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Not her - Jooheon scenario

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After the little argument between me an Jooheon, both of us concluded that we both didn’t reacted in a very good way and we agreed to act as if that argument never happened in the first place. Since then we both went back to our normal routines of life, him being a busy Idol and me being a normal student and part timer at a cafe. Despite Jooheon having a girlfriend, we both met as regularly as possible. Those meetings were alright like there’s no difference. Well I don’t like to lie and say that completely everything is just like before. The only difference is him and his phone.

His phone is laying constantly beside him, screen up. In the past his phone was either upside down, screen facing downwards or kept completely away. Mostly I don’t give a damn about how he lays his phone or where he puts it. My major problem with it is his girlfriend who is constantly asking him where he is, what he’s doing and with whom he is. She tells him to meet her whenever she finds out that I’m in his presence. Sure, if I’d be his girlfriend I’d also be mad when he’s around other women. But my second problem with her is the fact, that I really can’t stand her. At the beginning I really tried my best to get to know her. I know it’s important for my Honey that his Girlfriend and Best Friend would get along together. But this Woman told me right into my face that I should F**k off and leave her and him alone. She’s really rude towards me whenever we are alone. When the other members are around, she’ s acting extremely nice. But the worst thing about her, is that she talks bad about him, behind his back.

I went out with some of my friends from college, after our hunger was grabbing our attention, we decided to grab some food. I saw this woman with someone else, another men who was not her actual ‘boyfriend’. I wanted to sit far away from her, but one of my friends insisted to stay a little close, just to spy on her. I’m happy my friends know about the whole situation, or else I would’ve gone mad crazy if I woudn’t have told anyone in the first place. And then I heard Jooheons name thrown into the room. She made fun of him, like how naive he is and how his Aegyo makes him look completely stupid. I know his Aegyo can be annoying and cringey, but she talked about it as if it’s the worst and most disgusting thing in the world. She also claimed that she wanted a real man and not a big baby like him, she then continued and finished her rant with “It doesn’t matter anyway he’s an Idol, when our relationship becomes public. I can become an actress and can dump him right away. And we can be together afterwards. Until now, I can spend his money without worry.” Those words brought so much anger into my system, I was ready to jump on that stupid woman and punch her right across the face.

But my only option was, so I wouldn’t get a restriction order or go to jail, was to talk to Jooheon about it. I tried it and failed, he thought I was just jealous because he was spending more time with her and not me. I gave up after a while, excepting the fact he won’t believe me until he sees everything with his own eyes.

Now I’m here sitting with my personal psychologist Mr Yoo Kihyun. Who actually sided my side after he saw the true face of the snake. He understood my concerns and could relate perfectly.

“How was your meeting with Jooheon?” Kihyun made us both a cup of tea and sat down in front of me.

“The same procedure as always, me talking to a wall and him staring at his stupid phone grinning like a clown and leaving after 15 minutes.” I stated bluntly, not really looking in Kihyuns direction, rather into some random corner in the kitchen. Kihyun sipped on his tea humming in response.

“As bad as always.” cleared Kihyun.

“True, sadly we haven’t been meeting up that often anymore. I guess his snake wants more of him now.” my attention now on the hot tea.

“Jooheon has been on his phone throughout dance practice or left sneakily with the snake. The other members got really mad at him and nagged him about it. She visits us quit often and tries to flirt with the others, when Jooheon is not around.” Kihyun gave me daily updates about their schedules when the snake comes around.

A little gossip won’t hurt right?

“Are you talking about snake again?” The voice made itself clear, when Hoseok entered the Kitchen after his workout. He grabbed a bottle of cold water and his protein mix. Hoseok wasn’t a fan of Jooheons Girlfriend just like me and Kihyun. The other members weren’t on a good level with her either. All of them disliked her since they saw how she’s been playing and manipulating Jooheon. They acted as if they would like her, only for their rapper. Except for my honest ass, who couldn’t hold back her displeased attitude. When she bit I bit back. When she barks, I bark back. Simple.

And Jooheon is ~sorry but, he’s too stupid to see anything past his love-bubble.

“Who else?” Kihyun couldn’t hold back his sarcasm and took another sip of his tea.

“Have you told Y/N what happened at today's dance practice?” Hoseok sat down beside me, protein-shake in his hand shaking it.

“I was about to tell her when you walked in.”

“What happened today?” I questioned, my eyes switching between both men. Hoseok drank a bit of his shake.

“Well, she visited Jooheon and normally when you come over you bring food for all of us right? -” I nodded and Hoseok continued.

“She bought nothing, Jooheon whined like a baby, threw his aegyo over her and asked her why she didn’t bought something for us to eat. And stated that you always do that. She whined and said she didn’t had time to get something and rushed to him after work. Only to see him as fast as she could. Well that’s what she said. Jooheon became soft and forgave her. And was lovey-dovey with her until they left to have some ‘private-time’.”

“Ok she forgot food and what’s so bad about it? I forgot it sometimes too.” I clarified and stated that it’s not extremely bad when you forget to bring them something. These boys could get so needy when it’s about food, they should chill at some point. I know that they’re busy but others are busy too.

“When you forget it, you go and get us something without blinking twice. This woman actually, she whined that she’s too tired to go and get something and then claimed, she should take a break. She also said that she’s hungry and wants to eat. She requested from Jooheon, that he should go and get her something. Wanna know what he did?”

“He went didn’t he?” I continued.

“He did.“ I rolled my eyes as far into my head as I could. This boy is too naive and oblivious.

“Did he went alone?” I asked.

“No Changkyun went with him, against his will.” stated Kihyun.

“The worst thing was, that the moment Jooheon left the room. She started to cling onto Shownu-hyung again. Until he came back. Luckily, Hyung ignored her and kindly rejected her.” Hoseok wasn’t done with his gossip and continued.

I never saw Hoseok getting so worked up over a person. I mean he is one of the most sweetest person in the world. He’s a bunny after all. He would never talk bad about a person, only if they are the most toxic and disgusting people in the world, who deserve no respect. As he ranted, his voice got more stern and frustrated, it surprised me that he didn’t started to get louder.

“At least she didn’t cling onto you anymore.” Kihyun finished his cup of tea and made himself a new one.

“Do you think I’m not relieved myself? My biggest wish is, that she would leave us all alone. It’s so stressful with her.” Hoseok got more frustrated and drank more of his mix.

“Hoseok-oppa, please don’t work up yourself too much. She’s not worth it.” I laid my hand between Hoseoks shoulder blades and rubbed the spot underneath my palm. Trying to fix the tension in his back.

“Y/N-ah, when will you actually visit us at practice again? It’s been lonely without your visits.” Kihyun sat back down after making his cup of tea.

“I don’t know, I just wanna avoid meeting her. And I can’t read her mind and tell when she’s coming over. “ I kept my hand on Hoseoks back, letting it rest there for a while.

“Sad. Y/N-ssi, would you like to work out together, maybe tomorrow?” I looked at Hoseok after he stated his request.

“Sure, why not? Maybe I’m able to ease my mind from the stress that I have lately. I couldn’t bring up myself to work out.” out of reflex, I rubbed my palm against Hoseoks back again, looking straight into his eyes. They lightened up and his lips formed a smile.

“That’s great, Tomorrow? Changkyun wanted to join us anyway, should I ask him?” I nodded and let out a humming sound. Right then, Hosoek stood up to search for the Maknae.

“I’ll go ask him ok?” I nodded again, we both exchanged smiles before he left the kitchen and left me with Kihyun alone.

“We have to find a way to get rid of Jooheons Girlfriend, the longer they are together, the more Jooheon becomes a mindless slave. And maybe ends up in a scandal.” Kihyun was as concerned as me about Jooheon.

Kihyun and I spend the rest of the time talking about random things, not wasting any more braincells. By the time, Hosoek rejoined us in the kitchen. We talked and laughed together until it was time to make dinner.

Dinner was done fast and the rest of the boys except for Jooheon, went straight to eat, not questioning where he was. I sat together with them to enjoy the meal Kiyhun and I prepared. We all chatted a little, before we actually headed directly into the food. Shownu already stuffed his face, when the meal hit the table. We all were in our own world not noticing the missing male entering the dorm.

“Oh Dinner is done, come here Jagya ~ sit down. Hyung move a little so we can both sit down.” The moment I heard Jooheons voice, my head snapped right to his direction. Out of habit, I was about to offer him to sit next to me. But a stinging pain in my chest stopped me from it, after I saw a person I definitely was not ready to meet again.

“Jooheon, go get yourself and your guest a chair.” Kiyhun demanded that Jooheon should do something, since he came late for dinner.

“Hyung, that’s my guest, I should accompany her, why don’t you get a chair? Y/N-ah! Would you bring two chairs? Thank you!” Jooheon sat down taking two chairs that stood beside them. I said nothing and just did what I was told, if I’d opened my mouth, nothing good would come out. Yet I couldn’t hold back my unpleased expression, because of that I'm never going to play poker. I’m too easy to read. As I turned around to make my way to get the chairs. I heard someone standing up.

“Wait Y/N I’ll help you.” Shownu rounded the table and followed me.

“You don’t have to do that.” I assured him, but I was still thankful that I didn’t have to get the furniture by myself.

“Don’t worry Y/N, I just took this opportunity to get away from them. She got too close to my liking.” I could clearly hear the discomfort in his voice. Slightly becoming worried about the leader.

“I don’t know how to handle this situation, she always tries to come closer. Especially when I inform her to give me space or when I reject her approaches.” Another man frustrated by this woman. I sighed.

How I could I help you?

“I don’t know either, Jooheon is clearly too oblivious. It seems like he doesn’t want to see all the struggles you have with her.“ We reached the room and grabbed the two chairs.

“We have our fault too, we don’t tell him what we feel about his girlfriend. He seems too happy with her and we don’t want to ruin it. You know?” Shownu was right. No one could tell Jooheon that they disliked his girlfriend, they love him too much and they don’t want him to see him hurt. I actually came to my own conclusion to accept the situation, only for Jooheon.

Shownu and I returned to the others and sat down. Shownu actually stayed next to me, to avoid sitting next to Jooheons Girlfriend. The only inconvenience was that she sat right in front of us, across the table.

The dinner went pretty good, we were chatting a little, taking our time and enjoying the moment. In the corner of my eye I noticed that Jooheon kept whispering something into his Girlfriends ear. My eyes landed on her plate, it was empty. She wasn’t eating, Changkyun noticed my stare and talked for me.

“Hyejin-ssi, why aren’t you eating?”

“Oh I’m just not really hungry at the moment.”

Changkyuns eyebrows formed a frown and turned back to his plate and then at mine.

“Y/N-ssi here, eat some. Have you tried that Kimchi? My Mom made that for us.” The Maknae laid a small portion of Kimchi onto my plate, grabbed another dish and laid more on the same spot.

“Try these two together and your tastebuds will thank me.” I chuckled, I took my chopsticks into my hand and digged in until -

“I think you shouldn’t eat that, that looks too greasy and unappetizing”

That snake really got the nerve to criticize my babys creation !

I took a deep breath, letting it slide away. I forced a fake smile towards her.

“Thank you Changkyun!” I turned my face towards the man beside Minhyuk and shoved the combination into my mouth. Ignoring the disgusted face of the woman in front of me.

My eyes widened at the taste, a moan vibrating in my throat. My eyes laid on Changkyuns satisfied and bright smile.

“See? Where’s my praise?”

“My tastebuds are pleased!” I praised the Maknae, while chewing the content in my mouth, covered by my hand. Me and Changykun exchanged a fist-bump across the table.

“Y/N-ssi, try these too.” Shownu handed me another combination, I excepted it with a warm heart, thankful for their gestures. After finishing Changkyuns creation, I opened my mouth to let Shownu feed me. The bite too big, I had to throw back my head to let the piece slip into my mouth.

Another explosion of flavors, occurred on my tongue. This time a bit too hot, I breathed through my process of chewing. Letting cold air enter through my lips, to cool it off. All men were amused by my attempt of eating without spilling food out of the corner of my lips. When I had enough room in my mouth, to be able to talk, I opened my lips but shut them immediately after opening.

“Ew, don’t you have manners?” The womans face showed no mercy in holding back her emotions of disgust. I swallowed the rest in my mouth hard. Looking her dead in the eye. My heart was racing, I was mad, never did I build up a desire to spit into someones face. Shownu quickly noticed my anger and placed his hand over mine. I looked at him, speaking with my face.

Have you heard that?

He looked at me, daring not to say anything wrong, something I’ll regret later.

“Well excuse me miss, in future I’ll behave more decent and look after my table manners.” I flashed her yet another fake smile. When I got a weird look as response, I turned my attention to my plate, not feeling hungry anymore.

After we finished eating dinner, we stayed at the table talking about random stuff. I felt Shownu tugging a little on the hem of my shirt, asking for my attention. I gladly turned to him escaping the heated discussion between the Maknae line. His face getting closer to mine, avoiding to attract unwanted attention.

“I know you’re still mad but I need your help. I don’t know what to do” He looked sneakily down under the table, I leaned back to have a better view. She was brushing her feet against Shownus legs. My gaze landed on her, she looked innocent on the surface. But underneath that table, she’s a (enter swear word or anything that is insulting). She lifted her leg, her feet brushing against Shownus knees. She was reaching for his sensitive spot. I slapped her leg away, before she could reach higher than his knees. She snapped her head towards our direction, we avoided her gaze, looking in two completely different directions. I noticed Jooheons gaze, in the corner of my eyes. He saw my action, a confused frown plastered his face. His girlfriend reached to him, whispering something in his ear. His frown getting deeper, his eyes displeased by my sight.

I ignored him, turning my attention back to the conversation between the males next to me. Shownu leaned onto my back, his chin on my shoulder, trying to hear more of the conversation. I didn’t mind him, but someone else did. Shownu was too close for his liking, anger filled his chest, suddenly mad at me.

“How can people come up with those kind of things?” and after Minhyuks remark, our topic changed yet again from the new scarf Minhyuk bought his puppy, to Hoseoks new found Smoothie mix, to a comparison between my and Changkyuns butt. It then switched to one of  Jooheons cats throwing up into Hyungwons sneaker. Here we are now talking about kinks.

“Hyung don’t you have some type of kink too? Don’t you have something that turns you on unintentionally? “ asked Changkyun to attack his older friend.

“I don’t think so.” Minhyuk laughed a bit irritated at the Maknae. I was too irritated by the sudden changes of topics, that my mind went completely blank. No input, no information, all gone after one stupid statement. At this point I couldn’t follow the conversation.

“Y/N-ssi. Tell us what turns you on. What body part makes you - ”

“Yah Maknae! Don’t ask Y/N something like that!” Jooheon snapped and told Changkyun to back off, clearly not amused by that topic. His ears turned red, his breathing heavy, he looks like as if he’s embarrassed or really uncomfortable as if someone asked him that question.

“Jooheon, don’t get so feisty now, it’s just for fun.” Hoseok tried to ease the tension, that has been building up because of Jooheons outburst.

“I don’t think that this is supposed to be fun. Look at her, she’s clearly uncomfortable because of that.” Jooheon pointed at me, the others followed his hand that pointed towards me. My eyes widened, I straighten myself, clearing my throat.

“Jooheon, it’s really no big deal though.-” my face relaxed after I processed the situation and kept calm.

“And it’s not like I can’t answer for myself. Yes I do have some kind of thing that turns me on. It’s a muscular back, really well structured and strong.” I finished and turned to the others away from Jooheon. I saw Changkyun smiling, he then turned to Minhyuk and slapped his arm.

“I thought you like thighs?” Jooheon responded to my answer a little confused, but still mad.

“That too Jooheon.” He grabbed my attention and I let out a chuckle after seeing his confused face. He clearly wasn’t himself tonight, he was too moody and has too many mood changes in a few hours.

“So I that means Hoseok-hyung would be a perfect match for you, right?” Hyungwon laughed a little after his suggestion followed by chuckles of five other men.

“No he wouldn’t, he’s too muscular for her.” Jooheon now joined the conversation and argued with his other members. While his girlfriend was clearly mad at the attention I was getting from all the men in this room.

“Oh sorry, I forgot. Kihyun is her partner in crime.”

“Stop that’s not what I meant.” Jooheon amused us all. He’s too easy too tease, an easy target for amazing reactions. I tried to keep my chuckle low, but unfortunately, Jooheon saw my amusement and glared at my figure.

“Don’t you wanna say something Y/N-ssi?” he asked me and I shook my head in response. We all kept making fun of Jooheon, like old times. Forgetting that one person at the table.

She was furious, mad and jealous. She hated the moment, our interactions. Especially one person, the person who could ruin all her plans, the person who she needs to destroy, to ruin. The person who is everything to Jooheon, the person he loves the most.

This person was me.

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MX Short Stories // 97 (KH)

You wandered about the house you and Kihyun had shared and been cooped up in for almost two whole weeks now. There was nothing new to see around the house since you two had been living together here for almost two years now and boredom was taking its toll on you. Life wasn’t the same for everyone anymore now that quarantine was in place and the only time you two went out would be to the grocery store or on your daily walks around the neighborhood, distanced from everyone else. 

Whenever you were working late, you wished desperately to stay home the next day and to stay at home forever if it was possible to work from there. Now that it was reality, you couldn’t help but miss the mornings when you would sit through traffic to standing in the slow elevator ride up to your office. 

Life at home wasn’t the worst, not at all since all you mainly missed was being able to see your friends and coworkers but all in all, you were content being able to stay at home with Kihyun. He was somehow able to stay sane at home doing little arts and crafts projects, simple trends he saw online. 

Coming out of the shower, he draped his towel on the hanger to let it dry for the next time as you laid comfortably in your shared bed. You wore a simple oversized shirt that covered your bottom as he wore a loosely fit shirt with baggy shorts. Laying there feeling drowsiness slowly beginning to take over your senses, you could feel the days meshing together with little to no distinction between them. It made you wonder when it would all end. 

“Wanna watch a movie?” Kihyun asked as he took the spot beside you in bed. 

“Mmhm,” you nodded against him as you snuggled up to his fresh body as he picked out a movie to watch but you felt like you were going to most likely fall asleep during it. He draped his arm around to your back as you snaked your arms around his torso, making him hiss at the sudden contact when your hands met his sides. 

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Moonflowers — Hyungwon | 5

Characters: Fem!Reader x Heir!Hyungwon Warnings/Genres: no warnings for this chapter, it’s like all fluff with like two grains of angst Length: ~2.1k

A/N: I’m so sorry it takes me 10000 years to upload for this story. This is a story I really do enjoy but the last few parts have been really lackluster to me and now I feel like I’m stuck and I’m not liking what I’m writing for it. Despite that I do still want to push through and hopefully find where I want to take this story. And it’s probably never gonna happen cause I’m a lazy shit but I’m contemplating a rewrite of this story...

Anyway, I wanted to post something for our tol bean’s birthday because I love him too much. I hope you all enjoy and as always please excuse any mistakes I may have missed while editing. 

Hyungwon pulls up to the park you directed him to and looks around curiously. It’s tough to see much in the now dark sky but the outline of a jungle gym and swing set are visible in the moon. You climb out of the car first, and Hyungwon is quick to follow after you. After he locks his car, you lead him to the swing set and dust off any lingering dirt before sitting down.

Keeping your feet rooted to the ground you gently swing back and forth. Hyungwon tugs up the sleeves of his jacket and places his hands on the chains holding your swing. Picking your feet off the ground, you let him give the swing a soft push. There’s a comforting silence between the two of you as you shut your eyes and let the soft breeze from the swinging motion brush through your hair.

After a while, Hyungwon steps aside and sits on the opposite swing as you begin to kick your feet back and forth, gaining more momentum. You bask in the momentary feeling of freedom, the false sense of flying away from problems. You forget about the school calling for their tuition and dorm payments. You forget about your parents’ childish complaints and attitude towards your life. You forget about the judgemental looks on Hyungwon’s parents’ faces when they took in your form.

Slowly, you come to a halt and change to spinning the swing around two or three times and letting it unwind. “I come here to destress,” you say after your second time of spinning around. “Kihyun’s chocolate cakes were great, but this is even better in my world.”

Hyungwon smiles a little looking up at the stars. “It’s nice.”

You nod and give a hum of agreement. As you spin around for a third time, you see Hyungwon peek at his watch. You’re about to apologize for keeping him for so long but before you can he looks at you and begins to dig into his pocket for something. “It’s well past the end of the lunch so I guess you’re off the clock now, so to say.”

You frown a little but shrug. “Yeah, I guess so?”

“That means I can give you this.”

Hyungwon pulls a folded envelope out of his pocket and holds it out to you. You take it, unfolding it and peering into it. When your eyes take in the back of a check, multiple emotions race through you. The first is a wave of cold realization that no matter how nice Hyungwon is to you, it’s all for pay. The second is a blimp of excitement, this money is going to help you, but that’s gone in an instant and replaced with shame for feeling that way. Third, is a reluctance to turn the check around to see the amount. But you glance up at Hyungwon with what you hope if a grateful smile and force yourself to reach into the envelope and pull the check out.

When you see the ridiculous figure written in Hyungwon’s messy and somewhat still elegant script you want to hurl. Shaking your head, you shove the check back into the envelope and hand it back to Hyungwon. The smile that had lit up his face drops into concern. “What’s wrong? Is it not high enough?”

You choke on a breath.“Not high..? Hyungwon it’s too high!”

“How?”

“All I did was go to some lunch and I wasn’t in the room for more than like 30 minutes. Plus, I’m pretty sure I ruined the whole day for your parents.”

Hyungwon looks at the envelope still in your hand for him to take. “That check’s an accumulation of everything since the start.”

“The start?”

“Yeah, the cafe, the purse shopping, visiting Minhyuk’s cafe, all of it.”

You open your mouth to say something back but close it when you realize you don’t know what exactly to say to that. Hyungwon pouts when you still don’t pull the check back. “My hand hurts so much from writing that one, do I really need to write another?”

He makes a show of cradling his right hand as if it’s desperately injured. You watch with a blank look as he crumples his face like he’s going to cry.

“You’re ridiculous. If my bank contacts me because they think I robbed a bank I’m directing them to you.”

Hyungwon only grins, his cheeks bunching adorably. You fold the check up and hold it in your hand as you slowly begin to swing again. Hyungwon’s grin turns into a soft admiration as he studies your profile. “I’m still really sorry about what my father said.”

“Don’t worry,” you reply. “It’s not like we’re ever going to actually get married. And it’s just for show. If anything, this experience is truly showing me the difference between our lifestyles. People like me don’t deserve to be in the world people like you live.”

“What? Y/N, what are you talking about?” Hyungwon frowns at your words. “If two people like each other, things like social class and money shouldn’t matter.”

You halt your swinging and give Hyungwon a confused look. “But we don’t like each other. It’s all fake.”

Hyungwon flinches at the words and part of you feels guilty for saying something like that but it’s true and you needed to hear it said out loud. All the extravagant outings and the gifts may have momentarily blurred the lines, but after today you’re sure of the fact that a fake relationship is all you’ll have with Hyungwon. You flash the check at him again, “This is proof right here. I’m being paid to make your parents leave you alone, Hyungwon. Quite honestly though I think it backfired; they’ll probably push this engagement harder now.”

“I’m giving you that money because you deserve it and because I want you to have it.”

“I’m not doing anything,” you argue. “You’ve dropped all this money on me and all I’ve done is follow you around like a gold digger.”

“Stop it,” Hyungwon snaps. “You’re not a greedy person. I’m giving you that much because I know you’d never ask for it. But I want you to have it. I want you to have all the things you deserve.”

The words catch you off guard. You’ve never really stopped to think about what you do and don’t deserve. But you don’t respond because you can already predict the circle this argument will take you in. With a heavy sigh, you kick at the wood chips underneath your feet.

“And…” Hyungwon starts but hesitates for a moment. He tosses a glance your way before looking up at the sky. “I..I don’t...It wasn’t all fake. At least, not on my part.”

The words have you halting your movements to turn and look at him. There’s a slight blush on his cheeks as he pointedly avoids your gaze. “What do you mean?”

Hyungwon clears his throat as he bashfully brings his eyes to meet your own. “I-I mean that all the time we spent together, I wasn’t entirely faking it. I liked being with you and getting to stand close to you and holding your hand.”

The feeling in your chest is a new one. Your heart feels like it’s blooming and burning with a new light. He wasn’t faking? “You liked being with..me?” Your tone is almost disbelieving.

Hyungwon nods. “I’m giving you that amount on the check because I want you to have nice things. I want you to be happy. I want you to be able to trust me and come to me when you have problems and not run away…”

He trails off at the end and you know he’s talking about earlier. You try to turn away but Hyungwon reaches out and cups your cheek. “I want to be someone you don’t have to hide from, Y/N.”

You release a shaky breath. “You want a lot of things.”

Hyungwon grins that cheeky smile that bunches up his cheeks and makes him looks younger. “Anything for my moonflower.”

You scoff out a little laugh. “You’re a cheeseball.”

Reaching up, you take the hand on your cheek and stare down at them as you intertwine your fingers together. “It wasn’t all fake for me either.”

Hyungwon’s hand gives yours a small squeeze. “Then it’s not fake. Not anymore.”

You look up. “What?”

“From now on we’re actually dating.”

Your brow quirks. “Oh really?”

Hyungwon gives you an absolute nod and then moves to stand up, pulling you up with him. “Yup, no take backs.”

You laugh, “You’re a child.”

Hyungwon’s only response is to pull you closer to him until you have to practically tilt your head all the way back to look at him. He grins down at you, his eyes alight with a new happiness that you haven’t seen in them before. “You know, we’ve done almost everything a couple does except…”

He begins to lean into you, his eyes never drifting from your lips. With your own eyes going wide, you tilt away ever so slightly. “Whoa, buddy.”

“Huh? Why? What’s wrong? Do you not want this? Oh my God, I’m sorry.”

Hyungwon starts to step away from you, but you tug him back until he’s almost as close as he previously was. “No, no, I do...it’s not that I don’t...it’s just...in a children’s park?” Your flurry of words comes out choppy and awkward. Hyungwon pauses and looks around with a blank look.

“Y/N...there’s no one here.”

Your mouth opens but the argument falls flat on your tongue. You try again, “W-Well...yeah, but aren’t we still essentially ruining the innocence of the park?”

“It’s a park not a sentient being…” Hyungwon chuckles. “I can guarantee you there’s been worse things done in a park.”

“And we’re not going to add to it.”

Hyungwon sighs, but there’s a smile quirking at his lips so you know he’s not actually annoyed. “Fine, we won’t kiss in the park.”

“Thank you.” You press the envelope to Hyungwon’s chest. “So now you can keep this.”

Hyungwon frowns. “No, you keep it.”

You begin to argue but Hyungwon presses a finger to your lips to quiet you. “Seriously, Y/N, let me take care of you.” His finger moves so that his whole hand can cup your cheek, his thumb rubbing gently against the skin. His velvety voice has your stomach doing a flip while his tender but searching gaze has you wanting to squirm. You find yourself absentmindedly nodding and Hyungwon smiles before leading you by your hand back to his car. “Now, I think it’s time I get you home.”

You stare down at the receipt the bank teller gave you with your balance on it. You’ve never seen the number that high before and it all seems like a dream. Having always lived paycheck to paycheck, you feel a sense of freedom. You’re nowhere near being a millionaire but you feel almost giddy at the fact that your bank account isn’t dangerously close to being in the negative.

Gently chiding yourself that you need to be responsible with your money, you pull your phone out and set a reminder to pay the amount of tuition you still owe and your dorm payment. As you pocket your phone once more you realize someone is calling after you.

“Erm...e-excuse me!” The voice sounds vaguely familiar but still unrecognizable that you frown in confusion. Looking over your shoulder, you come to a stop when you see a tall, and stunningly beautiful lady in sunglasses walking towards you.

When she reaches you, she smiles brightly and waves a little. “Hi! I’m so sorry, I saw you and thought it was a perfect coincidence because I really wanted to talk to you. But I apologize, I’m blanking on your name…”

You look at the stranger, still trying to place her voice and familiar features. She must realize you don’t recognize her because she lets out a little gasp and then reaches up to push her sunglasses up through her hair. Nana grins at you and you dumbly stare back.

Blinking out of your haze you clear your throat. “I’m Y/N…”

Her face lights up. “That’s right! I’m so sorry for forgetting. I’m Im Jinah, but everyone calls me Nana.” You nod at the words and try to plaster a smile on your face but it feels stiff and awkward. Her head tilts to the side and you admire the way the sunlight catches her eyes. “Please, let me treat you to coffee. It’ll be an apology for forgetting your name and I really would like to speak to you.”

“Oh...Um…” you grab your phone again to check the time. You’re supposed to meet Lena for a late lunch but you still have a few hours. “S-sure. I can do that.” Nana grins drops her sunglasses to her face once more. “Great! There’s a lovely little cafe around the corner. It’s so cute, I think you’ll love it!”