as he watches his come spill out of you. he looks up at you with an evil smirk, asking, “should i send a picture to seungcheol?”

“jeonghan, i’m sorry,” you sigh again, head falling to his shoulder. “that didn’t mean anything, it just came out.”

“but why did it come out?” he laughs nervously, stroking your hair as you latch onto him. with your arms firmly around his shoulders, you wrap your legs around his waist and he carries you into the living room. then he sits down with you in his lap, looking up at you softly as he asks. “what were you thinking about in that pretty head of yours?”

“i was thinking about you,” you start honestly. “and how you love fucking in our kitchen, for some reason-”

“i just love fucking you,” he admits as he plays with the strands of your hair falling over your shoulder. “so you were thinking about me and that made you moan cheol’s name?”

“no, i um,” you clear your throat. “i don’t know. he’s just. it’s been on my mind a lot lately, i guess. so my mind wandered. it just came out,” you say earnestly, cupping jeonghan’s face, “i’m so sorry.”

“don’t be,” he shrugs, a sad little smile on his face. your thumbs rub over his cheeks as he stares at you, and he opens his mouth to say something but stops. 

“what?” you ask, knowing there’s something else on his mind. “say something baby.”

“you’re not over him,” he says sadly, and you feel tears in your eyes as you shake your head. “you’re not, and that’s ok.”

“but hannie, i love you i don’t know why i can’t-”

“you love me?” jeonghan asks, and you stiffen. you’ve never said that to him before, and this is how your stupid brain lets it come out?

“i do,” you whisper, “i love you so much, yoon jeonghan.”

“but you love cheol too,” he says quietly, and you nod. 

“i think i still love him,” you admit. “but i don’t understand why, because i know i love you.”

“well,” jeonghan sighs, hands snaking around your waist again. “for what it’s worth, i know i love you too.”

“really?” you sniff, and he presses a soft kiss to your nose.

“i’ve known it for a while, actually,” he tells you. 

“you love me,” you smile.

“and you love me,” he nods. 

“i’m sorry,” you pout again, and he shakes his head.

“don’t be. you love me right?”

“i do,” you nod, kissing his chin as you wrap your arms around him. 

“then that’s all that matters,” jeonghan says quietly, and you sit together like that, wrapped in each others arms, minds racing. 

this isn’t how you wanted to tell him. you wanted the moment to be right, your confession of love needing to be special because jeonghan is special. he means so much to you. you haven’t felt this kind of love since..well, since cheol. jeonghan treats you like royalty and you want to treat him the same, so you’re torn at the thought of not being able to love him fully. but as you’re struggling to accept this, jeonghan has one thing running through his brain.

he needs to talk to seungcheol. now.

-

the next few days with jeonghan are insanely soft. you’re not sure if it’s because both of you let your feelings be known, or if it’s both of you trying to cover up the other feelings that were revealed a couple nights ago. either way, you’ve been in heaven. the rest of the work week flew by, both of you taking turns making each other’s favorite meals and then cuddling on the couch, not wanting to be far from each other for more than a few minutes. it’s like the early days of your relationship all over again, and you love it. 

jeonghan was serious when he said he was going to buy you a watch though, so he takes you shopping first thing saturday morning. you whine at him not wanting to sleep in, but he makes a good point that the mall is unbearably crowded after lunchtime. so you reluctantly drag yourself out of bed, making coffee while jeonghan picks out a couple outfit he insisted you wear. you smile when you see what he’s chosen, two red flannels and your favorite pair of jeans. you try to keep him at bay as you dress, but he grumbles at you as he pulls his own clothes on.

“so mean to me, the man you love,” he says in disbelief, watching as you pull on a white tank top to wear under the flannel. “nice tits.”

“focus.”

“sorry,” he smiles. “do you wanna eat before we leave or get something on the way there?”

-

you spend some time following jeonghan around this very fancy department store, helping him pick out new work clothes. he begged you to stay with him, not wanting to lose you to the purses he saw you gravitate towards when you walked in. he grabbed your hand and held on tightly, only letting go every so often to hold up a new shirt or jacket to ask for your opinion. jeonghan usually gets everything tailored, so trying things on isn’t that much of a concern for him here but he happily lets you slide your hands down his arms, slipping off the flannel so you can see what the blazers look like on him. he loves watching you step back in thought before (usually) deciding he looks great and he needs the suit immediately. really, having you here is no help to his wallet, but it boosts his confidence like hell. 

he’s about to ask you about a pair of pants when he turns and sees a flash of red moving through the racks behind you two, but he doesn’t pay it any mind. for now, he decides he’s looked at enough clothes and grabs your hand again to go find the jewelry counter. he called yesterday to place an order, and you’re mostly here to see if the watch fits. when you get to the counter you start looking in the glass to see what you might like, but jeonghan’s voice brings you to the end of the counter. he’s thanking the worker as they pass over a velvet box that jeonghan handles with care, looking up and beckoning you to come closer.

“do you like it baby?” he asks, showing you the silver watch with pearl inlays on the timepiece. you gasp and jeonghan laughs with the worker as she says, “i think she likes it!” you reach your hand out and let jeonghan secure it around your wrist, nodding proudly at the perfect fit. he looks back to the attendant and says, “i’ll go ahead and take the other one i called about.”

“sure thing,” she says before heading to the storage room behind her. she comes back with a similar box and jeonghan holds it under his arm as he closes the box your watch came in, knowing you won’t want to take it off now. they’re already paid for, so he offers his free hand to you and you carefully move your newly adorned arm to link through his. as you start walking through the store you think you see a familiar face up ahead, but it’s quickly obstructed by jeonghan’s fast pace.

“wait, did you get something?” you ask, stopping in the middle of the store. let me see yours.”

“i was serious about us matching,” he replies, handing you your box so he can open his. he shows you an almost identical piece, the only difference being a single pearl that connects the two clock hands. 

“i love you,” you whisper to him, like it’s a secret the world shouldn’t know about just yet. you cup his face and kiss him, whispering against his lips, “thank you. you’re too wonderful.”

“y/n?” a deep voice calls from behind your boyfriend. you separate from jeonghan and see cheol standing a few feet away, a look of not-so-hidden disgust on his face. “what are you doing here man?”

“same as you,” jeonghan says comfortably, draping his arm across your shoulders. “you mentioned getting some new suits and i realized it’s been a while since i got any new work clothes, so we started here and now we’re probably on our way to that fancy cooking store y/n loves so much.

“nice,” cheol nods, looking at you both awkwardly. you notice then that your heart is beating quickly in your chest, and you hope jeonghan can’t feel it. 

“hey, we’re all matching,” jeonghan points out, gesturing between the three of you and your shirts in various shades of red. “that’s cute.”

“right,” cheol nods awkwardly, regarding you both with a strange look in his eyes. you know that look, he looks like he’s trying to hide a secret. “well, um, enjoy the rest of your day.”

“bye cheol,” you say meekly, jeonghan waving as he turns you both toward the exit. you slap his side once you’re far enough away, and cheol rolls his eyes when he hears jeonghan’s unmistakable laugh. 

that was weird, he thinks to himself. yesterday jeonghan was out of character, talking to cheol for far too long in the break room, wanting to know about his weekend and what his plans were. when cheol told him he was going shopping, jeonghan didn’t mention anything about needing to go himself. he just asked where cheol planned on going, and then he’s here the same time as him the next day. that’s not a coincidence, is it?

-

after you spend too much time and too much money at the next store, you leave with bags in your hand that you immediately push onto jeonghan when you find him waiting for you outside. 

“jesus woman,” he laughs, “did you buy us a new kitchen?”

“no, just some things we needed,” you say innocently, and jeonghan sighs as he tries to balance the bags in his arms while still typing on his phone.

“what are you doing?” you ask, reaching out to help him but he swats you away.

“i’m texting cheol,” jeonghan says nonchalantly, and your heart drops to your ass.

“oh.”

“i invited him to lunch,” jeonghan says, looking back up at you again. “that ok?”

“um, i don’t know,” you reply. “should we? i mean, are we good?”

“i’m good,” jeonghan nods. “i think it would be nice. maybe we can try going back to normal.”

“o-ok,” you say, unsure of your boyfriend’s intentions. “so, where are we going?”

“we’ll meet him there,” jeonghan says, holding his arm out for you to grab onto. “come on, let’s go to the car.”

-

when you got to the car you didn’t expect jeonghan to put the bags away and immediately pull you across the center console to sit in his lap. he’s holding you down by the waist, capturing your lips in a kiss that he deepens just to moan into your mouth. you don’t hate it, but you also don’t know what’s gotten into him. you push away from him slightly, his lips chasing yours, but you put your fingers to his lips to hold him off.

“baby. talk to me. what is going on with you,” you state more than ask. 

“i wanna do something,” he says mischievously. 

“that’s obvious,” you say as you roll your eyes, and jeonghan nipping at your chin makes you swat him away and sit up fully. “what do you want to do. drive me insane?”

“yep,” he nods. “open the glovebox.”

“jeonghan-”

“what did i say?” he asks, and you stop talking, reaching awkwardly over to the glovebox to find the bullet vibrator and handcuffs still there from a few weeks ago. you hold them up, and jeonghan says, “put the cuffs away. too noticeable.”

“what do you mean?” you ask, confused. “jeonghan, what are you up to?”

“do you trust me?” he asks, and you nod. “words, honey.”

“of course i trust you,” you tell him, placing your hand on his cheek. he hums as he nuzzles into your touch, kissing your palm. he opens his own hand, and you pass him the toy. he turns it on to the lowest setting, pushing your flannel out of the way so he can trace it over your chest. you jolt in his lap when he traces over your nipples, smiling when he sees the buds poking through the thin fabric of your shirt. “hannie, we have to go to lunch-”

“to see seungcheol,” he says, eyes watching your chest erupt in goosebumps as he continues dragging the vibrator slowly over your skin. 

“yes, and it’d be rude if we invited him and then we were late,” you scold, “so whatever you want to do get to it. or, better yet, wait until after.”

“why would that be better?” jeonghan asks, looking up at you darkly. “you wanna see cheol so you have more to think about when i make you come later?”

“that’s not what i me-eant,” you struggle to say, moaning a little at the end when jeonghan presses the vibrator over your clothed cunt. he pushes it up a few levels and you let out a shaky breath as you try to keep yourself from grinding down. 

“give me a color baby.”

“green.”

“good,” he smiles, unbuttoning your pants as he keeps talking. “here’s what i want you to do. i want you to take this and keep it in your pussy while we have lunch. can you do that for me?” 

“hannie, i...” you trail off, eyes holding his gaze as you realize he’s looking at you the same way he did a few nights ago. that dark lust is still there. that signal that he might be into this more than he’s letting on. there’s a plan brewing in that pretty head of his, and you let out a shaky breath as you think.

“baby, i need a color,” he repeats. you hold his gaze a little longer before whispering, “green.”

-

jeonghan is a piece of shit. you hate his guts right now, watching you so happily as you listen to cheol describe his life in europe. you’re struggling, trying so hard to not make it obvious that you literally have a vibrator inside you right now. jeonghan is staring at you with stars in his eyes, and cheol is trying to ignore it, but he can’t stop himself.

“listen, man, did you invite me out to make me jealous or something? i’m sure y/n told you what we talked about at the party,” he says, glancing at you and considering your expression for a second. you look...off. he can’t place why, so he turns back to jeonghan. “i’m not gonna do anything, but come on. be mature about it.”

“i had no ill intentions inviting you out today,” jeonghan says. “we really wanted to catch up, didn’t we y/n?” and all you do is nod. “she’s been wanting us to get back to normal, so i thought this would be a good start.”

“this was your idea?” cheol asks you, and you open your mouth to speak, shifting uncomfortably but soon realizing that was an awful idea. the vibrator has slid up so it’s pressed right against your clit, and your eyes flutter slightly as you try to speak.

“i mean, i wanted you to-” you take a breath, “to get along since you work together. but lunch was his idea,” you explain, pointing a shaky finger at your smug boyfriend. “but i want to hear more about europe. did you go to italy at all?”

“oh my god, you’d go crazy over there,” cheol smiles at you softly. “lots of cool food, amazing coffee.”

“sounds nice,” you smile back, and watching the two of you makes something warm stir in jeonghan’s chest.

“baby, tell him about that pasta you tried making,” jeonghan teases, and you roll your eyes. 

“i thought i would try to make fresh pasta,” you start telling cheol, “but i fucked up. i started boiling it and the pasta just...dissolved?”

“it was disgusting,” jeonghan nods. “like a big eggy blob.”

“ew,” cheol says, looking down at the eggs in his noodles. “don’t ruin my appetite for me dude.”

“sorry,” jeonghan laughs, looking at you carefully. he can tell you’re close, so he decides to let you have a break, turning to cheol. “so be honest. how’s work?”

“you mean aside from our assistants having some kind of beef?” cheol laughs, and jeonghan joins him. “it’s good..” you stop listening, instead focusing on the vibrations between your legs. you press your thighs together looking for more pressure, and as the boys talk about some work drama you cover your mouth to hide a silent scream as you come. you play it off as a yawn, but cheol looks at you curiously. “y/n, you ok? are we boring you?” he laughs. if only he knew what that word meant to you and jeonghan.

“oh no, profit margins and revenue blah blah is sooo interesting,” you tease, shooting them both a glare. “no, i’m just really tired. someone didn’t let me sleep in this morning-”

“we had errands!” jeonghan whines, and cheol watches you two fondly.

“i think i might go splash some water on my face,” you tell them, looking at cheol so you don’t see the way jeonghan will react to you leaving. cheol catches himself staring, but he realizes now why you look different. it’s subtle, but he’d recognize it anywhere. you’ve got that kind of glow you only have when you’ve just come. cheol watches you leave, and then turns back to jeonghan. 

“she ok?” he asks, and jeonghan shrugs. 

“yeah, but we may not stay long if she’s not feeling well,” jeonghan covers, and cheol watches him closely, but eventually decides to leave it alone. surprisingly, he was having a good time. so he let’s himself enjoy this, returning your smile when you come back from the restroom (vibrator securely in your pocket now). “all good baby?”

“yeah,” you nod. “sorry, guess i haven’t slept enough this week.”

“you need to take better care of her,” cheol says to jeonghan, sipping his drink as he waits for him to respond.

“she’s the one that stays up late!” jeonghan whines, and you try to kick him underneath the table. “whatever. pay for your own lunch then.”

“i got you,” cheol says instead, and jeonghan feels a pang of jealousy shoot through his chest. whatever, he thinks to himself. his plan is going well. he’ll just let this play out and hope it works in his favor. 

-

cheol is still thinking about your lunch together when he goes back to work on monday. it was...nice. like really nice, being back around you and jeonghan. he almost felt comfortable with you again, but there was something about the way you acted that made him suspicious. 

he’s got a long day ahead of him, so he needs to stop thinking about you. it’s hard though, being back, so close to you yet so far. he loved you so much, still does. and he knows you do too. but jeonghan...

speak of the devil, there’s a knock at the door to cheol’s office as soon as he sits at his desk. he tries not to groan too loud before telling them to come in, and he’s a little surprised to see that it’s jeonghan. they weren’t supposed to meet until 10, why was he here already?

“you got a crush on me or something?” cheol teases as jeonghan makes himself at home and sits in one of the plush chairs in front of cheol’s desk. “we’ve been around each other a lot lately.”

“you’re a handsome man, what can i say,” jeonghan laughs, and cheol can feel his ears warming at the compliment. “no, i wanted to catch you before your first meeting. i’m afraid i have to reschedule on you.”

“aw, darn, you mean we don’t get to argue about budgets until seungkwan breaks it up?”

“i like to think of it as negotiating,” jeonghan replies, and cheol rolls his eyes. 

“you’re such a boss. i never thought you could be this professional,” cheol tells him. 

“it’s weird right?” jeonghan laughs, and they spend a few minutes reminiscing over their adventures as crazy kids loose in europe. jeonghan checks a watch that looks so brand new it seems to sparkle, and he stands with a sigh, telling cheol, “so i’ll get kwan to set up a new meeting with vernon?”

“sure,” cheol shrugs. “or whenever you have the time. you don’t need an appointment to come talk to me.”

“oh that reminds me,” jeonghan says, stopping with his hand on the door. “y/n wants to have you over for dinner, so text me when you’re free. it’s a standing invitation.”

“um, jeonghan?” cheol calls, and his friend stops with his back to cheol, smile creeping over his lips. “how is she? like, is she sick, or something? i just noticed on saturday that...”

“that what?” jeonghan asks, turning back to face cheol. “she seemed all right to me. maybe a little distracted.”

“yeah, distracted,” cheol says as he narrows his eyes at jeonghan. “you weren’t..doing anything, were you?”

“what do you mean?” jeonghan fakes innocence, cocking his head to the side. 

“never mind,” cheol brushes it off. “i’ll text you to let you know when i’m free.”

“sounds good,” jeonghan waves behind him as he leaves, smug smile on his face as his plan falls into place.

-

when you come home from work later that week and find cheol on your couch, you’re shocked. well, this has happened before, so it’s not as shocking as that first time, but if you had a nickel, right? it’s weird that it’s happening again, and you have deja vu to that first night seeing cheol again after so long. he can tell you’re surprised, so he wants to go find jeonghan in the kitchen and sucker punch him. 

“um, are you here for dinner?” you ask, and cheol nods. 

“i thought jeonghan had told you, i’m-”

“sorry baby,” jeonghan says, leaning against the wall near the kitchen, drying his hands. “we talked about this at work, and when you said you made too much of that pork thing i figured it was a good night to have him.”

“yeah, that’s fine,” you nod. “heads up would’ve been nice though, what if i said something embarrassing when i walked in?”

“y/n, we dated for four years, you can’t embarrass yourself around me,” cheol says, and you look at jeonghan to read his reaction. he just shrugs and says, “he’s right. you have no shame.”

“i meant what if i said something embarrassing for you,” you correct him, gliding toward the kitchen to kiss jeonghan on the cheeks. “what if i came in here calling you snookums, then all the guys at the office would know you’re a big softie.”

“snookums?” cheol laughs from the couch, and you turn to him with an accusing finger.

“watch it, or i’ll tell jeonghan what your nickname was.”

“what was it?” he asks anyway, an evil smile on his face. 

“sweetcheeks,” you and cheol say together, and jeonghan laughs.

“because he’s got cute cheeks?” he questions, and you shake your head.

“butt cheeks,” you clarify. “he’s got a nice ass.”

“whoa,” cheol chimes in, and you ignore him. 

“she never talks about my butt like that,” jeonghan says, and cheol laughs nervously as you move past jeonghan into the kitchen. you’re checking the pork you left in the slow cooker this morning when you feel a presence behind you, and assuming it’s jeonghan you say, “a text would’ve been nice.”

“hey, i told him i shouldn’t just show up like this,” cheol’s voice replies instead, and you jump at the unexpected sound. “shit, sorry.”

“no, it’s ok,” you laugh it off, turning to find him awkwardly standing behind you. “it’s really fine that you’re here, cheollie. promise. i wasn’t expecting it, but hannie was right, we’ve got plenty of food.”

“are you making that thing we tried in vegas?” cheol asks hopefully, and he does a little happy dance when you nod. a couple years back, a pair of your friends from high school got married in vegas and invited everyone they knew. you and cheol went for the ‘ceremony’ but stayed a couple days longer for your first real trip together. there was one restaurant you visited just about every day so you could go back and try everything on the menu before you left. you both agreed that this pork was the best thing you’ve ever had, so when you found the recipe online the other day you knew you had to try it. “do you need help?”

“um, could you make the sauce for me?” you ask, and he nods before walking to the sink. “bowls are above the microwave, utensils by the sink.”

“you y/n-fied jeonghan’s kitchen?” cheol teases. “isn’t there some kind of system you always used when you put dishes away? there’s a reason everything is where it is.”

“well i knew i would be cooking in here the most so i kinda made it mine,” you say, and a whine from the doorway makes you turn. you see jeonghan pouting and you roll your eyes, turning back to the meat as you say, “tell me i’m wrong and i’ll sucker punch you.”

“baby, we have a guest, be nice,” jeonghan mumbles as he opens the fridge, asking you both if you want something to drink. he falls into working alongside cheol, chopping veggies to go with the pork and making sure the lettuce is clean for the wraps. 

“y/n, taste this,” cheol says, and you turn to him as he offers a spoon. he makes an airplane noise as he brings it to your lips, and you close your mouth to glare at him. he accidentally bumps the spoon into your chin, spilling a little on you. 

“you’re a child,” you grumble, tongue licking at the sauce on your lips. “but damn. that’s good.”

“right?” cheol smiles, turning to jeonghan to do the same, sans plane noises this time. you watch fondly as jeonghan tastes, humming cutely to signify his approval. everything is done for the most part, you just need to let the pork brown in the oven for a minute so you all take your drinks and head back to the living room, obliviously sitting down on the couch in a line, jeonghan, you, cheol. jeonghan immediately places his hand on your thigh, and you see cheol’s hand twitch to do the same. he catches himself though, looking up to see if you caught him just to find your eyes staring back. you’re about to say something, or you want to, at least, but jeonghan asking for the tv remote interrupts. you point behind cheol and he finds the remote, passing it across you to jeonghan. 

you watch jeonghan pick something to watch, but it mostly ends up as background noise when he turns excitedly to cheol to ask about some show they both used to be obsessed with. you listen at first, but you lay your head down on jeonghan’s shoulder and close your eyes for a moment. jeonghan doesn’t miss the way cheol admires you like this, and he almost mentions his plan now. but it’s not the right time. instead, he lets you rest, only shaking you awake when he hears the timer in the kitchen going off. he and cheol watch you leave, and when jeonghan notices cheol’s eyes following your ass he smiles. 

“do you need help baby?” he calls, and cheol is up and in the kitchen before you can reply. he sees you struggling to reach the nice plates at the top of the cabinet, so he comes behind you with a hand at the small of your back to reach above you with ease. you look back at him, eyes glancing down at his lips so briefly, but he’s tuned into your every movement. he catches it, smirking like hell as he goes to set the table. jeonghan comes into the kitchen next with your discarded drinks, and as you start taking the food he says he’ll get the utensils. 

“um, where do you want me to sit?” cheol asks when you enter the dining room, and you look at the table and back at him, shrugging. 

“wherever,” you reply. “we barely eat in here, so we don’t have assigned seats.”

“can i, um,” he clears his throat, “can i sit next to you?”

“sure,” you nod with a shy smile, pointing to the spot closest to you. “i’ll probably sit there.”

“so you do have assigned seats,” cheol squints at you, and you giggle as jeonghan finally comes back in, drinks and utensils balanced dangerously in his hands. cheol rushes to help and you say you’ll grab the rest of the food, leaving the two men alone. 

“where are you sitting?” jeonghan asks, watching where cheol points so he can place the drinks accordingly. “don’t try to lay a move on my girlfriend.”

“i would never,” cheol says, looking at jeonghan with a slight challenge in his eyes. “same as you?”

“right,” jeonghan nods, and you come back in to some tension. you awkwardly walk past them, the smell of the pork pulling their attention like cartoon characters smelling a pie. they start complimenting you without even trying the food, cheol pulling your chair out for you politely as you sit down. he helps you show jeonghan how to build the perfect wrap, and when you’re done demonstrating you hold the one in your hand up to your boyfriend. he leans forward, looking between you both as he takes a bite, moaning openly at how good it is. “fuck, that’s delicious.”

“damn,” cheol hums, cheeks full of food as he looks at you, “you’re unreal. this tastes exactly like it did at the restaurant.”

“i think she’s a witch,” jeonghan jokes, and you kick him under the table. 

“behave, you two,” cheol warns, a joking lilt in his voice, but you and jeonghan listen obediently, everyone falling silent as you start piling your plates and feasting on the delicious food. there’s really no talking, which is fine, but when the meal is over (plates cleared) the boys bicker back and forth over who’s going to do the dishes. 

“cheol’s a guest, he shouldn’t have to do your chores,” you weigh in, and cheol drapes his hand over the back of your chair as he looks at jeonghan smugly.

“baby,” jeonghan whines and you shake your head. “you’re mean.”

“you’re meaner,” you reply, standing and stacking plates so it’s easier for jeonghan to take into the kitchen.

“how am i mean?!” he cries, and you hold his gaze, trying to remind him of the last time you ate with cheol. a smile slowly breaks out over his face, and cheol coughs delicately behind you. 

“should i leave you two alone?” he jokes, a hint of seriousness in it though. he doesn’t want to overstay his welcome, but you and jeonghan insist he stay, so he relaxes. he grabs two more drinks for you and himself from the kitchen, playfully sticking his tongue out at jeonghan stuck at the sink. 

he comes back into the living room to you sprawled on the couch, so he leaves your drink on the coffee table before sitting in the armchair. you look up at him cutely and pout, saying, “you’re so far away.”

“i’m right here baby,” he lets slip, and when your eyes bulge slightly he backtracks. “shit, sorry, i didn’t um, sorry.”

“it’s ok,” you say, holding his gaze. “so. tell me more about europe.”

“what else do you need to know?” cheol chuckles. “i feel like i’ve droned on about it.”

“you haven’t said..everything, i’m sure,” you say, and cheol gets it. you want to know if he was with anybody else, his ego boosted at your subtle jealousy.

“i haven’t?” he asks, and you know he’s teasing. “i’m not quite sure what you mean, y/n.”

“um,” you sit up before continuing, “any uh, any lucky ladies over there heartbroken that you’re back home?”

“probably a few,” he nods, and you scoff. “i don’t care about them though.”

“oh,” you say meekly, still holding his gaze. 

“never did, if i’m honest,” he goes on. “my heart wasn’t in it.”

“sad,” you point out and he nods. 

“i’m glad to be back though,” he says with finality. you’re about to respond but jeonghan comes back in and plops down on top of you, pushing your body down into the cushions.

“hannie, we were talking,” you mumble into his chest, not able to move with his lanky body draped over you like this. 

“just talking, huh?” he whispers just low enough for you to hear it. “i have something i wanna talk about.”

“what?”

“cheol,” jeonghan calls as he sits up, and you follow, trying to fix your hair as you listen. cheol quirks an eyebrow at you both, and jeonghan says, “you’re still in love with y/n, right?”

“what?” he asks, caught off guard. “i mean, i, i don’t know what you want to hear, man.”

“the truth,” jeonghan admits, and cheol stares for a moment before he says quietly, “i do. i love her.”

“good,” jeonghan smiles, turning to you next. “y/n? you love cheol, right?” 

“hannie,” you whisper, and he shakes his head. 

“to cheol, baby, tell him,” he whispers back, and you look at cheol as you say, “i think i still love him. yeah.”

“perfect,” jeonghan smiles, looking between you both. “and you love me?” he asks you, to which you agree. he turns to cheol and asks the same, and cheol hesitantly nods. “so we’re all on the same page.”

“no, i don’t think we are,” cheol says, and you nod, pulling his hand to your lap as you ask, “hannie, what are you doing?”

“i want to see you two kiss,” jeonghan says, eyes searing into yours. you gasp, eyes flicking over to cheol, and you catch his hands twitching on the armrests. you look back to jeonghan, who’s waiting expectantly. “what do you think?”

“i think you’re crazy,” you whisper, and his expression falls only slightly. 

“it’s just one kiss baby,” jeonghan says with a shrug. “i won’t mind. i’m sure cheol won’t mind. i know you want to,” he says, and you don’t respond. “it’s just one kiss, you can do it for me,” he says again, and your heart picks up speed when cheol pipes up.

“yeah, y/n, it’s just one kiss,” he smirks, and you glare at him.

“you stay out of this,” you point, and he puts his hands up innocently. you look back at your madman of a boyfriend and see the way he’s looking at you, and it’s weird. you know that look. you know he wants this. he’s...hopeful? and you think saying no would hurt his feelings. you look back at cheol, who’s watching you in a similar way, and you breathe out, “fine. one kiss.”

“get to it then,” jeonghan says, patting your thigh as you look between the two men again. your skin feels like it’s on fire as you stand, walking over to cheol knowing they’re both studying your every move. you stop in front of him, suddenly self conscious. you don’t know what to do, so when jeonghan says softly, “sit in his lap baby,” you do it, hands carefully placed on cheol’s shoulders as you straddle his lap, hovering over him. you hear shifting behind you, guessing that jeonghan is moving so he can see better, and then you flick your eyes up to cheol. his pupils are the size of saucers, and you can’t help but let out a little whimper as his hands fall to your hips. 

“get comfortable,” he says, “can’t kiss you so stiff like this.”

you let him push you down into his lap, one hand staying on your hip as the other comes up to cup your chin. he lifts it softly, bringing your lips to his in a delicate kiss. your skin erupts in goosebumps, memories flashing back at hyper speed. the feeling of cheol’s lips on yours is intoxicating, and you instantly want more. your lips chase his, eyes still closed as he pulls you away, and the sound of the two men chuckling pulls you back to the moment. 

“how was it honey?” jeonghan asks behind you, and watching cheol you respond, “it was good.”

“just good?” cheol pouts, and you slap his shoulder, getting up before you lose your courage. 

“i’m, uh, i need to go shower,” you say quickly, avoiding their eyes. “thanks for coming over cheollie. i mean. whatever. thanks for coming.”

you’re gone so fast it’s like there’s a gust of wind in your wake, and cheol looks at his best friend before asking, “what the fuck man?”

“i have a proposition for you,” jeonghan begins, “only if you’re up for it...”

-

finding cheol in your apartment is becoming more common than you’d like. well, it’s not that his presence is unwanted. it’s just that jeonghan likes to stay unpredictable, so you never know when you’ll come home and find seungcheol on your couch, in your kitchen, in your bathroom? you presume jeonghan is up to something, you just don’t know what yet. he hasn’t asked you to kiss cheol again, though. that was...interesting. 

you’ve been trying so hard to forget cheol. you were with jeonghan and you knew you loved him, so you wanted to be there for him in every sense. you tried your best to forget about how cheol made you feel, about how you felt for him, but as soon as your skin touched, as soon as your lips grazed his, everything came flooding back. for a good period of your life you thought cheol would someday be your husband. now, after several whirlwind months with jeonghan, you’re conflicted. you love them both, and you don’t know what to do about it. 

jeonghan does. 

he knows exactly what he’s doing, inviting cheol over so you never have a chance to talk yourself out of seeing him. he knows exactly what he’s doing when he undresses you in the hall before you shower together, leaving your panties on the ground purposefully for cheol to see them later. he knows what he’s doing when he takes the armchair in the living room, leaving you and cheol to sit so awkwardly far from each other on the couch. jeonghan watches in amusement the way your eyes always flick back and forth to each other, never seeming to look when the other is staring. he knows you both want something. he just needs to sit you down and tell you that he wants something too. 

one particular night, you had a feeling you’d find cheol when you came home. you expected it at this point, surprised now when jeonghan would tell you it was just him. today your inkling was correct, and you open the door to jeonghan at the couch, casework laid out on the coffee table while he yelled to cheol in the kitchen. you walk over to him first and press a kiss to his cheek, glancing at the work and piecing together that it was budget stuff he and cheol are constantly bickering over. you get up to say hi to the other man, almost colliding with him as he leaves the kitchen, two drinks in hand. you press your hands to his chest to stop him from spilling everything all over you, and you absentmindedly rub over his pecs as you say hi. he smirks down at you, chest warming at your touch. you catch yourself wanting to stand on your toes to press a kiss to his cheek much like you did to your boyfriend, but that’s not appropriate. you excuse yourself so you can go change, leaving the boys to do their work for a while longer. they get through a couple pages before cheol turns to jeonghan expectantly. 

“what?” he asks, barely looking at his friend. “pouting at me won’t get you the money for that advertiser you want.”

“when are you gonna tell her?” cheol asks instead, and jeonghan stills. he told cheol about his plan the night of the kiss, and not so shockingly he was on board. they laid out some ground rules, negotiating much like they are now, but cheol was all for it. jeonghan just had to mention it to you, and he was sure it wouldn’t take much convincing.

“we can talk to her tonight if you want,” jeonghan shrugs, focused on the papers in front of him. 

“how are you so casual about this man?” cheol scoffs as he leans back in his chair. then in a quieter voice he says, “you ask me to fuck your girlfriend and you keep talking about it like it’s a business deal.”

“we have an agreement,” jeonghan points out. “so it’s kind of like a business deal.” 

“but she’s your girlfriend-”

“and she’s your ex,” he cuts cheol off, finally meeting his judgmental gaze. “we both know her really well. we both know she’ll be into it. the agreement was just...a formality.”

“a formality?” 

“so no one gets any funny ideas,” jeonghan says sternly, eyes flicking to the hallway when he hears the bedroom door open. soon you’re walking into the living room, a pair of his boxers and an old sweatshirt replacing your work clothes. jeonghan doesn’t miss the way cheol checks you out as you sit down, throwing your legs over jeonghan’s lap even if he was trying to work. 

“i can’t believe you still have that,” cheol smiles, speaking to you as jeonghan starts clearing the coffee table. cheol points at your sweatshirt and says, “you stole that from me two years ago, remember?”

“i didn’t steal it, you left it at my apartment!” you argue, and he shakes his head.

“no, i left it at your apartment once and then you wore it to my place like a week later. i took it off of you and hid it so you wouldn’t take it back,” he says, and you can feel yourself blush as jeonghan looks in your direction. “but then when i was packing that apartment up, hm, suddenly that shirt was missing again. guess i finally know where it ended up.”

“oops?” you offer, and cheol laughs. 

“i’m glad you kept it,” he says shyly, eyes darting over to jeonghan ever so briefly. he’s holding onto your thighs, rubbing them softly as he watches you with a strange look in his eyes. 

“sorry baby, i can go change,” you start to say, sitting up so you can get off the couch, but jeonghan presses a careful hand into your stomach to keep you in place. 

“no, keep it on,” he says. “i don’t mind.”

“o-ok,” you stammer out, stomach doing flips at the heat coming off of your boyfriend. he keeps watching you, and after what feels like forever he eventually speaks.

“baby, i have something to ask you.”

“um, should we go to the bedroom then?” you ask, and he shakes his head. 

“later,” he tells you, hand leaving your stomach to grab your own, lacing your fingers with his. “how do you feel about me and cheol?”

“hannie, we’ve talked about this, i care about you both a lot but i love you,” you emphasize with a squeeze of his hand in yours. he smiles softly as he brings your knuckles to his lips, kissing each one as he speaks. 

“not what i meant, but that’s good to hear,” he says lowly. if cheol didn’t already know what he was going to ask he’d be straining to hear, but he’s been imagining this moment for weeks. he could practically speak with jeonghan because he’s so sure of what he’ll say next. “no, baby, i wanted to know if you’d be ok with fucking me and cheol. or letting us fuck you. it’s your choice, really.”

“what?” you breathe out, looking at both men in disbelief. as shocked as you are right now, you can’t deny the way your stomach just flipped. 

“we can have sex and he can watch, you two can have sex and i’ll watch, it’s whatever you wanna do,” jeonghan continues, and his eyes darken when he feels your legs shift in his lap. “come on baby, use your words. we know you want this.”

“i-i don’t know,” you whisper, looking to cheol who’s staring back at you like he wants to devour you. it sends a familiar shiver down your spine as you look back to jeonghan, his hand coming up to brush your hair back behind your ear.

“yes you do, pretty girl,” he encourages. “do you want to?” you nod. “words baby.” 

“yes, i want to,” you say quietly, and cheol feels his dick twitch already. 

“what do you want?” he asks, and he watches proudly as you and jeonghan turn to stare at him. you take a shaky breath as you decide.

“i want you to fuck me cheollie,” you answer, looking at jeonghan as you say, “then i want you hannie.”

“let’s go to our room then baby,” jeonghan says before he pulls you in for a kiss, pulling you up with him as he stands. your lips stay latched onto his as you walk, until you feel a pair of strong hands pulling you by the waist. cheol’s chest collides with your back, kissing from the spot behind your ear all the way down your neck. he’s making little marks, but he’s doing it so quickly you wonder if jeonghan told him not to leave any. when he sucks on the part that always had you shivering, jeonghan takes your open mouth as an opportunity to dive back in, his tongue gliding past your lips as cheol pulls you onto the bed with him. jeonghan keeps kissing you as he drapes his body over yours, cheol brushing more of your hair out of the way so he can kiss along your jaw.

“you’re gonna have to let go of her man,” cheol mumbles, sounding only a little bit pouty. jeonghan pulls away from you with a pop, your lips still pursed as he helps turn you around. you feel jeonghan’s hand at the back of your neck as he pushes your face toward cheol’s your lips meeting his in a tentative kiss. you feel sparks ignite across your chest. despite all the forgetting, despite how you feel for jeonghan, you still missed cheol deeply. he missed you, and he can’t see himself letting you go anytime soon. his hands are holding onto your hips for dear life, which makes what jeonghan’s trying to do a little more difficult. he pushes cheol’s hands up so they settle at your sides, holding onto the soft skin of your stomach. meanwhile jeonghan is pulling his boxers down your legs, hissing when he sees you weren’t wearing any panties.

“damn baby, it’s like you knew what we were planning,” jeonghan smirks, tracing his thumb over your swollen pussy lips. you jerk in cheol’s hold, and he takes this as a chance to separate from your lips, peeking over you at jeonghan to ask, “she not wearing any panties?”

“nope,” jeonghan replies, still watching the way your arousal drips out of you, pulling your lips apart as you try to hold back little moans. 

“looks like somebody’s still a little slut for me huh?” cheol asks, whispering into your ear. if jeonghan weren’t watching you react to it right in front of his eyes, he would clock cheol for calling you such a thing. but with a shudder of his own he realizes you like it, your entrance clenching around nothing as cheol continues whispering foul things into your ears. “bet you’ve been thinking about this for weeks. months, maybe? how often did you think about me fucking you?”

“answer him,” jeonghan chimes in, and he hears you let out a shaky breathe before you respond. as soon as you start to speak, jeonghan licks a stripe from your entrance to your clit, struggling to reach your bundle of nerves at this angle. he pulls you up by the ass so you’re straddling cheol with your knees tucked up enough to arch your back, pussy on full display for your boyfriend. “sorry baby, i didn’t hear that.”

“just that one t-time,” you reply, jeonghan’s hands tracing around your pussy but never touching where you need him most. 

“tell me the truth, baby.”

“a c-couple times,” you admit. “wh-when we were in the kitchen. when, um, when we were in the shower a few days ago. and....today. when i was coming home from work.” jeonghan is quiet, the room eerily still, but then you hear and feel jeonghan spit directly onto your pussy, spreading his saliva around to mix with your arousal.

“what were you thinking about?” jeonghan asks, his fingers massaging your pussy without touching your clit. “tell cheol.”

“today,” he adds. “what were you thinking about today?”

“i was-” you gasp when jeonghan’s fingers trace over your clit, “god, i was thinking about sucking your dick.”

“really?” cheol asks. “always so cock hungry. she like that with you, jeonghan?”

“all the time.”

“you like making your men feel good?” cheol asks as he strokes your hair, and you nod. with his hand still on your head, he softly starts pushing you down, saying, “well then show me what i’ve been missing, love.”

you feel jeonghan back away from you, letting you shift down the mattress until you’re at eye level with the bulge in cheol’s dress pants. you settle on your stomach, fingers tracing over the outline you know so well. as you tease cheol you feel jeonghan between your legs, kneeling behind you so he can grab your waist and hold you in place while he eats you out. 

you gasp when you feel jeonghan’s tongue at your core, slowly licking up every drop you let out as you undress cheol. you remember how big he is, taking a small gulp when his cock springs to life after you pull his boxers down. you stroke it a few times but you know he doesn’t like to wait, so you lean forward to suck his tip past your lips. the way he groans makes you clench, and jeonghan continues licking, dipping his tongue to your entrance to let you suck him in as he eats you like a man starved. 

“don’t tease me baby,” cheol growls, his hand tangled in your hair as he starts pushing you further down his cock. jeonghan rubs his thumb over your clit and you gag around cheol, so he pulls you away for a second to breathe. “fucking missed this.”

“don’t get used to it,” jeonghan says into your pussy.

“no promises,” cheol replies, sighing as you go back to swallowing him slowly. the foul sounds coming from your throat are no match for the way jeonghan is devouring you. he brings two fingers up and hisses as he watches your pussy take them in, and he moves so he can suck on your clit while he finger fucks you. you keep bobbing on cheol’s cock, whines coming from deep within your chest. cheol takes over for a minute, his hands in your hair guiding you, and he curses as he watches saliva spill past your lips. when jeonghan hits that spot inside you cheol watches in awe as your eyes roll back, moaning over his cock and sending shockwaves through his body. he’s trying his best not to fuck your throat, but he wants so badly to let go. to have his way with you. it’s like jeonghan reads his mind, because he pulls back just long enough to say, “don’t hold back, cheol. let her have it. fuck her like you used to.”

he looks down at you, fucked out gaze and a polite nod confirming you want that too. cheol’s grip tightens, bracing himself before he starts fucking into your mouth recklessly. he’s close, but he won’t come until you do. he just hopes jeonghan is feeling generous. 

and he is. jeonghan is always happy to make you come. unlike cheol, he never wants you to hold back. jeonghan always wants you to come, but once you start he may not let you stop. you can feel yourself getting closer, jeonghan’s lips sucking your clit alternating with delicate touches of his tongue all while his fingers keep a steady pace at your core. you make the mistake of looking up at cheol, seeing the way he’s staring at you, and the overwhelming feeling of his eyes on you and jeonghan’s touch sends you over the edge. you start to come, jeonghan coaxing you through it, and as your throat constricts around cheol while you moan, his dick twitches once, twice, and then he’s coming down your throat. jeonghan pulls you off of him while he’s still coming, the last few spurts falling over your lips and chin. cheol watches in shock (and a little arousal?) as jeonghan pulls you to his lips, licking up the bit of come you couldn’t swallow. he kisses you, obviously wanting you to taste yourself on his tongue. cheol can’t believe he’s getting hard again, but when jeonghan drops you back down to his lap you can’t help but laugh.

“i’m not the only needy one, huh?” you tease, flicking at his red tip. 

“don’t get cocky baby,” cheol smiles. “we’re just getting started.”

“what do you want to do next?” you ask as you swipe your hand over your chin. you look between them both and jeonghan nods to cheol.

“ask him,” jeonghan replies. you turn to see cheol with an evil smile, and he asks, “you still use the color system?” you and jeonghan nod, but cheol shakes his head. “need you both to say yes.”

“we do,” you say with jeonghan. cheol keeps watching you both, an idea brewing behind those beautiful brown eyes of his.

“have you ever tied her up before?” he asks jeonghan, but his eyes stay on you.

“please,” jeonghan rolls his eyes. “we did that before she was even my girlfriend.”

“where do you keep them?” cheol asks, this time expecting you to answer. 

“um, box under the bed,” you reply, and you watch him slide off the mattress to kneel on the floor. he looks for a moment, mumbling about there being multiple boxes down here. “it’s the black one.” he’s quiet for a moment, so you ask, “did you find it?” his head pops up, silk ties in one hand and something else in his other. 

“what is this?” he asks jeonghan, and that’s when you see he’s holding a dildo. “your dick doesn’t work or something?”

“that’s not for him,” you answer instead, and cheol looks at you in shock. he looks back at the dildo, then to jeonghan who shrugs, a cute blush on his cheeks. “put it back, unless you want me to show you what we do with it.”

cheol scrambles to return it to its box, crawling back on the bed so he can reach for your shirt. “take this off, baby.” you start to do as he says, and he turns to jeonghan, same fiery look in his eyes as he says, “you too.”

“what?” jeongan sputters, and cheol holds firm. 

“get undressed, i’m tying you up too,” he explains, and jeonghan looks at you for support. 

“what are you doing cheollie?” you ask, a hand reaching out to cup his cheek. he leans into the touch, kissing your palm before he replies. 

“this is your punishment,” he says, looking to jeonghan who’s only wearing his boxers now. “both of you.”

“why?” you ask, checking on jeonghan yourself. he looks fine with this, but the way he’s staying quiet has you worried.

“you both left me,” cheol says, his eyebrows furrowed as he unties the silk. he looks up at you, then jeonghan, and asks, “is this ok? what color?”

“green,” you and jeonghan reply, and you look at your boyfriend again. he smiles at you, blowing a kiss, and cheol tells you both to lay down. he sits between you, and starting with you he leans over your body to take your right wrist and tie it to the headboard. he moves to jeonghan next, and you watch closely at the way jeonghan’s eyes keep flitting down to cheol’s lips. he ties jeonghan’s left wrist to the headboard, leaving each of you a free hand still on the bed. cheol uses what’s left of the silk to tie your left wrist to jeonghan’s right, and he smiles when you instantly grip jeonghan’s hand in yours. 

“i’m gonna fuck her, is that ok?” cheol asks, dangerously close to jeonghan’s face. he nods, whispering his approval. cheol looks to you and you nod, trying to reach out for him but only getting so far. cheol chuckles darkly as he undresses fully, your breath catching in your throat at getting to see him bare like this again. you’re staring but you don’t care, drinking in the way cheol’s muscles ripple with every movement. you watch as he grips his cock, bringing it to your clit and tapping it over the sensitive bud a few times. you yelp when he slides his cock through your folds, the tip catching on the hood of your pussy. you want him to do more, but he just watches you squirming beneath him in amusement. “baby?”

“hm?” you reply. 

“can you do something for me?” 

“anything,” you breath out, squeezing your eyes shut as you feel him rubbing his tip against your clit again. “anything, cheollie. just fuck me, please.”

“needy baby,” he tsks, sitting back as he speaks. “i need you to make hannie feel good for me while i fuck you, can you do that?” 

“but i’m tied up-”

“you can still move your hand, can’t you?” he asks, gesturing to your hand on the mattress that’s squeezing onto jeonghan’s for dear life. you shake his hand off and reach over to his lap, smiling when hannie let you trace his cock through his boxers. his hand covers yours, guiding your movements, and cheol mumbles, “yeah, just like that baby.” 

“need help, cheollie,” you whimper, cutting through jeonghan’s whines and cheol’s intense focus on his friend’s cock. he looks at you concerned, and you tell him, “i need help getting his boxers off.”

“you can do it on your own,” cheol encourages, and he watches you struggle to pull the waistband of hannie’s boxers down enough for his cock to be free. you look at cheol who reaches for your hand to kiss it softly. saying, “see? you can do anything, pretty girl.”

“say something nice to hannie too,” you pout, and both boys feel their stomachs flip. cheol looks at jeonghan, from his eyes down to his lips and then down to his cock. when he looks back up at his best friend he says, “hannie has a really pretty cock.”

“he does,” you agree, using your mobile hand to reach up and stroke his cheek. his own hand gets in the way and you giggle, but jeonghan is a blushing mess. you don’t get to see him like this often, but when you do, you eat it up. 

“keep looking at him like that baby,” cheol says, shifting at the end of the bed. “gonna fuck you now. want him to watch you come undone on my cock.”

“he knows what it looks like,” you whisper, and jeonghan smiles at you. you lean forward to kiss him, pulling back with a gasp when cheol thrusts his cock deep inside you. jeonghan can’t help but moan with you as cheol fucks you, your pussy remembering every inch and every curve. he finds a rhythm quickly, holding you down even though there’s no where for you to go. he tears his eyes away from your pussy swallowing his cock to see you disobeying him, not doing anything to please jeonghan. he reaches for your hand and wraps it around hannie’s cock for you, once again your boyfriend covering your hand with his to help you. he curses under his breath as you jerk him off, and you whine at the feeling of cheol fucking your pussy like he’s never fucked you before. 

you can tell you’re dripping, and you feel some of jeonghan’s precum spilling over your hand. you bring it to your mouth to lick clean, jeonghan moaning so pornographically it makes cheol’s dick twitch inside you. you go back to stroking jeonghan off, focused on making him feel good so you can ignore the way you wanna cry because of cheol’s cock. he’s not having that, knowing you’re holding back. he knows your body better than anyone. better than jeonghan, even. he lifts your legs above his shoulders, your thighs squeezed together as he fucks you deeper, and his next thrust rips a scream from deep within your chest. he keeps fucking you, watching as your pace on jeonghan’s cock shows how badly you’re falling apart. if jeonghan weren’t helping you, cheol is sure you would’ve stopped by now. you’re letting them both use you however they want, and cheol can’t help it, he comes again, this time painting your walls with his come. 

he keeps fucking you, but he gets a new idea. he starts untying your arm from the headboard, stilling inside you but hissing as he feels you clenching on his cock. he lets you catch your breath before he pulls out, admiring the way his come leaks from your pussy. he grabs you by the hips to push you over to jeonghan, sitting you up over his cock. jeonghan moans when he feels some of cheol’s come drip onto his cock, and cheol whispers in your ear, “fuck him for me, baby. show me how good he makes you feel.” 

cheol and jeonghan both watch in awe as you sink down on hannie’s cock. once you’re settled on his lap, cock fully sheathed inside you, you let out a choked moan and cheol feels himself get hard again. he always wanted to see you fuck someone else. you’d talked about it before, but it never happened. he can’t believe he’s watching it now, his best girl and his best friend, and he can see the love in your eyes as you bounce on jeonghan’s cock. you know what drives him crazy, both of you moaning softly as you ride him. you sit for a moment, resting your legs, but cheol slaps your ass and tells you to keep going. you listen, fucking jeonghan like it’s the last thing you’ll ever do. his hand reaches up to tweak at your nipples, your hand tied to his trying to push him away. 

“what’s wrong, honey?” he asks. “too much?” and you nod. “too bad. if it’s too much then you need to come.”

“want you to come with me hannie,” you tell him, and he shakes his head. 

“you know the rules honey. you come first. now if you want to come, come.”

another scream rips from your throat, a few tears falling past your eyes as you ride through your high on jeonghan’s cock. he waits until you’re still on top of him before he starts fucking up into you, the aftershocks of your orgasm jolting you with every thrust. cheol watches as you come again, this time triggering jeonghan’s release. cheol lays down so he can watch your pussy flutter around jeonghan’s cock, both men staring mesmerized at their come dripping out of you. without saying anything they both reach down, swiping fingers through the mess between your legs. you open your mouth, waiting for them to shove their fingers in, moaning at the taste of both of them mixed together. you hiccup when they finally pull back, and cheol helps you carefully lift yourself off of jeonghan. he’s about to say he’ll be right back with a wash cloth, but as soon as you hit the pillow you start drifting off to sleep. cheol looks at jeonghan who shrugs, asking quietly, “can you untie me now bro?”

they’re quiet as cheol undoes the silk, and after jeonghan stretches his sore limbs he shakes you carefully. they both chuckle at the way you wake up, fond smiles staring back at you as you mumble, “what? i’ll kill you.”

“we need to get you cleaned up, honey,” jeonghan whispers before kissing your cheek. he looks to cheol as he says, “will you keep her awake while i start a bath?”

“of course,” cheol nods, watching jeonghan walk to the en suite bathroom. he looks back at you, staring sleepily up at him, and cheol reaches out to stroke your hair. “hey baby.”

“hi cheollie.”

“how you feeling?” 

“good,” you hum, watching as cheol moves to lay down next to you. “i missed you.”

“i missed you too,” cheol replies, still playing with your hair. he brushes the sweaty bit away from your forehead, cupping your face after and just admiring you being so close to him again. he never thought he’d get this chance again, and he wants to thank jeonghan for being a freak and making this happen. he also needs to figure out how to make sure nights like this can happen again. now that cheol’s got you, he’s not letting go. he notices it’s been a few minutes, just you and cheol staring at each other, and then jeonghan’s voice pulls cheol back to reality.

“baby?” jeonghan calls, and cheol gets up to help pull you off the bed. you stumble into his chest, wrapping your hands around his waist and waddle walking with him to the bathroom. jeonghan laughs loudly when he sees you two, heart full at the soft smiles you’re sharing and the shy tint on cheol’s cheeks. jeonghan gestures for you, and cheol helps you walk on your shaky legs over to the bathtub. they help you step in, and once you’ve sat down you look to them sadly.

“what’s wrong?” cheol asks, and your pout deepens. 

“neither of you are getting in with me?” 

“baby, i don’t think the three of us will fit,” jeonghan chuckles, reaching out to stroke your hair just like cheol was a few moments ago. jeonghan carefully traces your features with his thumb as he whispers sweet nothings to you, and cheol moves toward the door. he knows you just had a threesome, but this feels like something he shouldn’t be watching.

“where are you going?” your voice stops him, one foot back in the bedroom. 

“um, i was gonna wash up in the guest room,” cheol says. “jeonghan said i could stay there tonight.”

“our bed is big enough for all three of us,” you say as you lay your head on the edge of the bathtub. you yawn as you keep talking, “you can just sleep with us. i mean, technically you already did.”

“um, i don’t want to overstep-” cheol tries to say, but jeonghan cuts him off.

“stay,” he whispers, something in his eyes that cheol can’t read. “she’s right. it’ll be cozy, but there’s plenty of room.”

“i can sleep in the middle so you won’t get cooties from each other,” you chime in, and cheol breathes a sigh of relief. 

“ok, if that’s fine,” he nods. “i’m still gonna shower in the other bathroom. you two do whatever you want in here.” 

“you heard the man,” he hears you say as he picks his clothes up from the bedroom floor. 

“you’ve had enough tonight honey,” jeonghan tells you, and cheol laughs as he hears you dramatically whine, “hannie!!”

once cheol takes a shower, he pulls on the clothes he brought to sleep in and suddenly feels too self aware. he’s in someone else’s home. he’s in your home, your’s and jeonghan’s. he shouldn’t have a space here. he shouldn’t feel as comfortable as he does. he definitely shouldn’t be sharing a bed with you two tonight, but as if jeonghan knew, he’s standing at the door, calling softly, “come on cheol, y/n keeps whining that you’re not in bed yet.”

“she gets needy when she’s tired,” cheol points out, and jeonghan nods enthusiastically. 

“i know,” he agrees. “but it’s kinda sweet, isn’t it?”

“jeonghan?” cheol says quietly, and his friend steps into the room to hear him better. “thank you. for trusting me. with her. with this.”

“sure,” he nods, visibly nervous, but not for the reasons cheol assumes. “i mean, you’re the expert here, really. i just. i’m glad you were up for it. she really liked it. i..really liked it.”

cheol is about to say something else when his phone ringing stops him. he chuckles and holds it up for jeonghan to see, who rolls his eyes. cheol answers, speaking loud enough for you to hear him down the hall. “what do you want?”

“is jeonghan with you?” you ask, and cheol hums confirmation. then they both hear you yelling from the bedroom, “then come back here!!!”

“i’m getting water, do you need anything?” jeonghan asks as they both leave the guest room. 

“i’m good,” cheol waves him off, and jeonghan says he’ll be right back. cheol walks back to the bedroom, stopping in the doorway. you’re on your phone, but you let it fall to your chest when you hear a presence at the door. “hey. jeonghan’s getting water.”

“ok,” you reply, scooting over to make room for him on your side of the bed. “come lay down.”

“is it against the rules if i kiss you goodnight?” cheol asks jokingly, but you shake your head no, and jeonghan adds from the doorway, “no, it would actually be kinda rude if you didn’t.” cheol watches jeonghan walk around him, placing a glass of water on your nightstand. he kneels on the bed to reach your lips, kissing you softly before he walks around to his side of the bed, leaving you to look at cheol expectantly. he bashfully gets on the bed, on instinct grabbing you by the waist as he lays down. he looks at you before leaning in, kissing you softly and whispering good night before he pulls away again. 

“night cheollie,” you whisper back, reaching for jeonghan behing you. you manage to pull his arm around your chest, tucking it under your own arm so his hand is at your chest. you press a kiss to his knuckles and whisper, “night hannie,” and you knock out pretty soon after that. 

“are you gonna turn the light off?” jeonghan asks, and cheol notices he’s been watching him. your head is so low on the pillows that jeonghan can stare directly at cheol, and he watches as his friend turns around to flip the light off. cheol returns, finding jeonghan’s eyes still watching him.

“you waiting for a goodnight kiss or something?” cheol teases, and jeonghan shakes his head.

“not unless you want one,” he challenges, and cheol stares back, mind obviously somewhere else. “what’s wrong?”

“why her?” he asks quietly. “why did you start dating y/n, of all people? i’m happy for you, please don’t think i’m not, but...it hurt, finding that out. it hurt from both sides. so..why?”

“because i missed you,” jeonghan whispers back, something sad in his voice. “i think we both did, and something about this, about us, just made it seem like you were here.”

“oh.”

“yeah.”

“anymore questions?”

“not right now, no,” cheol shakes his head, hair falling into his eyes. “but it’s...good to know.”

“we can talk about it more tomorrow,” jeonghan says, situating himself so he’s more comfortable. he closes his eyes before he says, “you need to rest cheol.”

“yeah,” he sighs, knowing he’s got too many thoughts floating around for that to be a possibility. “night jeonghan.”

-

you wake up in the morning to sounds of snores. usually it’s just jeonghan’s soft, airy snores you wake up to, but today it’s like there’s a thunderstorm happening. that’s when you remember cheol, and as if on cue, his arms tighten around your waist and pull you closer to his chest. jeonghan’s face was laying on your shoulder, so he falls slightly and wakes himself up. he blinks up at you a few times, smiling when he finds you staring back.

“morning baby,” he whispers. 

“morning my love,” you reply, and he kisses along your shoulder. “how’d you sleep?”

“good,” he nods. “i didn’t wake up at all, which is surprising with snore master over there.”

“i can hear you,” cheol grumbles. “go back to sleep.”

“no,” you and jeonghan say in unison, and cheol groans. 

“you’re annoying.” you roll over so you can wrap your arms around cheol, jeonghan grabbing onto your waist and propping his head on your shoulder. cheol peeks an eye at you both and says, “you’re annoying. but kinda cute too.”

“who, me or hannie?” you ask, and cheol pretends to think about it.

“both?”

“sweet,” jeonghan smiles, kissing your shoulder again as he slides out of bed. “i’m making coffee. you gotta get up if you want any.”

“how long did it take him to figure that one out?” cheol asks while you watch jeonghan get dressed.

“like the second date?” you guess, and jeonghan nods to confirm. you look back at cheol and say, “he’s pretty smart. he also learned not to interrupt me when i’m reading like way earlier than you.”

“no fair, i told him that,” cheol pouts, and jeonghan whines back that he wouldn’t remember something like that. they bicker back and forth, cheol’s pout getting more and more pronounced. you lean forward and kiss him mid-whine, stilling nervously with your lips still on his. you look around and find jeonghan watching you, and he shrugs. 

“if you weren’t gonna shut him up i was,” he says as he walks out the door. “no more kissing without me though, i’ll feel left out!” 

“so he’s ok with us kissing,” cheol smiles at you, and you smack his shoulder. 

“we fucked last night, yeah he’s fine with us kissing.”

“well! that was last night,” cheol starts, fiddling with your hair like he always did when he was unsure of what to say next. 

“what’s wrong?” you ask, and he looks up at you sadly. 

“i can’t leave,” he whispers. “i don’t...i can’t be without you again.”

“cheollie,” you sigh, threading your hand through his hair. “let’s go talk about it, ok? you won’t lose us again, i promise.”

cheol follows you like a lost puppy into the kitchen. he nods politely when you ask if he wants coffee, and his heart flips when you hand him a mug made exactly how he likes it. jeonghan’s got yours ready, so you all stand around the kitchen drinking quietly. you’re staring at cheol, and his eyes keep nervously flicking over to jeonghan. finally you turn and reach for jeonghan’s hand.

“hannie, i have a question,” you start. jeonghan grabs your hand in his and kisses it before telling you to go on. “is it ok if cheol stays a few more days?” 

“a few more days?” he asks, looking to cheol for confirmation. he doesn’t want to meet jeonghan’s eyes, but when he does, he relaxes instantly. that thing cheol couldn’t read last night is back. the way jeonghan’s looking at him right now is the same way jeonghan looks at you. that gives him enough confidence to nod, clearing his throat as he says, “yeah, um, i could stay in the guest room? but. i was wondering. if we could maybe...”

“date?” jeonghan finishes. “like, the three of us?”

“maybe?” cheol squeaks out. 

“sure,” jeonghan nods, looking to you and then back to cheol. “you wanna go out today?”

-

after a quick breakfast at home, you all get ready to run some errands before the actual “date” jeonghan claims to have planned. in reality it’s just dinner and a movie, his treat, but he keeps talking it up like it’s gonna be the best night ever. and maybe it will be. you never knew you could feel so loved, but you realize now that being with jeonghan and cheol gives you more than enough. you happily watch your boys argue over the best snacks at the grocery store, cheol swearing up and down that he knows what you like best while jeonghan argues that maybe your tastes have changed over the years. they’re both right, though. you like both. all. put everything in the cart, boys included. you’ve never been happier, and seeing the two of them together shows you how much they care for each other, too. 

one of the stops on your list of errands was, surprise, shopping for a new outfit. you needed something to wear for a big investor’s dinner coming up, and it was funny to watch the boys bicker over who would pay for your dress. it was also very distracting and borderline disrespectful to have them comment on every piece you tried on, their comments getting bolder and both men getting antsier the longer you sat them through this torture. you told them you were doing one final sweep of the store, hoping to find something that really jumps out, and when you return you push them both into separate changing rooms to try on some pieces you found with your boys in mind. it gives you a moment alone to try on the last dress and admire it without any heckling, but when jeonghan steps out of his dressing room he lets out a low whistle.

“you look hot as fuck, baby,” he tells you, arms wrapping around your waist and his head falling to your shoulder. his hands drag across your stomach, admiring the beading, and he tries moving a sneaky hand up beneath your chest. the sound of cheol coming out of his dressing room diverts your attention, and you make grabby hands for him to join you in front of the mirror. 

there you stand, smiling proudly at your boys. you look gorgeous, and they look...confused? cheol looks at himself in the mirror, then at jeonghan, then turns to you and asks, “did you make us try on the same outfit?”

“what?” you laugh, pulling jeonghan from behind you so he can stand at your side. with both of them on display, now it’s easy to see that you gave them the same clothes. you’re almost drooling at the way that they both effortlessly make a pair of slacks and a button up look so sexy. you grab their hands closest to you, swinging them as the boys stare at their reflection.

“his thighs look better than mine,” jeonghan points out.

“sure, but your clavicle is very tantalizing,” you tease, kissing his cheek. when you turn back to the mirror, you see jeonghan’s blush and give his hand an extra squeeze.

“why’d you do this?” cheol pouts, still looking at the three of you in the mirror. “i feel silly.”

“sorry, i’ve just always wanted two boyfriends,” you start out, “because i want to dress them like twins.”

[ikigaisvt]

our dawn is hotter than day.

in which you and your boyfriend says i love you for the first time surrounded by his friends.

pairing: jeonghan x reader, seventeen x reader (in a friendship way lmao dw) words: 1.6k content: fluff warnings: talk of drinking (like two times but it's not a main theme), reader sits on jeonghan's lap, reader kisses jeonghan's cheek, they hold hands, jeonghan's tucks reader's hair away from their face, pda ig?, petnames (for reader: angel, baby / for jeonghan: hannie) note: jeonghan's instagram post from a few days ruined me,, he's my bf :( this idea was mostly @homerunhansol so credits to her for this story (and for making me delusional about hannie 🫶) thank you bb! minors can interact with this fic but pls don't follow! comments, likes and reblogs are always appreciated, pls don't forget

You thought when you would meet Jeonghan’s bandmates – his soulmates if we’re being truthful, that it would be nerve-recking. You thought you would be stuck to your boyfriend’s side, never letting go of his hand and always looking at him only, never meeting anyone’s eyes. No matter how many times he said in a reassuring tone you will be just fine, you didn’t believe him. You knew you were going to be anxious and there was no way around it. At least, you thought you knew.

What you never expected is – as the forever introvert you are, that you would get along with them this well. Since you walked into the place the 13 boys have rented for the weekend, it has been a constant exchange of laughter, smiles, drinks and food. Even the most introverted boys – such as Wonwoo or Soonyoung (who’s the shyest of the band, surprisingly) have opened to you. What you have realized in this little time together is that there is a snippet of Jeonghan in every single one of them. And that makes them feel like home, as if they always were just this much to you.

That’s how you find yourself, enjoying the night away, as it is still young, with 13 boys. You and Booseoksoon, which you have learned are the entertainers of Seventeen, enjoyed the karaoke together, singing at least 5 songs before the eyes of the other boys whom are clearly amused. A few times Chan joins you four to add some humor to the performance - and Seungkwan squeals every time or Jihoon adds some of his beautiful notes into the background. You have spent most of your night away from your boyfriend as he watches you from the couch, smiling and giggling, a beer in hand, at the way you are getting along so well with his favorite people in the world. It truly is a gift to see you this happy with the ones that made him into who he is.

As the night get deeper and colder, you find yourself at the campfire with most of the 13 boys – some of them being too tired to continue the night, to settle down and talk some more. Sat down on Jeonghan’s lap, in one of his comfiest hoodies, you talk and laugh with the boys as they share some of their funniest stories. You think your favorite one so far is about the famous Dokyeom and Seungkwan fight in Jeju.

It’s after almost an hour outside that you feel Jeonghan pulling you closer by the waist, resting his head on your back.

“Angel,” you hear him whisper softly.

“Hm, what is it, Hannie?” you answer quietly, turning around a little to see him look up to you with doe eyes.

"Are you enjoying tonight?" your boyfriend asks you, his eyes shining so much you wonder if the galaxy didn't find a home within him.

"Yeah, I am!" you tell him with a shy smile, knowing he's going to tease you with an I told you so even though it never comes. You see Jeonghan thinking about his next words, the teasing still ever present in his eyes when you hear a voice calling for you.

"Y/N!" Dokyeom says loudly to catch your attention, "Come talk with us!" he adds, sitting next to Seungkwan. You give them a thumbs up before turning around in Jeonghan's embrace, giving him a kiss on the cheek and squeezing his hand.

You spend the next hour or so sat down with Dokyeom and Seungkwan as you talk and laugh as if you knew each other for years. You only look up once or twice to look at your boyfriend, your eyes locking every time. If you were more attentive to him, you'd see how he'd be distracted by you, not being able to hold a conversation with anyone, including Seungcheol. He knew, when he first asked you to meet his members, that it would pull at his heartstrings. Despite all your beliefs, he knew you would fit in just well and they would welcome you with arms wide open.

He never really took the time to think about what it could mean for him. To see his favorite people love each other this much. He was hit with a wave of familiarity at the scene, as if his life always was like this, as if you were always just right by his side. However, what hit him the most at this instant, as he hears your laugh meld with Dokyeom's, was love. For some months he had been thinking of how much he loves you; he felt it mostly when you'd cook his favorite meal for him after he'd tell you practice was hard on this day, he could feel it in the way his heart would miss a beat when your eyes crinkle up in a smile or when you'd cling to his shirt, when he joins you in the middle of the night, making butterflies erupt in his stomach. But the moment he could feel it the most was right now: seeing you be your true self around his own people made him realize he wanted to provide this safe place for you for as long as you wanted him to. If you needed an island to rest on, he will be one for you.

It's after a few minutes, when Dokyeom decides to go to sleep and Seungkwan gets in a chaotic conversation with Chan, that you join him again, finding rest on his lap once more. As you talk lively with Seungcheol, the idea of playing mafia game pops up in the conversation which gets everyone excited.

After 2 mafia games - one won by Jeonghan as a mafia, the other one by the mafias again, which you were a part of, you can feel the sleepiness seeping through your bones. As you and your boyfriend were already eliminated from the current game, you fully let yourself rest against your boyfriend, your head in the crook of his neck, his hands keeping you still at the waist. You feel yourself drowsing off to the sound of Jeonghan's laughter, losing it at some of the boys' competitiveness.

"Baby," he whispers in your ear, "do you want to go to bed?"

"No, no," you whimper, shaking your head slightly, "Wanna stay here. With you." you confirm, grabbing his hand tightly.

"Okay, angel." he says in a short chuckle, "But let me know when you want to go, hm?"

"I will, don't worry. Thank you, Hannie." you say sweetly, looking at him. The stars found a home in her eyes, Jeonghan thinks to himself.

"I love you." he says in a mutter, entirely to himself, thinking you're already dozing back to sleep.

Yet, he hears your giggle and feel the smile forming as your cheeks hit the curve of his neck.

"I love you too," you answer, still giggling. "Why are you saying this so suddenly?" you murmur, hiding your head deeper in his neck so no one can see the blush covering your cheeks.

"First of all, I didn't think you'd hear that and-" he says in a pout, as you look up at him, seeing a blush on his face.

"I can't believe the Yoon Jeonghan is blushing." you tease softly as you start to play with his fingers.

"And-" Jeonghan starts again, ignoring your teasing - even though a small smile makes its way on his lips, "I do really love you. Seeing you tonight, with all of them, tugged at my heartstrings." He explains, brushing your hair out of your face, "I felt like you were comfortable around them and it just makes me want to have countless days and nights with all of you. I just realized how I want to be with you forever." he confesses, still looking down at you, your eyes welling up with tears at his words.

"You know, why I felt this comfortable tonight?" you ask, waiting for his answer which comes in a shake of his head, "Because they really feel like you. Not in the I'm-in-love-with-you way- because yeah, I am in love with you, but- I just see parts of you within them. In their actions, in their kindnesses, in their words; that's why I felt so safe. They are people you love," you say as look around to see them still playing mafia game - Mingyu on his knees, begging Seungkwan not to kill him, making you snort, "You all grew up together, you taught each other how to be good people, and you did it pretty well. I don't think there'd be a single soul who would not feel safe with any of you." you tell him, holding his hand, "I was nervous about meeting them all, I wanted them to like me but tonight I realized it would be pretty damn hard to be hated by them-" you chuckle softly, your eyes meeting, "That's why I was so myself tonight."

"They'd never hate you." he whispers, "Not because they are good people - God only knows these idiots can be petty as well," he sneers, all the love in the world showing up in his eyes, "but because they saw how you made me happy, day after day. And that was enough for them to love you. It will always be enough." he tells you, eyes still locked, "Also- I am in love with you too." he adds as Seungkwan screams out in despair for losing while Chan stands up and does a silly dance to celebrate his victory, making you both laugh out loud at their antics. You look up briefly at the sky, seeing the stars still shining bright even though it is becoming brighter as the minutes passes by. I don't think I will be able to sleep anytime soon, you think to yourself as you feel your heart buzz with excitement, your boyfriend pulling you closer by the waist. But after all, as 13 boys once said, our dawn is hotter than day.

thank you so much for reading! i hope you liked it 🫶

[dalivanmagritte]

Fic rec : yoon jeonghan (jeonghan)

(back to the seventeen list)

favs

my roommate part.1 part.2 (smut, pervert!au, roommate!au)

no smut

melody (fluff, suggestive)

makout session & getting caught (fluff, suggestive)

classics (smut)

coming home (smut)

loyalty (smut)

love café (fluff, smut)

say you will (smut)

don't touch what's not yours (smut)

hers (smut, camgirl!au, camboy!au)

alternate universe (magics, gods, royalty, etc...)

names (fluff, angstish, hogwarts!au)

amortentia: deskmates to lovers? (fluff, angstish, hogwarts!au)

two missions (fluff, secretagent!au)

wicked delights (smut, spooky!au,)

bewitched (fluff, angst, suggestive, vampire!au, witch!au)

with another member

fallen x wonwoo (smut)

splashed x joshua (smut)

[lololololchips]

Can you please please please do a seventeen text being jealous of there son/daughter cuz they have all the s/o attention

here you go!:)

dad texts || SEVENTEEN

genre: one shot, fluff, fake texts au, non!idol, parents au

warnings: fem pronouns, jealous svt (nothing serious tho), lmk if i missed anything else!

[yjhzies]

“Random bf texts w/ jeonghan„

Genre: fluff, crack, smau Warning: bickering (lovingly 💞) - (let me know if there r more <3) Pairings: jeonghan x f!reader

★ note · first time trying smau its so weird plss 😭🤞

[dollyhyuckii]

𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀-𝗷𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻⋆୨୧˚

pairing-bf jeonghan!* fem reader! ♡

word count-531 ♡

genre: fluff ♡

warnings- none ♡

୨୧˚authors note -this is for the seventeen drabble week! , you can read all of them here! ⋆୨୧˚

a golden autumn afternoon, the sun poured its warm glow over the park, casting dappled light through the trees. A gentle breeze rustled the leaves, and laughter floated in the air as couples strolled hand in hand. among them, jeonghan held his camera with a careful eye, capturing every moment that unfolded around him. But it was one subject in particular that inspired him today and that was you

“hold that pose!” jeonghan called out, kneeling down to adjust his camera angle. you stood atop a small hill, your hair dancing in the wind, illuminated by the soft sunlight. you twirled playfully, arms wide, laughter spilling from your lips like music.

“baby.., you’re going to have a thousand pictures of me by the end of the day!”you laughed, striking another pose, placing your hands on your hips

“maybe even more,” he replied, snapping another shot, his heart racing not just from the thrill of photography, but from the sheer brightness of your smile.

you bounded down the hill towards him, curiosity piquing her interest. “why are you taking so many pictures of me? i mean, i appreciate it, but what’s with all of this ?”

jeonghan lowered the camera and looked earnestly into your eyes. “because you’re beautiful, every time I look at you, i see something different. the way the light catches your eyes… it’s just stunning.”

you blushed, laughter escaping her lips softly. “oh come on, stop it! you’re making me shy.”

“im serious!” he said, grinning. “it’s true. I want to capture these moments with you because you make every one special. It’s like each click is a little piece of magic.”

you squinted at him playfully, crossing your arms. “magic, huh? ? you’re turning my beauty into pixels?”

“exactly!” jeonghan laughed, lifting his camera again. “you’re a work of art. and who wouldn’t want to capture the essence of art?”

you rolled her eyes, a smirk forming on your lips. “alright, mr. photographer. you better make me look good then! no pressure!”

with an exaggerated sigh, jeonghan pretended to focus intently. “i’ll do my best, but I can’t promise perfection. It’s hard to capture someone who’s already perfect.”

“oh stop,” you said, her cheeks flushed with warmth. “but I do want to see how they turn out!”

jeonghan shook his head, chuckling. “not until later. right now, just be you.”

you smiled, feeling the authenticity of the moment wash over you. as the sun dipped lower, painting the sky in hues of orange and pink, jeonghan began to snap pictures again, each click punctuating the affection shared between you too.

“tell me a secret,” you said, suddenly contemplative.

“what kind?” jeonghan asked, pausing the camera mid-shot.

“something only you know about me.”

he leaned in closer, his voice soft. “i know that you smile brighter when the sun shines. and I know that when you laugh, the world feels right.”

your eyes sparkled like stars in the fading light. “that’s sweet, baby.”

“just like you.” he raised his camera once more, capturing your silhouette against the sunset, sealing in forever the beauty of a day spent in love, laughter, and the art of you too being yourselfs.

[suuhzie]

Predador — Joshua Hong

Oi rsrs. Acabei lembrando que tenho uma conta aqui e resolvi postar uma das minhas coisinhas, nem sei porque, mas ai está. Dessa vez é com o seventeen, então espero que gostem. ♡ Além disso, nessa fanfic eu não foquei muito no smut, narro mais o desenvolvimento dos personagens, mas ainda espero que gostem!

"Fugir dele nunca daria certo, Joshua era um caçador e agora estava atrás de você. Não tinha como escapar disso."

Contagem de palavras: 12,3k

「 JOSHUA ODIAVA O CLIMA DESSE PLANETA, o calor excessivo em um certo momento e o frio imenso em outro. Ele queria voltar para seu planeta, sentia falta das chuvas, do vento, do calor, tudo parecia melhor quando ele estava lá. Mas agora, ele tinha que continuar nesse planeta terra, com os outros alienígenas. A caçada ainda não tinha começado, e ainda tinha bastante dias para ele finalmente voltar para casa, então enquanto aqui, tudo o que ele conseguia fazer e pensar era na sua nova presa. Como ele lidaria caçando por ela, vendo-a fugir como um ratinho com medo. Ah, como ele gostaria de colocar as mãos em você, mas era proibido at�� o dia da caçada. Joshua Hong era apenas mais um, de muitos alienígenas, que vinham ao planeta terra com o propósito de desafiar os humanos para uma partida de caçada, acontecia uma vez a cada dois anos. De começo, os humanos não aceitaram, horrorizados em saber que existia vida fora do planeta terra. Mas depois deles explicarem que eles ganhavam a vida caçando pessoas de outros planetas, com o propósito de ganhar honra e respeito, os humanos — leia-se homens —, começaram a se familiarizar com isso. Dito, acabaram construindo uma imensa arena para poder acontecer as caçadas. Ela ficava no centro do planeta, em uma densa floresta onde servia como local de caça. Da arena, o público de todo o mundo comprava os ingressos para assistirem, torcendo para os humanos, assim como os alienígenas. Durante cinco anos seguidos, os alienígenas estavam ganhando friamente, os homens não conseguiam alcançá-los. Mas de uns tempos pra cá, estava ficando mais equilibrado, os humanos começaram a ganhar e mostrar sua força. Talvez seja por isso que essa raça de alienígenas gostavam tanto de competir contra os homens.

Essa não seria a primeira vez de Joshua no planeta, já havia ganhado duas partidas, matando muitos homens até chegar na final e conseguido seu mérito entre sua espécie. Hoje em dia, ele era um dos bloods, no caso, um dos mais fortes e difíceis de ganhar. Existia um ranking na sua espécie, hunter, prime e blood. Hunter, são os iniciantes, geralmente os mais jovens ainda estão nele, procurando evoluir e aprimorar suas habilidades. Eles são enviados constantemente para outros planetas a fim de desafiar e caçar suas presas sem morrer, dessa forma eles são criados. Os primes são de segunda classe, quando não morrem em batalhas e passam muitos anos lutando, eles são aprimorados para essa patente, onde duram por quase toda a sua vida. Dificilmente alguém consegue sair dessa patente, precisa ser muito habilidoso e matar mais de cem presas em uma única caçada. Por fim, os bloods, essa patente é mais alta que um deles podem alcançar, é tão desejada quanto qualquer outra coisa, os alienígenas morrem tentando conquistá-la. Eles têm fardamentos exclusivos, armamentos de primeira classe, salários exuberantes e casas confortáveis, tudo pago pelo governo. Quando são enviados para caçadas, costumam ir sozinhos, pois não trazem desgosto ou desordem para sua espécie, eles sempre conseguem. Atualmente, apenas quatro alienígenas se encontram nessa patente: Kim Mingyu, Jeon Wonwoo, Choi Seungcheol e Joshua Hong. Por incrível que pareça, todos eles sempre treinaram juntos e evoluíram em suas caçadas. Quando os outros alienígenas descobrem que neste ano, Joshua Hong pediu para participar, eles sabiam que não teriam chances de matar muitos humanos. E até mesmo os humanos ficaram um pouco receosos de participar sabendo que ele estaria.

Todavia, o que ninguém realmente sabia, era que Joshua não tinha a pretensão de matar ninguém, ele já estava muito contente com todos aqueles méritos e conquistas. O que ele realmente queria estava em uma dessas cidades, vivendo sua vida tranquilamente, morando com a mãe e trabalhando de meio período enquanto concluía sua faculdade. Joshua observou você durante longos cinco meses, sabia de cada lugar que gostava de ir, sua comida favorita, dos seus amigos, seus hobbies. Você era simplesmente apaixonante e foi isso que chamou a atenção de Joshua. Durante esses cinco meses que ele resolveu participar da caçada desse planeta, ele na verdade estava procurando por uma humana, sabendo como ambas as espécies eram compatíveis. Eles se pareciam em absolutamente tudo, as únicas diferenças eram seus instintos de caça — geralmente os humanos eram as caças em outros planetas —, e o fato de terem uma rotina mensalmente. Eles usavam o mesmo nome para esse evento: acasalamento. A única diferença era que os humanos não passavam por isso, nunca precisaram na verdade. Diferente deles, que até mesmo entrando na rotina, precisavam caçar suas presas. E cansado disso, ele resolveu caçar por uma na terra. Os alienígenas nunca demonstraram interesses sexuais por humanos, apenas em matar eles. Mas ultimamente, Joshua vinha sentindo uma imensa atração por essa humana, desejando que ela seja logo convocada para os jogos.

As inscrições para participar das partidas de caçadas eram livres, qualquer um poderia fazer isso, mas apenas cem (100) humanos conseguiam passar. Existiam os convidados, que era quando um alienígena desejava caçar apenas um deles, então eles enviaram o convite para tal pessoa e esperava a aparição no evento — não existia recusa —. Joshua se sentiria culpado por colocá-la em perigo, principalmente sabendo que você não sabia nada de lutas. Mas ele sabia que tudo levaria cerca de cinco minutos, ele iria te caçar pelo seu cheiro, te encontrar e levá-la embora com ele. Em ocasiões assim, como convidados, os alienígenas ficavam com a decisão de matar a pessoa ou ficar com ela. No caso dele, ele pretendia ficar com você. Por mais que ele saiba como você iria chorar, batê-lo, sentir medo e mais um misto de emoções, ele ainda gostaria de ficar com você.

— Você já tomou sua decisão? — Joshua saiu dos seus pensamentos, olhando para, Wonwoo, seu amigo. — Vai realmente caçar a humana?

— Sim, eu farei isso. Minha rotina está chegando, gostaria de tentar com ela dessa vez. Ela foi a única e talvez a última humana, que chamou tanto a minha atenção. Estou fascinado por ela até agora.

— Ela é tão inofensiva, ficarei com pena de vê-la na arena. Parece não levar jeito com isso, e nem entender muito bem.

— Ainda manterei ela sob minha proteção, por mais que esteja caçando, vou afastar todos os outros dela.

— Você está obcecado! Mas eu não te julgo, ela é extremamente linda, chama a atenção facilmente. Só tome cuidado para ninguém roubá-la. Ouvi dizer que mulheres bonitas se tornam muito cobiçadas nesse planeta, acontecem coisas que eu fiquei sem acreditar. Às vezes os homens a forçam a fazerem coisas sem o seu consentimento.

— Eu sei disso, por isso pretendo levá-la embora. Não sei do que seria capaz de ver alguém olhando para ela com desejo. — Wonwoo riu sozinho, observando enquanto Joshua colocava o casaco, luvas e as armas na cintura, junto com uma espada.

— Você realmente se torna outra pessoa quando deseja por alguém. Acho que nunca te vi assim em toda a minha vida. As fêmeas do nosso planeta não te chamam a atenção?

— Algumas sim, mas não para serem minhas companheiras. Essa pessoa me fascinou profundamente, eu quero ela para mim o quanto antes.

— Ela já é sua de qualquer forma. Não precisa de muita coisa, você é um blood, consegue qualquer coisa apenas em pedir. Só não pegue muito pesado, ela pode acabar não gostando de você.

— Não quero assustá-la ainda mais, vou tentar fazer do jeito mais simples. — Joshua passou por Wonwoo, cumprimentando ele enquanto seguia para a arena, a caçada começaria em menos de uma hora. Ele estava ansioso para finalmente colocar as mãos em você.

.・。.・゜✭ ⧖ ・.・ ⧖ ✫・゜・。.

Se tinha uma coisa que definitivamente estava acabando com você, era a faculdade. Estava te deixando com dor de cabeça, ansiosa e cansada. Você se perguntou por muito tempo onde estava com a cabeça em resolver ter um curso superior, não sabia que precisava passar por tudo isso para conseguir um diploma. Felizmente o dia chegou ao final, já estava dentro do ônibus com seus amigos, voltando para casa. Amanhã, infelizmente, teria que voltar tudo de novo, tanto para o trabalho, quanto para a faculdade de noite, mas pelo menos o final de semana estava chegando.

— Vocês viram que nesse final de semana começa a caçada? — seu amigo comentou no silêncio do momento. — Pelo visto, muitas pessoas fizeram a inscrição. O governo agradeceu aos mais de cem mil inscritos, mas apenas os cem melhores passaram.

— Ouvi dizer que esse ano eles estão enviando um blood, ou seja, ninguém vai ter chance.

— Eu não sei qual a graça disso, você paga para morrer. Não faz muito sentido.

— Para os alienígenas, é um mérito, eles ganham respeito entre os outros. Isso está ficando mais popular entre os humanos agora, depois que ganharam algumas partidas. O governo olha com bons olhos para eles, e até ganham méritos também. Mesmo que grande parte dos humanos morram, eles ainda gostam de participar.

— Você deveria se inscrever, já que gosta tanto disso.

— Eu bem que poderia, mas não tenho habilidades boas, os militares ganham melhor nesse aspecto. — você sorriu, levantando do banco e apertando para descer.

— Vejo vocês amanhã. Boa noite.

— Boa noite, querida. Durma bem, hein, não quero você chegando cansada amanhã. — você sorriu, descendo do ônibus. As ruas estavam pouco movimentadas por causa do horário, já estava bem tarde.

Você apressou os passos, tirando as chaves do bolso e abrindo sua porta. Você juntou as sobrancelhas quando viu as luzes de casa acesas, sua mãe sempre estava dormindo quando chegava, não entendia o motivo dela estar acordada. Mas quando entrou, encontrou-a no sofá, sentada esperando por você.

— Boa noite, mãe. Sem sono? — ela levantou, te olhando com um rosto espantado. — Aconteceu alguma coisa? — você trancou a porta, se aproximando dela preocupada. Sua mãe estendeu uma carta para você.

— Chegou essa carta para você. — Pegando-a da mão dela, você observou primeiro o emblema, era uma carta do governo, direcionado exclusivamente para você. Juntando as sobrancelhas, você abriu a carta, mais ansiosa do que nunca para saber o que o governo queria com você. Eles estão te dando dinheiro, será?

“Sr. _______, temos a honra de informá-la que você foi convidada para participar da A caçada. Joshua Hong, o caçador nível blood, tem interesse em você e deseja convidá-la para ser a caça dele. Estaremos esperando por você dia trinta (30), neste domingo, às 17h, para darmos inícios aos jogos. Daremos suporte e armamentos necessários durante uma noite. Boa sorte!”

Ps: ao final dos jogos, você e sua família ganharão meio milhão de dólares. Além disso, Joshua Hong também doará a parte dele para você (um milhão e trezentos).

Você ficou longos dois minutos ainda analisando a carta em suas mãos, vendo o brasão do país e o emblema. Leu quase tudo novamente, ainda sem acreditar.

— O que diz? É sobre a caçada, não é? — você olhou para sua mãe, vendo os olhos dela cheios de lágrimas. Você confirmou, vendo-a correndo até você e te abraçando com força. Nesse momento, você não aguentou e acabou chorando nos braços dela, completamente desesperada. — Só pode ser um engano, meu amor, isso não é para você. Eu não quero que você vá!

— Mãe, eu também não quero ir. — ela te apertou nos braços, passando as mãos pelos seus cabelos.

— Você não vai, eu não vou deixar. Eles não podem te obrigar a isso.

— Eu não posso recusar, eles não me deram alternativa de escolha. — você olhou para ela, mostrando a carta. — A senhora vai ganhar dois milhões de reais pela minha participação. Não vamos passar por dificuldades.

— Eu não quero dinheiro, quero minha filha aqui comigo. Você é a única coisa que eu tenho, meu amor. Não quero que te tirem de mim.

— Eles não vão me tirar de você, mãe. Eu vou voltar, prometo. — depois dela te abraçar novamente, você deu-lhe um beijo, tentando ficar ainda mais calma do que antes.

— Esses alienígenas malditos, querem te usar como caça porque sabem que você não tem chances. Eu quero ir no seu lugar!

— Você não pode, eu quem fui convidada, não podemos trocar. Me escute, eu voltarei para casa, prometo à senhora. — você se soltou do abraço, sorrindo. — Deixe-me subir, eu preciso descansar para amanhã, hoje foi um dia muito agitado. Estou com dor de cabeça. Boa noite, eu te amo.

— Boa noite, meu amor. Eu amo você!

Você subiu para seu quarto, correndo até seu computador para ligá-lo. Enquanto esperava, tomou seu banho e trocou as roupas por algumas mais confortáveis. Quando voltou para a mesa de estudos, pesquisou no Google quem poderia ser esse alienígena tão interessado por você. Quando colocou o nome de Joshua Hong, o site te deu um breve resumo do homem alto, moreno, musculoso e muito bonito. Fazia parte da elite de caçadores e era considerado um dos mais perigosos. Ele costumava ser usado em situações complicadas e só participava de caças muito difíceis, em outros planetas mais perigosos. Você ficou longos dois minutos lendo toda a matéria dele e vendo mais alguns de seus amigos, também pesquisou pelo termo blood e viu que apenas os melhores dos melhores ganhavam essa patente.

Passaram muitas perguntas pela sua cabeça, grande parte delas querendo entender o que Joshua viu em você? Como ele gostaria de caçar logo você? Não sabia se defender contra uma barata, quem dirá contra ele. Você realmente não estava preparada para morrer, não queria chegar nesse momento da vida, mas também não tinha escolha, o governo iria te obrigar a participar de qualquer forma, seria arriscado eles irem até sua casa te buscar. Você fechou o computador de volta, passando as mãos pelos seus cabelos, ficando ainda mais agoniada em saber que iria morrer no domingo.

E para não dizer que foi muito sufocante, você passou a semana inteira colada com seus amigos íntimos e com sua mãe, se despedindo deles — discretamente — e dando-lhe presentes para lembrarem de você. Sempre depois da faculdade, você chamava eles para saírem juntos, seja em uma praia à noite, restaurantes, outros estados. Vocês voltaram tarde para casa, mas com muitas memórias boas e refrescantes, estava sendo muito divertido para todos. Na sexta-feira, o governo te enviou roupas especiais para a ocasião, junto com armas de classe quatro (4) para você usar no dia, mas isso não era de importância, você iria morrer de qualquer forma. E quando o domingo chegou, sua mãe te segurou em casa o máximo que podia, quase te trancando ali com ela. Mas se não fosse, o governo iria te buscar de qualquer forma.

Uma hora antes ela resolveu ir com você até o local combinado, na arena. Vocês se despediram com muito choro e desespero, foi preciso um dos seguranças dos eventos te puxar para dentro, onde uma vez ali, não tinha como voltar atrás. Você suspirou, seguindo um dos homens que te levou até a floresta densa e bonita. Já estava escurecendo, então ficaria muito ruim de enxergar tudo bem detalhado. Você percebeu dois pontos, era a única mulher ali e todos os homens te olharam de uma forma estranha, alguns até de forma maliciosa. Você baixou a cabeça, puxando suas roupas mais um pouco, não era nada curto, muito pelo contrário, uma calça legging, tênis e uma blusa com mangas. Mas as roupas eram muito coladas, isso chamava a atenção deles.

— O que uma coisinha bonitinha como você está fazendo aqui? — um deles sorriu, levantando seu rosto. Você bateu em suas mãos, se afastando dele.

— Não encoste em mim.

— Ela é valente. — os outros riram enquanto outro se aproxima também. — Você precisa de proteção, docinho? Eu posso fazer isso.

— Vai ver ela vai ser o nosso prêmio. — Havia muitos homens na sala, isso te deixou com um certo medo do que eles poderiam tentar fazer. Você sentiu um tapa na sua bunda, seguido por uma risadinha bem próxima de seu ouvido. — Eu aceitaria esse presente.

— Eu já disse para não encostar em mim. — quando se virou, desferiu um tapa no rosto daquele cujo te assediou, recuando poucos segundos.

— Ela é valente, pessoal. — outro te agarrou por trás, prendendo você contra o corpo dele. Você já estava ficando desesperada. — Vamos ver por quanto tempo.

— Me solta! — naquela parte da floresta estavam todos os humanos que iriam batalhar, ou seja, todos os cem (100). Como você era uma novidade e também mulher, lógico que atraiu a atenção desses imundos. Mesmo se remexendo ou tentando bater nele, foi difícil se soltar, ele era mais forte. E os outros homens que se aproximavam para mexer com você, também não facilitou muito.

A sua sorte foi quando as sirenes apitaram, iniciando o começo da caçada. Todos eles ficaram quietos, puxando armas e espadas, até mesmo aquele homem te soltou. Entretanto, a coisa mais surpreendente foi quando vocês começaram a ouvir gritos e espadas cortando algo. No escuro não dava para ver muito bem, mas você sentia o cheiro de sangue e as poças no chão, escorrendo para os seus pés. Você não tinha ideia de que eles eram tão rápidos assim, não teria chance alguma contra Joshua Hong. Como suas roupas eram diferenciadas, outros caçadores não poderiam te matar, só quem te desafiou. Talvez seja por isso que esse caçador ainda não tentou nada com você, você foi tão lenta que só correu quando finalmente percebeu que um deles já estava matando os outros.

Você seguiu alguns dos humanos, sem saber para onde poderia fugir, mesmo não enxergando muitas coisas e só vendo árvores, chegou a conclusão que poderia subir em uma delas. Por mais que possa se machucar, ou até mesmo cair, ficar aqui embaixo adiantaria ainda mais sua morte. Cuidadosamente você escalou uma das árvores maiores, mesmo que suas mãos estivessem escorregadias e sangrando, não desistiu de chegar aos galhos. Você tentou saber qual deles parecia mais reforçado e sentou-se em um do meio, não estava tão baixo, mas também alto, ficou meio termo. Você acabou sentando nele, encostando as costas no tronco de árvores e esperando apenas pelo fim.

No fundo, as coisas que mais escutava eram gritos dos homens e tiros, não tinha mais outro som além desse. Mas na verdade, você estava realmente preocupada era com Joshua, já que até agora ele não começou a te caçar. Se ele era um blood, porque ainda não te encontrou? Você não estava muito bem escondida, e pelo artigo que leu, sua espécie conseguia encontrar alguém facilmente pelo cheiro, obviamente ele sabia o seu, já que andou te analisando para querer te caçar. Não que estivesse reclamando, mas se fosse para morrer, que seja de uma vez, não queria esperar por nada.

Se passaram vinte longos minutos até você começar a ouvir as primeiras movimentações de pisadas e suspiros longos. Ele estava muito perto de você, daquela árvore, então tudo o que conseguiu fazer foi cobrir a boca enquanto olhava para baixo, vendo a figura parada bem embaixo de você, olhando profundamente em sua direção. Você quase chorou de medo, tentando se esconder, mas foi impossível quando se tinha uma árvore enorme no caminho.

— Desculpe a demora, eu estava cuidando daqueles que mexeram com você. — Você fechou os olhos, tentando não demonstrar tanta importância para ele. Todavia, ficou completamente nervosa ao escutá-lo, seria possível ele matar todos esses homens em questão de minutos? Você olhou para baixo novamente, vendo-o mais próximo da árvore. — Inclusive, eu sou Joshua Hong. Você pode descer daí. — você não respondeu indiretamente, mas negou com a cabeça, segurando em outro galho, pronta para subir caso ele tente fazer isso. — Olhe, eu não vou te machucar, só quero conversar e te explicar o porquê eu demonstrei interesse em você. — isso não parecia chamar sua atenção, realmente gostaria de saber o motivo, mas queria se proteger também. — Princesa, estou sendo paciente com você, então por favor, desça daí e venha aqui.

— Eu não vou descer daqui. — Na verdade, você só não sabia descer, estava alto demais e olhar para baixo te deixava com medo.

— Se eu subir, não vai ser nada agradável. — talvez, a pior coisa era ir contra ele. Joshua estava sendo razoável, então porque não colaborar? Se você queria tanto morrer logo, que ele faça isso.

Você engoliu o choro, pisando em um galho mais baixo para tentar descer, era só você não olhar para o chão, tudo daria certo. Seu coração estava acelerado, mãos trêmulas enquanto pisava em cada galho, descendo devagar.

— Você está indo bem, basta não olhar para baixo. — Joshua estava alinhado com o último galho, esperando por você de braços abertos. No final, tudo o que notava era ele esperando por você, talvez pronto para te matar. — Eu te peguei, princesa. — ele te incentivou a pular nos braços dele quando chegou no último, e por algum instinto, você fez isso. Os braços fortes dele te seguraram com força, você não pesava nada para ele, foi como uma pena. Joshua te colocou no chão, observando enquanto você se afastava para trás, com medo dele. — Oi! Você está bem?

— Você não vai me matar? — sua voz falhou, saindo como um sussurro.

— Meu propósito não é te matar, estou aqui por outro motivo. Você ficará viva por bastante tempo. Venha comigo e eu te contarei tudo.

— Você realmente matou todas essas pessoas?

— Todos aqueles que estavam com você? Sim, isso não foi nada! Já matei muito mais.

— Então, como eu posso confiar em você? Eu sou a última que falta, não é?

— Como eu disse, não estou aqui para te matar, já teria feito isso antes de você subir nessa árvore. Venha comigo ou você ficará aqui com outros caçadores. — Joshua estendeu a mão para você novamente, vendo sua hesitação em tocá-lo. Mas tudo parecia melhor do que ficar aqui sozinha, não é? Eles ainda não te mataram porque você é a presa de Joshua, mas no momento em que ele partir, você morrerá. Caminhando lentamente até ele, você tocou sua mão estendida, sendo puxada com força para mais perto.

— Para onde vamos? — você perguntou assim que ele apressou os passos, levando-a para a saída da arena, onde vinha a claridade das lâmpadas. Você realmente sairia daqui com vida?

— Minha casa, precisamos sair logo.

Joshua não saiu com você pela multidão, como sempre fazia, ele te puxou pelos fundos. Ninguém ousou questionar ou impedi-lo, na verdade ninguém se opôs contra Joshua. Assistindo ao show de horrores que ele cometeu hoje, ninguém se meteria com ele. Você ficou muito mais assustada ao saber que estava indo para a casa dele.

E pelo visto, a casa não ficava muito longe, poucos quarteirões da arena, não era tão grande, mas parecia ser confortável por fora. Assim que entrou, percebeu que ele não morava sozinho, outros caçadores estavam aqui. Os bloods sempre andavam juntos, como eram poucos, gostavam de ficarem por perto. Não era novidade para os humanos e outros caçadores todos eles estarem na terra para apoiarem Joshua.

— Ótima partida, Joshua. Provavelmente você ganhará outro mérito por ter matado tantos humanos.

— Acredito que aquele tenha sido o tempo recorde da arena e seu também. Terá muitos prêmios.

— Bobagem, vocês sabem que o maior prêmio já está nas mãos dele. Ele veio por um propósito muito peculiar. — Você estava ficando cada vez mais assustada com esse assunto. Ele faria algum mal para você? — Podemos preparar as coisas?

— Partiremos depois de amanhã, preciso de mais um dia aqui na terra. — o restante do grupo assentiu, deixando-o em paz para voltar seu caminho. Joshua colocou-a dentro de um quarto longo e grande, com uma cama, banheiro, guarda-roupas e muito mais. — Venha, se aproxime um pouco.

— Porque eu estou aqui? — Você ficou parada na porta, então Joshua caminhava pelo quarto.

— Porque eu ganhei o jogo, quando não matamos um oponente, podemos escolher qual fim ele terá.

— Então você ainda vai decidir como me matar?

— Você não trará nenhum benefício enquanto morta, preciso de você viva.

— Eu não entendo. Então o que você deseja?

— Que venha comigo para meu planeta e se torne minha companheira. Eu vim te caçar por esse propósito, então agora podemos voltar. — Joshua parecia ter tirado um cigarro da gaveta, colocado em seus lábios e acendido.

— Sua companheira? O que isso significa?

— Você está bem desinformada. O que eu quero dizer é que você vem embora comigo e será minha companheira. Seremos felizes juntos, eu vou te dar tudo de bom, não precisa se preocupar com nada. — você ficou assustada, afastando um pouco enquanto tentava raciocinar melhor. — Não! Não fique com medo, por favor. Eu vou ser uma pessoa boa, vou te respeitar acima de tudo. No meu planeta, existem hierarquias e eu estou no topo, uma vida confortável não vai te fazer falta. — ele se aproximou lentamente, aproveitando que você estava encurralada na parede. — Eu vou te dar proteção, você sempre estará segura comigo. Ninguém vai te machucar, eu prometo.

— Eu não quero ir embora, tenho minha mãe aqui, eu quero ficar com ela. — Joshua tocou seu rosto, enxugando as lágrimas que escorriam pelas bochechas. Ele sabia que você estava assustada e com medo, ele precisava te acalmar. — Quero voltar para casa.

— Princesa, olhe para mim, por favor. — depois de muitos minutos, você conseguiu olhar para ele. — Não podemos voltar, você ficará comigo agora, estamos partindo daqui dois dias. Você poderá ir em casa amanhã, juntar todas as coisas e entregar o dinheiro para sua mãe. Ela precisa disso, não é? Tenho o suficiente para ela sobreviver por muito tempo. Mandarei uma quantia boa todos os anos. E além disso, podemos visitá-la também.

— Eu quero voltar para casa, para a minha mãe. — Joshua jogou a fumaça para cima, longe de seu rosto. Ele suspirou, mesmo não tentando ser rude, ele precisava falar sério agora.

— Eu não estou te dando alternativa de escolha, você vem embora comigo. A partir do momento em que os humanos aceitaram a caçada no planeta deles, sabiam que em casos de não matar a vítima, o caçador decidirá o que fazer. Nosso jogo, nossas regras. Está decidido, você vai embora comigo daqui dois dias.

Joshua apagou o cigarro, jogando não só as cinzas, mas o próprio no lixo. Você ficou no canto da parede, chorando ainda mais e desejando que tudo isso pudesse ser um pesadelo. Mas não era! Estava tudo tão real que você se desesperava ainda mais.

— Eu tenho uma vida aqui, trabalho, faculdade. Vou deixar tudo para trás por causa de você!

— Você pode arrumar um emprego no meu planeta, as coisas por lá são mais fáceis do que aqui, não passamos por tantas necessidades como vocês. Nossas espécies não são diferentes, temos a mesma anatomia, tecnologia e entendemos a língua de vocês. A única diferença é que vivemos melhor, não nos falta oportunidade. Se o problema for esse, vou arrumar um emprego para você.

— E a minha mãe? Ela pode ir também? — Joshua te olhou novamente, ele estava começando a se estressar com sua falta de atenção. Talvez precise desenhar para você entender que ele só tinha uma única passagem para você.

— Deixe-me te dar um breve resumo sobre nossas regras. Humanos não são permitidos no nosso planeta, vocês destroem muito o planeta terra e não queremos isso, preservamos o nosso. Mas existe uma exceção, os únicos permitidos são as mulheres, caso um caçador se interesse por tal. Não é o certo, já que temos muitas mulheres, mas ainda pode acontecer nas raras vezes. Nesse caso, você tem o direito de vir comigo, sua mãe não. — parecia que finalmente você estava entendendo alguma coisa. Joshua ficou feliz em continuar explicando como as coisas funcionavam para ele. — Temos um conselho, em casos extremos, usam ele. No seu caso, eles vão decidir se você pode ser minha companheira.

— E como eles decidem isso? — Joshua respirou fundo, dessa vez querendo mudar de assunto, seria uma grande notícia se ele te falasse a forma. — Eu vou ter que lutar com alguém?

— Não chegará a tanto, eles não podem machucar a companheira de ninguém, ainda mais de um blood. Vamos deixar isso para outra hora, você saberá no dia. — você confirmou, tentando se aproximar. Você começou a analisar o quarto dele, era bem grande, tudo no seu devido lugar, e a cama de casal era enorme. — Você poderá dormir aqui nesses dias, eu não me importo de ficar na sala. A cama é confortável e tem um banheiro, você pode usar as minhas roupas até pegar as suas. — você assentiu, seria por apenas uma noite de qualquer forma. — Está com fome?

— Não. — Joshua confirmou, tentando não te forçar a nada.

— E você precisa de mais alguma coisa?

— Que você saia. Eu quero tomar banho e dormir. — Joshua pegou o restante de suas coisas sem reclamar, aproveitando para separar blusas confortáveis. Antes dele sair, você pelo menos foi educada. — Boa noite, Joshua.

— Boa noite, ________. — Foi a partir de hoje, que a vida de vocês realmente começou.

.・。.・゜✭ ⧖ ・.・ ⧖ ✫・゜・。.

Quando o carro parou mesmo na frente da casa de sua mãe, você soltou um longo suspiro, com medo de entrar. Parecia que agora Joshua não te deixaria sozinha nunca mais, ele te seguia por todos os lugares possíveis. Você perguntou a ele o porquê disso, mas Joshua respondia que era para você não fazer nenhuma travessura. Você ainda estava usando as roupas dele, o cheiro dele ficou pelo seu corpo, não que estivesse reclamando, mas era muito forte. Sem esperá-lo, tocou a campainha, esperando muito brevemente por ela, que não demorou muito a aparecer. Ambas felizes em se encontrarem.

— Meu amor. — Vocês se abraçaram muito apertado, cada uma com um sorriso ainda maior, ela estava tão agradecida por você ter voltado. — Não sabe como eu fiquei com medo de te perder. Mas você está aqui agora, voltou para mim.

— Sim, mãe. — ela te empurrou para dentro de casa, vendo quando você segurou a porta e olhou para Joshua entrar também. Foi nesse momento que ela percebeu o homem, com vestimenta diferente, alto e sério. Sua mãe recuou, te puxando junto, ela reconheceu que tipo de pessoa ele era.

— Porque tem um caçador com você? Não já acabou os jogos?

— Esse é o Joshua, ele quem me deixou viva. É um caçador de nível especial, ele também foi o responsável por me convidar.

— E o que ele quer aqui? — Você olhou para Joshua novamente, esperando que ele pudesse falar por você, se fizesse isso, seria capaz de chorar.

— Esperando sua filha fazer as malas, estarei partindo com ela amanhã. — ele falou sem muita importância, o que foi um baque para sua mãe. Ela ficou longos dois minutos olhando para você e ele, sem saber como reagir ou o que falar.

— Mãe…

— Você vai embora com ele? Um desconhecido? Você ficou maluca?

— Mãe, eu não tenho opção de escolha.

— Como você vai ter coragem de fazer isso comigo? Eu estava aqui preocupada com você, chorando a madrugada toda com medo de te perder. E você chega com uma notícia dessa, de que vai embora com um caçador que iria te matar se tivesse a oportunidade. Como você é burra, ______. — você sentiu lágrimas nos olhos, ficando ainda mais envergonhada de respondê-la.

— Eu não tenho escolha, mãe! — sua mãe olhou para Joshua, caminhando para perto dele lentamente.

— Por favor, não tire minha única filha de mim. Eu não posso viver sem ela. Eu só tenho ela nesse mundo, não faça isso.

— Você não vai ficar sem ela, voltaremos todos os anos para ela te ver. Ela não passará por nenhuma dificuldade ou necessidade, vou dar-lhe tudo de bom e do melhor. Além disso, trouxe uma quantidade boa para você sobreviver durante um bom tempo, e todos os anos mandarei um dinheiro para você.

— Eu sabia que uma hora isso iria acontecer, que você iria embora, mas não imaginava que seria pra tão longe. Você está decidida a ir mesmo, meu amor?

— Mãe, eu não queria sair de perto de você, queria ficar aqui com a senhora.

— Mas ela não pode viver para sempre presa a você, sua filha precisa viver a vida dela.

— E você veio aqui para tomá-la de mim? Vocês vão sair do planeta terra, tem noção de quão longe ela estará? E como vamos nos comunicar? Como vou falar com minha filha todos os dias? Como irei saber se ela está bem ou não? E se você começar a tratá-la mal? Eu não quero ficar sem comunicação com ela, não quero que ela passe por situações difíceis sem mim.

— Não será preciso, vocês vão continuar se falando. Eu não trataria mal a minha companheira, isso não é digno de uma pessoa se fazer com quem escolheu.

— Mas porque a minha filha? No seu planeta não tem mulheres? Porque escolheu uma humana?

— Muito pelo contrário, existem mais fêmeas, entretanto, eu me interessei pela sua filha, gostei dela. Qual o mal teria nisso?

— Nenhum… — nesse ponto, sua mãe já tinha parado de chorar e parecia aceitar aos poucos. Respirando fundo, você resolveu caminhar de volta até Joshua, vendo quando ele olhou de volta.

— Um momento. Vem comigo, quero te mostrar uma coisa.

Você segurou a mão dele, passando pela sua mãe enquanto sorria para ela. Entrando no seu quarto, você deixou com que ele tivesse uma visão completa de tudo, você ficou envergonhada, esquecendo que grande parte das prateleiras tinham ursos ou livros. Esquecendo disso, você foi até o banheiro, pegando o pacote do seu absorvente para fazer uma breve explicação a ele.

— Você me contou um pouco do seu mundo, agora eu gostaria de te contar algo biológico que acontece com as mulheres humanas. Todos os meses o corpo feminino se prepara para a fecundação do óvulo, e quando não ocorre, o endométrio se desprende do interior do útero. Em outras palavras, a gente sangra durante três dias no mínimo, se chama menstruação. O que eu quero falar é que irei precisar disso aqui para sobreviver no seu planeta. Você falou sério quando disse que voltaríamos todos os anos?

— Sim.

— Certo. Tem alguns pacotes grandes com bastante absorventes, você pode comprar uns cinco ou seis para mim? Isso será o suficiente para durar um ano. — Joshua confirmou, tirando um cigarro do bolso e se preparando para fumar. Você saiu de perto dele, começando a empacotar todas as suas coisas.

Seria difícil ir embora daqui, do seu planeta, do local onde cresceu sua vida inteira, da sua mãe, amigo, colegas. Você ficava triste por isso, mas parecia aceitar cada vez mais, mesmo não conhecendo Joshua Hong, você parecia ter uma confiança. Ele sabia usar bem as palavras, isso te confortava um pouco, e de fato, você não gostaria de imaginar ao contrário. Joshua teria a coragem de te machucar? Fazer algo contra o seu consentimento? Você está conhecendo ele agora, mas quando chegar em seu planeta? Ele mudaria completamente? Você tinha muitas dúvidas sobre ele, mas infelizmente não poderia voltar atrás. Além disso, o governo não permitia a recusa, você seria morta se não entrasse em um consenso com ele. E para ser honesta, preferia continuar viva do que ser morta. Para o governo, você era o prêmio de Joshua e ele poderia fazer o que quisesse agora.

— Como se chama o nome do seu planeta?

— Nunca demos um nome para ele, mas os humanos apelidaram de planeta x. — Joshua deitou-se na sua cama, encostando na cabeceira enquanto continuava a te olhar.

— Tem muita diferença para a terra?

— Não, quase nada muda. Temos o mesmo oxigênio, gravidade, água, eletricidade, biodiversidade, praticamente tudo. A única coisa é que temos algumas diferenças em relação ao corpo. — Você olhou para ele, curiosa para saber mais. — Você falou das mulheres e a questão de sangrar. No nosso, passamos por uma rotina de acasalamento, procuramos por mulheres para passar alguns dias até acabar. Isso acontece de seis em seis meses.

— É tipo cio? Como os cachorros? — Joshua parecia ofendido, jogando a fumaça do cigarro para cima. — Aqui na terra isso acontece, mas só com animais.

— Não somos animais.

— Não estou te chamando disso, foi só uma curiosidade. Não me parece estranho, acontece com os animais. Eu só quis dizer isso. — Você voltou para as roupas. — Acontece também de marcar ou dar um nó como nas fanfics? — Você riu.

— Sim. — mas logo ficou séria quando não viu nenhum sorriso no rosto dele também. — Marcamos nossos companheiros quando encontramos e a questão do nó também, geralmente é mais na rotina. Achei que você estudasse sobre os caçadores.

— Eu não sabia sobre isso. Então sua rotina está chegando? — Joshua assentiu, você ficou ainda mais nervosa do que já estava. — Você já tem uma pessoa para passar esses dias, não é?

— Acabei de caçar por ela. — Era óbvio que a pessoa seria você, mas queria ter essa certeza. Talvez, seja a pior coisa que fez, você ficou com medo.

— Joshua, você disse que não faria nada sem o meu consentimento.

— Mas quem te falou que eu faria algo contra a sua vontade? É inevitável não ceder quando estamos na rotina, nosso cheiro atrai as fêmeas muito rapidamente.

— Mas eu sou uma mulher humana, sou diferente.

— Vocês se atraem mais rapidamente pelo cheiro, eu já vi sobre isso, fica mais fácil de ceder. Nosso cheiro se torna bom, doce e aconchegante para as fêmeas humanas, elas se atraem mais rapidamente. — envergonhada, você voltou a guardar suas roupas, evitando contato visual com ele.

Horas se passaram enquanto vocês continuavam em um silêncio absurdo, ele sem fumar, esperando calmamente por você. Você ficou admirada por ele ter uma calma tão forte, em momento algum tentou te apressar, perguntar se estava terminando, ou coisas do tipo. Joshua te oferecia ajuda, você negava e ele continuava deitado na sua cama, olhando entre os ursos, tintura, teto e você — muitas vezes mais em você —. Portanto, quando você terminar de empacotar tudo dentro das malas, Joshua se ofereceu para levar todas enquanto você admirava seu quarto, gravando cada mínimo detalhe dele, agora vazio. Dizer que não sentiria falta seria uma das maiores mentiras, iria sim sentir de tudo, até mesmo dos seus ursos que tanto gostava de comprar. Esse quarto foi seu refúgio mental durante toda a sua vida, onde te salvou de crises de ansiedades e te formou também. Mas os ciclos são feitos para serem encerrados, e esse infelizmente era o seu último momento aqui.

Quando Joshua voltou para pegar sua última mala, ele estendeu a mão para você, esperando que tocasse. Claro, hesitou um pouco enquanto olhava, mas aceitou ao voltar até onde sua mãe estava, chorosa no canto da parede. Joshua respeitou o espaço de vocês, deixando com que se despençam com muito carinho, choros e risadas fracas. Ela estava começando a entender que você precisava seguir seu caminho, mesmo que em outro planeta terra, teria que ir embora. Ela estava confiando na palavra de Joshua e iria esperar por você todos os anos. Depois de quase uma hora, você conseguiu sair acompanhando Joshua, com os olhos cheios de lágrimas, ele não pareceu demonstrar muita importância, sabendo que acontecia o mesmo quando as fêmeas de seu planeta saiam de casa. Ele se perguntou porque mulheres em geral eram tão sentimentais?

A manhã ocorreu de forma tranquila, você comeu quase tudo que ele oferecia, mas ficou chorando por vários outros momentos, arrependida de ter aceitado isso. Você agora estava com um alienígena, saindo do planeta em direção a casa dele. Qual a probabilidade disso dar errado? Cem por cento (100%). Mesmo você não querendo, afinal, essa era sua nova vida agora, seria obrigada a seguir essas regras.

.・。.・゜✭ ⧖ ・.・ ⧖ ✫・゜・。.

Quando sua nova vida chegou, você não esperava que seria tão divertido dentro daquela nave espacial. Essa era a primeira vez que você entrava em uma, mas ficou tão encantada e curiosa para saber como funciona, a tecnologia deles parecia muito mais avançada do que os humanos. Deveria ser por isso que os humanos demonstraram tanto interesse em visitar o planeta deles, e deveria ser por isso que eles proibiam a entrada dos humanos. Boa parte dos dias você ficou deitada, esperando com muita angústia e desespero para chegar logo, já estava começando a ter crises de ansiedade. Vez e outra Joshua deixava seus amigos de lado, ou até mesmo a nave, para te encontrar e conversar. Às vezes você achava que ele gostava muito da sua companhia, ou só estava querendo ser gentil.

Quando finalmente chegaram ao planeta dele, você já estava observando ele por cima, uma esfera grande e redonda, muito verde e com bastante nuvem. Você acreditou por dois minutos que estava de volta na terra, mas não, esse era o planeta dele! À medida que a nave pousava, você ficava ainda mais impressionada com tudo, cada coisa idêntica ao seu, o mar, a biodiversidade, o clima, nada mudava. Você estava na terra de volta. Joshua segurou sua mão, te levando até a saída para pisar pela primeira vez naquele local diferente. Por um segundo, pensou em prender o nariz, mas quando percebeu que conseguia respirar sem dificuldades, você ficou sem acreditar. Eles eram como os humanos, mas em planetas separados. Você ficou encarando tudo com tanta curiosidade que Joshua deixou aqueles momentos para você. O mar bem no fundo, as árvores em volta, o sol escaldante em sua pele, o oxigênio, água para beber. Era realmente real? Você estava em um planeta que compactuava com tudo dos humanos, com a terra.

— Irei te mostrar tudo com mais calma, mas agora precisamos ir ao conselho. Eles já estão reunidos.

— O que? Mas tão rápido assim? — você ficou com medo ao escutar isso, mas porque tão rápido? — Mas ainda não vimos o restante, eu gostaria de ver mais sobre o planeta, saber da sua casa.

— Prometo que vou te mostrar tudo isso, qualquer coisa. Mas vamos ao conselho, eles não gostam de esperar, estamos atrasados. O julgamento estava marcado para hoje, mas eu não sabia que a nave iria atrasar tanto assim.

— Joshua, eu ainda não tomei banho. Vamos esperar mais um pouco, por favor! Deixe-me conhecer sua casa. — ele segurou sua mão, vendo como você estava com medo de enfrentar pessoas que não conhecia.

— Não precisa ter medo, eu estarei com você o tempo inteiro. Ninguém fará nada contra você enquanto eu estiver lá, eles não podem de qualquer forma. — Ele segurou seu rosto, olhando bem no fundo de seus olhos para te passar segurança. — Você confia em mim, não é?

— Sim! Mas ainda estou com medo, eles não gostam de humanos.

— Isso não importa, eu gosto de você e é o que vale. — Joshua fez um pouco de carinho em seu rosto. — Eu vou ficar com você o tempo inteiro, ok? Irei traduzir a conversa para você não se sentir excluída. — Joshua segurou sua mão, trançado em seus dedos. Ele se despediu dos amigos enquanto levavam suas malas para algum lugar, que você não sabia qual.

Ele te puxou delicadamente pelos lugares. Você ficava tão admirada com tudo que não prestava atenção em nada mais. Agora entendia o motivo dos humanos quererem tanto visitar aqui, além de serem compatíveis com basicamente tudo, também ficavam curiosos na biodiversidade e na forma de viver deles. Mas os caçadores odiavam tanto os humanos que era extremamente proibido a entrada deles, só em casos específicos, como o seu. Era por isso que existia um conselho para casos desse tipo. E foi justamente por isso também que você e Josh tinham sido convocados para comparecer.

Dizer que não estava ansiosa seria uma mentira, você estava mais do que isso, estava com tanto medo do que poderia acontecer, eles tentarem te matar. Poderia acontecer, mesmo Joshua sendo tudo isso o que ele diz, ele não teria tanta moral contra um conselho. Era isso o que te deixava com muito medo.

— Talvez você se sinta intimidada, mas eu estarei lá, vou te proteger. — você apertou a mão dele, hesitando um pouco.

— Joshua…

— Vai ficar tudo bem, confie em mim. — você não sabia muito bem, mas pelo barulho e pessoas andando por todos os lugares, provavelmente estava na cidade. Você ficou tão impressionada de tudo ser da mesma forma como na terra, estava sem acreditar.

Eles viviam da mesma forma, parecia que não tinha diferença alguma. Claro, as pessoas se vestiam de uma forma melhor, andavam quase sempre sozinhas ou em grupos, sorrindo e conversando. Mas, de tudo isso, o que te deixou ainda mais impressionada foram os carros, assim como na terra. E não era qualquer tipo deles, eram carros esportivos, de corridas, muito caros. Aqui, esses pareciam carros populares, qualquer um poderia possuir. Como isso era possível? Como eles tinham as mesmas tecnologias da terra? Realmente eles eram humanos em outro sistema solar.

Você parou de caminhar quando chegou em um prédio enorme, muito bonito e arquitetado, rodeado na cerâmica e escrito em uma linguagem que você não entendia. O segurança na frente deixou vocês passarem quando reconheceu Joshua, reverenciado ele. Você ficou sem entender, mas continuou admirando as coisas. Não parecia diferente também, tinha bastante pessoas conversando, outras aguardando e assim por diante. Algumas pessoas chegaram para acompanhar vocês, sorrindo e seguindo o caminho.

Uma porta se abriu brevemente, estava bastante escuro, apenas a luz no fundo. Era tipo um auditório, com várias cadeiras para os convidados e um palco enorme, a luz vinha de lá. Joshua caminhou com você até o palco, te ajudando a subir nas escadas enquanto analisava o local. Quando vocês pararam no centro, ele te olhou, tentando te passar segurança. Você sorriu de volta, mas se assustou quando as luzes do fundo acenderam e muitas pessoas sentadas apareceram. Você ficou nas costas de Joshua, olhando pelo cantinho a quantidade de pessoas, apenas para decidir se você poderia ficar ou não. Alguns deles começaram a falar, uma língua tão nova, que você realmente não conseguia entender nada. Ele estava lendo um papel em suas mãos, olhando entre Joshua e o restante do conselho. Quando Joshua finalmente respondeu, seu tom parecia mais sério e autoritário, sem recuar de qualquer uma das falas.

— Eles estão me questionando o porquê eu escolhi uma humana ao invés das fêmeas daqui. — justo, você também tinha essa mesma pergunta para ele, afinal, todas aqui pareciam ainda mais lindas do que você. Não entendia o motivo dele te querer tanto. Joshua continuou escutando os conselheiros, também tentando argumentar de volta. Você estava muito curiosa para saber de tudo.

— E agora? O que estão dizendo? — Joshua não te respondeu, preocupado em falar com eles. Você esperou calmamente ele terminar com todos, mas à medida que falava, ficava ainda mais alterado. Você estava muito curiosa em saber o motivo de todo esse estresse e o que tanto discutiam. Se diz a respeito de você, gostaria ao menos saber sobre o que seria.

Um dos conselheiros levantou novamente, caminhando até o palco, onde vocês estavam. Dessa vez, Joshua fez questão de te colocar nas costas dele, apertando sua mão com força. O homem falou de uma forma mais agressiva com ele, apontando para você, mas nem chegava a te tocar, já que Joshua batia na mão dele. Você ficou com medo nesse momento, percebendo que ambos estavam ficando muito alterados, Joshua conseguiria matá-lo em um segundo. Quando outro deles subiu no palco, parecia tentar controlar o ambiente, se colocando no meio deles enquanto pedia calma. E parecia que realmente deu certo, os dois se acalmaram, e o outro voltou para seu devido lugar. Apenas aquele ficou na frente de Joshua, conversando baixinho com ele.

Ele te colocou ao lado novamente, deixando o homem te admirar com cautela, querendo ver cada mínimo detalhe seu. Você ficou um pouco envergonhada, baixando a cabeça enquanto apertava a mão dele de volta.

— Está tudo bem, esse é o meu pai. — você olhou para Joshua, surpresa pelo homem parado na sua frente, ele tinha as vestimentas diferentes dos outros, você supôs que seria algum tipo de líder. — Ele é o chefe do conselho. É por isso que todos os outros estão com raiva pela minha punição ser menor.

— E qual é a sua punição? Eles vão te machucar, Joshua?

— Eles não podem fazer isso. Eles me deram um prazo e se eu não cumprir até lá, vão fazer algo pior. — você esperou ele te falar alguma coisa, mas Joshua parecia evitar isso por enquanto. De qualquer forma, ele te contaria quando estivessem em casa, na casa dele. O pai de Joshua abriu caminho para vocês passarem, sorrindo para o filho.

Joshua passou pelos conselheiros que não estavam nada felizes pela forma como isso terminou. Quando saíram do prédio, você ficou feliz por finalmente ver aquele ambiente iluminado, bonito e repleto de luz natural, a natureza aqui era outro nível. As pessoas ainda estavam felizes, caminhando para algum lugar, outras sentadas conversando, carros seguindo caminho. Você não se sentia excluída, muito pelo contrário, estava se sentindo na terra, nada de diferente. Eles tinham muitas coisas semelhantes aos humanos, e o planeta era idêntico também, irmãos gêmeos separados pela distância.

— Você vai me contar o que aconteceu? — Joshua suspirou, confirmando para você. Havia uma coisa de diferente entre eles, as roupas. Joshua andava com roupas muito coladas, como do exército, e as pessoas olhavam diferentes para ele. Talvez aqui existiam hierarquias, pela diferença de vestimentas, o sistema gostava de separar as pessoas.

— Lembra o que eu falei sobre o conselho decidir tudo sobre humanos entrando aqui? Para um humano ser digno de algum caçador, eles precisam passar por coisas meio peculiares. Às vezes o conselho pede para o acasalamento ser em um local público, outras vezes pedem uma batalha entre os dois. Mas na maioria das vezes os caçadores preferem o acasalamento em público.

— Joshua…

— Não, você não precisa se preocupar com isso. Como um blood, eles me deram um prazo de dois dias para eu acasalar com você, caso isso não aconteça, então teremos que fazer na frente do conselho. — sua mente ficou em branco, o sangue quase não circulava, sua ansiedade voltando com tudo. — Você não precisa se preocupar, vai dar tudo certo.

— Como? Eu tenho apenas dois dias para decidir, e se isso não acontecer, todo mundo vai ver um momento íntimo nosso. — seus olhos se encherem de lágrimas, você estava tão nervosa que não se importou em chorar na frente daquelas pessoas. Joshua apressou os passos, talvez com pressa de chegar logo em casa. — Eu sabia que morrer seria melhor do que isso. Joshua, eu quero voltar para a terra! — Mesmo chorando, você prestou atenção quando ele entrou em uma enorme casa, uma pessoa abriu a porta para ele enquanto reverenciava o mesmo. Joshua não ligou, querendo chegar logo em algum lugar da casa. As coisas por dentro não te chamaram tanto a atenção, você só se preocupava em chorar.

Portanto, quando ele abriu uma das inúmeras portas, a primeira coisa que fez foi te puxar para um abraço muito apertado, quase te sufocando. Ele deixou com que você chorasse, manchando sua jaqueta, mas tudo bem, contanto que estivesse nos braços dele. Ele alisou seus cabelos, também deixando pequenos beijos em sua cabeça.

— Vai ficar tudo bem, não chegaremos a isso. Sei que é um momento muito especial e íntimo para você, cuidarei para que nada disso aconteça. Você confia em mim, não é? — você assentiu, mesmo ficando com dúvidas se deveria ou não. Até agora, Joshua não parecia ter mudado e ainda estava cumprindo suas promessas. — Então vai ficar tudo bem, você confiar em mim é a única coisa que me importa. Mas agora vai depender de você, sabe disso, certo? — você confirmou novamente, ainda mais desesperada. Agora teria um prazo para fazer sexo com Joshua Hong, parecia até coisas de livros. — Demonstrações públicas de afeto só podem acontecer com casais, as pessoas olham diferentes quando não são.

— Foi por isso que você não me abraçou? E era por isso que elas estavam olhando porque estávamos de mãos dadas?

— Sim, mas as coisas irão mudar depois do acasalamento. A marca é como o casamento para vocês, quando duas pessoas se amam, a única coisa que muda é que não existe o divórcio. Quando marcamos tal pessoa, ficamos presos em um só para sempre, até a morte. Por isso escolhemos muito bem nossas parceiras, para não correr o risco de arrependimento depois.

— E você acha que não vai se arrepender escolhendo uma humana?

— Eu jamais me arrependeria das minhas escolhas, eu quero você, para sempre!

— Os caçadores que escolheram humanas, estão vivendo bem hoje em dia? Eles continuam juntos?

— Sim, estão todos muito bem, vivem juntos e alguns têm até filhos. Seremos do mesmo jeito.

— Como você tem tanta certeza disso? Podemos não nos darmos bem. — você olhou para ele, que sorriu em resposta.

— Acho que vai ser meio difícil, mesmo com receio, estamos nos dando bem até agora. Estou cumprindo minhas promessas a você e acima de tudo, já temos confiança no outro. Isso já é um bom começo.

— Você tem razão! Talvez realmente era para ser a gente. — Joshua sorriu, deixando um beijo na sua testa. Você sentiu conforto com aquele beijo, fechando os olhos enquanto sentia os lábios dele, era bom.

— Você quer conhecer a casa? É grande e confortável, eu tenho muitos funcionários, você não precisará fazer nada e eles vão te ajudar em tudo.

— Como? A gente não fala a mesma língua.

— Falam sim, eles são treinados para aprender o idioma popular do seu planeta. Não terá dificuldade alguma entre vocês.

Enquanto exploravam a casa, você ficou impressionada dos funcionários realmente falarem a mesma língua que você, e todos pareciam tão atenciosos e educados, dava gosto de respondê-los. Joshua vivia em uma mansão enorme e luxuosa, você estava impressionada dele viver aqui sozinho, sem nenhuma companheira até então. Ele foi te explicando ao decorrer dos cômodos o que era cada um, até te apresentar seu quarto, muito belo e enorme. Havia de tudo, uma cama grande, closet com roupas, banheiro com hidromassagem, o cantinho com seus livros, estava tudo organizado, até suas roupas estavam no lugar. Vocês demoraram tanto naquele conselho?

— Como funcionam as coisas por aqui?

— Não tem muita diferença, dormimos de noite e trabalhamos durante o dia, e o planeta demora vinte e três horas para rodar em torno de si. Temos quatro refeições por dia, café da manhã, almoço, café da tarde e jantar. E por falar nisso, vá tomar seu banho que está quase na hora do nosso almoço, temos que repor as energias. Os funcionários irão te ajudar, irei te esperar na sala de jantar.

.・。.・゜✭ ⧖ ・.・ ⧖ ✫・゜・。.

Você jurava que se não fosse pelos funcionários te ajudando, teria se perdido completamente nessa casa. Não era brincadeira quando falaram que realmente era enorme, tinha lugares que você não sabia porque existia. Certo momento — enquanto Joshua se ausentou e você resolveu explorar mais da casa —, acabou se perdendo durante o percurso para achar a sala de descanso, foi uma das funcionárias que te encontrou e ajudou você. Pelo menos você tinha elas para te auxiliar pela casa, mostrando os cômodos com mais calma e deixando você escolher um para passar as horas. Ou melhor, o lugar onde mais gostava de perder seu tempo era ao lado de fora, no imenso jardim, que dava acesso à floresta. Você se lembra de uma delas falando que essa floresta era propriedade privada de Joshua, o pai adquiriu os bens e passou para ele quando se tornou um blood. Ela até disse que no final tinha uma cachoeira muito linda, se você pedisse a Joshua para vê-la, ele te mostraria. Isso foi o suficiente para você passar o dia inteiro pensando, esperando ele retornar para casa.

Já tinha se passado um dia e meio que você estava na casa de Joshua, hoje seria o prazo final de vocês, portanto, se não fizesse isso, teriam que fazer um sexo em público para todos verem. Isso te deixava enojada e com muita vontade de chorar, mas sentia que estava preparada. Para Joshua, claro. Ele não ultrapassou nenhum limite com você, respeitou seu quarto e só entrou com sua permissão, além de ficar em uma distância razoável durante as refeições juntos. Todavia, agora você queria ele, estava realmente desejando pelo caçador, não tinha como esconder isso. Durante a tarde uma das funcionárias te disse que ele costumava estar em casa depois das cinco horas, seria perfeito para você chamá-lo. Você tomou seu banho e ela te ajudou com roupas íntimas adequadas, logo por cima um vestido de crochê, perfeito para a ocasião. Seria apenas vocês dois de qualquer forma, não precisava de muitas roupas.

Quando você desceu, esperou por ele calmamente, lendo um livro quase inteiro de tamanha ansiedade. Você iria perder sua virgindade, era uma felicidade imensa — não era fácil ser virgem aos vinte anos —. Queria saber como era, se era tão bom como as pessoas falavam. E sua ansiedade ficou ainda pior quando os portões da garagem se abriram e escutou o movimento pelo jardim, isso só poderia ser ele chegando. Você levantou e esperou entre o sofá, depois que a porta se abriu um sorriso saiu dos seus lábios.

— Olá, Jos… Hua. — Você foi perdendo um pouco da fala quando viu três pessoas entrando com ele. Joshua seguiu até você muito apressado, ele passou as mãos pela sua cintura, colando seus corpos. — O que eles estão fazendo aqui? — era o pai dele, aquele conselheiro e uma mulher.

— Porque você está vestida assim? Vamos sair? — você voltou o olhar para ele, voltando para a ideia de antes.

— Uma das funcionárias me disse que aqui tem uma cachoeira, eu gostaria de ir lá. Com você! — ele sorriu, apertando levemente sua cintura. — Mas eu não entendo, porque eles estão aqui?

— O prazo é até às onze horas de hoje, você sabe, não é?

— Eu sei, você não precisa me lembrar disso.

— Não fique com raiva, não fui eu quem trouxe eles. Além disso, essa é a minha mãe, ela gostaria de te conhecer. Implorou ao meu pai para poder vir aqui. — Joshua revirou os olhos, te largando quando a mãe dele chegou ao seu lado. Ela segurou seus braços, te sacudindo na frente dela enquanto falava alguma coisa, subiu as mãos para suas bochechas e apertou. — Ela disse que você é muito bonita, e que eu fiz uma ótima escolha. Disse também que não via a hora de fazerem compras juntas. — você sorriu, ainda com as bochechas doloridas do aperto. — Ela não vê a hora de se tornarem amigas, você não ficará mais sozinha aqui durante o dia. Palavras dela.

— Diga que eu estou muito agradecida também. — Joshua segurou sua mão, conversando com ela. Joshua levantou a cabeça para seu pai, que parecia confirmar alguma coisa que só eles entendiam. O outro conselheiro não gostou nada da troca de olhares, então falou alguma coisa, mas parecia ter sido repreendido pelo chefe. Joshua levou você para cima, passando pelo seu quarto e entrando no dele. Você ficou nervosa ao entrar aqui, ainda mais com essas pessoas lá embaixo.

— Vamos a cachoeira, será melhor do que ficar aqui. — você confirmou, ficando envergonhada. Será que ele sabia o que você estava querendo? Não que fosse segredo, mas estava tão óbvio assim? Isso te deixava constrangida. Joshua entrou no banheiro para se trocar, ele não demorou muito, mas você ficou bastante pensativa enquanto isso. Porque essas pessoas queriam tanto que vocês fizessem sexo?

Ele segurou sua mão novamente, seguindo o caminho de volta. Joshua não queria te deixar sozinha com eles, mesmo sendo seus pais, por enquanto, não confiava neles. Em ninguém na verdade. Só estava deixando você com os funcionários porque cada um deles conhecia Joshua, ninguém teria coragem de ficar contra ele. Saindo pela porta dos fundos, você ficou aliviado de ficar longe deles, seguindo-o onde quer que fosse.

— Eles não vão vir atrás de nós?

— Claro que não, você está muito preocupada com isso. — Joshua riu novamente, caminhando tranquilamente. Estava escurecendo, mas você estava com ele, logo, não teria problema algum. — É um lugar muito lindo, tinha esquecido de te mostrar.

— Aqui é como a terra, eu me sinto em casa. Até o oxigênio é o mesmo, gravidade, natureza, tecnologia, nada muda. Me sinto como na terra.

— Eu falei pra você que se sentiria em casa, seu lugar também é aqui. E além disso, no próximo ano você visitará sua mãe, dirá a ela como gosta daqui e como se sente em casa, como me adora e que estou cumprindo tudo o que prometi.

— É verdade, você está fazendo tudo isso. Obrigada!

— Não me agradeça por isso, eu farei muito mais por você. Isso é só o começo de tudo. Vou te dar o mundo se me pedir, qualquer coisa.

— Por enquanto, apenas sua presença já basta. Estou satisfeita com isso. — o caminho parecia bonito, mas um pouco longo, vocês andaram bastante pela floresta, vendo cada fauna. Ficou sem acreditar que essa parte era toda dele, uma área reservada e preservada, ele fazia questão dos funcionário cuidarem de tudo isso. Você entendia o porquê humanos não entravam aqui, eles eram o oposto sobre destruir o meio ambiente, isso era extremamente proibido.

Portanto, quando chegaram naquela parte mais reservada e extremamente linda, você não conseguia acreditar no que seus olhos viam. O fato de estar escurecendo ajudou ainda mais o clima, parecia algo nunca visto. Joshua percebeu como você estava encantada com tudo, sorrindo brevemente por você ter gostado. A cachoeira era uma reserva natural, estava vindo de uma pequena serra e caindo no lago já repleto de água. Uma água tão cristalina que você conseguia ver tudo ao fundo, as rochas na direita e muitas flores pela esquerda. A cachoeira estava bem na sua frente, fascinada pela beleza.

— A água não é gelada. — Joshua tirou a regata, esperando você fazer a mesma coisa para entrar na água. Você suspirou profundamente, tirando o vestido enquanto ficava envergonhada, ele estava te olhando. Vendo seu rosto vermelho, Joshua sorriu e entrou primeiro, cobrindo até metade do corpo, quando virou para você, te chamou com os dedos. — Vem logo, eu vou te segurar.

— Eu sei nadar, bobinho. — você entrou, vendo que realmente não era tão gelada, sorrindo, ficou bem na frente dele, a diferença era que a água estava perto do seu pescoço.

Você mergulhou, nadando por baixo até onde a água caia, soltando um suspiro e batendo os pés, você ficou procurando por ele, vendo-o nadando até você. Quando a água da cachoeira te molhou, você ficou longos minutos, deixando toda a insegurança sair de seu corpo. As mãos de Joshua tocando sua cintura também não te ajudaram muito, você ficou ansiosa ao senti-lo tão perto.

Depois de se sentir muito melhor e menos nervosa, você saiu dali e nadou novamente, agora brincando com ele. Joshua te segurou e jogou você para cima, caindo na água novamente. Depois, ele nadou por baixo, agora se escondendo de você enquanto procurava por ele. Vocês ficaram muitos minutos brincando, quase não viram quando escureceu completamente e só a lua iluminava vocês.

Quando nadaram novamente até as pequenas rochas, Joshua enfim te puxou para ele, desesperado para fazer algo. Ele esperou quase uma semana, agora que estava cedendo, não iria desperdiçar a oportunidade. Ele colocou uma mão em sua cintura e a outra na parte de trás da sua cabeça, puxando seu rosto para ele. Vocês se beijaram. Com tanta força e necessidade, você jurou que ele iria te quebrar dessa forma, mas pelo menos conseguiu acompanhar o beijo. Ele quem te guiou pela água, o seu peso sob o corpo dele, não foi difícil. Suas costas bateram brevemente contra uma das pedras, quase te machucando, mas ele aliviou o impacto. Você estava ficando sem fôlego, mas não tentou se separar, beijar ele era bom ‘pra caralho.

— Isso foi ótimo. — ele sussurrou quando se separaram, vendo como você ficou ofegante e com dificuldade em responder. Joshua segurou sua cintura mais firme, colocando você sentada em uma das pedras, ficando na mesma altura que ele. Ele abriu suas pernas e se colocou contra elas, voltando a te beijar com força. Você ficou sem saber o que fazer, deixando ele guiar tudo isso, fazer da forma que queria, não se importava. Afinal, Joshua iria te comer hoje de qualquer forma, não estava interessada em se intrometer, ele era mais experiente do que você.

As mãos dele deslizaram pelo seu corpo, caindo na parte debaixo do seu biquíni, ele tirou o laço que tinha nas laterais e deixou cair. Você estava ficando com vergonha e até tentou pará-lo, mas ele continuou te beijando com tanta intensidade que você estava sentindo coisas estranhas pelo corpo. Estava desejando por ele, de repente, a vergonha estava passando. Joshua tinha tudo sob controle e obviamente tinha um controle enorme com você, e isso não era motivo de reclamar, você gostou disso.

— Posso fazer algo?

— Tudo o que você quiser, Joshua. — ele já era louco por você, e escutando isso ficou ainda mais. Despertou algo que nem mesmo ele conseguiria imaginar, seu cheiro estava ficando tão forte, seu corpo ainda mais atraente. Você o olhou, pensando se falou algo de errado, afinal, Joshua estava imóvel enquanto te olhava. — Eu disse algo de errado?

— Muito pelo contrário, acho que suas palavras despertaram minha rotina. — você piscou, sem acreditar nisso.

— Como simples palavras tiveram tanto efeito?

— Porque foi você, eu te quero tanto que coisas simples se tornam muito. — você riu, cheirando o ar novamente, sentindo o cheiro agradável e doce dele. Isso te deixou em alerta, o perfume de Joshua era tão forte que te deixou inebriante. Você queria ficar ainda mais perto dele, se fundir. Você aproximou o rosto do pescoço, cheirando o local, suas mãos passaram pela cintura dele, puxando-o para perto. Joshua soltou uma risadinha, erguendo o pescoço para você. — Eu disse que meu cheiro era pior para os humanos.

— O cheiro é tão bom! Quero ficar perto de você.

— Eu não pretendo ir embora, vou ficar colado com você de qualquer forma. — Ele riu sozinho com a piada.

Puxando seus cabelos para trás, Joshua beijou seus lábios outra vez, agora com mais intensidade e força, deixando você tão fraquinha ao ponto de gemer contra ele. Isso ainda não era o suficiente, você queria muito mais dele, estava entorpecida por esse cheiro tão bom. Bem que ele disse que para os humanos era ainda mais difícil se conter. Ele desceu os beijos pelo seu pescoço, mordiscando e te excitando ainda mais, você nem sabia mais como lidar com tudo isso. Ele foi descendo ainda mais, passando pelos seus seios ainda cobertos, a barriga, abdômen, seu quadril e finalmente a parte onde mais queria. Agora sem a parte debaixo, Joshua parecia mais ansioso do que você, sorrindo e admirando.

Por incrível que pareça, você não ficou com vergonha ou coisa do tipo, muito pelo contrário, estava ansiosa para ele começar logo. Sendo ousada, abriu as pernas enquanto Joshua sorria, ele segurou sua coxa, jogando-a por cima do ombro.

— Deveria ser um crime deixar seu corpo tão coberto dessa forma. — você não conseguiu respondê-lo quando sentiu os dedos dele brincando com seus clitóris. Você arfou quando aquela sensação tão boa te atingiu, enquanto Joshua estava sorrindo e mordendo os lábios, te admirando. — Você é tão gostosa. — Joshua aproximou o rosto de sua boceta, a língua passando pela sua entrada.

— Joshua! — Você se apoiou melhor, com medo de cair. Seu corpo teve espasmos, isso te espantou um pouco, mas deixou Joshua feliz.

Ele sabia como te aquecer e preparar, seu corpo estava quase em chamas, a boca chupando seus clitóris, os dedos também brincando. Como isso era bom, jamais imaginou que era tão prazeroso dessa forma. Estava louca de tesão, queria pedir por mais, muito mais, implorar para Joshua não parar, talvez até mesmo se humilhar.

Olhando para baixo, você ficou ainda mais com tesão pela imagem de Joshua abaixado, te chupando loucamente. Isso era excitante demais, vê-lo tão intensamente querendo te proporcionar prazer, cuspindo em sua boceta enquanto chupava novamente, brincando com seus clitóris. Você segurou os fios sedosos dele, puxando com força, mas isso não chamou tanto a atenção dele. Joshua estava muito mais ocupado em te dar prazer do que parar.

— Meu deus, Joshua. — Você o chamou tão manhosa que Joshua o pau ainda mais duro, era uma das coisas que ele mais adorava. Você o deixava duro se dele te olhar.  — Pare um pouco... — suas unhas cravaram sobre os cabelos molhados, ainda puxando com força.

— Calma, amor! Goze no meu rosto, ok? — ele chupou seus clitóris novamente, o que causou arrepios em seu corpo, principalmente outro gemido. — Sua bucetinha deve ser tão apertada.

— Por favor, Joshua… — seu corpo se movimentou por livre e espontânea vontade contra a língua dele, Joshua apenas riu pelo seu desespero. Você estava tão perto de gozar, queria tanto isso que não pensava mais em nada.

Tinha que admitir, era uma sensação estranha, mas ao mesmo tempo tão boa que você ficava sem saber o que fazer. Era aliviante. Joshua estava te deixando tão louca, e você acabou fazendo isso como ele pediu, ficando bem mais atordoada. Você revirou os olhos na última vez que ele passou a língua, sorrindo enquanto te olhava tremendo e ofegante.

— Minha menina, você foi tão bem. — Joshua beijou seus lábios apaixonadamente, deixando você gemer contra ele. Joshua retirou seu biquíni de cima, colocando as mãos em seus seios e também a boca.  — Vem aqui, quero te comer em um lugar melhor, sem correr o risco de cairmos. — ele te levantou bem atordoada, ele estava indo tão bem e interrompeu.

Enquanto sorria, Joshua levantou você e te guiou pelas pedras. Ele bateu com força em sua bunda, rindo dos seus choramingos, quando ficaram de volta na areia, ele te deitou delicadamente, ficando por cima de você em questão de segundos. Os beijos de volta pela sua boca, pescoço e corpo, escutando seus suspiros longos e prazerosos. Joshua estava realizado ao saber que seu corpo reagia tão bem aos toques dele, de saber que estava te levando ao ápice com tão pouco. Você já até gozou, ele sentiu seu gostinho tão doce.

Ficando entre suas pernas, Joshua deslizou para sua frente novamente, encarando você de cima, tão linda. Ele suspirou, quase perdendo a cabeça de tanto tesão, só de te olhar ele ficava louco. Joshua segurou seu pau, alisando sua coxa enquanto se encaixava.

— Fique parada e só aproveite, ok? Você vai gostar muito. — você assentiu, respirando fundo.

Nos últimos minutos estava você e ele juntos, quase grudados, Joshua entrou com carinho, vendo seus gemidos fracos, mas também ansiosos. Quando ele realmente começou a se movimentar mais rápido — sabendo que seu hímen tinha rompido —, foi quando você se animou ainda mais. Não iria mentir, mas a boca dele era perfeita, não tinha dúvidas, ele fez coisas maravilhosas, todavia, sentir seu pau dentro de você, a forma como ele reagia e se movimentava era ainda melhor. Você começou a acreditar que Joshua realmente não tinha defeitos. Como caçador, era o melhor de sua espécie, e como uma pessoa normal, era ainda melhor do que imaginado… Você teve sorte de tê-lo.

Vocês se amaram quase a noite toda, o pôr-do-sol se pondo e aquela linda lua aparecendo no céu, iluminando seus corpos perfeitos. Joshua marcou você como dele, deixou aquela marca perfeita e transparente em seu ombro. Finalmente, todos souberam que você havia sido reivindicada por ele, agora pertencia a Joshua Hong. E honestamente falando, isso foi a melhor conquista para você, não estava arrependida de cruzar um universo inteiro para ficar aqui com ele. Agora, estava tudo em seu devido lugar, Joshua tinha uma pessoa para chamar de companheira, uma vida de conforto, considerado o melhor.

— Eu não me arrependo de ter te escolhido, faria isso em todas as minhas vidas. — Joshua sussurrou em seu ouvido, enquanto vocês estavam juntos, os braços dele apertando seu corpo, não te deixando partir. — Você é quem eu procurava. Nunca te deixarei.

Você fechou os olhos, suspirando contra o torso dele e sentindo seu cheiro acalorado. Aqui era o seu lugar, ao lado dele, amando Joshua Hong. Nunca iria decepcionar. Que sorte a sua encontrar alguém como ele. 」

[flurrys-creativity]

The emperor and I

Pairing: Jeonghan (Seventeen) x GN!Reader; Genre: the king and I au, royal au, teacher au, strangers to ? au; Rating: sfw, pg-13; Warnings: lots of teasing, bickering, a verbal fight, a shredded letter; Wordcount: 4.249 Collab: SVT 90s Collab by @mingsolo and @beomcoups

Summary: Taking on a job as a teacher in a different country already had its own problems, but becoming the teacher of the emperor himself seemed to have a whole lot of extra struggles.

A/N: *it's been 84 years* titantic meme.... HERE'S FINALLY the 90's Jeonghan story based on the animated "The King and I" movie from 1999 -> minus the magic, minus the children and minus the scheming... this is more soft-ish

Thick fog wafted around you as you stepped onto the deck of the large steam boat. You’ve been a passenger on the ship for quite a while, travelling from your own country to Caratland upon following the request of the emperor.

Emperor Yoon Jeonghan sent letters and asked for a teacher who’d be willing to help him to modernise his land. Not many were too keen on travelling for several weeks but you simply saw it as an opportunity.

You had messaged with the emperor back and forth until you settled an agreement: set times for classes and having your own quarters outside the palace.

Only after receiving the confirmation did you board the ship and make your long journey to meet the emperor of Caratland.

The horn of the ship erupted behind you, making you flinch upon the loud noise in midst of the otherwise thick silence. You turned around, seeing the captain walking towards you. “Are we there already?”

“Almost,” he assured you and stepped next to the railing, looking ahead into the fog.

You followed his gaze and narrowed your eyes. That’s when you noticed shadows emerging from the fog. “Is that the emperor?” 

A much smaller boat sailed right towards the ship, silently gliding through the water. The rose quartz and golden linen of the sails showed off the high quality that was put into this boat.

“No, this is his advisor, Kim Kibum. A well spoken man.” 

You turned to look at the captain, raising an eyebrow in question and waiting for an elaboration. Yet, you refrained questioning his statement.

“Welcome, welcome!” 

You smiled politely, bowing your head as you boarded the boat and got greeted by the emperor’s advisor. “It is an honour to be here.” You shortly glanced around the boat, noticing that only some servants to steer it were on board as well.

“The emperor is awaiting you at the palace.” 

Your attention turned back to the advisor, surprise momentarily flashing over your features before you smiled again. You hummed in understanding, following him to some sort of parlour. He continued talking to you, telling you a lot about the country and about the emperor. You struggled listening to him, more curious about what was lying ahead of you. 

As the servants steered the boat through the fog, you noticed how it ever so slowly dissipated. Your jaw nearly dropped to the floor when the fog finally lifted and revealed a colourful, wooden haven with dozens of fishing boats.

You saw people walking along the docks, trading fish for other goods. Though once they noticed the boat of the emperor getting closer they halted their business, curiously staring at it and most importantly at you.

“It doesn’t happen often that outsiders come to Caratland”, Kibum told you, smiling curtly at your own curiosity.

The stares followed you all the way to the palace - and even inside most servants turned their heads when you passed them.

“It’s even rarer for anyone but the servants and the royal family to be seen inside the palace.” 

You nodded at that, a sad smile ghosting over your features at the realisation none of these people had ever seen the world outside those large walls. You turned your attention back to Kibum, quickening your steps to keep up with him. “What about the emperor himself? Has he left the walls of the palace?”

Kibum barked out a short laugh, vigorously shaking his head. “Absolutely not!”

Before you could question him any further, he led you through large double doors opened by servants. Kibum motioned for you to stay quiet, leading you along the walls of what seems to be the throne room. 

At the end of the room, elevated from the rest, stood a throne with the emperor lounging on it. He appeared to be bored, more interested in his hands than the people kneeling in front of him. 

Though when the doors closed behind you, his eyes snapped up and immediately landed on you. He locked his gaze with yours, a twinkle of curiosity shimmering in his features as he sat up a little straighter. 

With a flick of his wrist he sent the people away, not even looking at them anymore as their confused murmuring followed them out of the throne room. 

He sat up completely, resting his elbows on his knees and his chin on his hands. “My, my, my”, he sang with amusement, “who do we have here?”

Your gaze shortly drifted to Kibum, who nodded for you to walk towards the throne. Ever so slowly you followed his silent order, moving forward until you reached the steps towards the throne.

You bowed down as gracefully as you could, lowering your head momentarily. “Your grace, it's an honour to be here.” You quickly introduced yourself, mentioning the letters you had exchanged.

His lips quirked up and the twinkle of amusement played over his features. “My, my, my”, he giggled softly, “I remember how demanding you were in those letters.” His amusement got even more visible when you tried to explain yourself.

You stopped your sputtering when you saw the wave of his hand. You bit down on your lower lip, glancing at Kibum before your eyes landed back on the emperor.

Jeonghan narrowed his eyes slightly, tensing his jaw. “It's whatever”, he dismissed your excuses, “the servants will show you to your room now. I expect you for dinner later today.”

“Wait, room?” You blurted out, stepping forward and forgetting all social manners towards him. “Does this mean I live inside the palace?”

Jeonghan raised an eyebrow, looking unimpressed.

“We agreed on my own quarters outside of the palace!” 

Once again he waved a hand dismissively, shutting you up in the process. “You’re here to teach me. It's illogical to have you that far away from your student. Living inside the palace makes it easier to call for you.”

“But that's not what you promised me”, you pressed, trying to control your rising annoyance and anger. Yet your tone barely hid that. From the corner of your eyes, you saw Kibum stepping forward to diffuse the situation.

Jeonghan raised his hand, stopping Kibum from getting any closer. He got up from his throne and stepped down, closing in on you. 

His eyes held something dangerous in them as he stared straight into your own eyes. He silently dared you to argue against his orders, knowing full well he had the upper hand.

You glared at him, the muscle in your jaw ticking. For a split second you even considered just leaving again since he didn't fulfil his end of the deal, but you remembered the captain saying they would only drop you off and then continue their journey to a different nation.

“Is there something you want to say?” 

You barely kept your temper in check, feeling how your insides just exploded and the shockwaves of anger rolled through your veins. Yet you exhaled sharply and shook your head. “Just asking for Mr. Kim to show me my quarters.”

Jeonghan's features dropped, something like hurt and surprise crossing his face as he watched you step back and turn towards his advisor. He had expected a lot of different ways in what his teasing could turn, just not you visibly distancing yourself from him.

He watched you leaving the throne room, not even giving him the courtesy of bowing and asking whether you may leave. When Kibum looked at him with a raised eyebrow, he only waved one of his hands, letting you and his advisor go.

“He's quite the piece of work”, Kibum sighed once the doors of the throne room shut behind you and you were out of earshot from any other servants. 

“That's an understatement!” You fumed as you stomped down the hallway. “How am I supposed to teach him anything if even the simplest of agreements aren't met.” You stopped at a crossway, throwing your hands up in the air from your own frustration. 

Kibum placed a calming hand on your shoulder. “It won't be easy but for someone as smart as you, you'll find a way to get through.” 

You mulled over his words, letting him guide you through the winding hallways to your quarters. 

As Kibum opened another pair of doors and led you into a vacant room, you stopped in surprise. Your suitcases already stood in line along one wall, across from it were dozens of windows that showed you a beautiful view of the gardens. “This is a lot bigger than I expected some servant quarters to be.”

“First and foremost you’re a guest. You're a servant afterwards. Even if the emperor might only see you as the latter.” 

A bittersweet smile played over your lips as you nodded in understanding. Though would he give you these quarters if he only saw you as a servant? “Thank you”, you whispered and walked over to one of the footlong windows, clutching your own upper body. “If possible, I'd like to be left alone and rest up from the long journey.”

Kibum bowed to you, leaving immediately and closing the door behind him. 

A deep sigh escaped your lungs the second you heard the click of the door. You leaned against the pillar and stared out of the window, letting your thoughts run wild inside your head. You couldn't stop the doubt of coming here settling in. 

While you stood at the window and watched the gardens, the setting sun painting it in a golden light, you noticed some movement below your quarters.

Jeonghan walked into the garden, a pet tiger on a leash next to him. He moved along the flowers with his hands crossed behind his back. With the golden glow surrounding him, he definitely appeared ethereal and you understood why the people of the empire worshipped him. It wasn’t even his looks alone that prompted these thoughts - more so the whole way he carried himself, how he stopped here and there to inspect a flower or chuckle to himself when a butterfly tickled the nose of his pet tiger, making it sneeze.

You leaned against the pillar next to you, even resting your head on it as you continued to watch Jeonghan on his evening stroll.

He appeared so soft and kind, only meaning well for those dear to him. 

Your expression turned sour at the realisation. You weren’t one of the people dear to him. No wonder he ignored your wishes and put his power as the emperor over you.

You shook your head and closed your eyes, wanting to get rid of these thoughts. There was barely anything you could do about your situation - except writing a letter and requesting the soonest ship back home. So long you had to deal with that egocentric emperor.

When you opened your eyes again they immediately landed back on Jeonghan. To your surprise he had stopped his stroll and had turned towards your window, looking straight at you.

The second your eyes met, a cheeky grin spread over his face. He even winked at you and made an inviting head movement, clearly wanting you to come down to the gardens.

You scoffed and shook your head yet again, turning around and leaving the window instantly. Except for the lessons you were supposed to give him, you’d do anything to ignore his existence. A part of you knew you could be overreacting but you willingly accepted your petty ass this time. Either way you still had a letter to write or you’d never be able to leave again.

A knock on your door interrupted you, letting you jump in the chair you sat in. You looked up, wincing at all the balls of paper strewn around you. “Yes?” You called out and turned your head towards the doors.

“Emperor Jeonghan expects you for dinner”, Kibum announced through the closed door.

You sighed deeply. “I wish to eat later in my room.”

For a while it stayed completely silent and you wondered whether Kibum had simply left again after you told him your wishes. Yet, you jumped again when you heard him speak up once more: “He won’t be pleased with your decision.”

“He has to deal with my decision.”

You heard him sigh, followed by a mumbled “very well” before his steps retreated from your door. You took the moment and looked around the small desk you sat at. Dozens of letters balled up surrounded you - half of them being angry rants about your situation. 

You stood up and started collecting the papers, throwing them into the bin. Even though you were furious about the emperor you didn’t want to speak ill of him in any of your letters.

Another knock on your door interrupted you. Before you were even able to call out, the doors got pushed open and slammed against the walls to their sides. 

Jeonghan waltzed into your room, Kibum quickly following him inside as well. Jeonghan looked around until his eyes landed on your crouched form. His stern expression momentarily shifted into an amused sneer before it turned back into a serious one.

You raised an eyebrow questioningly. As he didn’t say anything, you finally stood up. With a short nod towards Kibum and an even shorter bow towards Jeonghan you officially acknowledged their presence. You crossed your arms in front of your chest - still waiting for him to state his business or at least the reason he barged into your room.

Kibum glanced between the both of you, feeling the tension building up within the room.

Jeonghan stared at you, the muscles in his jaw ticking in annoyance. Kibum had told him about your decision, he also told him about your outburst and your ill temper earlier. That’s why it actually didn’t surprise him to see you without proper respect towards him.

“You just added another reason to my list as to why I actually wanted a place outside of the palace walls.” You sighed and rubbed your temple with one hand, adding a sarcastic “your highness” with an eye roll.

“And I gave you more than enough reasons why that was a stupid wish.”

Your jaw nearly dropped to the ground at the audacity to call your wish stupid. He once again showed you he was nothing like what you pictured him to be from the letters you had received. As you got reminded of the letters you had balled up and thrown away, you turned to the desk, grabbing a piece of paper. 

You handed it to Kibum, softly requesting him to send this to your home country. 

Kibum waited a moment longer, looking at Jeonghan, who asked for the letter with a wave of his hand.

With a pained expression towards you, Kibum followed the request and handed him the piece of paper without saying a word.

Jeonghan dramatically accepted the piece of paper, barely glancing at the written content before he looked back at you. “What’s this?”

You pursed your lips and rolled your eyes again. “My letter of resignation.”

His eyes widened and this time he took a closer look at the writing. His gaze flitted over the letter as his lips mumbled the words he read. “You haven’t even started yet.”

“And you haven’t held up your part of the deal. Why should I then?”

“I’m the emperor.”

“Not mine.”

Jeonghan scoffed followed by a low growl. He ripped the letter into shreds and let the parts fall to the floor. “I refuse to accept your resignation.”

It was your turn to scoff. Desperation and dread clawed at your insides but you refused to show it in the slightest. You'd find a way to send a letter to your home requesting to be brought back again and you told both men so.

For a split second Jeonghan’s eyes widened in shock but he quickly schooled his expression again. “It will take months before another ship arrives at the port.” With that he turned and walked towards the doors about to leave your room again. 

“Months you’ll regret not keeping your promise”, you called after him with a huff, stomping after him and slamming the doors shut as soon as he was outside.

Kibum had ushered after him, wincing at the loud slam right behind him and the emperor. You certainly made clear they weren't welcome in your room anymore.

Silent tears streamed down your cheeks as you walked back into your room and started collecting the shredded paper pieces from the ground.

Afterwards you crawled on the bed and hid yourself away under the blankets, seeking some sort of comfort in a place so foreign to you.

A knock made you sit up in your bed again. You had to clear your throat several times before croaking out a yes. Despite that nobody opened the door nor answered your call. With a sigh you scrambled out of bed and walked over to the door, opening it a bit so you could peek outside.

To your surprise you saw no one waiting in front of your door and as you opened it completely to look further into the hallway, you could have sworn seeing Jeonghan round a corner at the end of it.

A frown appeared on your face as you let your eyes wander around the entrance. That was until they stopped on a tray with food standing on the floor next to you on the ground. You looked back up into the hallway as you crouched down to get the tray. 

You questioned your mind, unsure whether you truly saw Jeonghan - the emperor himself - delivering you some food like you had requested or one of the many servants.

Before you even realised it, you got up again, stepped over the tray and ran through the hallway. You skidded around the corner and nearly collided with someone else. Your arms flared around, trying to catch your balance again.

Two hands grabbed your upper arms, pulling you close and stabilising you. When you looked up, you couldn’t help but let your eyes widen in surprise.

“Careful.”

You nodded dumbly, still stunned upon seeing the emperor himself. You blinked several times, slowly clearing your thoughts. “Were you checking up on me?”

“Me walking through the palace makes you think I’m checking up on you?” Jeonghan tried to sound nonchalant but his grin told you, you were spot on.

You laughed softly and shook your head. “You actually stood here, waiting and checking whether I’d take the food or not. I can’t believe it.”

Jeonghan cleared his throat, avoiding his gaze while his cheeks dusted pink in the low light of the hallway. “You haven’t eaten since your arrival and you’re still a guest - even if you’re thinking you’re not.”

“I never said I didn’t feel like a guest.”

His eyes locked with yours. The silence grew thicker by the second and you could feel your heart beat inside your chest even louder than before. 

For some reason it felt like a new start between the both of you. While it might not clear what happened earlier today, the tenderness and thoughtfulness at night brought a new light to the situation.

“And yet you were the one to threaten me that I’d regret the remaining months of your stay.” Jeonghan’s voice was soft despite the harsh reminder. It didn’t contain any malice as he said those words. 

A small pout formed on your lips and you turned your head away. While you knew you could be quite petty, you hated it when others pointed it out. 

“Come”, Jeonghan gently grabbed your wrist and pulled you back to your quarters, where he grabbed the tray of food and ushered you inside the room. Once inside he let go of your hands and sat the tray on the ground, before he sat down as well. With a pointed look he stared at you. “In my country the emperor’s head is always highest. It’s considered rude not to keep your head below the emperor’s.” 

Dumbfounded, you sat down too, blinking several times as you watched him and his features twisting in amusement. 

Jeonghan barely hid his teasing grin when he laid down on his side, resting his head on his hand and looking at you expectantly. 

You quickly caught on to his play and changed your position once more, keeping your head below his. “What if someone is taller than the emperor?” 

“That’s why the throne is elevated from the floor. So nobody is taller than the emperor.”

“You’re not always on your throne though”, you snorted, watching Jeonghan roll on his back and looking at you again with a raised eyebrow.

“Then they bow or crouch down.”

You rolled on your stomach, resting your chin on your hands while you thought about his words.

Jeonghan cleared his throat, raising his head slightly. He grinned when you removed your hands and let your head rest on the floor instead. Immediately his head dropped back on the ground too, a satisfied sigh leaving his lips. “You should eat now.”

“I can’t eat while lying flat on the ground.” 

“You have my permission to raise your head above mine.” Jeonghan grinned brightly, silently telling you how big of a deal it was to get that permission. 

“How very generous of you.” 

“That’s me. The most generous emperor of them all.”

You snickered and pushed yourself up, kneeling in front of the tray of food and popping a grape into your mouth. “You might be generous but you’re not humble.”

Jeonghan protested softly even though he couldn’t get rid of the grin on his lips. “If stating facts keeps me from being humble, so be it.”

This time you couldn’t stop the laugh from bubbling out of your mouth, quickly raising your hand and hiding half your face behind it as you turned away.

Once you calmed down and turned back to Jeonghan you noticed him staring at you with a fondness you hadn’t seen before. Surprise caught your heart momentarily, letting your thoughts slip through your lips without your permission: “It’s a shame you never kept your promise. I enjoyed your letters and even now I enjoy your company.”

Jeonghan sighed deeply and got up. He silently walked over to the windows and looked over the gardens. “I’m not one to break a promise”, he whispered, his voice ridden with guilt.

“Then why am I here?” You stood up as well, following him to the windows. A few steps behind him you stopped in your tracks, kneading your hands in front of your chest. “I don’t understand why.”

He looked over his shoulder with sad eyes. “There are a lot of dangers outside the palace grounds.” 

This time you sighed and turned away, pacing around the room until you dropped down on the bed. “I considered that. But how am I supposed to learn about this country when I’m caged inside these walls? Life inside the palace must be vastly different to life outside.”

“You’re not caged inside”, Jeonghan protested quickly, rushing over to you again, “you’re free to leave and venture outside whenever you like as long as you take some guards with you.”

“That’s not the same.” You smiled sadly and shook your head.

He crouched down in front of you, grabbing your hands on your lap and holding them tightly. “I know I promised you something different and I understand your disappointment but I beg you to bear with me. You’ll get your house and I hope you’ll accept the compromise of having it at the edge of the palace grounds, but I promise you’ll get the house you requested.”

You stared at Jeonghan with wide eyes and an open mouth. Even with blinking several times, the dream-like situation didn't disappear. “Your highness,” you whispered, clutching his hands and softly pulling them, “please get up. You taught me that my head shouldn't be above yours.”

Jeonghan snorted, amused your focus shifted to that instead of his words. “I just told you you’ll get your house and that’s what you’re concerned with?” He continued snickering as he pushed himself up to sit down next to you on the bed.

It took you another few heartbeats before your mind finally registered his words and the meaning behind them. If possible, your eyes widened even more. You opened and closed your mouth several times, the embarrassment tying your tongue.

Jeonghan on the other hand relished seeing you in that state. He simply smirked and waited, letting your embarrassment stretch on and making you squirm in your place.

“I”, you exhaled loudly, softly laughing at yourself, “thank you.” You looked up at him. For the first time you noticed the genuine expression on Jeonghan’s features - no teasing, no smirking, no superior emperor complex. 

“Can we start over?”

Jeonghan raised one eyebrow, surprise and curiosity painting his face. “Starting over?”

You nodded slowly: “Yeah, I think I didn’t make the best first impression after arriving here and I’d like to make a clean cut and a better impression now.”

Jeonghan hummed in thought, torturing you before giving you an answer. “You made an amusing second impression, dove. The letters were your first impression. Though I don’t mind a start over.”

“Because you didn’t have the best second impression either”, you grumbled with a small grin on your lips.

“Already matching my teasing. My, my, my, I like that. I’m surely looking forward to your lessons.”

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[gyuld4eng1e]

what dominating seungkwan would be like.

he would fucking love it when you dominate him , he loves the way you take control over his dick , love the way you overstimulate him.

you'd tie him up naked using hand cuffs , strip in front of him , touch yourself and cum , all knowing that he can't do anything except watch you...his dick leaking with pre cum, anticipating your actions on him.

you climb on top of him , play with his dick while you lick his nipples , making him whimper with pleasure...

you sink your tight warm hole on his dick , making him moan..you start riding him with insane speed , jumping like your life depended on it , right when he was about to cum , you stopped riding him and he starts whining...

you wore a strap and turned him to doggy style and started fucking him , he fucking loves it

" just a piece of meat , just my fucking piece of meat , you whore "

your dirty words , speeding up his orgasm.

for the second time , you stopped fucking him when he was almost about to cum.

you attach a vibrator to his dick and start riding him , he feels that this might be even better than what heaven would feel , your soft , warm and wet gummy walls squeezing him tight , the vibrator hitting all the right spots , he moans as he reached his high.

you felt the thick ropes of cum painting your walls white , it felt fucking good.

you fuck him through his orgasm , to reach your high , seungkwan's cum felt so good in you , dick hitting that one spot , making you squirt.

seungkwan was still whimpering from the warm and cold feeling on his body...

" i love you and your dick , seungkwan " you say before lying on top of him to catch some breath.

[miabebe]

Hey!! It's Summer (this is my main)

What do you think Jeonghan and OC's life will be like now on the run?

Omggg hi Summer 🫂❤️

Ooh okay so first of, they go to Milan with new identities and a whole lot of money. Then they buy themselves a small studio apartment with a loft and also another small two storey shophouse in the city - the bottom floor is Jeonghan's space which is a new one every few weeks - one day it's a bookstore, another day it's a florist? The above floor is the boutique+studio OC always wanted!

Now these two are quite literally, still craving opposite lives - Jeonghan wants and enjoys the peace and quiet and OC is looking for something more exciting, so at some point, they will sadly decide to no longer be together :( OC will now move to work in a fashion house and Jeonghan opens more branches of his businesses until eventually, because old habits die hard, Jeonghan finds himself dragged into the Italian mafia and corporate life has humbled and dulled down OC again - both are back where they began.

Then they seek each other again and realise they were good for one another but now Jeonghan is in trouble with the Italians and frankly, she's quite tired of Milan already so the two of them run away yet again, to Paris this time, and that's the last that's heard of them 😬 forr now

[yoongiseesawmp3]

anything but - jeonghan

summary: roommate!jeonghan. you thought living with your best friend, jeonghan, would be easy. fun. like a sleepover every night. but as he watches you struggle week in and week out with crushes that don't like you back or dates that never seem to go well, he decides to take matters into his own hands.

word count: 8.2k

warnings: none rly, afab reader, unedited, sry

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jeonghan is ready to go to sleep. he had a long day, followed by a good, but tiring, night with friends, and he's been thinking about his soft sheets for the past two hours now. he's also been thinking about you, thinking about how happy he gets seeing your face light up when he walks through the door, but he knows he won't see that tonight. you're going on a date, dinner with some loser who's not him. he knows he could treat you so much better, but he can't just say that. things would get weird, and jeonghan can't afford the rent on his own. so selfishly, he keeps you and his feelings at arm's length. he's still thinking about you as he puts his key in the lock, wondering if he can stay up late enough to make sure you get home safe. when he opens the door, he changes his mind.

"what are you doing here?" jeonghan asks with a bit of anger in his voice, finding you laid out on the couch scrolling through your phone. "you told me you were going on a date tonight. did you cancel on him?"

"nope," you reply, popping the p as you sit up to stare at your roommate. "he cancelled on me. ten minutes before he was supposed to pick me up, actually, so i got ready for nothing."

that's when jeonghan notices the nice clothes you have on, your hair done up but mussed now that you've been laying on it. and, with a pang in his chest, he notices your makeup that looks smudged with tears. he knows you've been having dating trouble lately, and it's definitely been getting to you. but it makes his heart ache to think that you've been home all night crying over some loser who couldn't even bother to take you out.

"why didn't you call me?" he asks softly, joining you on the couch as he lifts your legs to lay them over his lap. he keeps a comforting hand on your calf as you explain, a slight tremor in your bottom lip as you say, "i didn't want to interrupt boy's night."

"baby, come on," he sighs. "you should have told me. you could've come to boy's night!"

"right," you scoff, rolling your eyes. "and hear all of them talk about their beautiful girlfriends and being so happy in a relationship? i'd rather eat drywall."

"we talk about other stuff," jeonghan laughs. "i told them about you getting us tickets to that soccer game and now i think they like you better than me. mingyu might be calling to see if he can take my ticket."

"never," you smile at him, sitting up and swinging your legs from his lap. "well, it's late. you're probably tired."

"eh," jeonghan shrugs, looking over you carefully to gauge if you're upset. "i could stay up a little longer, if you wanted to watch something."

"we're caught up on all our shows though," you pout. jeonghan sees an idea cross your face, so he asks, "what are you thinking?"

"nothing," you shake your head. "i remembered i didn't watch project runway last week, but you don't like that show-"

"put it on," he nods to the tv, looking over you one more time and noticing your clothes must not be that comfortable. "or you go change, i'll set it up."

"you don't know what episode i'm on though," you squint at him, and he shakes his head.

"nope, you're two weeks behind," he says. "i remember, because we went out the week before and you were ticked off that you were missing it."

"you pay too much attention to me," you mumble as you finally get up from the couch, jeonghan barely hearing you as he checks you out from behind. you're right, he does. too bad you haven't realized why.

when you come back from your room, you're wearing a hoodie that's seen better days and shorts that aren't quite doing their job. jeonghan clears his throat, trying not to stare, but when you sit down and put your legs back over his lap he can't help but skirt his hand over your skin, getting too close to your thigh without realizing.

"that tickles," you giggle, pushing his hand away. "you're annoying."

"ha, sorry," he laughs nervously, not sure what to do with his hands now so he reaches for the remote to press play. not far into the episode you curl up on your side of the couch, your knees tucked up beneath you as you lay down. jeonghan keeps an eye on you the whole time, attune to all your reactions and movements. he notices when you shiver, up in an instant to get a blanket.

"where are you going?" you call out, and he comes back wordlessly with the comforter from his room. he wraps it over you, using the rest of it to cover himself as he gets comfortable again. you find yourself dozing off, waking up every few minutes to see the progress on your favorite designers. you sleep through a whole section of the show, whining that you need to rewind, but jeonghan quietly explains what's happened and you're satisfied enough.

"do you want me to turn this off?" jeonghan asks after he sees your eyes closed again after you just complained about missing part of the show. you shake your head, not much of it visible outside of his blanket. you're noticing how nice his blanket smells, recognizing it as the same fresh scent that follows jeonghan around. it makes you feel at home, and that's part of what's making you so sleepy.

"i don't wanna go to my room," you admit shyly, feeling the tears from earlier just a moment or two away. "i'll stay awake, promise."

"do you want to sleep out here?" jeonghan asks, and you think about it for a moment. it wouldn't be the first time you had a little sleepover of sorts, both of you squished awkwardly on the couch or sleeping far apart from each other on someone's mattress that's been dragged out from one of your rooms. your silence decides it for jeonghan, and he says, "i'll go change, and then we can go to sleep." all you do is nod, getting comfortable beneath his comforter again as jeonghan slinks back to his bedroom to get ready for bed.

he comes back out and laughs to himself, your messy hair and scrunched sleepy face pulling at his heart. he knows someday he should tell you how he feels. he knows what you're looking for, and he knows he's perfect for you. it's just a matter of time before you figure that out, too.

-

a few days later, jeonghan was in the middle of a nap when he heard mumbling in the hallway and the sound of someone slamming doors. he was worried for only a few minutes, thinking it could possibly be an intruder, but as the mumbling gets closer to his door he knows there's a very frustrated y/n on the other side. he groans as he hoists himself up, shuffling to the door so he can peek out at you putting laundry away in the most irritated way possible. it's like you're trying to punish the towels for existing, and jeonghan can't help but laugh at the annoyed look on your face. it's cute, he finds himself thinking, but his chuckle pulls you from your dark thoughts and brings your anger to a new victim.

"what."

"nothing," jeonghan says defensively. "i thought someone was breaking in, you know, with all the banging around."

"shut up," you mumble, shoving the washcloths into the hall closet before slamming the door. you turn to your best friend and roommate, finger pointed accusingly, "i'm in a bad mood so don't piss me off."

"that explains the stress cleaning," he notes, and you ignore him.

"i'm going downstairs to put the dishes away," you grumble as you pass by him to get to the stairs, and he puts a timid hand on your shoulder.

"maybe do something that involves less breakables," he says coolly. "go punch a pillow or something."

"that's a good idea," you say, face lighting up slightly, and he laughs nervously as he finally asks what's wrong. "you remember that bitch of a dude who i was talking to a couple weeks ago?"

"gar bear?" jeonghan asks, and you roll your eyes.

"gary, yeah."

"what about him?" he asks, watching you unlock your phone and scroll to find something. you shove it into his hands, open to a very disturbing picture of a very ugly dick. "no."

"yeah. at three pm on a fucking thursday."

"stop making me look at it," he whines, pushing your phone back to you. "that's what made you mad?"

"yes!" you shout. "how did that thought process work? oh, this girl who i led on and then gaslit and then weirded out, she really needs to see my dick right now. it's the middle of the day! get a job! contribute to society!!!"

"why's he posing like that?" jeonghan asks, noticing more about the photo since you haven't locked your phone yet. "he looks so stiff."

"please stop," you say, but jeonghan sees a smile pulling at your lips.

"so what did you do?"

"i said 'what is your problem' and then i blocked him," you shrug, and he laughs.

"remind me to never piss you off," he says as he wraps an arm around you. "i'm sorry guys are assholes."

"i think i'm gonna become a nun," you mumble into his shoulder, staying in his hold maybe a minute too long. he presses a quick kiss to the crown of your head before letting you go, a blush on your cheeks that he takes pride in.

"you'd suck at being a nun, you're not nice enough," he jokes, and the way you glare at him makes him smile. "plus you fuck too much, aren't they supposed to be celibate?"

"forget punching pillows, i'm gonna punch you."

"sure baby," he chuckles, looking back at you as he walks downstairs. "you want food or something? i'll do the dishes. you just focus on not burning down the patriarchy."

"no promises," you mumble as you follow behind him. "but yeah, i wanna try this recipe i found the other day..."

it's over dinner that night that you realize how perfect jeonghan is. if only you could find a guy just like your best friend. someone who supports you, makes you smile, know how to get your heart to skip a beat. take, for example, his compliments. you like to joke to jeonghan that you need validation on your cooking, like tinkerbell, so whenever you cook for him the praises are nonstop. he's nothing if not supportive, so he tries to find things to comment on that he knows will make you blush. it works, and you do your best to tell him to stop without making it obvious that your heart is doing somersaults at his words.

this is what you want from a relationship, you find yourself thinking. you want to be comfortable with them, feel supported, all the things that jeonghan gives you. that night, you scroll through your dating apps, looking for a guy you think could meet those standards. in reality, you spend the whole night comparing the men on your screen to your roommate, subconsciously thinking of all the things you like most about jeonghan that these losers don't possess. you fall asleep like that, phone open to an empty chat, with jeonghan still on your mind.

-

so, a downside to living with jeonghan is you get the brunt end of all his weird energy. sometimes it's fun, and manifests itself in silly ways. like when you go thrifting, he takes it upon himself to find the weirdest thing in the store and insists on bringing it home. it means your apartment is decorated uniquely, but some of the stranger things you make him keep in his room. you haven't figured out yet that he only does this to make you laugh, loving how you smile sweetly at all the funny trinkets littered around your house. anything that goes into his room is eventually donated back to goodwill, its purpose served, doomed to delight another unassuming shopper some day.

other times, his weird energy comes out in worse ways. like today, he's not home, but you can feel that something's wrong. you know jeonghan is helping his friends with some video shoot, and he won't be home until much later. but there's a vibe in your apartment when you walk in. something is off, and it doesn't take you long to realize it. jeonghan has moved everything around, the couch where your kitchen table should be, the chairs from the table lined up in place of your couch. he's a strange one, your best friend, but it makes you laugh nonetheless, sending him a picture of the chairs and asking, "how am i supposed to fall asleep watching tv on this?!"

jeonghan smiles when he gets your text, shooting back, "watch tv in your room if you know you're just gonna fall asleep!"

really, he did the switcharoo for you to let your guard down. yes, moving furniture around is something silly that he would do, but he hid something further in the house that he wants you to find. he's hoping he'll be home when you do, but just the mere thought of your reaction has him chuckling. he goes back to whatever vernon wanted him to do, curious at each buzz from his phone, wondering if it's you.

jeonghan got the best of you, like usual. you did just go to your room, putting on one of your comfort shows so you could relax after a boring shift at work. you only get up to make a quick meal, dozing off again with the empty plate beside you. when the tv wakes you up you figure it's just time for you to go to bed, so you shuffle to the kitchen and notice a light coming from under jeonghan's door. he must have come home while you were napping, but it's late, so you go about your business. you drop your things off in the kitchen, returning upstairs to grab a washcloth and towel from the closet before you lock yourself in the bathroom. jeonghan is listening intently as you move around, waiting for the sound of the shower curtain pulling back and-

"JEONGHAN?!"

with sock clad feet that send him crashing through the now open bathroom door, he greets you with a shit eating grin. "you rang?"

"what the FUCK is that doing in here," you bellow, pointing at the plastic skeleton jeonghan found at the party store earlier that day. he thought it would be funny to hide in the apartment, at first just thinking about propping it up in the kitchen like the dead guy was making a meal, but the idea of scaring you a little was too good for him to pass up.

"man, when was the last time you cleaned your bathroom?" jeonghan jokes, "he must've been in here a while."

"fuck you," you spit, heart still racing from the surprise. that's when jeonghan notices something: you're naked. well, not entirely. like, you definitely don't have clothes on, his eyes flicking down to see your discarded panties and sleep shirt on the floor. he can't see the goods though because you're dangerously holding a towel over your body, one edge of it slipping as you reach out to try and punch jeonghan.

"what, you don't like him?" jeonghan pouts, stepping out of the bathroom to protect himself. "i thought you said you wanted to start decorating for halloween."

"this is not what i meant and you know it, you jackass," you try to say meanly, but jeonghan finds it cute. "it scared the shit out of me."

"i'm sorry," he says finally, hands twitching to reach out and grab you by the waist so he can rub comforting circles on your skin. but he can't. he physically shakes his hands out, a thing he does often enough to reset his mind that you look at him quizzically.

"why'd you do that?" you ask, and he clasps his hands behind his back defensively.

"felt like it," he shrugs. you roll your eyes and reach for the door, grumbling more expletives at him as you try to shut it in his face. "um, y/n?"

"what."

"you gonna shower with him?" jeonghan asks, pointing to your new friend. "i gotta admit, i'm a little jealous-"

"oh my god," you groan, grabbing the skeleton and throwing it at jeonghan with a comical clangor of plastic bones. "i hate you."

"love you too baby," jeonghan laughs as he closes the door for you, hefting the skeleton over his shoulder to go hide him in another corner of the house.

-

a few days later (jeonghan has hid the skeleton twice now), you come home from a date, dopey smile still on your face. you gasp when you see a body on the couch, thinking it's that stupid skeleton again. you breathe a sigh of relief when you realize it's a snoozing jeonghan instead. he looks angelic, his soft features shining brightly even in the dark room, illuminated by the tv. you don't realize that you're staring, nor do you realize jeonghan is peeking at you, the sound of the door waking him up.

"hey," he calls quietly, startling you. "sorry. i can go back to sleep and you can keep staring."

"i wasn't staring," you say defensively.

"sure," jeonghan nods, checking you out. "you look nice."

"who's staring now?" you ask as you cross to the kitchen. "i went out to dinner, but the portions were too small. do you want something to eat?"

"no, i'm good!" jeonghan calls. "was it a fancy place?"

"what?" you ask, coming back into the living room with a bag of chips. "i couldn't hear you."

"where you ate," he clarifies. "you dressed up, the servings were small, must have been a fancy place this guy took you to."

"how'd you know i was on a date?" you pout.

"y/n, i know you better than anyone else," jeonghan chuckles. "it was obvious. how'd it go?"

"good," you nod, ears burning under jeonghan's close attention. "don't wanna jinx it though."

"ok," jeonghan nods. "well i'm glad it was a good date. you deserve one of those."

"how was your night?" you ask. jeonghan shifts on the couch so there's room for you to sit and join him. once you're settled he explains how his friend seungcheol had come over for drinks, but he left a little while ago.

"i think he's got a girlfriend and doesn't want to tell me," jeonghan says, "because he feels bad that i'm not seeing anybody."

"you want me to find you a lady?" you tease. "you know my friends love you, i'm sure it'd be easy.''

"no," he shakes his head so some of his hair falls in his eyes. it makes it easier for him to stare at you without you noticing. "i'm good."

"well, it's a standing offer," you say as you get up to return the chips to the pantry. when you walk back through the living room, you ask, "where's jack tonight? i'm about to shower, i don't want another heart attack."

"i put the skeleton in your bed," jeonghan smiles with an impish glint in his eyes. "i figured it would be a nice surprise for the poor sap you might have brought home."

"you're annoying."

"thanks!" jeonghan chirps, and you laugh before telling him goodnight. he watches you go, smiling at something on your phone. jeonghan feels a pang in his chest ever so slightly, but he shakes it off, turning the tv off before he goes back to sleep trying not to think about you.

-

the following week, you're acting off. jeonghan notices immediately, but he doesn't bring it up to you at first. he's not sure if maybe work is stressing you, or maybe you've got family stuff going on...whatever it is, he'll give it a day or two before he checks on you, knowing how you like having time to yourself before someone swoops in to help.

the reality is, you really like this guy you've been talking to. that first date was amazing, and you wanted to go out with him again as soon as possible. you talk all the time, always ducking into your room when he calls while you're around jeonghan. you're actually ignoring jeonghan a lot, which you feel bad about, but you just can't get enough of this new guy. even though you're talking a lot, it's hard to set up another date with him because you're both busy with work. you've got plans to hang out on sunday, and for the first time in a long time, you're excited for a date. not nervous, not dreading it, just pure schoolgirl crush excitement.

that's why it's so crushing when, a few hours before, the guy texts you and cancels. you play it off at first, asking when he's free to reschedule, but his response is basically telling you to get lost. it hurts your feelings more than it should, because he is just some loser dude, but you also didn't know him that long. you have no reason to be so devastated over this, but you are.

jeonghan knew about your second date with this guy, so he made plans to be out of the house for as long as possible on sunday. as selfish as it was, he didn't want to be there for the giddy getting ready (you always ask him for outfit advice and he always tells you that you look great) or for the nervous pacing while you waited for the guy to pick you up (jeonghan always distracts you with jokes to calm your nerves). he also didn't want to be there after the date, if you happened to bring the lucky guy home. so he's out running errands, bothering his friends, and killing time until he's sure he won't walk in on anything he doesn't want to see.

when jeonghan gets home, it's late. after his day of farting around he went to his friend wonwoo's apartment for a while to heckle him while he played video games, and wonwoo finally kicked him out.

"don't you need to go home to your girlfriend?" wonwoo had teased, and jeonghan kicked him from his spot on the couch.

"y/n's my best friend and my roommate."

"so basically your girlfriend," wonwoo smiles that little smile of his, and it annoys jeonghan.

"she doesn't think of it like that," jeonghan mumbles, looking for his phone so he can head home anyway.

"because you're being too subtle."

"i'm not trying to be anything!" jeonghan says defensively. "i don't want her to know."

"why not?" wonwoo asks, finally turning to look at his friend. "you afraid she'll say no? because we all think-"

"i'll see you later, ok?" jeonghan says quickly, his shoes barely on as he tries to unlock the door. "hope cheol doesn't kill you again."

"in his dreams," wonwoo mumbles, his attention effectively back on the game and off of jeonghan.

jeonghan comes home to a mostly dark apartment, the stove light in the kitchen the only indication that you got home before him. he stops at the door to make sure there's no...unpleasant sounds coming from elsewhere, and when he's met with silence he kicks his shoes off carefully before heading to his room. he's exhausted, hiding from you all day being a good way to wear a person out. when he passes by your room something catches his ear, and his heart stops. were you moaning?

jeonghan knows he shouldn't, but he presses his ear against your door, telling himself he's only doing this so he can decide if he needs to stay somewhere else tonight. he's waiting to hear another voice, a man's voice, but he's met with a quiet whimper, followed by some sniffles. his heart roars back to life hearing that, almost breaking to pieces when he realizes you're not moaning, you're in your room crying. he's opening the door before he knows what he's doing, and you jump out of your skin at the unwelcome intrusion.

"go away," you whisper. jeonghan ignores you, coming to your bedside and looking down at you with concern in his eyes. "jeonghan, please. go away-"

"why are you crying?" he asks, and you don't say anything. "what did that asshole do?"

"nothing," you sniff again, willing your tears to stay back as you try to appease your roommate long enough for him to decide you're fine and leave you alone. "h-he was bu-busy and had to cancel-"

"fuck him."

"yeah, whatever," you say shakily. "it doesn't matter. i'm fine. now leave. please." your eyes are closed, trying to hide the tears that are welling up, and jeonghan is so quiet you assume he left, but he's trying not to let his own emotions show as he calls your name.

"y/n," jeonghan whispers, and when you look up at him you can't help it. you start crying again seeing him so upset over you being so upset, and before long you're back to bawling your eyes out. you barely register jeonghan cooing softly at you, climbing into bed and scooping you up into his arms. his lips are pressing soft kisses up and down your hairline, and it makes you cry even more. this is what you want, you think. this is what you need, what you've been missing. you want a boyfriend that will care for you like jeonghan does, that will be there for you like jeonghan is. it physically hurts you to think that you may never have that, that there's a possibility you'll never feel that kind of romantic love from someone. and you want to say that, you want to tell jeonghan why he came home to you pathetically crying so much, but he doesn't care. he just wants you to stop, so he'll hold you in his arms whispering sweet jokes to you until there's no more tears. he gets the slightest smile out of you right before you doze off, hands bunched into his shirt holding on for dear life. jeonghan holds you tighter, pressing one last kiss to the tip of your snotty nose before he drifts off to sleep with you.

-

you wake up later, not quite in the morning, but a few hours have passed. you're not used to sharing a bed with someone, especially when that person has such a vice grip on you as jeonghan does. once your mind has registered that you're awake, you also feel the burn of someone's eyes on you. sure enough, when you peek into the darkness of your room you see jeonghan staring back, eyebrows creased and teeth nibbling his bottom lip.

"stop chewing your lip," you tell him, reaching out to tug it from between his teeth. "i'm fine. you don't need to worry about me."

"wrong," he replies, watching you intensely as he brushes a strand of hair behind your ear. the quiet that follows has your face heating up, and the heat spreads through the rest of your body. it feels like every point where jeonghan's body is pressed against yours is on fire, and you want to pull away. but you don't.

"why aren't you in your room."

"because i wanted to sleep here," he replies. "i hope that's ok."

"it's not-"

"bummer," jeonghan cuts you off. "i'm not leaving."

"i'm not crying anymore though," you point out. "so. i'm fine."

"nope," he shakes his head. his bangs fall back into his eyes, and you think briefly he must need a haircut, but you hope he doesn't get one. the long hair suits him, even if it keeps him from seeing sometimes. you don't think about it, your hand unclenching his shirt and instead reaching up to brush his hair out of his face. jeonghan watches you carefully, and your breath gets caught in your throat when you look back down to his eyes. he's staring at you so intensely you can feel it in your chest, and that's when it hits you: jeonghan. you want a boyfriend like jeonghan. well! jeonghan's right here! what are you gonna do about it?

"jeonghan, i..." you trail off, staring at him like you're seeing him in a new light. he waits patiently for you to go on, thinking you might explain the situation a little more, but you don't know what to say. you just get hit with the intense need to bury your face in his chest, breathing in his scent and listening to his heartbeat as you fall back asleep.

"what?" he asks, trying to encourage you to keep speaking.

"um, can i just-" you try, but instead of speaking you just nuzzle into his chest, nose at the base of his neck tickling his skin. "i want to go back to sleep."

"then sleep baby," he whispers as he squeezes you tighter, afraid to let go. as you fall asleep, you let your hands relax against his chest, one of them laid right over his racing heart.

-

the next morning, you wake up to an empty bed and almost convince yourself you dreamed up jeonghan last night. like an oasis in the desert, he came to you when you needed him most. a little part of you wishes it wasn't real so you could go back to a time where you didn't know your true feelings for jeonghan, but your mussed sheets proves it wasn't a dream. jeonghan's scent is still lingering on your extra pillow, and you take a deep breath and remember how it felt to be wrapped up in your best friend.

jeonghan comes back into your room with two coffees in hand and he sees you nuzzling your face into the spot where his head laid just minutes ago. he lets you wallow for a moment before he calls your name softly. you jump up, cheeks warming as you look at jeonghan in your doorway.

"morning," he smiles. he hands you your coffee, your cold hands brushing his and sparking warmth across his skin. he stops himself from leaning down to kiss your forehead, knowing that whatever intimacy you shared last night is probably left in the past. you were sad, and jeonghan was there to comfort you. he'd happily do that a million times over, but he doesn't think you feel the same way he does.

"jeonghan, i'm sorry about last night," you try to apologize, but he shakes his head.

"don't," he stops you. "i would do it again if you needed it."

"well if you find me crying over some loser again tonight you have full permission to slap me," you tell him. "one night was enough."

"noted," he laughs, awkwardly standing in your room, unsure if he can get back into bed with you. you pick up on the way his eyes keep flitting from you to his spot, and you pat the empty space so he'll sit down.

"stop being weird," you say, bumping shoulders with him once he's comfortably next to you again. "so how'd you sleep?"

"pretty good," he starts out, "but there was this really annyoing sound coming from your side of the bed?"

"oh you mean me crying?"

"no, like this really loud, obnoxious snoring, kinda like-" jeonghan starts demonstrating, sending you into a fit of giggles and a pushing match to get him to stop.

"i think that was you!" you shriek, carefully trying not to spill your coffee. "don't spill that in my bed, i'll kill you."

"and then who are you gonna cuddle at night?" jeonghan asks, regretting it when he feels the tension between you both.

"i could always cuddle with jack," you joke to break the awkwardness, and jeonghan rolls his eyes.

"i hate that you named the skeleton."

"the skeleton is a guest in our home," you tease him. "show him some respect."

"whatever, freak," he says before downing the rest of his coffee. he gets an idea then, turning to you to ask, "what are you doing today?"

"um, nothing except work," you reply. "but you know my job is barely real so i'm basically doing nothing."

"let's go get coffee," jeonghan says, a playful look in his eyes.

"we just had coffee," you point out.

"no, no, we'll get good coffee, you can do some work, i'll watch you do some work, it'll be great," he insists, getting up and pulling you out of bed with him.

"if you're still trying to cheer me up i swear i'm fine," you say through your laughter, pressing back against jeonghan trying to push you toward your closet. "you don't need to take me for coffee or do anything else to make me feel better. i'm fine now."

"glad to hear it," he smiles softly, squeezing your hand that's clasped firmly in his. "but i still want to get coffee, so get dressed or everyone at the cafe will see you in that god forsaken t shirt."

the t shirt in question is one that jeonghan found for you during one of your goodwill visits. for whatever reason, it says 'i shaved my balls for this' and it got the biggest laugh from you all night, so jeonghan had to bring it home. despite being awful colors (light blue paired with neon yellow) it's actually quite comfortable, and you love the way it makes jeonghan laugh every time you wear it. it's unironically become your favorite sleep shirt, but you are mortified at the thought of anyone aside from your best friend seeing you in it. you quickly change, grabbing your work laptop from your desk before you head into the living room to find jeonghan waiting for you.

it's not unusual for him to take you out on random adventures, but this one feels different. he stays closer to you than normal, insists on buying your drink, and you catch him actually watching you work.

"get a hobby," you mumble, looking down at your laptop so he hopefully won't see your blushing cheeks.

"this is my hobby," he says. "i'm hanging out with my favorite person."

"seungcheol's going to be very sad to hear he's been demoted," you tease.

"he knows where he stands," jeonghan says, still watching you intently. you can't take it anymore, staring back at him.

"seriously, pretend to read or something! you're distracting me."

"i'm distracting you?" he smiles. "why? i'm not doing anything."

"i'm sending this email and then we're leaving," you say, and he shrugs.

"if you want, baby."

baby. it hits you harder this time, jeonghan's silly little nickname for you. you thought it started off as a sarcastic thing, but recently you feel like it sounds sweeter and sweeter coming from his lips. after last night, it makes your heart skip a beat, and that's when it hits you: are you on a date with jeonghan right now?!

"wait. waitwaitwait. hold on," you say, pointing at jeonghan and then yourself. "is this a date? are we on a date?"

"what? no baby," he shakes his head, and now you're confused. "no, if we were on a date you'd know."

"what's that supposed to mean?" you squeak out.

"do you want us to be on a date right now?" jeonghan counters, and you know your blushing cheeks have you in trouble. "you do?"

"i-i don't know-"

"hm, you wanna go on a date with me," jeonghan says matter of factly. "well, that's good to know."

"what are you doing?" you ask as he starts cleaning up his space.

"oh i need to go back to the apartment," he says. "gotta get my laptop so i can start planning a date that's worthy of you. i'll see you at home?"

"jeonghan, what?" you're left sputtering as he heads to the door, not looking back even though he knows your staring. he's afraid you'll see the excited/nervous shake in his hands, so he needs to go cool off. well, that and plan the best date of your entire life. he's got a lot of ground to cover. thankfully, the idiots you usually grace your time with have set the bar pretty low. jeonghan is determined to bring it higher, so high in fact that you won't be able to go on another first date without comparing it to his. if things go right though, maybe you won't have to go on a first date ever again.

-

jeonghan left the coffeeshop before you, so it would make sense if he was at the apartment when you got back, right? wrong. you come home about an hour later to an empty home, no sign of jeonghan. you think that's fine, it gives you a chance to actually get some work done. but jeonghan being mia has you a little nervous. what's he doing? he said he was going to plan a date. for you. and him. you and jeonghan...on a date? that's crazy.

you've done a good job ignoring that whole concept, trying to get ahead on a project you need to present later this week. you're so hyperfocused that the whole day goes by before you realize it, and when you finally emerge from your room you really expect to find jeonghan in the living room. he's still gone, so you decide to text him, asking casually if he would be home for dinner. the domesticity isn't lost on you, and it makes jeonghan smile when he gets it. he decides to call instead of texting back, balancing his phone against his shoulder and his cheek once you pick up.

"you miss me or something?" he asks, and you can hear the smile in his voice.

"i was just curious," you reply nonchalantly. "you've been missing all day."

"i've been busy."

"oh ok."

"i'll be home soon though," he tells you. "don't make dinner, just make sure you're dressed in an hour."

"for what?"

"a surprise."

"i need more information and you know that," you scoff, and you hear jeonghan chuckle.

"dress nice, but not fancy. and wear something blue so we'll match," he explains, and you feel your cheeks warm. "i gotta go, but i'll see you soon, baby."

hearing that coming from jeonghan now makes your heart skip a beat, and it makes you wonder if you've always felt like this and you just didn't notice. you keep thinking about him as you get ready, steaming out a dress you were planning to wear on a date that didn't happen. it's a soft blue with long sleeves and a low tie in the front. you worry for a moment that it might be too revealing, but checking the time rushes you into action. you're almost ready when there's a knock at the front door, which you ignore. there's another knock, this time louder, so you grumble your way to the living room to peek through the peephole. you gasp when you see what's on the other side.

you throw the door open, revealing a visibly nervous jeonghan with a bouquet of flowers in his hands. he's wearing a blue shirt, almost the exact shade of your dress, and he openly stares at you with a happy smile and a look in his eyes that you've never seen before.

"jeonghan?" you ask, pulling him from his intense focus on your chest.

"y/n," he smiles, eyes flicking up to yours. "you look stunning."

"i'm not ready yet," you pout slightly, checking the time on your phone. "you weren't very specific about when you were coming home."

"you look perfect," he says, checking you out again. "what else could you need to do?"

"wouldn't you like to know?" you tease, and he rolls his eyes.

"i can give you ten minutes, but any longer than that and we'll be late."

"late for what?" you ask as he passes you the flowers. "these are beautiful by the way, carnations are-"

"your favorite, i know," he smiles softly. "you buy yourself a bunch almost every time you're at the grocery store."

"i can't remember the last time someone bought me flowers either," you mumble, opening the door enough for jeonghan to come inside. "what are you still doing out there? it's your house, come in."

"finish getting ready," he laughs at you, reaching for the flowers again. "i'm putting them in a vase, weirdo. you'll get them back when you're done getting pretty."

"i'll be back," you whisper, running off before he can see how nervous you just got. you try to calm your nerves as you finish your touch ups, panicking last minute over which shoes and purse go with your outfit.

jeonghan is sitting on the couch, your flowers in your favorite vase on the coffeetable. he perks up at the sound of you shuffling down the hallway, but he pouts when he sees you holding up all your shoes.

"y/n, we're gonna be late."

"i don't know which ones to wear," you say simply, and he smiles as he comes up to you, analyzing the choices. he picks the white shoes and the white purse.

"glad we're still keeping this tradition alive even though i'm the one taking you out this time," he says proudly, watching you get situated. you stand back up, mussing your hair one last time before he asks, "ready to go, beautiful?"

"i don't know why i'm so nervous," you tell him, taking his arm as you leave the apartment. "we hang out all the time."

"yeah, but this isn't us hanging out," jeonghan says as you wait for the elevator. "i'm taking you on the best date of your life. nerves are completely valid."

"are you nervous?" you whisper, leaning in so jeonghan gets a good whiff of your perfume that he loves finding traces of all through his life. he holds your gaze, eyes flicking down momentarily before he shakes his head.

"no, i thought i would be, but i'm not," he replies simply as you get on the elevator.

"ok good, so i'll just freak out for the both of us then."

"would you? that takes a lot of pressure off of me," jeonghan jokes, and you pinch his arm. "ouch! so mean to me when i've made the perfect night for you."

"and what does this perfect night entail?" you ask. jeonghan just shakes his head, leading you out into the lobby of the building. he takes you a different way, not walking to the parking garage but instead to the main entrance of your building. "jeonghan, are we walking there? i don't think i can make it in these shoes-"

you stop mid-sentence, spotting the shiny baby blue mustang convertible parked outside. you look at jeonghan, mouth open in surprise. he has to tug you down the hallway and out into the cool night air, helping you into the passenger seat with ease. you watch on in shock as he gets into the driver's side, finally cutting through the fog in your mind to ask, "do you even know how to drive this?"

"yeah," jeonghan says coolly, opening the glovebox to hand you a scrunchie of yours that he stole. "here, you might wanna put your hair up."

"you're insane," you tell him, playing with the scrunchie in your lap as he starts the car. you can't believe this so far, and the date's barely begun. what other surprises could he possibly have in store for you?

-

after a quick ride out of the city, you find yourself at a retro drive in that's completely empty. you have a sneaking suspicion jeonghan rented it just for the two of you tonight, but you don't have a chance to ask. once he parks, he's asking you to open the glovebox and you smile when you see the stack of movie theatre candy boxes he's stashed away. you take them out, turning back to jeonghan to see he's produced a tub of popcorn from somewhere and a couple of your favorite sodas. you stare at him with your mouth opening and closing like a fish and he just smiles proudly in return.

"jeonghan, what did you do?" you finally ask, and he laughs.

"do you like it?"

"what are we doing here?"

"watching a movie," he says obviously. he shifts the snacks, the drinks going into the holders by the radio and the popcorn and candy going on the dashboard. "come closer," he mumbles, tugging your arm. the smooth vinyl of the seats sending you flying into jeonghan's side, and you giggle nervously as you adjust your dress. jeonghan lays the snacks out over your laps and drapes his arm across your shoulders for good measure. he looks at you to gauge whether you're settled or not, and when he decides you're ready he presses on the horn once. the screen in front of you lights up, and you gasp as you see the opening credits for your favorite movie flashing before you.

"where did you get the idea to do this?" you ask him with a smile, taking a few pieces of popcorn to give you something to do with your hands.

"just thought it would be something different," he shrugs, and you leave it at that. you can barely focus on the movie, hyperaware of how warm jeonghan is next to you and how every glance he casts your way sends your heart racing faster and faster. a few minutes into it, you remember your hair is still tied up from the ride, so you shuffle out of jeonghan's grasp to pull the scrunchie down and reset yourself. you know jeonghan is watching, so you mumble, "watch the movie, weirdo."

"i've seen it before," he whispers back, eyes still heavy on you. "i'm not missing anything."

"you've seen me before too," you point out, leaning back into his side once you're done moving around. "quite a lot, actually."

"yeah, but i've never seen you on a date before," he says. "and on a date with me? whoa. i gotta soak it all in."

you turn to look at him then, admiring the way his hair falls so slightly into his eyes, the way his lips stretch over his shy smile, how his eyes glisten when they meet yours. you could kick yourself for not noticing any of this sooner. who knew you had exactly what you were looking for right here?

"jeonghan, i-" you start, but realize you don't have the words to tell him what you want to say. you stop, staring at him with your brows furrowed cutely.

"what, baby?" he laughs, his thumb coming up to trace the creases in your forehead. "you're gonna give yourself premature wrinkles like this."

"why are you doing this?" you ask quietly. "why are you so...wonderful? all the time?"

"because," he shrugs, his hand falling from your forehead to rest just below your chin. "i've been trying to show you what it would be like. took you long enough to come around."

"show me what?" you ask confused.

"what it's like being loved by me," he smiles back. you feel your breath catch in your throat, and you want to say something. you want to tell him how you feel, how you're sorry it took you so long, how you love every moment you spend with jeonghan by your side. instead you just lean forward, lips brushing over his. you bring your hands up to his neck, wrapping them in the soft hair at the back of his head as you scoot impossibly closer and try to press all your love into this one kiss. jeonghan keeps his hold on your chin, thumb stroking softly at your cheek. he's the first one to pull back, laughing when you try to bring his lips back to yours so quickly. he leans his forehead against yours, soft hair tickling your skin as he asks, "so you get it now?"

"yeah," you nod, knocking your heads together and sending you both into a fit of giggles. jeonghan steals a few more kisses, and when you finally calm down he pulls you back into his side, squeezing you as close to him as possible. you lay your head down on his shoulder, pressing your lips into the closest part of him you can reach. "thank you, jeonghan. my jeonghan."

"my y/n," he sighs, tucking a strand of hair behind your ear. "my beautiful, kind, funny girl."

"stop staring," you whisper bashfully. "you're missing the movie."

"i'm not missing anything," he repeats, but he takes one last look at you before he kisses the top of your head and finally turns back to the screen. this might be your first date with jeonghan, but it certainly won't be your last.

[ikigaisvt]

A good job kiss and red roses.

in which you are jealous of jeonghan giving out roses to his fans during his concert and he catches on quicker than you think.

pairing: jeonghan x gn!reader words count: 883 content: fluff, domestic, idol au warnings: extremely self indulgent im so sorry, a little bit of angst? reader is jealous for like 2 seconds, petnames (for reader: angel, love, sweetheart / for jeonghan: my love), skinship (hug, backhug, talk of kiss, implied kiss), reader is smaller than jeonghan note: hi everyone! i didn't thought i'd post something tonight but today's concert and jeonghan's selca on twt ruined me,;;,;,,, so i have been deluluing! shoutout to @homerunhansol for deluluing with me all day,, this came to be because she told me jeonghan is my bf and he is giving me flowers. i haven't recovered yet! i hope everyone likes it, don't be shy to send feebacks and reblog! (and yes i made a reference to jeonghan's solo song during ideal cut,,, @ jeonghan perform purple rose again pls)

Tonight is one of those night I wish I wasn’t dating an idol, you think to yourself. Of course, you love your boyfriend, Jeonghan, more than words could ever say. You don’t know why it pulls at you heart strings so much to see him give flowers to his fans – maybe it comes from the fact that he gave you flowers only thrice in your 2 years of dating. You know deep down it doesn’t have the same meaning when he gives flowers to his fans between when he gives you flowers – and yet you can’t stop the jealousy seeping in your bones and the pout forming on your lips.

As you wait for him to come home, you continue to scroll down through all the photos and videos you see of fans getting a flower from Jeonghan tonight. I am not going to be jealous; you say to yourself. Once he comes home, this stops. As you look at the clock, you realize he should have come home at least an hour ago but you don’t even have the time to worry that you hear the front door opens and the familiar sound of his steps – just from the sound, you know he is trying to get his shoes off without bending down. Typical Jeonghan.

"Jeonghan?" you call out to him.

"Angel? You waited up for me? Wait- I’m just trying to get this off." you hear him mumble to himself.

You set down your phone and get up from the couch to greet him – and give him his congratulation kiss for a good job. As you make your way to him, you remind yourself to stop being so jealous – and to stop pouting. You don’t even get to the entry that Jeonghan appears in front of you, pretty as ever – and carrying a bouquet of red roses, a little withered.

"I’m sorry I came home so late", he tells you, "I- I had to pick this up", he says as he holds out the bouquet in front of you.

"Is this for me?" you ask him, taking the bouquet in your hands. I can’t believe I doubted him even one second, you tell yourself.

"Of course, love", he says, "who else could it be for?" he says with a teasing tone.

Oh, he knows.

"Your fans, I guess", you mumble more to yourself than for him.

"What was that?" he questions as he follows you into the kitchen.

"You know it all, don’t make me say it again", you answer as you fill a vase with water for your roses. They really need it.

"Yeah, I do, sweetheart", he tells you, his voice getting quieter and not so teasing anymore, encircling your waist with his arms and his chin finding rest on your shoulder. "I can promise you that this doesn’t mean the same. To give them flowers and to give you flowers."

"I know", you say as you work on putting the roses in the vase correctly. You set it down on the counter delicately and put your hands over Jeonghan’s. "I’m not mad, I promise", you almost whisper. "I was a little jealous but now I’m okay. Thank you for the roses, my love", you tell him as your turn around in his hold, your arms resting on his shoulder. "But how did you know I would need this?"

"I realized when I was getting my makeup done for the concert", he tells you, his thumb making circles on the exposed part of your skin – between your shorts and your shirt. "I begged my manager to go buy a bouquet of red roses and drop it off at the dorm. I guess neither him or Seungkwan thought about putting it in water hence why they look so sad", he explains as his hand reaches the roses behind you, your gaze following his movement. "I went directly from the concert hall to pick it up but the traffic was insane so I got here late."

"You didn’t have to do all that, Jeonghan. Especially after that insane concert."

"I know", he says, gazing at you, "but I truly wanted to. Did you watch it?"

"Yeah, I did, you were all amazing. I was cheering for another Aju Nice round", you chuckle.

"We might have died if we kept going", he chuckles. "Thank you for watching it, angel. But I think we’re forgetting something here."

"We are?" you say with a smile, having a pretty good idea of what it is. "And what is that handsome boy?" you say, your fingers playing with his hair at the nape of his neck.

"Where’s my good job kiss?" he asks in a pout.

"You will get it on one condition", you tease him.

"Tell me anything and I’ll do it."

"Yoon Jeonghan, you are tempting me right now", you giggle. "Can I choose the color of the next bouquet of roses you’ll get me?"

"Oh angel, of course", he says, "what color would you like?"

"Purple roses", you whisper as you get on your tiptoe to kiss him. After all, he did a perfect job tonight – at both being a boyfriend and an idol.

thank you so much for reading, i hope you liked it! if you did please don't forget to reblog

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[jeonghan x seungcheol]

Evergreen by wonwo_o  (1/1 | 10,757 | G)

When Jeonghan tells his work friends that he has a boyfriend, he isn’t expecting them to invite him to a cabin on the week of Christmas for a romantic holiday vacation. This wouldn’t be a problem if Seungcheol was actually his boyfriend.

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Hi I loved the recent sexting gone wrong it was so funny 😭

Just wondering if you're willing to do like a next part where the actual boyfriend texts you back after seeing what happened ?

i’m so sorry this took forever 😭 BUT HERE IT IS HEHE HOPE U LIKE IT:))

here is pt1 to this i recommend y’all read it to understand this a bit better!

sexting gone wrong pt2 || SEVENTEEN

genre: one shot au, fake texts, nsfw, humorous

warnings: kys jokes, nsfw topics, cursing, fem pronouns, 18+ jokes (?)

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[😇] crashing ❈ yoon jeonghan

⋆⑅˚���✎ prompt(s): crashing by illenium, bahari

⋆⑅˚₊✎ genres: a whole lotta fluff, a bit of angst, acquaintances-to-lovers!au, college!au, roommate!au.

⋆⑅˚₊✎ description: Five times Jeonghan crashes at Yejin’s apartment, and the one time she crashes at his.

⋆⑅˚₊✎ warning(s): mentions of alcohol

⋆⑅˚₊✎ pairing(s): yoon jeonghan x kang yejin

⋆⑅˚₊✎ word count: 3.4k words

⋆⑅˚₊✎ a/n: A fic I turned into a short story and into a fic again because I recently got back into SEVENTEEN. This is old, 2021-early 2022 writing, but I’m going to post it anyway because it wasn’t that bad (IMO) + I like this story. (i also apologize for the banner quality cuz it's been literal years since i made one for a kpop dude)

one.

The first time Jeonghan crashed at her place, Yejin was alone in her apartment, working on her essay.

Her roommate Aera wasn’t home; she was at a party or club somewhere, getting drunk and dancing her limbs off. Yejin could practically see her limping the next morning, the product of a crushed foot. She was alone in her room, sipping from a mug of warm tea as she added words in Times New Romans font onto her document. The only source of light in the room made its presence known through the glaring screen in front of her, illuminating her worn face. Melodies from her Spotify window and the clacking noise from her fingers drumming the keys were the only sounds in the room, accompanied by Yejin’s tired breathing. She leaned against the back of her chair with exhaustion, her brain fried like a skillet.

Yejin was jolted out of her reverie when the sharp rapping of knuckles against her front door resonated into her ears. Aera usually arrived home after 2 a.m. during one of these crazy social events, meaning the person at the door could not be her. The knocks were rather composed, too, given by one with a sober mind. Begrudgingly peeling her eyes away from the screen, Yejin slid her arctic feet into her fluffy slippers and headed to the front door. Gripping the door handle tightly, she swung it open to meet a familiar face, a smile frozen across his face as a result of the wintry atmosphere outside.

“It’s 11 p.m., why are you still awake?” Jeonghan bustled into the apartment chattering like a mother hen. He scrutinized her fluffy lavender pajamas and wide eyes behind her glinting spectacles. “I understand that you have work and stuff, but sleep is important as well.”

Yejin blinked blankly, watching Jeonghan tut over her apartment with a watchful eye, and dropped an overnight bag on her couch. “Um,” she managed after a few flummoxed seconds. “Uh, what are you doing here?”

“Aera sent me here,” he shrugged, carding his messy locks back. “She wanted me to make sure you’re doing your essay diligently instead of scrolling through Instagram or whatnot.”

“So you’re sleeping over?” Yejin raised a doubtful eyebrow.

Jeonghan scratched the back of his head. “Well, Aera said she might not be back until tomorrow morning, so she wants me to keep you company.”

Aera was currently dating Jeonghan’s best friend and roommate Seungcheol, so she was well acquainted with the young man in front of her. However, that didn’t mean she was entirely comfortable with the idea of him sleeping over in her apartment.

Jeonghan seemed to comprehend Yejin’s indecisive expression, for he placed his hands in the air. “I won’t do anything suspicious, I promise. Aera just doesn’t want you to be alone here.”

“Okay,” Yejin said, slipping her earbud into her ear as she continued her assignment. “Make yourself at home, I guess.”

Jeonghan grinned a broad, boyish smile, before plopping onto the couch and pulling his phone out to play a mobile game. Within a few minutes, he had fallen asleep. His snores accompanied the already existing sounds in the room.

Yejin eyed him from her workstation, her lips punctured as she wondered what her roommate was up to.

two.

“I’m perfectly fine being by myself,” Yejin said with as much patience (which isn’t much) as she could summon from the inner depths of her heart. However, her roommate was making it particularly difficult to be nice.

“I told you a hundred times, you need human interaction!” Aera said as she shoved her feet into a pair of heels, ready for yet another party.

“Easy for you to say, you social butterfly.”

Aera grinned proudly at the nickname she was bestowed with. “Thank you!” She said, bowing for extra effect.

Yejin fought the urge to roll her eyes. “Jeonghan hardly counts as human interaction.” She poked the yogurt cup in her hand with her spoon, denting the fragile base of the plastic. “Whenever he comes here, he only lounges over our couch, steals our snacks, and plays with his phone.”

“It’d be nice if you both become friends.”

“Doesn’t Jeonghan have a girlfriend? Are you sure it’s wise for him to be here?”

Aera fidgeted in the spot, her eyes ricocheting from the door and to her roommate. “If you put it like that, probably not.”

“You just want me to interact with him because he’s your boyfriend’s roommate.”

“And he’s a nice person, and you need his company,” Aera added hurriedly. “Now can I go? I’m going to be late.”

“Fine,” Yejin said. Aera bolted as soon as the words left her roommate’s mouth. Yejin shook her head almost endearingly as the front door slammed shut.

Half an hour later, Jeonghan materialized in her doorway with a messy hairdo and a plastic bag filled with boxes of food. The former was the result of the displeased weather outside, but Yejin couldn’t think of a special occasion that would warrant takeout.

“I heard you have an exam coming up,” Jeonghan placed the plastic bag down in front of her laptop, the smell of it tantalizing Yejin’s stomach to growl. “So I got you this.”

Yejin eyed the plastic bag, her fingers tingling to reach out and devour whatever was inside in a single gulp. She glanced upward and stared into Jeonghan’s eyes. It was difficult to maintain contact; his eyes were obsidian in color, as dark as black holes. If Yejin stared for too long, she’d get sucked in.

“What are you getting out of this?” Yejin asked as politely as she could, though a trained ear could detect the venom hiding within.

Jeonghan leaned in, his disorganized chestnut side-swept hair falling over his eyes. He fixed the navy blue backpack strap hanging from the side of his shoulder as he bent down to stare into her eyes. Yejin held her breath, intimidated by the sudden change of atmosphere.

“Your friendship,” Jeonghan ended cheekily, a boyish smile curling on the corners of his lips.

“Ha,” Yejin muttered weakly, running her hand through her long hair.

“You’re a very smart student, Yejin,” Jeonghan reached out to fidget with her laptop screen, pushing it close before pulling it up again before it could involuntarily shut down. “But it’s okay to take a break sometimes, you know. When you’re done with that assignment of yours, let’s play Monopoly.”

“Monopoly?” Yejin frowned. “We don’t have Monopoly here.”

“I noticed,” Jeonghan commented in a pained tone. “How can you not have a Monopoly board in this apartment? You and Aera are disappointments. Here,” he dropped his backpack on the floor and pulled out a Monopoly board.

Yejin raised a brow. “You brought a whole Monopoly board with you?”

“Yes, for this very special occasion,” Jeonghan said proudly. “Eat your food, and then tell me when you’re finished with your work. I’ll wait for you.”

Despite her protests, Yejin’s heart fluttered a little at his words.

“Okay,” she mumbled.

Jeonghan smiled and threw his body over the couch, unaware that he left a certain girl’s heart hammering violently against her sternum.

three.

A knock dragged Yejin’s attention away from her book and towards the door. Setting the paperback page down on the coffee table, Yejin stretched her sore back as her guest knocked on her door again.

“Coming,” she said, peeking through the eyehole to check. Her eyes widened a little when she recognized the mop of brown hair and swung the door wide open without hesitation. Jeonghan fell forward like a piece of domino, but luckily, Yejin caught his shoulders before he could collide with the ground.

“Get up, you’re heavy,” Yejin inhaled, catching a whiff of alcohol. She coughed, startled. “Oh, crap. Have you been drinking?”

“It was Aera,” he mumbled, his legs flailing behind him. He groaned as his palm flew to his temple. Yejin laid him gently on the couch and rummaged through her drawers for painkillers.

“What were you doing with Aera?” Yejin asked as she placed a glass of water and some tablets on the coffee table. She peered down at Jeonghan’s head from the side of the couch as his body took up the rest of the comfy furniture. From her vantage point, she could see the elegant curves and slopes that made up Jeonghan’s face. He was, indeed, handsome. She threw her gaze away in case he saw her staring, but he was too drunk to care.

“Some party,” Jeonghan said, his voice so soft that Yejin had to guess what he said through his closed lips. He had an arm over his eyes, and his voice sounded strained. Yejin raised an eyebrow.

“Okay,” she pulled at his arm to get him to sit up. “Come on, you need to drink this.”

“I don’t have a headache yet,” his words were slurred as Yejin attempted to yank him to his feet.

“You look like you have a headache. Trust me, Aera’s my roommate.”

“Can I confess something?” Jeonghan swiftly rolled over onto his stomach as he shot Yejin a smile. Or a smirk, more like, judging from the lopsided curve on the right side of his mouth.

“Okay?” Yejin gulped, feeling her cheeks pinking at the casual smile he offered.

“I actually like you,” he laughed, a bubbly note ringing through the silent air of the apartment.

Yejin froze. “What?”

“It was two years ago. I saw you at orientation and developed a crush on you. Surprising, eh? And I only saw you once but I fell deep. In love, I mean. I forgot about you, sort of, when I didn’t see you again for a very long time. And then a few months ago I saw you in the library and learned you were my roommate’s girlfriend’s roommate. You can imagine my shock.”

“Jeonghan, you have a girlfriend,” Yejin reminded him, feeling a stinging in her eye sockets.

��Yeah, I know,” Jeonghan laughed, his eyelids closing halfway through. “Funny. If only I went out more, socialized more, you know. Maybe I would’ve met you. Maybe I would’ve been dating you right now.”

“You sound so confident,” Yejin said, reaching out to press her palm against Jeonghan’s cheek. Just this once. One time, then I’m never going to do this again.

“I mean, maybe. I don’t know,” Jeonghan leaned into her hand and his lips brushed the heel of her palm. Her breath hitched and she swallowed. “Do you like me?”

Yejin grimaced, her lips embracing her teeth. “I don’t know.”

Jeonghan kept his firm gaze on her eyes, but she looked away within seconds. A sigh escaped his mouth and he leaned against the couch.

“Of course, you don’t.” He peeled Yejin’s hand from his cheek. “I’m sorry for coming here.”

“It’s alright,” Yejin said, running her fingers through his hair. “I don’t mind at all.”

“I really like you,” Jeonghan repeated, his voice fading into a soft laugh. “I just…”

A snore left his throat, and a tear escaped her eyelids.

four.

“I want you to be gentle with Jeonghan,” Aera said as she shoved her heels into her shoes.

“What do you mean?” Yejin asked as soon as she pulled the pen from between her teeth. Normally, she’d tuck the piece of stationary behind her ear, but that space was currently occupied by her black-rimmed glasses.

“Something happened,” Aera answered vaguely, averting her gaze from Yejin’s scrutiny.

“To him?”

“You’ll see for yourself.”

When Jeonghan came along, Yejin immediately understood what Aera meant. His fluffy swept hair was even more disgruntled than usual, vaguely reminding Yejin of a thornbush. There were dark circles under his eyes that were almost the shade of his onyx eyes and his lips were chapped and scarlet in some places, but Yejin glanced away before he could catch her staring. Despite how exhausted he looked, he still managed to smile at her.

“I’ve never seen you wear glasses before,” he said.

Yejin tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, swallowing nervously. “Yeah, well, I usually prefer my lenses.”

Jeonghan exhaled, a rough, guttural sound that shattered Yejin’s glass heart into a thousand fragments. “I broke up with Stacey.”

“Oh,” Yejin closed her eyes, squeezing them tightly. “I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay,” Jeonghan laughed, an empty sound that undulated as he flopped face-first onto the couch. “I’m sorry about last time and for… for being here. I don’t know who else to go to.”

Yejin pursed her lips, wondering if Jeonghan still remembered his confession. Did he remember that he told her he liked her? Did he remember how she placed her palm on his cheek? Did he remember the sound of her heartbeat and the warm emotions thumping in rhythm with her blood?

“Do you want a hug?” she asked, surprising herself.

Jeonghan watched her, a small smile materializing on his face. “Yeah. I’d like that.”

Yejin accompanied Jeonghan on the couch and allowed him to sink his head into the dip of her shoulder. They stayed that way for a while as Yejin allowed Jeonghan to take the warm comfort she offered him.

“I saw her,” he mumbled into the collar of Yejin’s sweater, “with another guy. It’s only been a week since we broke up and there she is. Dating again.”

“Maybe… that’s her way of recovering?” Yejin asked meekly.

“Maybe,” Jeonghan exhaled and Yejin could feel his breath on her neck. “But it still hurts so much, you know.”

“Yeah,” Yejin stared out at the dark sky. “I know.”

“Can I…” Jeonghan shifted to a more comfortable position, keeping his head on Yejin’s shoulder and his arms around her torso. “Can I stay here tonight?”

“Sure.” Yejin pulled away to grab a cushion on the floor and positioned it under Jeonghan’s head. “Not a problem at all.”

Jeonghan looped his fingers through Yejin’s hand, and she didn’t pull away. Instead, she rested her head against the couch and watched his chest rise and fall.

five.

“What’s he doing here?” Aera frowned.

“No, the question is, why are you still here?” Yejin responded.

“I live here!” Aera threw her hands into the air incredulously.

“She’s kicking you out,” Jeonghan snickered. “She wants full ownership of the apartment and the cat and the refrigerator full of your delicious food.”

“We don’t have a cat.”

“He’s the cat,” Yejin jabbed her finger in Jeonghan's direction.

“Ouch,” Jeonghan used his hand that wasn’t occupied with holding a yogurt cup to slam the right side of his chest. “That smarts, Yejin.”

Even the way he said her name made her stomach soar.

“It’s true!” She argued, hoping that her cheeks remained their normal hue. “All you do here is sleep and eat our food. Just like a cat.”

“I meant,” Aera began, flapping the air when Jeonghan opened his mouth to argue, “that I haven’t even left and yet you’re already here. You usually come after I’m gone.”

“We’re having a movie marathon today,” Yejin said. “We’re binging the Larry Hatter movies.”

“Ah, that’s a classic. Have fun, you two.”

“Do you have the popcorn?” Yejin asked as the front door slammed shut.

Jeonghan snorted. “Of course I brought the popcorn. And the candy. What’s a movie marathon without candy?” He grabbed the tubs of popcorn and the colorful plastic bag and plopped onto the couch next to Yejin with a huff.

Larry Hatter and the Thaumaturge’s Rock flashed across the screen in front of them, but Yejin could only focus on the side of Jeonghan’s face. She watched the colors dance over the soft angles of his cheeks, garnering a blush on Yejin’s cheeks. Suddenly, he was watching her, but she didn’t look away.

“Is my face much more interesting than the movie?” Jeonghan laughed, a smirk dancing over his lips. Yejin fought the urge to slap it off his face.

“Why do you like coming over here?” Yejin answered with a question, her head slightly tilted to the side.

Jeonghan paused, watching her as Persephone scolded Roland for pronouncing a spell wrong on screen. Yejin watched the emotions swirl behind his irises, unable to discern any of them.

“Because you’re here,” he said.

Yejin nodded, trying not to smile at the vague answer. “Mhm.”

“Don’t make fun of me.”

“I’m not making fun of you.”

“You’re smiling,” he poked her cheek and Yejin fought the urge to lean into his hand.

Remember, he just got out of a relationship. Don’t do this to him.

“So what, you’ve taken away my right to smile now?” Yejin huffed.

“No,” Jeonghan assured, throwing his head back in a laugh. “It’s just that I can’t control myself when you smile.”

Breathe.

“Okay,” Yejin shrugged. She tightened her grip on her bowl of popcorn and kept a steel gaze on the movie, making sure to ignore Jeonghan’s stares and his hands.

+ one.

One bad thing kept happening after the other.

Earlier that day, someone knocked into Yejin while she was going up the stairs and she fell, scraping her knees against the pavement. They burned like an inferno and Yejin had to bite her lip to prevent herself from crying. The person who shoved her didn’t even spare a second glance her way; she walked home limping. When she arrived home, she checked her phone and discovered that she attained a superbly low grade for one of her essays. She also received a message from one of her friends that his dog ripped apart a book that she lent him. To make matters worse, it was one of her favorite books; a book her mother had given her on her fifteenth birthday.

It was too much for Yejin to handle.

Aera wasn’t home—where was comfort when you needed it—and no one from her family was picking up. Yejin’s face was buried deep into her right palm as another hand pressed her phone against her ear.

Please, Yejin thought as the phone continued to ring in her ear.

“Hello?”

Yejin’s balloon heart sagged in relief.

“Hi,” she swallowed. “Can I come over?”

Jeonghan’s response was immediate. “Yes.”

That was how Yejin found herself in Jeonghan’s apartment, snuggled against him on the couch with a warm mug of hot chocolate. He was playing a game on his PS5, but his arms were around Yejin like a large, comfy teddy bear. She leaned against his chest, hearing his heartbeat in sync with hers.

“Thanks,” she mumbled to him, and she could feel his heart pump faster.

“Any time,” he answered, pulling her closer to his chest.

Yejin continued to watch the characters and graphics flash across the screen. She sipped her hot chocolate as she placed her hands on one of Jeonghan’s hands, momentarily distracting him from his game. He recovered quickly and twisted his thumb so that he was caressing her palm.

“Jeonghan?”

He hummed in response.

“I think I like you.”

Jeonghan froze and his character died. He turned to her, ignoring the flashing message on the screen that spelled GAME OVER in red capital letters.

“You think?” he asked, voice cracking at the end.

Yejin shook her head quickly. “No, no. Not think. I do like you.”

She squirmed nervously; he was still at a loss for words. She vaguely watched his throat gulp as he swallowed.

“Really?” he asked, his voice raw and vulnerable.

Yejin understood why he was so hesitant. He had recently gotten out of a relationship—he didn’t know if he was ready to give his heart to someone else after losing it not too long ago.

“You don’t have to give me an answer right now,” Yejin assured, squeezing his wrist. “I’ll wait—”

“Yejin.”

Yejin glanced at Jeonghan’s serious expression; his jawline is firm and stiff and his eyebrows are slightly wrinkled. He stared at her for a while, deep in thought, before he leaned in to kiss her.

Her eyes fluttered shut in response. Jeonghan’s lips were slightly chapped but soft and gentle. She was frozen for a while, her mind unable to process what was happening at first. Then Jeonghan pulled away, and she grabbed his collar to pull him into her.

“Yejin,” Jeonghan said breathlessly, his hair tousled as he held Yejin in his arms. “I don’t want you to think I’m only using you as a rebound; I like you, from the bottom of my heart. Can I be your boyfriend?”

Yejin laughed at the innocent question and reached up to tuck one of his curls behind his ear. She leaned up to peck him again.

“Yes.”

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