#seriously how have i not posted 2jin i love them so much

[littlepanduh-writes-365]

Day 51

Title: “Half-Asleep”

Description: Heejin and Hyunjin talk before going to bed.

Prompt: “I know this is cheesy, but I love when you’re half asleep and you’re talking nonsense.”

Features: 2jin (Loona)

HOW HAVE I NOT POSTED 2JIN? THEY ARE MY FAVORITE SOFT SHIP. 

Word Count: 1,360

Tags: Fluff

Heejin is not Hyunjin’s first girlfriend, nor is she her first love. However, despite dating for 6 months, there are many moments when she catches her puppy love for Heejin. It’s a rather odd feeling, but it’s warm and it simply makes her happy. Maybe it’s not a bad sentiment, but Hyunjin really thought she’d stop having these kinds of emotions a long time ago. 

Puppy love. Hyunjin likes to give the excuse that Heejin looks like a puppy, but she really doesn’t know why Heejin makes her feel like a high-schooler falling in love for the first time. It’s crazy how just holding her makes her heart flutter and the smell of her shampoo causes her cheeks to turn pink. 

Tonight contained one of those tender moments. 

It’s nothing special. The two are just cuddling after a long night. Heejin had a midterm in the morning and Hyunjin had a long shift in the afternoon. They reconvened at dance practice that night and now they’re exhausted. 

Heejin wants to catch up on lost time. She’s been ignoring Hyunjin since the sight of her girlfriend makes her want to ridicule her in some way and Hyunjin never lets her down without a fight. In a softer sense, Hyunjin also has her persuasive ways of getting Heejin to go to sleep early, so she’s spent late nights at the library. 

Now, Heejin doesn’t have to hold back. She’s in Hyunjin’s arms, clutching onto that flannel shirt she hates and dozing off to the waves of Hyunjin’s breathing. The only light in the room is coming from the moon through the blinds. Conversation is low. Both of them were more than ready to pass out, but Heejin was eager to have conversation. 

“And then I told Haseul-unnie.” There’s some muffled words. “I loved the smell of the ocean, you know?” Heejin says a few more jumbled words. Hyunjin wastes energy trying to decipher it. “I’ve always wanted to eat pizza by the river. It’s not the ocean, but it at least smells like water. It doesn’t smell good, but you know what I mean.”

No, Hyunjin doesn’t know what she means, but she’ll try to keep that in the back of her head. Throughout the six months they’ve been dating, Hyunjin has learned that Heejin partially sleeptalks. 

It started when they were doing long distance over the summer. They’d video chat with each other until they fell asleep. Heejin insisted she’d stay awake because she thinks the sight of Hyunjin falling asleep was cute. However, Hyunjin would always wake up when Heejin was spewing nonsense with closed eyes and a face half-sunken into a pillow.

The topics were always anime-related or something on Heejin’s mind, specifically things she likes. Through her sleep-talking, Hyunjin learned the chord progression to Heejin’s favorite song, her favorite brand of clothing, and how she hates pigeons. Hyunjin has no idea how any of this information will benefit her anytime soon, but the idea of knowing trivial facts about Heejin seems very endearing.

“Now that I think about it, I think Haseul-unnie and Sooyoung-unnie are suspiciously close. What do you think, Hyun? If they get together, we should double date with them. How about playing DDR at the market? That sounds like fun.”

Ocean smells. Pizza by the river. Double dates. Dance Dance Revolution. Night at the market. 

Actually, tonight was more beneficial than usual. Maybe Heejin really wants to go on a date. Hyunjin likes the idea of that. They can go to the night market on Friday night. Heejin always looks pretty under the city lights. It’ll be cold and Hyunjin can give her jacket or they can share warmth by holding hands. What food does Heejin want? It doesn’t matter. She’ll just get two things that Heejin suggests and they’ll share. 

They’ll have to save the double date, the river date, and the arcade for another time. Hyunjin wants Heejin all to herself this weekend. 

Oh wait. 

Another time. 

How much time does Hyunjin have with Heejin?

Hopefully, a long time. 

Heejin probably likes that, too. 

There are those butterflies again. How does the thought of a long time make Hyunjin giddy and why is she thinking of the unrealistic forever? She doesn’t care and maybe it’s stupid and dangerous, but it makes her happy and she’d like to think Heejin feels the same. Hyunjin is glad Heejin’s eyes are probably closed because she’d for sure tease her for the rosy cheeks. 

The girl living in her heart rent-free distracts her. “What are you smiling about Kim Hyunjin? I didn’t even get to the punchline.”

Hyunjin quietly snorts. Was Heejin telling a joke? Nothing Heejin was saying even made sense. In fact, she was sure her girlfriend was about to fall asleep with how she’s speaking with slow and slurred words. 

For a second, Hyunjin is a little self-conscious of how close they were—the way that Heejin could feel her smiling and it woke her up from any stupor. Her stomach churns thinking about how comfortably intimate they were. 

“It’s nothing.” Her cheeks are hurting  from smiling, but the amount of serotonin rushing through her body wouldn’t stop. (It’s not like she wanted it to stop anyways.)

Heejin lazily pinches her side, causing Hyunjin to pull away and grab Heejin’s hands. 

“Heekkie!” She lets out a giggle before loosening her grip.

The owner of the nickname also lets out a low chuckle. “Just tell me.” The whine sounds like it was supposed to be paired with a teasing pout, but Heejin also has a goofy grin on her face. “I bet it’s not that cheesy. You’re too wise, like Eric.”

Hyunjin blinks a few times. She can’t decide if she wants to figure out who this Eric person is or just let Heejin begin her half-sleep-talking again. 

Heejin answers her question. “You know? From Full Metal Alchemist? The guy with the mechanical arm?”

Upon realizing Heejin was talking about an anime character, Hyunjin huffs out some air. Elric not Eric. “Edward.”

The smaller girl just tightens her grip on their interlocked hands and she smiles. “Yeah. That dude.”

Hyunjin just tucks Heejin closer to her. “No, but this is cheesy,” she chuckles. There is a pregnant pause between the two, so Hyunjin decides to concede.  “I don’t know. I just— I love when you’re half asleep and you’re talking nonsense.”

There’s silence between the two and Hyunjin’s slightly convinced that Heejin did fall asleep. 

She’s about to sigh in relief, until Heejin slips away from below her and turns her back towards her. Hyunjin is completely flustered at the reaction. Did she say something wrong?

“Who are you and what have you done to my girlfriend?” Heejin clutches onto the blanket. She doesn’t want to show that she was equally affected by the puppy love even though it was really obvious. 

This was their way of showing affection: making a joke out of it and shrugging it off. Hyunjin was supposed to be offended by it, but she wanted to tease Heejin a little more. 

She scoots closer to her and puts her hands around her stomach. Heejin tries to wiggle her way out of it, but Hyunjin knows Heejin likes it. 

Hyunjin leans in closer to her ear. “It’s not my fault you’re so cute.” 

It’s almost laughable at how visible her ears turn red. Hyunjin makes note to take advantage of that response in the future, but for now, she knows both of them are tired and they have class tomorrow. 

Heejin cannot muster up a response and lets out a whine. Hyunjin recognizes the annoyance and loosens her grip as she closes her eyes and gets a whiff of Heejin’s shampoo again.  

It’s quiet and Hyunjin can feel herself sinking deeper into the bed, but Heejin turns around again. With heavy lids, Hyunjin opens her eyes, thinking Heejin would be staring at her, but Heejin was attempting to get back to her favorite position in the crook of Hyunjin’s neck. 

Hyunjin pulls her closer and adjusts her head so Heejin could be comfortable. Within a few more breaths, the couple falls asleep. 

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