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oddinary4bts · 11 days ago
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Honestly tho this was sooo sad and hard to write😭😭 they are soulmates fr, hurting them was painful🥺
When the End Comes | Masterpost (jjk)
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☆summary: Seven years after you've started dating Jungkook, long distance creates a wedge in your relationship. When the only solution seems to be breaking up, you go your separate ways even though love still lives in the two of you. Will you find a way back together, or has the end come for you and Jeon Jungkook?
☆status: completed
☆pairing: photographer!Jungkook x lawyer!female reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, every chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: breakup!au, slice of life!au, angst with a big A, smut, fluff
☆total word count: 77.9k
☆a/n: this one is for the anon that suggested a breakup sequel in a character ask, you really inspired me to write this whole thing and I'll forever be thankful for you <3
☆Thank you to @moonleeai for beta-ing this whole thing, you are amazing!!! <3 everyone go check her blog out, she has some amazing writing too!!
☆Thank you to @jessikahathaway too!! Your support as I wrote this story meant everything and you really helped me advancing it <3
☆Read The Forgotten Spaces here, the prequel to When the End Comes! It does not need to be read to understand When the End Comes, but I think it still should be read first to have a better understanding of the characters in general!
☆Add yourself to the taglist here! (if you were on the taglist for The Forgotten Spaces, you're already on the taglist for When the End Comes)
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But love never leaves a heart, where it found it, found it You found it Someday, I'll fall into you That's where I'll be now when the end comes
When the End Comes, Andrew Belle
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➳Teaser
➳Chapter one: when you break up (9.4k)
Thank you for the years. I had a lot of fun with you.
➳Chapter two: when you try to live apart (8.7k)
Why? Why did she do this?
➳Chapter three: when a wedding forces you close again (17.6k oop)
Ask me again tomorrow. Maybe I'll hate you then.
➳Chapter four: when you try again (14.2k)
Let's try. For real. So no more apologies.
➳Chapter five: when the end comes (15.8k)
You never said yes when I asked you to marry me.
➳Epilogue: the wedding (12.1k)
The only thing is, we already got married.
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oddinary4bts · 12 days ago
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Hey, i was scrolling through my phone and came across Richard Feynman's letter to his wife and finally found some courage to read coffee stain, wanted to let you know that i cried on a sunday afternoon, and also to tell you that i miss you and am thinking of you.
I'm going back home for sem break in like 5 days, missed my family like crazy, gonna spend all my time with those precious ppl, please make some time for your loved ones too and send them my regards and best wishes, love you💕
Oh bby I’m sorry you cried🥺🥺 I hope you spend some much deserved time with your family when you��re back🫶🏼 love you lots too, thank you for your kind wishes✨✨
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oddinary4bts · 12 days ago
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I can’t believe it’s the end either😭 and yeah they are so in love and so passionate too🤭🤭 thank you for coming along on this ride with me bby✨ I loved reading your lil reviews every week🫶🏼
Be With You | ch 17
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, mostly just a lot of fluff and happiness, explicit content: oral sex (male and female receiving), hair pulling, mouth fucking, edging, clit and nipple play, fingering, squirting, unprotected sex (be careful), praising, creampie, they make love
☆word count: 8.6k
☆series masterpost
☆a/n: last one :( thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Thursday, July 10th 
You wake up with the morning sun, its gentle caress on your features bringing you back to reality from the land of dreams. You don’t open your eyes just yet though, the comfortable weight of San’s arm on your stomach keeping you tethered to grogginess. 
It’s early anyway, if the sun is entering his room at an angle that allows it to shine in your face.
San is breathing deeply behind you, still sound asleep, and you snuggle your face in the soft blanket that’s wrapped around you, hoping to fall back asleep.
Last night was fun. You had dinner with San’s mother as she came to visit her son for his birthday, and she gave him a plushie that she claimed was from his collection back home. San thanked her with a blush, and you tucked that information in the back of your mind.
Of course, San has a plushie collection.
San’s arm tightens around you in his sleep, and he lets out a soft sigh that curls your lips upwards. And maybe it’s the weight of his arm on you, or the warmth of his body. Maybe it’s his soft breathing, but you do manage to fall back asleep, waking up again later when he shifts and turns on his back.
“Morning,” he mumbles, voice rough with sleep, as you peek behind you.
“What are you doing?” you ask as you yawn, pulling Mr Snake tighter against your chest.
Because of course you always sleep with the plushie in your arms.
“I have to pee,” he admits. “But I’ll be right back.”
You whine as he moves and he lets out a small laugh that only makes you smile. “Happy birthday, Sannie.”
He’s already up, and he bends down to peck your forehead. “Thank you, princess.”
And then he’s leaving his room, stretching as he walks through the walk-in closet to access the bathroom. It doesn’t take long for him to be back, and you turn to face him as he lies down next to you, facing you too.
“You’re so old now,” you tease.
He narrows his gaze even though he chuckles. “Careful, we’ll be the same age soon.”
Indeed, your birthday is next month.
“But for now I get to call you an old man.”
He rolls his eyes, and then moves closer to pull you in his embrace. You laugh as your forehead ends up pressed against his pecs, and he only holds you tighter. “Alright then,” he grumbles. “I guess I’m old.”
Satisfied, you nod, and then you sigh again as sleep refuses to fully leave you. But then, thoughts about the day that’s to come awaken you thoroughly, and you sit up so fast you almost bump San’s nose on the way up.
“What?” he asks, startled.
“It’s your birthday!” you excitedly say.
“Yes, we’ve already established that.” 
You squeal, and then you bend down, pecking his face repeatedly as he just starts laughing. It’s more of a giggle, and it’s adorable and makes your heart so full of love for him you think you’re about to burst.
You haven’t told each other the three little words yet. San came close once, or at least you think he did, but still, the words haven’t been said yet. Not because you don’t feel them - you’ve been feeling them for a long time now - but only because you wanted the perfect occasion to tell him. And you’ve prepared the perfect occasion now, even though he doesn’t know it yet.
But you still have to wait until tomorrow as today is reserved to hanging out with your friends and celebrating all together. Indeed, you’re going to spend the afternoon in a park on the riverside, where the wind should hopefully help with chasing the heat of the day away. Indeed, it’s supposed to be incredibly warm today, with lightning storms at the peak of the afternoon, but they never really last long at this time of the year.
“Truce, truce!” San yells as you just keep pecking his face. 
His cheeks are flushed red when you pull away. You’re now straddling his lap, and you sit back on him, putting your weight on his dick. His reaction is immediate - he reaches for your waist, holding you in place, and lust seeps into his gaze.
The honeymoon phase is strong between you. It’s been even more intense since you’ve decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend at the beginning of May, after that dinner with his father.
About that, you’ve met up for dinner with his father two times since then, each time going better than the last. You saw him last weekend, and San was genuinely happy the whole time, not even once making a comment about his father leaving. You know he hasn’t forgiven the man, and you don’t think he ever will, but you can tell that those dinners have been healing something in him. And his father has been trying so hard to be present for San, texting him more often - all you can hope for is that it’ll last.
You zero back in on the present, your eyes skimming San’s features as he looks up at you. He wets his lips, and you glance at that too, right before leaning in and pressing a gentle kiss on his lips.
You’re not big on wet kisses in the morning - morning breath is just not it - and so the kiss doesn’t deepen too much, your tongues not reaching for each other like they usually instinctively do. It’s more lips, and you love it that way too, if only because San’s lips are always so soft.
But you have a goal in mind for the birthday boy, and it’s not to kiss him. No, you want to make him feel good, want him to start his day in the best way possible, so you leave his mouth to find his neck. He turns his head to the side to give you better access, and you kiss down the soft skin of his neck, nipping at the spot that connects his shoulder to his neck. He lets out a barely audible sound that makes your insides grow warm, and so you keep travelling down his body, kissing every inch of skin until you reach the band of his boxers.
“Can I take these off?” you ask.
San is looking down at you and he nods, wetting his lips. “What are you up to?” he asks.
“Just want to treat the birthday boy good, is that wrong?”
“Nope.” He raises his hips to help you remove his boxers, and you quickly slide them down his legs, removing them entirely to throw them on the floor.
San watches you carefully as you look at his dick. He’s still relatively soft, but you know that will change in no time.
“Then, be nice for me, will you?” you tell him, tilting your head to the side like you’re a predator sizing your prey.
He doesn’t have time to answer. Indeed, you’re already cupping his balls, and he hisses at the contact, a muscle feathering under the skin of his jaw at the sensitivity. He curses under his breath, but you’re already leaning forward, pressing a kiss on his hip next to his dick.
“Careful with the balls,” he reminds you.
You release the pressure, not wanting to hurt him, and your tongue darts out to tease his dick. “I didn’t say you could talk.”
His gaze widens, and you take him in your mouth, sucking lightly. His teeth dig in his lower lip, and then you’re slowly taking all of him in, swallowing around him. The fact that he’s still relatively soft makes it easier, and your eyes flutter shut as you focus on the action, on running your tongue on the underside of his dick as you slowly pull out.
A string of spit hangs between his tip and your mouth, and it breaks as you start jerking him off, keeping that slow rhythm you’ve settled on for now. San lets you do it, eyes closed as he enjoys the blowjob, his head resting on his pillow in a way that makes his jaw even sharper than it usually is.
You reach up, nails dragging on his abs, and he immediately looks down at you. Your gazes connect as you take him in your mouth again, swirling your tongue around his tip before teasing his slit. And then you go down again, this time choking a little as he’s already harder.
You start moving up and down, keeping that slow rhythm that will drive him crazy in no time, and you stroke his dick with your hand in time with the motions of your head, making sure to drool on him so that you can use it as natural lube. It works, and San’s breathing grows heavier, louder, yet he keeps the groans that make you go insane to himself, so you keep the slow pace.
San curses lowly, and one of his hands finds the back of your head, as if he’ll try to push you down on him. But he doesn’t, just follows you, though he’s soon gripping at your hair, pulling it in a makeshift ponytail.
“You’re being a tease, mmh?” he asks as he pulls on your hair.
You pull away from his dick, looking at him innocently. “Me? I would never.”
“Fucking brat,” he says, his eyes dark. “There’s something I want to try.”
He sits up while you sit back on your heels, wiping the spit on your chin with the back of your hand. “What do you want to try?” 
He looks at the side of the bed, then chuckles awkwardly. “Feel free to say no. But… what if you hang your head from the bed?”
You try to picture it in your mind, though you’re not quite sure how it would work. “Huh?”
San gets up, his now-hard dick bouncing with the motion. One of his hands wraps around himself, and he strokes twice as you move to the side of the bed.
“Lie on your back,” San indicates. You do, though your head is still on the bed. “Now, if you move closer to me a little…”
He stops talking as you do so, and a few seconds later, your head is hanging from the bed.
“Mmh, my bed is a little low for this,” he pensively says, yet he manages to bend his knees slightly, and then his dick is right in your face.
Unable to resist, you tease him with your tongue and San chuckles, before tapping your lips with the tip of his dick.
“Now, I can fuck your mouth like this,” he says. “If that’s okay with you?”
He’s waiting for your consent, and you wonder how long he’s actually been wanting to do this. Because just having you in this position has gotten him rock hard, his balls tight like he’s already close to coming.
“You want it?” you ask.
He pulls away enough so that he can meet your gaze. “I just think it’d be really fucking hot. But I’ve never done this, and I don’t want to hurt you.”
You love him. You fucking love him so much and, if he wants to try, then you’ll try with him.
“I’ll tap your leg if it hurts,” you reassure him. “I want to try, too.”
He wets his lips, chest going up in a sharp inhale of breath, and then he’s bringing his dick back to your mouth, pressing it on your lips. You open wide for him, and he slowly pushes in, his tip rubbing on your tongue in the most decadent way. He stops with just his tip in, and then pulls out just as slow, before pushing back in.
He’s trying to be gentle. That much is clear to you, and it turns you on to no end. So, without hesitating, you bring your hand between your legs - you’ve never been so happy about choosing to sleep naked - parting your lips to see that you’re already soaked wet.
“Fuck,” San curses as you start rubbing circles on your clit, and you moan as he pushes in, so deep you feel him in your throat.
You keep the gag reflex in, and it’s strangely easier in this position. San notices it, too, because he starts going faster, his restraint slowly falling out the window. And then he’s truly fucking your mouth, and it’s so hot that you’re a moaning mess around him. It has to feel good - the sounds that he makes are pornographic, sounds you commit to memory for when you’re apart from him and need a reminder. 
He pulls out occasionally, letting you breathe a little, but it’s clear to you that he’s chasing his high, and that he’s going to get to it soon. Indeed, his motions are sloppier now, less focused, and his groans have turned into moans.
“Where should I come?” he asks as he pulls out once more, and you immediately reach for his dick, jerking him off fast.
“Wherever you want,” you answer, your voice raucous from getting your throat fucked.
You’ve barely had time to finish your sentence that he’s already coming, spurts of his seed falling on your breasts and on your stomach. Some even fall on your cheek, yet you don’t stop jerking him off, milking his orgasm from him as he shakes over you.
Once it’s clear to you that he’s done coming, you let go of his dick, licking your fingers clean. You then pick up his cum on your cheek, licking that clean, too, and San looks down at you, his eyes wide.
“That was so fucking hot,” he lets out. “Holy shit.”
You chuckle. “It really was.”
“Let me wipe you clean, and then I want you to come all over my face.”
His words barely register - he’s already running to the bathroom, and he comes back with a wet hand cloth that he uses to clean your breasts and stomach, and then he’s lying down on the bed next to you.
“Climb on,” he tells you.
You laugh at his eagerness, but you’re quick to obey, straddling his face.
What a way to start the day indeed.
*****
The park is crowded, yet not as much as you imagined it would be on a summer day. It makes sense - with the lightning storm coming later, most people have chosen to do activities inside. But not you and your friends, and especially not San.
You’ve been watching some of your friends playing frisbee while you’re eating an ice cream cone you got from the vendor by the river. Sydney is next to you, reading a book, and Taeri, Wooyoung’s new girlfriend, has also elected to hang out with the two of you.
She’s nice. You don’t get along with her as well as you did with Lyla, but you haven’t spoken to the latter since she and Jongho broke up last month, and you have the feeling that you likely won’t speak to her again.
Not when they broke up because Lyla cheated on Jongho with her ex.
You were appalled when Yeosang told you about it two weeks ago while you were hanging out on the rooftop of his and Wooyoung’s building. The sun was setting, the atmosphere more that of a party than that of somber confessions, but the alcohol had loosened Yeosang’s tongue, and he told you all about the breakup.
It made sense, then, that Jongho didn’t speak to anyone for a few weeks. The news were devastating to him, and though he’s come along today in honor of San’s birthday, you’ve noticed the shadows in his eyes.
All you can hope for is that today helps him, too. He deserves it.
“It is so humid,” Taeri lets out, and you glance at her to see that she’s got a small portable fan directed towards her face, her eyes closed as she enjoys the wind that it projects on her. “I feel like the storm will be wild.”
“It’ll probably be,” Sydney agrees. “But we’ll be fine, we reserved the second floor of a café nearby.”
Taeri’s eyes shoot open as she looks in Sydney’s direction. “No way.”
“Yeah,” you interject. “I figured it’d be better to be prepared, and Seonghwa knows the owner from working there last year. It was easy to reserve.”
“That’s great!”
The conversation naturally dies as she leans back against the tree behind her. Indeed, you’re sitting in the shade of a large tree, and the leaves allow some sun rays to pass, creating a dappled carpet on the grass you’re lounging on.
Wooyoung cheers loudly from where they’ve been throwing the frisbee around, and you look in his direction, noticing San, Yeosang and Jongho all dapping up. The other team, composed of your brother, Hongjoong, Seonghwa and Mingi - he’s visiting for the week - appears to be crestfallen, the loss visible on all of their features. You laugh at the sight, though they all cheer up the second San says they should rearrange the teams.
And then they’re back to playing, and you take a long sip of the water bottle you brought along with you, making a mental note to make sure that San drinks a bunch once he stops playing so that he doesn’t get dehydrated.
It’d be easy to get dehydrated in this heat after all.
The boys play for a while longer, and clouds have started gathering in the sky by the time they finish, hinting at the storm that’s to come. They all walk back towards you and the girls, and San plops down on the ground next to you, grabbing the water bottle you hand him.
You’re not surprised that he chugs it in one go, and he takes a deep breath when he’s done, meeting your gaze.
“I won all my games,” he says with a proud smile, and you reach to his forehead to push back a strand of hair that stuck to his sweat.
“Look at you.”
He leans closer, a smirk growing on his lips. “I think it’s because the day started out so well,” he teases. “Can’t get bad after that.”
You snort, pushing him playfully, though you don’t reply anything to that.
Mostly because you agree with him, but also because thinking about it too much will make you want to start again where you left off, and that won’t be possible for a while.
Once the boys have all had their shares of water, emptying most water bottles that you brought with you, you decide to head to the coffee shop. Indeed, the sky has gotten even greyer, and you all know it’s just a matter of time before it opens up and hell falls on your group. 
Thankfully, you make it to the coffee shop just in time, and the loud splatter of the rainfall creates a serene ambiance as you settle around the second floor, scattering around the different tables here.
The coffee shop is pretty. With a lot of plants, and a view of the inner yard and the trees in it, and you admire them as the rain showers endlessly, the low rumble of thunder in the distance an indication that the storm will hit soon.
But it doesn’t matter. Not when you’re inside, and the owner brings up some dessert for you all before taking your order for your drinks. You choose a matcha, and San gets his usual iced Americano, and then the owner goes around the group, leaving your side.
“This is nice,” San says, and he picks up a small bite-sized cake that he immediately eats. “It’s much better than the box cake I have at home.”
You chuckle. “Do you mean that one you almost fully ate yesterday?”
“It doesn’t count, it’s my birthday,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. 
You laugh, grabbing a paper napkin to clean the frosting that stains the corner of his mouth. “You’re the one that complained you were going to lose your abs yesterday.”
He glares at you, right as Wooyoung plops down in the chair next to you, Taeri behind him. She sits next to him, and she offers you a small smile as you glance her way.
“Y’all got the best desserts, apparently,” Wooyoung says as he also grabs a bite-sized cake. “At least according to Seonghwa.”
Seonghwa is currently busy chatting with Hongjoong at the table overlooking the inner yard, and they look lost in their own little world. You assume Wooyoung and Taeri were with them before though, as there are empty chairs that clearly don’t belong to the table next to it.
Seonghwa and Hongjoong… They still haven’t made their relationship official, though everyone in the friend group kind of knows about them. They’re being less and less subtle as time passes, and you can tell it’s just a matter of time before they do make it official.
It’s not like they really need it, though. They’ve both been visibly happy, and that’s the only thing that matters in the end.
“Can I have one?” Taeri politely asks San.
He snorts. “You don’t have to ask me, just grab some.”
She nods with a blush - like she often does around everyone that isn’t Wooyoung, you and Sydney - and she does grab a bite, her eyes widening in appreciation.
You might be harsh with her. She’s just a shy girl, someone you wouldn’t expect to be with a guy like Wooyoung, but then again maybe Wooyoung will help her get out of her shell a little. It’s already started to work, as she talks to you and Sydney more, but you reckon she still has a long way to go before she’s comfortable in the friend group.
The lightning storm hits about fifteen minutes later, the rain growing even heavier outside, and it’s loud enough to make you all have to talk louder to hear each other. It doesn’t deter anyone though, the excitement and delightful relaxation in the café lingering all through the storm.
You like spending time with all of your friends like this. It’s so rare that you manage to get a full day with everyone like this - especially on a Thursday - yet you managed to make it work, and you know you’ll keep those memories close to your heart when you’ll look back on this day in the future.
Indeed, the fun lingers around for quite a while, even after the rain stops. You all go back outside, splitting the bill for the check between everyone - except San, obviously. Though puddles of water greet you the second you step outside, the humidity has fallen, making the heat much more bearable.
It helps that the sun is back as the afternoon ends, slowly drying the city around you. You take to walking around, stopping at different shops to buy some clothes and other items, and you end up getting a plush toy for San even though you already gave him a gift yesterday night, when his mother was over. It’s a bracelet, and he’s been wearing it proudly all day, showing it off to his friends like it’s the most precious thing he owns.
You love him so fucking much.
“I got you this,” you tell San as you walk out of the shop you and Sydney went in. 
San’s gaze falls on the round seal in your hands, and he bursts out laughing. “You did not have to get me anything.”
You proudly hand him the plushie, and he hugs it to his chest, gaze widening. “I know!” you tell him.
“This shit is fluffier than I thought it would be.”
You nod. “It’s a perfect cuddle buddy for when you miss me.”
San laughs again, leaning down to press a quick peck on your lips. “Thank you, princess.”
Your eyes shine as you meet his, and he looks so happy, so beautiful like this.
So… yours.
“Come on, lovebirds, we’re not going to watch you give googly eyes to each other all evening,” Wooyoung says from just a little further down the street, and you snort as you glance his way to see him with his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulder.
“Respectfully fuck off,” you throw his way.
He just winks at you, pulling Taeri closer to kiss her temple. “Nah.”
And then they’re walking away, and you follow behind him. Sydney is in front with Yunho and Yeosang, and you can’t see the rest of the group from where you are. It doesn’t matter - you’ve been slowly heading towards a popular Korean barbecue that’s just a couple of streets over, and you know everyone will make it there.
Or at least everyone that wants to be there, which you assume is everyone.
And you’re right. You arrive at the Korean barbecue all of ten minutes later, putting your names in on the waiting list, and then you go wait in a small park nearby, playing in the playground that’s currently empty of kids considering the sun is slowly sinking towards the horizon.
You end up sitting on the swings with Sydney and your brother, while they bicker about something that seems to be entirely inconsequential, yet the epitome of their life.
But when is it not when it comes to them? They already sound like an old married couple, and Yunho even told you last week that he sees himself marrying Sydney in the next few years. He’s even asked you to try and figure out what kind of ring she’d like, and you told him that, as her boyfriend, he should be the one to figure that out.
Though, obviously, you already know what she wants, but you’re not going to make your brother’s life easier. Where would be the fun in that?
“What’s Mingi doing?” Sydney asks suddenly, stopping the bickering, and you look around, only to find Mingi on the phone by a park bench, a couple of meters away from everyone.
“On the phone with his mom,” Yunho replies easily.
“Cute,” you let out, and memories of his mother and her sweet smile come to your mind. “How has she been?”
“Good, I presume,” Yunho says. “Mingi didn’t say anything, so I assume she’s good.”
“You’re so useless.”
His head whips your way. “Fuck off.”
“No.”
He glares at you, but he doesn’t say anything as San stops in front of you, handing you the seal plushie you got him.
“Can you hold this?” he asks. “Wooyoung said I can’t do the monkey bars, so I’ll show him he’s wrong.”
You chuckle. “The monkey bars?” you repeat. “How old are you again?” 
“Twenty-three, thanks for asking.” San pushes the plushie on your lap, and then bends down to kiss your forehead quickly. 
You just laugh as he runs back towards Wooyoung, Yeosang, Taeri and Jongho. Jongho is currently doing the monkey bars, obviously making his way across. They all do - even Taeri easily does it, and you’re left wondering if your friends are adults or if you’ve all jumped back ten years in the past - hell, fifteen years in the past - to when you were kids and meaningless challenges like that were personification of happiness.
It’s fun. You love your friends for that. They make youth even better than it already is, filling it with laughs and smiles and so much joy. They’re like family in a way, and you just know the friendships will last through the years.
The lively chatter at the Korean barbecue later tells you so, too. Conversation flows easily between the group, everyone having their piece of mind to say, and the food is amazing, as good as this place’s reputation led you to believe. You even end up sharing soju and, though you hate the taste, you find yourself having to take more than one shots from losing at some drinking games that Hongjoong initiates.
When your bellies are full and alcohol has already started flowing, you head towards the nearest karaoke place so that you can rent a room for the evening. You walk hand in hand with San, Yeosang lingering at the back of the group with you as he texts away on his phone, and you can help but wonder who’s got him chuckling to himself like that.
“Who are you texting?” you ask as he laughs for the fifth time.
“None of your business, mom,” he replies without missing a beat, not even looking up from his phone.
“Got someone in your life?” San teases.
That makes him look up, his cheeks turning beet red, and he shakes his head. “What makes you think that?”
You and San exchange a look, and you both burst out laughing. “That reaction?” you say.
Yeosang turns off his phone, putting it away in his back pocket. “Y’all shut up,” he says, though it has no bite. “It’s still early, and I don’t want everyone to know and ask questions.”
Another look is exchanged between you and San. A knowing look - you’ve worked together to get Sydney and Yunho to date, you both knew about Hongjoong and Seonghwa first, and you even helped Wooyoung to plan his first dates with Taeri.
It’s like you’re somehow always involved, whether it be from close or far, in your friends’ relationships. 
“Don’t worry, we won’t say shit,” you reassure him. “We’ve known about Seonghwa and Hongjoong since last year and we haven’t told anyone.”
Yeosang’s gaze widens. “No way.”
“Yup,” San says. He lets go of your hand, wrapping his arm around your shoulder to pull you closer. “She figured it out first, though.”
You did, but you’d immediately told San about it as he’d walked you home from that bar in December, back when things were so… uncertain between the two of you.
Back when he’d given you your Christmas gift, your own personal Mr Snake.
“Not surprised,” Yeosang says, and it somehow sounds ominous.
“What’s that supposed to mean!”
He laughs, shrugging his shoulders, before innocently saying, “Nothing.”
You glare at him, but then Hongjoong is calling Yeosang’s name, as he’s the one that called the karaoke place to rent a room while you were still at the restaurant. Yeosang jogs to the front of your group, leaving you alone with San, and you turn towards your boyfriend.
“At this point, everyone in the group will be dating soon,” you say with a laugh.
San winces. “Besides Jongho.”
Right.
“We’ll find him someone,” you say with quiet conviction. “He’s a great guy, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“Not sure if he’ll want to date right away,” San says. “Considering the… cheating, and all.”
“True.” You ponder for a time, and then shrug your shoulders. “It’s not like he has to date anyone. As long as he heals and gets better, I’ll be happy for him.”
San glances towards Jongho, who seems a little out of place with the somber look on his face. You don’t hesitate, pushing San towards him, and your boyfriend takes the cue, heading towards his friend.
They end up chatting for a while, lingering outside after everyone’s already gone in, but when they come up, Jongho is smiling, and you’re relieved that San was able to cheer him up.
You’ve never been part of a karaoke session that’s as chaotic as this one turns out to be. Everyone is screaming more than singing, alcohol flowing between the group of you, and you go through classics like Celine Dion, to songs by IU, passing by other songs from popular pop artists. It’s a blast, especially as Hongjoong impresses everyone with his rapping skills, and Seonghwa looks at him like he’s never seen him before.
Yunho has that look on his face too when Sydney goes up with Yeosang and Wooyoung, too. He just looks at her like she puts the stars in his night sky and though he’s your brother, and he’s just a huge dumbass, you can’t help but find it adorable.
You end up singing your share with your friends, though your voice is not even nearly as good as theirs. It’s still fun, and you’re a laughing mess as the night unfolds, up until you sit back on the couch by the wall to take a breather as all of them are singing along to a popular song from the 2000s. Mingi is chilling on the couch too, and he looks at you as you sit down, grabbing a water bottle.
“Tired?” he asks you.
“I’m losing my voice.” 
You both laugh, as you indeed sound like your voice is about to give up on you. 
“It’s ‘cause you’ve been screaming,” Mingi says. “Not too good for the vocal cords.”
You wince, right on cue with Wooyoung screaming. “Right.”
You listen to your friends sing, smiling at San as he glances your way. He smiles back, that dimpled smile you fell in love with so hard so long ago, and your heart flutters in your chest.
“I’m happy for you,” Mingi says, and you glance at him. At the sight of your quirked eyebrow, he adds, “You and San seem really happy.”
You beam. You can’t help it - you are really happy.
“Thanks, Mingi,” you gently say.
“You deserve it, after everything you’ve been through.”
You don’t let the reminder of Jungkook, and of the shitshow that happened last semester between you and San, take hold. Instead, you let it wash over like it’s just a wave in the sea, and then you let it go.
“You know, you deserve it, too,” you reply.
Sadness momentarily passes in his gaze, though you could swear it ends with a silver lining. “We all do. Sometimes, it just takes more time, you know?”
You recall what he’d told you about his ex back during the beach trip. How she ran because he was too much too soon for her. 
“It does,” you gently say.
Mingi meets your gaze, and you see the sadness. It’s still there, but you could swear it isn’t as potent as it was back in April.
Time does heal everything, doesn’t it?
“One day,” he lets out. “One day, I’ll find someone that looks at me the way San looks at you.”
He will. You know  he will - Song Mingi is a good person after all, and he deserves all the love in the universe.
Friday, July 11th
The drive out of the city is peaceful, Yunho’s car eating the miles towards your destination. Destination that you refused to reveal to San, but you reckon he’s had an inkling since you left the city.
It’s strange to be the one driving. You haven’t driven in a while and, though your parents told Yunho to let you use the car whenever you want to, you’re too used to just letting him drive and taking Ubers the rest of the time that you feel rusted as the countryside passes by the window in a blur of deep green leaves and baby blue skies.
You’re holding San’s hand, though he’s dozed off a moment ago, the indie music playlist you’ve put on lulling him to sleep. Though he’ll wake up soon enough, as you’re closing in on your destination.
The camping is nestled a little higher in the mountains, next to a river and some waterfalls, which you’ve planned to go see tomorrow. Today, you just want to relax with San, and maybe stargaze and eat toasted marshmallows. Which is exactly what you end up doing, after having stopped in town at a small restaurant to eat a bite before heading to the camping site.
Camping might be a generous word, or maybe not generous enough word. Indeed, you won’t have to sleep in a tent, as the place comes with a small trailer with a kitchen, a fully-equipped bathroom, and a queen bed. You got a deal for it back in May, and you’ve been looking forward to coming here since then.
There’s some sort of intimacy in being alone in the forest under a blanket of stars with the man that you love. The man you’ve come so far with, the one that stole your heart so many months ago. And though he might have hurt you once, he’s been nurturing your heart so well now it feels like it never happened.
“This is… nice,” San lets out as you walk into the trailer, the setting sun painting the scene in gold. “But it must have been so expensive.”
He throws you a look over his shoulder as you take off your shoes, and you just offer him a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, it’s your birthday gift.”
“You say that as if you haven’t already given me a gift,” he says, raising his hand to bring your attention to the bracelet on his wrist. “You didn’t need to do all this.”
You chuckle, wrapping your arms around his waist. “But I wanted to.”
It’s all you need to say for him to turn around, and he immediately goes in for a kiss that leaves your mind spinning. It makes you giggle as he pulls away and pecks your forehead, and then he sits on the bed, pulling you closer.
“So, just us two, in the middle of the woods…” he trails off. “Are you planning to murder me?”
You burst out laughing as you tap his chest. “Nope. But it’d be the perfect place. No one would hear you scream.”
His mouth falls open, and you just push him back, climbing on his lap. The shocked expression turns into a smug one, and he grips your hips. “Oh, scream that way.”
You can’t help it. It’s the way he looks at you, desire blazing bright all of a sudden. It’s enough to make you forget all about the marshmallows you were planning to toast.
All you want is San, and so you dive in, leaning down to steal a heated kiss off his lips. He reciprocates in a heartbeat, his tongue darting out to tease your lower lip. You sigh in his mouth, and he uses the opportunity to push his tongue in your mouth.
You suck on the wet muscle, and San grunts, his hands tightening on your hips. And then they shift to your ass, and he massages at the flesh of it, earning a small moan for you.
“Is it wild that I already want to fuck you in this bed?” San asks when you pull away to leave a trail of kisses down his neck.
You sit up, circling your hips on his already half-hard dick. “It isn’t.” You lean down, kiss him languidly for a few seconds, before sitting again. “I want you to fuck me, too.”
He sits up, easily finding your lips. He kisses you, sucking your lower lip into his mouth before gently biting at it. You grind on him again and, before you know it, he lands a hand on the small of your back, the other holding the back of your head firmly, and he spins you around until you’re on the bed with him over you.
“Then I’ll fuck you now, princess.”
He’s quick to take his shirt off, and your hands wander around the strong muscles of his abdomen as he remains kneeling between your legs, his dark eyes swimming with lust.
“I swear every day you get even more pretty,” he praises. “So, so fucking pretty.” He bends down, quickly kisses you hard and deep, and then sits back on his heels again. “To think that you’re mine.” One of his hands slightly coasts its way up your side, and he traces your jaw. “I’m so lucky.”
Fuck, you love him.
“San…” you trail off.
He smirks. “I know, baby. I’ll take good care of you.”
As soon as the words are out, San stands, helping you to sit up so that he can take off your shirt. You busy yourself with unbuttoning his pants, pushing them down his legs before letting them fall to the ground. San steps out of them, and your eyes drop to the bulge in his dark green boxers as he straightens.
“I’m already so hard,” he comments as he readjusts himself in his underwear.
You reach forward, palming him through the fabric. “You always get so hard for me.”
He chuckles, though it ends on a small moan as you lean closer, licking his tip through his underwear. “Fuck,” he lets out. 
His single curse makes your blood boil with lust for him, and you pull his underwear down, releasing his dick so that you can directly lick at his slit. He groans, especially as you think better of it, sucking his tip lightly.
“You’re so sensitive,” you purr as you pull away. 
He cups your cheeks, bending down to steal a heated kiss from your lips, one that leaves your mind spinning as he devours you. 
“Lie down on the bed,” he orders once he pulls away, pushing his boxers down his legs.
Heart beating out of your chest, you obey, watching him though half-lidded eyes as he kneels on the floor, his face at a level with your clothed pussy. It doesn’t stay that way for too long. San quickly takes your pants off, taking your panties with them, and you’re soon bare to him, the last piece of clothing on your body being your bra.
San kisses the inside of your thighs as he hooks your legs over his shoulders, and then he blows on your pussy. You instinctively try to close your legs, but he keeps you spread wide open for him.
“Be nice, mmh?” he tells you.
“Then get to work,” you whine.
He laughs, the sound genuine and amused, and a second later, his lips are wrapped around your clit. He circles it with his tongue, earning a breathless sound from you, and then he flicks it once before moving lower, pushing your folds apart with his tongue. He shamelessly fucks you with the wet muscle, and you throw your head back, eyes fluttering shut as pleasure swarms through you.
San is good to you. He’s always been, but over the months, he’s learned even more of your tells, of what you like, and he always applies it diligently, coaxing orgasms after orgasms out of you. You know tonight won’t be any different - the way his tongue moves back to your clit, making an eight motion on the sensitive bundle of nerves, sends your mind into orbit, and your moans grow increasingly louder as your climax looms closer, promising to hit in a delicious high.
Right when you think it’ll hit, San pulls away, and you let out a frustrated sound as he blows on your oversensitive clit again.
“You’re going to have to be patient, princess,” San teases, and he bites at the skin of the inside of your thigh before kneeling between your legs.
He’s hard, precum beading at his tip, and he grabs the base of his dick, aligning himself with your clit. And then he’s rubbing his tip on you, and your legs twitch as he hits a good spot. You moan, loud, and he chuckles, his hand finding your breast to pinch your nipple.
“Think you can hold it in for me?” he asks, and it’s almost condescending.
Though you know San is never condescending with you.
“It’s so good,” you whine.
“Yeah?” He pulls away, spitting on your pussy, and then he’s back to rubbing his dick on you. “Imagine how good it’ll feel once I’m inside of you.”
Just the thought of it makes a shiver run up and down your spine, and you bite at your lower lip. “Imagine how good it’ll feel for you, mmh?”
“Oh, I’m patient,” he frustratingly teases, pulling away from you. “We have all night.”
You almost curse at him, but you hold it in as he plops on the bed next to you, his large hand immediately going between your legs so that he can run a finger between your lips. 
“I might kill you,” you grumble as he circles your clit with barely any pressure.
He kisses your cheek. “You won’t. We both know you come the hardest when I edge you.” He dips his finger inside of you, and you let out a broken sound that’s soon interrupted by his digit returning to your clit. “Besides, it’s my birthday. You’ll let me have my fun, right?”
“It was your birthday yesterday.”
He props himself up on his elbow, looking down at you. His finger is still teasing you in a pace so slow it almost hurts, and he just smiles down at you, his gaze dark. “Thought you said it was my birthday weekend.”
You did say that. Yet all you do now is clench your jaw, trying to glare at him despite the way he plunges his finger in you again.
“You’re soaked,” he praises, and he pulls his finger out to look at it. It’s covered in your juice, and San sucks it clean before meeting your gaze again. “Now, let’s get to work.”
He does. He gets to work, kneeling next to you as he pushes his finger inside of you, curling it to rub at your nutty spot for a few seconds before he pushes another finger inside, fighting against your walls until they swallow him in. And then he’s going at it, playing with your g-spot like it’s an instrument he knows by heart, his other hand resting flat on your lower belly. It doesn’t take you long before your high hits and, though he didn’t say you could come, you climax all over his hand, screaming his name as he keeps going.
You’re squirting. You don’t know how long he makes you squirt for, but you’re a mewling mess under his talented hands, and soon the bed is soaked, his fingers dripping with your juice as he finally pulls them out of you.
You whine from the loss of sensation, but then a second later, he’s pushing all the way in, his dick hitting your cervix. It doesn’t even hurt, not when you’re as aroused as you are. Especially not as his hand becomes a lose necklace around your neck, and he fucks you like there’s no tomorrow, the bed slamming in the wall hard.
But here, there’s no one to hear you. It’s just you and him, so you moan and scream his name as he gives you orgasm after orgasm, his skillful thrusts keeping you on cloud nine so long you’re convinced you’ll forget how to walk by the time he’s done with you.
“You always take me so fucking well,” San grunts as he slams all the way in. “So, so fucking well.” He bends down, kissing you deeply, and then the motions of his hips grow slower, yet they remain just as deep. “I could fuck you like this for the rest of my life.”
He’s out of breath, covered in sweat, yet you run your shaky hands on his back, holding him close to you.
“Do it,” you whisper.
He raises his head to meet your gaze. You can barely focus on him, ecstasy coursing through your blood, yet you find his eyes, diving head first in the love they hold.
“I will,” he promises.
This time, when he kisses you again, all the lust is gone. There’s just love left, so much love, and he fucks you slow, makes love to you for what feels like hours, up until the sun fully sets and dusk falls upon the two of you. Only then does he climax too, painting your insides white as he unloads his cum deep inside of you, your legs wrapped around his waist as if you could bring him closer, too.
Hell, you’d want him under your skin if you could.
It takes forever for your heartbeats to settle in your chests after, your breathing entwined as San rests his forehead on yours. There’s love in the sound, in the space between your lips that’s connected more often than enough, yet not enough at all. 
You’re consumed by San. Thoroughly, completely consumed by him, and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Wow,” he breathes out between one heartbeat and the next. “Princess…”
You peck his lips. “I know.” 
“I’ll never get enough of you,” he confesses. “Every day of my life, I want you by my side.”
“San…”
“Yes?”
It’s time. You feel it in your bones, feel it in your soul. And maybe you wanted to say it under a sky full of stars, maybe you wanted to say it while listening to the crackle of the fire. But the moment has come, the time is right, and the words need an out, more than they’ve ever needed before.
“I love you.”
He beams. Brighter than even the Sun that sits at the middle of the solar system, San beams, grinning from ear to ear as he raises his head just enough to meet your gaze. “Princess…”
“It’s true,” you insist, and you rub your hands on his back. “I love you, Choi San. I’ve loved you for a long time already, and I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time but… yes, I love you.”
“I love you too,” he says in a breathy whisper heavy with emotion. “And I will always love you.”
You laugh, happy tears welling up in your eyes. “That’s a big promise to make.”
“I mean it,” he insists. He lies next to you, and you feel his seed dripping out of you. “There’s no one else but you.” He kisses your cheek as you grin, glancing at him. “Besides, I’m meeting your family next week. They have to know how much I love you.”
“And how much is that?” you ask, feeling greedy.
“More than you can imagine.” He props himself up on a shoulder to look down at you. “I’ve been waiting for you my whole life.”
“Cheesy.”
He laughs, kissing you in the middle of it. It’s awkward, but it makes sense for you and Choi San.
Happiness and love will always make sense for the two of you.
“You love it,” he replies.
“I love you.”
“Look who’s cheesy now?” 
You scrunch up your nose, unable to keep your grin in despite trying to. “Fuck, San.”
Your words are serious, catching him off guard. “What?”
“It took us so long…”
“Oh, princess…” He tugs you closer, wrapping his arms around you. “No matter how long it took, we got here. And that’s what’s important.”
He’s right. You know he is, and you love him even more for it.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he whispers next, kissing the top of your head. “I love you, Y/n. And I’ll love you for the rest of my life, too.”
“For the rest of our lives,” you say. “I will love you too.”
You think it’s the easiest promise you’ve ever made.
After all, nothing could have stopped you and Choi San from happening. Not when it’s been written in the universe long before you even existed. And so, for the rest of your life, you’ll spend your time loving him, for every second and every minute and every hour. From this moment until your very last one.
From now until the end of your time.
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Be With You | ch 17
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, mostly just a lot of fluff and happiness, explicit content: oral sex (male and female receiving), hair pulling, mouth fucking, edging, clit and nipple play, fingering, squirting, unprotected sex (be careful), praising, creampie, they make love
☆word count: 8.6k
☆series masterpost
☆a/n: last one :( thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Thursday, July 10th 
You wake up with the morning sun, its gentle caress on your features bringing you back to reality from the land of dreams. You don’t open your eyes just yet though, the comfortable weight of San’s arm on your stomach keeping you tethered to grogginess. 
It’s early anyway, if the sun is entering his room at an angle that allows it to shine in your face.
San is breathing deeply behind you, still sound asleep, and you snuggle your face in the soft blanket that’s wrapped around you, hoping to fall back asleep.
Last night was fun. You had dinner with San’s mother as she came to visit her son for his birthday, and she gave him a plushie that she claimed was from his collection back home. San thanked her with a blush, and you tucked that information in the back of your mind.
Of course, San has a plushie collection.
San’s arm tightens around you in his sleep, and he lets out a soft sigh that curls your lips upwards. And maybe it’s the weight of his arm on you, or the warmth of his body. Maybe it’s his soft breathing, but you do manage to fall back asleep, waking up again later when he shifts and turns on his back.
“Morning,” he mumbles, voice rough with sleep, as you peek behind you.
“What are you doing?” you ask as you yawn, pulling Mr Snake tighter against your chest.
Because of course you always sleep with the plushie in your arms.
“I have to pee,” he admits. “But I’ll be right back.”
You whine as he moves and he lets out a small laugh that only makes you smile. “Happy birthday, Sannie.”
He’s already up, and he bends down to peck your forehead. “Thank you, princess.”
And then he’s leaving his room, stretching as he walks through the walk-in closet to access the bathroom. It doesn’t take long for him to be back, and you turn to face him as he lies down next to you, facing you too.
“You’re so old now,” you tease.
He narrows his gaze even though he chuckles. “Careful, we’ll be the same age soon.”
Indeed, your birthday is next month.
“But for now I get to call you an old man.”
He rolls his eyes, and then moves closer to pull you in his embrace. You laugh as your forehead ends up pressed against his pecs, and he only holds you tighter. “Alright then,” he grumbles. “I guess I’m old.”
Satisfied, you nod, and then you sigh again as sleep refuses to fully leave you. But then, thoughts about the day that’s to come awaken you thoroughly, and you sit up so fast you almost bump San’s nose on the way up.
“What?” he asks, startled.
“It’s your birthday!” you excitedly say.
“Yes, we’ve already established that.” 
You squeal, and then you bend down, pecking his face repeatedly as he just starts laughing. It’s more of a giggle, and it’s adorable and makes your heart so full of love for him you think you’re about to burst.
You haven’t told each other the three little words yet. San came close once, or at least you think he did, but still, the words haven’t been said yet. Not because you don’t feel them - you’ve been feeling them for a long time now - but only because you wanted the perfect occasion to tell him. And you’ve prepared the perfect occasion now, even though he doesn’t know it yet.
But you still have to wait until tomorrow as today is reserved to hanging out with your friends and celebrating all together. Indeed, you’re going to spend the afternoon in a park on the riverside, where the wind should hopefully help with chasing the heat of the day away. Indeed, it’s supposed to be incredibly warm today, with lightning storms at the peak of the afternoon, but they never really last long at this time of the year.
“Truce, truce!” San yells as you just keep pecking his face. 
His cheeks are flushed red when you pull away. You’re now straddling his lap, and you sit back on him, putting your weight on his dick. His reaction is immediate - he reaches for your waist, holding you in place, and lust seeps into his gaze.
The honeymoon phase is strong between you. It’s been even more intense since you’ve decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend at the beginning of May, after that dinner with his father.
About that, you’ve met up for dinner with his father two times since then, each time going better than the last. You saw him last weekend, and San was genuinely happy the whole time, not even once making a comment about his father leaving. You know he hasn’t forgiven the man, and you don’t think he ever will, but you can tell that those dinners have been healing something in him. And his father has been trying so hard to be present for San, texting him more often - all you can hope for is that it’ll last.
You zero back in on the present, your eyes skimming San’s features as he looks up at you. He wets his lips, and you glance at that too, right before leaning in and pressing a gentle kiss on his lips.
You’re not big on wet kisses in the morning - morning breath is just not it - and so the kiss doesn’t deepen too much, your tongues not reaching for each other like they usually instinctively do. It’s more lips, and you love it that way too, if only because San’s lips are always so soft.
But you have a goal in mind for the birthday boy, and it’s not to kiss him. No, you want to make him feel good, want him to start his day in the best way possible, so you leave his mouth to find his neck. He turns his head to the side to give you better access, and you kiss down the soft skin of his neck, nipping at the spot that connects his shoulder to his neck. He lets out a barely audible sound that makes your insides grow warm, and so you keep travelling down his body, kissing every inch of skin until you reach the band of his boxers.
“Can I take these off?” you ask.
San is looking down at you and he nods, wetting his lips. “What are you up to?” he asks.
“Just want to treat the birthday boy good, is that wrong?”
“Nope.” He raises his hips to help you remove his boxers, and you quickly slide them down his legs, removing them entirely to throw them on the floor.
San watches you carefully as you look at his dick. He’s still relatively soft, but you know that will change in no time.
“Then, be nice for me, will you?” you tell him, tilting your head to the side like you’re a predator sizing your prey.
He doesn’t have time to answer. Indeed, you’re already cupping his balls, and he hisses at the contact, a muscle feathering under the skin of his jaw at the sensitivity. He curses under his breath, but you’re already leaning forward, pressing a kiss on his hip next to his dick.
“Careful with the balls,” he reminds you.
You release the pressure, not wanting to hurt him, and your tongue darts out to tease his dick. “I didn’t say you could talk.”
His gaze widens, and you take him in your mouth, sucking lightly. His teeth dig in his lower lip, and then you’re slowly taking all of him in, swallowing around him. The fact that he’s still relatively soft makes it easier, and your eyes flutter shut as you focus on the action, on running your tongue on the underside of his dick as you slowly pull out.
A string of spit hangs between his tip and your mouth, and it breaks as you start jerking him off, keeping that slow rhythm you’ve settled on for now. San lets you do it, eyes closed as he enjoys the blowjob, his head resting on his pillow in a way that makes his jaw even sharper than it usually is.
You reach up, nails dragging on his abs, and he immediately looks down at you. Your gazes connect as you take him in your mouth again, swirling your tongue around his tip before teasing his slit. And then you go down again, this time choking a little as he’s already harder.
You start moving up and down, keeping that slow rhythm that will drive him crazy in no time, and you stroke his dick with your hand in time with the motions of your head, making sure to drool on him so that you can use it as natural lube. It works, and San’s breathing grows heavier, louder, yet he keeps the groans that make you go insane to himself, so you keep the slow pace.
San curses lowly, and one of his hands finds the back of your head, as if he’ll try to push you down on him. But he doesn’t, just follows you, though he’s soon gripping at your hair, pulling it in a makeshift ponytail.
“You’re being a tease, mmh?” he asks as he pulls on your hair.
You pull away from his dick, looking at him innocently. “Me? I would never.”
“Fucking brat,” he says, his eyes dark. “There’s something I want to try.”
He sits up while you sit back on your heels, wiping the spit on your chin with the back of your hand. “What do you want to try?” 
He looks at the side of the bed, then chuckles awkwardly. “Feel free to say no. But… what if you hang your head from the bed?”
You try to picture it in your mind, though you’re not quite sure how it would work. “Huh?”
San gets up, his now-hard dick bouncing with the motion. One of his hands wraps around himself, and he strokes twice as you move to the side of the bed.
“Lie on your back,” San indicates. You do, though your head is still on the bed. “Now, if you move closer to me a little…”
He stops talking as you do so, and a few seconds later, your head is hanging from the bed.
“Mmh, my bed is a little low for this,” he pensively says, yet he manages to bend his knees slightly, and then his dick is right in your face.
Unable to resist, you tease him with your tongue and San chuckles, before tapping your lips with the tip of his dick.
“Now, I can fuck your mouth like this,” he says. “If that’s okay with you?”
He’s waiting for your consent, and you wonder how long he’s actually been wanting to do this. Because just having you in this position has gotten him rock hard, his balls tight like he’s already close to coming.
“You want it?” you ask.
He pulls away enough so that he can meet your gaze. “I just think it’d be really fucking hot. But I’ve never done this, and I don’t want to hurt you.”
You love him. You fucking love him so much and, if he wants to try, then you’ll try with him.
“I’ll tap your leg if it hurts,” you reassure him. “I want to try, too.”
He wets his lips, chest going up in a sharp inhale of breath, and then he’s bringing his dick back to your mouth, pressing it on your lips. You open wide for him, and he slowly pushes in, his tip rubbing on your tongue in the most decadent way. He stops with just his tip in, and then pulls out just as slow, before pushing back in.
He’s trying to be gentle. That much is clear to you, and it turns you on to no end. So, without hesitating, you bring your hand between your legs - you’ve never been so happy about choosing to sleep naked - parting your lips to see that you’re already soaked wet.
“Fuck,” San curses as you start rubbing circles on your clit, and you moan as he pushes in, so deep you feel him in your throat.
You keep the gag reflex in, and it’s strangely easier in this position. San notices it, too, because he starts going faster, his restraint slowly falling out the window. And then he’s truly fucking your mouth, and it’s so hot that you’re a moaning mess around him. It has to feel good - the sounds that he makes are pornographic, sounds you commit to memory for when you’re apart from him and need a reminder. 
He pulls out occasionally, letting you breathe a little, but it’s clear to you that he’s chasing his high, and that he’s going to get to it soon. Indeed, his motions are sloppier now, less focused, and his groans have turned into moans.
“Where should I come?” he asks as he pulls out once more, and you immediately reach for his dick, jerking him off fast.
“Wherever you want,” you answer, your voice raucous from getting your throat fucked.
You’ve barely had time to finish your sentence that he’s already coming, spurts of his seed falling on your breasts and on your stomach. Some even fall on your cheek, yet you don’t stop jerking him off, milking his orgasm from him as he shakes over you.
Once it’s clear to you that he’s done coming, you let go of his dick, licking your fingers clean. You then pick up his cum on your cheek, licking that clean, too, and San looks down at you, his eyes wide.
“That was so fucking hot,” he lets out. “Holy shit.”
You chuckle. “It really was.”
“Let me wipe you clean, and then I want you to come all over my face.”
His words barely register - he’s already running to the bathroom, and he comes back with a wet hand cloth that he uses to clean your breasts and stomach, and then he’s lying down on the bed next to you.
“Climb on,” he tells you.
You laugh at his eagerness, but you’re quick to obey, straddling his face.
What a way to start the day indeed.
*****
The park is crowded, yet not as much as you imagined it would be on a summer day. It makes sense - with the lightning storm coming later, most people have chosen to do activities inside. But not you and your friends, and especially not San.
You’ve been watching some of your friends playing frisbee while you’re eating an ice cream cone you got from the vendor by the river. Sydney is next to you, reading a book, and Taeri, Wooyoung’s new girlfriend, has also elected to hang out with the two of you.
She’s nice. You don’t get along with her as well as you did with Lyla, but you haven’t spoken to the latter since she and Jongho broke up last month, and you have the feeling that you likely won’t speak to her again.
Not when they broke up because Lyla cheated on Jongho with her ex.
You were appalled when Yeosang told you about it two weeks ago while you were hanging out on the rooftop of his and Wooyoung’s building. The sun was setting, the atmosphere more that of a party than that of somber confessions, but the alcohol had loosened Yeosang’s tongue, and he told you all about the breakup.
It made sense, then, that Jongho didn’t speak to anyone for a few weeks. The news were devastating to him, and though he’s come along today in honor of San’s birthday, you’ve noticed the shadows in his eyes.
All you can hope for is that today helps him, too. He deserves it.
“It is so humid,” Taeri lets out, and you glance at her to see that she’s got a small portable fan directed towards her face, her eyes closed as she enjoys the wind that it projects on her. “I feel like the storm will be wild.”
“It’ll probably be,” Sydney agrees. “But we’ll be fine, we reserved the second floor of a café nearby.”
Taeri’s eyes shoot open as she looks in Sydney’s direction. “No way.”
“Yeah,” you interject. “I figured it’d be better to be prepared, and Seonghwa knows the owner from working there last year. It was easy to reserve.”
“That’s great!”
The conversation naturally dies as she leans back against the tree behind her. Indeed, you’re sitting in the shade of a large tree, and the leaves allow some sun rays to pass, creating a dappled carpet on the grass you’re lounging on.
Wooyoung cheers loudly from where they’ve been throwing the frisbee around, and you look in his direction, noticing San, Yeosang and Jongho all dapping up. The other team, composed of your brother, Hongjoong, Seonghwa and Mingi - he’s visiting for the week - appears to be crestfallen, the loss visible on all of their features. You laugh at the sight, though they all cheer up the second San says they should rearrange the teams.
And then they’re back to playing, and you take a long sip of the water bottle you brought along with you, making a mental note to make sure that San drinks a bunch once he stops playing so that he doesn’t get dehydrated.
It’d be easy to get dehydrated in this heat after all.
The boys play for a while longer, and clouds have started gathering in the sky by the time they finish, hinting at the storm that’s to come. They all walk back towards you and the girls, and San plops down on the ground next to you, grabbing the water bottle you hand him.
You’re not surprised that he chugs it in one go, and he takes a deep breath when he’s done, meeting your gaze.
“I won all my games,” he says with a proud smile, and you reach to his forehead to push back a strand of hair that stuck to his sweat.
“Look at you.”
He leans closer, a smirk growing on his lips. “I think it’s because the day started out so well,” he teases. “Can’t get bad after that.”
You snort, pushing him playfully, though you don’t reply anything to that.
Mostly because you agree with him, but also because thinking about it too much will make you want to start again where you left off, and that won’t be possible for a while.
Once the boys have all had their shares of water, emptying most water bottles that you brought with you, you decide to head to the coffee shop. Indeed, the sky has gotten even greyer, and you all know it’s just a matter of time before it opens up and hell falls on your group. 
Thankfully, you make it to the coffee shop just in time, and the loud splatter of the rainfall creates a serene ambiance as you settle around the second floor, scattering around the different tables here.
The coffee shop is pretty. With a lot of plants, and a view of the inner yard and the trees in it, and you admire them as the rain showers endlessly, the low rumble of thunder in the distance an indication that the storm will hit soon.
But it doesn’t matter. Not when you’re inside, and the owner brings up some dessert for you all before taking your order for your drinks. You choose a matcha, and San gets his usual iced Americano, and then the owner goes around the group, leaving your side.
“This is nice,” San says, and he picks up a small bite-sized cake that he immediately eats. “It’s much better than the box cake I have at home.”
You chuckle. “Do you mean that one you almost fully ate yesterday?”
“It doesn’t count, it’s my birthday,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. 
You laugh, grabbing a paper napkin to clean the frosting that stains the corner of his mouth. “You’re the one that complained you were going to lose your abs yesterday.”
He glares at you, right as Wooyoung plops down in the chair next to you, Taeri behind him. She sits next to him, and she offers you a small smile as you glance her way.
“Y’all got the best desserts, apparently,” Wooyoung says as he also grabs a bite-sized cake. “At least according to Seonghwa.”
Seonghwa is currently busy chatting with Hongjoong at the table overlooking the inner yard, and they look lost in their own little world. You assume Wooyoung and Taeri were with them before though, as there are empty chairs that clearly don’t belong to the table next to it.
Seonghwa and Hongjoong… They still haven’t made their relationship official, though everyone in the friend group kind of knows about them. They’re being less and less subtle as time passes, and you can tell it’s just a matter of time before they do make it official.
It’s not like they really need it, though. They’ve both been visibly happy, and that’s the only thing that matters in the end.
“Can I have one?” Taeri politely asks San.
He snorts. “You don’t have to ask me, just grab some.”
She nods with a blush - like she often does around everyone that isn’t Wooyoung, you and Sydney - and she does grab a bite, her eyes widening in appreciation.
You might be harsh with her. She’s just a shy girl, someone you wouldn’t expect to be with a guy like Wooyoung, but then again maybe Wooyoung will help her get out of her shell a little. It’s already started to work, as she talks to you and Sydney more, but you reckon she still has a long way to go before she’s comfortable in the friend group.
The lightning storm hits about fifteen minutes later, the rain growing even heavier outside, and it’s loud enough to make you all have to talk louder to hear each other. It doesn’t deter anyone though, the excitement and delightful relaxation in the café lingering all through the storm.
You like spending time with all of your friends like this. It’s so rare that you manage to get a full day with everyone like this - especially on a Thursday - yet you managed to make it work, and you know you’ll keep those memories close to your heart when you’ll look back on this day in the future.
Indeed, the fun lingers around for quite a while, even after the rain stops. You all go back outside, splitting the bill for the check between everyone - except San, obviously. Though puddles of water greet you the second you step outside, the humidity has fallen, making the heat much more bearable.
It helps that the sun is back as the afternoon ends, slowly drying the city around you. You take to walking around, stopping at different shops to buy some clothes and other items, and you end up getting a plush toy for San even though you already gave him a gift yesterday night, when his mother was over. It’s a bracelet, and he’s been wearing it proudly all day, showing it off to his friends like it’s the most precious thing he owns.
You love him so fucking much.
“I got you this,” you tell San as you walk out of the shop you and Sydney went in. 
San’s gaze falls on the round seal in your hands, and he bursts out laughing. “You did not have to get me anything.”
You proudly hand him the plushie, and he hugs it to his chest, gaze widening. “I know!” you tell him.
“This shit is fluffier than I thought it would be.”
You nod. “It’s a perfect cuddle buddy for when you miss me.”
San laughs again, leaning down to press a quick peck on your lips. “Thank you, princess.”
Your eyes shine as you meet his, and he looks so happy, so beautiful like this.
So… yours.
“Come on, lovebirds, we’re not going to watch you give googly eyes to each other all evening,” Wooyoung says from just a little further down the street, and you snort as you glance his way to see him with his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulder.
“Respectfully fuck off,” you throw his way.
He just winks at you, pulling Taeri closer to kiss her temple. “Nah.”
And then they’re walking away, and you follow behind him. Sydney is in front with Yunho and Yeosang, and you can’t see the rest of the group from where you are. It doesn’t matter - you’ve been slowly heading towards a popular Korean barbecue that’s just a couple of streets over, and you know everyone will make it there.
Or at least everyone that wants to be there, which you assume is everyone.
And you’re right. You arrive at the Korean barbecue all of ten minutes later, putting your names in on the waiting list, and then you go wait in a small park nearby, playing in the playground that’s currently empty of kids considering the sun is slowly sinking towards the horizon.
You end up sitting on the swings with Sydney and your brother, while they bicker about something that seems to be entirely inconsequential, yet the epitome of their life.
But when is it not when it comes to them? They already sound like an old married couple, and Yunho even told you last week that he sees himself marrying Sydney in the next few years. He’s even asked you to try and figure out what kind of ring she’d like, and you told him that, as her boyfriend, he should be the one to figure that out.
Though, obviously, you already know what she wants, but you’re not going to make your brother’s life easier. Where would be the fun in that?
“What’s Mingi doing?” Sydney asks suddenly, stopping the bickering, and you look around, only to find Mingi on the phone by a park bench, a couple of meters away from everyone.
“On the phone with his mom,” Yunho replies easily.
“Cute,” you let out, and memories of his mother and her sweet smile come to your mind. “How has she been?”
“Good, I presume,” Yunho says. “Mingi didn’t say anything, so I assume she’s good.”
“You’re so useless.”
His head whips your way. “Fuck off.”
“No.”
He glares at you, but he doesn’t say anything as San stops in front of you, handing you the seal plushie you got him.
“Can you hold this?” he asks. “Wooyoung said I can’t do the monkey bars, so I’ll show him he’s wrong.”
You chuckle. “The monkey bars?” you repeat. “How old are you again?” 
“Twenty-three, thanks for asking.” San pushes the plushie on your lap, and then bends down to kiss your forehead quickly. 
You just laugh as he runs back towards Wooyoung, Yeosang, Taeri and Jongho. Jongho is currently doing the monkey bars, obviously making his way across. They all do - even Taeri easily does it, and you’re left wondering if your friends are adults or if you’ve all jumped back ten years in the past - hell, fifteen years in the past - to when you were kids and meaningless challenges like that were personification of happiness.
It’s fun. You love your friends for that. They make youth even better than it already is, filling it with laughs and smiles and so much joy. They’re like family in a way, and you just know the friendships will last through the years.
The lively chatter at the Korean barbecue later tells you so, too. Conversation flows easily between the group, everyone having their piece of mind to say, and the food is amazing, as good as this place’s reputation led you to believe. You even end up sharing soju and, though you hate the taste, you find yourself having to take more than one shots from losing at some drinking games that Hongjoong initiates.
When your bellies are full and alcohol has already started flowing, you head towards the nearest karaoke place so that you can rent a room for the evening. You walk hand in hand with San, Yeosang lingering at the back of the group with you as he texts away on his phone, and you can help but wonder who’s got him chuckling to himself like that.
“Who are you texting?” you ask as he laughs for the fifth time.
“None of your business, mom,” he replies without missing a beat, not even looking up from his phone.
“Got someone in your life?” San teases.
That makes him look up, his cheeks turning beet red, and he shakes his head. “What makes you think that?”
You and San exchange a look, and you both burst out laughing. “That reaction?” you say.
Yeosang turns off his phone, putting it away in his back pocket. “Y’all shut up,” he says, though it has no bite. “It’s still early, and I don’t want everyone to know and ask questions.”
Another look is exchanged between you and San. A knowing look - you’ve worked together to get Sydney and Yunho to date, you both knew about Hongjoong and Seonghwa first, and you even helped Wooyoung to plan his first dates with Taeri.
It’s like you’re somehow always involved, whether it be from close or far, in your friends’ relationships. 
“Don’t worry, we won’t say shit,” you reassure him. “We’ve known about Seonghwa and Hongjoong since last year and we haven’t told anyone.”
Yeosang’s gaze widens. “No way.”
“Yup,” San says. He lets go of your hand, wrapping his arm around your shoulder to pull you closer. “She figured it out first, though.”
You did, but you’d immediately told San about it as he’d walked you home from that bar in December, back when things were so… uncertain between the two of you.
Back when he’d given you your Christmas gift, your own personal Mr Snake.
“Not surprised,” Yeosang says, and it somehow sounds ominous.
“What’s that supposed to mean!”
He laughs, shrugging his shoulders, before innocently saying, “Nothing.”
You glare at him, but then Hongjoong is calling Yeosang’s name, as he’s the one that called the karaoke place to rent a room while you were still at the restaurant. Yeosang jogs to the front of your group, leaving you alone with San, and you turn towards your boyfriend.
“At this point, everyone in the group will be dating soon,” you say with a laugh.
San winces. “Besides Jongho.”
Right.
“We’ll find him someone,” you say with quiet conviction. “He’s a great guy, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“Not sure if he’ll want to date right away,” San says. “Considering the… cheating, and all.”
“True.” You ponder for a time, and then shrug your shoulders. “It’s not like he has to date anyone. As long as he heals and gets better, I’ll be happy for him.”
San glances towards Jongho, who seems a little out of place with the somber look on his face. You don’t hesitate, pushing San towards him, and your boyfriend takes the cue, heading towards his friend.
They end up chatting for a while, lingering outside after everyone’s already gone in, but when they come up, Jongho is smiling, and you’re relieved that San was able to cheer him up.
You’ve never been part of a karaoke session that’s as chaotic as this one turns out to be. Everyone is screaming more than singing, alcohol flowing between the group of you, and you go through classics like Celine Dion, to songs by IU, passing by other songs from popular pop artists. It’s a blast, especially as Hongjoong impresses everyone with his rapping skills, and Seonghwa looks at him like he’s never seen him before.
Yunho has that look on his face too when Sydney goes up with Yeosang and Wooyoung, too. He just looks at her like she puts the stars in his night sky and though he’s your brother, and he’s just a huge dumbass, you can’t help but find it adorable.
You end up singing your share with your friends, though your voice is not even nearly as good as theirs. It’s still fun, and you’re a laughing mess as the night unfolds, up until you sit back on the couch by the wall to take a breather as all of them are singing along to a popular song from the 2000s. Mingi is chilling on the couch too, and he looks at you as you sit down, grabbing a water bottle.
“Tired?” he asks you.
“I’m losing my voice.” 
You both laugh, as you indeed sound like your voice is about to give up on you. 
“It’s ‘cause you’ve been screaming,” Mingi says. “Not too good for the vocal cords.”
You wince, right on cue with Wooyoung screaming. “Right.”
You listen to your friends sing, smiling at San as he glances your way. He smiles back, that dimpled smile you fell in love with so hard so long ago, and your heart flutters in your chest.
“I’m happy for you,” Mingi says, and you glance at him. At the sight of your quirked eyebrow, he adds, “You and San seem really happy.”
You beam. You can’t help it - you are really happy.
“Thanks, Mingi,” you gently say.
“You deserve it, after everything you’ve been through.”
You don’t let the reminder of Jungkook, and of the shitshow that happened last semester between you and San, take hold. Instead, you let it wash over like it’s just a wave in the sea, and then you let it go.
“You know, you deserve it, too,” you reply.
Sadness momentarily passes in his gaze, though you could swear it ends with a silver lining. “We all do. Sometimes, it just takes more time, you know?”
You recall what he’d told you about his ex back during the beach trip. How she ran because he was too much too soon for her. 
“It does,” you gently say.
Mingi meets your gaze, and you see the sadness. It’s still there, but you could swear it isn’t as potent as it was back in April.
Time does heal everything, doesn’t it?
“One day,” he lets out. “One day, I’ll find someone that looks at me the way San looks at you.”
He will. You know  he will - Song Mingi is a good person after all, and he deserves all the love in the universe.
Friday, July 11th
The drive out of the city is peaceful, Yunho’s car eating the miles towards your destination. Destination that you refused to reveal to San, but you reckon he’s had an inkling since you left the city.
It’s strange to be the one driving. You haven’t driven in a while and, though your parents told Yunho to let you use the car whenever you want to, you’re too used to just letting him drive and taking Ubers the rest of the time that you feel rusted as the countryside passes by the window in a blur of deep green leaves and baby blue skies.
You’re holding San’s hand, though he’s dozed off a moment ago, the indie music playlist you’ve put on lulling him to sleep. Though he’ll wake up soon enough, as you’re closing in on your destination.
The camping is nestled a little higher in the mountains, next to a river and some waterfalls, which you’ve planned to go see tomorrow. Today, you just want to relax with San, and maybe stargaze and eat toasted marshmallows. Which is exactly what you end up doing, after having stopped in town at a small restaurant to eat a bite before heading to the camping site.
Camping might be a generous word, or maybe not generous enough word. Indeed, you won’t have to sleep in a tent, as the place comes with a small trailer with a kitchen, a fully-equipped bathroom, and a queen bed. You got a deal for it back in May, and you’ve been looking forward to coming here since then.
There’s some sort of intimacy in being alone in the forest under a blanket of stars with the man that you love. The man you’ve come so far with, the one that stole your heart so many months ago. And though he might have hurt you once, he’s been nurturing your heart so well now it feels like it never happened.
“This is… nice,” San lets out as you walk into the trailer, the setting sun painting the scene in gold. “But it must have been so expensive.”
He throws you a look over his shoulder as you take off your shoes, and you just offer him a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, it’s your birthday gift.”
“You say that as if you haven’t already given me a gift,” he says, raising his hand to bring your attention to the bracelet on his wrist. “You didn’t need to do all this.”
You chuckle, wrapping your arms around his waist. “But I wanted to.”
It’s all you need to say for him to turn around, and he immediately goes in for a kiss that leaves your mind spinning. It makes you giggle as he pulls away and pecks your forehead, and then he sits on the bed, pulling you closer.
“So, just us two, in the middle of the woods…” he trails off. “Are you planning to murder me?”
You burst out laughing as you tap his chest. “Nope. But it’d be the perfect place. No one would hear you scream.”
His mouth falls open, and you just push him back, climbing on his lap. The shocked expression turns into a smug one, and he grips your hips. “Oh, scream that way.”
You can’t help it. It’s the way he looks at you, desire blazing bright all of a sudden. It’s enough to make you forget all about the marshmallows you were planning to toast.
All you want is San, and so you dive in, leaning down to steal a heated kiss off his lips. He reciprocates in a heartbeat, his tongue darting out to tease your lower lip. You sigh in his mouth, and he uses the opportunity to push his tongue in your mouth.
You suck on the wet muscle, and San grunts, his hands tightening on your hips. And then they shift to your ass, and he massages at the flesh of it, earning a small moan for you.
“Is it wild that I already want to fuck you in this bed?” San asks when you pull away to leave a trail of kisses down his neck.
You sit up, circling your hips on his already half-hard dick. “It isn’t.” You lean down, kiss him languidly for a few seconds, before sitting again. “I want you to fuck me, too.”
He sits up, easily finding your lips. He kisses you, sucking your lower lip into his mouth before gently biting at it. You grind on him again and, before you know it, he lands a hand on the small of your back, the other holding the back of your head firmly, and he spins you around until you’re on the bed with him over you.
“Then I’ll fuck you now, princess.”
He’s quick to take his shirt off, and your hands wander around the strong muscles of his abdomen as he remains kneeling between your legs, his dark eyes swimming with lust.
“I swear every day you get even more pretty,” he praises. “So, so fucking pretty.” He bends down, quickly kisses you hard and deep, and then sits back on his heels again. “To think that you’re mine.” One of his hands slightly coasts its way up your side, and he traces your jaw. “I’m so lucky.”
Fuck, you love him.
“San…” you trail off.
He smirks. “I know, baby. I’ll take good care of you.”
As soon as the words are out, San stands, helping you to sit up so that he can take off your shirt. You busy yourself with unbuttoning his pants, pushing them down his legs before letting them fall to the ground. San steps out of them, and your eyes drop to the bulge in his dark green boxers as he straightens.
“I’m already so hard,” he comments as he readjusts himself in his underwear.
You reach forward, palming him through the fabric. “You always get so hard for me.”
He chuckles, though it ends on a small moan as you lean closer, licking his tip through his underwear. “Fuck,” he lets out. 
His single curse makes your blood boil with lust for him, and you pull his underwear down, releasing his dick so that you can directly lick at his slit. He groans, especially as you think better of it, sucking his tip lightly.
“You’re so sensitive,” you purr as you pull away. 
He cups your cheeks, bending down to steal a heated kiss from your lips, one that leaves your mind spinning as he devours you. 
“Lie down on the bed,” he orders once he pulls away, pushing his boxers down his legs.
Heart beating out of your chest, you obey, watching him though half-lidded eyes as he kneels on the floor, his face at a level with your clothed pussy. It doesn’t stay that way for too long. San quickly takes your pants off, taking your panties with them, and you’re soon bare to him, the last piece of clothing on your body being your bra.
San kisses the inside of your thighs as he hooks your legs over his shoulders, and then he blows on your pussy. You instinctively try to close your legs, but he keeps you spread wide open for him.
“Be nice, mmh?” he tells you.
“Then get to work,” you whine.
He laughs, the sound genuine and amused, and a second later, his lips are wrapped around your clit. He circles it with his tongue, earning a breathless sound from you, and then he flicks it once before moving lower, pushing your folds apart with his tongue. He shamelessly fucks you with the wet muscle, and you throw your head back, eyes fluttering shut as pleasure swarms through you.
San is good to you. He’s always been, but over the months, he’s learned even more of your tells, of what you like, and he always applies it diligently, coaxing orgasms after orgasms out of you. You know tonight won’t be any different - the way his tongue moves back to your clit, making an eight motion on the sensitive bundle of nerves, sends your mind into orbit, and your moans grow increasingly louder as your climax looms closer, promising to hit in a delicious high.
Right when you think it’ll hit, San pulls away, and you let out a frustrated sound as he blows on your oversensitive clit again.
“You’re going to have to be patient, princess,” San teases, and he bites at the skin of the inside of your thigh before kneeling between your legs.
He’s hard, precum beading at his tip, and he grabs the base of his dick, aligning himself with your clit. And then he’s rubbing his tip on you, and your legs twitch as he hits a good spot. You moan, loud, and he chuckles, his hand finding your breast to pinch your nipple.
“Think you can hold it in for me?” he asks, and it’s almost condescending.
Though you know San is never condescending with you.
“It’s so good,” you whine.
“Yeah?” He pulls away, spitting on your pussy, and then he’s back to rubbing his dick on you. “Imagine how good it’ll feel once I’m inside of you.”
Just the thought of it makes a shiver run up and down your spine, and you bite at your lower lip. “Imagine how good it’ll feel for you, mmh?”
“Oh, I’m patient,” he frustratingly teases, pulling away from you. “We have all night.”
You almost curse at him, but you hold it in as he plops on the bed next to you, his large hand immediately going between your legs so that he can run a finger between your lips. 
“I might kill you,” you grumble as he circles your clit with barely any pressure.
He kisses your cheek. “You won’t. We both know you come the hardest when I edge you.” He dips his finger inside of you, and you let out a broken sound that’s soon interrupted by his digit returning to your clit. “Besides, it’s my birthday. You’ll let me have my fun, right?”
“It was your birthday yesterday.”
He props himself up on his elbow, looking down at you. His finger is still teasing you in a pace so slow it almost hurts, and he just smiles down at you, his gaze dark. “Thought you said it was my birthday weekend.”
You did say that. Yet all you do now is clench your jaw, trying to glare at him despite the way he plunges his finger in you again.
“You’re soaked,” he praises, and he pulls his finger out to look at it. It’s covered in your juice, and San sucks it clean before meeting your gaze again. “Now, let’s get to work.”
He does. He gets to work, kneeling next to you as he pushes his finger inside of you, curling it to rub at your nutty spot for a few seconds before he pushes another finger inside, fighting against your walls until they swallow him in. And then he’s going at it, playing with your g-spot like it’s an instrument he knows by heart, his other hand resting flat on your lower belly. It doesn’t take you long before your high hits and, though he didn’t say you could come, you climax all over his hand, screaming his name as he keeps going.
You’re squirting. You don’t know how long he makes you squirt for, but you’re a mewling mess under his talented hands, and soon the bed is soaked, his fingers dripping with your juice as he finally pulls them out of you.
You whine from the loss of sensation, but then a second later, he’s pushing all the way in, his dick hitting your cervix. It doesn’t even hurt, not when you’re as aroused as you are. Especially not as his hand becomes a lose necklace around your neck, and he fucks you like there’s no tomorrow, the bed slamming in the wall hard.
But here, there’s no one to hear you. It’s just you and him, so you moan and scream his name as he gives you orgasm after orgasm, his skillful thrusts keeping you on cloud nine so long you’re convinced you’ll forget how to walk by the time he’s done with you.
“You always take me so fucking well,” San grunts as he slams all the way in. “So, so fucking well.” He bends down, kissing you deeply, and then the motions of his hips grow slower, yet they remain just as deep. “I could fuck you like this for the rest of my life.”
He’s out of breath, covered in sweat, yet you run your shaky hands on his back, holding him close to you.
“Do it,” you whisper.
He raises his head to meet your gaze. You can barely focus on him, ecstasy coursing through your blood, yet you find his eyes, diving head first in the love they hold.
“I will,” he promises.
This time, when he kisses you again, all the lust is gone. There’s just love left, so much love, and he fucks you slow, makes love to you for what feels like hours, up until the sun fully sets and dusk falls upon the two of you. Only then does he climax too, painting your insides white as he unloads his cum deep inside of you, your legs wrapped around his waist as if you could bring him closer, too.
Hell, you’d want him under your skin if you could.
It takes forever for your heartbeats to settle in your chests after, your breathing entwined as San rests his forehead on yours. There’s love in the sound, in the space between your lips that’s connected more often than enough, yet not enough at all. 
You’re consumed by San. Thoroughly, completely consumed by him, and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Wow,” he breathes out between one heartbeat and the next. “Princess…”
You peck his lips. “I know.” 
“I’ll never get enough of you,” he confesses. “Every day of my life, I want you by my side.”
“San…”
“Yes?”
It’s time. You feel it in your bones, feel it in your soul. And maybe you wanted to say it under a sky full of stars, maybe you wanted to say it while listening to the crackle of the fire. But the moment has come, the time is right, and the words need an out, more than they’ve ever needed before.
“I love you.”
He beams. Brighter than even the Sun that sits at the middle of the solar system, San beams, grinning from ear to ear as he raises his head just enough to meet your gaze. “Princess…”
“It’s true,” you insist, and you rub your hands on his back. “I love you, Choi San. I’ve loved you for a long time already, and I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time but… yes, I love you.”
“I love you too,” he says in a breathy whisper heavy with emotion. “And I will always love you.”
You laugh, happy tears welling up in your eyes. “That’s a big promise to make.”
“I mean it,” he insists. He lies next to you, and you feel his seed dripping out of you. “There’s no one else but you.” He kisses your cheek as you grin, glancing at him. “Besides, I’m meeting your family next week. They have to know how much I love you.”
“And how much is that?” you ask, feeling greedy.
“More than you can imagine.” He props himself up on a shoulder to look down at you. “I’ve been waiting for you my whole life.”
“Cheesy.”
He laughs, kissing you in the middle of it. It’s awkward, but it makes sense for you and Choi San.
Happiness and love will always make sense for the two of you.
“You love it,” he replies.
“I love you.”
“Look who’s cheesy now?” 
You scrunch up your nose, unable to keep your grin in despite trying to. “Fuck, San.”
Your words are serious, catching him off guard. “What?”
“It took us so long…”
“Oh, princess…” He tugs you closer, wrapping his arms around you. “No matter how long it took, we got here. And that’s what’s important.”
He’s right. You know he is, and you love him even more for it.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he whispers next, kissing the top of your head. “I love you, Y/n. And I’ll love you for the rest of my life, too.”
“For the rest of our lives,” you say. “I will love you too.”
You think it’s the easiest promise you’ve ever made.
After all, nothing could have stopped you and Choi San from happening. Not when it’s been written in the universe long before you even existed. And so, for the rest of your life, you’ll spend your time loving him, for every second and every minute and every hour. From this moment until your very last one.
From now until the end of your time.
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Cath this ending??? No???? But yes go Dilara🔥
I loved this. Loved seeing a bit of everyone like this!! Excited to read more Jungkook tho🫣🫣 thank you for this chapter✨
moments: connections
Summary: A series of drabbles featuring each of the seven members, about a moment of connection.
Pairing: OT7 x OC (different OCs)
Genre: Humour, fluff, angst, smut
Word count: 11.8 K
Rating: 18+
Warnings: language, making out, oral sex, sex, vague exhibitionism
A/N: The day has finally dawned when a new fic arrives. I've decided that with how far the series has come and how difficult it is to find the time to write these days, I want to write more of what I call "capsule fics" - like this one, where every member gets featured and all their drabbles are connected thematically as well. We'll see how it goes :)
This can be read standalone, and can be read for individual members.
Tagging: @bbl32 @quarter-life-crisis2 @dreaming-with-happiness @faearchives @margopinkerton @purpleseoul7 @confessionsofamarshlily @jiminjhang @xjoonchildx @tarahardcore @infinitehobi @handfullofcandids @whoisbts @jihopesjoint @cuntessaiii @nightappple @kflixnet (drop a message if you want to be added)
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Seokjin June (Set a few months after One Down)
Seokjin’s thumb moves of its own accord, and the social media posts blur into each other. It seems pointless, scrolling through his friends’ and acquaintances’ lives, especially when his restricted hour to use his phone will come to an end soon.
Despite that realisation, he stays where he is, lying on his side and aimlessly scrolling. It was inconceivable, the first few weeks, that there were people continuing to lead their normal lives while he was here, but it’s less shocking now. His shared room is empty but for him; he should go outside, for it’s a cool evening in the middle of a hot summer. He should go outside, he should get some fresh air, he should mingle with the other soldiers.
But just the thought of it tires him out, so he continues scrolling, lamenting his mind turning to mush. He should get off Instagram, though - as he moves his thumb up to bring his apps tray down, he accidentally clicks on a notification that pops up the same second.
He groans silently as the screen goes dark before a cheery jingle starts playing, the familiar yet annoying sound of Words with Friends opening on his phone. He stares at the screen unblinkingly, waiting for the game to boot up so he can close it. The moment it does, though, the app informs him that a new game is ready to begin, with just the right number of players already there.
Better than Instagram, he decides wryly, and clicks on Start. Six players in total, and he goes fourth. He plays the word silent, frowning slightly as the app dings to signal ten points.
The next player, Player 5 - or Dr. Na, as per their username - uses his L to play library. It gets fifteen points, and Seokjin scoffs.
By the time his turn comes around again, the board is slightly more spread out, and he uses Player 1’s miles to play lonely. Eight points later, Dr. Na plays lament with his L and gets fifteen points again.
Seokjin frowns. It seems like a coincidence but nearly five rounds later, Dr. Na has used at least one of his letters and consistently scored higher than him. He waits for round eight and when his turn comes around, he uses Dr. Na’s Z to play zealot, and scores twenty-five points. With only a handful of options left, Dr. Na is forced to use his T to play truck, scoring twelve points.
In the middle of his dorm, Seokjin grins. Almost immediately, a tiny notification pops up on top of the speech bubble icon 
Maybe it’s petty, maybe he’s a sore loser or maybe he’s just tired of talking to other soldiers he lives and trains with, but in a rare move, Kim Seokjin navigates to Dr. Na’s profile and clicks on the tiny speech bubble icon. From the empty profile picture template, he concludes Dr. Na is a woman.
Well played, is all she’s typed. 
Seokjin chuckles softly. Learned from the best, he replies. 
Good thing I’m not the competitive type.
Or I’d be in big trouble?
Or I’d be thinking about this mishap for the rest of the day. And I have a job where distractions are deadly.
Whew, that’s dramatic, he types, then pauses. But I’m not judging.
Yeah? What do you do?
He bites his lip. I’m a chef. And you’re… a doctor?
That’s your final guess?
Either that or you’re a huge James Bond fan. 
How did you know??? 
Her reply comes out of nowhere, her surprise mirroring his own. He rolls over onto his stomach, feeling uncharacteristically smug at this seemingly correct guess.
Dr No is the best Bond movie, he informs her, and that is a hill I will die on.
Booo. It’s ancient. 
That’s part of the charm. 
One of my friends used to watch Dr No all the time too. He made me watch it so many times I swore I’d never watch it again.
And yet, it’s your username?
He can sense he’s caught her out; he can see her typing and stopping a couple of times. He looks at his watch and feels a fleeting disappointment; he’ll have to hand in his phone soon.
Guilty But the name works on a few different levels. But enough about my username
Mine is quite normal
Direct, you mean. You like gimbaps, I assume
In a manner of speaking
There’s a pause where Seokjin frowns, his heart skipping an uneven beat.
What did you say you do again?
Me? I’m a doctor. So you guessed right, I suppose Do you work at a restaurant I may have eaten at?
I don’t know I’m actually serving right now
There’s that pause again. Seokjin’s thumbs hover over the screen, but when he sees her typing again, he freezes, waiting.
And you like gimbaps?
My friend does.
A bell rings in the distance, startling Seokjin. He needs to return his phone; his heart sinks unexpectedly at the thought.
How are you doing? she asks. You know… serving?
I’m okay. It was hard at first but it’s getting better. What about you?  I mean… you’re a doctor, right? How is that?
Tiring But I’m trying to eat healthy these days
That’s good I mean, as a chef, I approve
Thanks
Footsteps outside the door, and then a knock. “Dinner!” comes the voice. “Deposit your phones in the office on your way!”
I have to go, he types quickly, getting off his bed.
Oh, okay Take care
You too Sleep early maybe You know, since you’re tired and all
I’ll try But I was thinking I’ll watch Dr No again maybe
Yeah? Thought you hated it
Not that much apparently, comes her reply. It might be fun. You know, for old time’s sake.
Seokjin stops at his door. The game is forgotten; the multiple pings coming from the other players have been muted in favour of this impromptu conversation. Staring at his screen, he types in one last reply.
Have a gimbap for me
Without waiting for a response, he turns his phone off and steps out of the dorm.
Yoongi March; Set during Pretty Girls
Yoongi can’t feel anything; not his hands, not the cool air of the air conditioner, not the sofa in his studio. Or maybe he can feel everything - so much so that his nerve endings have lost all sensation, and it’s just Miso on his lap, her hands, her lips, her hips under his palms and the feel of her sighs against his skin.
Coming back to his studio had been a long time coming. After all the events of the day, after a painful couple of hours when she’d had to go back to Donghyuk’s studio and work, she’d returned. The energy was different this time around, though; despite spending all day together, it felt like the first time they were alone.
The small talk had been negligible, hardly even a formality. Yoongi hadn’t been able to resist pulling her in for a kiss and it seemed as though Miso had been waiting for a sign from him, for she’d begun unbuttoning her blouse instantly.
Yoongi had taken the initiative this time. Kneeling on the floor while she sat on the sofa, situated between her legs, he’d worshipped her. His brain was on autopilot by this point; the desire to see her pleasured, to see her with her guard down and show him how he made her feel was driving him as he gripped her thighs where they rested on his shoulders.
His intention had been to return the favour from earlier in the day when she’d sucked him off in the woods. But once she’d finished (moaning, sighing, wet in his mouth), she’d finally opened her eyes to face him, gaze shaky and cheeks flushed. She’d kissed him and steered him onto the sofa, one hand snaking down to his crotch and seemingly confirming something. With a hint of a smirk, she’d tugged his jeans down and straddled him.
Their breathing is in sync now, gasps of varying pitch and clothing scattered around his studio.
“I’m so close,” she whispers, her voice unlike anything he’s ever heard. Her fingernails dig into his shoulders as she increases the pace of her hips, and Yoongi nods in response, pulling her to him as close as he can, groaning as he feels her wetness coat his cock. He reaches up her pale, slender body with one hand, memorising the scent of her skin, the softness of her small breasts and the sensation of her lips brushing against his as she fucks him into the sofa.
Yoongi finishes seconds before her; their sighs of ecstasy mingle as he spills into the condom they’d belatedly remembered. Miso drops her head onto his shoulder and he presses a kiss to the side of her neck, breathing in deeply.
She pulls away after a few seconds. Her choppy hair is tousled and her lips are swollen, but she looks more exhilarated than he’s ever seen her. There are words on the tip of Yoongi’s tongue that threaten to spill out, but he senses it’s not the time.
“You’ve been holding out on me, Min Suga,” she says, her mouth tilting upwards slightly. 
He grins and leans forward to capture her lips in a short kiss. “Just being a patient man, my love,” he murmurs, squeezing her waist before dropping his hands to his sides.
Miso’s eyes flicker briefly before she chuckles and clambers off him. They get dressed and clean up in comfortable silence; Yoongi watches her out of the corner of his eye, relieved when she doesn’t seem to regret their tryst at all.
“Are you releasing any more music soon?” she asks after a while, when they’re seated at his desk. She’s wrapped in the jacket he’d been wearing all day; she hadn’t asked and he was glad for that.
“I don’t think so,” he admits, clicking on a sound byte so a low, thumping sound fills the studio. “There’s just no time. Not with the tour and everyone else’s music.”
“You can always release it unofficially.”
“Yeah, that’ll go over great with the rest of the team. Maybe after I’ve enlisted,” he suggests wryly, “when they can’t do anything about it.”
She nods, leaning forward when her phone buzzes. “Ugh, it’s Donghyuk,” she mutters. It’s the third time he’s seen this reaction at the mention of her lead producer, and Yoongi takes it as confirmation that she and Donghyuk are friends.
“Yeoboseyo?” she says into the phone, sighing slightly. “Mhm. Yeah, no, I’ll do it tonight. Sure. Oh, I don’t -“ She stops abruptly as her eyes widen, before she sighs. “He’s singing,” she whispers to Yoongi, who can’t help but snort at the thought.
Miso puts the call on speaker and places her phone on the desk. The studio is now filled with the scratchy sound of a half-arranged instrumental and Donghyuk humming unintelligibly over it, complete with some rudimentary beatboxing.
Yoongi can’t help it; he covers his mouth with his hands to stifle his laughter. He leans forward and mutes the mic, turning to see Miso rolling her eyes but laughing as well.
“He’s a really good producer,” says Yoongi clearly, “but there’s a reason he, Namjoon and I were always at the bottom every month when we were trainees. It’s a good melody, though,” he admits, just as Donghyuk’s solo comes to an end.
“What do you think?” he asks over the phone.
Miso unmutes the mic, her hand snapping up to cover Yoongi’s mouth as he begins to laugh again. “It’s good,” she says. “Sounds a little too old school EXO to me, though. Not sure it’s the kind of sound they were looking for in the brief.”
“Ah, well. We can edit out some of the ad libs,” he agrees, the sound of a keyboard in the background. Yoongi nods emphatically and mouths no kidding, prompting Miso to slap his leg lightly.
“Anyway -“ She clears her throat. “Send me the file. I’ll try to work on it tonight.”
“You’re still in the studio? I thought you would’ve left by now.”
Miso catches Yoongi’s eye for a moment. “Uh, yeah, I’m still here. Just taking a break right now.”
“Right.” There’s a pause -  a knowing, suspicious pause. “With Yoongi?”
Yoongi raises his eyebrows and he can visibly see Miso’s hackles rise. “Um… I mean, he’s here, too. In the studio. In the building. Why?”
“No reason,” he says nonchalantly. “Just that it’s clear you have a thing for him and I know he’s single, so -”
Donghyuk’s gleeful confession gets cut short abruptly when Miso grabs her phone and turns off the speaker, pressing the phone to her ear and instantly getting to her feet.
“Anything else you need?” she says loudly into her phone, facing away from Yoongi. “No? Yes, I will. Definitely. Goodbye, Donghyuk.” Swearing softly, she hangs up before gingerly making her way back to the desk.
Yoongi turns to his monitor as she nears him, quietly sinking back into her seat. He continues doing what he was doing when Donghyuk called, calmly moving files into the shared drive he was managing. 
“Everything okay?” he asks, not taking his eyes off the screen.
“Totally,” she replies, her voice betraying nothing. “Why wouldn’t it be?”
It’s almost challenging, her tone. He turns to her blankly, raising his eyebrows. “Okay,” he says, turning back to the screen and clenching his jaw so his face doesn’t move against his will.
“Shut up, Yoongi,” she mutters, and Yoongi breaks. Turning to her again, he sees, for the first time, Kang Miso blushing. Grinning with his heart full, he twists his torso to face her and, hooking his hand underneath the seat of her chair, he tugs her to him.
“I’m totally single, by the way,” he confirms, leaning forward towards her.
“Yeah, no kidding,” she says, rolling her eyes - but they have a rare twinkle. Clutching the collar of his t-shirt mock-angrily, she accepts his kiss.
Jungkook Set the morning after The Sixth
It’s a beautiful morning. The sun is out, warm but not hot; the breeze is calm and comforting; the view of the Han is picturesque and as he pours himself a coffee, Jungkook feels like he could skip. It’s a beautiful morning.
He steps onto his balcony looking over the city, steam rising gently from the ceramic cup. He’s still in pajamas but hasn’t bothered to put on a t-shirt, armed with the confidence that he is simply too high up to be photographed by paparazzi. 
Also, it’s tough to care about paparazzi on what is, genuinely, a beautiful morning.
He enjoys it for a few minutes, quietly sipping his coffee. He’d like to be here for a lot longer, but a shrill sound breaks through the calm and he cringes, dashing back into the kitchen to pick up his phone where he’d left it on the counter. Glancing at the screen, he rolls his eyes as he answers the call.
“Jimin hyung,” he says. “What’s up? How come you’re up so early?”
“I could ask you the same thing,” comes Jimin’s reply. 
“I fell asleep early last night,” says Jungkook evenly, making his way back to the balcony. “I, uh… I was tired.” Without meaning to, he feels his face break out into a grin. “It’s nice to be up in the morning, though. The sky is all blue and clear. Oh, and you can hear birds chirping.”
“Birds?”
“Yes. You may want to try it sometime, hyung.”
Jimin evidently ignores this. “And why aren’t you responding to my texts?” he demands.
Texts? Jungkook brings the phone away and swipes over to WhatsApp, grimacing when he sees the several dozen messages from various people he’s yet to respond to. 
“Sorry, hyung,” he mutters. “Didn’t end up checking my phone. What’s - wait, why are you up so early?”
There’s a moment where Jimin pauses. “I had a meeting. Listen, are you busy today?”
“Uh…” Jungkook glances back in the direction of his bedroom. “I don’t know. I might be. Why?”
“Do you want to go to dinner? I really want to try that new sushi bar that’s come up in Gangnam. Do you want to go?”
“Oh.” Jungkook frowns, mentally going through his entire calendar. “Not sure. Is it a work thing? Or just you and me?”
“Not just you and me,” corrects Jimin. “Sungwoon will be there, probably Hoseok hyung as well.” 
There’s something that makes it sound like there’s more to that sentence. “Anyone else?”
“Well, Dilara is here, too,” says Jimin quickly. “She’s got a race this weekend so she’s here today…”
“Right.” Jungkook exhales silently, pressing his tongue into his chin. He needs to be rational about this, he thinks to himself, even as an old, feeble sinking feeling creeps into his stomach.
He hears a sound and turns, his heart skipping a beat when he spots Lia with the coffee mug he’d left outside for her, pouring the coffee he’d made. She’s wearing what looks like the oversized t-shirt he’d had on last night, a light grey one that reaches all the way down to the middle of her thighs. Her hair is tousled and splayed messily down her shoulders and it’s a few seconds before he realises Jimin has resumed speaking.
“Hey - hey, listen -” Jungkook lowers his voice and cups his hand over the receiver. “I have to go. I’ll call you later.” Without waiting for a response, he hangs up.
He turns back around to his original position, listening intently for the moment Lia pads onto the balcony, running a hand through her long hair.
“Morning,” she says, joining him by the railing, a foot’s distance between them. 
“Morning,” he replies. “Sleep well?” He nods as she hums, and notices her gaze flicker to his arms and torso and bites his lip, satisfied.
“Hell of a view,” she says, but he can’t tell if she’s referring to the city. She tugs absently at the wide collar of the t-shirt and the tattoo at the nape of her neck is momentarily visible. 
“You get used to it. Actually, no, you don’t,” he amends after a moment. “Dunno why I said that.”
“Thanks for the coffee.” Lia takes a sip and sighs softly. Jungkook gets the distinct feeling that she may be in the same space that he is - awake, comfortable, hopeful - and it makes him glad. “Wow. This is Seoul.”
He follows her gaze at the expanse of the city. “Well, part of it.”
“Well, obviously.” They exchange shy smiles. 
“So,” she begins after a few moments, turning around and leaning back against the railing, “what does Jeon Jungkook do on his weekends?”
“Oh.” A little thrown by this question, he hums, gripping the railing and leaning backwards until the veins in his forearms pop. “Not a lot, actually. He usually works if he has to, or he catches up on, like… laundry and stuff. In fact, there are whole weekends where Jeon Jungkook doesn’t even leave his house.”
Lia raises her eyebrows, but he can tell she’s amused. The soft rays of the sun fall on her face as she looks past him and out at the city, and Jungkook wants to pinch himself. It actually worked. Weeks of respectful distance, letting her take the lead, taking on her challenge and winning that final date with her - it all actually worked.
“Any plans for the weekend?”
“Um -” He realises he’s staring and looks away, tossing his bangs out of his eyes. “Depends. Are you free?”
She smiles. “Maybe? There’s a chance I have to go visit a couple of friends. They just had a baby,” she adds by way of explanation. “So. Not sure.”
Jungkook nods. “Don’t babies sleep really early, though?”
“So I’ve heard.”
“And apparently parents of babies get tired, too.”
“Go figure.” She grins. “I’ll let you know how it goes,” she promises, placing her empty cup on the balcony table and stretching. “Do you mind if I take a shower?”
Jungkook shakes his head, watching her as she squeezes his hand and heads inside, her long hair straight and messy down her shoulders. I’ll let you know how it goes. Despite his attempts at staying cool, the words make his stomach leap. He gathers both their cups and goes back  into the kitchen, when he remembers something.
Fishing out his phone, he scrolls to his chat with Jimin. He was right; there are nearly ten messages from his friend he’s yet to reply to, the last one being from just a few minutes ago. 
Jimin [09:45] so will you come?? tell meeeeeeee JUNGKOOK
Jimin [09:50] it’s been a long time jungkook
Jungkook stares at the screen, trying to ignore the tiny trickle of guilt creeping into his heart. Just then, he hears the shower turn on in his en suite, and it disappears.
Jungkook [09:57] Maybe another time. Sorry.
Hoseok April; Set shortly after Pretty Girls
Hoseok leans back on the recliner and sighs hugely, stretching his shoulders before placing his hands behind his head. “You think if you move here, they’ll let you keep this apartment?” he asks, pressing his back into the plush fabric.
Chanyeol clicks his tongue, nudging him with a beer can and handing it to him, crossing Hoseok to sit on the beanbag. “I have to move here first. But the traffic here is just too much,” he adds critically.
“Please, you live in Busan. How is that better?”
“Busan isn’t as bad as Seoul,” pipes up Jimin, sounding a bit defensive as he takes a beer as well from Chanyeol. He’d tagged along after filming since Sooah had to work late, and he and Hoseok had come over to Chanyeol’s company accommodation while he stayed in Seoul on a two week assignment.
“I’d move here if Hayoung can, too,” says Chanyeol fairly, comfortably chugging down a quart of his beer.
“Do it,” instructs Hoseok. “Plus the train system makes going home a lot easier from Seoul than Busan.”
Chanyeol snorts. “When was the last time you took a train anywhere?”
Hoseok’s jaw drops exaggeratedly while Jimin laughs. “No train can compare to hyung’s Porsche,” he adds, reaching over from his place on the floor and patting Hoseok’s knee.
“That’s what I’m saying.”
“Make fun now, but someone needs a quick ride with the multiple aux outlet and charging point and suddenly I’m everyone’s best friend,” mutters Hoseok.
“We’re just teasing, hyung.”
“Well, partly,” chortles Chanyeol. “But coming back - moving to Seoul isn’t on the cards any time soon. Like, I’d probably think about it if… hang on -“
Hoseok frowns as Chanyeol leans forward, peering at something.
“Is that a hickey?” 
He tugs at Hoseok’s collar and Hoseok jerks back.
“No, it’s not,” he says hastily, fixing his collar as Chanyeol resumes his seat, giving him an approving nod. Except it is, he thinks; naturally, the concealer the make-up team had applied for the shoot has come off. He pulls his collar away slightly to see beige streaks on the dark cotton and silently groans.
“So much for not having time to date because of your busy schedule,” says Chanyeol, grinning.
“I’m not dating anyone,” says Hoseok forcefully, panicking slightly now and meeting Jimin’s eyes, who’s pursing his lips and looking into the bottom of his can. “I actually don’t have the time.”
“Ah, well.” Chanyeol shrugs. “Looks like you’re having fun, though. It’s not a bad thing,” he adds when Hoseok rolls his eyes. “As long as you’re both on the same page.”
Are we ever. It’s incredibly ironic, for as far as he’s concerned, Chaeyoung is his girlfriend in everything but name. Aside from the fact that neither of them have ever used that word, Hoseok can’t think of any other term he can ascribe to her.
But right now, even thinking about it in Chanyeol’s presence makes him sweat. For the first time in nearly two decades, Hoseok can’t predict how his best friend would react to something. It’s a strange sort of handicap, especially when it involves a clandestine relationship with his little sister.
“We’re… yeah, we’re - we’re in the same place, pretty much,” he explains pathetically. “It’s… it’s going good.”
“That’s good,” says Chanyeol, sounding as though he means it. “You can bring her to drinks or something tomorrow night, before I leave. If you want.”
“Oh, that’s - that’s not a good idea,” says Hoseok immediately, shaking his head.
“Why not?”
He gapes and turns to Jimin, in a desperate and silent plea for help. Jimin’s eyes widen and he purses his lips again so his amused expression disappears.
“Yeah, I don’t think they’re that serious,” says Jimin, sounding surprisingly convincing. “I mean, I haven’t met her either,” he adds, as though he hadn’t brought Chaeyoung a boxful of ready-to-eat couscous from his trip to Los Angeles last month.
“Oh.” Chanyeol nods slowly. “Okay. Is it like a - what is it called now? A situationship?”
“Something like that.” Except I’m in love with her. I’m in love with your little sister and she’s the best part of my day and even though it’s a huge betrayal I can’t help it and I just know if I look you in the eye too long you’ll figure it out. That I’m in love with your sister. And that she probably loves me, too, even though she hasn’t actually said it yet.
Hoseok swallows, reining in the word vomit. He places his beer on the floor; there is no scope to risk that kind of liability right now.
“Interesting. Oh, you know who else is in a situationship kind of thing?” Chanyeol says suddenly, making a face. “My sister.”
Jimin places a hand over his mouth, and Hoseok can see his cheeks lift from where he’s sitting. He aims a kick at the younger member’s foot, glaring at him to be cool.
“She - really?” Hoseok clears this throat. “She told you that?”
“Oh, no, no.” Chanyeol gives a hollow laugh. “When I met her for lunch yesterday, her bag accidentally fell open and I had the great fortune of spotting a box of birth control pills.” He grimaces. “I could’ve gone the rest of my life without seeing that. Although, I suppose I should be glad she’s taking precautions,” he mutters grudgingly, taking another deep swig of beer.
In literally any other situation, Hoseok would’ve guffawed at the stricken expression on Chanyeol’s face. But nothing about this is funny - not to him, at least, for Jimin seems to be enjoying it greatly.
“Do you have a sister, Jimin?” Chanyeol asks.
“Oh, no. A younger brother,” he replies, emerging from his beer with a carefully set straight face. “Would’ve been nice to have a sister, though.”
Both Hoseok and Chanyeol jokingly grimace in unison, before the latter sighs. “It’s not bad having a sister,” he allows, “and Chae is… she’s a good girl. Too good, in fact, which is why I’m not too comfortable about this situationship thing in her life.”
Jimin nods seriously - too dramatically, in Hoseok’s opinion. “Come on,” he ventures, hoping he sounds nonchalant. “She’s not a kid anymore. Let her live a little.”
“I’m not stopping her,” points out Chanyeol, shrugging. “But she refused to talk about it, which isn’t like her. And, really, what do we even know about this hooligan?”
Hoseok chokes. “Hooligan?”
“I don’t know! She did live near Hongdae for a while, remember?” Chanyeol exclaims, leaning forward. “With that weird girl she went to college with?”
“Oh.” Memories return to Hoseok, of Sunmi, Ice and a neighbourhood out of an indie gang film. “Yeah, that was a shithole,” he agrees, shuddering. “It took me a decent bit of effort to get her to move away from there and with Sooah.”
“She and Sooah get along well,” says Jimin encouragingly. “Sooah’s apartment is a lot more leafy now and they’ve started having mimosa nights on Fridays where no one else is apparently invited,” he adds cheerfully.
Hoseok suppresses a smile, knowing this was Chaeyoung’s attempt at reclaiming her friendship with Sooah. Jimin had been sporting enough on the surface but there were a reasonable number of Fridays when Hoseok had received a message out of the blue saying wanna hang with varying degrees of desperation.
“Oh, that’s right,” says Chanyeol. “Sooah is your girlfriend, right?”
“Yeah,” answers Jimin proudly. “We’ve been together since high school. Kind of,” he amends when Hoseok gives him a look.
“Do you think she’ll know who this guy is, that’s macking all over my sister?” he asks, sounding a bit disgruntled. “If they live together and all.”
Jimin grins, while Hoseok closes his eyes and wishes for the ground to swallow him up. “I can ask her,” he says diplomatically.
“Do you even have to?” Hoseok jumps in. “I mean… doesn’t she deserve her privacy?”
“I’m not trying to invade her privacy,” argues Chanyeol, sounding affronted. “But she’s young and trusting and the least I should do as her brother is make sure she’s not being played by some guy looking for a little fun.”
“I don’t think -“ Hoseok begins weakly, but Jimin beats him to it.
“Hoseok hyung is pretty close with her these days,” he interrupts, ignoring Hoseok’s bewilderment at this random turn of conversation. “I’m just saying - I think he looks out for her a fair bit.”
“Of course he does; I’m his best friend,” says Chanyeol easily, making Hoseok’s stomach  roll uncomfortably. “Chae is like family to him. But Jimin’s got a point,” he adds, leaning forward and nudging Hoseok’s knee. “Do you think you can find out more about this guy?”
“There’s an idea!” Jimin crows, looking thrilled. 
Hoseok shoots a glare at Jimin before turning to Chanyeol. “I mean, I - I can try. I dunno,” he mutters, shrugging. “She probably won’t tell me anything.”
Chanyeol sighs and sits back. “Fine. Just - just make sure she’s okay? That she’s not being taken advantage of or something?”
Hoseok bites his lip; he recognises this tone, this specific tone that’s reserved for when Chanyeol reverts to the young boy making up for a lack of a mother and a father who didn’t pay much attention to his daughter. 
“I don’t think you need to worry, hyung,” says Jimin, sounding the most sober he has all evening. “From what I know, this guy sounds like a decent person. And seems to like her quite a bit.”
He throws a casual glance at Hoseok, which Hoseok returns with a grateful nod of his own before changing the topic. 
About an hour later, Hoseok returns to his apartment. He’s barely taken off his shoes when his phone buzzes.
Chae [21:15] Work took forEVER :(( Be there in 10
An involuntary smile creeps up his face and he replies with a string of heart emojis. He leaves the door unlocked and heads in for a shower, the day’s tiredness already threatening to get the best of him.
When he’s clean and fresh again, the en suite drowning in a cloud of steam, Hoseok towel dries his hair and heads out of his bedroom to the inviting scent of ramen. Following it to the kitchen, he sees Chaeyoung, barefoot and still in her work clothes with the Louis Vuitton hoodie he’d left on the sofa earlier today.
“Your apartment is too cold,” she complains when she turns around and spots him making his way to the kitchen. “And this is the softest hoodie I’ve ever worn,” she adds with a sheepish smile as he enters.
“Keep it,” he offers, reaching her and placing his hands on her shoulders to peer over her. “You’re cooking?”
“Well, I’m mixing,” she admits, pointing to the instant ramen packet next to the stove. “But I added bok choy and some minced lamb you had in the fridge, plus an egg for the end so in a way, yeah, I’m cooking.” She flashes him a proud smile and Hoseok’s heart skips a beat.
“Come here,” he murmurs, wrapping his arms around her shoulders as she continues stirring. He buries his nose in her hair and inhales the flowery scent, closing his eyes and exhaling, his shoulders relaxing for the first time all day.
They stay there in comfortable silence for a bit, the only sound being the soft bubbling of the soup and the occasional metallic clang of the spatula with the pot.
“How was your day?” Chaeyoung asks after a minute. 
“Fine.” He watches the ramen for a few seconds, the lamb turning a nice brown. “Had rehearsal, then filming and then hung out with Jimin… and Chan.”
Chaeyoung hums, but her slender frame tenses slightly. “How was that?”
“Well…” Hoseok sighs and steps away, waiting until she glances back at him. “He saw your handiwork,” he says, pulling his collar away from his neck.
Chaeyoung gasps, one hand covering her mouth. “Oh, my God,” she exclaims, half-laughing. “What did you tell him?”
“Oh, I evaded. You know, with Jimin’s help,” he answers, rolling his eyes. “And on a completely unrelated note, he said you are in some kind of a thing with some guy, too.”
“Oh, really?” Chaeyoung raises her eyebrows, looking angelic and doe-eyed. “He did?”
“He did,” confirms Hoseok. “In fact, he’s asked me to find out more about this mystery guy and report back to him. It took every bit of my strength to be normal.”
“But -” She frowns. “You suck at being normal.”
“Wow, thanks.”
“Oh, you know what I mean,” she says immediately, turning to switch off the stove before facing him again. “You get all flustered and stammer-y when you’re taken off guard - anyone can see right through you.”
“This feels great.”
Chaeyoung laughs and tugs at his hands, ignoring his sarcastic “no, please, continue”s and reaches up to kiss him on the cheek. “But I’m very impressed that you were normal,” she says finally. “It couldn’t have been easy, especially with my brother.”
Hoseok shakes his head. “It wasn’t. He’s one person who actually can see right through me.”
She bites her lip and frowns slightly. “You know…” She begins, swinging his hands absently, “you can always… tell him. I mean, I know it won’t be easy and it’ll be messy but…” Chaeyoung shrugs and looks at their hands. “It may not be the worst thing.”
“It wouldn’t be the worst thing,” he agrees, “but it might be close. At least for now. This is new and he won’t be expecting it… I mean, how do I just call him and tell him that his little sister, who I was an ass to for years, is my -” 
He breaks off abruptly, his heart thudding when she narrows her eyes slightly, almost amused. You get all flustered when you’re taken off guard. He can’t help but agree with her, and it seems as though she’s thinking the same thing.
“My… reasoning for waking up in the morning,” he finishes, glad to hear his voice is at least steady.
Chaeyoung nods, apparently impressed. “Yeah, I guess that would be a bit out of the blue,” she agrees, shrugging. “And I kind of like this. That it’s just ours for now,” she murmurs, tilting her head up.
Hoseok reaches forward and kisses the tip of her nose. “I get that. Plus, your brother has started really hitting the gym recently so he’s kind of, you know -” He curls his arms and hunches his back “- jacked, so I’d really like to time it correctly so I don’t face any damage.”
She laughs. “He’s not like that. He knows I’m an adult, you know.”
“Think of it as self-preservation.”
“He knows I dated in college, so you’re not my first -”
Hoseok raises his eyebrows, something flipping in his stomach as her cheeks fill up with the lightest tinge of pink.
“- guy that I… cook for and spend the night with.” She winces and looks away as Hoseok snickers, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her to him.
“Let’s wait it out,” he concludes, inhaling the scent of her hair again.
“Let’s wait it out.” Chaeyoung hugs him back. “You’ll have to suffer through more days like today, though,” she adds, chuckling.”
Hoseok clicks his tongue dismissively. “I don’t care,” he states, tightening his hold around her. “I’m happy.”
Jimin April; Set shortly after Pretty Girls
Jimin enters the apartment with a bang - literally, wincing as the door closes with a loud thud.
“Dude!” Sooah’s voice comes from somewhere behind the coffee table. “Careful!”
“Hoseok hyung ditched me,” complains Jimin, falling on the sofa dramatically. “And now I’m all alone.”
“None taken.”
Jimin frowns and leans across the sofa to see Sooah in tights and a sports bra, stretching on a yoga mat. Her hair is pulled back into an aesthetically messy ponytail, with a headband keeping her bangs out of her face. She looks like a dream and suddenly, Hoseok going back home doesn’t seem like a big deal.
“Didn’t go to yoga class today?” he asks, getting up and walking over to where she’s deep in a downward dog position. 
“No, I got too late,” she mutters, sounding disappointed. “But I knew I’d feel guilty if I didn’t work out at all today, so -” She finishes her sentence by raising her leg into a graceful arabesque behind her.
“Turn your leg out a bit,” instructs Jimin. “It’ll help work your glutes as well.”
“I am turning it out.”
“No, you’re not. Wait -” He hops around behind her and wraps his fingers around her lower calf, slowly turning her leg out. “All the way from your hip, come on.” One hand trails down her leg and stops inside her thigh, gently squeezing it before helping her twist it.
Sooah chuckles. “Subtle, Chim.”
“I don’t know what you mean. I’m just helping you stretch,” he says innocently, stepping forward so he’s standing between her legs, his hips brushing against her crotch.
“Totally. That’s all you’re helping me - ow, Chim, that’s too high!” 
Jimin jerks back just in time to avoid her leg as it comes down in a flash. She kneels on the mat and turns to face him with a scowl. 
“Seriously?”
“Seriously what?” He whines, joining her on the mat and lying down, pulling her down with him. “I’ve missed you,” he mutters, squeezing her waist and nuzzling her neck.
Sooah sighs as he throws a leg over her hips. “I missed you, too, sweetie. You know, since… yesterday.”
“Too long,” he says, hearing his voice muffled.
“Fair enough.” She pats his hand. “What happened?”
“You smell nice,” he says instead.
She scoffs. “I’m sweating, you weirdo,” she retorts, pushing him away slightly so she’s facing him. “Seriously, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing’s wrong,” he begins, sighing hugely. “Hoseok hyung had to lie his way out of admitting to Chaeyoung's brother that they’re banging and while it did seem like he was pretty close to passing out, I guess it was kind of…” He squeezes his eyes shut to think of the word and opens them to see Sooah’s face inches away from his own, propped up on her elbow.
“Kind of…” She prompts, raising her eyebrows.
“Kind of cute,” he finishes, turning on his side to mirror her position. “They’re new to dating and they’re hiding it and everything…” Jimin trails off, suddenly aware that he’s pouting.
“Chim,” says Sooah, tugging at the strings of his hoodie, “are you asking me, in a very roundabout way, if our relationship is still exciting?”
“No! No, no, no, no, no -” Jimin breaks off, feeling the heat creep up his face and leans forward, nudging her on her back and rolling on top of her. “I know our relationship is still exciting. I’m dating Kim Sooah,” he informs her.
She flicks his temple, chuckling fondly. “Yeah, but we’re not hiding our relationship from anyone. Except, you know, the world.”
“I don’t want to hide it from anyone,” he declares. “I’ll tell everyone - I’ll put it up on Instagram right now. Don’t doubt me, Kim Sooah.”
“Never, Park Jimin.” She pats his shoulder. “Alright, get up. I have to go shower.”
“No.”
“No?”
“No, just stay here,” he whines again, letting his arms buckle and collapsing on top of her. “Tell me you think our relationship is still exciting,” he demands, trying to keep a straight face over Sooah’s laughter.
“God, Chim - I’m under you!” she exclaims, half-giggling. “Get off!”
“Not until you say it. Say it, say it, say it - whoops, deadweight -”
“You’re crushing me -” Her hands go down to his torso and her fingers find their way under his t-shirt.
“First you have to - no!” He laughs involuntarily, half-shrieking as she tickles up until he rolls off her onto the yoga mat. “That’s cheating!”
“Deadweight is cheating,” she counters, getting to her feet and ruffling his hair before heading into the bathroom. When she returns twenty minutes later, she walks into the living room and halts. “Seriously?”
Jimin tilts his head back in the cobra pose. “Stretching just looked so good,” he admits sheepishly. He moves into a pigeon pose, one on each side while she heads into the kitchen and comes back with a bottle of cold water. Finishing up with a nice hamstring stretch, Jimin stands up and joins her on the sofa.
“Hi,” he says, placing an arm around her shoulders.
“Hi,” she replies, smiling up and leaning into him. “What’s up?”
“Not much. Just had a long day. Or I didn’t, actually,” he says a moment later. “But I’m still tired. Dunno why.”
Sooah frowns as he speaks, squeezing his thigh affectionately. “Have you eaten today?”
“Yeah, some. Had some sushi earlier today. And then a slice of pizza at Chanyeol hyung’s.” He pulls her in a bit closer and rests his chin on the top of her head. “I don’t know. Just one of those days, I guess.”
“Yeah.” She traces random patterns on his thigh for a few seconds, both of them just drinking in each other’s company in silence. “You know what might make you feel better?” she asks after a moment.
“What’s that?”
She pulls away slightly so she can look up at him. “I was thinking about it today, anyway… and it might take your mind off everything,” she adds, raising her eyebrows and shifting so she’s sitting on her knees.
Jimin frowns as she presses a light kiss to his lips. “I’d love to… but I’m honestly really tired.”
“Oh, I know.” She tucks a lock of hair behind her ear. “Don’t worry, you won’t have to do any of the work. You just need to sit back,” she says, standing up and gently pushing him back against the sofa, “and relax.”
Fifteen minutes later, Jimin sits back on the sofa, his head resting against the back of it with his eyes closed.
“God, you were right,” he murmurs. “This is actually so relaxing.”
“I know, right?” 
He feels her reach over and straighten the edge of his face mask, soft and fragrant against his skin. The cucumber slices feel light and cool on his eyes and he brings the glass to his face, searching for the straw and sipping the fruity mimosa.
“Sooah,” he says, hearing her hum. He searches for her hand on the sofa and slips his fingers into us. “You know you’re the most exciting person I know, right?”
She chuckles softly, sounding just as cosy and comfortable as he feels. “Yeah, skincare nights really get that adrenaline going.”
“Totally,” he jokes back, bringing her hand to his mouth and kissing it. “Best kind of night.”
Taehyung April; Set a month after She’s In The Rain
The day is young, and the air is ripe with hope, potential and expectation. Up ahead, the track clears as mechanics, team principals and the press drift away, leaving the path ahead long and winding, with nothing but sixty odd laps between her and P1. Anything can happen. 
Her brows furrow slightly. She knows the track and she’s raced hundred of laps around it; she knows what it’s capable of. It’s given her mostly good races, but at the core of its design, the potential is rife for chaos.
Bang.
The door is thrown open with force and kicked close as they stumble into the room. Their lips don’t leave each other’s, only passion and reckless abandon driving their movements. Taehyung pushes her back against the wall, swallowing her gasp, tightening his hands on her hips as she pulls at his sweater.
“Are we still fighting?” he asks against her lips. Their hands are everywhere - only part of his brain can even focus on the words he’s saying. “Because we should - probably - talk about it,” he says, punctuating every word with a kiss to her skin and helping her take off her long-sleeved t-shirt.
“Forget it,” she murmurs, kissing him back, her chest pressing against his. “I can’t even remember what we were fighting about,” she says, sighing when he nips at her lower lip and tugging at his sweater again. “Take this off.”
They stagger further into the room of their BnB, hands everywhere and articles of clothing being discarded at every step. The Scotland rain outside comes down in sheets, white and thick, the sound deafening. Their room is warm in comparison, dimly lit with just the fireplace going, the huge bed taking up most of the space on the wooden floor. 
The speed is… fast. She’s like the wind; she feels one with the wind, until another car appears in her side mirror and she knows she has to buck up. Push, they tell her on the radio, and she tries. But other drivers know to push as well and she knows she has to try something different. Maybe with the tyres, or even a surprise pit stop. She needs to be in control.
Taehyung feels himself hard against her waist, her fingernails scraping against his scalp before they snake down his bare torso, her hands on every inch of skin. She nips at his lower lip and his grip on her hips tightens, before he wraps one hand around her thigh and lifts her off the ground. Her sound of surprise is so arousing; she tightens her arms around his neck as he brings them to the bed, lowering her onto it when she pulls away and stops him.
“One second,” she mutters, panting and swinging her legs off the side of the bed. Taehyung frowns in confusion as she pulls open the drawer on her bedside table and retrieves something before tossing it to him without warning. He catches it without difficulty, though, noting how glassy her eyes already are, her nipples erect and her lean, tan midriff the colour of honey.
He wants to devour her. He wants to worship her till the end of time and it’s only when she raises her eyebrows and tilts her chin at the object that he looks down to see his Polaroid, the one she’d gifted him years ago. Taehyung meets her eyes, silently confirming if she’s asking him what he thinks she’s asking. In answer, Dilara tosses her long curls off her shoulder and holds his gaze, eyes blazing.
He stares at her for a moment before raising the camera. Click. He doesn’t wait to check the picture that’s come out; letting it fall to the floor, he walks over to her to kiss her again, one hand still holding the camera. He lets himself be steered onto the edge of the bed where he sits and Dilara goes down on her knees. The moment her lips touch his cock, his breathing stutters and his eyes flutter shut. Snaking one hand down into her thick hair, he looks down to see her eyes on him as she sucks him off.
Click.
Cars are speeding around the track now. She can see them through the slit in her visor, across the misshapen circuit, most of them behind her. The competition is at its peak now and everyone is racing to win. Rainclouds appear in the sky and there’s a moment of panic, but she powers through. She makes split decision after decision, choosing to change her tyres, choosing to come into the pit at a risky moment, but committing to each at every point. 
It’s exhilarating. Every rainy lap is closer to the finish line, closer to a win, closer to the art of racing in the rain. Even the spray clouding her vision from the only car in front of her is a challenge, brings her closer to the car and to the sport she’s given everything to.
The rain lashes outside, so loud that Dilara’s sounds almost get lost in the din. The bed and floor are littered with pictures, all in different stages of development, but Taehyung hasn’t stopped to look at a single one. Her back is beautiful, curving before him with long locks of hair flowing down them. He holds her hips as he moves, his grunts and her whimpers in sync, so messy, so transcendent.
Click.
The camera whines as another picture comes out, but he ignores it as she crawls forward and turns to lie on her back. She beckons to him, her neck and chest glowing with a thin sheen of sweat, her breathing rapid. Taehyung lowers himself to kiss her, their naked bodies flush against each other as he slides into her again, wet and warm, and she moans into his mouth.
“Faster,” she whispers against his mouth, lifting her hips off the bed into his so he bottoms out. He obliges; he’s raring to go, every thrust bringing him closer to edge. Dilara closes her eyes as he sits up slightly so he can pound into her faster, one hand clutching the pillow and the other moving down from her hair to her breast, squeezing it lightly as he continues to fuck her.
Click.
He drops the camera to his side, all his focus on her now for this last bit. Her legs wrap around his waist; he unhooks one to bring in over his shoulder, leaning forward so he can watch her come undone, moaning loud and long as she finishes on his cock, her back arching until she falls back on the bed. Taehyung begins moving again, her wetness and residual whimpers keeping him going until she opens her eyes and he meets them, dark and blazing, and he pulls out at the last moment, emptying himself on her lean, smooth, honey-coloured torso.
Dilara rests her head on the pillow, panting and closing her eyes. Taehyung catches his breath, his eyes running over the strips of white over her body before he reaches for the camera.
It’s a win. It’s indescribable, every single time. No matter how exhausted, no matter how stressed, it’s all paid off because it’s a win. There’s a trophy, there’s applause, there’s adulation, there’s validation that she belongs here after all, that this was where she is meant to be, this is what it’s all been for.
Her heart hurts, but it’s not a bad pain. She wants the win, every win, and she wants to be in the sport, for her love for it knows no bounds. She gets emotional, too, standing up on the podium and holding the trophy up high, knowing she would do anything for this feeling the rest of her life. She loves it, she craves it, and she can’t live without it.
Taehyung sits by the edge of the bed, clothed in a flimsy white button down and baggy joggers, the stack of pictures in his hand. The sky outside has darkened but the rain is as heavy as ever. The glow of the fire before him flickers calmly in contrast on the first picture he picks up, of Dilara on the bed, naked and kneeling, looking just above the lens of the camera. The dark spot on top of her breast is the beginning of a hickey; he gazes as it for a few seconds before calmly tossing it into the fire.
He flips through them silently, images of their tryst borne from a moment that was initially headed elsewhere. She’s right; he really can’t remember what they’d been fighting about. The pictures are in no particular order, some of them more haphazard than the others, but each capturing moments of passion that can’t be explained in anything other than stills taken by a camera.
She’d gifted it to him right before their first date, he remembers suddenly, as he watches one of the last pictures curl up and blacken in the fire. We’ve come a long way, my love. The shower inside the en suite stops just as the last, lone picture remains in his hand, taken after they’d cleaned up and he’d climbed off the bed. Dilara had sat up on her knees among the sheets, looking out at the expanse of the Scottish highlands and the torrents that drowned it. 
He’d watched her for a few seconds, taking in her silhouette against the grey landscape outside. It was a sight worthy of committing to memory, and he’d raised the camera for the last time and snapped a picture of her.
He’s interrupted by the sound of soft footsteps and he turns to see her walk out of the en suite, her curls tied up in a bun and the rest of her wrapped in a towel, droplets of water still glistening on her shoulders. Taehyung hadn’t heard the sliding door open; he wonders how long she’s been standing there but then she gives him a small smile, and he returns it. Slipping the picture into his pocket, he steps out of the room to allow her to change in privacy.
There’s nothing like winning. The feeling stays, the pride remains and there’s hope. But there’s also a moment, a time of the evening after the race where the celebrations are done and the congratulations have dried up, that the race starts being replayed, and the risks and gambles come back into focus. And then there’s the feeling - no, the knowledge - that this isn’t the end. This is a race, just one race, but the rest of the calendar is yet to come. It’s grounding in reality like nothing else, and the win is diluted.
Taehyung watches the rain, now a bit slower but still coming down, dry and toasty in a tan sweater in the balcony of their room. There’s a song in here somewhere, Namjoon would say and he’d probably write it, too. Taehyung tries to do the same but every word he thinks of, every line or rudimentary melody is tinged with sadness so he quickly abandons the exercise.
He feels a soft nudge on his arm and turns to see Dilara join him, a small glass of whiskey in each hand. Her hair is loose again (and he guesses it’s to shield her face and neck from the cold), and she’s covered up with a Red Bull hoodie and grey joggers.
He takes the whiskey she offers, kissing her softly on the cheek as she comes to stand next to him. Dilara looks like she’s about to say something; Taehyung gives her his full attention, waiting. A few moments later, though, she gives a small shake of her head and leans into him, waiting for him to wrap an arm around her as they watch the rain together.
Namjoon January (Set a couple of months after A Stormy Night)
Namjoon takes a deep breath. None of this was going according to plan.
The restaurant was highly rated, the ambience cozy and warm, Kaya's two other classmates-turned-friends had reached on time, Taehyung and Dilara had successfully picked up the birthday cake, the birthday girl looked like a million bucks and the jazz singer playing in a different area of the restaurant was just adding enough to the night without being disruptive.
And yet, somehow, despite all his efforts to make tonight about her, within the first hour of the classy and intimate birthday dinner he'd planned, the restaurant had become overrun with guests, some of them clearly famous, and noise and singing and generally the opposite of cozy and intimate.
It may still have been okay, given they were in a corner of the restaurant not directly in view of the entrance. But Dilara had invariably been recognised which only served to increase the excitement in the place - Namjoon had deduced from the general atmosphere that the dozen guests that had arrived at once were some kind of sports team that were being celebrated, and Dilara's presence was only adding to it.
Maybe she senses his train of thought, for she catches his eye from where she's awkwardly posing for a picture with two of the sports team members. She shoots him an apologetic look and makes her way to him the moment the picture is taken, ducking her head slightly as she passes othr guests.
“I'm sorry,” is the first thing she says, sighing. “It's the England cricket team. They just won the Ashes and… it's a pretty big deal. Nobody thought they would.” She folds her arms across her chest and lightly bumps his shoulder. “Is Kaya okay?”
“Yeah, she's fine,” he mutters, turning slightly when he spots his girlfriend exiting the ladies’ room, fluffing her long hair over her shoulder. “And… don't be sorry,” he adds, sighing. “It's not your fault. I just had such a specific vision of how this was supposed to be, you know? Hey,” he says with forced cheerfulness when Kaya reaches them.
“You're annoyed,” she says immediately, and Dilara stifles a snicker when Namjoon frowns exaggeratedly and shakes his head.
“What? Of course not. Why would I be - okay, fine, a little bit.” He looks away when Kaya grabs his hand lovingly and squeezes it. “I just wasn't expecting…” He trails off, gesturing vaguely to the chaos in the restaurant. A little way away, Taehyung is in an animated conversation with one of Kaya's friends who'd rushed up to take a selfie with one of the cricketers. There is free-flowing beer and tipsy toasts being made in honour of the team, and one of the cricketers seems to be getting pressured to get up on the stage, with “Sing, Brody, sing!” chorusing over and over by a handful of people.
“It's not that bad,” says Kaya. “It's a little louder, but…” She turns back to the table where the remains of their dinner is yet to be picked up by a waiter. “The food was amazing. And I know you loved the whiskey sour you ordered.”
“Sure, but…”
“If it helps, I think the team looks kind of annoyed by the attention,” guesses Dilara, waving hesitantly when someone comes up to them and squeals at the sight of her.
“Come on, it could be worse,” says Kaya to him, her voice lower. “At least you guys weren't recognised.”
Namjoon nods, acknowledging this begrudgingly. Taehyung, who had already made friends with the waiter and the hostess even before the dinner had gone south, is now standing with the same friend of Kaya's and another cricketer, singing along to the soulful song that this Brody is now singing slightly off key on the stage. There are people across the restaurant who are filming him, looking beyond thrilled at the sight, and a gaggle of girls doing an exaggerated groupie bit at the handsome cricketer.
Namjoon feels his mood sour with every passing minute, even as Kaya leans against him and taps her foot absently with the music. 
“You don’t have cricket in Korea, do you?” she asks after a few minutes, absently.
“Nope. Kind of glad about that right now. Or maybe not,” he adds suddenly. “At least then I’d know what the big deal is.”
Kaya gives him a look. “It’s not that bad. It’s a bit of extra people and a little more chatter and -“ 
She breaks off and both of them wince at the sudden uproar of a victory song being sung by the entire restaurant. A redheaded cricketer is being grabbed by two of his teammates by the shoulders and the three grown men, arm in arm, are doing some sort of dance as they hold jugs of beers with their free hands.
Namjoon exhales slowly through his nose. From across the room, he spots Taehyung apparently starting to realise what he already has, that this night is no longer salvageable. He catches Namjoon’s eye and, like his girlfriend a few minutes ago, he makes his way over apologetically.
“Sorry, hyung,” he says as soon as he reaches, handsomely tossing a lock of dark hair out of his eyes. “The captain’s wife -“ He points to a blonde lady laughing at talking to another woman “- said they’re celebrating and in her words, they’re just warming up.” He purses his lips sympathetically.
Kaya punches his shoulder as if to get him to shut up and then turns to Namjoon, ignoring Taehyung’s dramatic gasp. “It's not a big deal,” she repeats clearly, raising her voice to be heard over the noise. “It's not even that bad - maybe we should go and dance or -”
But she's interrupted once again by a loud screech of feedback from the mic. They look over to see a young member of the cricket team up on the low stage, tapping on the mic and looking thrilled with the attention. He can't be older than twenty-one; something about his cocky lopsided grin makes Namjoon's blood boil. 
The cricketer starts off with a speech, slurring a bit but clearly saying all the right things while people switch between hooting and paying rapt attention. A little way away, Namjoon spots Dilara listening as well, clapping once in a while as well; it's the only thing that calms him down slightly. He hasn’t watched a day of cricket in his life, but he can recognise a big win when he sees one, no matter how begrudgingly he may admit it.
The speech ends with a few more cheers and some hooting and before they know it, another round of Brody, Brody commences and the same handsome blue-eyed cricketer is pushed up on stage by some of his teammates, where he bends slightly to talk into the mic.
Namjoon rolls his eyes as he begins rhapsodizing about their win, knowing somewhere that he’s coming off as disgruntled and extremely unattractive. As if on cue, he feels Kaya link her fingers with his. 
“Come with me,” she mutters. Without waiting for a response, she begins maneuvering through the crowd and pulling him along, until they’re out of the restaurant and in the cold hits him like he’s been plunged into an ice bath. Exhaling and seeing his breath come out in mist, he looks up in confusion to see Kaya pull her coat tighter around her.
“Okay,” she says, folding her arms across her chest. “What’s wrong? Because this can’t all be about one ruined dinner. I know you have a thicker skin than this.”
Namjoon considers lying. But one look at Kaya, her dark eyes and teacher-like expression, and something tugs at his heart.
“I wanted to give you a nice birthday.”
“It was nice,” she says instantly. “The food was amazing, we got lucky with Dilara and Tae being here the same weekend as my conference, you’re here -“ She sighs and drops her arms to her sides. “We’re in London in January and happen to be out on the one night that it’s a little less freezing. So… what is it?”
Namjoon looks away, shoving his hands into the pockets of his jacket. The streets are deserted and the river rumbles in the distance, the only sounds coming faintly from inside the restaurant. He wants to tell her - but if they go down this road, there’s no coming back.
“I wanted this birthday,” he says slowly, swallowing, “to be a nice birthday.” He waits as her frown deepens and then fades away, the realisation dawning. He looks at the ground; even admitting it feels like defeat of a kind.
“Because you won’t be here on my next one,” she says quietly, nodding.
“Or the one after that. Not unless you come to Seoul and I take a vacation day on the same day, which is -” He shrugs, biting his lip. “And it’s not going to be like previous birthdays we’ve spent apart, where I can still do stuff from another country and - and have a date on video call or something. This is going to be - I’m going to miss -”
He breaks off, pressing his hands to his forehead in frustration, knowing he’s effectively ruined the night more than any number of cricket teams by bringing up this topic.
Kaya comes closer; he can hear the click of her heels as she slowly stops in front of him. “You know that I know you don’t have a choice, right?”
“I know, but -”
“So if you’re thinking that you’ll be a bad boyfriend or if you think I’m thinking that, just stop. Namjoon, I know you’re struggling with this and I don’t blame you. I have no idea what it’s like for you,” she admits, reaching up to bring his hands down. “And I’m not asking you to ignore your feelings or to pretend like everything’s great, but I need you to…” She bites her lip and he can tell she’s debating whether to say it.
“Need me to what?” Namjoon asks warily.
“I need you to try,” she says softly, squeezing his hands. “Just try to see the good, try to find a happy moment when you can, because…” She licks her lips and he does a double take when her eyes suddenly shine and they look wet. “Joon, I’m worried for you. I don’t know what it’s like but I can’t imagine it’ll get easier if you’re so hard on yourself all the time.”
It’s a lot to unpack. For a moment, Namjoon wants to break down, right here in her arms and ask her to take him home, far away from all his responsibilities. But that would only worry her more and in any case, it’s a crazy thought. So he closes his eyes and presses his forehead to hers.
“I’m happy now,” he mutters, smiling a little when she scoffs.
“Yeah, you really look it.” But she leans into him as well before reaching up and kissing him. “Now that I’m officially in my thirties, I can safely say I have a lot more life experience than you, little one. So you have to listen to me.”
That makes him laugh. He tugs her closer and wraps an arm around her waist, the other automatically taking her hand in his. “I’m dating an older woman now, officially.”
“You were dating an older woman the day you asked me to be your girlfriend,” she points out, her face easing up slightly. “Actually, it wasn’t too far from here, was it?”
“It was in front of the Langham, so, yeah.” He nods as a guitar begins playing inside the restaurant and their feet move automatically, steps small and uncoordinated. “I found a happy moment that day,” he murmurs into her hair, inhaling the coconut and vanilla scent.
“Yeah, you did,” she agrees. “Wasn’t that hard, was it?”
“Are you kidding? I was so nervous. I was just a kid and you were this sexy older woman that was completely out of my league.”
“Okay, we’re going to stop saying older woman now,” she decides, moving away slightly and looking up at him with narrowed eyes. At that moment, a familiar voice drifts from inside. She raises her eyebrows and smiles. “The kid’s got a great voice.”
“You should hear him in the shower,” says Namjoon, but nods in agreement as Taehyung’s baritone singing a jazzy blues song lights up their little corner of the street.
“Don’t miss me too much while I’m gone, okay?” he murmurs after a few moments, into her hair again. He feels her stiffen slightly but then she nods into his shoulder.
“Don’t worry, I won’t miss you at all,” she assures him. She stops moving, however, and slowly steps away. “Do you want to get out of here? Go get a hot chocolate or something? Because I’m fucking freezing.”
Namjoon can’t think of anything he’d like more than to be with her alone. “I’m in,” he agrees, linking his fingers with hers. “Just need to make one phone call.”
Inside the restaurant, Dilara nods into the phone. “Yeah, no problem,” she says, smiling as she catches Taehyung’s eyes where he’s on the small stage, crooning away to John Baptiste. “Don’t worry, Namjoon, I know you’ll pay me back. I know where you live,” she teases. “You guys have fun.”
As she hangs up, she leans against the wall and watches her boyfriend, tall and handsome, singing in the dim lighting. The celebration has now mellowed to a nice, festive evening and she requests a passing waiter for a glass of wine. One of the cricketers she’d taken a group photo with joins her, looking happy and winded.
“This might be the one spot in the whole place where you can get a moment of peace,” he remarks, running a hand through his black hair and turning around to lean against the wall like she is. “Hope you don’t mind?” he asks belatedly.
“Not at all. Congratulations, by the way. Brody, I presume,” she ventures, raising her eyebrows as he nods good-naturedly. “Right. Seems like you were a big deal in this tournament.”
“Just a bit. But everyone was,” he replies easily. “You didn’t watch?” 
“Oh. Um, I followed it a bit here and there. I don’t get a lot of time to watch television,” she admits sheepishly.
“No worries. The parties are better than the matches,” he points out. “Must be the same for Formula One, I assume. Komyshan, right?”
Dilara nods, her face getting hot and the embarrassment at her lack of awareness of cricket increasing. “That’s what the commentators call me.”
“I get it. Brody is what the commentators call me,” he says, blue eyes twinkling.
Cheeks still warm, she sticks out her hand. “Dilara,” she says.
“Nice to meet you,” he says, taking her hand. “I’m James.”
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Be With You | ch 17
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, mostly just a lot of fluff and happiness, explicit content: oral sex (male and female receiving), hair pulling, mouth fucking, edging, clit and nipple play, fingering, squirting, unprotected sex (be careful), praising, creampie, they make love
☆word count: 8.6k
☆series masterpost
☆a/n: last one :( thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Thursday, July 10th 
You wake up with the morning sun, its gentle caress on your features bringing you back to reality from the land of dreams. You don’t open your eyes just yet though, the comfortable weight of San’s arm on your stomach keeping you tethered to grogginess. 
It’s early anyway, if the sun is entering his room at an angle that allows it to shine in your face.
San is breathing deeply behind you, still sound asleep, and you snuggle your face in the soft blanket that’s wrapped around you, hoping to fall back asleep.
Last night was fun. You had dinner with San’s mother as she came to visit her son for his birthday, and she gave him a plushie that she claimed was from his collection back home. San thanked her with a blush, and you tucked that information in the back of your mind.
Of course, San has a plushie collection.
San’s arm tightens around you in his sleep, and he lets out a soft sigh that curls your lips upwards. And maybe it’s the weight of his arm on you, or the warmth of his body. Maybe it’s his soft breathing, but you do manage to fall back asleep, waking up again later when he shifts and turns on his back.
“Morning,” he mumbles, voice rough with sleep, as you peek behind you.
“What are you doing?” you ask as you yawn, pulling Mr Snake tighter against your chest.
Because of course you always sleep with the plushie in your arms.
“I have to pee,” he admits. “But I’ll be right back.”
You whine as he moves and he lets out a small laugh that only makes you smile. “Happy birthday, Sannie.”
He’s already up, and he bends down to peck your forehead. “Thank you, princess.”
And then he’s leaving his room, stretching as he walks through the walk-in closet to access the bathroom. It doesn’t take long for him to be back, and you turn to face him as he lies down next to you, facing you too.
“You’re so old now,” you tease.
He narrows his gaze even though he chuckles. “Careful, we’ll be the same age soon.”
Indeed, your birthday is next month.
“But for now I get to call you an old man.”
He rolls his eyes, and then moves closer to pull you in his embrace. You laugh as your forehead ends up pressed against his pecs, and he only holds you tighter. “Alright then,” he grumbles. “I guess I’m old.”
Satisfied, you nod, and then you sigh again as sleep refuses to fully leave you. But then, thoughts about the day that’s to come awaken you thoroughly, and you sit up so fast you almost bump San’s nose on the way up.
“What?” he asks, startled.
“It’s your birthday!” you excitedly say.
“Yes, we’ve already established that.” 
You squeal, and then you bend down, pecking his face repeatedly as he just starts laughing. It’s more of a giggle, and it’s adorable and makes your heart so full of love for him you think you’re about to burst.
You haven’t told each other the three little words yet. San came close once, or at least you think he did, but still, the words haven’t been said yet. Not because you don’t feel them - you’ve been feeling them for a long time now - but only because you wanted the perfect occasion to tell him. And you’ve prepared the perfect occasion now, even though he doesn’t know it yet.
But you still have to wait until tomorrow as today is reserved to hanging out with your friends and celebrating all together. Indeed, you’re going to spend the afternoon in a park on the riverside, where the wind should hopefully help with chasing the heat of the day away. Indeed, it’s supposed to be incredibly warm today, with lightning storms at the peak of the afternoon, but they never really last long at this time of the year.
“Truce, truce!” San yells as you just keep pecking his face. 
His cheeks are flushed red when you pull away. You’re now straddling his lap, and you sit back on him, putting your weight on his dick. His reaction is immediate - he reaches for your waist, holding you in place, and lust seeps into his gaze.
The honeymoon phase is strong between you. It’s been even more intense since you’ve decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend at the beginning of May, after that dinner with his father.
About that, you’ve met up for dinner with his father two times since then, each time going better than the last. You saw him last weekend, and San was genuinely happy the whole time, not even once making a comment about his father leaving. You know he hasn’t forgiven the man, and you don’t think he ever will, but you can tell that those dinners have been healing something in him. And his father has been trying so hard to be present for San, texting him more often - all you can hope for is that it’ll last.
You zero back in on the present, your eyes skimming San’s features as he looks up at you. He wets his lips, and you glance at that too, right before leaning in and pressing a gentle kiss on his lips.
You’re not big on wet kisses in the morning - morning breath is just not it - and so the kiss doesn’t deepen too much, your tongues not reaching for each other like they usually instinctively do. It’s more lips, and you love it that way too, if only because San’s lips are always so soft.
But you have a goal in mind for the birthday boy, and it’s not to kiss him. No, you want to make him feel good, want him to start his day in the best way possible, so you leave his mouth to find his neck. He turns his head to the side to give you better access, and you kiss down the soft skin of his neck, nipping at the spot that connects his shoulder to his neck. He lets out a barely audible sound that makes your insides grow warm, and so you keep travelling down his body, kissing every inch of skin until you reach the band of his boxers.
“Can I take these off?” you ask.
San is looking down at you and he nods, wetting his lips. “What are you up to?” he asks.
“Just want to treat the birthday boy good, is that wrong?”
“Nope.” He raises his hips to help you remove his boxers, and you quickly slide them down his legs, removing them entirely to throw them on the floor.
San watches you carefully as you look at his dick. He’s still relatively soft, but you know that will change in no time.
“Then, be nice for me, will you?” you tell him, tilting your head to the side like you’re a predator sizing your prey.
He doesn’t have time to answer. Indeed, you’re already cupping his balls, and he hisses at the contact, a muscle feathering under the skin of his jaw at the sensitivity. He curses under his breath, but you’re already leaning forward, pressing a kiss on his hip next to his dick.
“Careful with the balls,” he reminds you.
You release the pressure, not wanting to hurt him, and your tongue darts out to tease his dick. “I didn’t say you could talk.”
His gaze widens, and you take him in your mouth, sucking lightly. His teeth dig in his lower lip, and then you’re slowly taking all of him in, swallowing around him. The fact that he’s still relatively soft makes it easier, and your eyes flutter shut as you focus on the action, on running your tongue on the underside of his dick as you slowly pull out.
A string of spit hangs between his tip and your mouth, and it breaks as you start jerking him off, keeping that slow rhythm you’ve settled on for now. San lets you do it, eyes closed as he enjoys the blowjob, his head resting on his pillow in a way that makes his jaw even sharper than it usually is.
You reach up, nails dragging on his abs, and he immediately looks down at you. Your gazes connect as you take him in your mouth again, swirling your tongue around his tip before teasing his slit. And then you go down again, this time choking a little as he’s already harder.
You start moving up and down, keeping that slow rhythm that will drive him crazy in no time, and you stroke his dick with your hand in time with the motions of your head, making sure to drool on him so that you can use it as natural lube. It works, and San’s breathing grows heavier, louder, yet he keeps the groans that make you go insane to himself, so you keep the slow pace.
San curses lowly, and one of his hands finds the back of your head, as if he’ll try to push you down on him. But he doesn’t, just follows you, though he’s soon gripping at your hair, pulling it in a makeshift ponytail.
“You’re being a tease, mmh?” he asks as he pulls on your hair.
You pull away from his dick, looking at him innocently. “Me? I would never.”
“Fucking brat,” he says, his eyes dark. “There’s something I want to try.”
He sits up while you sit back on your heels, wiping the spit on your chin with the back of your hand. “What do you want to try?” 
He looks at the side of the bed, then chuckles awkwardly. “Feel free to say no. But… what if you hang your head from the bed?”
You try to picture it in your mind, though you’re not quite sure how it would work. “Huh?”
San gets up, his now-hard dick bouncing with the motion. One of his hands wraps around himself, and he strokes twice as you move to the side of the bed.
“Lie on your back,” San indicates. You do, though your head is still on the bed. “Now, if you move closer to me a little…”
He stops talking as you do so, and a few seconds later, your head is hanging from the bed.
“Mmh, my bed is a little low for this,” he pensively says, yet he manages to bend his knees slightly, and then his dick is right in your face.
Unable to resist, you tease him with your tongue and San chuckles, before tapping your lips with the tip of his dick.
“Now, I can fuck your mouth like this,” he says. “If that’s okay with you?”
He’s waiting for your consent, and you wonder how long he’s actually been wanting to do this. Because just having you in this position has gotten him rock hard, his balls tight like he’s already close to coming.
“You want it?” you ask.
He pulls away enough so that he can meet your gaze. “I just think it’d be really fucking hot. But I’ve never done this, and I don’t want to hurt you.”
You love him. You fucking love him so much and, if he wants to try, then you’ll try with him.
“I’ll tap your leg if it hurts,” you reassure him. “I want to try, too.”
He wets his lips, chest going up in a sharp inhale of breath, and then he’s bringing his dick back to your mouth, pressing it on your lips. You open wide for him, and he slowly pushes in, his tip rubbing on your tongue in the most decadent way. He stops with just his tip in, and then pulls out just as slow, before pushing back in.
He’s trying to be gentle. That much is clear to you, and it turns you on to no end. So, without hesitating, you bring your hand between your legs - you’ve never been so happy about choosing to sleep naked - parting your lips to see that you’re already soaked wet.
“Fuck,” San curses as you start rubbing circles on your clit, and you moan as he pushes in, so deep you feel him in your throat.
You keep the gag reflex in, and it’s strangely easier in this position. San notices it, too, because he starts going faster, his restraint slowly falling out the window. And then he’s truly fucking your mouth, and it’s so hot that you’re a moaning mess around him. It has to feel good - the sounds that he makes are pornographic, sounds you commit to memory for when you’re apart from him and need a reminder. 
He pulls out occasionally, letting you breathe a little, but it’s clear to you that he’s chasing his high, and that he’s going to get to it soon. Indeed, his motions are sloppier now, less focused, and his groans have turned into moans.
“Where should I come?” he asks as he pulls out once more, and you immediately reach for his dick, jerking him off fast.
“Wherever you want,” you answer, your voice raucous from getting your throat fucked.
You’ve barely had time to finish your sentence that he’s already coming, spurts of his seed falling on your breasts and on your stomach. Some even fall on your cheek, yet you don’t stop jerking him off, milking his orgasm from him as he shakes over you.
Once it’s clear to you that he’s done coming, you let go of his dick, licking your fingers clean. You then pick up his cum on your cheek, licking that clean, too, and San looks down at you, his eyes wide.
“That was so fucking hot,” he lets out. “Holy shit.”
You chuckle. “It really was.”
“Let me wipe you clean, and then I want you to come all over my face.”
His words barely register - he’s already running to the bathroom, and he comes back with a wet hand cloth that he uses to clean your breasts and stomach, and then he’s lying down on the bed next to you.
“Climb on,” he tells you.
You laugh at his eagerness, but you’re quick to obey, straddling his face.
What a way to start the day indeed.
*****
The park is crowded, yet not as much as you imagined it would be on a summer day. It makes sense - with the lightning storm coming later, most people have chosen to do activities inside. But not you and your friends, and especially not San.
You’ve been watching some of your friends playing frisbee while you’re eating an ice cream cone you got from the vendor by the river. Sydney is next to you, reading a book, and Taeri, Wooyoung’s new girlfriend, has also elected to hang out with the two of you.
She’s nice. You don’t get along with her as well as you did with Lyla, but you haven’t spoken to the latter since she and Jongho broke up last month, and you have the feeling that you likely won’t speak to her again.
Not when they broke up because Lyla cheated on Jongho with her ex.
You were appalled when Yeosang told you about it two weeks ago while you were hanging out on the rooftop of his and Wooyoung’s building. The sun was setting, the atmosphere more that of a party than that of somber confessions, but the alcohol had loosened Yeosang’s tongue, and he told you all about the breakup.
It made sense, then, that Jongho didn’t speak to anyone for a few weeks. The news were devastating to him, and though he’s come along today in honor of San’s birthday, you’ve noticed the shadows in his eyes.
All you can hope for is that today helps him, too. He deserves it.
“It is so humid,” Taeri lets out, and you glance at her to see that she’s got a small portable fan directed towards her face, her eyes closed as she enjoys the wind that it projects on her. “I feel like the storm will be wild.”
“It’ll probably be,” Sydney agrees. “But we’ll be fine, we reserved the second floor of a café nearby.”
Taeri’s eyes shoot open as she looks in Sydney’s direction. “No way.”
“Yeah,” you interject. “I figured it’d be better to be prepared, and Seonghwa knows the owner from working there last year. It was easy to reserve.”
“That’s great!”
The conversation naturally dies as she leans back against the tree behind her. Indeed, you’re sitting in the shade of a large tree, and the leaves allow some sun rays to pass, creating a dappled carpet on the grass you’re lounging on.
Wooyoung cheers loudly from where they’ve been throwing the frisbee around, and you look in his direction, noticing San, Yeosang and Jongho all dapping up. The other team, composed of your brother, Hongjoong, Seonghwa and Mingi - he’s visiting for the week - appears to be crestfallen, the loss visible on all of their features. You laugh at the sight, though they all cheer up the second San says they should rearrange the teams.
And then they’re back to playing, and you take a long sip of the water bottle you brought along with you, making a mental note to make sure that San drinks a bunch once he stops playing so that he doesn’t get dehydrated.
It’d be easy to get dehydrated in this heat after all.
The boys play for a while longer, and clouds have started gathering in the sky by the time they finish, hinting at the storm that’s to come. They all walk back towards you and the girls, and San plops down on the ground next to you, grabbing the water bottle you hand him.
You’re not surprised that he chugs it in one go, and he takes a deep breath when he’s done, meeting your gaze.
“I won all my games,” he says with a proud smile, and you reach to his forehead to push back a strand of hair that stuck to his sweat.
“Look at you.”
He leans closer, a smirk growing on his lips. “I think it’s because the day started out so well,” he teases. “Can’t get bad after that.”
You snort, pushing him playfully, though you don’t reply anything to that.
Mostly because you agree with him, but also because thinking about it too much will make you want to start again where you left off, and that won’t be possible for a while.
Once the boys have all had their shares of water, emptying most water bottles that you brought with you, you decide to head to the coffee shop. Indeed, the sky has gotten even greyer, and you all know it’s just a matter of time before it opens up and hell falls on your group. 
Thankfully, you make it to the coffee shop just in time, and the loud splatter of the rainfall creates a serene ambiance as you settle around the second floor, scattering around the different tables here.
The coffee shop is pretty. With a lot of plants, and a view of the inner yard and the trees in it, and you admire them as the rain showers endlessly, the low rumble of thunder in the distance an indication that the storm will hit soon.
But it doesn’t matter. Not when you’re inside, and the owner brings up some dessert for you all before taking your order for your drinks. You choose a matcha, and San gets his usual iced Americano, and then the owner goes around the group, leaving your side.
“This is nice,” San says, and he picks up a small bite-sized cake that he immediately eats. “It’s much better than the box cake I have at home.”
You chuckle. “Do you mean that one you almost fully ate yesterday?”
“It doesn’t count, it’s my birthday,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. 
You laugh, grabbing a paper napkin to clean the frosting that stains the corner of his mouth. “You’re the one that complained you were going to lose your abs yesterday.”
He glares at you, right as Wooyoung plops down in the chair next to you, Taeri behind him. She sits next to him, and she offers you a small smile as you glance her way.
“Y’all got the best desserts, apparently,” Wooyoung says as he also grabs a bite-sized cake. “At least according to Seonghwa.”
Seonghwa is currently busy chatting with Hongjoong at the table overlooking the inner yard, and they look lost in their own little world. You assume Wooyoung and Taeri were with them before though, as there are empty chairs that clearly don’t belong to the table next to it.
Seonghwa and Hongjoong… They still haven’t made their relationship official, though everyone in the friend group kind of knows about them. They’re being less and less subtle as time passes, and you can tell it’s just a matter of time before they do make it official.
It’s not like they really need it, though. They’ve both been visibly happy, and that’s the only thing that matters in the end.
“Can I have one?” Taeri politely asks San.
He snorts. “You don’t have to ask me, just grab some.”
She nods with a blush - like she often does around everyone that isn’t Wooyoung, you and Sydney - and she does grab a bite, her eyes widening in appreciation.
You might be harsh with her. She’s just a shy girl, someone you wouldn’t expect to be with a guy like Wooyoung, but then again maybe Wooyoung will help her get out of her shell a little. It’s already started to work, as she talks to you and Sydney more, but you reckon she still has a long way to go before she’s comfortable in the friend group.
The lightning storm hits about fifteen minutes later, the rain growing even heavier outside, and it’s loud enough to make you all have to talk louder to hear each other. It doesn’t deter anyone though, the excitement and delightful relaxation in the café lingering all through the storm.
You like spending time with all of your friends like this. It’s so rare that you manage to get a full day with everyone like this - especially on a Thursday - yet you managed to make it work, and you know you’ll keep those memories close to your heart when you’ll look back on this day in the future.
Indeed, the fun lingers around for quite a while, even after the rain stops. You all go back outside, splitting the bill for the check between everyone - except San, obviously. Though puddles of water greet you the second you step outside, the humidity has fallen, making the heat much more bearable.
It helps that the sun is back as the afternoon ends, slowly drying the city around you. You take to walking around, stopping at different shops to buy some clothes and other items, and you end up getting a plush toy for San even though you already gave him a gift yesterday night, when his mother was over. It’s a bracelet, and he’s been wearing it proudly all day, showing it off to his friends like it’s the most precious thing he owns.
You love him so fucking much.
“I got you this,” you tell San as you walk out of the shop you and Sydney went in. 
San’s gaze falls on the round seal in your hands, and he bursts out laughing. “You did not have to get me anything.”
You proudly hand him the plushie, and he hugs it to his chest, gaze widening. “I know!” you tell him.
“This shit is fluffier than I thought it would be.”
You nod. “It’s a perfect cuddle buddy for when you miss me.”
San laughs again, leaning down to press a quick peck on your lips. “Thank you, princess.”
Your eyes shine as you meet his, and he looks so happy, so beautiful like this.
So… yours.
“Come on, lovebirds, we’re not going to watch you give googly eyes to each other all evening,” Wooyoung says from just a little further down the street, and you snort as you glance his way to see him with his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulder.
“Respectfully fuck off,” you throw his way.
He just winks at you, pulling Taeri closer to kiss her temple. “Nah.”
And then they’re walking away, and you follow behind him. Sydney is in front with Yunho and Yeosang, and you can’t see the rest of the group from where you are. It doesn’t matter - you’ve been slowly heading towards a popular Korean barbecue that’s just a couple of streets over, and you know everyone will make it there.
Or at least everyone that wants to be there, which you assume is everyone.
And you’re right. You arrive at the Korean barbecue all of ten minutes later, putting your names in on the waiting list, and then you go wait in a small park nearby, playing in the playground that’s currently empty of kids considering the sun is slowly sinking towards the horizon.
You end up sitting on the swings with Sydney and your brother, while they bicker about something that seems to be entirely inconsequential, yet the epitome of their life.
But when is it not when it comes to them? They already sound like an old married couple, and Yunho even told you last week that he sees himself marrying Sydney in the next few years. He’s even asked you to try and figure out what kind of ring she’d like, and you told him that, as her boyfriend, he should be the one to figure that out.
Though, obviously, you already know what she wants, but you’re not going to make your brother’s life easier. Where would be the fun in that?
“What’s Mingi doing?” Sydney asks suddenly, stopping the bickering, and you look around, only to find Mingi on the phone by a park bench, a couple of meters away from everyone.
“On the phone with his mom,” Yunho replies easily.
“Cute,” you let out, and memories of his mother and her sweet smile come to your mind. “How has she been?”
“Good, I presume,” Yunho says. “Mingi didn’t say anything, so I assume she’s good.”
“You’re so useless.”
His head whips your way. “Fuck off.”
“No.”
He glares at you, but he doesn’t say anything as San stops in front of you, handing you the seal plushie you got him.
“Can you hold this?” he asks. “Wooyoung said I can’t do the monkey bars, so I’ll show him he’s wrong.”
You chuckle. “The monkey bars?” you repeat. “How old are you again?” 
“Twenty-three, thanks for asking.” San pushes the plushie on your lap, and then bends down to kiss your forehead quickly. 
You just laugh as he runs back towards Wooyoung, Yeosang, Taeri and Jongho. Jongho is currently doing the monkey bars, obviously making his way across. They all do - even Taeri easily does it, and you’re left wondering if your friends are adults or if you’ve all jumped back ten years in the past - hell, fifteen years in the past - to when you were kids and meaningless challenges like that were personification of happiness.
It’s fun. You love your friends for that. They make youth even better than it already is, filling it with laughs and smiles and so much joy. They’re like family in a way, and you just know the friendships will last through the years.
The lively chatter at the Korean barbecue later tells you so, too. Conversation flows easily between the group, everyone having their piece of mind to say, and the food is amazing, as good as this place’s reputation led you to believe. You even end up sharing soju and, though you hate the taste, you find yourself having to take more than one shots from losing at some drinking games that Hongjoong initiates.
When your bellies are full and alcohol has already started flowing, you head towards the nearest karaoke place so that you can rent a room for the evening. You walk hand in hand with San, Yeosang lingering at the back of the group with you as he texts away on his phone, and you can help but wonder who’s got him chuckling to himself like that.
“Who are you texting?” you ask as he laughs for the fifth time.
“None of your business, mom,” he replies without missing a beat, not even looking up from his phone.
“Got someone in your life?” San teases.
That makes him look up, his cheeks turning beet red, and he shakes his head. “What makes you think that?”
You and San exchange a look, and you both burst out laughing. “That reaction?” you say.
Yeosang turns off his phone, putting it away in his back pocket. “Y’all shut up,” he says, though it has no bite. “It’s still early, and I don’t want everyone to know and ask questions.”
Another look is exchanged between you and San. A knowing look - you’ve worked together to get Sydney and Yunho to date, you both knew about Hongjoong and Seonghwa first, and you even helped Wooyoung to plan his first dates with Taeri.
It’s like you’re somehow always involved, whether it be from close or far, in your friends’ relationships. 
“Don’t worry, we won’t say shit,” you reassure him. “We’ve known about Seonghwa and Hongjoong since last year and we haven’t told anyone.”
Yeosang’s gaze widens. “No way.”
“Yup,” San says. He lets go of your hand, wrapping his arm around your shoulder to pull you closer. “She figured it out first, though.”
You did, but you’d immediately told San about it as he’d walked you home from that bar in December, back when things were so… uncertain between the two of you.
Back when he’d given you your Christmas gift, your own personal Mr Snake.
“Not surprised,” Yeosang says, and it somehow sounds ominous.
“What’s that supposed to mean!”
He laughs, shrugging his shoulders, before innocently saying, “Nothing.”
You glare at him, but then Hongjoong is calling Yeosang’s name, as he’s the one that called the karaoke place to rent a room while you were still at the restaurant. Yeosang jogs to the front of your group, leaving you alone with San, and you turn towards your boyfriend.
“At this point, everyone in the group will be dating soon,” you say with a laugh.
San winces. “Besides Jongho.”
Right.
“We’ll find him someone,” you say with quiet conviction. “He’s a great guy, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“Not sure if he’ll want to date right away,” San says. “Considering the… cheating, and all.”
“True.” You ponder for a time, and then shrug your shoulders. “It’s not like he has to date anyone. As long as he heals and gets better, I’ll be happy for him.”
San glances towards Jongho, who seems a little out of place with the somber look on his face. You don’t hesitate, pushing San towards him, and your boyfriend takes the cue, heading towards his friend.
They end up chatting for a while, lingering outside after everyone’s already gone in, but when they come up, Jongho is smiling, and you’re relieved that San was able to cheer him up.
You’ve never been part of a karaoke session that’s as chaotic as this one turns out to be. Everyone is screaming more than singing, alcohol flowing between the group of you, and you go through classics like Celine Dion, to songs by IU, passing by other songs from popular pop artists. It’s a blast, especially as Hongjoong impresses everyone with his rapping skills, and Seonghwa looks at him like he’s never seen him before.
Yunho has that look on his face too when Sydney goes up with Yeosang and Wooyoung, too. He just looks at her like she puts the stars in his night sky and though he’s your brother, and he’s just a huge dumbass, you can’t help but find it adorable.
You end up singing your share with your friends, though your voice is not even nearly as good as theirs. It’s still fun, and you’re a laughing mess as the night unfolds, up until you sit back on the couch by the wall to take a breather as all of them are singing along to a popular song from the 2000s. Mingi is chilling on the couch too, and he looks at you as you sit down, grabbing a water bottle.
“Tired?” he asks you.
“I’m losing my voice.” 
You both laugh, as you indeed sound like your voice is about to give up on you. 
“It’s ‘cause you’ve been screaming,” Mingi says. “Not too good for the vocal cords.”
You wince, right on cue with Wooyoung screaming. “Right.”
You listen to your friends sing, smiling at San as he glances your way. He smiles back, that dimpled smile you fell in love with so hard so long ago, and your heart flutters in your chest.
“I’m happy for you,” Mingi says, and you glance at him. At the sight of your quirked eyebrow, he adds, “You and San seem really happy.”
You beam. You can’t help it - you are really happy.
“Thanks, Mingi,” you gently say.
“You deserve it, after everything you’ve been through.”
You don’t let the reminder of Jungkook, and of the shitshow that happened last semester between you and San, take hold. Instead, you let it wash over like it’s just a wave in the sea, and then you let it go.
“You know, you deserve it, too,” you reply.
Sadness momentarily passes in his gaze, though you could swear it ends with a silver lining. “We all do. Sometimes, it just takes more time, you know?”
You recall what he’d told you about his ex back during the beach trip. How she ran because he was too much too soon for her. 
“It does,” you gently say.
Mingi meets your gaze, and you see the sadness. It’s still there, but you could swear it isn’t as potent as it was back in April.
Time does heal everything, doesn’t it?
“One day,” he lets out. “One day, I’ll find someone that looks at me the way San looks at you.”
He will. You know  he will - Song Mingi is a good person after all, and he deserves all the love in the universe.
Friday, July 11th
The drive out of the city is peaceful, Yunho’s car eating the miles towards your destination. Destination that you refused to reveal to San, but you reckon he’s had an inkling since you left the city.
It’s strange to be the one driving. You haven’t driven in a while and, though your parents told Yunho to let you use the car whenever you want to, you’re too used to just letting him drive and taking Ubers the rest of the time that you feel rusted as the countryside passes by the window in a blur of deep green leaves and baby blue skies.
You’re holding San’s hand, though he’s dozed off a moment ago, the indie music playlist you’ve put on lulling him to sleep. Though he’ll wake up soon enough, as you’re closing in on your destination.
The camping is nestled a little higher in the mountains, next to a river and some waterfalls, which you’ve planned to go see tomorrow. Today, you just want to relax with San, and maybe stargaze and eat toasted marshmallows. Which is exactly what you end up doing, after having stopped in town at a small restaurant to eat a bite before heading to the camping site.
Camping might be a generous word, or maybe not generous enough word. Indeed, you won’t have to sleep in a tent, as the place comes with a small trailer with a kitchen, a fully-equipped bathroom, and a queen bed. You got a deal for it back in May, and you’ve been looking forward to coming here since then.
There’s some sort of intimacy in being alone in the forest under a blanket of stars with the man that you love. The man you’ve come so far with, the one that stole your heart so many months ago. And though he might have hurt you once, he’s been nurturing your heart so well now it feels like it never happened.
“This is… nice,” San lets out as you walk into the trailer, the setting sun painting the scene in gold. “But it must have been so expensive.”
He throws you a look over his shoulder as you take off your shoes, and you just offer him a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, it’s your birthday gift.”
“You say that as if you haven’t already given me a gift,” he says, raising his hand to bring your attention to the bracelet on his wrist. “You didn’t need to do all this.”
You chuckle, wrapping your arms around his waist. “But I wanted to.”
It’s all you need to say for him to turn around, and he immediately goes in for a kiss that leaves your mind spinning. It makes you giggle as he pulls away and pecks your forehead, and then he sits on the bed, pulling you closer.
“So, just us two, in the middle of the woods…” he trails off. “Are you planning to murder me?”
You burst out laughing as you tap his chest. “Nope. But it’d be the perfect place. No one would hear you scream.”
His mouth falls open, and you just push him back, climbing on his lap. The shocked expression turns into a smug one, and he grips your hips. “Oh, scream that way.”
You can’t help it. It’s the way he looks at you, desire blazing bright all of a sudden. It’s enough to make you forget all about the marshmallows you were planning to toast.
All you want is San, and so you dive in, leaning down to steal a heated kiss off his lips. He reciprocates in a heartbeat, his tongue darting out to tease your lower lip. You sigh in his mouth, and he uses the opportunity to push his tongue in your mouth.
You suck on the wet muscle, and San grunts, his hands tightening on your hips. And then they shift to your ass, and he massages at the flesh of it, earning a small moan for you.
“Is it wild that I already want to fuck you in this bed?” San asks when you pull away to leave a trail of kisses down his neck.
You sit up, circling your hips on his already half-hard dick. “It isn’t.” You lean down, kiss him languidly for a few seconds, before sitting again. “I want you to fuck me, too.”
He sits up, easily finding your lips. He kisses you, sucking your lower lip into his mouth before gently biting at it. You grind on him again and, before you know it, he lands a hand on the small of your back, the other holding the back of your head firmly, and he spins you around until you’re on the bed with him over you.
“Then I’ll fuck you now, princess.”
He’s quick to take his shirt off, and your hands wander around the strong muscles of his abdomen as he remains kneeling between your legs, his dark eyes swimming with lust.
“I swear every day you get even more pretty,” he praises. “So, so fucking pretty.” He bends down, quickly kisses you hard and deep, and then sits back on his heels again. “To think that you’re mine.” One of his hands slightly coasts its way up your side, and he traces your jaw. “I’m so lucky.”
Fuck, you love him.
“San…” you trail off.
He smirks. “I know, baby. I’ll take good care of you.”
As soon as the words are out, San stands, helping you to sit up so that he can take off your shirt. You busy yourself with unbuttoning his pants, pushing them down his legs before letting them fall to the ground. San steps out of them, and your eyes drop to the bulge in his dark green boxers as he straightens.
“I’m already so hard,” he comments as he readjusts himself in his underwear.
You reach forward, palming him through the fabric. “You always get so hard for me.”
He chuckles, though it ends on a small moan as you lean closer, licking his tip through his underwear. “Fuck,” he lets out. 
His single curse makes your blood boil with lust for him, and you pull his underwear down, releasing his dick so that you can directly lick at his slit. He groans, especially as you think better of it, sucking his tip lightly.
“You’re so sensitive,” you purr as you pull away. 
He cups your cheeks, bending down to steal a heated kiss from your lips, one that leaves your mind spinning as he devours you. 
“Lie down on the bed,” he orders once he pulls away, pushing his boxers down his legs.
Heart beating out of your chest, you obey, watching him though half-lidded eyes as he kneels on the floor, his face at a level with your clothed pussy. It doesn’t stay that way for too long. San quickly takes your pants off, taking your panties with them, and you’re soon bare to him, the last piece of clothing on your body being your bra.
San kisses the inside of your thighs as he hooks your legs over his shoulders, and then he blows on your pussy. You instinctively try to close your legs, but he keeps you spread wide open for him.
“Be nice, mmh?” he tells you.
“Then get to work,” you whine.
He laughs, the sound genuine and amused, and a second later, his lips are wrapped around your clit. He circles it with his tongue, earning a breathless sound from you, and then he flicks it once before moving lower, pushing your folds apart with his tongue. He shamelessly fucks you with the wet muscle, and you throw your head back, eyes fluttering shut as pleasure swarms through you.
San is good to you. He’s always been, but over the months, he’s learned even more of your tells, of what you like, and he always applies it diligently, coaxing orgasms after orgasms out of you. You know tonight won’t be any different - the way his tongue moves back to your clit, making an eight motion on the sensitive bundle of nerves, sends your mind into orbit, and your moans grow increasingly louder as your climax looms closer, promising to hit in a delicious high.
Right when you think it’ll hit, San pulls away, and you let out a frustrated sound as he blows on your oversensitive clit again.
“You’re going to have to be patient, princess,” San teases, and he bites at the skin of the inside of your thigh before kneeling between your legs.
He’s hard, precum beading at his tip, and he grabs the base of his dick, aligning himself with your clit. And then he’s rubbing his tip on you, and your legs twitch as he hits a good spot. You moan, loud, and he chuckles, his hand finding your breast to pinch your nipple.
“Think you can hold it in for me?” he asks, and it’s almost condescending.
Though you know San is never condescending with you.
“It’s so good,” you whine.
“Yeah?” He pulls away, spitting on your pussy, and then he’s back to rubbing his dick on you. “Imagine how good it’ll feel once I’m inside of you.”
Just the thought of it makes a shiver run up and down your spine, and you bite at your lower lip. “Imagine how good it’ll feel for you, mmh?”
“Oh, I’m patient,” he frustratingly teases, pulling away from you. “We have all night.”
You almost curse at him, but you hold it in as he plops on the bed next to you, his large hand immediately going between your legs so that he can run a finger between your lips. 
“I might kill you,” you grumble as he circles your clit with barely any pressure.
He kisses your cheek. “You won’t. We both know you come the hardest when I edge you.” He dips his finger inside of you, and you let out a broken sound that’s soon interrupted by his digit returning to your clit. “Besides, it’s my birthday. You’ll let me have my fun, right?”
“It was your birthday yesterday.”
He props himself up on his elbow, looking down at you. His finger is still teasing you in a pace so slow it almost hurts, and he just smiles down at you, his gaze dark. “Thought you said it was my birthday weekend.”
You did say that. Yet all you do now is clench your jaw, trying to glare at him despite the way he plunges his finger in you again.
“You’re soaked,” he praises, and he pulls his finger out to look at it. It’s covered in your juice, and San sucks it clean before meeting your gaze again. “Now, let’s get to work.”
He does. He gets to work, kneeling next to you as he pushes his finger inside of you, curling it to rub at your nutty spot for a few seconds before he pushes another finger inside, fighting against your walls until they swallow him in. And then he’s going at it, playing with your g-spot like it’s an instrument he knows by heart, his other hand resting flat on your lower belly. It doesn’t take you long before your high hits and, though he didn’t say you could come, you climax all over his hand, screaming his name as he keeps going.
You’re squirting. You don’t know how long he makes you squirt for, but you’re a mewling mess under his talented hands, and soon the bed is soaked, his fingers dripping with your juice as he finally pulls them out of you.
You whine from the loss of sensation, but then a second later, he’s pushing all the way in, his dick hitting your cervix. It doesn’t even hurt, not when you’re as aroused as you are. Especially not as his hand becomes a lose necklace around your neck, and he fucks you like there’s no tomorrow, the bed slamming in the wall hard.
But here, there’s no one to hear you. It’s just you and him, so you moan and scream his name as he gives you orgasm after orgasm, his skillful thrusts keeping you on cloud nine so long you’re convinced you’ll forget how to walk by the time he’s done with you.
“You always take me so fucking well,” San grunts as he slams all the way in. “So, so fucking well.” He bends down, kissing you deeply, and then the motions of his hips grow slower, yet they remain just as deep. “I could fuck you like this for the rest of my life.”
He’s out of breath, covered in sweat, yet you run your shaky hands on his back, holding him close to you.
“Do it,” you whisper.
He raises his head to meet your gaze. You can barely focus on him, ecstasy coursing through your blood, yet you find his eyes, diving head first in the love they hold.
“I will,” he promises.
This time, when he kisses you again, all the lust is gone. There’s just love left, so much love, and he fucks you slow, makes love to you for what feels like hours, up until the sun fully sets and dusk falls upon the two of you. Only then does he climax too, painting your insides white as he unloads his cum deep inside of you, your legs wrapped around his waist as if you could bring him closer, too.
Hell, you’d want him under your skin if you could.
It takes forever for your heartbeats to settle in your chests after, your breathing entwined as San rests his forehead on yours. There’s love in the sound, in the space between your lips that’s connected more often than enough, yet not enough at all. 
You’re consumed by San. Thoroughly, completely consumed by him, and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Wow,” he breathes out between one heartbeat and the next. “Princess…”
You peck his lips. “I know.” 
“I’ll never get enough of you,” he confesses. “Every day of my life, I want you by my side.”
“San…”
“Yes?”
It’s time. You feel it in your bones, feel it in your soul. And maybe you wanted to say it under a sky full of stars, maybe you wanted to say it while listening to the crackle of the fire. But the moment has come, the time is right, and the words need an out, more than they’ve ever needed before.
“I love you.”
He beams. Brighter than even the Sun that sits at the middle of the solar system, San beams, grinning from ear to ear as he raises his head just enough to meet your gaze. “Princess…”
“It’s true,” you insist, and you rub your hands on his back. “I love you, Choi San. I’ve loved you for a long time already, and I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time but… yes, I love you.”
“I love you too,” he says in a breathy whisper heavy with emotion. “And I will always love you.”
You laugh, happy tears welling up in your eyes. “That’s a big promise to make.”
“I mean it,” he insists. He lies next to you, and you feel his seed dripping out of you. “There’s no one else but you.” He kisses your cheek as you grin, glancing at him. “Besides, I’m meeting your family next week. They have to know how much I love you.”
“And how much is that?” you ask, feeling greedy.
“More than you can imagine.” He props himself up on a shoulder to look down at you. “I’ve been waiting for you my whole life.”
“Cheesy.”
He laughs, kissing you in the middle of it. It’s awkward, but it makes sense for you and Choi San.
Happiness and love will always make sense for the two of you.
“You love it,” he replies.
“I love you.”
“Look who’s cheesy now?” 
You scrunch up your nose, unable to keep your grin in despite trying to. “Fuck, San.”
Your words are serious, catching him off guard. “What?”
“It took us so long…”
“Oh, princess…” He tugs you closer, wrapping his arms around you. “No matter how long it took, we got here. And that’s what’s important.”
He’s right. You know he is, and you love him even more for it.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he whispers next, kissing the top of your head. “I love you, Y/n. And I’ll love you for the rest of my life, too.”
“For the rest of our lives,” you say. “I will love you too.”
You think it’s the easiest promise you’ve ever made.
After all, nothing could have stopped you and Choi San from happening. Not when it’s been written in the universe long before you even existed. And so, for the rest of your life, you’ll spend your time loving him, for every second and every minute and every hour. From this moment until your very last one.
From now until the end of your time.
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Be With You | ch 17
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, mostly just a lot of fluff and happiness, explicit content: oral sex (male and female receiving), hair pulling, mouth fucking, edging, clit and nipple play, fingering, squirting, unprotected sex (be careful), praising, creampie, they make love
☆word count: 8.6k
☆series masterpost
☆a/n: last one :( thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
☆☆☆☆☆
Thursday, July 10th 
You wake up with the morning sun, its gentle caress on your features bringing you back to reality from the land of dreams. You don’t open your eyes just yet though, the comfortable weight of San’s arm on your stomach keeping you tethered to grogginess. 
It’s early anyway, if the sun is entering his room at an angle that allows it to shine in your face.
San is breathing deeply behind you, still sound asleep, and you snuggle your face in the soft blanket that’s wrapped around you, hoping to fall back asleep.
Last night was fun. You had dinner with San’s mother as she came to visit her son for his birthday, and she gave him a plushie that she claimed was from his collection back home. San thanked her with a blush, and you tucked that information in the back of your mind.
Of course, San has a plushie collection.
San’s arm tightens around you in his sleep, and he lets out a soft sigh that curls your lips upwards. And maybe it’s the weight of his arm on you, or the warmth of his body. Maybe it’s his soft breathing, but you do manage to fall back asleep, waking up again later when he shifts and turns on his back.
“Morning,” he mumbles, voice rough with sleep, as you peek behind you.
“What are you doing?” you ask as you yawn, pulling Mr Snake tighter against your chest.
Because of course you always sleep with the plushie in your arms.
“I have to pee,” he admits. “But I’ll be right back.”
You whine as he moves and he lets out a small laugh that only makes you smile. “Happy birthday, Sannie.”
He’s already up, and he bends down to peck your forehead. “Thank you, princess.”
And then he’s leaving his room, stretching as he walks through the walk-in closet to access the bathroom. It doesn’t take long for him to be back, and you turn to face him as he lies down next to you, facing you too.
“You’re so old now,” you tease.
He narrows his gaze even though he chuckles. “Careful, we’ll be the same age soon.”
Indeed, your birthday is next month.
“But for now I get to call you an old man.”
He rolls his eyes, and then moves closer to pull you in his embrace. You laugh as your forehead ends up pressed against his pecs, and he only holds you tighter. “Alright then,” he grumbles. “I guess I’m old.”
Satisfied, you nod, and then you sigh again as sleep refuses to fully leave you. But then, thoughts about the day that’s to come awaken you thoroughly, and you sit up so fast you almost bump San’s nose on the way up.
“What?” he asks, startled.
“It’s your birthday!” you excitedly say.
“Yes, we’ve already established that.” 
You squeal, and then you bend down, pecking his face repeatedly as he just starts laughing. It’s more of a giggle, and it’s adorable and makes your heart so full of love for him you think you’re about to burst.
You haven’t told each other the three little words yet. San came close once, or at least you think he did, but still, the words haven’t been said yet. Not because you don’t feel them - you’ve been feeling them for a long time now - but only because you wanted the perfect occasion to tell him. And you’ve prepared the perfect occasion now, even though he doesn’t know it yet.
But you still have to wait until tomorrow as today is reserved to hanging out with your friends and celebrating all together. Indeed, you’re going to spend the afternoon in a park on the riverside, where the wind should hopefully help with chasing the heat of the day away. Indeed, it’s supposed to be incredibly warm today, with lightning storms at the peak of the afternoon, but they never really last long at this time of the year.
“Truce, truce!” San yells as you just keep pecking his face. 
His cheeks are flushed red when you pull away. You’re now straddling his lap, and you sit back on him, putting your weight on his dick. His reaction is immediate - he reaches for your waist, holding you in place, and lust seeps into his gaze.
The honeymoon phase is strong between you. It’s been even more intense since you’ve decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend at the beginning of May, after that dinner with his father.
About that, you’ve met up for dinner with his father two times since then, each time going better than the last. You saw him last weekend, and San was genuinely happy the whole time, not even once making a comment about his father leaving. You know he hasn’t forgiven the man, and you don’t think he ever will, but you can tell that those dinners have been healing something in him. And his father has been trying so hard to be present for San, texting him more often - all you can hope for is that it’ll last.
You zero back in on the present, your eyes skimming San’s features as he looks up at you. He wets his lips, and you glance at that too, right before leaning in and pressing a gentle kiss on his lips.
You’re not big on wet kisses in the morning - morning breath is just not it - and so the kiss doesn’t deepen too much, your tongues not reaching for each other like they usually instinctively do. It’s more lips, and you love it that way too, if only because San’s lips are always so soft.
But you have a goal in mind for the birthday boy, and it’s not to kiss him. No, you want to make him feel good, want him to start his day in the best way possible, so you leave his mouth to find his neck. He turns his head to the side to give you better access, and you kiss down the soft skin of his neck, nipping at the spot that connects his shoulder to his neck. He lets out a barely audible sound that makes your insides grow warm, and so you keep travelling down his body, kissing every inch of skin until you reach the band of his boxers.
“Can I take these off?” you ask.
San is looking down at you and he nods, wetting his lips. “What are you up to?” he asks.
“Just want to treat the birthday boy good, is that wrong?”
“Nope.” He raises his hips to help you remove his boxers, and you quickly slide them down his legs, removing them entirely to throw them on the floor.
San watches you carefully as you look at his dick. He’s still relatively soft, but you know that will change in no time.
“Then, be nice for me, will you?” you tell him, tilting your head to the side like you’re a predator sizing your prey.
He doesn’t have time to answer. Indeed, you’re already cupping his balls, and he hisses at the contact, a muscle feathering under the skin of his jaw at the sensitivity. He curses under his breath, but you’re already leaning forward, pressing a kiss on his hip next to his dick.
“Careful with the balls,” he reminds you.
You release the pressure, not wanting to hurt him, and your tongue darts out to tease his dick. “I didn’t say you could talk.”
His gaze widens, and you take him in your mouth, sucking lightly. His teeth dig in his lower lip, and then you’re slowly taking all of him in, swallowing around him. The fact that he’s still relatively soft makes it easier, and your eyes flutter shut as you focus on the action, on running your tongue on the underside of his dick as you slowly pull out.
A string of spit hangs between his tip and your mouth, and it breaks as you start jerking him off, keeping that slow rhythm you’ve settled on for now. San lets you do it, eyes closed as he enjoys the blowjob, his head resting on his pillow in a way that makes his jaw even sharper than it usually is.
You reach up, nails dragging on his abs, and he immediately looks down at you. Your gazes connect as you take him in your mouth again, swirling your tongue around his tip before teasing his slit. And then you go down again, this time choking a little as he’s already harder.
You start moving up and down, keeping that slow rhythm that will drive him crazy in no time, and you stroke his dick with your hand in time with the motions of your head, making sure to drool on him so that you can use it as natural lube. It works, and San’s breathing grows heavier, louder, yet he keeps the groans that make you go insane to himself, so you keep the slow pace.
San curses lowly, and one of his hands finds the back of your head, as if he’ll try to push you down on him. But he doesn’t, just follows you, though he’s soon gripping at your hair, pulling it in a makeshift ponytail.
“You’re being a tease, mmh?” he asks as he pulls on your hair.
You pull away from his dick, looking at him innocently. “Me? I would never.”
“Fucking brat,” he says, his eyes dark. “There’s something I want to try.”
He sits up while you sit back on your heels, wiping the spit on your chin with the back of your hand. “What do you want to try?” 
He looks at the side of the bed, then chuckles awkwardly. “Feel free to say no. But… what if you hang your head from the bed?”
You try to picture it in your mind, though you’re not quite sure how it would work. “Huh?”
San gets up, his now-hard dick bouncing with the motion. One of his hands wraps around himself, and he strokes twice as you move to the side of the bed.
“Lie on your back,” San indicates. You do, though your head is still on the bed. “Now, if you move closer to me a little…”
He stops talking as you do so, and a few seconds later, your head is hanging from the bed.
“Mmh, my bed is a little low for this,” he pensively says, yet he manages to bend his knees slightly, and then his dick is right in your face.
Unable to resist, you tease him with your tongue and San chuckles, before tapping your lips with the tip of his dick.
“Now, I can fuck your mouth like this,” he says. “If that’s okay with you?”
He’s waiting for your consent, and you wonder how long he’s actually been wanting to do this. Because just having you in this position has gotten him rock hard, his balls tight like he’s already close to coming.
“You want it?” you ask.
He pulls away enough so that he can meet your gaze. “I just think it’d be really fucking hot. But I’ve never done this, and I don’t want to hurt you.”
You love him. You fucking love him so much and, if he wants to try, then you’ll try with him.
“I’ll tap your leg if it hurts,” you reassure him. “I want to try, too.”
He wets his lips, chest going up in a sharp inhale of breath, and then he’s bringing his dick back to your mouth, pressing it on your lips. You open wide for him, and he slowly pushes in, his tip rubbing on your tongue in the most decadent way. He stops with just his tip in, and then pulls out just as slow, before pushing back in.
He’s trying to be gentle. That much is clear to you, and it turns you on to no end. So, without hesitating, you bring your hand between your legs - you’ve never been so happy about choosing to sleep naked - parting your lips to see that you’re already soaked wet.
“Fuck,” San curses as you start rubbing circles on your clit, and you moan as he pushes in, so deep you feel him in your throat.
You keep the gag reflex in, and it’s strangely easier in this position. San notices it, too, because he starts going faster, his restraint slowly falling out the window. And then he’s truly fucking your mouth, and it’s so hot that you’re a moaning mess around him. It has to feel good - the sounds that he makes are pornographic, sounds you commit to memory for when you’re apart from him and need a reminder. 
He pulls out occasionally, letting you breathe a little, but it’s clear to you that he’s chasing his high, and that he’s going to get to it soon. Indeed, his motions are sloppier now, less focused, and his groans have turned into moans.
“Where should I come?” he asks as he pulls out once more, and you immediately reach for his dick, jerking him off fast.
“Wherever you want,” you answer, your voice raucous from getting your throat fucked.
You’ve barely had time to finish your sentence that he’s already coming, spurts of his seed falling on your breasts and on your stomach. Some even fall on your cheek, yet you don’t stop jerking him off, milking his orgasm from him as he shakes over you.
Once it’s clear to you that he’s done coming, you let go of his dick, licking your fingers clean. You then pick up his cum on your cheek, licking that clean, too, and San looks down at you, his eyes wide.
“That was so fucking hot,” he lets out. “Holy shit.”
You chuckle. “It really was.”
“Let me wipe you clean, and then I want you to come all over my face.”
His words barely register - he’s already running to the bathroom, and he comes back with a wet hand cloth that he uses to clean your breasts and stomach, and then he’s lying down on the bed next to you.
“Climb on,” he tells you.
You laugh at his eagerness, but you’re quick to obey, straddling his face.
What a way to start the day indeed.
*****
The park is crowded, yet not as much as you imagined it would be on a summer day. It makes sense - with the lightning storm coming later, most people have chosen to do activities inside. But not you and your friends, and especially not San.
You’ve been watching some of your friends playing frisbee while you’re eating an ice cream cone you got from the vendor by the river. Sydney is next to you, reading a book, and Taeri, Wooyoung’s new girlfriend, has also elected to hang out with the two of you.
She’s nice. You don’t get along with her as well as you did with Lyla, but you haven’t spoken to the latter since she and Jongho broke up last month, and you have the feeling that you likely won’t speak to her again.
Not when they broke up because Lyla cheated on Jongho with her ex.
You were appalled when Yeosang told you about it two weeks ago while you were hanging out on the rooftop of his and Wooyoung’s building. The sun was setting, the atmosphere more that of a party than that of somber confessions, but the alcohol had loosened Yeosang’s tongue, and he told you all about the breakup.
It made sense, then, that Jongho didn’t speak to anyone for a few weeks. The news were devastating to him, and though he’s come along today in honor of San’s birthday, you’ve noticed the shadows in his eyes.
All you can hope for is that today helps him, too. He deserves it.
“It is so humid,” Taeri lets out, and you glance at her to see that she’s got a small portable fan directed towards her face, her eyes closed as she enjoys the wind that it projects on her. “I feel like the storm will be wild.”
“It’ll probably be,” Sydney agrees. “But we’ll be fine, we reserved the second floor of a café nearby.”
Taeri’s eyes shoot open as she looks in Sydney’s direction. “No way.”
“Yeah,” you interject. “I figured it’d be better to be prepared, and Seonghwa knows the owner from working there last year. It was easy to reserve.”
“That’s great!”
The conversation naturally dies as she leans back against the tree behind her. Indeed, you’re sitting in the shade of a large tree, and the leaves allow some sun rays to pass, creating a dappled carpet on the grass you’re lounging on.
Wooyoung cheers loudly from where they’ve been throwing the frisbee around, and you look in his direction, noticing San, Yeosang and Jongho all dapping up. The other team, composed of your brother, Hongjoong, Seonghwa and Mingi - he’s visiting for the week - appears to be crestfallen, the loss visible on all of their features. You laugh at the sight, though they all cheer up the second San says they should rearrange the teams.
And then they’re back to playing, and you take a long sip of the water bottle you brought along with you, making a mental note to make sure that San drinks a bunch once he stops playing so that he doesn’t get dehydrated.
It’d be easy to get dehydrated in this heat after all.
The boys play for a while longer, and clouds have started gathering in the sky by the time they finish, hinting at the storm that’s to come. They all walk back towards you and the girls, and San plops down on the ground next to you, grabbing the water bottle you hand him.
You’re not surprised that he chugs it in one go, and he takes a deep breath when he’s done, meeting your gaze.
“I won all my games,” he says with a proud smile, and you reach to his forehead to push back a strand of hair that stuck to his sweat.
“Look at you.”
He leans closer, a smirk growing on his lips. “I think it’s because the day started out so well,” he teases. “Can’t get bad after that.”
You snort, pushing him playfully, though you don’t reply anything to that.
Mostly because you agree with him, but also because thinking about it too much will make you want to start again where you left off, and that won’t be possible for a while.
Once the boys have all had their shares of water, emptying most water bottles that you brought with you, you decide to head to the coffee shop. Indeed, the sky has gotten even greyer, and you all know it’s just a matter of time before it opens up and hell falls on your group. 
Thankfully, you make it to the coffee shop just in time, and the loud splatter of the rainfall creates a serene ambiance as you settle around the second floor, scattering around the different tables here.
The coffee shop is pretty. With a lot of plants, and a view of the inner yard and the trees in it, and you admire them as the rain showers endlessly, the low rumble of thunder in the distance an indication that the storm will hit soon.
But it doesn’t matter. Not when you’re inside, and the owner brings up some dessert for you all before taking your order for your drinks. You choose a matcha, and San gets his usual iced Americano, and then the owner goes around the group, leaving your side.
“This is nice,” San says, and he picks up a small bite-sized cake that he immediately eats. “It’s much better than the box cake I have at home.”
You chuckle. “Do you mean that one you almost fully ate yesterday?”
“It doesn’t count, it’s my birthday,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. 
You laugh, grabbing a paper napkin to clean the frosting that stains the corner of his mouth. “You’re the one that complained you were going to lose your abs yesterday.”
He glares at you, right as Wooyoung plops down in the chair next to you, Taeri behind him. She sits next to him, and she offers you a small smile as you glance her way.
“Y’all got the best desserts, apparently,” Wooyoung says as he also grabs a bite-sized cake. “At least according to Seonghwa.”
Seonghwa is currently busy chatting with Hongjoong at the table overlooking the inner yard, and they look lost in their own little world. You assume Wooyoung and Taeri were with them before though, as there are empty chairs that clearly don’t belong to the table next to it.
Seonghwa and Hongjoong… They still haven’t made their relationship official, though everyone in the friend group kind of knows about them. They’re being less and less subtle as time passes, and you can tell it’s just a matter of time before they do make it official.
It’s not like they really need it, though. They’ve both been visibly happy, and that’s the only thing that matters in the end.
“Can I have one?” Taeri politely asks San.
He snorts. “You don’t have to ask me, just grab some.”
She nods with a blush - like she often does around everyone that isn’t Wooyoung, you and Sydney - and she does grab a bite, her eyes widening in appreciation.
You might be harsh with her. She’s just a shy girl, someone you wouldn’t expect to be with a guy like Wooyoung, but then again maybe Wooyoung will help her get out of her shell a little. It’s already started to work, as she talks to you and Sydney more, but you reckon she still has a long way to go before she’s comfortable in the friend group.
The lightning storm hits about fifteen minutes later, the rain growing even heavier outside, and it’s loud enough to make you all have to talk louder to hear each other. It doesn’t deter anyone though, the excitement and delightful relaxation in the café lingering all through the storm.
You like spending time with all of your friends like this. It’s so rare that you manage to get a full day with everyone like this - especially on a Thursday - yet you managed to make it work, and you know you’ll keep those memories close to your heart when you’ll look back on this day in the future.
Indeed, the fun lingers around for quite a while, even after the rain stops. You all go back outside, splitting the bill for the check between everyone - except San, obviously. Though puddles of water greet you the second you step outside, the humidity has fallen, making the heat much more bearable.
It helps that the sun is back as the afternoon ends, slowly drying the city around you. You take to walking around, stopping at different shops to buy some clothes and other items, and you end up getting a plush toy for San even though you already gave him a gift yesterday night, when his mother was over. It’s a bracelet, and he’s been wearing it proudly all day, showing it off to his friends like it’s the most precious thing he owns.
You love him so fucking much.
“I got you this,” you tell San as you walk out of the shop you and Sydney went in. 
San’s gaze falls on the round seal in your hands, and he bursts out laughing. “You did not have to get me anything.”
You proudly hand him the plushie, and he hugs it to his chest, gaze widening. “I know!” you tell him.
“This shit is fluffier than I thought it would be.”
You nod. “It’s a perfect cuddle buddy for when you miss me.”
San laughs again, leaning down to press a quick peck on your lips. “Thank you, princess.”
Your eyes shine as you meet his, and he looks so happy, so beautiful like this.
So… yours.
“Come on, lovebirds, we’re not going to watch you give googly eyes to each other all evening,” Wooyoung says from just a little further down the street, and you snort as you glance his way to see him with his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulder.
“Respectfully fuck off,” you throw his way.
He just winks at you, pulling Taeri closer to kiss her temple. “Nah.”
And then they’re walking away, and you follow behind him. Sydney is in front with Yunho and Yeosang, and you can’t see the rest of the group from where you are. It doesn’t matter - you’ve been slowly heading towards a popular Korean barbecue that’s just a couple of streets over, and you know everyone will make it there.
Or at least everyone that wants to be there, which you assume is everyone.
And you’re right. You arrive at the Korean barbecue all of ten minutes later, putting your names in on the waiting list, and then you go wait in a small park nearby, playing in the playground that’s currently empty of kids considering the sun is slowly sinking towards the horizon.
You end up sitting on the swings with Sydney and your brother, while they bicker about something that seems to be entirely inconsequential, yet the epitome of their life.
But when is it not when it comes to them? They already sound like an old married couple, and Yunho even told you last week that he sees himself marrying Sydney in the next few years. He’s even asked you to try and figure out what kind of ring she’d like, and you told him that, as her boyfriend, he should be the one to figure that out.
Though, obviously, you already know what she wants, but you’re not going to make your brother’s life easier. Where would be the fun in that?
“What’s Mingi doing?” Sydney asks suddenly, stopping the bickering, and you look around, only to find Mingi on the phone by a park bench, a couple of meters away from everyone.
“On the phone with his mom,” Yunho replies easily.
“Cute,” you let out, and memories of his mother and her sweet smile come to your mind. “How has she been?”
“Good, I presume,” Yunho says. “Mingi didn’t say anything, so I assume she’s good.”
“You’re so useless.”
His head whips your way. “Fuck off.”
“No.”
He glares at you, but he doesn’t say anything as San stops in front of you, handing you the seal plushie you got him.
“Can you hold this?” he asks. “Wooyoung said I can’t do the monkey bars, so I’ll show him he’s wrong.”
You chuckle. “The monkey bars?” you repeat. “How old are you again?” 
“Twenty-three, thanks for asking.” San pushes the plushie on your lap, and then bends down to kiss your forehead quickly. 
You just laugh as he runs back towards Wooyoung, Yeosang, Taeri and Jongho. Jongho is currently doing the monkey bars, obviously making his way across. They all do - even Taeri easily does it, and you’re left wondering if your friends are adults or if you’ve all jumped back ten years in the past - hell, fifteen years in the past - to when you were kids and meaningless challenges like that were personification of happiness.
It’s fun. You love your friends for that. They make youth even better than it already is, filling it with laughs and smiles and so much joy. They’re like family in a way, and you just know the friendships will last through the years.
The lively chatter at the Korean barbecue later tells you so, too. Conversation flows easily between the group, everyone having their piece of mind to say, and the food is amazing, as good as this place’s reputation led you to believe. You even end up sharing soju and, though you hate the taste, you find yourself having to take more than one shots from losing at some drinking games that Hongjoong initiates.
When your bellies are full and alcohol has already started flowing, you head towards the nearest karaoke place so that you can rent a room for the evening. You walk hand in hand with San, Yeosang lingering at the back of the group with you as he texts away on his phone, and you can help but wonder who’s got him chuckling to himself like that.
“Who are you texting?” you ask as he laughs for the fifth time.
“None of your business, mom,” he replies without missing a beat, not even looking up from his phone.
“Got someone in your life?” San teases.
That makes him look up, his cheeks turning beet red, and he shakes his head. “What makes you think that?”
You and San exchange a look, and you both burst out laughing. “That reaction?” you say.
Yeosang turns off his phone, putting it away in his back pocket. “Y’all shut up,” he says, though it has no bite. “It’s still early, and I don’t want everyone to know and ask questions.”
Another look is exchanged between you and San. A knowing look - you’ve worked together to get Sydney and Yunho to date, you both knew about Hongjoong and Seonghwa first, and you even helped Wooyoung to plan his first dates with Taeri.
It’s like you’re somehow always involved, whether it be from close or far, in your friends’ relationships. 
“Don’t worry, we won’t say shit,” you reassure him. “We’ve known about Seonghwa and Hongjoong since last year and we haven’t told anyone.”
Yeosang’s gaze widens. “No way.”
“Yup,” San says. He lets go of your hand, wrapping his arm around your shoulder to pull you closer. “She figured it out first, though.”
You did, but you’d immediately told San about it as he’d walked you home from that bar in December, back when things were so… uncertain between the two of you.
Back when he’d given you your Christmas gift, your own personal Mr Snake.
“Not surprised,” Yeosang says, and it somehow sounds ominous.
“What’s that supposed to mean!”
He laughs, shrugging his shoulders, before innocently saying, “Nothing.”
You glare at him, but then Hongjoong is calling Yeosang’s name, as he’s the one that called the karaoke place to rent a room while you were still at the restaurant. Yeosang jogs to the front of your group, leaving you alone with San, and you turn towards your boyfriend.
“At this point, everyone in the group will be dating soon,” you say with a laugh.
San winces. “Besides Jongho.”
Right.
“We’ll find him someone,” you say with quiet conviction. “He’s a great guy, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“Not sure if he’ll want to date right away,” San says. “Considering the… cheating, and all.”
“True.” You ponder for a time, and then shrug your shoulders. “It’s not like he has to date anyone. As long as he heals and gets better, I’ll be happy for him.”
San glances towards Jongho, who seems a little out of place with the somber look on his face. You don’t hesitate, pushing San towards him, and your boyfriend takes the cue, heading towards his friend.
They end up chatting for a while, lingering outside after everyone’s already gone in, but when they come up, Jongho is smiling, and you’re relieved that San was able to cheer him up.
You’ve never been part of a karaoke session that’s as chaotic as this one turns out to be. Everyone is screaming more than singing, alcohol flowing between the group of you, and you go through classics like Celine Dion, to songs by IU, passing by other songs from popular pop artists. It’s a blast, especially as Hongjoong impresses everyone with his rapping skills, and Seonghwa looks at him like he’s never seen him before.
Yunho has that look on his face too when Sydney goes up with Yeosang and Wooyoung, too. He just looks at her like she puts the stars in his night sky and though he’s your brother, and he’s just a huge dumbass, you can’t help but find it adorable.
You end up singing your share with your friends, though your voice is not even nearly as good as theirs. It’s still fun, and you’re a laughing mess as the night unfolds, up until you sit back on the couch by the wall to take a breather as all of them are singing along to a popular song from the 2000s. Mingi is chilling on the couch too, and he looks at you as you sit down, grabbing a water bottle.
“Tired?” he asks you.
“I’m losing my voice.” 
You both laugh, as you indeed sound like your voice is about to give up on you. 
“It’s ‘cause you’ve been screaming,” Mingi says. “Not too good for the vocal cords.”
You wince, right on cue with Wooyoung screaming. “Right.”
You listen to your friends sing, smiling at San as he glances your way. He smiles back, that dimpled smile you fell in love with so hard so long ago, and your heart flutters in your chest.
“I’m happy for you,” Mingi says, and you glance at him. At the sight of your quirked eyebrow, he adds, “You and San seem really happy.”
You beam. You can’t help it - you are really happy.
“Thanks, Mingi,” you gently say.
“You deserve it, after everything you’ve been through.”
You don’t let the reminder of Jungkook, and of the shitshow that happened last semester between you and San, take hold. Instead, you let it wash over like it’s just a wave in the sea, and then you let it go.
“You know, you deserve it, too,” you reply.
Sadness momentarily passes in his gaze, though you could swear it ends with a silver lining. “We all do. Sometimes, it just takes more time, you know?”
You recall what he’d told you about his ex back during the beach trip. How she ran because he was too much too soon for her. 
“It does,” you gently say.
Mingi meets your gaze, and you see the sadness. It’s still there, but you could swear it isn’t as potent as it was back in April.
Time does heal everything, doesn’t it?
“One day,” he lets out. “One day, I’ll find someone that looks at me the way San looks at you.”
He will. You know  he will - Song Mingi is a good person after all, and he deserves all the love in the universe.
Friday, July 11th
The drive out of the city is peaceful, Yunho’s car eating the miles towards your destination. Destination that you refused to reveal to San, but you reckon he’s had an inkling since you left the city.
It’s strange to be the one driving. You haven’t driven in a while and, though your parents told Yunho to let you use the car whenever you want to, you’re too used to just letting him drive and taking Ubers the rest of the time that you feel rusted as the countryside passes by the window in a blur of deep green leaves and baby blue skies.
You’re holding San’s hand, though he’s dozed off a moment ago, the indie music playlist you’ve put on lulling him to sleep. Though he’ll wake up soon enough, as you’re closing in on your destination.
The camping is nestled a little higher in the mountains, next to a river and some waterfalls, which you’ve planned to go see tomorrow. Today, you just want to relax with San, and maybe stargaze and eat toasted marshmallows. Which is exactly what you end up doing, after having stopped in town at a small restaurant to eat a bite before heading to the camping site.
Camping might be a generous word, or maybe not generous enough word. Indeed, you won’t have to sleep in a tent, as the place comes with a small trailer with a kitchen, a fully-equipped bathroom, and a queen bed. You got a deal for it back in May, and you’ve been looking forward to coming here since then.
There’s some sort of intimacy in being alone in the forest under a blanket of stars with the man that you love. The man you’ve come so far with, the one that stole your heart so many months ago. And though he might have hurt you once, he’s been nurturing your heart so well now it feels like it never happened.
“This is… nice,” San lets out as you walk into the trailer, the setting sun painting the scene in gold. “But it must have been so expensive.”
He throws you a look over his shoulder as you take off your shoes, and you just offer him a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, it’s your birthday gift.”
“You say that as if you haven’t already given me a gift,” he says, raising his hand to bring your attention to the bracelet on his wrist. “You didn’t need to do all this.”
You chuckle, wrapping your arms around his waist. “But I wanted to.”
It’s all you need to say for him to turn around, and he immediately goes in for a kiss that leaves your mind spinning. It makes you giggle as he pulls away and pecks your forehead, and then he sits on the bed, pulling you closer.
“So, just us two, in the middle of the woods…” he trails off. “Are you planning to murder me?”
You burst out laughing as you tap his chest. “Nope. But it’d be the perfect place. No one would hear you scream.”
His mouth falls open, and you just push him back, climbing on his lap. The shocked expression turns into a smug one, and he grips your hips. “Oh, scream that way.”
You can’t help it. It’s the way he looks at you, desire blazing bright all of a sudden. It’s enough to make you forget all about the marshmallows you were planning to toast.
All you want is San, and so you dive in, leaning down to steal a heated kiss off his lips. He reciprocates in a heartbeat, his tongue darting out to tease your lower lip. You sigh in his mouth, and he uses the opportunity to push his tongue in your mouth.
You suck on the wet muscle, and San grunts, his hands tightening on your hips. And then they shift to your ass, and he massages at the flesh of it, earning a small moan for you.
“Is it wild that I already want to fuck you in this bed?” San asks when you pull away to leave a trail of kisses down his neck.
You sit up, circling your hips on his already half-hard dick. “It isn’t.” You lean down, kiss him languidly for a few seconds, before sitting again. “I want you to fuck me, too.”
He sits up, easily finding your lips. He kisses you, sucking your lower lip into his mouth before gently biting at it. You grind on him again and, before you know it, he lands a hand on the small of your back, the other holding the back of your head firmly, and he spins you around until you’re on the bed with him over you.
“Then I’ll fuck you now, princess.”
He’s quick to take his shirt off, and your hands wander around the strong muscles of his abdomen as he remains kneeling between your legs, his dark eyes swimming with lust.
“I swear every day you get even more pretty,” he praises. “So, so fucking pretty.” He bends down, quickly kisses you hard and deep, and then sits back on his heels again. “To think that you’re mine.” One of his hands slightly coasts its way up your side, and he traces your jaw. “I’m so lucky.”
Fuck, you love him.
“San…” you trail off.
He smirks. “I know, baby. I’ll take good care of you.”
As soon as the words are out, San stands, helping you to sit up so that he can take off your shirt. You busy yourself with unbuttoning his pants, pushing them down his legs before letting them fall to the ground. San steps out of them, and your eyes drop to the bulge in his dark green boxers as he straightens.
“I’m already so hard,” he comments as he readjusts himself in his underwear.
You reach forward, palming him through the fabric. “You always get so hard for me.”
He chuckles, though it ends on a small moan as you lean closer, licking his tip through his underwear. “Fuck,” he lets out. 
His single curse makes your blood boil with lust for him, and you pull his underwear down, releasing his dick so that you can directly lick at his slit. He groans, especially as you think better of it, sucking his tip lightly.
“You’re so sensitive,” you purr as you pull away. 
He cups your cheeks, bending down to steal a heated kiss from your lips, one that leaves your mind spinning as he devours you. 
“Lie down on the bed,” he orders once he pulls away, pushing his boxers down his legs.
Heart beating out of your chest, you obey, watching him though half-lidded eyes as he kneels on the floor, his face at a level with your clothed pussy. It doesn’t stay that way for too long. San quickly takes your pants off, taking your panties with them, and you’re soon bare to him, the last piece of clothing on your body being your bra.
San kisses the inside of your thighs as he hooks your legs over his shoulders, and then he blows on your pussy. You instinctively try to close your legs, but he keeps you spread wide open for him.
“Be nice, mmh?” he tells you.
“Then get to work,” you whine.
He laughs, the sound genuine and amused, and a second later, his lips are wrapped around your clit. He circles it with his tongue, earning a breathless sound from you, and then he flicks it once before moving lower, pushing your folds apart with his tongue. He shamelessly fucks you with the wet muscle, and you throw your head back, eyes fluttering shut as pleasure swarms through you.
San is good to you. He’s always been, but over the months, he’s learned even more of your tells, of what you like, and he always applies it diligently, coaxing orgasms after orgasms out of you. You know tonight won’t be any different - the way his tongue moves back to your clit, making an eight motion on the sensitive bundle of nerves, sends your mind into orbit, and your moans grow increasingly louder as your climax looms closer, promising to hit in a delicious high.
Right when you think it’ll hit, San pulls away, and you let out a frustrated sound as he blows on your oversensitive clit again.
“You’re going to have to be patient, princess,” San teases, and he bites at the skin of the inside of your thigh before kneeling between your legs.
He’s hard, precum beading at his tip, and he grabs the base of his dick, aligning himself with your clit. And then he’s rubbing his tip on you, and your legs twitch as he hits a good spot. You moan, loud, and he chuckles, his hand finding your breast to pinch your nipple.
“Think you can hold it in for me?” he asks, and it’s almost condescending.
Though you know San is never condescending with you.
“It’s so good,” you whine.
“Yeah?” He pulls away, spitting on your pussy, and then he’s back to rubbing his dick on you. “Imagine how good it’ll feel once I’m inside of you.”
Just the thought of it makes a shiver run up and down your spine, and you bite at your lower lip. “Imagine how good it’ll feel for you, mmh?”
“Oh, I’m patient,” he frustratingly teases, pulling away from you. “We have all night.”
You almost curse at him, but you hold it in as he plops on the bed next to you, his large hand immediately going between your legs so that he can run a finger between your lips. 
“I might kill you,” you grumble as he circles your clit with barely any pressure.
He kisses your cheek. “You won’t. We both know you come the hardest when I edge you.” He dips his finger inside of you, and you let out a broken sound that’s soon interrupted by his digit returning to your clit. “Besides, it’s my birthday. You’ll let me have my fun, right?”
“It was your birthday yesterday.”
He props himself up on his elbow, looking down at you. His finger is still teasing you in a pace so slow it almost hurts, and he just smiles down at you, his gaze dark. “Thought you said it was my birthday weekend.”
You did say that. Yet all you do now is clench your jaw, trying to glare at him despite the way he plunges his finger in you again.
“You’re soaked,” he praises, and he pulls his finger out to look at it. It’s covered in your juice, and San sucks it clean before meeting your gaze again. “Now, let’s get to work.”
He does. He gets to work, kneeling next to you as he pushes his finger inside of you, curling it to rub at your nutty spot for a few seconds before he pushes another finger inside, fighting against your walls until they swallow him in. And then he’s going at it, playing with your g-spot like it’s an instrument he knows by heart, his other hand resting flat on your lower belly. It doesn’t take you long before your high hits and, though he didn’t say you could come, you climax all over his hand, screaming his name as he keeps going.
You’re squirting. You don’t know how long he makes you squirt for, but you’re a mewling mess under his talented hands, and soon the bed is soaked, his fingers dripping with your juice as he finally pulls them out of you.
You whine from the loss of sensation, but then a second later, he’s pushing all the way in, his dick hitting your cervix. It doesn’t even hurt, not when you’re as aroused as you are. Especially not as his hand becomes a lose necklace around your neck, and he fucks you like there’s no tomorrow, the bed slamming in the wall hard.
But here, there’s no one to hear you. It’s just you and him, so you moan and scream his name as he gives you orgasm after orgasm, his skillful thrusts keeping you on cloud nine so long you’re convinced you’ll forget how to walk by the time he’s done with you.
“You always take me so fucking well,” San grunts as he slams all the way in. “So, so fucking well.” He bends down, kissing you deeply, and then the motions of his hips grow slower, yet they remain just as deep. “I could fuck you like this for the rest of my life.”
He’s out of breath, covered in sweat, yet you run your shaky hands on his back, holding him close to you.
“Do it,” you whisper.
He raises his head to meet your gaze. You can barely focus on him, ecstasy coursing through your blood, yet you find his eyes, diving head first in the love they hold.
“I will,” he promises.
This time, when he kisses you again, all the lust is gone. There’s just love left, so much love, and he fucks you slow, makes love to you for what feels like hours, up until the sun fully sets and dusk falls upon the two of you. Only then does he climax too, painting your insides white as he unloads his cum deep inside of you, your legs wrapped around his waist as if you could bring him closer, too.
Hell, you’d want him under your skin if you could.
It takes forever for your heartbeats to settle in your chests after, your breathing entwined as San rests his forehead on yours. There’s love in the sound, in the space between your lips that’s connected more often than enough, yet not enough at all. 
You’re consumed by San. Thoroughly, completely consumed by him, and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Wow,” he breathes out between one heartbeat and the next. “Princess…”
You peck his lips. “I know.” 
“I’ll never get enough of you,” he confesses. “Every day of my life, I want you by my side.”
“San…”
“Yes?”
It’s time. You feel it in your bones, feel it in your soul. And maybe you wanted to say it under a sky full of stars, maybe you wanted to say it while listening to the crackle of the fire. But the moment has come, the time is right, and the words need an out, more than they’ve ever needed before.
“I love you.”
He beams. Brighter than even the Sun that sits at the middle of the solar system, San beams, grinning from ear to ear as he raises his head just enough to meet your gaze. “Princess…”
“It’s true,” you insist, and you rub your hands on his back. “I love you, Choi San. I’ve loved you for a long time already, and I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time but… yes, I love you.”
“I love you too,” he says in a breathy whisper heavy with emotion. “And I will always love you.”
You laugh, happy tears welling up in your eyes. “That’s a big promise to make.”
“I mean it,” he insists. He lies next to you, and you feel his seed dripping out of you. “There’s no one else but you.” He kisses your cheek as you grin, glancing at him. “Besides, I’m meeting your family next week. They have to know how much I love you.”
“And how much is that?” you ask, feeling greedy.
“More than you can imagine.” He props himself up on a shoulder to look down at you. “I’ve been waiting for you my whole life.”
“Cheesy.”
He laughs, kissing you in the middle of it. It’s awkward, but it makes sense for you and Choi San.
Happiness and love will always make sense for the two of you.
“You love it,” he replies.
“I love you.”
“Look who’s cheesy now?” 
You scrunch up your nose, unable to keep your grin in despite trying to. “Fuck, San.”
Your words are serious, catching him off guard. “What?”
“It took us so long…”
“Oh, princess…” He tugs you closer, wrapping his arms around you. “No matter how long it took, we got here. And that’s what’s important.”
He’s right. You know he is, and you love him even more for it.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he whispers next, kissing the top of your head. “I love you, Y/n. And I’ll love you for the rest of my life, too.”
“For the rest of our lives,” you say. “I will love you too.”
You think it’s the easiest promise you’ve ever made.
After all, nothing could have stopped you and Choi San from happening. Not when it’s been written in the universe long before you even existed. And so, for the rest of your life, you’ll spend your time loving him, for every second and every minute and every hour. From this moment until your very last one.
From now until the end of your time.
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Be With You | ch 17
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, mostly just a lot of fluff and happiness, explicit content: oral sex (male and female receiving), hair pulling, mouth fucking, edging, clit and nipple play, fingering, squirting, unprotected sex (be careful), praising, creampie, they make love
☆word count: 8.6k
☆series masterpost
☆a/n: last one :( thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Thursday, July 10th 
You wake up with the morning sun, its gentle caress on your features bringing you back to reality from the land of dreams. You don’t open your eyes just yet though, the comfortable weight of San’s arm on your stomach keeping you tethered to grogginess. 
It’s early anyway, if the sun is entering his room at an angle that allows it to shine in your face.
San is breathing deeply behind you, still sound asleep, and you snuggle your face in the soft blanket that’s wrapped around you, hoping to fall back asleep.
Last night was fun. You had dinner with San’s mother as she came to visit her son for his birthday, and she gave him a plushie that she claimed was from his collection back home. San thanked her with a blush, and you tucked that information in the back of your mind.
Of course, San has a plushie collection.
San’s arm tightens around you in his sleep, and he lets out a soft sigh that curls your lips upwards. And maybe it’s the weight of his arm on you, or the warmth of his body. Maybe it’s his soft breathing, but you do manage to fall back asleep, waking up again later when he shifts and turns on his back.
“Morning,” he mumbles, voice rough with sleep, as you peek behind you.
“What are you doing?” you ask as you yawn, pulling Mr Snake tighter against your chest.
Because of course you always sleep with the plushie in your arms.
“I have to pee,” he admits. “But I’ll be right back.”
You whine as he moves and he lets out a small laugh that only makes you smile. “Happy birthday, Sannie.”
He’s already up, and he bends down to peck your forehead. “Thank you, princess.”
And then he’s leaving his room, stretching as he walks through the walk-in closet to access the bathroom. It doesn’t take long for him to be back, and you turn to face him as he lies down next to you, facing you too.
“You’re so old now,” you tease.
He narrows his gaze even though he chuckles. “Careful, we’ll be the same age soon.”
Indeed, your birthday is next month.
“But for now I get to call you an old man.”
He rolls his eyes, and then moves closer to pull you in his embrace. You laugh as your forehead ends up pressed against his pecs, and he only holds you tighter. “Alright then,” he grumbles. “I guess I’m old.”
Satisfied, you nod, and then you sigh again as sleep refuses to fully leave you. But then, thoughts about the day that’s to come awaken you thoroughly, and you sit up so fast you almost bump San’s nose on the way up.
“What?” he asks, startled.
“It’s your birthday!” you excitedly say.
“Yes, we’ve already established that.” 
You squeal, and then you bend down, pecking his face repeatedly as he just starts laughing. It’s more of a giggle, and it’s adorable and makes your heart so full of love for him you think you’re about to burst.
You haven’t told each other the three little words yet. San came close once, or at least you think he did, but still, the words haven’t been said yet. Not because you don’t feel them - you’ve been feeling them for a long time now - but only because you wanted the perfect occasion to tell him. And you’ve prepared the perfect occasion now, even though he doesn’t know it yet.
But you still have to wait until tomorrow as today is reserved to hanging out with your friends and celebrating all together. Indeed, you’re going to spend the afternoon in a park on the riverside, where the wind should hopefully help with chasing the heat of the day away. Indeed, it’s supposed to be incredibly warm today, with lightning storms at the peak of the afternoon, but they never really last long at this time of the year.
“Truce, truce!” San yells as you just keep pecking his face. 
His cheeks are flushed red when you pull away. You’re now straddling his lap, and you sit back on him, putting your weight on his dick. His reaction is immediate - he reaches for your waist, holding you in place, and lust seeps into his gaze.
The honeymoon phase is strong between you. It’s been even more intense since you’ve decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend at the beginning of May, after that dinner with his father.
About that, you’ve met up for dinner with his father two times since then, each time going better than the last. You saw him last weekend, and San was genuinely happy the whole time, not even once making a comment about his father leaving. You know he hasn’t forgiven the man, and you don’t think he ever will, but you can tell that those dinners have been healing something in him. And his father has been trying so hard to be present for San, texting him more often - all you can hope for is that it’ll last.
You zero back in on the present, your eyes skimming San’s features as he looks up at you. He wets his lips, and you glance at that too, right before leaning in and pressing a gentle kiss on his lips.
You’re not big on wet kisses in the morning - morning breath is just not it - and so the kiss doesn’t deepen too much, your tongues not reaching for each other like they usually instinctively do. It’s more lips, and you love it that way too, if only because San’s lips are always so soft.
But you have a goal in mind for the birthday boy, and it’s not to kiss him. No, you want to make him feel good, want him to start his day in the best way possible, so you leave his mouth to find his neck. He turns his head to the side to give you better access, and you kiss down the soft skin of his neck, nipping at the spot that connects his shoulder to his neck. He lets out a barely audible sound that makes your insides grow warm, and so you keep travelling down his body, kissing every inch of skin until you reach the band of his boxers.
“Can I take these off?” you ask.
San is looking down at you and he nods, wetting his lips. “What are you up to?” he asks.
“Just want to treat the birthday boy good, is that wrong?”
“Nope.” He raises his hips to help you remove his boxers, and you quickly slide them down his legs, removing them entirely to throw them on the floor.
San watches you carefully as you look at his dick. He’s still relatively soft, but you know that will change in no time.
“Then, be nice for me, will you?” you tell him, tilting your head to the side like you’re a predator sizing your prey.
He doesn’t have time to answer. Indeed, you’re already cupping his balls, and he hisses at the contact, a muscle feathering under the skin of his jaw at the sensitivity. He curses under his breath, but you’re already leaning forward, pressing a kiss on his hip next to his dick.
“Careful with the balls,” he reminds you.
You release the pressure, not wanting to hurt him, and your tongue darts out to tease his dick. “I didn’t say you could talk.”
His gaze widens, and you take him in your mouth, sucking lightly. His teeth dig in his lower lip, and then you’re slowly taking all of him in, swallowing around him. The fact that he’s still relatively soft makes it easier, and your eyes flutter shut as you focus on the action, on running your tongue on the underside of his dick as you slowly pull out.
A string of spit hangs between his tip and your mouth, and it breaks as you start jerking him off, keeping that slow rhythm you’ve settled on for now. San lets you do it, eyes closed as he enjoys the blowjob, his head resting on his pillow in a way that makes his jaw even sharper than it usually is.
You reach up, nails dragging on his abs, and he immediately looks down at you. Your gazes connect as you take him in your mouth again, swirling your tongue around his tip before teasing his slit. And then you go down again, this time choking a little as he’s already harder.
You start moving up and down, keeping that slow rhythm that will drive him crazy in no time, and you stroke his dick with your hand in time with the motions of your head, making sure to drool on him so that you can use it as natural lube. It works, and San’s breathing grows heavier, louder, yet he keeps the groans that make you go insane to himself, so you keep the slow pace.
San curses lowly, and one of his hands finds the back of your head, as if he’ll try to push you down on him. But he doesn’t, just follows you, though he’s soon gripping at your hair, pulling it in a makeshift ponytail.
“You’re being a tease, mmh?” he asks as he pulls on your hair.
You pull away from his dick, looking at him innocently. “Me? I would never.”
“Fucking brat,” he says, his eyes dark. “There’s something I want to try.”
He sits up while you sit back on your heels, wiping the spit on your chin with the back of your hand. “What do you want to try?” 
He looks at the side of the bed, then chuckles awkwardly. “Feel free to say no. But… what if you hang your head from the bed?”
You try to picture it in your mind, though you’re not quite sure how it would work. “Huh?”
San gets up, his now-hard dick bouncing with the motion. One of his hands wraps around himself, and he strokes twice as you move to the side of the bed.
“Lie on your back,” San indicates. You do, though your head is still on the bed. “Now, if you move closer to me a little…”
He stops talking as you do so, and a few seconds later, your head is hanging from the bed.
“Mmh, my bed is a little low for this,” he pensively says, yet he manages to bend his knees slightly, and then his dick is right in your face.
Unable to resist, you tease him with your tongue and San chuckles, before tapping your lips with the tip of his dick.
“Now, I can fuck your mouth like this,” he says. “If that’s okay with you?”
He’s waiting for your consent, and you wonder how long he’s actually been wanting to do this. Because just having you in this position has gotten him rock hard, his balls tight like he’s already close to coming.
“You want it?” you ask.
He pulls away enough so that he can meet your gaze. “I just think it’d be really fucking hot. But I’ve never done this, and I don’t want to hurt you.”
You love him. You fucking love him so much and, if he wants to try, then you’ll try with him.
“I’ll tap your leg if it hurts,” you reassure him. “I want to try, too.”
He wets his lips, chest going up in a sharp inhale of breath, and then he’s bringing his dick back to your mouth, pressing it on your lips. You open wide for him, and he slowly pushes in, his tip rubbing on your tongue in the most decadent way. He stops with just his tip in, and then pulls out just as slow, before pushing back in.
He’s trying to be gentle. That much is clear to you, and it turns you on to no end. So, without hesitating, you bring your hand between your legs - you’ve never been so happy about choosing to sleep naked - parting your lips to see that you’re already soaked wet.
“Fuck,” San curses as you start rubbing circles on your clit, and you moan as he pushes in, so deep you feel him in your throat.
You keep the gag reflex in, and it’s strangely easier in this position. San notices it, too, because he starts going faster, his restraint slowly falling out the window. And then he’s truly fucking your mouth, and it’s so hot that you’re a moaning mess around him. It has to feel good - the sounds that he makes are pornographic, sounds you commit to memory for when you’re apart from him and need a reminder. 
He pulls out occasionally, letting you breathe a little, but it’s clear to you that he’s chasing his high, and that he’s going to get to it soon. Indeed, his motions are sloppier now, less focused, and his groans have turned into moans.
“Where should I come?” he asks as he pulls out once more, and you immediately reach for his dick, jerking him off fast.
“Wherever you want,” you answer, your voice raucous from getting your throat fucked.
You’ve barely had time to finish your sentence that he’s already coming, spurts of his seed falling on your breasts and on your stomach. Some even fall on your cheek, yet you don’t stop jerking him off, milking his orgasm from him as he shakes over you.
Once it’s clear to you that he’s done coming, you let go of his dick, licking your fingers clean. You then pick up his cum on your cheek, licking that clean, too, and San looks down at you, his eyes wide.
“That was so fucking hot,” he lets out. “Holy shit.”
You chuckle. “It really was.”
“Let me wipe you clean, and then I want you to come all over my face.”
His words barely register - he’s already running to the bathroom, and he comes back with a wet hand cloth that he uses to clean your breasts and stomach, and then he’s lying down on the bed next to you.
“Climb on,” he tells you.
You laugh at his eagerness, but you’re quick to obey, straddling his face.
What a way to start the day indeed.
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The park is crowded, yet not as much as you imagined it would be on a summer day. It makes sense - with the lightning storm coming later, most people have chosen to do activities inside. But not you and your friends, and especially not San.
You’ve been watching some of your friends playing frisbee while you’re eating an ice cream cone you got from the vendor by the river. Sydney is next to you, reading a book, and Taeri, Wooyoung’s new girlfriend, has also elected to hang out with the two of you.
She’s nice. You don’t get along with her as well as you did with Lyla, but you haven’t spoken to the latter since she and Jongho broke up last month, and you have the feeling that you likely won’t speak to her again.
Not when they broke up because Lyla cheated on Jongho with her ex.
You were appalled when Yeosang told you about it two weeks ago while you were hanging out on the rooftop of his and Wooyoung’s building. The sun was setting, the atmosphere more that of a party than that of somber confessions, but the alcohol had loosened Yeosang’s tongue, and he told you all about the breakup.
It made sense, then, that Jongho didn’t speak to anyone for a few weeks. The news were devastating to him, and though he’s come along today in honor of San’s birthday, you’ve noticed the shadows in his eyes.
All you can hope for is that today helps him, too. He deserves it.
“It is so humid,” Taeri lets out, and you glance at her to see that she’s got a small portable fan directed towards her face, her eyes closed as she enjoys the wind that it projects on her. “I feel like the storm will be wild.”
“It’ll probably be,” Sydney agrees. “But we’ll be fine, we reserved the second floor of a café nearby.”
Taeri’s eyes shoot open as she looks in Sydney’s direction. “No way.”
“Yeah,” you interject. “I figured it’d be better to be prepared, and Seonghwa knows the owner from working there last year. It was easy to reserve.”
“That’s great!”
The conversation naturally dies as she leans back against the tree behind her. Indeed, you’re sitting in the shade of a large tree, and the leaves allow some sun rays to pass, creating a dappled carpet on the grass you’re lounging on.
Wooyoung cheers loudly from where they’ve been throwing the frisbee around, and you look in his direction, noticing San, Yeosang and Jongho all dapping up. The other team, composed of your brother, Hongjoong, Seonghwa and Mingi - he’s visiting for the week - appears to be crestfallen, the loss visible on all of their features. You laugh at the sight, though they all cheer up the second San says they should rearrange the teams.
And then they’re back to playing, and you take a long sip of the water bottle you brought along with you, making a mental note to make sure that San drinks a bunch once he stops playing so that he doesn’t get dehydrated.
It’d be easy to get dehydrated in this heat after all.
The boys play for a while longer, and clouds have started gathering in the sky by the time they finish, hinting at the storm that’s to come. They all walk back towards you and the girls, and San plops down on the ground next to you, grabbing the water bottle you hand him.
You’re not surprised that he chugs it in one go, and he takes a deep breath when he’s done, meeting your gaze.
“I won all my games,” he says with a proud smile, and you reach to his forehead to push back a strand of hair that stuck to his sweat.
“Look at you.”
He leans closer, a smirk growing on his lips. “I think it’s because the day started out so well,” he teases. “Can’t get bad after that.”
You snort, pushing him playfully, though you don’t reply anything to that.
Mostly because you agree with him, but also because thinking about it too much will make you want to start again where you left off, and that won’t be possible for a while.
Once the boys have all had their shares of water, emptying most water bottles that you brought with you, you decide to head to the coffee shop. Indeed, the sky has gotten even greyer, and you all know it’s just a matter of time before it opens up and hell falls on your group. 
Thankfully, you make it to the coffee shop just in time, and the loud splatter of the rainfall creates a serene ambiance as you settle around the second floor, scattering around the different tables here.
The coffee shop is pretty. With a lot of plants, and a view of the inner yard and the trees in it, and you admire them as the rain showers endlessly, the low rumble of thunder in the distance an indication that the storm will hit soon.
But it doesn’t matter. Not when you’re inside, and the owner brings up some dessert for you all before taking your order for your drinks. You choose a matcha, and San gets his usual iced Americano, and then the owner goes around the group, leaving your side.
“This is nice,” San says, and he picks up a small bite-sized cake that he immediately eats. “It’s much better than the box cake I have at home.”
You chuckle. “Do you mean that one you almost fully ate yesterday?”
“It doesn’t count, it’s my birthday,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. 
You laugh, grabbing a paper napkin to clean the frosting that stains the corner of his mouth. “You’re the one that complained you were going to lose your abs yesterday.”
He glares at you, right as Wooyoung plops down in the chair next to you, Taeri behind him. She sits next to him, and she offers you a small smile as you glance her way.
“Y’all got the best desserts, apparently,” Wooyoung says as he also grabs a bite-sized cake. “At least according to Seonghwa.”
Seonghwa is currently busy chatting with Hongjoong at the table overlooking the inner yard, and they look lost in their own little world. You assume Wooyoung and Taeri were with them before though, as there are empty chairs that clearly don’t belong to the table next to it.
Seonghwa and Hongjoong… They still haven’t made their relationship official, though everyone in the friend group kind of knows about them. They’re being less and less subtle as time passes, and you can tell it’s just a matter of time before they do make it official.
It’s not like they really need it, though. They’ve both been visibly happy, and that’s the only thing that matters in the end.
“Can I have one?” Taeri politely asks San.
He snorts. “You don’t have to ask me, just grab some.”
She nods with a blush - like she often does around everyone that isn’t Wooyoung, you and Sydney - and she does grab a bite, her eyes widening in appreciation.
You might be harsh with her. She’s just a shy girl, someone you wouldn’t expect to be with a guy like Wooyoung, but then again maybe Wooyoung will help her get out of her shell a little. It’s already started to work, as she talks to you and Sydney more, but you reckon she still has a long way to go before she’s comfortable in the friend group.
The lightning storm hits about fifteen minutes later, the rain growing even heavier outside, and it’s loud enough to make you all have to talk louder to hear each other. It doesn’t deter anyone though, the excitement and delightful relaxation in the café lingering all through the storm.
You like spending time with all of your friends like this. It’s so rare that you manage to get a full day with everyone like this - especially on a Thursday - yet you managed to make it work, and you know you’ll keep those memories close to your heart when you’ll look back on this day in the future.
Indeed, the fun lingers around for quite a while, even after the rain stops. You all go back outside, splitting the bill for the check between everyone - except San, obviously. Though puddles of water greet you the second you step outside, the humidity has fallen, making the heat much more bearable.
It helps that the sun is back as the afternoon ends, slowly drying the city around you. You take to walking around, stopping at different shops to buy some clothes and other items, and you end up getting a plush toy for San even though you already gave him a gift yesterday night, when his mother was over. It’s a bracelet, and he’s been wearing it proudly all day, showing it off to his friends like it’s the most precious thing he owns.
You love him so fucking much.
“I got you this,” you tell San as you walk out of the shop you and Sydney went in. 
San’s gaze falls on the round seal in your hands, and he bursts out laughing. “You did not have to get me anything.”
You proudly hand him the plushie, and he hugs it to his chest, gaze widening. “I know!” you tell him.
“This shit is fluffier than I thought it would be.”
You nod. “It’s a perfect cuddle buddy for when you miss me.”
San laughs again, leaning down to press a quick peck on your lips. “Thank you, princess.”
Your eyes shine as you meet his, and he looks so happy, so beautiful like this.
So… yours.
“Come on, lovebirds, we’re not going to watch you give googly eyes to each other all evening,” Wooyoung says from just a little further down the street, and you snort as you glance his way to see him with his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulder.
“Respectfully fuck off,” you throw his way.
He just winks at you, pulling Taeri closer to kiss her temple. “Nah.”
And then they’re walking away, and you follow behind him. Sydney is in front with Yunho and Yeosang, and you can’t see the rest of the group from where you are. It doesn’t matter - you’ve been slowly heading towards a popular Korean barbecue that’s just a couple of streets over, and you know everyone will make it there.
Or at least everyone that wants to be there, which you assume is everyone.
And you’re right. You arrive at the Korean barbecue all of ten minutes later, putting your names in on the waiting list, and then you go wait in a small park nearby, playing in the playground that’s currently empty of kids considering the sun is slowly sinking towards the horizon.
You end up sitting on the swings with Sydney and your brother, while they bicker about something that seems to be entirely inconsequential, yet the epitome of their life.
But when is it not when it comes to them? They already sound like an old married couple, and Yunho even told you last week that he sees himself marrying Sydney in the next few years. He’s even asked you to try and figure out what kind of ring she’d like, and you told him that, as her boyfriend, he should be the one to figure that out.
Though, obviously, you already know what she wants, but you’re not going to make your brother’s life easier. Where would be the fun in that?
“What’s Mingi doing?” Sydney asks suddenly, stopping the bickering, and you look around, only to find Mingi on the phone by a park bench, a couple of meters away from everyone.
“On the phone with his mom,” Yunho replies easily.
“Cute,” you let out, and memories of his mother and her sweet smile come to your mind. “How has she been?”
“Good, I presume,” Yunho says. “Mingi didn’t say anything, so I assume she’s good.”
“You’re so useless.”
His head whips your way. “Fuck off.”
“No.”
He glares at you, but he doesn’t say anything as San stops in front of you, handing you the seal plushie you got him.
“Can you hold this?” he asks. “Wooyoung said I can’t do the monkey bars, so I’ll show him he’s wrong.”
You chuckle. “The monkey bars?” you repeat. “How old are you again?” 
“Twenty-three, thanks for asking.” San pushes the plushie on your lap, and then bends down to kiss your forehead quickly. 
You just laugh as he runs back towards Wooyoung, Yeosang, Taeri and Jongho. Jongho is currently doing the monkey bars, obviously making his way across. They all do - even Taeri easily does it, and you’re left wondering if your friends are adults or if you’ve all jumped back ten years in the past - hell, fifteen years in the past - to when you were kids and meaningless challenges like that were personification of happiness.
It’s fun. You love your friends for that. They make youth even better than it already is, filling it with laughs and smiles and so much joy. They’re like family in a way, and you just know the friendships will last through the years.
The lively chatter at the Korean barbecue later tells you so, too. Conversation flows easily between the group, everyone having their piece of mind to say, and the food is amazing, as good as this place’s reputation led you to believe. You even end up sharing soju and, though you hate the taste, you find yourself having to take more than one shots from losing at some drinking games that Hongjoong initiates.
When your bellies are full and alcohol has already started flowing, you head towards the nearest karaoke place so that you can rent a room for the evening. You walk hand in hand with San, Yeosang lingering at the back of the group with you as he texts away on his phone, and you can help but wonder who’s got him chuckling to himself like that.
“Who are you texting?” you ask as he laughs for the fifth time.
“None of your business, mom,” he replies without missing a beat, not even looking up from his phone.
“Got someone in your life?” San teases.
That makes him look up, his cheeks turning beet red, and he shakes his head. “What makes you think that?”
You and San exchange a look, and you both burst out laughing. “That reaction?” you say.
Yeosang turns off his phone, putting it away in his back pocket. “Y’all shut up,” he says, though it has no bite. “It’s still early, and I don’t want everyone to know and ask questions.”
Another look is exchanged between you and San. A knowing look - you’ve worked together to get Sydney and Yunho to date, you both knew about Hongjoong and Seonghwa first, and you even helped Wooyoung to plan his first dates with Taeri.
It’s like you’re somehow always involved, whether it be from close or far, in your friends’ relationships. 
“Don’t worry, we won’t say shit,” you reassure him. “We’ve known about Seonghwa and Hongjoong since last year and we haven’t told anyone.”
Yeosang’s gaze widens. “No way.”
“Yup,” San says. He lets go of your hand, wrapping his arm around your shoulder to pull you closer. “She figured it out first, though.”
You did, but you’d immediately told San about it as he’d walked you home from that bar in December, back when things were so… uncertain between the two of you.
Back when he’d given you your Christmas gift, your own personal Mr Snake.
“Not surprised,” Yeosang says, and it somehow sounds ominous.
“What’s that supposed to mean!”
He laughs, shrugging his shoulders, before innocently saying, “Nothing.”
You glare at him, but then Hongjoong is calling Yeosang’s name, as he’s the one that called the karaoke place to rent a room while you were still at the restaurant. Yeosang jogs to the front of your group, leaving you alone with San, and you turn towards your boyfriend.
“At this point, everyone in the group will be dating soon,” you say with a laugh.
San winces. “Besides Jongho.”
Right.
“We’ll find him someone,” you say with quiet conviction. “He’s a great guy, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“Not sure if he’ll want to date right away,” San says. “Considering the… cheating, and all.”
“True.” You ponder for a time, and then shrug your shoulders. “It’s not like he has to date anyone. As long as he heals and gets better, I’ll be happy for him.”
San glances towards Jongho, who seems a little out of place with the somber look on his face. You don’t hesitate, pushing San towards him, and your boyfriend takes the cue, heading towards his friend.
They end up chatting for a while, lingering outside after everyone’s already gone in, but when they come up, Jongho is smiling, and you’re relieved that San was able to cheer him up.
You’ve never been part of a karaoke session that’s as chaotic as this one turns out to be. Everyone is screaming more than singing, alcohol flowing between the group of you, and you go through classics like Celine Dion, to songs by IU, passing by other songs from popular pop artists. It’s a blast, especially as Hongjoong impresses everyone with his rapping skills, and Seonghwa looks at him like he’s never seen him before.
Yunho has that look on his face too when Sydney goes up with Yeosang and Wooyoung, too. He just looks at her like she puts the stars in his night sky and though he’s your brother, and he’s just a huge dumbass, you can’t help but find it adorable.
You end up singing your share with your friends, though your voice is not even nearly as good as theirs. It’s still fun, and you’re a laughing mess as the night unfolds, up until you sit back on the couch by the wall to take a breather as all of them are singing along to a popular song from the 2000s. Mingi is chilling on the couch too, and he looks at you as you sit down, grabbing a water bottle.
“Tired?” he asks you.
“I’m losing my voice.” 
You both laugh, as you indeed sound like your voice is about to give up on you. 
“It’s ‘cause you’ve been screaming,” Mingi says. “Not too good for the vocal cords.”
You wince, right on cue with Wooyoung screaming. “Right.”
You listen to your friends sing, smiling at San as he glances your way. He smiles back, that dimpled smile you fell in love with so hard so long ago, and your heart flutters in your chest.
“I’m happy for you,” Mingi says, and you glance at him. At the sight of your quirked eyebrow, he adds, “You and San seem really happy.”
You beam. You can’t help it - you are really happy.
“Thanks, Mingi,” you gently say.
“You deserve it, after everything you’ve been through.”
You don’t let the reminder of Jungkook, and of the shitshow that happened last semester between you and San, take hold. Instead, you let it wash over like it’s just a wave in the sea, and then you let it go.
“You know, you deserve it, too,” you reply.
Sadness momentarily passes in his gaze, though you could swear it ends with a silver lining. “We all do. Sometimes, it just takes more time, you know?”
You recall what he’d told you about his ex back during the beach trip. How she ran because he was too much too soon for her. 
“It does,” you gently say.
Mingi meets your gaze, and you see the sadness. It’s still there, but you could swear it isn’t as potent as it was back in April.
Time does heal everything, doesn’t it?
“One day,” he lets out. “One day, I’ll find someone that looks at me the way San looks at you.”
He will. You know  he will - Song Mingi is a good person after all, and he deserves all the love in the universe.
Friday, July 11th
The drive out of the city is peaceful, Yunho’s car eating the miles towards your destination. Destination that you refused to reveal to San, but you reckon he’s had an inkling since you left the city.
It’s strange to be the one driving. You haven’t driven in a while and, though your parents told Yunho to let you use the car whenever you want to, you’re too used to just letting him drive and taking Ubers the rest of the time that you feel rusted as the countryside passes by the window in a blur of deep green leaves and baby blue skies.
You’re holding San’s hand, though he’s dozed off a moment ago, the indie music playlist you’ve put on lulling him to sleep. Though he’ll wake up soon enough, as you’re closing in on your destination.
The camping is nestled a little higher in the mountains, next to a river and some waterfalls, which you’ve planned to go see tomorrow. Today, you just want to relax with San, and maybe stargaze and eat toasted marshmallows. Which is exactly what you end up doing, after having stopped in town at a small restaurant to eat a bite before heading to the camping site.
Camping might be a generous word, or maybe not generous enough word. Indeed, you won’t have to sleep in a tent, as the place comes with a small trailer with a kitchen, a fully-equipped bathroom, and a queen bed. You got a deal for it back in May, and you’ve been looking forward to coming here since then.
There’s some sort of intimacy in being alone in the forest under a blanket of stars with the man that you love. The man you’ve come so far with, the one that stole your heart so many months ago. And though he might have hurt you once, he’s been nurturing your heart so well now it feels like it never happened.
“This is… nice,” San lets out as you walk into the trailer, the setting sun painting the scene in gold. “But it must have been so expensive.”
He throws you a look over his shoulder as you take off your shoes, and you just offer him a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, it’s your birthday gift.”
“You say that as if you haven’t already given me a gift,” he says, raising his hand to bring your attention to the bracelet on his wrist. “You didn’t need to do all this.”
You chuckle, wrapping your arms around his waist. “But I wanted to.”
It’s all you need to say for him to turn around, and he immediately goes in for a kiss that leaves your mind spinning. It makes you giggle as he pulls away and pecks your forehead, and then he sits on the bed, pulling you closer.
“So, just us two, in the middle of the woods…” he trails off. “Are you planning to murder me?”
You burst out laughing as you tap his chest. “Nope. But it’d be the perfect place. No one would hear you scream.”
His mouth falls open, and you just push him back, climbing on his lap. The shocked expression turns into a smug one, and he grips your hips. “Oh, scream that way.”
You can’t help it. It’s the way he looks at you, desire blazing bright all of a sudden. It’s enough to make you forget all about the marshmallows you were planning to toast.
All you want is San, and so you dive in, leaning down to steal a heated kiss off his lips. He reciprocates in a heartbeat, his tongue darting out to tease your lower lip. You sigh in his mouth, and he uses the opportunity to push his tongue in your mouth.
You suck on the wet muscle, and San grunts, his hands tightening on your hips. And then they shift to your ass, and he massages at the flesh of it, earning a small moan for you.
“Is it wild that I already want to fuck you in this bed?” San asks when you pull away to leave a trail of kisses down his neck.
You sit up, circling your hips on his already half-hard dick. “It isn’t.” You lean down, kiss him languidly for a few seconds, before sitting again. “I want you to fuck me, too.”
He sits up, easily finding your lips. He kisses you, sucking your lower lip into his mouth before gently biting at it. You grind on him again and, before you know it, he lands a hand on the small of your back, the other holding the back of your head firmly, and he spins you around until you’re on the bed with him over you.
“Then I’ll fuck you now, princess.”
He’s quick to take his shirt off, and your hands wander around the strong muscles of his abdomen as he remains kneeling between your legs, his dark eyes swimming with lust.
“I swear every day you get even more pretty,” he praises. “So, so fucking pretty.” He bends down, quickly kisses you hard and deep, and then sits back on his heels again. “To think that you’re mine.” One of his hands slightly coasts its way up your side, and he traces your jaw. “I’m so lucky.”
Fuck, you love him.
“San…” you trail off.
He smirks. “I know, baby. I’ll take good care of you.”
As soon as the words are out, San stands, helping you to sit up so that he can take off your shirt. You busy yourself with unbuttoning his pants, pushing them down his legs before letting them fall to the ground. San steps out of them, and your eyes drop to the bulge in his dark green boxers as he straightens.
“I’m already so hard,” he comments as he readjusts himself in his underwear.
You reach forward, palming him through the fabric. “You always get so hard for me.”
He chuckles, though it ends on a small moan as you lean closer, licking his tip through his underwear. “Fuck,” he lets out. 
His single curse makes your blood boil with lust for him, and you pull his underwear down, releasing his dick so that you can directly lick at his slit. He groans, especially as you think better of it, sucking his tip lightly.
“You’re so sensitive,” you purr as you pull away. 
He cups your cheeks, bending down to steal a heated kiss from your lips, one that leaves your mind spinning as he devours you. 
“Lie down on the bed,” he orders once he pulls away, pushing his boxers down his legs.
Heart beating out of your chest, you obey, watching him though half-lidded eyes as he kneels on the floor, his face at a level with your clothed pussy. It doesn’t stay that way for too long. San quickly takes your pants off, taking your panties with them, and you’re soon bare to him, the last piece of clothing on your body being your bra.
San kisses the inside of your thighs as he hooks your legs over his shoulders, and then he blows on your pussy. You instinctively try to close your legs, but he keeps you spread wide open for him.
“Be nice, mmh?” he tells you.
“Then get to work,” you whine.
He laughs, the sound genuine and amused, and a second later, his lips are wrapped around your clit. He circles it with his tongue, earning a breathless sound from you, and then he flicks it once before moving lower, pushing your folds apart with his tongue. He shamelessly fucks you with the wet muscle, and you throw your head back, eyes fluttering shut as pleasure swarms through you.
San is good to you. He’s always been, but over the months, he’s learned even more of your tells, of what you like, and he always applies it diligently, coaxing orgasms after orgasms out of you. You know tonight won’t be any different - the way his tongue moves back to your clit, making an eight motion on the sensitive bundle of nerves, sends your mind into orbit, and your moans grow increasingly louder as your climax looms closer, promising to hit in a delicious high.
Right when you think it’ll hit, San pulls away, and you let out a frustrated sound as he blows on your oversensitive clit again.
“You’re going to have to be patient, princess,” San teases, and he bites at the skin of the inside of your thigh before kneeling between your legs.
He’s hard, precum beading at his tip, and he grabs the base of his dick, aligning himself with your clit. And then he’s rubbing his tip on you, and your legs twitch as he hits a good spot. You moan, loud, and he chuckles, his hand finding your breast to pinch your nipple.
“Think you can hold it in for me?” he asks, and it’s almost condescending.
Though you know San is never condescending with you.
“It’s so good,” you whine.
“Yeah?” He pulls away, spitting on your pussy, and then he’s back to rubbing his dick on you. “Imagine how good it’ll feel once I’m inside of you.”
Just the thought of it makes a shiver run up and down your spine, and you bite at your lower lip. “Imagine how good it’ll feel for you, mmh?”
“Oh, I’m patient,” he frustratingly teases, pulling away from you. “We have all night.”
You almost curse at him, but you hold it in as he plops on the bed next to you, his large hand immediately going between your legs so that he can run a finger between your lips. 
“I might kill you,” you grumble as he circles your clit with barely any pressure.
He kisses your cheek. “You won’t. We both know you come the hardest when I edge you.” He dips his finger inside of you, and you let out a broken sound that’s soon interrupted by his digit returning to your clit. “Besides, it’s my birthday. You’ll let me have my fun, right?”
“It was your birthday yesterday.”
He props himself up on his elbow, looking down at you. His finger is still teasing you in a pace so slow it almost hurts, and he just smiles down at you, his gaze dark. “Thought you said it was my birthday weekend.”
You did say that. Yet all you do now is clench your jaw, trying to glare at him despite the way he plunges his finger in you again.
“You’re soaked,” he praises, and he pulls his finger out to look at it. It’s covered in your juice, and San sucks it clean before meeting your gaze again. “Now, let’s get to work.”
He does. He gets to work, kneeling next to you as he pushes his finger inside of you, curling it to rub at your nutty spot for a few seconds before he pushes another finger inside, fighting against your walls until they swallow him in. And then he’s going at it, playing with your g-spot like it’s an instrument he knows by heart, his other hand resting flat on your lower belly. It doesn’t take you long before your high hits and, though he didn’t say you could come, you climax all over his hand, screaming his name as he keeps going.
You’re squirting. You don’t know how long he makes you squirt for, but you’re a mewling mess under his talented hands, and soon the bed is soaked, his fingers dripping with your juice as he finally pulls them out of you.
You whine from the loss of sensation, but then a second later, he’s pushing all the way in, his dick hitting your cervix. It doesn’t even hurt, not when you’re as aroused as you are. Especially not as his hand becomes a lose necklace around your neck, and he fucks you like there’s no tomorrow, the bed slamming in the wall hard.
But here, there’s no one to hear you. It’s just you and him, so you moan and scream his name as he gives you orgasm after orgasm, his skillful thrusts keeping you on cloud nine so long you’re convinced you’ll forget how to walk by the time he’s done with you.
“You always take me so fucking well,” San grunts as he slams all the way in. “So, so fucking well.” He bends down, kissing you deeply, and then the motions of his hips grow slower, yet they remain just as deep. “I could fuck you like this for the rest of my life.”
He’s out of breath, covered in sweat, yet you run your shaky hands on his back, holding him close to you.
“Do it,” you whisper.
He raises his head to meet your gaze. You can barely focus on him, ecstasy coursing through your blood, yet you find his eyes, diving head first in the love they hold.
“I will,” he promises.
This time, when he kisses you again, all the lust is gone. There’s just love left, so much love, and he fucks you slow, makes love to you for what feels like hours, up until the sun fully sets and dusk falls upon the two of you. Only then does he climax too, painting your insides white as he unloads his cum deep inside of you, your legs wrapped around his waist as if you could bring him closer, too.
Hell, you’d want him under your skin if you could.
It takes forever for your heartbeats to settle in your chests after, your breathing entwined as San rests his forehead on yours. There’s love in the sound, in the space between your lips that’s connected more often than enough, yet not enough at all. 
You’re consumed by San. Thoroughly, completely consumed by him, and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Wow,” he breathes out between one heartbeat and the next. “Princess…”
You peck his lips. “I know.” 
“I’ll never get enough of you,” he confesses. “Every day of my life, I want you by my side.”
“San…”
“Yes?”
It’s time. You feel it in your bones, feel it in your soul. And maybe you wanted to say it under a sky full of stars, maybe you wanted to say it while listening to the crackle of the fire. But the moment has come, the time is right, and the words need an out, more than they’ve ever needed before.
“I love you.”
He beams. Brighter than even the Sun that sits at the middle of the solar system, San beams, grinning from ear to ear as he raises his head just enough to meet your gaze. “Princess…”
“It’s true,” you insist, and you rub your hands on his back. “I love you, Choi San. I’ve loved you for a long time already, and I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time but… yes, I love you.”
“I love you too,” he says in a breathy whisper heavy with emotion. “And I will always love you.”
You laugh, happy tears welling up in your eyes. “That’s a big promise to make.”
“I mean it,” he insists. He lies next to you, and you feel his seed dripping out of you. “There’s no one else but you.” He kisses your cheek as you grin, glancing at him. “Besides, I’m meeting your family next week. They have to know how much I love you.”
“And how much is that?” you ask, feeling greedy.
“More than you can imagine.” He props himself up on a shoulder to look down at you. “I’ve been waiting for you my whole life.”
“Cheesy.”
He laughs, kissing you in the middle of it. It’s awkward, but it makes sense for you and Choi San.
Happiness and love will always make sense for the two of you.
“You love it,” he replies.
“I love you.”
“Look who’s cheesy now?” 
You scrunch up your nose, unable to keep your grin in despite trying to. “Fuck, San.”
Your words are serious, catching him off guard. “What?”
“It took us so long…”
“Oh, princess…” He tugs you closer, wrapping his arms around you. “No matter how long it took, we got here. And that’s what’s important.”
He’s right. You know he is, and you love him even more for it.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he whispers next, kissing the top of your head. “I love you, Y/n. And I’ll love you for the rest of my life, too.”
“For the rest of our lives,” you say. “I will love you too.”
You think it’s the easiest promise you’ve ever made.
After all, nothing could have stopped you and Choi San from happening. Not when it’s been written in the universe long before you even existed. And so, for the rest of your life, you’ll spend your time loving him, for every second and every minute and every hour. From this moment until your very last one.
From now until the end of your time.
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Be With You | ch 17
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, mostly just a lot of fluff and happiness, explicit content: oral sex (male and female receiving), hair pulling, mouth fucking, edging, clit and nipple play, fingering, squirting, unprotected sex (be careful), praising, creampie, they make love
☆word count: 8.6k
☆series masterpost
☆a/n: last one :( thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Thursday, July 10th 
You wake up with the morning sun, its gentle caress on your features bringing you back to reality from the land of dreams. You don’t open your eyes just yet though, the comfortable weight of San’s arm on your stomach keeping you tethered to grogginess. 
It’s early anyway, if the sun is entering his room at an angle that allows it to shine in your face.
San is breathing deeply behind you, still sound asleep, and you snuggle your face in the soft blanket that’s wrapped around you, hoping to fall back asleep.
Last night was fun. You had dinner with San’s mother as she came to visit her son for his birthday, and she gave him a plushie that she claimed was from his collection back home. San thanked her with a blush, and you tucked that information in the back of your mind.
Of course, San has a plushie collection.
San’s arm tightens around you in his sleep, and he lets out a soft sigh that curls your lips upwards. And maybe it’s the weight of his arm on you, or the warmth of his body. Maybe it’s his soft breathing, but you do manage to fall back asleep, waking up again later when he shifts and turns on his back.
“Morning,” he mumbles, voice rough with sleep, as you peek behind you.
“What are you doing?” you ask as you yawn, pulling Mr Snake tighter against your chest.
Because of course you always sleep with the plushie in your arms.
“I have to pee,” he admits. “But I’ll be right back.”
You whine as he moves and he lets out a small laugh that only makes you smile. “Happy birthday, Sannie.”
He’s already up, and he bends down to peck your forehead. “Thank you, princess.”
And then he’s leaving his room, stretching as he walks through the walk-in closet to access the bathroom. It doesn’t take long for him to be back, and you turn to face him as he lies down next to you, facing you too.
“You’re so old now,” you tease.
He narrows his gaze even though he chuckles. “Careful, we’ll be the same age soon.”
Indeed, your birthday is next month.
“But for now I get to call you an old man.”
He rolls his eyes, and then moves closer to pull you in his embrace. You laugh as your forehead ends up pressed against his pecs, and he only holds you tighter. “Alright then,” he grumbles. “I guess I’m old.”
Satisfied, you nod, and then you sigh again as sleep refuses to fully leave you. But then, thoughts about the day that’s to come awaken you thoroughly, and you sit up so fast you almost bump San’s nose on the way up.
“What?” he asks, startled.
“It’s your birthday!” you excitedly say.
“Yes, we’ve already established that.” 
You squeal, and then you bend down, pecking his face repeatedly as he just starts laughing. It’s more of a giggle, and it’s adorable and makes your heart so full of love for him you think you’re about to burst.
You haven’t told each other the three little words yet. San came close once, or at least you think he did, but still, the words haven’t been said yet. Not because you don’t feel them - you’ve been feeling them for a long time now - but only because you wanted the perfect occasion to tell him. And you’ve prepared the perfect occasion now, even though he doesn’t know it yet.
But you still have to wait until tomorrow as today is reserved to hanging out with your friends and celebrating all together. Indeed, you’re going to spend the afternoon in a park on the riverside, where the wind should hopefully help with chasing the heat of the day away. Indeed, it’s supposed to be incredibly warm today, with lightning storms at the peak of the afternoon, but they never really last long at this time of the year.
“Truce, truce!” San yells as you just keep pecking his face. 
His cheeks are flushed red when you pull away. You’re now straddling his lap, and you sit back on him, putting your weight on his dick. His reaction is immediate - he reaches for your waist, holding you in place, and lust seeps into his gaze.
The honeymoon phase is strong between you. It’s been even more intense since you’ve decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend at the beginning of May, after that dinner with his father.
About that, you’ve met up for dinner with his father two times since then, each time going better than the last. You saw him last weekend, and San was genuinely happy the whole time, not even once making a comment about his father leaving. You know he hasn’t forgiven the man, and you don’t think he ever will, but you can tell that those dinners have been healing something in him. And his father has been trying so hard to be present for San, texting him more often - all you can hope for is that it’ll last.
You zero back in on the present, your eyes skimming San’s features as he looks up at you. He wets his lips, and you glance at that too, right before leaning in and pressing a gentle kiss on his lips.
You’re not big on wet kisses in the morning - morning breath is just not it - and so the kiss doesn’t deepen too much, your tongues not reaching for each other like they usually instinctively do. It’s more lips, and you love it that way too, if only because San’s lips are always so soft.
But you have a goal in mind for the birthday boy, and it’s not to kiss him. No, you want to make him feel good, want him to start his day in the best way possible, so you leave his mouth to find his neck. He turns his head to the side to give you better access, and you kiss down the soft skin of his neck, nipping at the spot that connects his shoulder to his neck. He lets out a barely audible sound that makes your insides grow warm, and so you keep travelling down his body, kissing every inch of skin until you reach the band of his boxers.
“Can I take these off?” you ask.
San is looking down at you and he nods, wetting his lips. “What are you up to?” he asks.
“Just want to treat the birthday boy good, is that wrong?”
“Nope.” He raises his hips to help you remove his boxers, and you quickly slide them down his legs, removing them entirely to throw them on the floor.
San watches you carefully as you look at his dick. He’s still relatively soft, but you know that will change in no time.
“Then, be nice for me, will you?” you tell him, tilting your head to the side like you’re a predator sizing your prey.
He doesn’t have time to answer. Indeed, you’re already cupping his balls, and he hisses at the contact, a muscle feathering under the skin of his jaw at the sensitivity. He curses under his breath, but you’re already leaning forward, pressing a kiss on his hip next to his dick.
“Careful with the balls,” he reminds you.
You release the pressure, not wanting to hurt him, and your tongue darts out to tease his dick. “I didn’t say you could talk.”
His gaze widens, and you take him in your mouth, sucking lightly. His teeth dig in his lower lip, and then you’re slowly taking all of him in, swallowing around him. The fact that he’s still relatively soft makes it easier, and your eyes flutter shut as you focus on the action, on running your tongue on the underside of his dick as you slowly pull out.
A string of spit hangs between his tip and your mouth, and it breaks as you start jerking him off, keeping that slow rhythm you’ve settled on for now. San lets you do it, eyes closed as he enjoys the blowjob, his head resting on his pillow in a way that makes his jaw even sharper than it usually is.
You reach up, nails dragging on his abs, and he immediately looks down at you. Your gazes connect as you take him in your mouth again, swirling your tongue around his tip before teasing his slit. And then you go down again, this time choking a little as he’s already harder.
You start moving up and down, keeping that slow rhythm that will drive him crazy in no time, and you stroke his dick with your hand in time with the motions of your head, making sure to drool on him so that you can use it as natural lube. It works, and San’s breathing grows heavier, louder, yet he keeps the groans that make you go insane to himself, so you keep the slow pace.
San curses lowly, and one of his hands finds the back of your head, as if he’ll try to push you down on him. But he doesn’t, just follows you, though he’s soon gripping at your hair, pulling it in a makeshift ponytail.
“You’re being a tease, mmh?” he asks as he pulls on your hair.
You pull away from his dick, looking at him innocently. “Me? I would never.”
“Fucking brat,” he says, his eyes dark. “There’s something I want to try.”
He sits up while you sit back on your heels, wiping the spit on your chin with the back of your hand. “What do you want to try?” 
He looks at the side of the bed, then chuckles awkwardly. “Feel free to say no. But… what if you hang your head from the bed?”
You try to picture it in your mind, though you’re not quite sure how it would work. “Huh?”
San gets up, his now-hard dick bouncing with the motion. One of his hands wraps around himself, and he strokes twice as you move to the side of the bed.
“Lie on your back,” San indicates. You do, though your head is still on the bed. “Now, if you move closer to me a little…”
He stops talking as you do so, and a few seconds later, your head is hanging from the bed.
“Mmh, my bed is a little low for this,” he pensively says, yet he manages to bend his knees slightly, and then his dick is right in your face.
Unable to resist, you tease him with your tongue and San chuckles, before tapping your lips with the tip of his dick.
“Now, I can fuck your mouth like this,” he says. “If that’s okay with you?”
He’s waiting for your consent, and you wonder how long he’s actually been wanting to do this. Because just having you in this position has gotten him rock hard, his balls tight like he’s already close to coming.
“You want it?” you ask.
He pulls away enough so that he can meet your gaze. “I just think it’d be really fucking hot. But I’ve never done this, and I don’t want to hurt you.”
You love him. You fucking love him so much and, if he wants to try, then you’ll try with him.
“I’ll tap your leg if it hurts,” you reassure him. “I want to try, too.”
He wets his lips, chest going up in a sharp inhale of breath, and then he’s bringing his dick back to your mouth, pressing it on your lips. You open wide for him, and he slowly pushes in, his tip rubbing on your tongue in the most decadent way. He stops with just his tip in, and then pulls out just as slow, before pushing back in.
He’s trying to be gentle. That much is clear to you, and it turns you on to no end. So, without hesitating, you bring your hand between your legs - you’ve never been so happy about choosing to sleep naked - parting your lips to see that you’re already soaked wet.
“Fuck,” San curses as you start rubbing circles on your clit, and you moan as he pushes in, so deep you feel him in your throat.
You keep the gag reflex in, and it’s strangely easier in this position. San notices it, too, because he starts going faster, his restraint slowly falling out the window. And then he’s truly fucking your mouth, and it’s so hot that you’re a moaning mess around him. It has to feel good - the sounds that he makes are pornographic, sounds you commit to memory for when you’re apart from him and need a reminder. 
He pulls out occasionally, letting you breathe a little, but it’s clear to you that he’s chasing his high, and that he’s going to get to it soon. Indeed, his motions are sloppier now, less focused, and his groans have turned into moans.
“Where should I come?” he asks as he pulls out once more, and you immediately reach for his dick, jerking him off fast.
“Wherever you want,” you answer, your voice raucous from getting your throat fucked.
You’ve barely had time to finish your sentence that he’s already coming, spurts of his seed falling on your breasts and on your stomach. Some even fall on your cheek, yet you don’t stop jerking him off, milking his orgasm from him as he shakes over you.
Once it’s clear to you that he’s done coming, you let go of his dick, licking your fingers clean. You then pick up his cum on your cheek, licking that clean, too, and San looks down at you, his eyes wide.
“That was so fucking hot,” he lets out. “Holy shit.”
You chuckle. “It really was.”
“Let me wipe you clean, and then I want you to come all over my face.”
His words barely register - he’s already running to the bathroom, and he comes back with a wet hand cloth that he uses to clean your breasts and stomach, and then he’s lying down on the bed next to you.
“Climb on,” he tells you.
You laugh at his eagerness, but you’re quick to obey, straddling his face.
What a way to start the day indeed.
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The park is crowded, yet not as much as you imagined it would be on a summer day. It makes sense - with the lightning storm coming later, most people have chosen to do activities inside. But not you and your friends, and especially not San.
You’ve been watching some of your friends playing frisbee while you’re eating an ice cream cone you got from the vendor by the river. Sydney is next to you, reading a book, and Taeri, Wooyoung’s new girlfriend, has also elected to hang out with the two of you.
She’s nice. You don’t get along with her as well as you did with Lyla, but you haven’t spoken to the latter since she and Jongho broke up last month, and you have the feeling that you likely won’t speak to her again.
Not when they broke up because Lyla cheated on Jongho with her ex.
You were appalled when Yeosang told you about it two weeks ago while you were hanging out on the rooftop of his and Wooyoung’s building. The sun was setting, the atmosphere more that of a party than that of somber confessions, but the alcohol had loosened Yeosang’s tongue, and he told you all about the breakup.
It made sense, then, that Jongho didn’t speak to anyone for a few weeks. The news were devastating to him, and though he’s come along today in honor of San’s birthday, you’ve noticed the shadows in his eyes.
All you can hope for is that today helps him, too. He deserves it.
“It is so humid,” Taeri lets out, and you glance at her to see that she’s got a small portable fan directed towards her face, her eyes closed as she enjoys the wind that it projects on her. “I feel like the storm will be wild.”
“It’ll probably be,” Sydney agrees. “But we’ll be fine, we reserved the second floor of a café nearby.”
Taeri’s eyes shoot open as she looks in Sydney’s direction. “No way.”
“Yeah,” you interject. “I figured it’d be better to be prepared, and Seonghwa knows the owner from working there last year. It was easy to reserve.”
“That’s great!”
The conversation naturally dies as she leans back against the tree behind her. Indeed, you’re sitting in the shade of a large tree, and the leaves allow some sun rays to pass, creating a dappled carpet on the grass you’re lounging on.
Wooyoung cheers loudly from where they’ve been throwing the frisbee around, and you look in his direction, noticing San, Yeosang and Jongho all dapping up. The other team, composed of your brother, Hongjoong, Seonghwa and Mingi - he’s visiting for the week - appears to be crestfallen, the loss visible on all of their features. You laugh at the sight, though they all cheer up the second San says they should rearrange the teams.
And then they’re back to playing, and you take a long sip of the water bottle you brought along with you, making a mental note to make sure that San drinks a bunch once he stops playing so that he doesn’t get dehydrated.
It’d be easy to get dehydrated in this heat after all.
The boys play for a while longer, and clouds have started gathering in the sky by the time they finish, hinting at the storm that’s to come. They all walk back towards you and the girls, and San plops down on the ground next to you, grabbing the water bottle you hand him.
You’re not surprised that he chugs it in one go, and he takes a deep breath when he’s done, meeting your gaze.
“I won all my games,” he says with a proud smile, and you reach to his forehead to push back a strand of hair that stuck to his sweat.
“Look at you.”
He leans closer, a smirk growing on his lips. “I think it’s because the day started out so well,” he teases. “Can’t get bad after that.”
You snort, pushing him playfully, though you don’t reply anything to that.
Mostly because you agree with him, but also because thinking about it too much will make you want to start again where you left off, and that won’t be possible for a while.
Once the boys have all had their shares of water, emptying most water bottles that you brought with you, you decide to head to the coffee shop. Indeed, the sky has gotten even greyer, and you all know it’s just a matter of time before it opens up and hell falls on your group. 
Thankfully, you make it to the coffee shop just in time, and the loud splatter of the rainfall creates a serene ambiance as you settle around the second floor, scattering around the different tables here.
The coffee shop is pretty. With a lot of plants, and a view of the inner yard and the trees in it, and you admire them as the rain showers endlessly, the low rumble of thunder in the distance an indication that the storm will hit soon.
But it doesn’t matter. Not when you’re inside, and the owner brings up some dessert for you all before taking your order for your drinks. You choose a matcha, and San gets his usual iced Americano, and then the owner goes around the group, leaving your side.
“This is nice,” San says, and he picks up a small bite-sized cake that he immediately eats. “It’s much better than the box cake I have at home.”
You chuckle. “Do you mean that one you almost fully ate yesterday?”
“It doesn’t count, it’s my birthday,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. 
You laugh, grabbing a paper napkin to clean the frosting that stains the corner of his mouth. “You’re the one that complained you were going to lose your abs yesterday.”
He glares at you, right as Wooyoung plops down in the chair next to you, Taeri behind him. She sits next to him, and she offers you a small smile as you glance her way.
“Y’all got the best desserts, apparently,” Wooyoung says as he also grabs a bite-sized cake. “At least according to Seonghwa.”
Seonghwa is currently busy chatting with Hongjoong at the table overlooking the inner yard, and they look lost in their own little world. You assume Wooyoung and Taeri were with them before though, as there are empty chairs that clearly don’t belong to the table next to it.
Seonghwa and Hongjoong… They still haven’t made their relationship official, though everyone in the friend group kind of knows about them. They’re being less and less subtle as time passes, and you can tell it’s just a matter of time before they do make it official.
It’s not like they really need it, though. They’ve both been visibly happy, and that’s the only thing that matters in the end.
“Can I have one?” Taeri politely asks San.
He snorts. “You don’t have to ask me, just grab some.”
She nods with a blush - like she often does around everyone that isn’t Wooyoung, you and Sydney - and she does grab a bite, her eyes widening in appreciation.
You might be harsh with her. She’s just a shy girl, someone you wouldn’t expect to be with a guy like Wooyoung, but then again maybe Wooyoung will help her get out of her shell a little. It’s already started to work, as she talks to you and Sydney more, but you reckon she still has a long way to go before she’s comfortable in the friend group.
The lightning storm hits about fifteen minutes later, the rain growing even heavier outside, and it’s loud enough to make you all have to talk louder to hear each other. It doesn’t deter anyone though, the excitement and delightful relaxation in the café lingering all through the storm.
You like spending time with all of your friends like this. It’s so rare that you manage to get a full day with everyone like this - especially on a Thursday - yet you managed to make it work, and you know you’ll keep those memories close to your heart when you’ll look back on this day in the future.
Indeed, the fun lingers around for quite a while, even after the rain stops. You all go back outside, splitting the bill for the check between everyone - except San, obviously. Though puddles of water greet you the second you step outside, the humidity has fallen, making the heat much more bearable.
It helps that the sun is back as the afternoon ends, slowly drying the city around you. You take to walking around, stopping at different shops to buy some clothes and other items, and you end up getting a plush toy for San even though you already gave him a gift yesterday night, when his mother was over. It’s a bracelet, and he’s been wearing it proudly all day, showing it off to his friends like it’s the most precious thing he owns.
You love him so fucking much.
“I got you this,” you tell San as you walk out of the shop you and Sydney went in. 
San’s gaze falls on the round seal in your hands, and he bursts out laughing. “You did not have to get me anything.”
You proudly hand him the plushie, and he hugs it to his chest, gaze widening. “I know!” you tell him.
“This shit is fluffier than I thought it would be.”
You nod. “It’s a perfect cuddle buddy for when you miss me.”
San laughs again, leaning down to press a quick peck on your lips. “Thank you, princess.”
Your eyes shine as you meet his, and he looks so happy, so beautiful like this.
So… yours.
“Come on, lovebirds, we’re not going to watch you give googly eyes to each other all evening,” Wooyoung says from just a little further down the street, and you snort as you glance his way to see him with his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulder.
“Respectfully fuck off,” you throw his way.
He just winks at you, pulling Taeri closer to kiss her temple. “Nah.”
And then they’re walking away, and you follow behind him. Sydney is in front with Yunho and Yeosang, and you can’t see the rest of the group from where you are. It doesn’t matter - you’ve been slowly heading towards a popular Korean barbecue that’s just a couple of streets over, and you know everyone will make it there.
Or at least everyone that wants to be there, which you assume is everyone.
And you’re right. You arrive at the Korean barbecue all of ten minutes later, putting your names in on the waiting list, and then you go wait in a small park nearby, playing in the playground that’s currently empty of kids considering the sun is slowly sinking towards the horizon.
You end up sitting on the swings with Sydney and your brother, while they bicker about something that seems to be entirely inconsequential, yet the epitome of their life.
But when is it not when it comes to them? They already sound like an old married couple, and Yunho even told you last week that he sees himself marrying Sydney in the next few years. He’s even asked you to try and figure out what kind of ring she’d like, and you told him that, as her boyfriend, he should be the one to figure that out.
Though, obviously, you already know what she wants, but you’re not going to make your brother’s life easier. Where would be the fun in that?
“What’s Mingi doing?” Sydney asks suddenly, stopping the bickering, and you look around, only to find Mingi on the phone by a park bench, a couple of meters away from everyone.
“On the phone with his mom,” Yunho replies easily.
“Cute,” you let out, and memories of his mother and her sweet smile come to your mind. “How has she been?”
“Good, I presume,” Yunho says. “Mingi didn’t say anything, so I assume she’s good.”
“You’re so useless.”
His head whips your way. “Fuck off.”
“No.”
He glares at you, but he doesn’t say anything as San stops in front of you, handing you the seal plushie you got him.
“Can you hold this?” he asks. “Wooyoung said I can’t do the monkey bars, so I’ll show him he’s wrong.”
You chuckle. “The monkey bars?” you repeat. “How old are you again?” 
“Twenty-three, thanks for asking.” San pushes the plushie on your lap, and then bends down to kiss your forehead quickly. 
You just laugh as he runs back towards Wooyoung, Yeosang, Taeri and Jongho. Jongho is currently doing the monkey bars, obviously making his way across. They all do - even Taeri easily does it, and you’re left wondering if your friends are adults or if you’ve all jumped back ten years in the past - hell, fifteen years in the past - to when you were kids and meaningless challenges like that were personification of happiness.
It’s fun. You love your friends for that. They make youth even better than it already is, filling it with laughs and smiles and so much joy. They’re like family in a way, and you just know the friendships will last through the years.
The lively chatter at the Korean barbecue later tells you so, too. Conversation flows easily between the group, everyone having their piece of mind to say, and the food is amazing, as good as this place’s reputation led you to believe. You even end up sharing soju and, though you hate the taste, you find yourself having to take more than one shots from losing at some drinking games that Hongjoong initiates.
When your bellies are full and alcohol has already started flowing, you head towards the nearest karaoke place so that you can rent a room for the evening. You walk hand in hand with San, Yeosang lingering at the back of the group with you as he texts away on his phone, and you can help but wonder who’s got him chuckling to himself like that.
“Who are you texting?” you ask as he laughs for the fifth time.
“None of your business, mom,” he replies without missing a beat, not even looking up from his phone.
“Got someone in your life?” San teases.
That makes him look up, his cheeks turning beet red, and he shakes his head. “What makes you think that?”
You and San exchange a look, and you both burst out laughing. “That reaction?” you say.
Yeosang turns off his phone, putting it away in his back pocket. “Y’all shut up,” he says, though it has no bite. “It’s still early, and I don’t want everyone to know and ask questions.”
Another look is exchanged between you and San. A knowing look - you’ve worked together to get Sydney and Yunho to date, you both knew about Hongjoong and Seonghwa first, and you even helped Wooyoung to plan his first dates with Taeri.
It’s like you’re somehow always involved, whether it be from close or far, in your friends’ relationships. 
“Don’t worry, we won’t say shit,” you reassure him. “We’ve known about Seonghwa and Hongjoong since last year and we haven’t told anyone.”
Yeosang’s gaze widens. “No way.”
“Yup,” San says. He lets go of your hand, wrapping his arm around your shoulder to pull you closer. “She figured it out first, though.”
You did, but you’d immediately told San about it as he’d walked you home from that bar in December, back when things were so… uncertain between the two of you.
Back when he’d given you your Christmas gift, your own personal Mr Snake.
“Not surprised,” Yeosang says, and it somehow sounds ominous.
“What’s that supposed to mean!”
He laughs, shrugging his shoulders, before innocently saying, “Nothing.”
You glare at him, but then Hongjoong is calling Yeosang’s name, as he’s the one that called the karaoke place to rent a room while you were still at the restaurant. Yeosang jogs to the front of your group, leaving you alone with San, and you turn towards your boyfriend.
“At this point, everyone in the group will be dating soon,” you say with a laugh.
San winces. “Besides Jongho.”
Right.
“We’ll find him someone,” you say with quiet conviction. “He’s a great guy, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“Not sure if he’ll want to date right away,” San says. “Considering the… cheating, and all.”
“True.” You ponder for a time, and then shrug your shoulders. “It’s not like he has to date anyone. As long as he heals and gets better, I’ll be happy for him.”
San glances towards Jongho, who seems a little out of place with the somber look on his face. You don’t hesitate, pushing San towards him, and your boyfriend takes the cue, heading towards his friend.
They end up chatting for a while, lingering outside after everyone’s already gone in, but when they come up, Jongho is smiling, and you’re relieved that San was able to cheer him up.
You’ve never been part of a karaoke session that’s as chaotic as this one turns out to be. Everyone is screaming more than singing, alcohol flowing between the group of you, and you go through classics like Celine Dion, to songs by IU, passing by other songs from popular pop artists. It’s a blast, especially as Hongjoong impresses everyone with his rapping skills, and Seonghwa looks at him like he’s never seen him before.
Yunho has that look on his face too when Sydney goes up with Yeosang and Wooyoung, too. He just looks at her like she puts the stars in his night sky and though he’s your brother, and he’s just a huge dumbass, you can’t help but find it adorable.
You end up singing your share with your friends, though your voice is not even nearly as good as theirs. It’s still fun, and you’re a laughing mess as the night unfolds, up until you sit back on the couch by the wall to take a breather as all of them are singing along to a popular song from the 2000s. Mingi is chilling on the couch too, and he looks at you as you sit down, grabbing a water bottle.
“Tired?” he asks you.
“I’m losing my voice.” 
You both laugh, as you indeed sound like your voice is about to give up on you. 
“It’s ‘cause you’ve been screaming,” Mingi says. “Not too good for the vocal cords.”
You wince, right on cue with Wooyoung screaming. “Right.”
You listen to your friends sing, smiling at San as he glances your way. He smiles back, that dimpled smile you fell in love with so hard so long ago, and your heart flutters in your chest.
“I’m happy for you,” Mingi says, and you glance at him. At the sight of your quirked eyebrow, he adds, “You and San seem really happy.”
You beam. You can’t help it - you are really happy.
“Thanks, Mingi,” you gently say.
“You deserve it, after everything you’ve been through.”
You don’t let the reminder of Jungkook, and of the shitshow that happened last semester between you and San, take hold. Instead, you let it wash over like it’s just a wave in the sea, and then you let it go.
“You know, you deserve it, too,” you reply.
Sadness momentarily passes in his gaze, though you could swear it ends with a silver lining. “We all do. Sometimes, it just takes more time, you know?”
You recall what he’d told you about his ex back during the beach trip. How she ran because he was too much too soon for her. 
“It does,” you gently say.
Mingi meets your gaze, and you see the sadness. It’s still there, but you could swear it isn’t as potent as it was back in April.
Time does heal everything, doesn’t it?
“One day,” he lets out. “One day, I’ll find someone that looks at me the way San looks at you.”
He will. You know  he will - Song Mingi is a good person after all, and he deserves all the love in the universe.
Friday, July 11th
The drive out of the city is peaceful, Yunho’s car eating the miles towards your destination. Destination that you refused to reveal to San, but you reckon he’s had an inkling since you left the city.
It’s strange to be the one driving. You haven’t driven in a while and, though your parents told Yunho to let you use the car whenever you want to, you’re too used to just letting him drive and taking Ubers the rest of the time that you feel rusted as the countryside passes by the window in a blur of deep green leaves and baby blue skies.
You’re holding San’s hand, though he’s dozed off a moment ago, the indie music playlist you’ve put on lulling him to sleep. Though he’ll wake up soon enough, as you’re closing in on your destination.
The camping is nestled a little higher in the mountains, next to a river and some waterfalls, which you’ve planned to go see tomorrow. Today, you just want to relax with San, and maybe stargaze and eat toasted marshmallows. Which is exactly what you end up doing, after having stopped in town at a small restaurant to eat a bite before heading to the camping site.
Camping might be a generous word, or maybe not generous enough word. Indeed, you won’t have to sleep in a tent, as the place comes with a small trailer with a kitchen, a fully-equipped bathroom, and a queen bed. You got a deal for it back in May, and you’ve been looking forward to coming here since then.
There’s some sort of intimacy in being alone in the forest under a blanket of stars with the man that you love. The man you’ve come so far with, the one that stole your heart so many months ago. And though he might have hurt you once, he’s been nurturing your heart so well now it feels like it never happened.
“This is… nice,” San lets out as you walk into the trailer, the setting sun painting the scene in gold. “But it must have been so expensive.”
He throws you a look over his shoulder as you take off your shoes, and you just offer him a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, it’s your birthday gift.”
“You say that as if you haven’t already given me a gift,” he says, raising his hand to bring your attention to the bracelet on his wrist. “You didn’t need to do all this.”
You chuckle, wrapping your arms around his waist. “But I wanted to.”
It’s all you need to say for him to turn around, and he immediately goes in for a kiss that leaves your mind spinning. It makes you giggle as he pulls away and pecks your forehead, and then he sits on the bed, pulling you closer.
“So, just us two, in the middle of the woods…” he trails off. “Are you planning to murder me?”
You burst out laughing as you tap his chest. “Nope. But it’d be the perfect place. No one would hear you scream.”
His mouth falls open, and you just push him back, climbing on his lap. The shocked expression turns into a smug one, and he grips your hips. “Oh, scream that way.”
You can’t help it. It’s the way he looks at you, desire blazing bright all of a sudden. It’s enough to make you forget all about the marshmallows you were planning to toast.
All you want is San, and so you dive in, leaning down to steal a heated kiss off his lips. He reciprocates in a heartbeat, his tongue darting out to tease your lower lip. You sigh in his mouth, and he uses the opportunity to push his tongue in your mouth.
You suck on the wet muscle, and San grunts, his hands tightening on your hips. And then they shift to your ass, and he massages at the flesh of it, earning a small moan for you.
“Is it wild that I already want to fuck you in this bed?” San asks when you pull away to leave a trail of kisses down his neck.
You sit up, circling your hips on his already half-hard dick. “It isn’t.” You lean down, kiss him languidly for a few seconds, before sitting again. “I want you to fuck me, too.”
He sits up, easily finding your lips. He kisses you, sucking your lower lip into his mouth before gently biting at it. You grind on him again and, before you know it, he lands a hand on the small of your back, the other holding the back of your head firmly, and he spins you around until you’re on the bed with him over you.
“Then I’ll fuck you now, princess.”
He’s quick to take his shirt off, and your hands wander around the strong muscles of his abdomen as he remains kneeling between your legs, his dark eyes swimming with lust.
“I swear every day you get even more pretty,” he praises. “So, so fucking pretty.” He bends down, quickly kisses you hard and deep, and then sits back on his heels again. “To think that you’re mine.” One of his hands slightly coasts its way up your side, and he traces your jaw. “I’m so lucky.”
Fuck, you love him.
“San…” you trail off.
He smirks. “I know, baby. I’ll take good care of you.”
As soon as the words are out, San stands, helping you to sit up so that he can take off your shirt. You busy yourself with unbuttoning his pants, pushing them down his legs before letting them fall to the ground. San steps out of them, and your eyes drop to the bulge in his dark green boxers as he straightens.
“I’m already so hard,” he comments as he readjusts himself in his underwear.
You reach forward, palming him through the fabric. “You always get so hard for me.”
He chuckles, though it ends on a small moan as you lean closer, licking his tip through his underwear. “Fuck,” he lets out. 
His single curse makes your blood boil with lust for him, and you pull his underwear down, releasing his dick so that you can directly lick at his slit. He groans, especially as you think better of it, sucking his tip lightly.
“You’re so sensitive,” you purr as you pull away. 
He cups your cheeks, bending down to steal a heated kiss from your lips, one that leaves your mind spinning as he devours you. 
“Lie down on the bed,” he orders once he pulls away, pushing his boxers down his legs.
Heart beating out of your chest, you obey, watching him though half-lidded eyes as he kneels on the floor, his face at a level with your clothed pussy. It doesn’t stay that way for too long. San quickly takes your pants off, taking your panties with them, and you’re soon bare to him, the last piece of clothing on your body being your bra.
San kisses the inside of your thighs as he hooks your legs over his shoulders, and then he blows on your pussy. You instinctively try to close your legs, but he keeps you spread wide open for him.
“Be nice, mmh?” he tells you.
“Then get to work,” you whine.
He laughs, the sound genuine and amused, and a second later, his lips are wrapped around your clit. He circles it with his tongue, earning a breathless sound from you, and then he flicks it once before moving lower, pushing your folds apart with his tongue. He shamelessly fucks you with the wet muscle, and you throw your head back, eyes fluttering shut as pleasure swarms through you.
San is good to you. He’s always been, but over the months, he’s learned even more of your tells, of what you like, and he always applies it diligently, coaxing orgasms after orgasms out of you. You know tonight won’t be any different - the way his tongue moves back to your clit, making an eight motion on the sensitive bundle of nerves, sends your mind into orbit, and your moans grow increasingly louder as your climax looms closer, promising to hit in a delicious high.
Right when you think it’ll hit, San pulls away, and you let out a frustrated sound as he blows on your oversensitive clit again.
“You’re going to have to be patient, princess,” San teases, and he bites at the skin of the inside of your thigh before kneeling between your legs.
He’s hard, precum beading at his tip, and he grabs the base of his dick, aligning himself with your clit. And then he’s rubbing his tip on you, and your legs twitch as he hits a good spot. You moan, loud, and he chuckles, his hand finding your breast to pinch your nipple.
“Think you can hold it in for me?” he asks, and it’s almost condescending.
Though you know San is never condescending with you.
“It’s so good,” you whine.
“Yeah?” He pulls away, spitting on your pussy, and then he’s back to rubbing his dick on you. “Imagine how good it’ll feel once I’m inside of you.”
Just the thought of it makes a shiver run up and down your spine, and you bite at your lower lip. “Imagine how good it’ll feel for you, mmh?”
“Oh, I’m patient,” he frustratingly teases, pulling away from you. “We have all night.”
You almost curse at him, but you hold it in as he plops on the bed next to you, his large hand immediately going between your legs so that he can run a finger between your lips. 
“I might kill you,” you grumble as he circles your clit with barely any pressure.
He kisses your cheek. “You won’t. We both know you come the hardest when I edge you.” He dips his finger inside of you, and you let out a broken sound that’s soon interrupted by his digit returning to your clit. “Besides, it’s my birthday. You’ll let me have my fun, right?”
“It was your birthday yesterday.”
He props himself up on his elbow, looking down at you. His finger is still teasing you in a pace so slow it almost hurts, and he just smiles down at you, his gaze dark. “Thought you said it was my birthday weekend.”
You did say that. Yet all you do now is clench your jaw, trying to glare at him despite the way he plunges his finger in you again.
“You’re soaked,” he praises, and he pulls his finger out to look at it. It’s covered in your juice, and San sucks it clean before meeting your gaze again. “Now, let’s get to work.”
He does. He gets to work, kneeling next to you as he pushes his finger inside of you, curling it to rub at your nutty spot for a few seconds before he pushes another finger inside, fighting against your walls until they swallow him in. And then he’s going at it, playing with your g-spot like it’s an instrument he knows by heart, his other hand resting flat on your lower belly. It doesn’t take you long before your high hits and, though he didn’t say you could come, you climax all over his hand, screaming his name as he keeps going.
You’re squirting. You don’t know how long he makes you squirt for, but you’re a mewling mess under his talented hands, and soon the bed is soaked, his fingers dripping with your juice as he finally pulls them out of you.
You whine from the loss of sensation, but then a second later, he’s pushing all the way in, his dick hitting your cervix. It doesn’t even hurt, not when you’re as aroused as you are. Especially not as his hand becomes a lose necklace around your neck, and he fucks you like there’s no tomorrow, the bed slamming in the wall hard.
But here, there’s no one to hear you. It’s just you and him, so you moan and scream his name as he gives you orgasm after orgasm, his skillful thrusts keeping you on cloud nine so long you’re convinced you’ll forget how to walk by the time he’s done with you.
“You always take me so fucking well,” San grunts as he slams all the way in. “So, so fucking well.” He bends down, kissing you deeply, and then the motions of his hips grow slower, yet they remain just as deep. “I could fuck you like this for the rest of my life.”
He’s out of breath, covered in sweat, yet you run your shaky hands on his back, holding him close to you.
“Do it,” you whisper.
He raises his head to meet your gaze. You can barely focus on him, ecstasy coursing through your blood, yet you find his eyes, diving head first in the love they hold.
“I will,” he promises.
This time, when he kisses you again, all the lust is gone. There’s just love left, so much love, and he fucks you slow, makes love to you for what feels like hours, up until the sun fully sets and dusk falls upon the two of you. Only then does he climax too, painting your insides white as he unloads his cum deep inside of you, your legs wrapped around his waist as if you could bring him closer, too.
Hell, you’d want him under your skin if you could.
It takes forever for your heartbeats to settle in your chests after, your breathing entwined as San rests his forehead on yours. There’s love in the sound, in the space between your lips that’s connected more often than enough, yet not enough at all. 
You’re consumed by San. Thoroughly, completely consumed by him, and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Wow,” he breathes out between one heartbeat and the next. “Princess…”
You peck his lips. “I know.” 
“I’ll never get enough of you,” he confesses. “Every day of my life, I want you by my side.”
“San…”
“Yes?”
It’s time. You feel it in your bones, feel it in your soul. And maybe you wanted to say it under a sky full of stars, maybe you wanted to say it while listening to the crackle of the fire. But the moment has come, the time is right, and the words need an out, more than they’ve ever needed before.
“I love you.”
He beams. Brighter than even the Sun that sits at the middle of the solar system, San beams, grinning from ear to ear as he raises his head just enough to meet your gaze. “Princess…”
“It’s true,” you insist, and you rub your hands on his back. “I love you, Choi San. I’ve loved you for a long time already, and I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time but… yes, I love you.”
“I love you too,” he says in a breathy whisper heavy with emotion. “And I will always love you.”
You laugh, happy tears welling up in your eyes. “That’s a big promise to make.”
“I mean it,” he insists. He lies next to you, and you feel his seed dripping out of you. “There’s no one else but you.” He kisses your cheek as you grin, glancing at him. “Besides, I’m meeting your family next week. They have to know how much I love you.”
“And how much is that?” you ask, feeling greedy.
“More than you can imagine.” He props himself up on a shoulder to look down at you. “I’ve been waiting for you my whole life.”
“Cheesy.”
He laughs, kissing you in the middle of it. It’s awkward, but it makes sense for you and Choi San.
Happiness and love will always make sense for the two of you.
“You love it,” he replies.
“I love you.”
“Look who’s cheesy now?” 
You scrunch up your nose, unable to keep your grin in despite trying to. “Fuck, San.”
Your words are serious, catching him off guard. “What?”
“It took us so long…”
“Oh, princess…” He tugs you closer, wrapping his arms around you. “No matter how long it took, we got here. And that’s what’s important.”
He’s right. You know he is, and you love him even more for it.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he whispers next, kissing the top of your head. “I love you, Y/n. And I’ll love you for the rest of my life, too.”
“For the rest of our lives,” you say. “I will love you too.”
You think it’s the easiest promise you’ve ever made.
After all, nothing could have stopped you and Choi San from happening. Not when it’s been written in the universe long before you even existed. And so, for the rest of your life, you’ll spend your time loving him, for every second and every minute and every hour. From this moment until your very last one.
From now until the end of your time.
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, mostly just a lot of fluff and happiness, explicit content: oral sex (male and female receiving), hair pulling, mouth fucking, edging, clit and nipple play, fingering, squirting, unprotected sex (be careful), praising, creampie, they make love
☆word count: 8.6k
☆series masterpost
☆a/n: last one :( thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Thursday, July 10th 
You wake up with the morning sun, its gentle caress on your features bringing you back to reality from the land of dreams. You don’t open your eyes just yet though, the comfortable weight of San’s arm on your stomach keeping you tethered to grogginess. 
It’s early anyway, if the sun is entering his room at an angle that allows it to shine in your face.
San is breathing deeply behind you, still sound asleep, and you snuggle your face in the soft blanket that’s wrapped around you, hoping to fall back asleep.
Last night was fun. You had dinner with San’s mother as she came to visit her son for his birthday, and she gave him a plushie that she claimed was from his collection back home. San thanked her with a blush, and you tucked that information in the back of your mind.
Of course, San has a plushie collection.
San’s arm tightens around you in his sleep, and he lets out a soft sigh that curls your lips upwards. And maybe it’s the weight of his arm on you, or the warmth of his body. Maybe it’s his soft breathing, but you do manage to fall back asleep, waking up again later when he shifts and turns on his back.
“Morning,” he mumbles, voice rough with sleep, as you peek behind you.
“What are you doing?” you ask as you yawn, pulling Mr Snake tighter against your chest.
Because of course you always sleep with the plushie in your arms.
“I have to pee,” he admits. “But I’ll be right back.”
You whine as he moves and he lets out a small laugh that only makes you smile. “Happy birthday, Sannie.”
He’s already up, and he bends down to peck your forehead. “Thank you, princess.”
And then he’s leaving his room, stretching as he walks through the walk-in closet to access the bathroom. It doesn’t take long for him to be back, and you turn to face him as he lies down next to you, facing you too.
“You’re so old now,” you tease.
He narrows his gaze even though he chuckles. “Careful, we’ll be the same age soon.”
Indeed, your birthday is next month.
“But for now I get to call you an old man.”
He rolls his eyes, and then moves closer to pull you in his embrace. You laugh as your forehead ends up pressed against his pecs, and he only holds you tighter. “Alright then,” he grumbles. “I guess I’m old.”
Satisfied, you nod, and then you sigh again as sleep refuses to fully leave you. But then, thoughts about the day that’s to come awaken you thoroughly, and you sit up so fast you almost bump San’s nose on the way up.
“What?” he asks, startled.
“It’s your birthday!” you excitedly say.
“Yes, we’ve already established that.” 
You squeal, and then you bend down, pecking his face repeatedly as he just starts laughing. It’s more of a giggle, and it’s adorable and makes your heart so full of love for him you think you’re about to burst.
You haven’t told each other the three little words yet. San came close once, or at least you think he did, but still, the words haven’t been said yet. Not because you don’t feel them - you’ve been feeling them for a long time now - but only because you wanted the perfect occasion to tell him. And you’ve prepared the perfect occasion now, even though he doesn’t know it yet.
But you still have to wait until tomorrow as today is reserved to hanging out with your friends and celebrating all together. Indeed, you’re going to spend the afternoon in a park on the riverside, where the wind should hopefully help with chasing the heat of the day away. Indeed, it’s supposed to be incredibly warm today, with lightning storms at the peak of the afternoon, but they never really last long at this time of the year.
“Truce, truce!” San yells as you just keep pecking his face. 
His cheeks are flushed red when you pull away. You’re now straddling his lap, and you sit back on him, putting your weight on his dick. His reaction is immediate - he reaches for your waist, holding you in place, and lust seeps into his gaze.
The honeymoon phase is strong between you. It’s been even more intense since you’ve decided to be boyfriend and girlfriend at the beginning of May, after that dinner with his father.
About that, you’ve met up for dinner with his father two times since then, each time going better than the last. You saw him last weekend, and San was genuinely happy the whole time, not even once making a comment about his father leaving. You know he hasn’t forgiven the man, and you don’t think he ever will, but you can tell that those dinners have been healing something in him. And his father has been trying so hard to be present for San, texting him more often - all you can hope for is that it’ll last.
You zero back in on the present, your eyes skimming San’s features as he looks up at you. He wets his lips, and you glance at that too, right before leaning in and pressing a gentle kiss on his lips.
You’re not big on wet kisses in the morning - morning breath is just not it - and so the kiss doesn’t deepen too much, your tongues not reaching for each other like they usually instinctively do. It’s more lips, and you love it that way too, if only because San’s lips are always so soft.
But you have a goal in mind for the birthday boy, and it’s not to kiss him. No, you want to make him feel good, want him to start his day in the best way possible, so you leave his mouth to find his neck. He turns his head to the side to give you better access, and you kiss down the soft skin of his neck, nipping at the spot that connects his shoulder to his neck. He lets out a barely audible sound that makes your insides grow warm, and so you keep travelling down his body, kissing every inch of skin until you reach the band of his boxers.
“Can I take these off?” you ask.
San is looking down at you and he nods, wetting his lips. “What are you up to?” he asks.
“Just want to treat the birthday boy good, is that wrong?”
“Nope.” He raises his hips to help you remove his boxers, and you quickly slide them down his legs, removing them entirely to throw them on the floor.
San watches you carefully as you look at his dick. He’s still relatively soft, but you know that will change in no time.
“Then, be nice for me, will you?” you tell him, tilting your head to the side like you’re a predator sizing your prey.
He doesn’t have time to answer. Indeed, you’re already cupping his balls, and he hisses at the contact, a muscle feathering under the skin of his jaw at the sensitivity. He curses under his breath, but you’re already leaning forward, pressing a kiss on his hip next to his dick.
“Careful with the balls,” he reminds you.
You release the pressure, not wanting to hurt him, and your tongue darts out to tease his dick. “I didn’t say you could talk.”
His gaze widens, and you take him in your mouth, sucking lightly. His teeth dig in his lower lip, and then you’re slowly taking all of him in, swallowing around him. The fact that he’s still relatively soft makes it easier, and your eyes flutter shut as you focus on the action, on running your tongue on the underside of his dick as you slowly pull out.
A string of spit hangs between his tip and your mouth, and it breaks as you start jerking him off, keeping that slow rhythm you’ve settled on for now. San lets you do it, eyes closed as he enjoys the blowjob, his head resting on his pillow in a way that makes his jaw even sharper than it usually is.
You reach up, nails dragging on his abs, and he immediately looks down at you. Your gazes connect as you take him in your mouth again, swirling your tongue around his tip before teasing his slit. And then you go down again, this time choking a little as he’s already harder.
You start moving up and down, keeping that slow rhythm that will drive him crazy in no time, and you stroke his dick with your hand in time with the motions of your head, making sure to drool on him so that you can use it as natural lube. It works, and San’s breathing grows heavier, louder, yet he keeps the groans that make you go insane to himself, so you keep the slow pace.
San curses lowly, and one of his hands finds the back of your head, as if he’ll try to push you down on him. But he doesn’t, just follows you, though he’s soon gripping at your hair, pulling it in a makeshift ponytail.
“You’re being a tease, mmh?” he asks as he pulls on your hair.
You pull away from his dick, looking at him innocently. “Me? I would never.”
“Fucking brat,” he says, his eyes dark. “There’s something I want to try.”
He sits up while you sit back on your heels, wiping the spit on your chin with the back of your hand. “What do you want to try?” 
He looks at the side of the bed, then chuckles awkwardly. “Feel free to say no. But… what if you hang your head from the bed?”
You try to picture it in your mind, though you’re not quite sure how it would work. “Huh?”
San gets up, his now-hard dick bouncing with the motion. One of his hands wraps around himself, and he strokes twice as you move to the side of the bed.
“Lie on your back,” San indicates. You do, though your head is still on the bed. “Now, if you move closer to me a little…”
He stops talking as you do so, and a few seconds later, your head is hanging from the bed.
“Mmh, my bed is a little low for this,” he pensively says, yet he manages to bend his knees slightly, and then his dick is right in your face.
Unable to resist, you tease him with your tongue and San chuckles, before tapping your lips with the tip of his dick.
“Now, I can fuck your mouth like this,” he says. “If that’s okay with you?”
He’s waiting for your consent, and you wonder how long he’s actually been wanting to do this. Because just having you in this position has gotten him rock hard, his balls tight like he’s already close to coming.
“You want it?” you ask.
He pulls away enough so that he can meet your gaze. “I just think it’d be really fucking hot. But I’ve never done this, and I don’t want to hurt you.”
You love him. You fucking love him so much and, if he wants to try, then you’ll try with him.
“I’ll tap your leg if it hurts,” you reassure him. “I want to try, too.”
He wets his lips, chest going up in a sharp inhale of breath, and then he’s bringing his dick back to your mouth, pressing it on your lips. You open wide for him, and he slowly pushes in, his tip rubbing on your tongue in the most decadent way. He stops with just his tip in, and then pulls out just as slow, before pushing back in.
He’s trying to be gentle. That much is clear to you, and it turns you on to no end. So, without hesitating, you bring your hand between your legs - you’ve never been so happy about choosing to sleep naked - parting your lips to see that you’re already soaked wet.
“Fuck,” San curses as you start rubbing circles on your clit, and you moan as he pushes in, so deep you feel him in your throat.
You keep the gag reflex in, and it’s strangely easier in this position. San notices it, too, because he starts going faster, his restraint slowly falling out the window. And then he’s truly fucking your mouth, and it’s so hot that you’re a moaning mess around him. It has to feel good - the sounds that he makes are pornographic, sounds you commit to memory for when you’re apart from him and need a reminder. 
He pulls out occasionally, letting you breathe a little, but it’s clear to you that he’s chasing his high, and that he’s going to get to it soon. Indeed, his motions are sloppier now, less focused, and his groans have turned into moans.
“Where should I come?” he asks as he pulls out once more, and you immediately reach for his dick, jerking him off fast.
“Wherever you want,” you answer, your voice raucous from getting your throat fucked.
You’ve barely had time to finish your sentence that he’s already coming, spurts of his seed falling on your breasts and on your stomach. Some even fall on your cheek, yet you don’t stop jerking him off, milking his orgasm from him as he shakes over you.
Once it’s clear to you that he’s done coming, you let go of his dick, licking your fingers clean. You then pick up his cum on your cheek, licking that clean, too, and San looks down at you, his eyes wide.
“That was so fucking hot,” he lets out. “Holy shit.”
You chuckle. “It really was.”
“Let me wipe you clean, and then I want you to come all over my face.”
His words barely register - he’s already running to the bathroom, and he comes back with a wet hand cloth that he uses to clean your breasts and stomach, and then he’s lying down on the bed next to you.
“Climb on,” he tells you.
You laugh at his eagerness, but you’re quick to obey, straddling his face.
What a way to start the day indeed.
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The park is crowded, yet not as much as you imagined it would be on a summer day. It makes sense - with the lightning storm coming later, most people have chosen to do activities inside. But not you and your friends, and especially not San.
You’ve been watching some of your friends playing frisbee while you’re eating an ice cream cone you got from the vendor by the river. Sydney is next to you, reading a book, and Taeri, Wooyoung’s new girlfriend, has also elected to hang out with the two of you.
She’s nice. You don’t get along with her as well as you did with Lyla, but you haven’t spoken to the latter since she and Jongho broke up last month, and you have the feeling that you likely won’t speak to her again.
Not when they broke up because Lyla cheated on Jongho with her ex.
You were appalled when Yeosang told you about it two weeks ago while you were hanging out on the rooftop of his and Wooyoung’s building. The sun was setting, the atmosphere more that of a party than that of somber confessions, but the alcohol had loosened Yeosang’s tongue, and he told you all about the breakup.
It made sense, then, that Jongho didn’t speak to anyone for a few weeks. The news were devastating to him, and though he’s come along today in honor of San’s birthday, you’ve noticed the shadows in his eyes.
All you can hope for is that today helps him, too. He deserves it.
“It is so humid,” Taeri lets out, and you glance at her to see that she’s got a small portable fan directed towards her face, her eyes closed as she enjoys the wind that it projects on her. “I feel like the storm will be wild.”
“It’ll probably be,” Sydney agrees. “But we’ll be fine, we reserved the second floor of a café nearby.”
Taeri’s eyes shoot open as she looks in Sydney’s direction. “No way.”
“Yeah,” you interject. “I figured it’d be better to be prepared, and Seonghwa knows the owner from working there last year. It was easy to reserve.”
“That’s great!”
The conversation naturally dies as she leans back against the tree behind her. Indeed, you’re sitting in the shade of a large tree, and the leaves allow some sun rays to pass, creating a dappled carpet on the grass you’re lounging on.
Wooyoung cheers loudly from where they’ve been throwing the frisbee around, and you look in his direction, noticing San, Yeosang and Jongho all dapping up. The other team, composed of your brother, Hongjoong, Seonghwa and Mingi - he’s visiting for the week - appears to be crestfallen, the loss visible on all of their features. You laugh at the sight, though they all cheer up the second San says they should rearrange the teams.
And then they’re back to playing, and you take a long sip of the water bottle you brought along with you, making a mental note to make sure that San drinks a bunch once he stops playing so that he doesn’t get dehydrated.
It’d be easy to get dehydrated in this heat after all.
The boys play for a while longer, and clouds have started gathering in the sky by the time they finish, hinting at the storm that’s to come. They all walk back towards you and the girls, and San plops down on the ground next to you, grabbing the water bottle you hand him.
You’re not surprised that he chugs it in one go, and he takes a deep breath when he’s done, meeting your gaze.
“I won all my games,” he says with a proud smile, and you reach to his forehead to push back a strand of hair that stuck to his sweat.
“Look at you.”
He leans closer, a smirk growing on his lips. “I think it’s because the day started out so well,” he teases. “Can’t get bad after that.”
You snort, pushing him playfully, though you don’t reply anything to that.
Mostly because you agree with him, but also because thinking about it too much will make you want to start again where you left off, and that won’t be possible for a while.
Once the boys have all had their shares of water, emptying most water bottles that you brought with you, you decide to head to the coffee shop. Indeed, the sky has gotten even greyer, and you all know it’s just a matter of time before it opens up and hell falls on your group. 
Thankfully, you make it to the coffee shop just in time, and the loud splatter of the rainfall creates a serene ambiance as you settle around the second floor, scattering around the different tables here.
The coffee shop is pretty. With a lot of plants, and a view of the inner yard and the trees in it, and you admire them as the rain showers endlessly, the low rumble of thunder in the distance an indication that the storm will hit soon.
But it doesn’t matter. Not when you’re inside, and the owner brings up some dessert for you all before taking your order for your drinks. You choose a matcha, and San gets his usual iced Americano, and then the owner goes around the group, leaving your side.
“This is nice,” San says, and he picks up a small bite-sized cake that he immediately eats. “It’s much better than the box cake I have at home.”
You chuckle. “Do you mean that one you almost fully ate yesterday?”
“It doesn’t count, it’s my birthday,” he says with a shrug of his shoulders. 
You laugh, grabbing a paper napkin to clean the frosting that stains the corner of his mouth. “You’re the one that complained you were going to lose your abs yesterday.”
He glares at you, right as Wooyoung plops down in the chair next to you, Taeri behind him. She sits next to him, and she offers you a small smile as you glance her way.
“Y’all got the best desserts, apparently,” Wooyoung says as he also grabs a bite-sized cake. “At least according to Seonghwa.”
Seonghwa is currently busy chatting with Hongjoong at the table overlooking the inner yard, and they look lost in their own little world. You assume Wooyoung and Taeri were with them before though, as there are empty chairs that clearly don’t belong to the table next to it.
Seonghwa and Hongjoong… They still haven’t made their relationship official, though everyone in the friend group kind of knows about them. They’re being less and less subtle as time passes, and you can tell it’s just a matter of time before they do make it official.
It’s not like they really need it, though. They’ve both been visibly happy, and that’s the only thing that matters in the end.
“Can I have one?” Taeri politely asks San.
He snorts. “You don’t have to ask me, just grab some.”
She nods with a blush - like she often does around everyone that isn’t Wooyoung, you and Sydney - and she does grab a bite, her eyes widening in appreciation.
You might be harsh with her. She’s just a shy girl, someone you wouldn’t expect to be with a guy like Wooyoung, but then again maybe Wooyoung will help her get out of her shell a little. It’s already started to work, as she talks to you and Sydney more, but you reckon she still has a long way to go before she’s comfortable in the friend group.
The lightning storm hits about fifteen minutes later, the rain growing even heavier outside, and it’s loud enough to make you all have to talk louder to hear each other. It doesn’t deter anyone though, the excitement and delightful relaxation in the café lingering all through the storm.
You like spending time with all of your friends like this. It’s so rare that you manage to get a full day with everyone like this - especially on a Thursday - yet you managed to make it work, and you know you’ll keep those memories close to your heart when you’ll look back on this day in the future.
Indeed, the fun lingers around for quite a while, even after the rain stops. You all go back outside, splitting the bill for the check between everyone - except San, obviously. Though puddles of water greet you the second you step outside, the humidity has fallen, making the heat much more bearable.
It helps that the sun is back as the afternoon ends, slowly drying the city around you. You take to walking around, stopping at different shops to buy some clothes and other items, and you end up getting a plush toy for San even though you already gave him a gift yesterday night, when his mother was over. It’s a bracelet, and he’s been wearing it proudly all day, showing it off to his friends like it’s the most precious thing he owns.
You love him so fucking much.
“I got you this,” you tell San as you walk out of the shop you and Sydney went in. 
San’s gaze falls on the round seal in your hands, and he bursts out laughing. “You did not have to get me anything.”
You proudly hand him the plushie, and he hugs it to his chest, gaze widening. “I know!” you tell him.
“This shit is fluffier than I thought it would be.”
You nod. “It’s a perfect cuddle buddy for when you miss me.”
San laughs again, leaning down to press a quick peck on your lips. “Thank you, princess.”
Your eyes shine as you meet his, and he looks so happy, so beautiful like this.
So… yours.
“Come on, lovebirds, we’re not going to watch you give googly eyes to each other all evening,” Wooyoung says from just a little further down the street, and you snort as you glance his way to see him with his arm around his girlfriend’s shoulder.
“Respectfully fuck off,” you throw his way.
He just winks at you, pulling Taeri closer to kiss her temple. “Nah.”
And then they’re walking away, and you follow behind him. Sydney is in front with Yunho and Yeosang, and you can’t see the rest of the group from where you are. It doesn’t matter - you’ve been slowly heading towards a popular Korean barbecue that’s just a couple of streets over, and you know everyone will make it there.
Or at least everyone that wants to be there, which you assume is everyone.
And you’re right. You arrive at the Korean barbecue all of ten minutes later, putting your names in on the waiting list, and then you go wait in a small park nearby, playing in the playground that’s currently empty of kids considering the sun is slowly sinking towards the horizon.
You end up sitting on the swings with Sydney and your brother, while they bicker about something that seems to be entirely inconsequential, yet the epitome of their life.
But when is it not when it comes to them? They already sound like an old married couple, and Yunho even told you last week that he sees himself marrying Sydney in the next few years. He’s even asked you to try and figure out what kind of ring she’d like, and you told him that, as her boyfriend, he should be the one to figure that out.
Though, obviously, you already know what she wants, but you’re not going to make your brother’s life easier. Where would be the fun in that?
“What’s Mingi doing?” Sydney asks suddenly, stopping the bickering, and you look around, only to find Mingi on the phone by a park bench, a couple of meters away from everyone.
“On the phone with his mom,” Yunho replies easily.
“Cute,” you let out, and memories of his mother and her sweet smile come to your mind. “How has she been?”
“Good, I presume,” Yunho says. “Mingi didn’t say anything, so I assume she’s good.”
“You’re so useless.”
His head whips your way. “Fuck off.”
“No.”
He glares at you, but he doesn’t say anything as San stops in front of you, handing you the seal plushie you got him.
“Can you hold this?” he asks. “Wooyoung said I can’t do the monkey bars, so I’ll show him he’s wrong.”
You chuckle. “The monkey bars?” you repeat. “How old are you again?” 
“Twenty-three, thanks for asking.” San pushes the plushie on your lap, and then bends down to kiss your forehead quickly. 
You just laugh as he runs back towards Wooyoung, Yeosang, Taeri and Jongho. Jongho is currently doing the monkey bars, obviously making his way across. They all do - even Taeri easily does it, and you’re left wondering if your friends are adults or if you’ve all jumped back ten years in the past - hell, fifteen years in the past - to when you were kids and meaningless challenges like that were personification of happiness.
It’s fun. You love your friends for that. They make youth even better than it already is, filling it with laughs and smiles and so much joy. They’re like family in a way, and you just know the friendships will last through the years.
The lively chatter at the Korean barbecue later tells you so, too. Conversation flows easily between the group, everyone having their piece of mind to say, and the food is amazing, as good as this place’s reputation led you to believe. You even end up sharing soju and, though you hate the taste, you find yourself having to take more than one shots from losing at some drinking games that Hongjoong initiates.
When your bellies are full and alcohol has already started flowing, you head towards the nearest karaoke place so that you can rent a room for the evening. You walk hand in hand with San, Yeosang lingering at the back of the group with you as he texts away on his phone, and you can help but wonder who’s got him chuckling to himself like that.
“Who are you texting?” you ask as he laughs for the fifth time.
“None of your business, mom,” he replies without missing a beat, not even looking up from his phone.
“Got someone in your life?” San teases.
That makes him look up, his cheeks turning beet red, and he shakes his head. “What makes you think that?”
You and San exchange a look, and you both burst out laughing. “That reaction?” you say.
Yeosang turns off his phone, putting it away in his back pocket. “Y’all shut up,” he says, though it has no bite. “It’s still early, and I don’t want everyone to know and ask questions.”
Another look is exchanged between you and San. A knowing look - you’ve worked together to get Sydney and Yunho to date, you both knew about Hongjoong and Seonghwa first, and you even helped Wooyoung to plan his first dates with Taeri.
It’s like you’re somehow always involved, whether it be from close or far, in your friends’ relationships. 
“Don’t worry, we won’t say shit,” you reassure him. “We’ve known about Seonghwa and Hongjoong since last year and we haven’t told anyone.”
Yeosang’s gaze widens. “No way.”
“Yup,” San says. He lets go of your hand, wrapping his arm around your shoulder to pull you closer. “She figured it out first, though.”
You did, but you’d immediately told San about it as he’d walked you home from that bar in December, back when things were so… uncertain between the two of you.
Back when he’d given you your Christmas gift, your own personal Mr Snake.
“Not surprised,” Yeosang says, and it somehow sounds ominous.
“What’s that supposed to mean!”
He laughs, shrugging his shoulders, before innocently saying, “Nothing.”
You glare at him, but then Hongjoong is calling Yeosang’s name, as he’s the one that called the karaoke place to rent a room while you were still at the restaurant. Yeosang jogs to the front of your group, leaving you alone with San, and you turn towards your boyfriend.
“At this point, everyone in the group will be dating soon,” you say with a laugh.
San winces. “Besides Jongho.”
Right.
“We’ll find him someone,” you say with quiet conviction. “He’s a great guy, it shouldn’t be too difficult.”
“Not sure if he’ll want to date right away,” San says. “Considering the… cheating, and all.”
“True.” You ponder for a time, and then shrug your shoulders. “It’s not like he has to date anyone. As long as he heals and gets better, I’ll be happy for him.”
San glances towards Jongho, who seems a little out of place with the somber look on his face. You don’t hesitate, pushing San towards him, and your boyfriend takes the cue, heading towards his friend.
They end up chatting for a while, lingering outside after everyone’s already gone in, but when they come up, Jongho is smiling, and you’re relieved that San was able to cheer him up.
You’ve never been part of a karaoke session that’s as chaotic as this one turns out to be. Everyone is screaming more than singing, alcohol flowing between the group of you, and you go through classics like Celine Dion, to songs by IU, passing by other songs from popular pop artists. It’s a blast, especially as Hongjoong impresses everyone with his rapping skills, and Seonghwa looks at him like he’s never seen him before.
Yunho has that look on his face too when Sydney goes up with Yeosang and Wooyoung, too. He just looks at her like she puts the stars in his night sky and though he’s your brother, and he’s just a huge dumbass, you can’t help but find it adorable.
You end up singing your share with your friends, though your voice is not even nearly as good as theirs. It’s still fun, and you’re a laughing mess as the night unfolds, up until you sit back on the couch by the wall to take a breather as all of them are singing along to a popular song from the 2000s. Mingi is chilling on the couch too, and he looks at you as you sit down, grabbing a water bottle.
“Tired?” he asks you.
“I’m losing my voice.” 
You both laugh, as you indeed sound like your voice is about to give up on you. 
“It’s ‘cause you’ve been screaming,” Mingi says. “Not too good for the vocal cords.”
You wince, right on cue with Wooyoung screaming. “Right.”
You listen to your friends sing, smiling at San as he glances your way. He smiles back, that dimpled smile you fell in love with so hard so long ago, and your heart flutters in your chest.
“I’m happy for you,” Mingi says, and you glance at him. At the sight of your quirked eyebrow, he adds, “You and San seem really happy.”
You beam. You can’t help it - you are really happy.
“Thanks, Mingi,” you gently say.
“You deserve it, after everything you’ve been through.”
You don’t let the reminder of Jungkook, and of the shitshow that happened last semester between you and San, take hold. Instead, you let it wash over like it’s just a wave in the sea, and then you let it go.
“You know, you deserve it, too,” you reply.
Sadness momentarily passes in his gaze, though you could swear it ends with a silver lining. “We all do. Sometimes, it just takes more time, you know?”
You recall what he’d told you about his ex back during the beach trip. How she ran because he was too much too soon for her. 
“It does,” you gently say.
Mingi meets your gaze, and you see the sadness. It’s still there, but you could swear it isn’t as potent as it was back in April.
Time does heal everything, doesn’t it?
“One day,” he lets out. “One day, I’ll find someone that looks at me the way San looks at you.”
He will. You know  he will - Song Mingi is a good person after all, and he deserves all the love in the universe.
Friday, July 11th
The drive out of the city is peaceful, Yunho’s car eating the miles towards your destination. Destination that you refused to reveal to San, but you reckon he’s had an inkling since you left the city.
It’s strange to be the one driving. You haven’t driven in a while and, though your parents told Yunho to let you use the car whenever you want to, you’re too used to just letting him drive and taking Ubers the rest of the time that you feel rusted as the countryside passes by the window in a blur of deep green leaves and baby blue skies.
You’re holding San’s hand, though he’s dozed off a moment ago, the indie music playlist you’ve put on lulling him to sleep. Though he’ll wake up soon enough, as you’re closing in on your destination.
The camping is nestled a little higher in the mountains, next to a river and some waterfalls, which you’ve planned to go see tomorrow. Today, you just want to relax with San, and maybe stargaze and eat toasted marshmallows. Which is exactly what you end up doing, after having stopped in town at a small restaurant to eat a bite before heading to the camping site.
Camping might be a generous word, or maybe not generous enough word. Indeed, you won’t have to sleep in a tent, as the place comes with a small trailer with a kitchen, a fully-equipped bathroom, and a queen bed. You got a deal for it back in May, and you’ve been looking forward to coming here since then.
There’s some sort of intimacy in being alone in the forest under a blanket of stars with the man that you love. The man you’ve come so far with, the one that stole your heart so many months ago. And though he might have hurt you once, he’s been nurturing your heart so well now it feels like it never happened.
“This is… nice,” San lets out as you walk into the trailer, the setting sun painting the scene in gold. “But it must have been so expensive.”
He throws you a look over his shoulder as you take off your shoes, and you just offer him a small smile. “Don’t worry about it, it’s your birthday gift.”
“You say that as if you haven’t already given me a gift,” he says, raising his hand to bring your attention to the bracelet on his wrist. “You didn’t need to do all this.”
You chuckle, wrapping your arms around his waist. “But I wanted to.”
It’s all you need to say for him to turn around, and he immediately goes in for a kiss that leaves your mind spinning. It makes you giggle as he pulls away and pecks your forehead, and then he sits on the bed, pulling you closer.
“So, just us two, in the middle of the woods…” he trails off. “Are you planning to murder me?”
You burst out laughing as you tap his chest. “Nope. But it’d be the perfect place. No one would hear you scream.”
His mouth falls open, and you just push him back, climbing on his lap. The shocked expression turns into a smug one, and he grips your hips. “Oh, scream that way.”
You can’t help it. It’s the way he looks at you, desire blazing bright all of a sudden. It’s enough to make you forget all about the marshmallows you were planning to toast.
All you want is San, and so you dive in, leaning down to steal a heated kiss off his lips. He reciprocates in a heartbeat, his tongue darting out to tease your lower lip. You sigh in his mouth, and he uses the opportunity to push his tongue in your mouth.
You suck on the wet muscle, and San grunts, his hands tightening on your hips. And then they shift to your ass, and he massages at the flesh of it, earning a small moan for you.
“Is it wild that I already want to fuck you in this bed?” San asks when you pull away to leave a trail of kisses down his neck.
You sit up, circling your hips on his already half-hard dick. “It isn’t.” You lean down, kiss him languidly for a few seconds, before sitting again. “I want you to fuck me, too.”
He sits up, easily finding your lips. He kisses you, sucking your lower lip into his mouth before gently biting at it. You grind on him again and, before you know it, he lands a hand on the small of your back, the other holding the back of your head firmly, and he spins you around until you’re on the bed with him over you.
“Then I’ll fuck you now, princess.”
He’s quick to take his shirt off, and your hands wander around the strong muscles of his abdomen as he remains kneeling between your legs, his dark eyes swimming with lust.
“I swear every day you get even more pretty,” he praises. “So, so fucking pretty.” He bends down, quickly kisses you hard and deep, and then sits back on his heels again. “To think that you’re mine.” One of his hands slightly coasts its way up your side, and he traces your jaw. “I’m so lucky.”
Fuck, you love him.
“San…” you trail off.
He smirks. “I know, baby. I’ll take good care of you.”
As soon as the words are out, San stands, helping you to sit up so that he can take off your shirt. You busy yourself with unbuttoning his pants, pushing them down his legs before letting them fall to the ground. San steps out of them, and your eyes drop to the bulge in his dark green boxers as he straightens.
“I’m already so hard,” he comments as he readjusts himself in his underwear.
You reach forward, palming him through the fabric. “You always get so hard for me.”
He chuckles, though it ends on a small moan as you lean closer, licking his tip through his underwear. “Fuck,” he lets out. 
His single curse makes your blood boil with lust for him, and you pull his underwear down, releasing his dick so that you can directly lick at his slit. He groans, especially as you think better of it, sucking his tip lightly.
“You’re so sensitive,” you purr as you pull away. 
He cups your cheeks, bending down to steal a heated kiss from your lips, one that leaves your mind spinning as he devours you. 
“Lie down on the bed,” he orders once he pulls away, pushing his boxers down his legs.
Heart beating out of your chest, you obey, watching him though half-lidded eyes as he kneels on the floor, his face at a level with your clothed pussy. It doesn’t stay that way for too long. San quickly takes your pants off, taking your panties with them, and you’re soon bare to him, the last piece of clothing on your body being your bra.
San kisses the inside of your thighs as he hooks your legs over his shoulders, and then he blows on your pussy. You instinctively try to close your legs, but he keeps you spread wide open for him.
“Be nice, mmh?” he tells you.
“Then get to work,” you whine.
He laughs, the sound genuine and amused, and a second later, his lips are wrapped around your clit. He circles it with his tongue, earning a breathless sound from you, and then he flicks it once before moving lower, pushing your folds apart with his tongue. He shamelessly fucks you with the wet muscle, and you throw your head back, eyes fluttering shut as pleasure swarms through you.
San is good to you. He’s always been, but over the months, he’s learned even more of your tells, of what you like, and he always applies it diligently, coaxing orgasms after orgasms out of you. You know tonight won’t be any different - the way his tongue moves back to your clit, making an eight motion on the sensitive bundle of nerves, sends your mind into orbit, and your moans grow increasingly louder as your climax looms closer, promising to hit in a delicious high.
Right when you think it’ll hit, San pulls away, and you let out a frustrated sound as he blows on your oversensitive clit again.
“You’re going to have to be patient, princess,” San teases, and he bites at the skin of the inside of your thigh before kneeling between your legs.
He’s hard, precum beading at his tip, and he grabs the base of his dick, aligning himself with your clit. And then he’s rubbing his tip on you, and your legs twitch as he hits a good spot. You moan, loud, and he chuckles, his hand finding your breast to pinch your nipple.
“Think you can hold it in for me?” he asks, and it’s almost condescending.
Though you know San is never condescending with you.
“It’s so good,” you whine.
“Yeah?” He pulls away, spitting on your pussy, and then he’s back to rubbing his dick on you. “Imagine how good it’ll feel once I’m inside of you.”
Just the thought of it makes a shiver run up and down your spine, and you bite at your lower lip. “Imagine how good it’ll feel for you, mmh?”
“Oh, I’m patient,” he frustratingly teases, pulling away from you. “We have all night.”
You almost curse at him, but you hold it in as he plops on the bed next to you, his large hand immediately going between your legs so that he can run a finger between your lips. 
“I might kill you,” you grumble as he circles your clit with barely any pressure.
He kisses your cheek. “You won’t. We both know you come the hardest when I edge you.” He dips his finger inside of you, and you let out a broken sound that’s soon interrupted by his digit returning to your clit. “Besides, it’s my birthday. You’ll let me have my fun, right?”
“It was your birthday yesterday.”
He props himself up on his elbow, looking down at you. His finger is still teasing you in a pace so slow it almost hurts, and he just smiles down at you, his gaze dark. “Thought you said it was my birthday weekend.”
You did say that. Yet all you do now is clench your jaw, trying to glare at him despite the way he plunges his finger in you again.
“You’re soaked,” he praises, and he pulls his finger out to look at it. It’s covered in your juice, and San sucks it clean before meeting your gaze again. “Now, let’s get to work.”
He does. He gets to work, kneeling next to you as he pushes his finger inside of you, curling it to rub at your nutty spot for a few seconds before he pushes another finger inside, fighting against your walls until they swallow him in. And then he’s going at it, playing with your g-spot like it’s an instrument he knows by heart, his other hand resting flat on your lower belly. It doesn’t take you long before your high hits and, though he didn’t say you could come, you climax all over his hand, screaming his name as he keeps going.
You’re squirting. You don’t know how long he makes you squirt for, but you’re a mewling mess under his talented hands, and soon the bed is soaked, his fingers dripping with your juice as he finally pulls them out of you.
You whine from the loss of sensation, but then a second later, he’s pushing all the way in, his dick hitting your cervix. It doesn’t even hurt, not when you’re as aroused as you are. Especially not as his hand becomes a lose necklace around your neck, and he fucks you like there’s no tomorrow, the bed slamming in the wall hard.
But here, there’s no one to hear you. It’s just you and him, so you moan and scream his name as he gives you orgasm after orgasm, his skillful thrusts keeping you on cloud nine so long you’re convinced you’ll forget how to walk by the time he’s done with you.
“You always take me so fucking well,” San grunts as he slams all the way in. “So, so fucking well.” He bends down, kissing you deeply, and then the motions of his hips grow slower, yet they remain just as deep. “I could fuck you like this for the rest of my life.”
He’s out of breath, covered in sweat, yet you run your shaky hands on his back, holding him close to you.
“Do it,” you whisper.
He raises his head to meet your gaze. You can barely focus on him, ecstasy coursing through your blood, yet you find his eyes, diving head first in the love they hold.
“I will,” he promises.
This time, when he kisses you again, all the lust is gone. There’s just love left, so much love, and he fucks you slow, makes love to you for what feels like hours, up until the sun fully sets and dusk falls upon the two of you. Only then does he climax too, painting your insides white as he unloads his cum deep inside of you, your legs wrapped around his waist as if you could bring him closer, too.
Hell, you’d want him under your skin if you could.
It takes forever for your heartbeats to settle in your chests after, your breathing entwined as San rests his forehead on yours. There’s love in the sound, in the space between your lips that’s connected more often than enough, yet not enough at all. 
You’re consumed by San. Thoroughly, completely consumed by him, and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Wow,” he breathes out between one heartbeat and the next. “Princess…”
You peck his lips. “I know.” 
“I’ll never get enough of you,” he confesses. “Every day of my life, I want you by my side.”
“San…”
“Yes?”
It’s time. You feel it in your bones, feel it in your soul. And maybe you wanted to say it under a sky full of stars, maybe you wanted to say it while listening to the crackle of the fire. But the moment has come, the time is right, and the words need an out, more than they’ve ever needed before.
“I love you.”
He beams. Brighter than even the Sun that sits at the middle of the solar system, San beams, grinning from ear to ear as he raises his head just enough to meet your gaze. “Princess…”
“It’s true,” you insist, and you rub your hands on his back. “I love you, Choi San. I’ve loved you for a long time already, and I’ve wanted to tell you for a long time but… yes, I love you.”
“I love you too,” he says in a breathy whisper heavy with emotion. “And I will always love you.”
You laugh, happy tears welling up in your eyes. “That’s a big promise to make.”
“I mean it,” he insists. He lies next to you, and you feel his seed dripping out of you. “There’s no one else but you.” He kisses your cheek as you grin, glancing at him. “Besides, I’m meeting your family next week. They have to know how much I love you.”
“And how much is that?” you ask, feeling greedy.
“More than you can imagine.” He props himself up on a shoulder to look down at you. “I’ve been waiting for you my whole life.”
“Cheesy.”
He laughs, kissing you in the middle of it. It’s awkward, but it makes sense for you and Choi San.
Happiness and love will always make sense for the two of you.
“You love it,” he replies.
“I love you.”
“Look who’s cheesy now?” 
You scrunch up your nose, unable to keep your grin in despite trying to. “Fuck, San.”
Your words are serious, catching him off guard. “What?”
“It took us so long…”
“Oh, princess…” He tugs you closer, wrapping his arms around you. “No matter how long it took, we got here. And that’s what’s important.”
He’s right. You know he is, and you love him even more for it.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” he whispers next, kissing the top of your head. “I love you, Y/n. And I’ll love you for the rest of my life, too.”
“For the rest of our lives,” you say. “I will love you too.”
You think it’s the easiest promise you’ve ever made.
After all, nothing could have stopped you and Choi San from happening. Not when it’s been written in the universe long before you even existed. And so, for the rest of your life, you’ll spend your time loving him, for every second and every minute and every hour. From this moment until your very last one.
From now until the end of your time.
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They are the cutest fr I love them😭😭 next part is the last one tho, I’m so not ready to say goodbye to them🥹
Be With You | ch 16
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, anxiety, san's dad, explicit content: oral sex (male receiving), spitting, unprotected sex (be careful), hair pulling, jerking off, praise, fingering
☆word count: 11.9k
☆series masterpost
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☆a/n: almost the end :') thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Sunday, April 13th
You didn’t realize how fucked you would be for not studying during Spring Break until you end up spending your entire weekend at the library, deep in your books instead of running on the beach with Choi San like you did last Thursday. It’s such a drastic change of environment that you’ve been feeling whiplashed, puzzled, the white neon lights of the library harsh compared to the sun you’ve experienced during the trip.
At least, Choi San is sitting right next to you, close enough for you to be able to lean your head on his shoulder whenever you need a break from staring at your laptop as you try to cram all the information for tomorrow’s exam into your brain.
“Everything okay?” San asks as you do lean on his shoulder for the hundredth time.
You sigh. “I’m tired. I don’t think I’ll be able to study for much longer.”
“Do you feel ready for the exam?” he asks, and he pecks the top of your head.
You smile, heart soaring in your chest. “As much as I can be. I just know I won’t be able to retain any more information.”
“To be fair, the final in this class has the reputation to be easy,” San says. “So I’m pretty sure you’ll be okay.”
You yawn, glancing at the screen of his laptop. “What are you even doing?”
There’s an anime playing on the screen, and it definitely has nothing to do with tomorrow’s exam at all.
San laughs. “I got bored of studying like thirty minutes ago, but you looked like you were focused, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”
You straighten, stretching as you immediately close your laptop. “Then let’s go, since you’re done too.”
San nods with dimples adorning his cheeks, and then you both get ready to go, putting your stuff in your bags. You put a jacket on, but San came without one, only wearing his trusted grey sweater you’ve seen him in far too many times before.
Once you’re both ready, you get out of the small study room you reserved, heading towards the large one where some of your friends are. You notice Sydney and your brother left, which you confirm by checking your phone and seeing that she’s texted you to let you know, and so you say goodbye to Wooyoung, Yeosang and Hongjoong before leaving the library, stepping out into the fresh night air.
The sun set a long time ago, and some rare puddles reflect the light of the streetlight as if they’re portals to another universe. San holds your hand as you walk, and the wind is colder than you’d expected it to be, leaving you to step closer to San.
As you walk, you pass by the sakura trees that line one of the campus’s paths. Most of them are still heavy with blossoms, though they’ve been falling in the last few days, their beautiful yet short blossoming season ending already.
Petals flutter to the ground around you, reminiscent of the snow from just a few months ago, and it makes for a romantic atmosphere, one that makes you tug on San’s hand.
“What?” he asks, and you both keep walking, though you slow down as you walk past the trees.
“It’s so beautiful here,” you reply, and you lean against him. “One day, I want a house with a sakura tree out front.”
“I’ll plant it for you,” San promises, and he pecks your head again.
You’re grinning from ear to ear as you look up at him. “I hope that is a promise.”
He laughs, eyes crinkling at the corners. “Of course it is.”
You keep walking towards San’s apartment, cherry blossoms falling around you until you reach the street, leaving the sakura tree path behind. 
Twenty minutes later - and a stop at a late-night croffle shop later - you make it to San’s place, the elevator ride spent in silence as you look at your croffle like it holds the answers to the universe. Once you’re in front of San’s door, he unlocks, holding the door open for you to walk in. 
Byeol comes up to you, meowing loudly, and you laugh as you bend down, patting her head with your empty hand.
“Hello, you,” you greet her with a high-pitched voice, and San chuckles behind you as he closes the door and locks.
You kick off your shoes, putting your croffle on the counter, San doing the same a heartbeat later. You then take off your jacket, and he takes it from your hand to hang it in the closet.
“Let’s eat those now because we won’t be able to sleep if we wait later,” he says as he walks behind the counter, making his way to the drawer where he keeps his cutlery. 
“Good idea.”
It doesn’t take you long to settle at the dining table, and then you’re eating, savouring the sweet dessert while Byeol meows to her contentement as she rubs herself on your legs and San’s legs.
“I think she missed you,” San teases.
You meet his gaze, cheeks dusting with pink. “I missed her too. I missed… coming here, too.”
San’s smile is genuine, revealing dimples. “You’ll get to come here all the time now.”
“We’ll see about that.”
He narrows his gaze, glancing at your half-eaten croffle. “For that comment, I’m stealing a bite.”
“Hey!” you yelp, but he’s too quick, his fork darting into your food and retrieving to his mouth before you can stop him. You glare at him, folding your arms on your chest. “That was mean.”
He dips his finger in the whipped cream on his own dessert, and then he taps your nose. Once again, you’re too slow to duck, and you immediately retaliate by doing the same thing, rubbing whipped cream on his cheek.
“Now I guess we’ve become the desserts,” San says. He wipes his cheek, licking his fingers clean, and your mind goes fully empty at the sight of his tongue on his fingers.
Goddamn. 
“What?” San asks with a laugh.
You shake out of the reverie of him licking his fingers clean of something else, and you meet his gaze. “Nothing.”
He squints his eyes again as if he’s still suspicious, yet he shrugs it off, eating a piece of his croffle while you wipe your nose absentmindedly.
“Do you need to take a shower before bed?” he asks once you’ve both finished eating, enjoying each other’s company in silence for a little while.
You nod. “If you don’t mind.”
“I don’t,” he reassures you. “I have to take a shower too anyway.”
He ends up going before you, only because you insist that he does so, and you take a quick shower when he’s done, brushing your teeth and doing your skincare before meeting him in the living room, where he waited for you.
He looks good. Shirtless, with just a pair of black joggers hanging low on his hips. He’s scrolling on his phone, the screen casting its white glow on his features as he looks at whatever he’s looking at. His free hand is petting Byeol where she’s lying down next to him, the muscles in his forearm shifting slightly with every move of his fingers.
Something hot and wicked grows in you, and you gulp as he raises his head, meeting your gaze.
“What?” he asks, his voice low.
That doesn’t help, either.
“I…” you trail off, and you take a couple of steps towards him. 
He smirks. He fucking smirks, because he must know. He must know you’ve spent the two last nights thinking about him. Thinking about what happened at the house by the beach, what you did on that muscular thigh of his.
“Like what you see?” he teases.
“Shut up,” you grumble, yet you stop in front of him, dropping your phone on the couch next to him. 
His gaze widens, his features falling more serious. “Is everything okay?”
“I’m ready,” you whisper.
“What?”
“I’m ready, San. I don’t want to wait anymore.”
He gulps. “I’m not sure I’m following.”
He doesn’t need to. No, you simply nestle yourself between his thighs, bending down as you cup his cheeks and capture his mouth in a languid kiss. He immediately lets go of his phone, and his hands find your waist as you push your tongue in his mouth.
The taste of him is addictive. It’s insanity, the sweetest nectar you’ve ever tasted, and you sigh against his lips as his grip on your waist tightens. He guides you closer, and you straddle his lap.
You think a volcano erupts inside of you. Everything goes burning hot, your thoughts tinting with red, with passion and lust and so much desire for San you might break down right here, right now. Instead, you kiss him with everything in you, kiss him like you’re in Pompeii awaiting your demise while the walls crumble down around you.
But you’re not. You’re very much alive and, tonight, you want to make him feel alive, too.
You rest a hand flat on his chest, pushing him away. He leans back against the couch, and you meet his gaze before glancing down at his pink lips, now swollen and glistening with saliva. And then you’re diving in again, though this time you divert to his neck, biting at his skin lightly before closing your lips around the spot below his ear, sucking delicately.
He grunts, throwing his head back as well as tilting it to the side, and you leave a trail of hot, wet kisses down to his collarbone. Your hands roam freely on his chest, appreciating the warmth of his sculpted muscles, and then you’re leaning away from his neck, straightening on his lap.
His chest goes up and down quickly with the rhythm of his breathing, and he gulps as you just look down at him, your panties starting to grow sticky with the wetness of your arousal.
“What are-” he starts saying, though he stops the second you move from his lap to kneel in front of him. 
He gulps. He fucking gulps, and you look down at the imprint of his dick in his sweatpants. He’s visibly not fully hard yet and still, the sheer size of him makes your pussy clench around nothing as you trace his length with a finger.
“I want you, tonight,” you whisper, your voice sinfully sultry, and San curses underneath his breath.
“What about the exam tomorrow?”
You lean your head on his thigh, innocently looking up at him. “What about it?”
He chuckles, and he brushes your hair over your shoulder. “Shouldn’t we go to bed early?”
“Mmh.” You glance at his dick before looking up at his eyes again. “You don’t look like you want to go to bed early.”
“Neither do you,” he replies, his voice taking the same low, dangerous tone yours has been enshrouded with.
Emboldened, you palm him through the fabric of his clothes. His dick twitches under your hand, clearly enjoying the attention. And so you rub him, up and down.
“You made me come a couple of days ago, and I didn’t get to make you come,” you say. “Shouldn’t I make you feel good tonight?”
“Fuck, princess,” he curses, his eyes fluttering shut as you peck his dick before sitting back on your heels. “Let me see your lips around me, mmh?”
You’re on fire. Sinking in lava, soon to be drowning in it. But you don’t care. You just want more. You just want to have the heady taste of his precum on your tongue, to hear the way he groans when he comes. You want to remember what the passion between the two of you is like, so unlike the softness you usually carry yourselves with.
And so you grab the hem of his pants, pulling them down while he helps you by moving up from the couch just enough for you to pull the sweatpants past his ass. You leave his boxers on though, and then you’re palming him again, rubbing his dick through his underwear.
Clearly, you’re not applying enough pressure, because San bucks his hips, seeking more friction. You don’t give it to him, simply removing your hand from his dick to rest it on his thigh as you lean closer, pecking the head of his dick.
“Please don’t tease too much,” San says, entirely breathless above you.
You look up, smirking. “Why not?”
“Brat,” he lets out in what almost sounds like a growl. “Because I haven’t jerked off since before we went to the beach, and I’m going to come embarrassingly fast already.”
“Oh, will you?”
You did not forget that San is more of a dom, even though he doesn’t portray it all that much in his day to day life. But he reminds you tonight, grabbing your jaw and leaning towards you.
“Open your mouth, princess,” he orders. “We gotta wash that tongue of yours.”
You keep your lips stubbornly sealed, and San draws closer, pecking your mouth. And then he’s biting at your lower lip, sucking it into his mouth, and you moan. It’s all it takes for him to spit in your mouth, though he immediately starts kissing you after, his tongue teasing yours, and you kiss him back like you’ve gone feral for him.
You think you might have.
“Sit back,” you order as you pull away from the kiss, pushing on his chest again.
He obeys, his dark, lustful gaze watching your every move, and you look down at his dick, now visibly rock hard, enough so that the tip of it is pushing out of his boxers. You relieve him of those, pulling them down his legs and letting them rest around his ankles as you look at his dick, his balls sitting fat and heavy between his thighs.
He does look like he hasn’t come in a while. 
Unable to resist, you lean forward, licking a stripe between his two balls, and San hisses as you keep going up, making your way to his tip. You lick at his slit, and the taste of his precum finally fills your mouth, making you moan louder than necessary.
Fuck, you missed this. So much so that you’re taking him in your mouth a second later, unable to tease like you originally planned to.
And you lose yourself in him. Lose yourself in the bobbing up and down of your head, in your tongue alternating between resting flat on his shaft and swirling around his tip. You lose yourself in the sounds he makes - the moans, the groans, the growls - and you moan around him, letting him know that this is making you feel just as good as it’s making him feel. 
When he puts his hand on the back of your head, guiding you up and down on him, you let him lead, eyes watering as he hits the back of your throat. But you keep the gag reflex in, let him use you like he wants to use you. You want him wild, unleashed, and he doesn’t disappoint, fucking your mouth so good you need him inside of you.
You might be stupid. You might be truly insane. But the second he lets you go so that you can breathe, you get up, taking off your PJ shorts and panties in one swift motion. San just watches you through half-lidded eyes, and he doesn’t try to stop you as you straddle his lap. 
Hell, he grips your hips, guiding you so that you’re grinding on his cock, your juices wetting his shaft and the tip of his dick so thoroughly that, on your next pass, it dips inside of you.
The feeling of his tip parting your nether lips makes you roll your eyes to the back of your head and, before he can make you pull away, you sink your weight on him, up until he’s fully inside of you, so deep you think you see stars.
“Holy fuck,” he curses. “Princess, I…”
You move up, and then drive yourself back down on him. “Yes?”
“I’m gonna fucking come.”
You don’t need to hear more. You put your feet on each side of his thighs to have better leverage, holding his shoulders, and then you start moving up and down as quickly as you can, your thighs burning after only a few seconds. But the sounds he makes keep you going, and you ignore the burn as he hits your cervix.
He feels good. You’ve never been with him like this before, without a condom, and it’s like every sensation is a thousand times stronger. You feel the drag of him on your walls, feel the ridge of his tip as he moves inside of you. Hell, you think you also feel the large vein that goes from the base of his dick almost all the way to the top.
You feel every single fucking thing, and it’s going to make you come, too.
San’s fingers dig in the supple skin on your hips as you keep going up and down. He’s doing most of the work now, holding your weight as he helps you move, and his muscles flex with every motion, one vein popping out on his biceps.
And then San leans forward, wrapping an arm around your waist as you sink all the way down until he’s against your cervix, and he drops his forehead on your collarbone as he comes with a cry, painting your insides white. The feeling of him twitching inside you sends you over the edge, and your pussy spasms on him as you climax hard, your eyes going blind as you lose a hand in his hair, pulling it without even realizing you’re doing so. You’re mewling, moaning, his name a litany as waves after waves crash on you, and San follows you into it all, shaking under you.
It takes an eternity for you both to come down from your high. San’s still spearing you with his dick, still rock hard despite having come, and he just chuckles breathlessly, pecking your neck as he turns his head towards you.
“What the actual fuck,” he lets out.
You lightly laugh as your mind grows fuzzy with the strength of your orgasm. “What the fuck,” you repeat.
“That was…” He chuckles again. “That was amazing.”
It was. It really fucking was.
You pull on his hair, and he hisses in pain even though he lets you do it. The second he’s far enough for you to kiss him, you capture his mouth in a sweet and slow languid kiss that reminds you of what home is.
Home is him, wherever he is in the world. And you want to tell him how he makes you feel, how your heart beats for him and him only, but it feels like it would be too much right now.
You want to tell him when the moment feels right. And though you do love him right now, you don’t want him to think you’re saying it because of the heat of the moment.
When you naturally pull away from the kiss, resting your forehead against him, your eyes flutter open just enough for you to see the grin on his lips. It makes you love him even more, and you peck his lips once more before pulling away.
“Now, how are we going to do this?”
San’s eyes take a moment before they open, and his pupils are blown out wide when he meets your gaze. “We’ll make a mess, but that’s okay. I’ll clean it up.” He wets his lips, glancing down between you, but your shirt hides the spot where your bodies are connected. “You’ll have to get up, though.”
You take a deep breath to prepare yourself, and then you do so, holding onto his shoulders for leverage.
The second you feel his cum dripping out of you, running on the inside of your thighs, you put your hand between your legs. But he came a lot - it covers your hand, and you let out an awkward laugh.
“Shit.”
“Let me go get something,” San says, and he gets up, stumbling from the fact that his boxers are still around his ankles. He kicks them off, and then he jogs to the bathroom, coming back with so much toilet paper that you just laugh as he hands it to you.
“Thanks.” You put the paper against you, and then you head to the bathroom, waddling awkwardly as San jogs in front of you.
“Let me start a shower for you.”
“For us,” you say as you make it to the bathroom, and you sit on the toilet. “A shower for us.”
San smiles down at you. “Yes, princess. For us.”
He’s so beautiful like this you could cry. He’s more so beautiful as he holds you against his chest in the shower, leaving hundreds of soft kisses on the top of your head. Even more so beautiful as you lie in his bed after, your head on his shoulder as you’re tucked in his side. 
You shift even closer, needing to hear the beats of his heart, making sure they’re synced with yours. Of course they are, and you smile in the darkness, tightening your grip around his waist for a few seconds.
And then you let a truth slip.
“It was my first time ever doing it raw,” you admit.
San lets out a chuckle. “I thought you were already asleep.”
You glance up to find him already gazing down at you. “Nah.” Your cheeks burn, and you’re thankful that the lights are off and he can’t see. “What about you?”
“Am I sleeping?”
You glare at him, though it’s all in good fun. “No, did you ever go raw with someone else before?”
He wets his lips, blinking once. “No, it was my first time.”
For some reason, that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You think he feels the same way, because he leans closer, pecking your forehead.
“And we should definitely do it again,” he adds.
You snort, tapping his chest. “Pervert.”
“You’re telling me you didn’t like it?”
You purse your lips. “I am not answering that question.”
“I’ll take it as a yes.”
You laugh, and you spy a dimple on his cheek as you glance up. “Maybe.”
He’s grinning and fuck, happiness looks so good on him.
“Let’s sleep, though,” you say as your heart beats for him, filling you with warmth. “We have to get up early for the final tomorrow.”
San takes a deep breath, the smile lingering on his lips, and he pecks the top of your head. “Good night, Y/n.”
“Night, San.” You snuggle closer, hiding your face in his neck. “Sweet dreams.”
“I’ll dream of you, then.”
You laugh, pecking his neck, and then you close your eyes, breathing in the scent of him.
San holds you through the night, your hearts beating together like they have been since his lips first touched yours.
Saturday, May 3rd
San is anxious. Deadly so, as the rapid rhythm of his leg moving up and down tells you. He’s sitting on your bed, staring at nothing in particular while you’re curling your hair, and the sight of him like that makes your heart break.
“Everything okay?” you ask.
His eyes dart to you before returning to their vague spot on the wall. “Yes.”
He doesn’t say more, and you worry at your bottom lip, trying to figure out what to say to reassure him. Though you doubt he can be reassured, considering you’ll be having dinner with his father tonight.
“I’m almost ready,” you choose to say, and you focus on yourself in the mirror you usually use for your makeup. 
He doesn’t say anything, and so you focus on finishing with your hair, and then you unplug your hair curler before running your fingers through your hair to make sure that the curls aren’t too tight. You then get up, and you walk over to him, sitting next to him. 
He barely acknowledges you, and you rest your hand on his knee, trying to keep his leg from bouncing. 
“It’s going to be okay,” you whisper.
San meets your gaze, and he looks so much like a prey right now you have half a thought to suggest cancelling.
“Is it?”
You offer him an encouraging smile, nodding once. “Yes, it will be. I’ll be right there with you.” You grab his hand, interlacing your fingers. “You can even hold my hand under the table if you need to.”
He doesn’t smile, but the frown lessens.
“Thank you,” he says. He gulps, and his eyes trail back to the wall. “I don’t think I’d be able to do this without you.”
You let go of his hand, wrapping your arms around his waist instead as you rest your head on his shoulder. “You’re stronger than you think you are, San. And not only because I can barely wrap my arms around you from how large your shoulders are.”
That earns you the tiniest snort, but it’s progress. 
“That’s just because you’re tiny.” He leans his head on top of yours, and he takes a deep breath. “Good thing we waited until after the semester because I wouldn’t have been able to study.”
You know that. That’s why you suggested he’d tell his dad to wait after the semester to have dinner. You know how important his grades are to San, and you wouldn’t have wanted his father to ruin that for him too.
“Yeah,” you agree. “Instead of having to study, we can come home after and just cuddle and watch a movie.”
“I can’t fucking wait,” San lets out. “Actually, why not do that instead? Fuck my dad.”
You scrunch your nose up, glancing up towards him, though you don’t manage to catch sight of his features because of the way he’s leaning on top of your head. “Might as well go now that we’re both ready. But if you want to leave, we leave. We don’t have to stay.”
“Right.” He pecks your head, and then remains unmoving, with his lips in your hair. 
Your embrace around him loosens, and then you move one of your hands to his thigh, soothingly caressing him.
“It’s going to be okay,” you say again. “I’ll make sure of it.”
San pulls away, and then his hand cups your cheek, tilting your head up until he can press the softest kiss on your lips. “Thank you.”
Your eyes flutter open - you shut them the second he got close - and you meet his gaze. You gulp at the intensity of the emotions swimming behind his pupils - anxiety, sadness, but also love. So much love, all for you, even if he hasn’t told you he loves you yet.
It’s not like you’ve told him, either. You’ve skirted around the subject for weeks now, trying to figure out the right moment, and then you realized that you’ve been telling each other in different ways now. All the ‘drive safe’, ‘text me when you’re home’ and ‘can’t wait to see you’ all mean the same thing, after all, and you don’t need those three extra little words for you to know how he feels about you, and for him to know how you feel about him.
You know. You both know it, as it’s become a law of your universe.
“Of course,” you whisper.
He looks down at your lips, tracing them with his thumb, and then he’s leaning in again.
This time, your mouths meet in a languid embrace, moving against each other slowly yet passionately. You tilt your head to the side as his tongue pushes past your lips, and your tongues twine as you sigh in the kiss, your hand on his thigh moving higher by instinct.
San’s hand goes to the back of your head, and he grabs hold of your hair there as you innocently touch his dick with a finger.
“Be nice,” he tells you, his tone stern. “Or I’m going to ruin that beautiful makeup of yours before we get there.”
Heat strikes you, and you gulp, biting at your lower lip. “Yeah?”
He curses lowly. “Princess, we can’t right now.”
“Oh, I know,” you reassure him, and you move closer, capturing his lips in a short, wet kiss. “But you’re so hard to resist.”
He pulls away to eye you down, his gaze returning to yours dark and lustful. “You’ll keep the dress on when we come back, m’kay?”
“Didn’t you want to cuddle later?” you ask innocently, bashing your eyelashes at him.
“If I recall, you’re the one that said that.” It’s his turn to lean closer, and he says the next words against your mouth. “But I just want to hear you moan my name. You’re so fucking pretty when you do so.”
“Mmh,” you hum. “We’ll see if you get to hear it tonight.”
He grabs your jaw, his hold tight yet never hurtful, and then he’s kissing you rough, erasing every single thought from your brain. You forget everything but him, and the warmth that pools at your core grows dangerous, threatening to make you lose control.
To make you say fuck it, let’s stay here tonight.
San pulls away from the kiss, tapping your cheek lightly as your eyes flutter open. He glances down at your thighs, and at the way you’re rubbing them together like that will give you any friction. He smirks, chuckling darkly.
“Yeah, we’ll see if I do.”
You’ve been horny lately. Both of you. You’ve been having sex a lot since that Sunday after the beach trip, like you both can’t get enough of each other. And frankly, you highly doubt you can. Not when he’s so addictive, so perfect for you like his body was moulded for you.
Like you were meant to find him, and he was meant to find you. Which, come to think of it, has to be the truth. Your truth.
Your life would not make sense without Choi San in it.
*****
The restaurant San’s father chose is in the suburbs of the city, and San parks in the large parking lot right on time, though his father already informed you that he would be five minutes late.
Which you think is funny yet disrespectful, considering he lives a five minutes drive from the restaurant.
And so you wait in the car, holding San’s hand and playing with his fingers as he texts his father that you’ve arrived, and then he focuses on you, offering you a tight-lipped smile.
“Turns out we probably would have had time for that quickie,” he deadpans.
You snort, though the thought makes you bite at the inside of your cheek. “I’d rather take my time with you.”
San smirks, chuckling lightly. “I feel like I’m usually the one to say that.” He leans in, kissing you swiftly. “But I like hearing it from your mouth.”
His phone buzzes, and San looks down at the device, letting out a small curse. He then leans back against his seat, sighing deeply.
“What’s wrong?” you ask, though you already have an inkling.
“My father said he’ll be here in ten minutes and to go wait inside.”
Not that you expected any better of his father considering what you currently know of him, but you’re still disappointed for San. You grab his hand to offer support, giving you the best smile you can muster up.
“Well then, let’s go in and pretend we are on a date, shall we?”
His smile barely reaches his eyes, but you’ll take that over the sullen expression he had when his father texted him.
It doesn’t take long for the two of you to get out of the car after that, walking towards the door of the restaurant. Ever so the gentleman, San holds the door open for you, and you teasingly curtsy to thank him before walking in.
That earns you a more genuine smile, and hope for the fate of this evening returns to your heart.
Thankfully, despite his tardiness, San’s father reserved a spot for the three of you already, so the hostess leads you to your table on the side of the restaurant with a bar, and you and San settle on the bench that’s against the wall, leaving the visibly uncomfortable-looking chair for his father.
He just had to be on time to have the best seat, after all.
Once you’re seated, San pulls the drink menu towards the two of you, and you start skimming the many different drinks that the restaurant offers. You end up choosing an apple sangria, curious as to what it tastes like, and San orders a beer for himself.
You’ve been drinking a little more now, though you mostly only drink spiked lemonade and occasionally sangria, only because you haven’t found other drinks that you like. You used to be big on seltzers and shots three years and half ago before you stopped drinking, but those have lost all their appetite since the events of the summer prior to your first year of college and the Frosh week that initiated your college experience.
San grows impatient as the drinks arrive, and his father still hasn’t arrived. It’s been more than ten minutes, and you run a hand on his thigh in a gesture you hope is soothing.
“I can’t even say I’m surprised,” San lets out, and he sighs deeply, taking a sip of his beer. “He probably won’t even come.”
“Then it’s you and me,” you say, and you squeeze his thigh, lips softly curving. “I get to have an impromptu date with you, I’m not going to complain.”
“As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I would prefer it if my dad wasn’t a dick.”
His sentence is curt, his tone cold and, though you tell yourself that he has every right to be upset at the moment, it still hurts.
He never speaks to you like that. But someone once did, and you’re never going to let someone talk to you like that ever again. Yet you figure it’s not the right time to tell San.
After all, maybe your attempt at lightening his mood was clumsy, and not what he needed to hear.
You take a sip of your sangria, surprised with how fresh and sweet it tastes. It helps cover the bitterness of the feeling he’s momentarily risen in you, and you push your glass towards him.
“Try this,” you offer him.
He casts you a side glance. “You sure? It isn’t a big glass.”
“I don’t mind,” you reassure him with a shrug of your shoulders. “It’s really good.”
“Well, if you insist.” He takes a sip, and his gaze widens in surprise. “Oh shit, that’s actually really good.”
Subject change successful.
“Right!”
He smiles, and you’re relieved at the dimple that appears on his cheek. The dimple doesn’t remain for long though - someone calls San’s name, and his smile disappears faster than it appeared, anxiety taking over his features.
You turn towards the man that’s walking towards you, surprised to see just how much he looks like San. The dimples are the same, his grin almost too practiced, but his hair is shorter. The man stops on the other side of the table, his eyes darting to you quickly before settling on his son once more.
“My son,” he says. “Sorry for my delay, I could not for the life of me find this.”
He’s holding a box, and he hands it to San. San just stares at the box unblinkingly for a few seconds, and then meets his father’s gaze again.
“What is this?” he asks.
His father’s eyes dart towards you again. “A gift.”
Obviously.
San nods, like he doesn’t believe his father got him a gift, and then hesitantly takes it. “You didn’t have to get me a gift.”
“After all these years, and you making it into law school? I had to get you something.”
The cold that radiates from San is worse than hell, or at least it feels so.
“I haven’t made it into law school yet.”
“Semantics,” his father says, shrugging his shoulders. “Open it.”
San clenches his jaw, but still opens the box. It contains an expensive looking watch, and San just stares at it like it’s alien, an object straight from another universe.
“Do you like it?” his father asks, and you notice the practiced smile is gone from his features now, like he’s ready to scold San.
“Yes,” San says. “I’m just… how much did this cost?”
His father waves him off, and then finally sits in the chair across from San, still barely acknowledging your presence. It feels insulting, but you keep it to yourself, only observing the conversation.
“Don’t worry about it,” his father says. “I haven’t been able to give you any gifts in forever, so I figured you’d be happy to receive this.”
“Thank you,” San says. He puts the box down on the table and then glances at you, offering you a small smile. 
You give him what you hope is an encouraging nod.
“Who’s the young lady?” his father asks next, finally acknowledging your presence.
San straightens, and he smiles proudly, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. “My girlfriend, Y/n.”
Your gaze shots to the side of his face at the sound of the word ‘girlfriend’ in his mouth, and your heart starts racing in your chest. Cheeks burning, you bow to his father as he does the same to you, finally greeting you as well.
You can’t really focus on the conversation after that, though you don’t fail to notice how strained it is, and how one-sided it feels like, his father relating stories of travels and things that happened to him and his family in the last few years. It’s an accurate demonstration of how shitty he is towards San - not once does he ask about what San has been up to.
You can’t believe San referred to you as his girlfriend. Can’t believe how right it felt too, and butterflies swirl in your stomach in an incessant dance as the word echoes in your head. It warms up your whole body, and you think you’re literally vibrating with happiness for a moment there.
You’re his girlfriend. You are. It doesn’t matter that you haven’t told each other this before - you’ve been ready to dive in feet first in a relationship with him for a few weeks already. You think it started when you ran hand in hand on the beach while it was pouring. The romance of the moment finished lacing that red thread around your wrist and his, making it your fate to end up with San.
Though you think it’s been your fate for far longer than that. You think your fate was sealed the second the professor made you partners for that project last semester. 
As your thoughts still race with all the emotions you feel for San, you feel him tense next to you. He folds his arms on his chest, sits back against the booth, and it’s enough for you to slowly return to reality.
His father is currently going off about something Minho, his other son, did - apparently, he’s a talented sprinter - and San doesn’t seem like he wants to hear any of it. You immediately react, patting his thigh, and he gives you a poor excuse of a smile.
“San works out a lot too,” you say, interrupting his father almost in the middle of his sentence. “Can’t say if he’s a good sprinter, but you should see him lift.”
His father’s mouth falls open, as if only realizing that he’s been telling everything about himself instead of asking about his son, and he glances at you. “Oh, does he?”
You look at San. “You do. Tell him about your PRs!”
San relaxes, his hands falling in his lap, and he finds your hand, entwining your fingers. And then he finally manages to tell something to his father and, to your relief, he seems genuinely interested in hearing what San has to say.
Perhaps his father has been anxious about tonight, and yapping is actually his way of compensating. It’s a trait he shares with San - whenever San grows anxious, he tends to ramble a lot. 
Except earlier, when he grew dead silent back at your apartment. But you can understand why - tonight is a huge step for him, and clearly not an easy one either.
The food arrives not too long after and, seemingly having gotten the message, San’s father finally starts asking San some questions about college, and about life in general. He also asks how you two met, and San is smiling when he tells him how you had to do a project together last semester.
“I fell in love right away, honestly,” he says, and he looks at you, stars twinkling in his eyes. “Couldn’t help myself.”
You melt. You melt like ice cream in the summer heat, and you can’t help the smile that spreads on your face. “Couldn’t help myself either. but we’ve only started dating recently. We took our time.”
You say that holding San’s gaze, and his cheeks dust with pink. “We did.”
“I think it’s a good thing that you guys took your time,” his father says, and you didn’t expect the piece of wisdom he shares with you after. “That way you slowly build up the foundations of your relationship, and it can only grow stronger from there.”
He’s right. For all the wrong he did to his son, he’s right about this, and you don’t miss the way San’s eyes fill with water. He’s clearly touched by his father’s words, and you offer him the smallest smile, something just for you and him in this moment in time.
The subject naturally changes after that, going to the quality of the food you’re eating. It really is good food, and you all focus on eating for a few minutes, until San’s father excuses himself to use the bathroom.
“How are you feeling?” you ask San the second you reckon his father is too far to hear.
“Honestly? Better than I thought I would.” He takes a sip of water - you’ve both finished your drinks before the food even arrived, and didn’t order more - and then adds, “It started really weird but… I think it’s better now. Isn’t it?”
He frowns with the question, looking at you for approval.
“It is,” you say with a nod. “I agree that it was weird at the beginning, but he seemed anxious. And he’s been seeming more genuine now too.”
“Right.” San glances at the watch. “This watch is worth thirty thousand dollars.”
“What the fuck?” you let out, eyes bulging out of your head.
You could tell it was expensive, but you would have never assumed that it was that expensive.
San wets his lips. “He got it when my mom got pregnant with me. When I was a kid, he told me he’d give it to me when I’d become a man.” His waterline grows silver. “I didn’t think he would ever give it to me.”
Which explains why he was so expectant when he gave the gift to San when he arrived.
“That’s…” you trail off. “I actually don’t have words to say.”
“He’s really trying.” A tear rolls on San’s cheek, and he quickly wipes it with the back of his hand. “But why does it feel like I’m doing my mom wrong by being here?”
“Oh, San…” You feel like your heart has been stabbed with his words, and you lay a hand on your chest, the other finding his hand. “I’m sure she would understand why you would want to have dinner with your father.”
“She would.” He nods. “She does, actually. I told her, and she said she was happy for me, and said I deserved to have a relationship with my father.”
His mother is a saint, that much you’re certain of. Because if you’d been in her position, you would have selfishly tried to keep San from ever seeing his father again after what his father did.
“But I feel so bad for her,” he adds. “She’s never been able to be with someone else, you know? He hurt her so bad.”
“I know,” you gently say. “I… I’m so sorry.”
San gulps, and he blinks his tears away. He’s successful this time, especially as he takes a deep breath and then drinks some water. “My bad. I should not get emotional right now. Let’s keep that for later.”
You don’t blame him for it - he doesn’t want to be emotional in front of his father, which is totally understandable considering that they’ve barely talked for years.
A few minutes later, his father returns, right at the same time as the waitress comes back to retrieve the empty food plates from the table. His father suggests getting dessert, and San grudgingly accepts. You end up eating a piece of cheesecake as father and son keep talking. The dessert is delicious, and you end up scraping the little bits left from the plate as San tells his father about his friends, and his father’s features light up from within at the mention of Wooyoung.
“Oh, I remember that kid!” his father says. “He was always so polite when he came over.”
San chuckles. “Yeah, Wooyoung is an angel in front of everyone’s parents, but he is a little wild.”
“Always thought so,” his father replies with a wise nod. “Do you get along with San’s friends?”
The question is directed to you, taking you by surprise, and your eyes go round. It doesn’t take you long to recover though, and you’re soon saying, “Yes, we’re all part of the same friend group, honestly.”
His father winces. “I hope nothing happens to you both, then. It’s always so hard losing friends when a break up happens.”
San tenses. “Right.”
His father senses the shift in the atmosphere, and an apologetic look appears on his features. You steel yourself - you can tell that the conversation is about to go to hell before it even starts.
“I’m sorry, San. I hope you know that.”
San’s fist clenches on the table next to the fork he’s just put down. “About what?”
“About everything,” his father says. “I never meant to hurt you or your mother.”
San raises his eyebrows, letting out the most bitter laugh you’ve ever heard from him. It’s enough to make you want to pull on his arm, to remind him that he’s bigger than that, but it’s too late. So you watch the asteroid crash, watch it all as if you’re frozen in place.
“Oh, so you’re sorry about lying to us for years?” he asks. “You’re sorry for abandoning the two of us, for pretending we didn’t exist.”
A muscle feathers on his father’s jaw. “You know it never was like that. Your mother forbade me from even talking to you. And it’s in the past now.”
“Is it?” San shakes his head, scoffing. “You think I’m over everything you did just because you want me to be?”
“Don’t do this here,” his father says. “Please.”
“Don’t come here with lame excuses, then.”
There’s an uncomfortable silence, and you put your hand on San’s forearm, trying to calm him down. Though awkward and clumsy, you think San’s father’s attempt at an apology might have been genuine, but it visibly was too early for San. San looks at you, and the pain in his features almost makes you want to jump at his father’s throat, but you refrain from doing so.
You really shouldn’t be causing a scene in public, anyway.
“Let’s stop here for tonight, shall we?” you suggest.
The two men look at you, his father relieved while San appears to feel betrayed. You hate the look on his features, but you figure you can always talk to him in the car to explain why you said that.
You know he’ll understand, even if he’s mad right now. And you don’t blame him for being mad, not after everything he’s been through.
“Good idea,” his father says. “We can always meet up again some other time.”
San scoffs, yet thankfully chooses to remain quiet as his father motions to the waitress that you’ll take the bill. He ends up paying for the three of you, which you thank him for since San remains silent. You then follow the man outside, wishing him goodbye as San walks behind you with the gift in his hand, even though he looks ready to throw it away the second his father turns his back on the two of you.
Obviously, he doesn’t, but San still stays stubbornly mute as you climb in his car. You notice his father driving away in a fancy Porsche, but you don’t say anything about it, instead looking at San’s profile as he wraps his hands around the wheel, white on his knuckles.
“He’s an asshole.”
“San…”
“Don’t defend him, I swear to God.” San sighs, head hanging low as his eyes flutter close. “And I’m not mad at you. Sorry if I sound like I am. I just…”
“It’s a lot,” you carefully say.
San nods. “It really is. I’m all for meeting up and talking, but saying he’s sorry after all the shit that happened is not it. As if three words can fix everything he’s put me and my mom through.”
“It can’t,” you agree. “But it’s a start, no?”
“Whatever.” San finally puts the key in the ignition, and the engine comes to life a second later. “I just want to go home and hold you in my arms and not think for a while.”
He gives you a quick look, long enough for you to nod, and then he’s pulling out of his parking spot, and then heading towards the street.
The ride is awkwardly silent at first as you worry that you could say something that would upset him. But ten minutes later, San turns on the bluetooth music, handing you his phone so that you can choose what music to put on. You settle on a chill indie playlist, and San nods in approval, humming along with the song.
Three songs later, his hand finds your thigh, and you think all is good in the world. And so you put your hand on top of his, relaxing in your seat as you look outside the window while the car eats the miles towards your apartment.
The drive home isn’t as long as it was earlier, most likely thanks to the lack of traffic at this hour, and San even manages to park his car right outside your apartment. You go in, finding the apartment enshrouded in darkness, though you quickly turn the lights on as you remove your shoes by the door.
“I am so ready to cuddle in bed,” San says with a sigh, and you lightly tap his chest.
“Shower first,” you remind him. “We’re not going in my bed with our outside clothes on.”
He whines, though he follows you to your bedroom so that you can grab a clean pair of PJ shorts along with a sweater of his you’ve stolen a few days ago. San fetches clothes from the bag he brought over, and then you both make your way to the bathroom.
“Do you want to go in first?” San asks, and you eye your tiny shower.
“We’ve fit in there together before.”
Something shines in his gaze, flames lit from within. “Oh, I see what you have in mind.”
“Not that,” you say with a laugh and a roll of your eyes. “But since you had a rough night, I want to be with you. Wash your back, and all that shit.”
San, who’s currently standing in front of you, leans down, leaving a peck on the tip of your nose before straightening. “You’re the best.”
And though this is all fairly new, though seeing him naked makes your blood boil in your veins, you focus on cleaning yourself, and then cleaning his back as you stand in the shower together. It’s gentle, soothing, or at least you try to be, knowing he needs it.
Even though he might need time to process tonight and talk about it, you still want him to know that you’re with him, that you’re ready to listen whenever he’ll want to talk about it.
Once you’re done washing his back, San turns, a trail of water licking down his shoulder and cresting on his right pec before trickling down his defined abs. The sight catches you off guard, and you look up to meet his gaze.
He’s smirking, and he rests a hand on the small of your back, pulling you flush against him. You let out a startled sound, and your hands land flat on his chest. 
“Careful or you’ll start drooling,” he teases.
You narrow your eyes at him, snaking your arms around his neck. “I would think that you would like that, no?” You glance down between the two of you, where his dick is pressed against your stomach. He’s soft, but you know your words will rile him up in no time. “Especially if it’s while I’m choking on your cock.”
He doesn’t waste a second, cupping your cheeks and kissing you deep. It’s languid, slow, every stroke of his tongue on yours igniting a star in your chest until you’re bursting at the seams, unable to hold all of your feelings for him.
“San,” you say against his lips what feels like an hour later, but realistically must only be a few seconds.
“Mmh?” he hums.”
“You said something, earlier,” you whisper as he rests his forehead against yours. 
“Yeah?”
You nod, and you run your hands down his back, goosebumps rising on your arms at the temperature of the water. You would probably be shivering if it wasn’t for San standing so close to you but right now, his body heat keeps you in its warm embrace.
“You told your father that I’m your girlfriend,” you continue.
He tenses. “I’m sorry.”
“No.” You pull away, eyes fluttering open to meet his gaze. “No, San.”
He looks terrified, like you’re about to run away. But you won’t - if he allows, you’ll stay rooted in this spot next to him for the rest of your life.
“I want to be your girlfriend,” you confess. “I want to get to call you my boyfriend, and to tell our friends that we’re dating. I want to tell my parents that we’re dating.” Suddenly, your vision gets blurry, and you blink tears away. “I really want us to be in a real relationship now. With all the labels that come with it.”
San’s eyes also fill with tears, but you know them for what they are - happiness in a liquid form. 
“Princess…”
You smile through the emotions. “Boyfriend.”
And then San is kissing you, his lips moving against yours like the grandest love confession of all. It might not be the words, and you both might not quite be ready to use those three little words, but your bodies and hearts and souls understand.
You understand, and so does he. It’s been written in the fabric of the universe ever since you went over to his apartment back in September.
“Fuck,” San curses. “Sorry. I…”
You pull him back down into another kiss, one that ends in a fit of giggles from the two of you. It’s sweet, far away from the lust you were trying to ignite with your words just a moment ago.
“Let’s get out of this shower,” San says when you finally part. “Before we drain the whole building of its hot water.”
You chuckle, nodding your head. “Yes. I want to be in your arms.”
“Always.”
It’s a promise if you’ve ever seen one.
San turns off the water as you get out of the shower, wrapping yourself in a towel. You hand him his, and he follows you out a second later. It doesn’t take you long to dry yourself and put your clothes on, and then you’re making your way to your bedroom, leaving the steamy bathroom behind.
Your room is cool, the streetlight outside projecting the shadow of branches heavy with leaves on the wall. They’re moving in the wind, almost as if a puppeteer is controlling them, and it would be a little creepy if you weren’t so damn happy.
How can you not be, when Choi San is by your side?
San plugs in your fairy lights as you retrieve your laptop from the desk of your vanity, and then you join him in bed. You’ve had a routine of watching some K-dramas in bed while cuddling every night you hang out and, tonight is no different. 
Or maybe it is. Maybe it is, because Choi San is your boyfriend, and you’re Choi San’s girlfriend. 
You smile, wiggling in place as happiness flushes through you again like a flood, and you grin from ear to ear. You can’t help it - his arm around you as the opening credits of the K-drama appears on the screen is just too perfect, much like everything about him after all.
“What’s got you dancing like that?” San asks.
“I’m happy,” you simply reply.
He pulls on you until you’re lying on your back, and he meets your gaze. “I’m happy, too.”
The kiss that comes next feels more natural than the sun and the rain and the clouds and the wind. It feels like maybe it’s the first rule of the universe, maybe it’s the Big Bang to a world of you and Choi San. 
It’s perfect in every way, even as you sigh against him, and he climbs on top of you, spreading your legs with his knee. Especially as he does so, and you wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him flush against you.
“Girlfriend,” San says as he pulls away to catch his breath.
You run your hand in his hair, slightly pulling at the strands as the grin comes back to your lips. “Boyfriend.”
“Fuck,” he curses, much like he had earlier. “I… There’s something I need to tell you.”
Even though the words usually make you feel anxious, the amount of love in his gaze makes you feel safer than you’ve ever felt, and you just nod, grin softening into a small smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve known you for a lot longer than you’ve known me,” he says.
The words get you confused, and your brow creases as you furrow your eyebrows. “What?”
“Frosh week,” he says. “You were drunk, and I should have known, but you asked me to kiss you.” His eyes flutter shut as he seems to be reminiscing the moment. You, on the other end, feel shocked, and you just wait for him to continue. “You were so pretty. You had two braids framing your face, and your eyes were so shiny. And you were smiling and laughing, and I thought I’d met the love of my life.”
He meets your gaze as you just blink once, not knowing what to say.
“And then you were laughing, and you spilled a drink on my shirt. And you said you were trying to kiss as many guys as you could -” not your proudest moment - “and that you were going to kiss me to apologize.” He laughs, slightly shaking his head. “And then you did. You kissed me, and I swear to God it was like the world stopped turning.”
“What?” you let out.
“I figured you were really drunk though, mostly because you tasted a lot like alcohol, so I pulled away. And then when you opened your eyes and looked at me, I felt like I was falling. And I never stopped. I know it might be weird, but…”
“San, stop,” you say, and his eyes widen in fear. 
He rolls on his side next to you, apologies taking over his features. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Why did you never talk to me after that?” you ask.
And you scramble through your mind, trying to find memories of that moment. But you only remember kissing the first two guys, and even then you were already pretty gone. 
But you would have remembered San, right? How could you even forget him?
“I tried,” he admits. “First day of class, I tried to approach you. But you only smiled politely, bowed a little, and walked right next to me. That’s when I realized you didn’t remember me.”
“San, what the fuck?”
“I… fuck, I’m sorry, I should have told you before.”
You gulp as you sit up, pausing the K-drama. “It’s just… weird.”
“I’m sorry,” he apologizes again as he too sits up.
“This whole time…” you trail off for a few seconds, and then finish, “you knew who I was?”
He nods. “Had a massive crush on you in the first year of college. You can ask Wooyoung. He kept making fun of me.”
The strangest part is, you remember Wooyoung from back then. Maybe because he hasn’t changed all that much, whereas San got a lot stronger over the years, his physique changing drastically. 
Hell, you barely recognize him from the pictures he showed you from when he was back in high school.
“And you never tried to talk to me?”
He chuckles, and this time, it’s a little bitter. “Oh, I actually did. For like two months. But every time I went up to you, I just felt so fucking awkward and inadequate and… I told myself that it was because of my father, and that you deserved better anyway.”
“San, no…”
He shrugs his shoulders. “That’s why I started working out,” he admits. “I didn’t like feeling insecure like that, and I figured I could at least look better.”
And he does. Not that he wasn’t cute before, but he was just… a boy. And now he’s a man, a man that’s swept you off your feet.
“Holy shit,” you let out after a moment of silence that stretches into awkwardness. “I… That’s so wild.”
San looks apologetic - sad, even. “I’m really sorry.”
“All this time…” 
He nods when you stop talking. “I should have said something before. But I felt like it didn’t really matter, since I was someone different back then.”
“But you knew it was me when the professor paired us together last semester?”
“Yeah, I did.” He wets his lips, gulping. “Wooyoung was a fucking shit about it.”
You’re not surprised. “How… did you feel?” you ask.
To think you went to his place and sucked his dick that very first time.
“I was surprised,” he says. “I’m not going to say that I was crushing on you all this time in a corner, just waiting for an opportunity to be with you.” Which you know he wasn’t, considering he had the reputation to sleep around a lot before you. “But I was happy. Thought maybe we could be friends.”
“But then I…” Your cheeks burn, and you clear your throat.
“Yeah, you came over and gave me the best blowjob of my life and the whole time, it felt like I was in one of my fantasies from three years ago.”
“Ew,” you let out, though there’s a teasing undertone to it. “You were imagining shit like that before we even talked?”
San flushes deep crimson. “Shit, no. I mean, you know, kind of, like all men. Which, wait, that’s disgusting of me to say. I… I guess I did. But not like, explicitly. Just…”
You listen to his rambling, eyebrows raising. “Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
You snort. “It’s weird. But you’re a guy, and guys have always been weird.” You tilt your head to the side, eyes sparkling with mischief. “You have always been weird.”
“What?” he lets out. 
“You’re weird,” you repeat. “I like that about you.”
“So, you’re not huh…” He gulps again, like he has a lump in his throat. “You’re not going to leave.”
“We’re at my apartment.”
“No, but I mean…”
You put a hand on his knee. “No, I’m not. I think it’s hella fucking weird that you had a crush on me before, and I didn’t even remember you, but that was years ago.”
“Right.”
“So, though I’m kind of shocked, I’m not upset with you,” you add. “So please stop looking so sad.” You lean closer, pecking his cheek. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“You’re not?”
He sounds like he doesn’t believe it, so you remind him, “I’m your girlfriend, and you’re my boyfriend. We aren’t breaking up when we just started dating.”
He looks at you. His gaze is heavy with emotion, and you think he might say the words. But, much like you, they stay clogged in his throat, so he says it with his body instead. He says it with the way he pulls you in for the most gentle kiss, like you’re fragile china in a glass armoire. He says it like one wrong move might turn you to dust, says it like you’re the sun he’s orbiting around. 
He says it with the way he hovers on top of you when you lie on your back, pulling him then. Says it when he leaves a trail of wet kisses down the column of your throat, and says it when he kneels between your legs.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asks as you reach for the hem of his sweatpants.
“San, please,” you beg.
“Baby.”
He doesn’t usually call you baby, yet it makes you love him even more, and you sit up to take off your sweater while he takes his sweatpants off. He didn’t put underwear on, and he’s already hard when he kneels between your legs again, stroking himself slowly. 
You take it all in - the hard planes of his body shift each time he strokes his dick, and you admire him in the warmth of the fairy lights. There’s a vein on one of his biceps, his abs look rock hard, and you reach between you to run a hand up his abdomen.
“You’re so beautiful,” he praises. “So, so beautiful.”
You want to say that he is, too, but he’s leaning down, stealing your mouth for another languid kiss that makes your mind spin out of control. Your hand moves down, finding the base of his dick, and you squeeze him, jerking him off slowly like you know he likes it, with a flick of the wrist when you reach the top. He grunts in your mouth, fucking your hand, and you moan as he bites at your lower lip.
“I want you slow tonight,” he says. “Want to make you feel so good.”
“Is that one of your fantasies, too?” you tease.
He glares at you, one hand finding your neck. He doesn’t choke you, just holds, and desire strikes you deep.
“Don’t be a brat about this, mmh?”
You smirk. “We’ll see.”
He tries to keep the glare, but then he bursts out laughing even though you have your hand around him. He kisses you, softly, and then pulls away to meet your gaze. “I’ll make love to you, m’kay?”
Make love. It’s a confession in itself, even if it isn’t those three little words. You take it in, and your heart races in your chest with love and lust and everything in between as San kneels back on his heels and takes off your shorts and underwear.
Once you’re fully naked, San meets your gaze again, one of his hands trailing between your legs. He parts your folds, teases your entrance, and then he pushes one finger in. Your mouth falls open at the intrusion, pleasure spiking up your spine, especially as he arches the finger to rub the sweet, nutty spot inside of you.
“You’re always so soaked for me,” he praises. “My perfect girlfriend.”
“Always for you,” you agree.
He smiles, eyes shining, and then he’s kissing you again as he eases a second finger inside of you, getting you ready for his dick. It feels good, far too good, but you want him whole. Want his body on top of yours, his hands in your hair, and yours on his back. 
You want his lips to never leave yours again. But they do as he pulls his fingers out of you, watching them glistening with your juices. He brings them to your mouth, and you lick them clean for him, the taste of you only serving to make your heart beat even faster.
“Ready?” he asks as he positions himself at your entrance.
You nod, hooking your legs around him as you try and lift yourself on him. He pulls his dick away, tapping it on your sensitive clit, and you moan a curse that makes him chuckle.
“Don’t worry, princess. I’ve got you.”
The second he finishes the sentence, San’s pushing inside of you, stretching you wide open. This time, you moan in pleasure. He leans his forehead against yours, slowly pushing all the way in, only stopping when he’s fully inside of you.
And then you’re kissing again, all lips and tongues and racing hearts and so much feelings for such a small soul. Yet as he starts moving, rocking his hips back and forth, you think you might be infinite. Because being with him feels infinite, like nothing could ever stop you. Like your photons of light, travelling side by side in the emptiness of space, never feeling empty because of the presence at your side.
You’re full of all your emotions for him, full of him, and you moan in his mouth as he groans his pleasure. The kiss is wet, but you don’t care. You just want it all, and San gives it to you. Even as the pace remains slow and deep, his lips ravage your mouth with intent, and you scratch at his back as if that’ll bring him even closer.
Somehow, it does, and you hold him tight against you as he keeps moving, making love to you like he said he would.
“I wanna fuck you like this every day,” he says in your ear, voice low and husky. “Wanna feel your walls tightening because they want more.”
“So crude,” you let out, though it ends on a moan as he snaps his hips harder. “Fuck.”
“Just…” he trails off, and then he finds your mouth again. 
There are no words needed in the following moments. Just two heartbeats in sync, two bodies moving together, a rhythm increasing yet staying full of love. When your high hits, you fall along with him, and he paints your insides white as he pours his love into you.
And you feel so full of him, so full with him, that you just keep holding him as your breathing evens out, your heart returning to normal. He doesn’t try moving either, his face hidden in your neck, though he does gently peck your skin once in a while, to keep you tethered to him in this instant in time.
As if you would ever drift from him. 
How could you, when he’s the man that you love?
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Be With You | ch 16
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, anxiety, san's dad, explicit content: oral sex (male receiving), spitting, unprotected sex (be careful), hair pulling, jerking off, praise, fingering
☆word count: 11.9k
☆series masterpost
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☆a/n: almost the end :') thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Sunday, April 13th
You didn’t realize how fucked you would be for not studying during Spring Break until you end up spending your entire weekend at the library, deep in your books instead of running on the beach with Choi San like you did last Thursday. It’s such a drastic change of environment that you’ve been feeling whiplashed, puzzled, the white neon lights of the library harsh compared to the sun you’ve experienced during the trip.
At least, Choi San is sitting right next to you, close enough for you to be able to lean your head on his shoulder whenever you need a break from staring at your laptop as you try to cram all the information for tomorrow’s exam into your brain.
“Everything okay?” San asks as you do lean on his shoulder for the hundredth time.
You sigh. “I’m tired. I don’t think I’ll be able to study for much longer.”
“Do you feel ready for the exam?” he asks, and he pecks the top of your head.
You smile, heart soaring in your chest. “As much as I can be. I just know I won’t be able to retain any more information.”
“To be fair, the final in this class has the reputation to be easy,” San says. “So I’m pretty sure you’ll be okay.”
You yawn, glancing at the screen of his laptop. “What are you even doing?”
There’s an anime playing on the screen, and it definitely has nothing to do with tomorrow’s exam at all.
San laughs. “I got bored of studying like thirty minutes ago, but you looked like you were focused, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”
You straighten, stretching as you immediately close your laptop. “Then let’s go, since you’re done too.”
San nods with dimples adorning his cheeks, and then you both get ready to go, putting your stuff in your bags. You put a jacket on, but San came without one, only wearing his trusted grey sweater you’ve seen him in far too many times before.
Once you’re both ready, you get out of the small study room you reserved, heading towards the large one where some of your friends are. You notice Sydney and your brother left, which you confirm by checking your phone and seeing that she’s texted you to let you know, and so you say goodbye to Wooyoung, Yeosang and Hongjoong before leaving the library, stepping out into the fresh night air.
The sun set a long time ago, and some rare puddles reflect the light of the streetlight as if they’re portals to another universe. San holds your hand as you walk, and the wind is colder than you’d expected it to be, leaving you to step closer to San.
As you walk, you pass by the sakura trees that line one of the campus’s paths. Most of them are still heavy with blossoms, though they’ve been falling in the last few days, their beautiful yet short blossoming season ending already.
Petals flutter to the ground around you, reminiscent of the snow from just a few months ago, and it makes for a romantic atmosphere, one that makes you tug on San’s hand.
“What?” he asks, and you both keep walking, though you slow down as you walk past the trees.
“It’s so beautiful here,” you reply, and you lean against him. “One day, I want a house with a sakura tree out front.”
“I’ll plant it for you,” San promises, and he pecks your head again.
You’re grinning from ear to ear as you look up at him. “I hope that is a promise.”
He laughs, eyes crinkling at the corners. “Of course it is.”
You keep walking towards San’s apartment, cherry blossoms falling around you until you reach the street, leaving the sakura tree path behind. 
Twenty minutes later - and a stop at a late-night croffle shop later - you make it to San’s place, the elevator ride spent in silence as you look at your croffle like it holds the answers to the universe. Once you’re in front of San’s door, he unlocks, holding the door open for you to walk in. 
Byeol comes up to you, meowing loudly, and you laugh as you bend down, patting her head with your empty hand.
“Hello, you,” you greet her with a high-pitched voice, and San chuckles behind you as he closes the door and locks.
You kick off your shoes, putting your croffle on the counter, San doing the same a heartbeat later. You then take off your jacket, and he takes it from your hand to hang it in the closet.
“Let’s eat those now because we won’t be able to sleep if we wait later,” he says as he walks behind the counter, making his way to the drawer where he keeps his cutlery. 
“Good idea.”
It doesn’t take you long to settle at the dining table, and then you’re eating, savouring the sweet dessert while Byeol meows to her contentement as she rubs herself on your legs and San’s legs.
“I think she missed you,” San teases.
You meet his gaze, cheeks dusting with pink. “I missed her too. I missed… coming here, too.”
San’s smile is genuine, revealing dimples. “You’ll get to come here all the time now.”
“We’ll see about that.”
He narrows his gaze, glancing at your half-eaten croffle. “For that comment, I’m stealing a bite.”
“Hey!” you yelp, but he’s too quick, his fork darting into your food and retrieving to his mouth before you can stop him. You glare at him, folding your arms on your chest. “That was mean.”
He dips his finger in the whipped cream on his own dessert, and then he taps your nose. Once again, you’re too slow to duck, and you immediately retaliate by doing the same thing, rubbing whipped cream on his cheek.
“Now I guess we’ve become the desserts,” San says. He wipes his cheek, licking his fingers clean, and your mind goes fully empty at the sight of his tongue on his fingers.
Goddamn. 
“What?” San asks with a laugh.
You shake out of the reverie of him licking his fingers clean of something else, and you meet his gaze. “Nothing.”
He squints his eyes again as if he’s still suspicious, yet he shrugs it off, eating a piece of his croffle while you wipe your nose absentmindedly.
“Do you need to take a shower before bed?” he asks once you’ve both finished eating, enjoying each other’s company in silence for a little while.
You nod. “If you don’t mind.”
“I don’t,” he reassures you. “I have to take a shower too anyway.”
He ends up going before you, only because you insist that he does so, and you take a quick shower when he’s done, brushing your teeth and doing your skincare before meeting him in the living room, where he waited for you.
He looks good. Shirtless, with just a pair of black joggers hanging low on his hips. He’s scrolling on his phone, the screen casting its white glow on his features as he looks at whatever he’s looking at. His free hand is petting Byeol where she’s lying down next to him, the muscles in his forearm shifting slightly with every move of his fingers.
Something hot and wicked grows in you, and you gulp as he raises his head, meeting your gaze.
“What?” he asks, his voice low.
That doesn’t help, either.
“I…” you trail off, and you take a couple of steps towards him. 
He smirks. He fucking smirks, because he must know. He must know you’ve spent the two last nights thinking about him. Thinking about what happened at the house by the beach, what you did on that muscular thigh of his.
“Like what you see?” he teases.
“Shut up,” you grumble, yet you stop in front of him, dropping your phone on the couch next to him. 
His gaze widens, his features falling more serious. “Is everything okay?”
“I’m ready,” you whisper.
“What?”
“I’m ready, San. I don’t want to wait anymore.”
He gulps. “I’m not sure I’m following.”
He doesn’t need to. No, you simply nestle yourself between his thighs, bending down as you cup his cheeks and capture his mouth in a languid kiss. He immediately lets go of his phone, and his hands find your waist as you push your tongue in his mouth.
The taste of him is addictive. It’s insanity, the sweetest nectar you’ve ever tasted, and you sigh against his lips as his grip on your waist tightens. He guides you closer, and you straddle his lap.
You think a volcano erupts inside of you. Everything goes burning hot, your thoughts tinting with red, with passion and lust and so much desire for San you might break down right here, right now. Instead, you kiss him with everything in you, kiss him like you’re in Pompeii awaiting your demise while the walls crumble down around you.
But you’re not. You’re very much alive and, tonight, you want to make him feel alive, too.
You rest a hand flat on his chest, pushing him away. He leans back against the couch, and you meet his gaze before glancing down at his pink lips, now swollen and glistening with saliva. And then you’re diving in again, though this time you divert to his neck, biting at his skin lightly before closing your lips around the spot below his ear, sucking delicately.
He grunts, throwing his head back as well as tilting it to the side, and you leave a trail of hot, wet kisses down to his collarbone. Your hands roam freely on his chest, appreciating the warmth of his sculpted muscles, and then you’re leaning away from his neck, straightening on his lap.
His chest goes up and down quickly with the rhythm of his breathing, and he gulps as you just look down at him, your panties starting to grow sticky with the wetness of your arousal.
“What are-” he starts saying, though he stops the second you move from his lap to kneel in front of him. 
He gulps. He fucking gulps, and you look down at the imprint of his dick in his sweatpants. He’s visibly not fully hard yet and still, the sheer size of him makes your pussy clench around nothing as you trace his length with a finger.
“I want you, tonight,” you whisper, your voice sinfully sultry, and San curses underneath his breath.
“What about the exam tomorrow?”
You lean your head on his thigh, innocently looking up at him. “What about it?”
He chuckles, and he brushes your hair over your shoulder. “Shouldn’t we go to bed early?”
“Mmh.” You glance at his dick before looking up at his eyes again. “You don’t look like you want to go to bed early.”
“Neither do you,” he replies, his voice taking the same low, dangerous tone yours has been enshrouded with.
Emboldened, you palm him through the fabric of his clothes. His dick twitches under your hand, clearly enjoying the attention. And so you rub him, up and down.
“You made me come a couple of days ago, and I didn’t get to make you come,” you say. “Shouldn’t I make you feel good tonight?”
“Fuck, princess,” he curses, his eyes fluttering shut as you peck his dick before sitting back on your heels. “Let me see your lips around me, mmh?”
You’re on fire. Sinking in lava, soon to be drowning in it. But you don’t care. You just want more. You just want to have the heady taste of his precum on your tongue, to hear the way he groans when he comes. You want to remember what the passion between the two of you is like, so unlike the softness you usually carry yourselves with.
And so you grab the hem of his pants, pulling them down while he helps you by moving up from the couch just enough for you to pull the sweatpants past his ass. You leave his boxers on though, and then you’re palming him again, rubbing his dick through his underwear.
Clearly, you’re not applying enough pressure, because San bucks his hips, seeking more friction. You don’t give it to him, simply removing your hand from his dick to rest it on his thigh as you lean closer, pecking the head of his dick.
“Please don’t tease too much,” San says, entirely breathless above you.
You look up, smirking. “Why not?”
“Brat,” he lets out in what almost sounds like a growl. “Because I haven’t jerked off since before we went to the beach, and I’m going to come embarrassingly fast already.”
“Oh, will you?”
You did not forget that San is more of a dom, even though he doesn’t portray it all that much in his day to day life. But he reminds you tonight, grabbing your jaw and leaning towards you.
“Open your mouth, princess,” he orders. “We gotta wash that tongue of yours.”
You keep your lips stubbornly sealed, and San draws closer, pecking your mouth. And then he’s biting at your lower lip, sucking it into his mouth, and you moan. It’s all it takes for him to spit in your mouth, though he immediately starts kissing you after, his tongue teasing yours, and you kiss him back like you’ve gone feral for him.
You think you might have.
“Sit back,” you order as you pull away from the kiss, pushing on his chest again.
He obeys, his dark, lustful gaze watching your every move, and you look down at his dick, now visibly rock hard, enough so that the tip of it is pushing out of his boxers. You relieve him of those, pulling them down his legs and letting them rest around his ankles as you look at his dick, his balls sitting fat and heavy between his thighs.
He does look like he hasn’t come in a while. 
Unable to resist, you lean forward, licking a stripe between his two balls, and San hisses as you keep going up, making your way to his tip. You lick at his slit, and the taste of his precum finally fills your mouth, making you moan louder than necessary.
Fuck, you missed this. So much so that you’re taking him in your mouth a second later, unable to tease like you originally planned to.
And you lose yourself in him. Lose yourself in the bobbing up and down of your head, in your tongue alternating between resting flat on his shaft and swirling around his tip. You lose yourself in the sounds he makes - the moans, the groans, the growls - and you moan around him, letting him know that this is making you feel just as good as it’s making him feel. 
When he puts his hand on the back of your head, guiding you up and down on him, you let him lead, eyes watering as he hits the back of your throat. But you keep the gag reflex in, let him use you like he wants to use you. You want him wild, unleashed, and he doesn’t disappoint, fucking your mouth so good you need him inside of you.
You might be stupid. You might be truly insane. But the second he lets you go so that you can breathe, you get up, taking off your PJ shorts and panties in one swift motion. San just watches you through half-lidded eyes, and he doesn’t try to stop you as you straddle his lap. 
Hell, he grips your hips, guiding you so that you’re grinding on his cock, your juices wetting his shaft and the tip of his dick so thoroughly that, on your next pass, it dips inside of you.
The feeling of his tip parting your nether lips makes you roll your eyes to the back of your head and, before he can make you pull away, you sink your weight on him, up until he’s fully inside of you, so deep you think you see stars.
“Holy fuck,” he curses. “Princess, I…”
You move up, and then drive yourself back down on him. “Yes?”
“I’m gonna fucking come.”
You don’t need to hear more. You put your feet on each side of his thighs to have better leverage, holding his shoulders, and then you start moving up and down as quickly as you can, your thighs burning after only a few seconds. But the sounds he makes keep you going, and you ignore the burn as he hits your cervix.
He feels good. You’ve never been with him like this before, without a condom, and it’s like every sensation is a thousand times stronger. You feel the drag of him on your walls, feel the ridge of his tip as he moves inside of you. Hell, you think you also feel the large vein that goes from the base of his dick almost all the way to the top.
You feel every single fucking thing, and it’s going to make you come, too.
San’s fingers dig in the supple skin on your hips as you keep going up and down. He’s doing most of the work now, holding your weight as he helps you move, and his muscles flex with every motion, one vein popping out on his biceps.
And then San leans forward, wrapping an arm around your waist as you sink all the way down until he’s against your cervix, and he drops his forehead on your collarbone as he comes with a cry, painting your insides white. The feeling of him twitching inside you sends you over the edge, and your pussy spasms on him as you climax hard, your eyes going blind as you lose a hand in his hair, pulling it without even realizing you’re doing so. You’re mewling, moaning, his name a litany as waves after waves crash on you, and San follows you into it all, shaking under you.
It takes an eternity for you both to come down from your high. San’s still spearing you with his dick, still rock hard despite having come, and he just chuckles breathlessly, pecking your neck as he turns his head towards you.
“What the actual fuck,” he lets out.
You lightly laugh as your mind grows fuzzy with the strength of your orgasm. “What the fuck,” you repeat.
“That was…” He chuckles again. “That was amazing.”
It was. It really fucking was.
You pull on his hair, and he hisses in pain even though he lets you do it. The second he’s far enough for you to kiss him, you capture his mouth in a sweet and slow languid kiss that reminds you of what home is.
Home is him, wherever he is in the world. And you want to tell him how he makes you feel, how your heart beats for him and him only, but it feels like it would be too much right now.
You want to tell him when the moment feels right. And though you do love him right now, you don’t want him to think you’re saying it because of the heat of the moment.
When you naturally pull away from the kiss, resting your forehead against him, your eyes flutter open just enough for you to see the grin on his lips. It makes you love him even more, and you peck his lips once more before pulling away.
“Now, how are we going to do this?”
San’s eyes take a moment before they open, and his pupils are blown out wide when he meets your gaze. “We’ll make a mess, but that’s okay. I’ll clean it up.” He wets his lips, glancing down between you, but your shirt hides the spot where your bodies are connected. “You’ll have to get up, though.”
You take a deep breath to prepare yourself, and then you do so, holding onto his shoulders for leverage.
The second you feel his cum dripping out of you, running on the inside of your thighs, you put your hand between your legs. But he came a lot - it covers your hand, and you let out an awkward laugh.
“Shit.”
“Let me go get something,” San says, and he gets up, stumbling from the fact that his boxers are still around his ankles. He kicks them off, and then he jogs to the bathroom, coming back with so much toilet paper that you just laugh as he hands it to you.
“Thanks.” You put the paper against you, and then you head to the bathroom, waddling awkwardly as San jogs in front of you.
“Let me start a shower for you.”
“For us,” you say as you make it to the bathroom, and you sit on the toilet. “A shower for us.”
San smiles down at you. “Yes, princess. For us.”
He’s so beautiful like this you could cry. He’s more so beautiful as he holds you against his chest in the shower, leaving hundreds of soft kisses on the top of your head. Even more so beautiful as you lie in his bed after, your head on his shoulder as you’re tucked in his side. 
You shift even closer, needing to hear the beats of his heart, making sure they’re synced with yours. Of course they are, and you smile in the darkness, tightening your grip around his waist for a few seconds.
And then you let a truth slip.
“It was my first time ever doing it raw,” you admit.
San lets out a chuckle. “I thought you were already asleep.”
You glance up to find him already gazing down at you. “Nah.” Your cheeks burn, and you’re thankful that the lights are off and he can’t see. “What about you?”
“Am I sleeping?”
You glare at him, though it’s all in good fun. “No, did you ever go raw with someone else before?”
He wets his lips, blinking once. “No, it was my first time.”
For some reason, that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You think he feels the same way, because he leans closer, pecking your forehead.
“And we should definitely do it again,” he adds.
You snort, tapping his chest. “Pervert.”
“You’re telling me you didn’t like it?”
You purse your lips. “I am not answering that question.”
“I’ll take it as a yes.”
You laugh, and you spy a dimple on his cheek as you glance up. “Maybe.”
He’s grinning and fuck, happiness looks so good on him.
“Let’s sleep, though,” you say as your heart beats for him, filling you with warmth. “We have to get up early for the final tomorrow.”
San takes a deep breath, the smile lingering on his lips, and he pecks the top of your head. “Good night, Y/n.”
“Night, San.” You snuggle closer, hiding your face in his neck. “Sweet dreams.”
“I’ll dream of you, then.”
You laugh, pecking his neck, and then you close your eyes, breathing in the scent of him.
San holds you through the night, your hearts beating together like they have been since his lips first touched yours.
Saturday, May 3rd
San is anxious. Deadly so, as the rapid rhythm of his leg moving up and down tells you. He’s sitting on your bed, staring at nothing in particular while you’re curling your hair, and the sight of him like that makes your heart break.
“Everything okay?” you ask.
His eyes dart to you before returning to their vague spot on the wall. “Yes.”
He doesn’t say more, and you worry at your bottom lip, trying to figure out what to say to reassure him. Though you doubt he can be reassured, considering you’ll be having dinner with his father tonight.
“I’m almost ready,” you choose to say, and you focus on yourself in the mirror you usually use for your makeup. 
He doesn’t say anything, and so you focus on finishing with your hair, and then you unplug your hair curler before running your fingers through your hair to make sure that the curls aren’t too tight. You then get up, and you walk over to him, sitting next to him. 
He barely acknowledges you, and you rest your hand on his knee, trying to keep his leg from bouncing. 
“It’s going to be okay,” you whisper.
San meets your gaze, and he looks so much like a prey right now you have half a thought to suggest cancelling.
“Is it?”
You offer him an encouraging smile, nodding once. “Yes, it will be. I’ll be right there with you.” You grab his hand, interlacing your fingers. “You can even hold my hand under the table if you need to.”
He doesn’t smile, but the frown lessens.
“Thank you,” he says. He gulps, and his eyes trail back to the wall. “I don’t think I’d be able to do this without you.”
You let go of his hand, wrapping your arms around his waist instead as you rest your head on his shoulder. “You’re stronger than you think you are, San. And not only because I can barely wrap my arms around you from how large your shoulders are.”
That earns you the tiniest snort, but it’s progress. 
“That’s just because you’re tiny.” He leans his head on top of yours, and he takes a deep breath. “Good thing we waited until after the semester because I wouldn’t have been able to study.”
You know that. That’s why you suggested he’d tell his dad to wait after the semester to have dinner. You know how important his grades are to San, and you wouldn’t have wanted his father to ruin that for him too.
“Yeah,” you agree. “Instead of having to study, we can come home after and just cuddle and watch a movie.”
“I can’t fucking wait,” San lets out. “Actually, why not do that instead? Fuck my dad.”
You scrunch your nose up, glancing up towards him, though you don’t manage to catch sight of his features because of the way he’s leaning on top of your head. “Might as well go now that we’re both ready. But if you want to leave, we leave. We don’t have to stay.”
“Right.” He pecks your head, and then remains unmoving, with his lips in your hair. 
Your embrace around him loosens, and then you move one of your hands to his thigh, soothingly caressing him.
“It’s going to be okay,” you say again. “I’ll make sure of it.”
San pulls away, and then his hand cups your cheek, tilting your head up until he can press the softest kiss on your lips. “Thank you.”
Your eyes flutter open - you shut them the second he got close - and you meet his gaze. You gulp at the intensity of the emotions swimming behind his pupils - anxiety, sadness, but also love. So much love, all for you, even if he hasn’t told you he loves you yet.
It’s not like you’ve told him, either. You’ve skirted around the subject for weeks now, trying to figure out the right moment, and then you realized that you’ve been telling each other in different ways now. All the ‘drive safe’, ‘text me when you’re home’ and ‘can’t wait to see you’ all mean the same thing, after all, and you don’t need those three extra little words for you to know how he feels about you, and for him to know how you feel about him.
You know. You both know it, as it’s become a law of your universe.
“Of course,” you whisper.
He looks down at your lips, tracing them with his thumb, and then he’s leaning in again.
This time, your mouths meet in a languid embrace, moving against each other slowly yet passionately. You tilt your head to the side as his tongue pushes past your lips, and your tongues twine as you sigh in the kiss, your hand on his thigh moving higher by instinct.
San’s hand goes to the back of your head, and he grabs hold of your hair there as you innocently touch his dick with a finger.
“Be nice,” he tells you, his tone stern. “Or I’m going to ruin that beautiful makeup of yours before we get there.”
Heat strikes you, and you gulp, biting at your lower lip. “Yeah?”
He curses lowly. “Princess, we can’t right now.”
“Oh, I know,” you reassure him, and you move closer, capturing his lips in a short, wet kiss. “But you’re so hard to resist.”
He pulls away to eye you down, his gaze returning to yours dark and lustful. “You’ll keep the dress on when we come back, m’kay?”
“Didn’t you want to cuddle later?” you ask innocently, bashing your eyelashes at him.
“If I recall, you’re the one that said that.” It’s his turn to lean closer, and he says the next words against your mouth. “But I just want to hear you moan my name. You’re so fucking pretty when you do so.”
“Mmh,” you hum. “We’ll see if you get to hear it tonight.”
He grabs your jaw, his hold tight yet never hurtful, and then he’s kissing you rough, erasing every single thought from your brain. You forget everything but him, and the warmth that pools at your core grows dangerous, threatening to make you lose control.
To make you say fuck it, let’s stay here tonight.
San pulls away from the kiss, tapping your cheek lightly as your eyes flutter open. He glances down at your thighs, and at the way you’re rubbing them together like that will give you any friction. He smirks, chuckling darkly.
“Yeah, we’ll see if I do.”
You’ve been horny lately. Both of you. You’ve been having sex a lot since that Sunday after the beach trip, like you both can’t get enough of each other. And frankly, you highly doubt you can. Not when he’s so addictive, so perfect for you like his body was moulded for you.
Like you were meant to find him, and he was meant to find you. Which, come to think of it, has to be the truth. Your truth.
Your life would not make sense without Choi San in it.
*****
The restaurant San’s father chose is in the suburbs of the city, and San parks in the large parking lot right on time, though his father already informed you that he would be five minutes late.
Which you think is funny yet disrespectful, considering he lives a five minutes drive from the restaurant.
And so you wait in the car, holding San’s hand and playing with his fingers as he texts his father that you’ve arrived, and then he focuses on you, offering you a tight-lipped smile.
“Turns out we probably would have had time for that quickie,” he deadpans.
You snort, though the thought makes you bite at the inside of your cheek. “I’d rather take my time with you.”
San smirks, chuckling lightly. “I feel like I’m usually the one to say that.” He leans in, kissing you swiftly. “But I like hearing it from your mouth.”
His phone buzzes, and San looks down at the device, letting out a small curse. He then leans back against his seat, sighing deeply.
“What’s wrong?” you ask, though you already have an inkling.
“My father said he’ll be here in ten minutes and to go wait inside.”
Not that you expected any better of his father considering what you currently know of him, but you’re still disappointed for San. You grab his hand to offer support, giving you the best smile you can muster up.
“Well then, let’s go in and pretend we are on a date, shall we?”
His smile barely reaches his eyes, but you’ll take that over the sullen expression he had when his father texted him.
It doesn’t take long for the two of you to get out of the car after that, walking towards the door of the restaurant. Ever so the gentleman, San holds the door open for you, and you teasingly curtsy to thank him before walking in.
That earns you a more genuine smile, and hope for the fate of this evening returns to your heart.
Thankfully, despite his tardiness, San’s father reserved a spot for the three of you already, so the hostess leads you to your table on the side of the restaurant with a bar, and you and San settle on the bench that’s against the wall, leaving the visibly uncomfortable-looking chair for his father.
He just had to be on time to have the best seat, after all.
Once you’re seated, San pulls the drink menu towards the two of you, and you start skimming the many different drinks that the restaurant offers. You end up choosing an apple sangria, curious as to what it tastes like, and San orders a beer for himself.
You’ve been drinking a little more now, though you mostly only drink spiked lemonade and occasionally sangria, only because you haven’t found other drinks that you like. You used to be big on seltzers and shots three years and half ago before you stopped drinking, but those have lost all their appetite since the events of the summer prior to your first year of college and the Frosh week that initiated your college experience.
San grows impatient as the drinks arrive, and his father still hasn’t arrived. It’s been more than ten minutes, and you run a hand on his thigh in a gesture you hope is soothing.
“I can’t even say I’m surprised,” San lets out, and he sighs deeply, taking a sip of his beer. “He probably won’t even come.”
“Then it’s you and me,” you say, and you squeeze his thigh, lips softly curving. “I get to have an impromptu date with you, I’m not going to complain.”
“As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I would prefer it if my dad wasn’t a dick.”
His sentence is curt, his tone cold and, though you tell yourself that he has every right to be upset at the moment, it still hurts.
He never speaks to you like that. But someone once did, and you’re never going to let someone talk to you like that ever again. Yet you figure it’s not the right time to tell San.
After all, maybe your attempt at lightening his mood was clumsy, and not what he needed to hear.
You take a sip of your sangria, surprised with how fresh and sweet it tastes. It helps cover the bitterness of the feeling he’s momentarily risen in you, and you push your glass towards him.
“Try this,” you offer him.
He casts you a side glance. “You sure? It isn’t a big glass.”
“I don’t mind,” you reassure him with a shrug of your shoulders. “It’s really good.”
“Well, if you insist.” He takes a sip, and his gaze widens in surprise. “Oh shit, that’s actually really good.”
Subject change successful.
“Right!”
He smiles, and you’re relieved at the dimple that appears on his cheek. The dimple doesn’t remain for long though - someone calls San’s name, and his smile disappears faster than it appeared, anxiety taking over his features.
You turn towards the man that’s walking towards you, surprised to see just how much he looks like San. The dimples are the same, his grin almost too practiced, but his hair is shorter. The man stops on the other side of the table, his eyes darting to you quickly before settling on his son once more.
“My son,” he says. “Sorry for my delay, I could not for the life of me find this.”
He’s holding a box, and he hands it to San. San just stares at the box unblinkingly for a few seconds, and then meets his father’s gaze again.
“What is this?” he asks.
His father’s eyes dart towards you again. “A gift.”
Obviously.
San nods, like he doesn’t believe his father got him a gift, and then hesitantly takes it. “You didn’t have to get me a gift.”
“After all these years, and you making it into law school? I had to get you something.”
The cold that radiates from San is worse than hell, or at least it feels so.
“I haven’t made it into law school yet.”
“Semantics,” his father says, shrugging his shoulders. “Open it.”
San clenches his jaw, but still opens the box. It contains an expensive looking watch, and San just stares at it like it’s alien, an object straight from another universe.
“Do you like it?” his father asks, and you notice the practiced smile is gone from his features now, like he’s ready to scold San.
“Yes,” San says. “I’m just… how much did this cost?”
His father waves him off, and then finally sits in the chair across from San, still barely acknowledging your presence. It feels insulting, but you keep it to yourself, only observing the conversation.
“Don’t worry about it,” his father says. “I haven’t been able to give you any gifts in forever, so I figured you’d be happy to receive this.”
“Thank you,” San says. He puts the box down on the table and then glances at you, offering you a small smile. 
You give him what you hope is an encouraging nod.
“Who’s the young lady?” his father asks next, finally acknowledging your presence.
San straightens, and he smiles proudly, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. “My girlfriend, Y/n.”
Your gaze shots to the side of his face at the sound of the word ‘girlfriend’ in his mouth, and your heart starts racing in your chest. Cheeks burning, you bow to his father as he does the same to you, finally greeting you as well.
You can’t really focus on the conversation after that, though you don’t fail to notice how strained it is, and how one-sided it feels like, his father relating stories of travels and things that happened to him and his family in the last few years. It’s an accurate demonstration of how shitty he is towards San - not once does he ask about what San has been up to.
You can’t believe San referred to you as his girlfriend. Can’t believe how right it felt too, and butterflies swirl in your stomach in an incessant dance as the word echoes in your head. It warms up your whole body, and you think you’re literally vibrating with happiness for a moment there.
You’re his girlfriend. You are. It doesn’t matter that you haven’t told each other this before - you’ve been ready to dive in feet first in a relationship with him for a few weeks already. You think it started when you ran hand in hand on the beach while it was pouring. The romance of the moment finished lacing that red thread around your wrist and his, making it your fate to end up with San.
Though you think it’s been your fate for far longer than that. You think your fate was sealed the second the professor made you partners for that project last semester. 
As your thoughts still race with all the emotions you feel for San, you feel him tense next to you. He folds his arms on his chest, sits back against the booth, and it’s enough for you to slowly return to reality.
His father is currently going off about something Minho, his other son, did - apparently, he’s a talented sprinter - and San doesn’t seem like he wants to hear any of it. You immediately react, patting his thigh, and he gives you a poor excuse of a smile.
“San works out a lot too,” you say, interrupting his father almost in the middle of his sentence. “Can’t say if he’s a good sprinter, but you should see him lift.”
His father’s mouth falls open, as if only realizing that he’s been telling everything about himself instead of asking about his son, and he glances at you. “Oh, does he?”
You look at San. “You do. Tell him about your PRs!”
San relaxes, his hands falling in his lap, and he finds your hand, entwining your fingers. And then he finally manages to tell something to his father and, to your relief, he seems genuinely interested in hearing what San has to say.
Perhaps his father has been anxious about tonight, and yapping is actually his way of compensating. It’s a trait he shares with San - whenever San grows anxious, he tends to ramble a lot. 
Except earlier, when he grew dead silent back at your apartment. But you can understand why - tonight is a huge step for him, and clearly not an easy one either.
The food arrives not too long after and, seemingly having gotten the message, San’s father finally starts asking San some questions about college, and about life in general. He also asks how you two met, and San is smiling when he tells him how you had to do a project together last semester.
“I fell in love right away, honestly,” he says, and he looks at you, stars twinkling in his eyes. “Couldn’t help myself.”
You melt. You melt like ice cream in the summer heat, and you can’t help the smile that spreads on your face. “Couldn’t help myself either. but we’ve only started dating recently. We took our time.”
You say that holding San’s gaze, and his cheeks dust with pink. “We did.”
“I think it’s a good thing that you guys took your time,” his father says, and you didn’t expect the piece of wisdom he shares with you after. “That way you slowly build up the foundations of your relationship, and it can only grow stronger from there.”
He’s right. For all the wrong he did to his son, he’s right about this, and you don’t miss the way San’s eyes fill with water. He’s clearly touched by his father’s words, and you offer him the smallest smile, something just for you and him in this moment in time.
The subject naturally changes after that, going to the quality of the food you’re eating. It really is good food, and you all focus on eating for a few minutes, until San’s father excuses himself to use the bathroom.
“How are you feeling?” you ask San the second you reckon his father is too far to hear.
“Honestly? Better than I thought I would.” He takes a sip of water - you’ve both finished your drinks before the food even arrived, and didn’t order more - and then adds, “It started really weird but… I think it’s better now. Isn’t it?”
He frowns with the question, looking at you for approval.
“It is,” you say with a nod. “I agree that it was weird at the beginning, but he seemed anxious. And he’s been seeming more genuine now too.”
“Right.” San glances at the watch. “This watch is worth thirty thousand dollars.”
“What the fuck?” you let out, eyes bulging out of your head.
You could tell it was expensive, but you would have never assumed that it was that expensive.
San wets his lips. “He got it when my mom got pregnant with me. When I was a kid, he told me he’d give it to me when I’d become a man.” His waterline grows silver. “I didn’t think he would ever give it to me.”
Which explains why he was so expectant when he gave the gift to San when he arrived.
“That’s…” you trail off. “I actually don’t have words to say.”
“He’s really trying.” A tear rolls on San’s cheek, and he quickly wipes it with the back of his hand. “But why does it feel like I’m doing my mom wrong by being here?”
“Oh, San…” You feel like your heart has been stabbed with his words, and you lay a hand on your chest, the other finding his hand. “I’m sure she would understand why you would want to have dinner with your father.”
“She would.” He nods. “She does, actually. I told her, and she said she was happy for me, and said I deserved to have a relationship with my father.”
His mother is a saint, that much you’re certain of. Because if you’d been in her position, you would have selfishly tried to keep San from ever seeing his father again after what his father did.
“But I feel so bad for her,” he adds. “She’s never been able to be with someone else, you know? He hurt her so bad.”
“I know,” you gently say. “I… I’m so sorry.”
San gulps, and he blinks his tears away. He’s successful this time, especially as he takes a deep breath and then drinks some water. “My bad. I should not get emotional right now. Let’s keep that for later.”
You don’t blame him for it - he doesn’t want to be emotional in front of his father, which is totally understandable considering that they’ve barely talked for years.
A few minutes later, his father returns, right at the same time as the waitress comes back to retrieve the empty food plates from the table. His father suggests getting dessert, and San grudgingly accepts. You end up eating a piece of cheesecake as father and son keep talking. The dessert is delicious, and you end up scraping the little bits left from the plate as San tells his father about his friends, and his father’s features light up from within at the mention of Wooyoung.
“Oh, I remember that kid!” his father says. “He was always so polite when he came over.”
San chuckles. “Yeah, Wooyoung is an angel in front of everyone’s parents, but he is a little wild.”
“Always thought so,” his father replies with a wise nod. “Do you get along with San’s friends?”
The question is directed to you, taking you by surprise, and your eyes go round. It doesn’t take you long to recover though, and you’re soon saying, “Yes, we’re all part of the same friend group, honestly.”
His father winces. “I hope nothing happens to you both, then. It’s always so hard losing friends when a break up happens.”
San tenses. “Right.”
His father senses the shift in the atmosphere, and an apologetic look appears on his features. You steel yourself - you can tell that the conversation is about to go to hell before it even starts.
“I’m sorry, San. I hope you know that.”
San’s fist clenches on the table next to the fork he’s just put down. “About what?”
“About everything,” his father says. “I never meant to hurt you or your mother.”
San raises his eyebrows, letting out the most bitter laugh you’ve ever heard from him. It’s enough to make you want to pull on his arm, to remind him that he’s bigger than that, but it’s too late. So you watch the asteroid crash, watch it all as if you’re frozen in place.
“Oh, so you’re sorry about lying to us for years?” he asks. “You’re sorry for abandoning the two of us, for pretending we didn’t exist.”
A muscle feathers on his father’s jaw. “You know it never was like that. Your mother forbade me from even talking to you. And it’s in the past now.”
“Is it?” San shakes his head, scoffing. “You think I’m over everything you did just because you want me to be?”
“Don’t do this here,” his father says. “Please.”
“Don’t come here with lame excuses, then.”
There’s an uncomfortable silence, and you put your hand on San’s forearm, trying to calm him down. Though awkward and clumsy, you think San’s father’s attempt at an apology might have been genuine, but it visibly was too early for San. San looks at you, and the pain in his features almost makes you want to jump at his father’s throat, but you refrain from doing so.
You really shouldn’t be causing a scene in public, anyway.
“Let’s stop here for tonight, shall we?” you suggest.
The two men look at you, his father relieved while San appears to feel betrayed. You hate the look on his features, but you figure you can always talk to him in the car to explain why you said that.
You know he’ll understand, even if he’s mad right now. And you don’t blame him for being mad, not after everything he’s been through.
“Good idea,” his father says. “We can always meet up again some other time.”
San scoffs, yet thankfully chooses to remain quiet as his father motions to the waitress that you’ll take the bill. He ends up paying for the three of you, which you thank him for since San remains silent. You then follow the man outside, wishing him goodbye as San walks behind you with the gift in his hand, even though he looks ready to throw it away the second his father turns his back on the two of you.
Obviously, he doesn’t, but San still stays stubbornly mute as you climb in his car. You notice his father driving away in a fancy Porsche, but you don’t say anything about it, instead looking at San’s profile as he wraps his hands around the wheel, white on his knuckles.
“He’s an asshole.”
“San…”
“Don’t defend him, I swear to God.” San sighs, head hanging low as his eyes flutter close. “And I’m not mad at you. Sorry if I sound like I am. I just…”
“It’s a lot,” you carefully say.
San nods. “It really is. I’m all for meeting up and talking, but saying he’s sorry after all the shit that happened is not it. As if three words can fix everything he’s put me and my mom through.”
“It can’t,” you agree. “But it’s a start, no?”
“Whatever.” San finally puts the key in the ignition, and the engine comes to life a second later. “I just want to go home and hold you in my arms and not think for a while.”
He gives you a quick look, long enough for you to nod, and then he’s pulling out of his parking spot, and then heading towards the street.
The ride is awkwardly silent at first as you worry that you could say something that would upset him. But ten minutes later, San turns on the bluetooth music, handing you his phone so that you can choose what music to put on. You settle on a chill indie playlist, and San nods in approval, humming along with the song.
Three songs later, his hand finds your thigh, and you think all is good in the world. And so you put your hand on top of his, relaxing in your seat as you look outside the window while the car eats the miles towards your apartment.
The drive home isn’t as long as it was earlier, most likely thanks to the lack of traffic at this hour, and San even manages to park his car right outside your apartment. You go in, finding the apartment enshrouded in darkness, though you quickly turn the lights on as you remove your shoes by the door.
“I am so ready to cuddle in bed,” San says with a sigh, and you lightly tap his chest.
“Shower first,” you remind him. “We’re not going in my bed with our outside clothes on.”
He whines, though he follows you to your bedroom so that you can grab a clean pair of PJ shorts along with a sweater of his you’ve stolen a few days ago. San fetches clothes from the bag he brought over, and then you both make your way to the bathroom.
“Do you want to go in first?” San asks, and you eye your tiny shower.
“We’ve fit in there together before.”
Something shines in his gaze, flames lit from within. “Oh, I see what you have in mind.”
“Not that,” you say with a laugh and a roll of your eyes. “But since you had a rough night, I want to be with you. Wash your back, and all that shit.”
San, who’s currently standing in front of you, leans down, leaving a peck on the tip of your nose before straightening. “You’re the best.”
And though this is all fairly new, though seeing him naked makes your blood boil in your veins, you focus on cleaning yourself, and then cleaning his back as you stand in the shower together. It’s gentle, soothing, or at least you try to be, knowing he needs it.
Even though he might need time to process tonight and talk about it, you still want him to know that you’re with him, that you’re ready to listen whenever he’ll want to talk about it.
Once you’re done washing his back, San turns, a trail of water licking down his shoulder and cresting on his right pec before trickling down his defined abs. The sight catches you off guard, and you look up to meet his gaze.
He’s smirking, and he rests a hand on the small of your back, pulling you flush against him. You let out a startled sound, and your hands land flat on his chest. 
“Careful or you’ll start drooling,” he teases.
You narrow your eyes at him, snaking your arms around his neck. “I would think that you would like that, no?” You glance down between the two of you, where his dick is pressed against your stomach. He’s soft, but you know your words will rile him up in no time. “Especially if it’s while I’m choking on your cock.”
He doesn’t waste a second, cupping your cheeks and kissing you deep. It’s languid, slow, every stroke of his tongue on yours igniting a star in your chest until you’re bursting at the seams, unable to hold all of your feelings for him.
“San,” you say against his lips what feels like an hour later, but realistically must only be a few seconds.
“Mmh?” he hums.”
“You said something, earlier,” you whisper as he rests his forehead against yours. 
“Yeah?”
You nod, and you run your hands down his back, goosebumps rising on your arms at the temperature of the water. You would probably be shivering if it wasn’t for San standing so close to you but right now, his body heat keeps you in its warm embrace.
“You told your father that I’m your girlfriend,” you continue.
He tenses. “I’m sorry.”
“No.” You pull away, eyes fluttering open to meet his gaze. “No, San.”
He looks terrified, like you’re about to run away. But you won’t - if he allows, you’ll stay rooted in this spot next to him for the rest of your life.
“I want to be your girlfriend,” you confess. “I want to get to call you my boyfriend, and to tell our friends that we’re dating. I want to tell my parents that we’re dating.” Suddenly, your vision gets blurry, and you blink tears away. “I really want us to be in a real relationship now. With all the labels that come with it.”
San’s eyes also fill with tears, but you know them for what they are - happiness in a liquid form. 
“Princess…”
You smile through the emotions. “Boyfriend.”
And then San is kissing you, his lips moving against yours like the grandest love confession of all. It might not be the words, and you both might not quite be ready to use those three little words, but your bodies and hearts and souls understand.
You understand, and so does he. It’s been written in the fabric of the universe ever since you went over to his apartment back in September.
“Fuck,” San curses. “Sorry. I…”
You pull him back down into another kiss, one that ends in a fit of giggles from the two of you. It’s sweet, far away from the lust you were trying to ignite with your words just a moment ago.
“Let’s get out of this shower,” San says when you finally part. “Before we drain the whole building of its hot water.”
You chuckle, nodding your head. “Yes. I want to be in your arms.”
“Always.”
It’s a promise if you’ve ever seen one.
San turns off the water as you get out of the shower, wrapping yourself in a towel. You hand him his, and he follows you out a second later. It doesn’t take you long to dry yourself and put your clothes on, and then you’re making your way to your bedroom, leaving the steamy bathroom behind.
Your room is cool, the streetlight outside projecting the shadow of branches heavy with leaves on the wall. They’re moving in the wind, almost as if a puppeteer is controlling them, and it would be a little creepy if you weren’t so damn happy.
How can you not be, when Choi San is by your side?
San plugs in your fairy lights as you retrieve your laptop from the desk of your vanity, and then you join him in bed. You’ve had a routine of watching some K-dramas in bed while cuddling every night you hang out and, tonight is no different. 
Or maybe it is. Maybe it is, because Choi San is your boyfriend, and you’re Choi San’s girlfriend. 
You smile, wiggling in place as happiness flushes through you again like a flood, and you grin from ear to ear. You can’t help it - his arm around you as the opening credits of the K-drama appears on the screen is just too perfect, much like everything about him after all.
“What’s got you dancing like that?” San asks.
“I’m happy,” you simply reply.
He pulls on you until you’re lying on your back, and he meets your gaze. “I’m happy, too.”
The kiss that comes next feels more natural than the sun and the rain and the clouds and the wind. It feels like maybe it’s the first rule of the universe, maybe it’s the Big Bang to a world of you and Choi San. 
It’s perfect in every way, even as you sigh against him, and he climbs on top of you, spreading your legs with his knee. Especially as he does so, and you wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him flush against you.
“Girlfriend,” San says as he pulls away to catch his breath.
You run your hand in his hair, slightly pulling at the strands as the grin comes back to your lips. “Boyfriend.”
“Fuck,” he curses, much like he had earlier. “I… There’s something I need to tell you.”
Even though the words usually make you feel anxious, the amount of love in his gaze makes you feel safer than you’ve ever felt, and you just nod, grin softening into a small smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve known you for a lot longer than you’ve known me,” he says.
The words get you confused, and your brow creases as you furrow your eyebrows. “What?”
“Frosh week,” he says. “You were drunk, and I should have known, but you asked me to kiss you.” His eyes flutter shut as he seems to be reminiscing the moment. You, on the other end, feel shocked, and you just wait for him to continue. “You were so pretty. You had two braids framing your face, and your eyes were so shiny. And you were smiling and laughing, and I thought I’d met the love of my life.”
He meets your gaze as you just blink once, not knowing what to say.
“And then you were laughing, and you spilled a drink on my shirt. And you said you were trying to kiss as many guys as you could -” not your proudest moment - “and that you were going to kiss me to apologize.” He laughs, slightly shaking his head. “And then you did. You kissed me, and I swear to God it was like the world stopped turning.”
“What?” you let out.
“I figured you were really drunk though, mostly because you tasted a lot like alcohol, so I pulled away. And then when you opened your eyes and looked at me, I felt like I was falling. And I never stopped. I know it might be weird, but…”
“San, stop,” you say, and his eyes widen in fear. 
He rolls on his side next to you, apologies taking over his features. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Why did you never talk to me after that?” you ask.
And you scramble through your mind, trying to find memories of that moment. But you only remember kissing the first two guys, and even then you were already pretty gone. 
But you would have remembered San, right? How could you even forget him?
“I tried,” he admits. “First day of class, I tried to approach you. But you only smiled politely, bowed a little, and walked right next to me. That’s when I realized you didn’t remember me.”
“San, what the fuck?”
“I… fuck, I’m sorry, I should have told you before.”
You gulp as you sit up, pausing the K-drama. “It’s just… weird.”
“I’m sorry,” he apologizes again as he too sits up.
“This whole time…” you trail off for a few seconds, and then finish, “you knew who I was?”
He nods. “Had a massive crush on you in the first year of college. You can ask Wooyoung. He kept making fun of me.”
The strangest part is, you remember Wooyoung from back then. Maybe because he hasn’t changed all that much, whereas San got a lot stronger over the years, his physique changing drastically. 
Hell, you barely recognize him from the pictures he showed you from when he was back in high school.
“And you never tried to talk to me?”
He chuckles, and this time, it’s a little bitter. “Oh, I actually did. For like two months. But every time I went up to you, I just felt so fucking awkward and inadequate and… I told myself that it was because of my father, and that you deserved better anyway.”
“San, no…”
He shrugs his shoulders. “That’s why I started working out,” he admits. “I didn’t like feeling insecure like that, and I figured I could at least look better.”
And he does. Not that he wasn’t cute before, but he was just… a boy. And now he’s a man, a man that’s swept you off your feet.
“Holy shit,” you let out after a moment of silence that stretches into awkwardness. “I… That’s so wild.”
San looks apologetic - sad, even. “I’m really sorry.”
“All this time…” 
He nods when you stop talking. “I should have said something before. But I felt like it didn’t really matter, since I was someone different back then.”
“But you knew it was me when the professor paired us together last semester?”
“Yeah, I did.” He wets his lips, gulping. “Wooyoung was a fucking shit about it.”
You’re not surprised. “How… did you feel?” you ask.
To think you went to his place and sucked his dick that very first time.
“I was surprised,” he says. “I’m not going to say that I was crushing on you all this time in a corner, just waiting for an opportunity to be with you.” Which you know he wasn’t, considering he had the reputation to sleep around a lot before you. “But I was happy. Thought maybe we could be friends.”
“But then I…” Your cheeks burn, and you clear your throat.
“Yeah, you came over and gave me the best blowjob of my life and the whole time, it felt like I was in one of my fantasies from three years ago.”
“Ew,” you let out, though there’s a teasing undertone to it. “You were imagining shit like that before we even talked?”
San flushes deep crimson. “Shit, no. I mean, you know, kind of, like all men. Which, wait, that’s disgusting of me to say. I… I guess I did. But not like, explicitly. Just…”
You listen to his rambling, eyebrows raising. “Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
You snort. “It’s weird. But you’re a guy, and guys have always been weird.” You tilt your head to the side, eyes sparkling with mischief. “You have always been weird.”
“What?” he lets out. 
“You’re weird,” you repeat. “I like that about you.”
“So, you’re not huh…” He gulps again, like he has a lump in his throat. “You’re not going to leave.”
“We’re at my apartment.”
“No, but I mean…”
You put a hand on his knee. “No, I’m not. I think it’s hella fucking weird that you had a crush on me before, and I didn’t even remember you, but that was years ago.”
“Right.”
“So, though I’m kind of shocked, I’m not upset with you,” you add. “So please stop looking so sad.” You lean closer, pecking his cheek. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“You’re not?”
He sounds like he doesn’t believe it, so you remind him, “I’m your girlfriend, and you’re my boyfriend. We aren’t breaking up when we just started dating.”
He looks at you. His gaze is heavy with emotion, and you think he might say the words. But, much like you, they stay clogged in his throat, so he says it with his body instead. He says it with the way he pulls you in for the most gentle kiss, like you’re fragile china in a glass armoire. He says it like one wrong move might turn you to dust, says it like you’re the sun he’s orbiting around. 
He says it with the way he hovers on top of you when you lie on your back, pulling him then. Says it when he leaves a trail of wet kisses down the column of your throat, and says it when he kneels between your legs.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asks as you reach for the hem of his sweatpants.
“San, please,” you beg.
“Baby.”
He doesn’t usually call you baby, yet it makes you love him even more, and you sit up to take off your sweater while he takes his sweatpants off. He didn’t put underwear on, and he’s already hard when he kneels between your legs again, stroking himself slowly. 
You take it all in - the hard planes of his body shift each time he strokes his dick, and you admire him in the warmth of the fairy lights. There’s a vein on one of his biceps, his abs look rock hard, and you reach between you to run a hand up his abdomen.
“You’re so beautiful,” he praises. “So, so beautiful.”
You want to say that he is, too, but he’s leaning down, stealing your mouth for another languid kiss that makes your mind spin out of control. Your hand moves down, finding the base of his dick, and you squeeze him, jerking him off slowly like you know he likes it, with a flick of the wrist when you reach the top. He grunts in your mouth, fucking your hand, and you moan as he bites at your lower lip.
“I want you slow tonight,” he says. “Want to make you feel so good.”
“Is that one of your fantasies, too?” you tease.
He glares at you, one hand finding your neck. He doesn’t choke you, just holds, and desire strikes you deep.
“Don’t be a brat about this, mmh?”
You smirk. “We’ll see.”
He tries to keep the glare, but then he bursts out laughing even though you have your hand around him. He kisses you, softly, and then pulls away to meet your gaze. “I’ll make love to you, m’kay?”
Make love. It’s a confession in itself, even if it isn’t those three little words. You take it in, and your heart races in your chest with love and lust and everything in between as San kneels back on his heels and takes off your shorts and underwear.
Once you’re fully naked, San meets your gaze again, one of his hands trailing between your legs. He parts your folds, teases your entrance, and then he pushes one finger in. Your mouth falls open at the intrusion, pleasure spiking up your spine, especially as he arches the finger to rub the sweet, nutty spot inside of you.
“You’re always so soaked for me,” he praises. “My perfect girlfriend.”
“Always for you,” you agree.
He smiles, eyes shining, and then he’s kissing you again as he eases a second finger inside of you, getting you ready for his dick. It feels good, far too good, but you want him whole. Want his body on top of yours, his hands in your hair, and yours on his back. 
You want his lips to never leave yours again. But they do as he pulls his fingers out of you, watching them glistening with your juices. He brings them to your mouth, and you lick them clean for him, the taste of you only serving to make your heart beat even faster.
“Ready?” he asks as he positions himself at your entrance.
You nod, hooking your legs around him as you try and lift yourself on him. He pulls his dick away, tapping it on your sensitive clit, and you moan a curse that makes him chuckle.
“Don’t worry, princess. I’ve got you.”
The second he finishes the sentence, San’s pushing inside of you, stretching you wide open. This time, you moan in pleasure. He leans his forehead against yours, slowly pushing all the way in, only stopping when he’s fully inside of you.
And then you’re kissing again, all lips and tongues and racing hearts and so much feelings for such a small soul. Yet as he starts moving, rocking his hips back and forth, you think you might be infinite. Because being with him feels infinite, like nothing could ever stop you. Like your photons of light, travelling side by side in the emptiness of space, never feeling empty because of the presence at your side.
You’re full of all your emotions for him, full of him, and you moan in his mouth as he groans his pleasure. The kiss is wet, but you don’t care. You just want it all, and San gives it to you. Even as the pace remains slow and deep, his lips ravage your mouth with intent, and you scratch at his back as if that’ll bring him even closer.
Somehow, it does, and you hold him tight against you as he keeps moving, making love to you like he said he would.
“I wanna fuck you like this every day,” he says in your ear, voice low and husky. “Wanna feel your walls tightening because they want more.”
“So crude,” you let out, though it ends on a moan as he snaps his hips harder. “Fuck.”
“Just…” he trails off, and then he finds your mouth again. 
There are no words needed in the following moments. Just two heartbeats in sync, two bodies moving together, a rhythm increasing yet staying full of love. When your high hits, you fall along with him, and he paints your insides white as he pours his love into you.
And you feel so full of him, so full with him, that you just keep holding him as your breathing evens out, your heart returning to normal. He doesn’t try moving either, his face hidden in your neck, though he does gently peck your skin once in a while, to keep you tethered to him in this instant in time.
As if you would ever drift from him. 
How could you, when he’s the man that you love?
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, anxiety, san's dad, explicit content: oral sex (male receiving), spitting, unprotected sex (be careful), hair pulling, jerking off, praise, fingering
☆word count: 11.9k
☆series masterpost
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☆a/n: almost the end :') thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Sunday, April 13th
You didn’t realize how fucked you would be for not studying during Spring Break until you end up spending your entire weekend at the library, deep in your books instead of running on the beach with Choi San like you did last Thursday. It’s such a drastic change of environment that you’ve been feeling whiplashed, puzzled, the white neon lights of the library harsh compared to the sun you’ve experienced during the trip.
At least, Choi San is sitting right next to you, close enough for you to be able to lean your head on his shoulder whenever you need a break from staring at your laptop as you try to cram all the information for tomorrow’s exam into your brain.
“Everything okay?” San asks as you do lean on his shoulder for the hundredth time.
You sigh. “I’m tired. I don’t think I’ll be able to study for much longer.”
“Do you feel ready for the exam?” he asks, and he pecks the top of your head.
You smile, heart soaring in your chest. “As much as I can be. I just know I won’t be able to retain any more information.”
“To be fair, the final in this class has the reputation to be easy,” San says. “So I’m pretty sure you’ll be okay.”
You yawn, glancing at the screen of his laptop. “What are you even doing?”
There’s an anime playing on the screen, and it definitely has nothing to do with tomorrow’s exam at all.
San laughs. “I got bored of studying like thirty minutes ago, but you looked like you were focused, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”
You straighten, stretching as you immediately close your laptop. “Then let’s go, since you’re done too.”
San nods with dimples adorning his cheeks, and then you both get ready to go, putting your stuff in your bags. You put a jacket on, but San came without one, only wearing his trusted grey sweater you’ve seen him in far too many times before.
Once you’re both ready, you get out of the small study room you reserved, heading towards the large one where some of your friends are. You notice Sydney and your brother left, which you confirm by checking your phone and seeing that she’s texted you to let you know, and so you say goodbye to Wooyoung, Yeosang and Hongjoong before leaving the library, stepping out into the fresh night air.
The sun set a long time ago, and some rare puddles reflect the light of the streetlight as if they’re portals to another universe. San holds your hand as you walk, and the wind is colder than you’d expected it to be, leaving you to step closer to San.
As you walk, you pass by the sakura trees that line one of the campus’s paths. Most of them are still heavy with blossoms, though they’ve been falling in the last few days, their beautiful yet short blossoming season ending already.
Petals flutter to the ground around you, reminiscent of the snow from just a few months ago, and it makes for a romantic atmosphere, one that makes you tug on San’s hand.
“What?” he asks, and you both keep walking, though you slow down as you walk past the trees.
“It’s so beautiful here,” you reply, and you lean against him. “One day, I want a house with a sakura tree out front.”
“I’ll plant it for you,” San promises, and he pecks your head again.
You’re grinning from ear to ear as you look up at him. “I hope that is a promise.”
He laughs, eyes crinkling at the corners. “Of course it is.”
You keep walking towards San’s apartment, cherry blossoms falling around you until you reach the street, leaving the sakura tree path behind. 
Twenty minutes later - and a stop at a late-night croffle shop later - you make it to San’s place, the elevator ride spent in silence as you look at your croffle like it holds the answers to the universe. Once you’re in front of San’s door, he unlocks, holding the door open for you to walk in. 
Byeol comes up to you, meowing loudly, and you laugh as you bend down, patting her head with your empty hand.
“Hello, you,” you greet her with a high-pitched voice, and San chuckles behind you as he closes the door and locks.
You kick off your shoes, putting your croffle on the counter, San doing the same a heartbeat later. You then take off your jacket, and he takes it from your hand to hang it in the closet.
“Let’s eat those now because we won’t be able to sleep if we wait later,” he says as he walks behind the counter, making his way to the drawer where he keeps his cutlery. 
“Good idea.”
It doesn’t take you long to settle at the dining table, and then you’re eating, savouring the sweet dessert while Byeol meows to her contentement as she rubs herself on your legs and San’s legs.
“I think she missed you,” San teases.
You meet his gaze, cheeks dusting with pink. “I missed her too. I missed… coming here, too.”
San’s smile is genuine, revealing dimples. “You’ll get to come here all the time now.”
“We’ll see about that.”
He narrows his gaze, glancing at your half-eaten croffle. “For that comment, I’m stealing a bite.”
“Hey!” you yelp, but he’s too quick, his fork darting into your food and retrieving to his mouth before you can stop him. You glare at him, folding your arms on your chest. “That was mean.”
He dips his finger in the whipped cream on his own dessert, and then he taps your nose. Once again, you’re too slow to duck, and you immediately retaliate by doing the same thing, rubbing whipped cream on his cheek.
“Now I guess we’ve become the desserts,” San says. He wipes his cheek, licking his fingers clean, and your mind goes fully empty at the sight of his tongue on his fingers.
Goddamn. 
“What?” San asks with a laugh.
You shake out of the reverie of him licking his fingers clean of something else, and you meet his gaze. “Nothing.”
He squints his eyes again as if he’s still suspicious, yet he shrugs it off, eating a piece of his croffle while you wipe your nose absentmindedly.
“Do you need to take a shower before bed?” he asks once you’ve both finished eating, enjoying each other’s company in silence for a little while.
You nod. “If you don’t mind.”
“I don’t,” he reassures you. “I have to take a shower too anyway.”
He ends up going before you, only because you insist that he does so, and you take a quick shower when he’s done, brushing your teeth and doing your skincare before meeting him in the living room, where he waited for you.
He looks good. Shirtless, with just a pair of black joggers hanging low on his hips. He’s scrolling on his phone, the screen casting its white glow on his features as he looks at whatever he’s looking at. His free hand is petting Byeol where she’s lying down next to him, the muscles in his forearm shifting slightly with every move of his fingers.
Something hot and wicked grows in you, and you gulp as he raises his head, meeting your gaze.
“What?” he asks, his voice low.
That doesn’t help, either.
“I…” you trail off, and you take a couple of steps towards him. 
He smirks. He fucking smirks, because he must know. He must know you’ve spent the two last nights thinking about him. Thinking about what happened at the house by the beach, what you did on that muscular thigh of his.
“Like what you see?” he teases.
“Shut up,” you grumble, yet you stop in front of him, dropping your phone on the couch next to him. 
His gaze widens, his features falling more serious. “Is everything okay?”
“I’m ready,” you whisper.
“What?”
“I’m ready, San. I don’t want to wait anymore.”
He gulps. “I’m not sure I’m following.”
He doesn’t need to. No, you simply nestle yourself between his thighs, bending down as you cup his cheeks and capture his mouth in a languid kiss. He immediately lets go of his phone, and his hands find your waist as you push your tongue in his mouth.
The taste of him is addictive. It’s insanity, the sweetest nectar you’ve ever tasted, and you sigh against his lips as his grip on your waist tightens. He guides you closer, and you straddle his lap.
You think a volcano erupts inside of you. Everything goes burning hot, your thoughts tinting with red, with passion and lust and so much desire for San you might break down right here, right now. Instead, you kiss him with everything in you, kiss him like you’re in Pompeii awaiting your demise while the walls crumble down around you.
But you’re not. You’re very much alive and, tonight, you want to make him feel alive, too.
You rest a hand flat on his chest, pushing him away. He leans back against the couch, and you meet his gaze before glancing down at his pink lips, now swollen and glistening with saliva. And then you’re diving in again, though this time you divert to his neck, biting at his skin lightly before closing your lips around the spot below his ear, sucking delicately.
He grunts, throwing his head back as well as tilting it to the side, and you leave a trail of hot, wet kisses down to his collarbone. Your hands roam freely on his chest, appreciating the warmth of his sculpted muscles, and then you’re leaning away from his neck, straightening on his lap.
His chest goes up and down quickly with the rhythm of his breathing, and he gulps as you just look down at him, your panties starting to grow sticky with the wetness of your arousal.
“What are-” he starts saying, though he stops the second you move from his lap to kneel in front of him. 
He gulps. He fucking gulps, and you look down at the imprint of his dick in his sweatpants. He’s visibly not fully hard yet and still, the sheer size of him makes your pussy clench around nothing as you trace his length with a finger.
“I want you, tonight,” you whisper, your voice sinfully sultry, and San curses underneath his breath.
“What about the exam tomorrow?”
You lean your head on his thigh, innocently looking up at him. “What about it?”
He chuckles, and he brushes your hair over your shoulder. “Shouldn’t we go to bed early?”
“Mmh.” You glance at his dick before looking up at his eyes again. “You don’t look like you want to go to bed early.”
“Neither do you,” he replies, his voice taking the same low, dangerous tone yours has been enshrouded with.
Emboldened, you palm him through the fabric of his clothes. His dick twitches under your hand, clearly enjoying the attention. And so you rub him, up and down.
“You made me come a couple of days ago, and I didn’t get to make you come,” you say. “Shouldn’t I make you feel good tonight?”
“Fuck, princess,” he curses, his eyes fluttering shut as you peck his dick before sitting back on your heels. “Let me see your lips around me, mmh?”
You’re on fire. Sinking in lava, soon to be drowning in it. But you don’t care. You just want more. You just want to have the heady taste of his precum on your tongue, to hear the way he groans when he comes. You want to remember what the passion between the two of you is like, so unlike the softness you usually carry yourselves with.
And so you grab the hem of his pants, pulling them down while he helps you by moving up from the couch just enough for you to pull the sweatpants past his ass. You leave his boxers on though, and then you’re palming him again, rubbing his dick through his underwear.
Clearly, you’re not applying enough pressure, because San bucks his hips, seeking more friction. You don’t give it to him, simply removing your hand from his dick to rest it on his thigh as you lean closer, pecking the head of his dick.
“Please don’t tease too much,” San says, entirely breathless above you.
You look up, smirking. “Why not?”
“Brat,” he lets out in what almost sounds like a growl. “Because I haven’t jerked off since before we went to the beach, and I’m going to come embarrassingly fast already.”
“Oh, will you?”
You did not forget that San is more of a dom, even though he doesn’t portray it all that much in his day to day life. But he reminds you tonight, grabbing your jaw and leaning towards you.
“Open your mouth, princess,” he orders. “We gotta wash that tongue of yours.”
You keep your lips stubbornly sealed, and San draws closer, pecking your mouth. And then he’s biting at your lower lip, sucking it into his mouth, and you moan. It’s all it takes for him to spit in your mouth, though he immediately starts kissing you after, his tongue teasing yours, and you kiss him back like you’ve gone feral for him.
You think you might have.
“Sit back,” you order as you pull away from the kiss, pushing on his chest again.
He obeys, his dark, lustful gaze watching your every move, and you look down at his dick, now visibly rock hard, enough so that the tip of it is pushing out of his boxers. You relieve him of those, pulling them down his legs and letting them rest around his ankles as you look at his dick, his balls sitting fat and heavy between his thighs.
He does look like he hasn’t come in a while. 
Unable to resist, you lean forward, licking a stripe between his two balls, and San hisses as you keep going up, making your way to his tip. You lick at his slit, and the taste of his precum finally fills your mouth, making you moan louder than necessary.
Fuck, you missed this. So much so that you’re taking him in your mouth a second later, unable to tease like you originally planned to.
And you lose yourself in him. Lose yourself in the bobbing up and down of your head, in your tongue alternating between resting flat on his shaft and swirling around his tip. You lose yourself in the sounds he makes - the moans, the groans, the growls - and you moan around him, letting him know that this is making you feel just as good as it’s making him feel. 
When he puts his hand on the back of your head, guiding you up and down on him, you let him lead, eyes watering as he hits the back of your throat. But you keep the gag reflex in, let him use you like he wants to use you. You want him wild, unleashed, and he doesn’t disappoint, fucking your mouth so good you need him inside of you.
You might be stupid. You might be truly insane. But the second he lets you go so that you can breathe, you get up, taking off your PJ shorts and panties in one swift motion. San just watches you through half-lidded eyes, and he doesn’t try to stop you as you straddle his lap. 
Hell, he grips your hips, guiding you so that you’re grinding on his cock, your juices wetting his shaft and the tip of his dick so thoroughly that, on your next pass, it dips inside of you.
The feeling of his tip parting your nether lips makes you roll your eyes to the back of your head and, before he can make you pull away, you sink your weight on him, up until he’s fully inside of you, so deep you think you see stars.
“Holy fuck,” he curses. “Princess, I…”
You move up, and then drive yourself back down on him. “Yes?”
“I’m gonna fucking come.”
You don’t need to hear more. You put your feet on each side of his thighs to have better leverage, holding his shoulders, and then you start moving up and down as quickly as you can, your thighs burning after only a few seconds. But the sounds he makes keep you going, and you ignore the burn as he hits your cervix.
He feels good. You’ve never been with him like this before, without a condom, and it’s like every sensation is a thousand times stronger. You feel the drag of him on your walls, feel the ridge of his tip as he moves inside of you. Hell, you think you also feel the large vein that goes from the base of his dick almost all the way to the top.
You feel every single fucking thing, and it’s going to make you come, too.
San’s fingers dig in the supple skin on your hips as you keep going up and down. He’s doing most of the work now, holding your weight as he helps you move, and his muscles flex with every motion, one vein popping out on his biceps.
And then San leans forward, wrapping an arm around your waist as you sink all the way down until he’s against your cervix, and he drops his forehead on your collarbone as he comes with a cry, painting your insides white. The feeling of him twitching inside you sends you over the edge, and your pussy spasms on him as you climax hard, your eyes going blind as you lose a hand in his hair, pulling it without even realizing you’re doing so. You’re mewling, moaning, his name a litany as waves after waves crash on you, and San follows you into it all, shaking under you.
It takes an eternity for you both to come down from your high. San’s still spearing you with his dick, still rock hard despite having come, and he just chuckles breathlessly, pecking your neck as he turns his head towards you.
“What the actual fuck,” he lets out.
You lightly laugh as your mind grows fuzzy with the strength of your orgasm. “What the fuck,” you repeat.
“That was…” He chuckles again. “That was amazing.”
It was. It really fucking was.
You pull on his hair, and he hisses in pain even though he lets you do it. The second he’s far enough for you to kiss him, you capture his mouth in a sweet and slow languid kiss that reminds you of what home is.
Home is him, wherever he is in the world. And you want to tell him how he makes you feel, how your heart beats for him and him only, but it feels like it would be too much right now.
You want to tell him when the moment feels right. And though you do love him right now, you don’t want him to think you’re saying it because of the heat of the moment.
When you naturally pull away from the kiss, resting your forehead against him, your eyes flutter open just enough for you to see the grin on his lips. It makes you love him even more, and you peck his lips once more before pulling away.
“Now, how are we going to do this?”
San’s eyes take a moment before they open, and his pupils are blown out wide when he meets your gaze. “We’ll make a mess, but that’s okay. I’ll clean it up.” He wets his lips, glancing down between you, but your shirt hides the spot where your bodies are connected. “You’ll have to get up, though.”
You take a deep breath to prepare yourself, and then you do so, holding onto his shoulders for leverage.
The second you feel his cum dripping out of you, running on the inside of your thighs, you put your hand between your legs. But he came a lot - it covers your hand, and you let out an awkward laugh.
“Shit.”
“Let me go get something,” San says, and he gets up, stumbling from the fact that his boxers are still around his ankles. He kicks them off, and then he jogs to the bathroom, coming back with so much toilet paper that you just laugh as he hands it to you.
“Thanks.” You put the paper against you, and then you head to the bathroom, waddling awkwardly as San jogs in front of you.
“Let me start a shower for you.”
“For us,” you say as you make it to the bathroom, and you sit on the toilet. “A shower for us.”
San smiles down at you. “Yes, princess. For us.”
He’s so beautiful like this you could cry. He’s more so beautiful as he holds you against his chest in the shower, leaving hundreds of soft kisses on the top of your head. Even more so beautiful as you lie in his bed after, your head on his shoulder as you’re tucked in his side. 
You shift even closer, needing to hear the beats of his heart, making sure they’re synced with yours. Of course they are, and you smile in the darkness, tightening your grip around his waist for a few seconds.
And then you let a truth slip.
“It was my first time ever doing it raw,” you admit.
San lets out a chuckle. “I thought you were already asleep.”
You glance up to find him already gazing down at you. “Nah.” Your cheeks burn, and you’re thankful that the lights are off and he can’t see. “What about you?”
“Am I sleeping?”
You glare at him, though it’s all in good fun. “No, did you ever go raw with someone else before?”
He wets his lips, blinking once. “No, it was my first time.”
For some reason, that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You think he feels the same way, because he leans closer, pecking your forehead.
“And we should definitely do it again,” he adds.
You snort, tapping his chest. “Pervert.”
“You’re telling me you didn’t like it?”
You purse your lips. “I am not answering that question.”
“I’ll take it as a yes.”
You laugh, and you spy a dimple on his cheek as you glance up. “Maybe.”
He’s grinning and fuck, happiness looks so good on him.
“Let’s sleep, though,” you say as your heart beats for him, filling you with warmth. “We have to get up early for the final tomorrow.”
San takes a deep breath, the smile lingering on his lips, and he pecks the top of your head. “Good night, Y/n.”
“Night, San.” You snuggle closer, hiding your face in his neck. “Sweet dreams.”
“I’ll dream of you, then.”
You laugh, pecking his neck, and then you close your eyes, breathing in the scent of him.
San holds you through the night, your hearts beating together like they have been since his lips first touched yours.
Saturday, May 3rd
San is anxious. Deadly so, as the rapid rhythm of his leg moving up and down tells you. He’s sitting on your bed, staring at nothing in particular while you’re curling your hair, and the sight of him like that makes your heart break.
“Everything okay?” you ask.
His eyes dart to you before returning to their vague spot on the wall. “Yes.”
He doesn’t say more, and you worry at your bottom lip, trying to figure out what to say to reassure him. Though you doubt he can be reassured, considering you’ll be having dinner with his father tonight.
“I’m almost ready,” you choose to say, and you focus on yourself in the mirror you usually use for your makeup. 
He doesn’t say anything, and so you focus on finishing with your hair, and then you unplug your hair curler before running your fingers through your hair to make sure that the curls aren’t too tight. You then get up, and you walk over to him, sitting next to him. 
He barely acknowledges you, and you rest your hand on his knee, trying to keep his leg from bouncing. 
“It’s going to be okay,” you whisper.
San meets your gaze, and he looks so much like a prey right now you have half a thought to suggest cancelling.
“Is it?”
You offer him an encouraging smile, nodding once. “Yes, it will be. I’ll be right there with you.” You grab his hand, interlacing your fingers. “You can even hold my hand under the table if you need to.”
He doesn’t smile, but the frown lessens.
“Thank you,” he says. He gulps, and his eyes trail back to the wall. “I don’t think I’d be able to do this without you.”
You let go of his hand, wrapping your arms around his waist instead as you rest your head on his shoulder. “You’re stronger than you think you are, San. And not only because I can barely wrap my arms around you from how large your shoulders are.”
That earns you the tiniest snort, but it’s progress. 
“That’s just because you’re tiny.” He leans his head on top of yours, and he takes a deep breath. “Good thing we waited until after the semester because I wouldn’t have been able to study.”
You know that. That’s why you suggested he’d tell his dad to wait after the semester to have dinner. You know how important his grades are to San, and you wouldn’t have wanted his father to ruin that for him too.
“Yeah,” you agree. “Instead of having to study, we can come home after and just cuddle and watch a movie.”
“I can’t fucking wait,” San lets out. “Actually, why not do that instead? Fuck my dad.”
You scrunch your nose up, glancing up towards him, though you don’t manage to catch sight of his features because of the way he’s leaning on top of your head. “Might as well go now that we’re both ready. But if you want to leave, we leave. We don’t have to stay.”
“Right.” He pecks your head, and then remains unmoving, with his lips in your hair. 
Your embrace around him loosens, and then you move one of your hands to his thigh, soothingly caressing him.
“It’s going to be okay,” you say again. “I’ll make sure of it.”
San pulls away, and then his hand cups your cheek, tilting your head up until he can press the softest kiss on your lips. “Thank you.”
Your eyes flutter open - you shut them the second he got close - and you meet his gaze. You gulp at the intensity of the emotions swimming behind his pupils - anxiety, sadness, but also love. So much love, all for you, even if he hasn’t told you he loves you yet.
It’s not like you’ve told him, either. You’ve skirted around the subject for weeks now, trying to figure out the right moment, and then you realized that you’ve been telling each other in different ways now. All the ‘drive safe’, ‘text me when you’re home’ and ‘can’t wait to see you’ all mean the same thing, after all, and you don’t need those three extra little words for you to know how he feels about you, and for him to know how you feel about him.
You know. You both know it, as it’s become a law of your universe.
“Of course,” you whisper.
He looks down at your lips, tracing them with his thumb, and then he’s leaning in again.
This time, your mouths meet in a languid embrace, moving against each other slowly yet passionately. You tilt your head to the side as his tongue pushes past your lips, and your tongues twine as you sigh in the kiss, your hand on his thigh moving higher by instinct.
San’s hand goes to the back of your head, and he grabs hold of your hair there as you innocently touch his dick with a finger.
“Be nice,” he tells you, his tone stern. “Or I’m going to ruin that beautiful makeup of yours before we get there.”
Heat strikes you, and you gulp, biting at your lower lip. “Yeah?”
He curses lowly. “Princess, we can’t right now.”
“Oh, I know,” you reassure him, and you move closer, capturing his lips in a short, wet kiss. “But you’re so hard to resist.”
He pulls away to eye you down, his gaze returning to yours dark and lustful. “You’ll keep the dress on when we come back, m’kay?”
“Didn’t you want to cuddle later?” you ask innocently, bashing your eyelashes at him.
“If I recall, you’re the one that said that.” It’s his turn to lean closer, and he says the next words against your mouth. “But I just want to hear you moan my name. You’re so fucking pretty when you do so.”
“Mmh,” you hum. “We’ll see if you get to hear it tonight.”
He grabs your jaw, his hold tight yet never hurtful, and then he’s kissing you rough, erasing every single thought from your brain. You forget everything but him, and the warmth that pools at your core grows dangerous, threatening to make you lose control.
To make you say fuck it, let’s stay here tonight.
San pulls away from the kiss, tapping your cheek lightly as your eyes flutter open. He glances down at your thighs, and at the way you’re rubbing them together like that will give you any friction. He smirks, chuckling darkly.
“Yeah, we’ll see if I do.”
You’ve been horny lately. Both of you. You’ve been having sex a lot since that Sunday after the beach trip, like you both can’t get enough of each other. And frankly, you highly doubt you can. Not when he’s so addictive, so perfect for you like his body was moulded for you.
Like you were meant to find him, and he was meant to find you. Which, come to think of it, has to be the truth. Your truth.
Your life would not make sense without Choi San in it.
*****
The restaurant San’s father chose is in the suburbs of the city, and San parks in the large parking lot right on time, though his father already informed you that he would be five minutes late.
Which you think is funny yet disrespectful, considering he lives a five minutes drive from the restaurant.
And so you wait in the car, holding San’s hand and playing with his fingers as he texts his father that you’ve arrived, and then he focuses on you, offering you a tight-lipped smile.
“Turns out we probably would have had time for that quickie,” he deadpans.
You snort, though the thought makes you bite at the inside of your cheek. “I’d rather take my time with you.”
San smirks, chuckling lightly. “I feel like I’m usually the one to say that.” He leans in, kissing you swiftly. “But I like hearing it from your mouth.”
His phone buzzes, and San looks down at the device, letting out a small curse. He then leans back against his seat, sighing deeply.
“What’s wrong?” you ask, though you already have an inkling.
“My father said he’ll be here in ten minutes and to go wait inside.”
Not that you expected any better of his father considering what you currently know of him, but you’re still disappointed for San. You grab his hand to offer support, giving you the best smile you can muster up.
“Well then, let’s go in and pretend we are on a date, shall we?”
His smile barely reaches his eyes, but you’ll take that over the sullen expression he had when his father texted him.
It doesn’t take long for the two of you to get out of the car after that, walking towards the door of the restaurant. Ever so the gentleman, San holds the door open for you, and you teasingly curtsy to thank him before walking in.
That earns you a more genuine smile, and hope for the fate of this evening returns to your heart.
Thankfully, despite his tardiness, San’s father reserved a spot for the three of you already, so the hostess leads you to your table on the side of the restaurant with a bar, and you and San settle on the bench that’s against the wall, leaving the visibly uncomfortable-looking chair for his father.
He just had to be on time to have the best seat, after all.
Once you’re seated, San pulls the drink menu towards the two of you, and you start skimming the many different drinks that the restaurant offers. You end up choosing an apple sangria, curious as to what it tastes like, and San orders a beer for himself.
You’ve been drinking a little more now, though you mostly only drink spiked lemonade and occasionally sangria, only because you haven’t found other drinks that you like. You used to be big on seltzers and shots three years and half ago before you stopped drinking, but those have lost all their appetite since the events of the summer prior to your first year of college and the Frosh week that initiated your college experience.
San grows impatient as the drinks arrive, and his father still hasn’t arrived. It’s been more than ten minutes, and you run a hand on his thigh in a gesture you hope is soothing.
“I can’t even say I’m surprised,” San lets out, and he sighs deeply, taking a sip of his beer. “He probably won’t even come.”
“Then it’s you and me,” you say, and you squeeze his thigh, lips softly curving. “I get to have an impromptu date with you, I’m not going to complain.”
“As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I would prefer it if my dad wasn’t a dick.”
His sentence is curt, his tone cold and, though you tell yourself that he has every right to be upset at the moment, it still hurts.
He never speaks to you like that. But someone once did, and you’re never going to let someone talk to you like that ever again. Yet you figure it’s not the right time to tell San.
After all, maybe your attempt at lightening his mood was clumsy, and not what he needed to hear.
You take a sip of your sangria, surprised with how fresh and sweet it tastes. It helps cover the bitterness of the feeling he’s momentarily risen in you, and you push your glass towards him.
“Try this,” you offer him.
He casts you a side glance. “You sure? It isn’t a big glass.”
“I don’t mind,” you reassure him with a shrug of your shoulders. “It’s really good.”
“Well, if you insist.” He takes a sip, and his gaze widens in surprise. “Oh shit, that’s actually really good.”
Subject change successful.
“Right!”
He smiles, and you’re relieved at the dimple that appears on his cheek. The dimple doesn’t remain for long though - someone calls San’s name, and his smile disappears faster than it appeared, anxiety taking over his features.
You turn towards the man that’s walking towards you, surprised to see just how much he looks like San. The dimples are the same, his grin almost too practiced, but his hair is shorter. The man stops on the other side of the table, his eyes darting to you quickly before settling on his son once more.
“My son,” he says. “Sorry for my delay, I could not for the life of me find this.”
He’s holding a box, and he hands it to San. San just stares at the box unblinkingly for a few seconds, and then meets his father’s gaze again.
“What is this?” he asks.
His father’s eyes dart towards you again. “A gift.”
Obviously.
San nods, like he doesn’t believe his father got him a gift, and then hesitantly takes it. “You didn’t have to get me a gift.”
“After all these years, and you making it into law school? I had to get you something.”
The cold that radiates from San is worse than hell, or at least it feels so.
“I haven’t made it into law school yet.”
“Semantics,” his father says, shrugging his shoulders. “Open it.”
San clenches his jaw, but still opens the box. It contains an expensive looking watch, and San just stares at it like it’s alien, an object straight from another universe.
“Do you like it?” his father asks, and you notice the practiced smile is gone from his features now, like he’s ready to scold San.
“Yes,” San says. “I’m just… how much did this cost?”
His father waves him off, and then finally sits in the chair across from San, still barely acknowledging your presence. It feels insulting, but you keep it to yourself, only observing the conversation.
“Don’t worry about it,” his father says. “I haven’t been able to give you any gifts in forever, so I figured you’d be happy to receive this.”
“Thank you,” San says. He puts the box down on the table and then glances at you, offering you a small smile. 
You give him what you hope is an encouraging nod.
“Who’s the young lady?” his father asks next, finally acknowledging your presence.
San straightens, and he smiles proudly, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. “My girlfriend, Y/n.”
Your gaze shots to the side of his face at the sound of the word ‘girlfriend’ in his mouth, and your heart starts racing in your chest. Cheeks burning, you bow to his father as he does the same to you, finally greeting you as well.
You can’t really focus on the conversation after that, though you don’t fail to notice how strained it is, and how one-sided it feels like, his father relating stories of travels and things that happened to him and his family in the last few years. It’s an accurate demonstration of how shitty he is towards San - not once does he ask about what San has been up to.
You can’t believe San referred to you as his girlfriend. Can’t believe how right it felt too, and butterflies swirl in your stomach in an incessant dance as the word echoes in your head. It warms up your whole body, and you think you’re literally vibrating with happiness for a moment there.
You’re his girlfriend. You are. It doesn’t matter that you haven’t told each other this before - you’ve been ready to dive in feet first in a relationship with him for a few weeks already. You think it started when you ran hand in hand on the beach while it was pouring. The romance of the moment finished lacing that red thread around your wrist and his, making it your fate to end up with San.
Though you think it’s been your fate for far longer than that. You think your fate was sealed the second the professor made you partners for that project last semester. 
As your thoughts still race with all the emotions you feel for San, you feel him tense next to you. He folds his arms on his chest, sits back against the booth, and it’s enough for you to slowly return to reality.
His father is currently going off about something Minho, his other son, did - apparently, he’s a talented sprinter - and San doesn’t seem like he wants to hear any of it. You immediately react, patting his thigh, and he gives you a poor excuse of a smile.
“San works out a lot too,” you say, interrupting his father almost in the middle of his sentence. “Can’t say if he’s a good sprinter, but you should see him lift.”
His father’s mouth falls open, as if only realizing that he’s been telling everything about himself instead of asking about his son, and he glances at you. “Oh, does he?”
You look at San. “You do. Tell him about your PRs!”
San relaxes, his hands falling in his lap, and he finds your hand, entwining your fingers. And then he finally manages to tell something to his father and, to your relief, he seems genuinely interested in hearing what San has to say.
Perhaps his father has been anxious about tonight, and yapping is actually his way of compensating. It’s a trait he shares with San - whenever San grows anxious, he tends to ramble a lot. 
Except earlier, when he grew dead silent back at your apartment. But you can understand why - tonight is a huge step for him, and clearly not an easy one either.
The food arrives not too long after and, seemingly having gotten the message, San’s father finally starts asking San some questions about college, and about life in general. He also asks how you two met, and San is smiling when he tells him how you had to do a project together last semester.
“I fell in love right away, honestly,” he says, and he looks at you, stars twinkling in his eyes. “Couldn’t help myself.”
You melt. You melt like ice cream in the summer heat, and you can’t help the smile that spreads on your face. “Couldn’t help myself either. but we’ve only started dating recently. We took our time.”
You say that holding San’s gaze, and his cheeks dust with pink. “We did.”
“I think it’s a good thing that you guys took your time,” his father says, and you didn’t expect the piece of wisdom he shares with you after. “That way you slowly build up the foundations of your relationship, and it can only grow stronger from there.”
He’s right. For all the wrong he did to his son, he’s right about this, and you don’t miss the way San’s eyes fill with water. He’s clearly touched by his father’s words, and you offer him the smallest smile, something just for you and him in this moment in time.
The subject naturally changes after that, going to the quality of the food you’re eating. It really is good food, and you all focus on eating for a few minutes, until San’s father excuses himself to use the bathroom.
“How are you feeling?” you ask San the second you reckon his father is too far to hear.
“Honestly? Better than I thought I would.” He takes a sip of water - you’ve both finished your drinks before the food even arrived, and didn’t order more - and then adds, “It started really weird but… I think it’s better now. Isn’t it?”
He frowns with the question, looking at you for approval.
“It is,” you say with a nod. “I agree that it was weird at the beginning, but he seemed anxious. And he’s been seeming more genuine now too.”
“Right.” San glances at the watch. “This watch is worth thirty thousand dollars.”
“What the fuck?” you let out, eyes bulging out of your head.
You could tell it was expensive, but you would have never assumed that it was that expensive.
San wets his lips. “He got it when my mom got pregnant with me. When I was a kid, he told me he’d give it to me when I’d become a man.” His waterline grows silver. “I didn’t think he would ever give it to me.”
Which explains why he was so expectant when he gave the gift to San when he arrived.
“That’s…” you trail off. “I actually don’t have words to say.”
“He’s really trying.” A tear rolls on San’s cheek, and he quickly wipes it with the back of his hand. “But why does it feel like I’m doing my mom wrong by being here?”
“Oh, San…” You feel like your heart has been stabbed with his words, and you lay a hand on your chest, the other finding his hand. “I’m sure she would understand why you would want to have dinner with your father.”
“She would.” He nods. “She does, actually. I told her, and she said she was happy for me, and said I deserved to have a relationship with my father.”
His mother is a saint, that much you’re certain of. Because if you’d been in her position, you would have selfishly tried to keep San from ever seeing his father again after what his father did.
“But I feel so bad for her,” he adds. “She’s never been able to be with someone else, you know? He hurt her so bad.”
“I know,” you gently say. “I… I’m so sorry.”
San gulps, and he blinks his tears away. He’s successful this time, especially as he takes a deep breath and then drinks some water. “My bad. I should not get emotional right now. Let’s keep that for later.”
You don’t blame him for it - he doesn’t want to be emotional in front of his father, which is totally understandable considering that they’ve barely talked for years.
A few minutes later, his father returns, right at the same time as the waitress comes back to retrieve the empty food plates from the table. His father suggests getting dessert, and San grudgingly accepts. You end up eating a piece of cheesecake as father and son keep talking. The dessert is delicious, and you end up scraping the little bits left from the plate as San tells his father about his friends, and his father’s features light up from within at the mention of Wooyoung.
“Oh, I remember that kid!” his father says. “He was always so polite when he came over.”
San chuckles. “Yeah, Wooyoung is an angel in front of everyone’s parents, but he is a little wild.”
“Always thought so,” his father replies with a wise nod. “Do you get along with San’s friends?”
The question is directed to you, taking you by surprise, and your eyes go round. It doesn’t take you long to recover though, and you’re soon saying, “Yes, we’re all part of the same friend group, honestly.”
His father winces. “I hope nothing happens to you both, then. It’s always so hard losing friends when a break up happens.”
San tenses. “Right.”
His father senses the shift in the atmosphere, and an apologetic look appears on his features. You steel yourself - you can tell that the conversation is about to go to hell before it even starts.
“I’m sorry, San. I hope you know that.”
San’s fist clenches on the table next to the fork he’s just put down. “About what?”
“About everything,” his father says. “I never meant to hurt you or your mother.”
San raises his eyebrows, letting out the most bitter laugh you’ve ever heard from him. It’s enough to make you want to pull on his arm, to remind him that he’s bigger than that, but it’s too late. So you watch the asteroid crash, watch it all as if you’re frozen in place.
“Oh, so you’re sorry about lying to us for years?” he asks. “You’re sorry for abandoning the two of us, for pretending we didn’t exist.”
A muscle feathers on his father’s jaw. “You know it never was like that. Your mother forbade me from even talking to you. And it’s in the past now.”
“Is it?” San shakes his head, scoffing. “You think I’m over everything you did just because you want me to be?”
“Don’t do this here,” his father says. “Please.”
“Don’t come here with lame excuses, then.”
There’s an uncomfortable silence, and you put your hand on San’s forearm, trying to calm him down. Though awkward and clumsy, you think San’s father’s attempt at an apology might have been genuine, but it visibly was too early for San. San looks at you, and the pain in his features almost makes you want to jump at his father’s throat, but you refrain from doing so.
You really shouldn’t be causing a scene in public, anyway.
“Let’s stop here for tonight, shall we?” you suggest.
The two men look at you, his father relieved while San appears to feel betrayed. You hate the look on his features, but you figure you can always talk to him in the car to explain why you said that.
You know he’ll understand, even if he’s mad right now. And you don’t blame him for being mad, not after everything he’s been through.
“Good idea,” his father says. “We can always meet up again some other time.”
San scoffs, yet thankfully chooses to remain quiet as his father motions to the waitress that you’ll take the bill. He ends up paying for the three of you, which you thank him for since San remains silent. You then follow the man outside, wishing him goodbye as San walks behind you with the gift in his hand, even though he looks ready to throw it away the second his father turns his back on the two of you.
Obviously, he doesn’t, but San still stays stubbornly mute as you climb in his car. You notice his father driving away in a fancy Porsche, but you don’t say anything about it, instead looking at San’s profile as he wraps his hands around the wheel, white on his knuckles.
“He’s an asshole.”
“San…”
“Don’t defend him, I swear to God.” San sighs, head hanging low as his eyes flutter close. “And I’m not mad at you. Sorry if I sound like I am. I just…”
“It’s a lot,” you carefully say.
San nods. “It really is. I’m all for meeting up and talking, but saying he’s sorry after all the shit that happened is not it. As if three words can fix everything he’s put me and my mom through.”
“It can’t,” you agree. “But it’s a start, no?”
“Whatever.” San finally puts the key in the ignition, and the engine comes to life a second later. “I just want to go home and hold you in my arms and not think for a while.”
He gives you a quick look, long enough for you to nod, and then he’s pulling out of his parking spot, and then heading towards the street.
The ride is awkwardly silent at first as you worry that you could say something that would upset him. But ten minutes later, San turns on the bluetooth music, handing you his phone so that you can choose what music to put on. You settle on a chill indie playlist, and San nods in approval, humming along with the song.
Three songs later, his hand finds your thigh, and you think all is good in the world. And so you put your hand on top of his, relaxing in your seat as you look outside the window while the car eats the miles towards your apartment.
The drive home isn’t as long as it was earlier, most likely thanks to the lack of traffic at this hour, and San even manages to park his car right outside your apartment. You go in, finding the apartment enshrouded in darkness, though you quickly turn the lights on as you remove your shoes by the door.
“I am so ready to cuddle in bed,” San says with a sigh, and you lightly tap his chest.
“Shower first,” you remind him. “We’re not going in my bed with our outside clothes on.”
He whines, though he follows you to your bedroom so that you can grab a clean pair of PJ shorts along with a sweater of his you’ve stolen a few days ago. San fetches clothes from the bag he brought over, and then you both make your way to the bathroom.
“Do you want to go in first?” San asks, and you eye your tiny shower.
“We’ve fit in there together before.”
Something shines in his gaze, flames lit from within. “Oh, I see what you have in mind.”
“Not that,” you say with a laugh and a roll of your eyes. “But since you had a rough night, I want to be with you. Wash your back, and all that shit.”
San, who’s currently standing in front of you, leans down, leaving a peck on the tip of your nose before straightening. “You’re the best.”
And though this is all fairly new, though seeing him naked makes your blood boil in your veins, you focus on cleaning yourself, and then cleaning his back as you stand in the shower together. It’s gentle, soothing, or at least you try to be, knowing he needs it.
Even though he might need time to process tonight and talk about it, you still want him to know that you’re with him, that you’re ready to listen whenever he’ll want to talk about it.
Once you’re done washing his back, San turns, a trail of water licking down his shoulder and cresting on his right pec before trickling down his defined abs. The sight catches you off guard, and you look up to meet his gaze.
He’s smirking, and he rests a hand on the small of your back, pulling you flush against him. You let out a startled sound, and your hands land flat on his chest. 
“Careful or you’ll start drooling,” he teases.
You narrow your eyes at him, snaking your arms around his neck. “I would think that you would like that, no?” You glance down between the two of you, where his dick is pressed against your stomach. He’s soft, but you know your words will rile him up in no time. “Especially if it’s while I’m choking on your cock.”
He doesn’t waste a second, cupping your cheeks and kissing you deep. It’s languid, slow, every stroke of his tongue on yours igniting a star in your chest until you’re bursting at the seams, unable to hold all of your feelings for him.
“San,” you say against his lips what feels like an hour later, but realistically must only be a few seconds.
“Mmh?” he hums.”
“You said something, earlier,” you whisper as he rests his forehead against yours. 
“Yeah?”
You nod, and you run your hands down his back, goosebumps rising on your arms at the temperature of the water. You would probably be shivering if it wasn’t for San standing so close to you but right now, his body heat keeps you in its warm embrace.
“You told your father that I’m your girlfriend,” you continue.
He tenses. “I’m sorry.”
“No.” You pull away, eyes fluttering open to meet his gaze. “No, San.”
He looks terrified, like you’re about to run away. But you won’t - if he allows, you’ll stay rooted in this spot next to him for the rest of your life.
“I want to be your girlfriend,” you confess. “I want to get to call you my boyfriend, and to tell our friends that we’re dating. I want to tell my parents that we’re dating.” Suddenly, your vision gets blurry, and you blink tears away. “I really want us to be in a real relationship now. With all the labels that come with it.”
San’s eyes also fill with tears, but you know them for what they are - happiness in a liquid form. 
“Princess…”
You smile through the emotions. “Boyfriend.”
And then San is kissing you, his lips moving against yours like the grandest love confession of all. It might not be the words, and you both might not quite be ready to use those three little words, but your bodies and hearts and souls understand.
You understand, and so does he. It’s been written in the fabric of the universe ever since you went over to his apartment back in September.
“Fuck,” San curses. “Sorry. I…”
You pull him back down into another kiss, one that ends in a fit of giggles from the two of you. It’s sweet, far away from the lust you were trying to ignite with your words just a moment ago.
“Let’s get out of this shower,” San says when you finally part. “Before we drain the whole building of its hot water.”
You chuckle, nodding your head. “Yes. I want to be in your arms.”
“Always.”
It’s a promise if you’ve ever seen one.
San turns off the water as you get out of the shower, wrapping yourself in a towel. You hand him his, and he follows you out a second later. It doesn’t take you long to dry yourself and put your clothes on, and then you’re making your way to your bedroom, leaving the steamy bathroom behind.
Your room is cool, the streetlight outside projecting the shadow of branches heavy with leaves on the wall. They’re moving in the wind, almost as if a puppeteer is controlling them, and it would be a little creepy if you weren’t so damn happy.
How can you not be, when Choi San is by your side?
San plugs in your fairy lights as you retrieve your laptop from the desk of your vanity, and then you join him in bed. You’ve had a routine of watching some K-dramas in bed while cuddling every night you hang out and, tonight is no different. 
Or maybe it is. Maybe it is, because Choi San is your boyfriend, and you’re Choi San’s girlfriend. 
You smile, wiggling in place as happiness flushes through you again like a flood, and you grin from ear to ear. You can’t help it - his arm around you as the opening credits of the K-drama appears on the screen is just too perfect, much like everything about him after all.
“What’s got you dancing like that?” San asks.
“I’m happy,” you simply reply.
He pulls on you until you’re lying on your back, and he meets your gaze. “I’m happy, too.”
The kiss that comes next feels more natural than the sun and the rain and the clouds and the wind. It feels like maybe it’s the first rule of the universe, maybe it’s the Big Bang to a world of you and Choi San. 
It’s perfect in every way, even as you sigh against him, and he climbs on top of you, spreading your legs with his knee. Especially as he does so, and you wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him flush against you.
“Girlfriend,” San says as he pulls away to catch his breath.
You run your hand in his hair, slightly pulling at the strands as the grin comes back to your lips. “Boyfriend.”
“Fuck,” he curses, much like he had earlier. “I… There’s something I need to tell you.”
Even though the words usually make you feel anxious, the amount of love in his gaze makes you feel safer than you’ve ever felt, and you just nod, grin softening into a small smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve known you for a lot longer than you’ve known me,” he says.
The words get you confused, and your brow creases as you furrow your eyebrows. “What?”
“Frosh week,” he says. “You were drunk, and I should have known, but you asked me to kiss you.” His eyes flutter shut as he seems to be reminiscing the moment. You, on the other end, feel shocked, and you just wait for him to continue. “You were so pretty. You had two braids framing your face, and your eyes were so shiny. And you were smiling and laughing, and I thought I’d met the love of my life.”
He meets your gaze as you just blink once, not knowing what to say.
“And then you were laughing, and you spilled a drink on my shirt. And you said you were trying to kiss as many guys as you could -” not your proudest moment - “and that you were going to kiss me to apologize.” He laughs, slightly shaking his head. “And then you did. You kissed me, and I swear to God it was like the world stopped turning.”
“What?” you let out.
“I figured you were really drunk though, mostly because you tasted a lot like alcohol, so I pulled away. And then when you opened your eyes and looked at me, I felt like I was falling. And I never stopped. I know it might be weird, but…”
“San, stop,” you say, and his eyes widen in fear. 
He rolls on his side next to you, apologies taking over his features. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Why did you never talk to me after that?” you ask.
And you scramble through your mind, trying to find memories of that moment. But you only remember kissing the first two guys, and even then you were already pretty gone. 
But you would have remembered San, right? How could you even forget him?
“I tried,” he admits. “First day of class, I tried to approach you. But you only smiled politely, bowed a little, and walked right next to me. That’s when I realized you didn’t remember me.”
“San, what the fuck?”
“I… fuck, I’m sorry, I should have told you before.”
You gulp as you sit up, pausing the K-drama. “It’s just… weird.”
“I’m sorry,” he apologizes again as he too sits up.
“This whole time…” you trail off for a few seconds, and then finish, “you knew who I was?”
He nods. “Had a massive crush on you in the first year of college. You can ask Wooyoung. He kept making fun of me.”
The strangest part is, you remember Wooyoung from back then. Maybe because he hasn’t changed all that much, whereas San got a lot stronger over the years, his physique changing drastically. 
Hell, you barely recognize him from the pictures he showed you from when he was back in high school.
“And you never tried to talk to me?”
He chuckles, and this time, it’s a little bitter. “Oh, I actually did. For like two months. But every time I went up to you, I just felt so fucking awkward and inadequate and… I told myself that it was because of my father, and that you deserved better anyway.”
“San, no…”
He shrugs his shoulders. “That’s why I started working out,” he admits. “I didn’t like feeling insecure like that, and I figured I could at least look better.”
And he does. Not that he wasn’t cute before, but he was just… a boy. And now he’s a man, a man that’s swept you off your feet.
“Holy shit,” you let out after a moment of silence that stretches into awkwardness. “I… That’s so wild.”
San looks apologetic - sad, even. “I’m really sorry.”
“All this time…” 
He nods when you stop talking. “I should have said something before. But I felt like it didn’t really matter, since I was someone different back then.”
“But you knew it was me when the professor paired us together last semester?”
“Yeah, I did.” He wets his lips, gulping. “Wooyoung was a fucking shit about it.”
You’re not surprised. “How… did you feel?” you ask.
To think you went to his place and sucked his dick that very first time.
“I was surprised,” he says. “I’m not going to say that I was crushing on you all this time in a corner, just waiting for an opportunity to be with you.” Which you know he wasn’t, considering he had the reputation to sleep around a lot before you. “But I was happy. Thought maybe we could be friends.”
“But then I…” Your cheeks burn, and you clear your throat.
“Yeah, you came over and gave me the best blowjob of my life and the whole time, it felt like I was in one of my fantasies from three years ago.”
“Ew,” you let out, though there’s a teasing undertone to it. “You were imagining shit like that before we even talked?”
San flushes deep crimson. “Shit, no. I mean, you know, kind of, like all men. Which, wait, that’s disgusting of me to say. I… I guess I did. But not like, explicitly. Just…”
You listen to his rambling, eyebrows raising. “Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
You snort. “It’s weird. But you’re a guy, and guys have always been weird.” You tilt your head to the side, eyes sparkling with mischief. “You have always been weird.”
“What?” he lets out. 
“You’re weird,” you repeat. “I like that about you.”
“So, you’re not huh…” He gulps again, like he has a lump in his throat. “You’re not going to leave.”
“We’re at my apartment.”
“No, but I mean…”
You put a hand on his knee. “No, I’m not. I think it’s hella fucking weird that you had a crush on me before, and I didn’t even remember you, but that was years ago.”
“Right.”
“So, though I’m kind of shocked, I’m not upset with you,” you add. “So please stop looking so sad.” You lean closer, pecking his cheek. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“You’re not?”
He sounds like he doesn’t believe it, so you remind him, “I’m your girlfriend, and you’re my boyfriend. We aren’t breaking up when we just started dating.”
He looks at you. His gaze is heavy with emotion, and you think he might say the words. But, much like you, they stay clogged in his throat, so he says it with his body instead. He says it with the way he pulls you in for the most gentle kiss, like you’re fragile china in a glass armoire. He says it like one wrong move might turn you to dust, says it like you’re the sun he’s orbiting around. 
He says it with the way he hovers on top of you when you lie on your back, pulling him then. Says it when he leaves a trail of wet kisses down the column of your throat, and says it when he kneels between your legs.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asks as you reach for the hem of his sweatpants.
“San, please,” you beg.
“Baby.”
He doesn’t usually call you baby, yet it makes you love him even more, and you sit up to take off your sweater while he takes his sweatpants off. He didn’t put underwear on, and he’s already hard when he kneels between your legs again, stroking himself slowly. 
You take it all in - the hard planes of his body shift each time he strokes his dick, and you admire him in the warmth of the fairy lights. There’s a vein on one of his biceps, his abs look rock hard, and you reach between you to run a hand up his abdomen.
“You’re so beautiful,” he praises. “So, so beautiful.”
You want to say that he is, too, but he’s leaning down, stealing your mouth for another languid kiss that makes your mind spin out of control. Your hand moves down, finding the base of his dick, and you squeeze him, jerking him off slowly like you know he likes it, with a flick of the wrist when you reach the top. He grunts in your mouth, fucking your hand, and you moan as he bites at your lower lip.
“I want you slow tonight,” he says. “Want to make you feel so good.”
“Is that one of your fantasies, too?” you tease.
He glares at you, one hand finding your neck. He doesn’t choke you, just holds, and desire strikes you deep.
“Don’t be a brat about this, mmh?”
You smirk. “We’ll see.”
He tries to keep the glare, but then he bursts out laughing even though you have your hand around him. He kisses you, softly, and then pulls away to meet your gaze. “I’ll make love to you, m’kay?”
Make love. It’s a confession in itself, even if it isn’t those three little words. You take it in, and your heart races in your chest with love and lust and everything in between as San kneels back on his heels and takes off your shorts and underwear.
Once you’re fully naked, San meets your gaze again, one of his hands trailing between your legs. He parts your folds, teases your entrance, and then he pushes one finger in. Your mouth falls open at the intrusion, pleasure spiking up your spine, especially as he arches the finger to rub the sweet, nutty spot inside of you.
“You’re always so soaked for me,” he praises. “My perfect girlfriend.”
“Always for you,” you agree.
He smiles, eyes shining, and then he’s kissing you again as he eases a second finger inside of you, getting you ready for his dick. It feels good, far too good, but you want him whole. Want his body on top of yours, his hands in your hair, and yours on his back. 
You want his lips to never leave yours again. But they do as he pulls his fingers out of you, watching them glistening with your juices. He brings them to your mouth, and you lick them clean for him, the taste of you only serving to make your heart beat even faster.
“Ready?” he asks as he positions himself at your entrance.
You nod, hooking your legs around him as you try and lift yourself on him. He pulls his dick away, tapping it on your sensitive clit, and you moan a curse that makes him chuckle.
“Don’t worry, princess. I’ve got you.”
The second he finishes the sentence, San’s pushing inside of you, stretching you wide open. This time, you moan in pleasure. He leans his forehead against yours, slowly pushing all the way in, only stopping when he’s fully inside of you.
And then you’re kissing again, all lips and tongues and racing hearts and so much feelings for such a small soul. Yet as he starts moving, rocking his hips back and forth, you think you might be infinite. Because being with him feels infinite, like nothing could ever stop you. Like your photons of light, travelling side by side in the emptiness of space, never feeling empty because of the presence at your side.
You’re full of all your emotions for him, full of him, and you moan in his mouth as he groans his pleasure. The kiss is wet, but you don’t care. You just want it all, and San gives it to you. Even as the pace remains slow and deep, his lips ravage your mouth with intent, and you scratch at his back as if that’ll bring him even closer.
Somehow, it does, and you hold him tight against you as he keeps moving, making love to you like he said he would.
“I wanna fuck you like this every day,” he says in your ear, voice low and husky. “Wanna feel your walls tightening because they want more.”
“So crude,” you let out, though it ends on a moan as he snaps his hips harder. “Fuck.”
“Just…” he trails off, and then he finds your mouth again. 
There are no words needed in the following moments. Just two heartbeats in sync, two bodies moving together, a rhythm increasing yet staying full of love. When your high hits, you fall along with him, and he paints your insides white as he pours his love into you.
And you feel so full of him, so full with him, that you just keep holding him as your breathing evens out, your heart returning to normal. He doesn’t try moving either, his face hidden in your neck, though he does gently peck your skin once in a while, to keep you tethered to him in this instant in time.
As if you would ever drift from him. 
How could you, when he’s the man that you love?
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, anxiety, san's dad, explicit content: oral sex (male receiving), spitting, unprotected sex (be careful), hair pulling, jerking off, praise, fingering
☆word count: 11.9k
☆series masterpost
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☆a/n: almost the end :') thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Sunday, April 13th
You didn’t realize how fucked you would be for not studying during Spring Break until you end up spending your entire weekend at the library, deep in your books instead of running on the beach with Choi San like you did last Thursday. It’s such a drastic change of environment that you’ve been feeling whiplashed, puzzled, the white neon lights of the library harsh compared to the sun you’ve experienced during the trip.
At least, Choi San is sitting right next to you, close enough for you to be able to lean your head on his shoulder whenever you need a break from staring at your laptop as you try to cram all the information for tomorrow’s exam into your brain.
“Everything okay?” San asks as you do lean on his shoulder for the hundredth time.
You sigh. “I’m tired. I don’t think I’ll be able to study for much longer.”
“Do you feel ready for the exam?” he asks, and he pecks the top of your head.
You smile, heart soaring in your chest. “As much as I can be. I just know I won’t be able to retain any more information.”
“To be fair, the final in this class has the reputation to be easy,” San says. “So I’m pretty sure you’ll be okay.”
You yawn, glancing at the screen of his laptop. “What are you even doing?”
There’s an anime playing on the screen, and it definitely has nothing to do with tomorrow’s exam at all.
San laughs. “I got bored of studying like thirty minutes ago, but you looked like you were focused, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”
You straighten, stretching as you immediately close your laptop. “Then let’s go, since you’re done too.”
San nods with dimples adorning his cheeks, and then you both get ready to go, putting your stuff in your bags. You put a jacket on, but San came without one, only wearing his trusted grey sweater you’ve seen him in far too many times before.
Once you’re both ready, you get out of the small study room you reserved, heading towards the large one where some of your friends are. You notice Sydney and your brother left, which you confirm by checking your phone and seeing that she’s texted you to let you know, and so you say goodbye to Wooyoung, Yeosang and Hongjoong before leaving the library, stepping out into the fresh night air.
The sun set a long time ago, and some rare puddles reflect the light of the streetlight as if they’re portals to another universe. San holds your hand as you walk, and the wind is colder than you’d expected it to be, leaving you to step closer to San.
As you walk, you pass by the sakura trees that line one of the campus’s paths. Most of them are still heavy with blossoms, though they’ve been falling in the last few days, their beautiful yet short blossoming season ending already.
Petals flutter to the ground around you, reminiscent of the snow from just a few months ago, and it makes for a romantic atmosphere, one that makes you tug on San’s hand.
“What?” he asks, and you both keep walking, though you slow down as you walk past the trees.
“It’s so beautiful here,” you reply, and you lean against him. “One day, I want a house with a sakura tree out front.”
“I’ll plant it for you,” San promises, and he pecks your head again.
You’re grinning from ear to ear as you look up at him. “I hope that is a promise.”
He laughs, eyes crinkling at the corners. “Of course it is.”
You keep walking towards San’s apartment, cherry blossoms falling around you until you reach the street, leaving the sakura tree path behind. 
Twenty minutes later - and a stop at a late-night croffle shop later - you make it to San’s place, the elevator ride spent in silence as you look at your croffle like it holds the answers to the universe. Once you’re in front of San’s door, he unlocks, holding the door open for you to walk in. 
Byeol comes up to you, meowing loudly, and you laugh as you bend down, patting her head with your empty hand.
“Hello, you,” you greet her with a high-pitched voice, and San chuckles behind you as he closes the door and locks.
You kick off your shoes, putting your croffle on the counter, San doing the same a heartbeat later. You then take off your jacket, and he takes it from your hand to hang it in the closet.
“Let’s eat those now because we won’t be able to sleep if we wait later,” he says as he walks behind the counter, making his way to the drawer where he keeps his cutlery. 
“Good idea.”
It doesn’t take you long to settle at the dining table, and then you’re eating, savouring the sweet dessert while Byeol meows to her contentement as she rubs herself on your legs and San’s legs.
“I think she missed you,” San teases.
You meet his gaze, cheeks dusting with pink. “I missed her too. I missed… coming here, too.”
San’s smile is genuine, revealing dimples. “You’ll get to come here all the time now.”
“We’ll see about that.”
He narrows his gaze, glancing at your half-eaten croffle. “For that comment, I’m stealing a bite.”
“Hey!” you yelp, but he’s too quick, his fork darting into your food and retrieving to his mouth before you can stop him. You glare at him, folding your arms on your chest. “That was mean.”
He dips his finger in the whipped cream on his own dessert, and then he taps your nose. Once again, you’re too slow to duck, and you immediately retaliate by doing the same thing, rubbing whipped cream on his cheek.
“Now I guess we’ve become the desserts,” San says. He wipes his cheek, licking his fingers clean, and your mind goes fully empty at the sight of his tongue on his fingers.
Goddamn. 
“What?” San asks with a laugh.
You shake out of the reverie of him licking his fingers clean of something else, and you meet his gaze. “Nothing.”
He squints his eyes again as if he’s still suspicious, yet he shrugs it off, eating a piece of his croffle while you wipe your nose absentmindedly.
“Do you need to take a shower before bed?” he asks once you’ve both finished eating, enjoying each other’s company in silence for a little while.
You nod. “If you don’t mind.”
“I don’t,” he reassures you. “I have to take a shower too anyway.”
He ends up going before you, only because you insist that he does so, and you take a quick shower when he’s done, brushing your teeth and doing your skincare before meeting him in the living room, where he waited for you.
He looks good. Shirtless, with just a pair of black joggers hanging low on his hips. He’s scrolling on his phone, the screen casting its white glow on his features as he looks at whatever he’s looking at. His free hand is petting Byeol where she’s lying down next to him, the muscles in his forearm shifting slightly with every move of his fingers.
Something hot and wicked grows in you, and you gulp as he raises his head, meeting your gaze.
“What?” he asks, his voice low.
That doesn’t help, either.
“I…” you trail off, and you take a couple of steps towards him. 
He smirks. He fucking smirks, because he must know. He must know you’ve spent the two last nights thinking about him. Thinking about what happened at the house by the beach, what you did on that muscular thigh of his.
“Like what you see?” he teases.
“Shut up,” you grumble, yet you stop in front of him, dropping your phone on the couch next to him. 
His gaze widens, his features falling more serious. “Is everything okay?”
“I’m ready,” you whisper.
“What?”
“I’m ready, San. I don’t want to wait anymore.”
He gulps. “I’m not sure I’m following.”
He doesn’t need to. No, you simply nestle yourself between his thighs, bending down as you cup his cheeks and capture his mouth in a languid kiss. He immediately lets go of his phone, and his hands find your waist as you push your tongue in his mouth.
The taste of him is addictive. It’s insanity, the sweetest nectar you’ve ever tasted, and you sigh against his lips as his grip on your waist tightens. He guides you closer, and you straddle his lap.
You think a volcano erupts inside of you. Everything goes burning hot, your thoughts tinting with red, with passion and lust and so much desire for San you might break down right here, right now. Instead, you kiss him with everything in you, kiss him like you’re in Pompeii awaiting your demise while the walls crumble down around you.
But you’re not. You’re very much alive and, tonight, you want to make him feel alive, too.
You rest a hand flat on his chest, pushing him away. He leans back against the couch, and you meet his gaze before glancing down at his pink lips, now swollen and glistening with saliva. And then you’re diving in again, though this time you divert to his neck, biting at his skin lightly before closing your lips around the spot below his ear, sucking delicately.
He grunts, throwing his head back as well as tilting it to the side, and you leave a trail of hot, wet kisses down to his collarbone. Your hands roam freely on his chest, appreciating the warmth of his sculpted muscles, and then you’re leaning away from his neck, straightening on his lap.
His chest goes up and down quickly with the rhythm of his breathing, and he gulps as you just look down at him, your panties starting to grow sticky with the wetness of your arousal.
“What are-” he starts saying, though he stops the second you move from his lap to kneel in front of him. 
He gulps. He fucking gulps, and you look down at the imprint of his dick in his sweatpants. He’s visibly not fully hard yet and still, the sheer size of him makes your pussy clench around nothing as you trace his length with a finger.
“I want you, tonight,” you whisper, your voice sinfully sultry, and San curses underneath his breath.
“What about the exam tomorrow?”
You lean your head on his thigh, innocently looking up at him. “What about it?”
He chuckles, and he brushes your hair over your shoulder. “Shouldn’t we go to bed early?”
“Mmh.” You glance at his dick before looking up at his eyes again. “You don’t look like you want to go to bed early.”
“Neither do you,” he replies, his voice taking the same low, dangerous tone yours has been enshrouded with.
Emboldened, you palm him through the fabric of his clothes. His dick twitches under your hand, clearly enjoying the attention. And so you rub him, up and down.
“You made me come a couple of days ago, and I didn’t get to make you come,” you say. “Shouldn’t I make you feel good tonight?”
“Fuck, princess,” he curses, his eyes fluttering shut as you peck his dick before sitting back on your heels. “Let me see your lips around me, mmh?”
You’re on fire. Sinking in lava, soon to be drowning in it. But you don’t care. You just want more. You just want to have the heady taste of his precum on your tongue, to hear the way he groans when he comes. You want to remember what the passion between the two of you is like, so unlike the softness you usually carry yourselves with.
And so you grab the hem of his pants, pulling them down while he helps you by moving up from the couch just enough for you to pull the sweatpants past his ass. You leave his boxers on though, and then you’re palming him again, rubbing his dick through his underwear.
Clearly, you’re not applying enough pressure, because San bucks his hips, seeking more friction. You don’t give it to him, simply removing your hand from his dick to rest it on his thigh as you lean closer, pecking the head of his dick.
“Please don’t tease too much,” San says, entirely breathless above you.
You look up, smirking. “Why not?”
“Brat,” he lets out in what almost sounds like a growl. “Because I haven’t jerked off since before we went to the beach, and I’m going to come embarrassingly fast already.”
“Oh, will you?”
You did not forget that San is more of a dom, even though he doesn’t portray it all that much in his day to day life. But he reminds you tonight, grabbing your jaw and leaning towards you.
“Open your mouth, princess,” he orders. “We gotta wash that tongue of yours.”
You keep your lips stubbornly sealed, and San draws closer, pecking your mouth. And then he’s biting at your lower lip, sucking it into his mouth, and you moan. It’s all it takes for him to spit in your mouth, though he immediately starts kissing you after, his tongue teasing yours, and you kiss him back like you’ve gone feral for him.
You think you might have.
“Sit back,” you order as you pull away from the kiss, pushing on his chest again.
He obeys, his dark, lustful gaze watching your every move, and you look down at his dick, now visibly rock hard, enough so that the tip of it is pushing out of his boxers. You relieve him of those, pulling them down his legs and letting them rest around his ankles as you look at his dick, his balls sitting fat and heavy between his thighs.
He does look like he hasn’t come in a while. 
Unable to resist, you lean forward, licking a stripe between his two balls, and San hisses as you keep going up, making your way to his tip. You lick at his slit, and the taste of his precum finally fills your mouth, making you moan louder than necessary.
Fuck, you missed this. So much so that you’re taking him in your mouth a second later, unable to tease like you originally planned to.
And you lose yourself in him. Lose yourself in the bobbing up and down of your head, in your tongue alternating between resting flat on his shaft and swirling around his tip. You lose yourself in the sounds he makes - the moans, the groans, the growls - and you moan around him, letting him know that this is making you feel just as good as it’s making him feel. 
When he puts his hand on the back of your head, guiding you up and down on him, you let him lead, eyes watering as he hits the back of your throat. But you keep the gag reflex in, let him use you like he wants to use you. You want him wild, unleashed, and he doesn’t disappoint, fucking your mouth so good you need him inside of you.
You might be stupid. You might be truly insane. But the second he lets you go so that you can breathe, you get up, taking off your PJ shorts and panties in one swift motion. San just watches you through half-lidded eyes, and he doesn’t try to stop you as you straddle his lap. 
Hell, he grips your hips, guiding you so that you’re grinding on his cock, your juices wetting his shaft and the tip of his dick so thoroughly that, on your next pass, it dips inside of you.
The feeling of his tip parting your nether lips makes you roll your eyes to the back of your head and, before he can make you pull away, you sink your weight on him, up until he’s fully inside of you, so deep you think you see stars.
“Holy fuck,” he curses. “Princess, I…”
You move up, and then drive yourself back down on him. “Yes?”
“I’m gonna fucking come.”
You don’t need to hear more. You put your feet on each side of his thighs to have better leverage, holding his shoulders, and then you start moving up and down as quickly as you can, your thighs burning after only a few seconds. But the sounds he makes keep you going, and you ignore the burn as he hits your cervix.
He feels good. You’ve never been with him like this before, without a condom, and it’s like every sensation is a thousand times stronger. You feel the drag of him on your walls, feel the ridge of his tip as he moves inside of you. Hell, you think you also feel the large vein that goes from the base of his dick almost all the way to the top.
You feel every single fucking thing, and it’s going to make you come, too.
San’s fingers dig in the supple skin on your hips as you keep going up and down. He’s doing most of the work now, holding your weight as he helps you move, and his muscles flex with every motion, one vein popping out on his biceps.
And then San leans forward, wrapping an arm around your waist as you sink all the way down until he’s against your cervix, and he drops his forehead on your collarbone as he comes with a cry, painting your insides white. The feeling of him twitching inside you sends you over the edge, and your pussy spasms on him as you climax hard, your eyes going blind as you lose a hand in his hair, pulling it without even realizing you’re doing so. You’re mewling, moaning, his name a litany as waves after waves crash on you, and San follows you into it all, shaking under you.
It takes an eternity for you both to come down from your high. San’s still spearing you with his dick, still rock hard despite having come, and he just chuckles breathlessly, pecking your neck as he turns his head towards you.
“What the actual fuck,” he lets out.
You lightly laugh as your mind grows fuzzy with the strength of your orgasm. “What the fuck,” you repeat.
“That was…” He chuckles again. “That was amazing.”
It was. It really fucking was.
You pull on his hair, and he hisses in pain even though he lets you do it. The second he’s far enough for you to kiss him, you capture his mouth in a sweet and slow languid kiss that reminds you of what home is.
Home is him, wherever he is in the world. And you want to tell him how he makes you feel, how your heart beats for him and him only, but it feels like it would be too much right now.
You want to tell him when the moment feels right. And though you do love him right now, you don’t want him to think you’re saying it because of the heat of the moment.
When you naturally pull away from the kiss, resting your forehead against him, your eyes flutter open just enough for you to see the grin on his lips. It makes you love him even more, and you peck his lips once more before pulling away.
“Now, how are we going to do this?”
San’s eyes take a moment before they open, and his pupils are blown out wide when he meets your gaze. “We’ll make a mess, but that’s okay. I’ll clean it up.” He wets his lips, glancing down between you, but your shirt hides the spot where your bodies are connected. “You’ll have to get up, though.”
You take a deep breath to prepare yourself, and then you do so, holding onto his shoulders for leverage.
The second you feel his cum dripping out of you, running on the inside of your thighs, you put your hand between your legs. But he came a lot - it covers your hand, and you let out an awkward laugh.
“Shit.”
“Let me go get something,” San says, and he gets up, stumbling from the fact that his boxers are still around his ankles. He kicks them off, and then he jogs to the bathroom, coming back with so much toilet paper that you just laugh as he hands it to you.
“Thanks.” You put the paper against you, and then you head to the bathroom, waddling awkwardly as San jogs in front of you.
“Let me start a shower for you.”
“For us,” you say as you make it to the bathroom, and you sit on the toilet. “A shower for us.”
San smiles down at you. “Yes, princess. For us.”
He’s so beautiful like this you could cry. He’s more so beautiful as he holds you against his chest in the shower, leaving hundreds of soft kisses on the top of your head. Even more so beautiful as you lie in his bed after, your head on his shoulder as you’re tucked in his side. 
You shift even closer, needing to hear the beats of his heart, making sure they’re synced with yours. Of course they are, and you smile in the darkness, tightening your grip around his waist for a few seconds.
And then you let a truth slip.
“It was my first time ever doing it raw,” you admit.
San lets out a chuckle. “I thought you were already asleep.”
You glance up to find him already gazing down at you. “Nah.” Your cheeks burn, and you’re thankful that the lights are off and he can’t see. “What about you?”
“Am I sleeping?”
You glare at him, though it’s all in good fun. “No, did you ever go raw with someone else before?”
He wets his lips, blinking once. “No, it was my first time.”
For some reason, that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You think he feels the same way, because he leans closer, pecking your forehead.
“And we should definitely do it again,” he adds.
You snort, tapping his chest. “Pervert.”
“You’re telling me you didn’t like it?”
You purse your lips. “I am not answering that question.”
“I’ll take it as a yes.”
You laugh, and you spy a dimple on his cheek as you glance up. “Maybe.”
He’s grinning and fuck, happiness looks so good on him.
“Let’s sleep, though,” you say as your heart beats for him, filling you with warmth. “We have to get up early for the final tomorrow.”
San takes a deep breath, the smile lingering on his lips, and he pecks the top of your head. “Good night, Y/n.”
“Night, San.” You snuggle closer, hiding your face in his neck. “Sweet dreams.”
“I’ll dream of you, then.”
You laugh, pecking his neck, and then you close your eyes, breathing in the scent of him.
San holds you through the night, your hearts beating together like they have been since his lips first touched yours.
Saturday, May 3rd
San is anxious. Deadly so, as the rapid rhythm of his leg moving up and down tells you. He’s sitting on your bed, staring at nothing in particular while you’re curling your hair, and the sight of him like that makes your heart break.
“Everything okay?” you ask.
His eyes dart to you before returning to their vague spot on the wall. “Yes.”
He doesn’t say more, and you worry at your bottom lip, trying to figure out what to say to reassure him. Though you doubt he can be reassured, considering you’ll be having dinner with his father tonight.
“I’m almost ready,” you choose to say, and you focus on yourself in the mirror you usually use for your makeup. 
He doesn’t say anything, and so you focus on finishing with your hair, and then you unplug your hair curler before running your fingers through your hair to make sure that the curls aren’t too tight. You then get up, and you walk over to him, sitting next to him. 
He barely acknowledges you, and you rest your hand on his knee, trying to keep his leg from bouncing. 
“It’s going to be okay,” you whisper.
San meets your gaze, and he looks so much like a prey right now you have half a thought to suggest cancelling.
“Is it?”
You offer him an encouraging smile, nodding once. “Yes, it will be. I’ll be right there with you.” You grab his hand, interlacing your fingers. “You can even hold my hand under the table if you need to.”
He doesn’t smile, but the frown lessens.
“Thank you,” he says. He gulps, and his eyes trail back to the wall. “I don’t think I’d be able to do this without you.”
You let go of his hand, wrapping your arms around his waist instead as you rest your head on his shoulder. “You’re stronger than you think you are, San. And not only because I can barely wrap my arms around you from how large your shoulders are.”
That earns you the tiniest snort, but it’s progress. 
“That’s just because you’re tiny.” He leans his head on top of yours, and he takes a deep breath. “Good thing we waited until after the semester because I wouldn’t have been able to study.”
You know that. That’s why you suggested he’d tell his dad to wait after the semester to have dinner. You know how important his grades are to San, and you wouldn’t have wanted his father to ruin that for him too.
“Yeah,” you agree. “Instead of having to study, we can come home after and just cuddle and watch a movie.”
“I can’t fucking wait,” San lets out. “Actually, why not do that instead? Fuck my dad.”
You scrunch your nose up, glancing up towards him, though you don’t manage to catch sight of his features because of the way he’s leaning on top of your head. “Might as well go now that we’re both ready. But if you want to leave, we leave. We don’t have to stay.”
“Right.” He pecks your head, and then remains unmoving, with his lips in your hair. 
Your embrace around him loosens, and then you move one of your hands to his thigh, soothingly caressing him.
“It’s going to be okay,” you say again. “I’ll make sure of it.”
San pulls away, and then his hand cups your cheek, tilting your head up until he can press the softest kiss on your lips. “Thank you.”
Your eyes flutter open - you shut them the second he got close - and you meet his gaze. You gulp at the intensity of the emotions swimming behind his pupils - anxiety, sadness, but also love. So much love, all for you, even if he hasn’t told you he loves you yet.
It’s not like you’ve told him, either. You’ve skirted around the subject for weeks now, trying to figure out the right moment, and then you realized that you’ve been telling each other in different ways now. All the ‘drive safe’, ‘text me when you’re home’ and ‘can’t wait to see you’ all mean the same thing, after all, and you don’t need those three extra little words for you to know how he feels about you, and for him to know how you feel about him.
You know. You both know it, as it’s become a law of your universe.
“Of course,” you whisper.
He looks down at your lips, tracing them with his thumb, and then he’s leaning in again.
This time, your mouths meet in a languid embrace, moving against each other slowly yet passionately. You tilt your head to the side as his tongue pushes past your lips, and your tongues twine as you sigh in the kiss, your hand on his thigh moving higher by instinct.
San’s hand goes to the back of your head, and he grabs hold of your hair there as you innocently touch his dick with a finger.
“Be nice,” he tells you, his tone stern. “Or I’m going to ruin that beautiful makeup of yours before we get there.”
Heat strikes you, and you gulp, biting at your lower lip. “Yeah?”
He curses lowly. “Princess, we can’t right now.”
“Oh, I know,” you reassure him, and you move closer, capturing his lips in a short, wet kiss. “But you’re so hard to resist.”
He pulls away to eye you down, his gaze returning to yours dark and lustful. “You’ll keep the dress on when we come back, m’kay?”
“Didn’t you want to cuddle later?” you ask innocently, bashing your eyelashes at him.
“If I recall, you’re the one that said that.” It’s his turn to lean closer, and he says the next words against your mouth. “But I just want to hear you moan my name. You’re so fucking pretty when you do so.”
“Mmh,” you hum. “We’ll see if you get to hear it tonight.”
He grabs your jaw, his hold tight yet never hurtful, and then he’s kissing you rough, erasing every single thought from your brain. You forget everything but him, and the warmth that pools at your core grows dangerous, threatening to make you lose control.
To make you say fuck it, let’s stay here tonight.
San pulls away from the kiss, tapping your cheek lightly as your eyes flutter open. He glances down at your thighs, and at the way you’re rubbing them together like that will give you any friction. He smirks, chuckling darkly.
“Yeah, we’ll see if I do.”
You’ve been horny lately. Both of you. You’ve been having sex a lot since that Sunday after the beach trip, like you both can’t get enough of each other. And frankly, you highly doubt you can. Not when he’s so addictive, so perfect for you like his body was moulded for you.
Like you were meant to find him, and he was meant to find you. Which, come to think of it, has to be the truth. Your truth.
Your life would not make sense without Choi San in it.
*****
The restaurant San’s father chose is in the suburbs of the city, and San parks in the large parking lot right on time, though his father already informed you that he would be five minutes late.
Which you think is funny yet disrespectful, considering he lives a five minutes drive from the restaurant.
And so you wait in the car, holding San’s hand and playing with his fingers as he texts his father that you’ve arrived, and then he focuses on you, offering you a tight-lipped smile.
“Turns out we probably would have had time for that quickie,” he deadpans.
You snort, though the thought makes you bite at the inside of your cheek. “I’d rather take my time with you.”
San smirks, chuckling lightly. “I feel like I’m usually the one to say that.” He leans in, kissing you swiftly. “But I like hearing it from your mouth.”
His phone buzzes, and San looks down at the device, letting out a small curse. He then leans back against his seat, sighing deeply.
“What’s wrong?” you ask, though you already have an inkling.
“My father said he’ll be here in ten minutes and to go wait inside.”
Not that you expected any better of his father considering what you currently know of him, but you’re still disappointed for San. You grab his hand to offer support, giving you the best smile you can muster up.
“Well then, let’s go in and pretend we are on a date, shall we?”
His smile barely reaches his eyes, but you’ll take that over the sullen expression he had when his father texted him.
It doesn’t take long for the two of you to get out of the car after that, walking towards the door of the restaurant. Ever so the gentleman, San holds the door open for you, and you teasingly curtsy to thank him before walking in.
That earns you a more genuine smile, and hope for the fate of this evening returns to your heart.
Thankfully, despite his tardiness, San’s father reserved a spot for the three of you already, so the hostess leads you to your table on the side of the restaurant with a bar, and you and San settle on the bench that’s against the wall, leaving the visibly uncomfortable-looking chair for his father.
He just had to be on time to have the best seat, after all.
Once you’re seated, San pulls the drink menu towards the two of you, and you start skimming the many different drinks that the restaurant offers. You end up choosing an apple sangria, curious as to what it tastes like, and San orders a beer for himself.
You’ve been drinking a little more now, though you mostly only drink spiked lemonade and occasionally sangria, only because you haven’t found other drinks that you like. You used to be big on seltzers and shots three years and half ago before you stopped drinking, but those have lost all their appetite since the events of the summer prior to your first year of college and the Frosh week that initiated your college experience.
San grows impatient as the drinks arrive, and his father still hasn’t arrived. It’s been more than ten minutes, and you run a hand on his thigh in a gesture you hope is soothing.
“I can’t even say I’m surprised,” San lets out, and he sighs deeply, taking a sip of his beer. “He probably won’t even come.”
“Then it’s you and me,” you say, and you squeeze his thigh, lips softly curving. “I get to have an impromptu date with you, I’m not going to complain.”
“As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I would prefer it if my dad wasn’t a dick.”
His sentence is curt, his tone cold and, though you tell yourself that he has every right to be upset at the moment, it still hurts.
He never speaks to you like that. But someone once did, and you’re never going to let someone talk to you like that ever again. Yet you figure it’s not the right time to tell San.
After all, maybe your attempt at lightening his mood was clumsy, and not what he needed to hear.
You take a sip of your sangria, surprised with how fresh and sweet it tastes. It helps cover the bitterness of the feeling he’s momentarily risen in you, and you push your glass towards him.
“Try this,” you offer him.
He casts you a side glance. “You sure? It isn’t a big glass.”
“I don’t mind,” you reassure him with a shrug of your shoulders. “It’s really good.”
“Well, if you insist.” He takes a sip, and his gaze widens in surprise. “Oh shit, that’s actually really good.”
Subject change successful.
“Right!”
He smiles, and you’re relieved at the dimple that appears on his cheek. The dimple doesn’t remain for long though - someone calls San’s name, and his smile disappears faster than it appeared, anxiety taking over his features.
You turn towards the man that’s walking towards you, surprised to see just how much he looks like San. The dimples are the same, his grin almost too practiced, but his hair is shorter. The man stops on the other side of the table, his eyes darting to you quickly before settling on his son once more.
“My son,” he says. “Sorry for my delay, I could not for the life of me find this.”
He’s holding a box, and he hands it to San. San just stares at the box unblinkingly for a few seconds, and then meets his father’s gaze again.
“What is this?” he asks.
His father’s eyes dart towards you again. “A gift.”
Obviously.
San nods, like he doesn’t believe his father got him a gift, and then hesitantly takes it. “You didn’t have to get me a gift.”
“After all these years, and you making it into law school? I had to get you something.”
The cold that radiates from San is worse than hell, or at least it feels so.
“I haven’t made it into law school yet.”
“Semantics,” his father says, shrugging his shoulders. “Open it.”
San clenches his jaw, but still opens the box. It contains an expensive looking watch, and San just stares at it like it’s alien, an object straight from another universe.
“Do you like it?” his father asks, and you notice the practiced smile is gone from his features now, like he’s ready to scold San.
“Yes,” San says. “I’m just… how much did this cost?”
His father waves him off, and then finally sits in the chair across from San, still barely acknowledging your presence. It feels insulting, but you keep it to yourself, only observing the conversation.
“Don’t worry about it,” his father says. “I haven’t been able to give you any gifts in forever, so I figured you’d be happy to receive this.”
“Thank you,” San says. He puts the box down on the table and then glances at you, offering you a small smile. 
You give him what you hope is an encouraging nod.
“Who’s the young lady?” his father asks next, finally acknowledging your presence.
San straightens, and he smiles proudly, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. “My girlfriend, Y/n.”
Your gaze shots to the side of his face at the sound of the word ‘girlfriend’ in his mouth, and your heart starts racing in your chest. Cheeks burning, you bow to his father as he does the same to you, finally greeting you as well.
You can’t really focus on the conversation after that, though you don’t fail to notice how strained it is, and how one-sided it feels like, his father relating stories of travels and things that happened to him and his family in the last few years. It’s an accurate demonstration of how shitty he is towards San - not once does he ask about what San has been up to.
You can’t believe San referred to you as his girlfriend. Can’t believe how right it felt too, and butterflies swirl in your stomach in an incessant dance as the word echoes in your head. It warms up your whole body, and you think you’re literally vibrating with happiness for a moment there.
You’re his girlfriend. You are. It doesn’t matter that you haven’t told each other this before - you’ve been ready to dive in feet first in a relationship with him for a few weeks already. You think it started when you ran hand in hand on the beach while it was pouring. The romance of the moment finished lacing that red thread around your wrist and his, making it your fate to end up with San.
Though you think it’s been your fate for far longer than that. You think your fate was sealed the second the professor made you partners for that project last semester. 
As your thoughts still race with all the emotions you feel for San, you feel him tense next to you. He folds his arms on his chest, sits back against the booth, and it’s enough for you to slowly return to reality.
His father is currently going off about something Minho, his other son, did - apparently, he’s a talented sprinter - and San doesn’t seem like he wants to hear any of it. You immediately react, patting his thigh, and he gives you a poor excuse of a smile.
“San works out a lot too,” you say, interrupting his father almost in the middle of his sentence. “Can’t say if he’s a good sprinter, but you should see him lift.”
His father’s mouth falls open, as if only realizing that he’s been telling everything about himself instead of asking about his son, and he glances at you. “Oh, does he?”
You look at San. “You do. Tell him about your PRs!”
San relaxes, his hands falling in his lap, and he finds your hand, entwining your fingers. And then he finally manages to tell something to his father and, to your relief, he seems genuinely interested in hearing what San has to say.
Perhaps his father has been anxious about tonight, and yapping is actually his way of compensating. It’s a trait he shares with San - whenever San grows anxious, he tends to ramble a lot. 
Except earlier, when he grew dead silent back at your apartment. But you can understand why - tonight is a huge step for him, and clearly not an easy one either.
The food arrives not too long after and, seemingly having gotten the message, San’s father finally starts asking San some questions about college, and about life in general. He also asks how you two met, and San is smiling when he tells him how you had to do a project together last semester.
“I fell in love right away, honestly,” he says, and he looks at you, stars twinkling in his eyes. “Couldn’t help myself.”
You melt. You melt like ice cream in the summer heat, and you can’t help the smile that spreads on your face. “Couldn’t help myself either. but we’ve only started dating recently. We took our time.”
You say that holding San’s gaze, and his cheeks dust with pink. “We did.”
“I think it’s a good thing that you guys took your time,” his father says, and you didn’t expect the piece of wisdom he shares with you after. “That way you slowly build up the foundations of your relationship, and it can only grow stronger from there.”
He’s right. For all the wrong he did to his son, he’s right about this, and you don’t miss the way San’s eyes fill with water. He’s clearly touched by his father’s words, and you offer him the smallest smile, something just for you and him in this moment in time.
The subject naturally changes after that, going to the quality of the food you’re eating. It really is good food, and you all focus on eating for a few minutes, until San’s father excuses himself to use the bathroom.
“How are you feeling?” you ask San the second you reckon his father is too far to hear.
“Honestly? Better than I thought I would.” He takes a sip of water - you’ve both finished your drinks before the food even arrived, and didn’t order more - and then adds, “It started really weird but… I think it’s better now. Isn’t it?”
He frowns with the question, looking at you for approval.
“It is,” you say with a nod. “I agree that it was weird at the beginning, but he seemed anxious. And he’s been seeming more genuine now too.”
“Right.” San glances at the watch. “This watch is worth thirty thousand dollars.”
“What the fuck?” you let out, eyes bulging out of your head.
You could tell it was expensive, but you would have never assumed that it was that expensive.
San wets his lips. “He got it when my mom got pregnant with me. When I was a kid, he told me he’d give it to me when I’d become a man.” His waterline grows silver. “I didn’t think he would ever give it to me.”
Which explains why he was so expectant when he gave the gift to San when he arrived.
“That’s…” you trail off. “I actually don’t have words to say.”
“He’s really trying.” A tear rolls on San’s cheek, and he quickly wipes it with the back of his hand. “But why does it feel like I’m doing my mom wrong by being here?”
“Oh, San…” You feel like your heart has been stabbed with his words, and you lay a hand on your chest, the other finding his hand. “I’m sure she would understand why you would want to have dinner with your father.”
“She would.” He nods. “She does, actually. I told her, and she said she was happy for me, and said I deserved to have a relationship with my father.”
His mother is a saint, that much you’re certain of. Because if you’d been in her position, you would have selfishly tried to keep San from ever seeing his father again after what his father did.
“But I feel so bad for her,” he adds. “She’s never been able to be with someone else, you know? He hurt her so bad.”
“I know,” you gently say. “I… I’m so sorry.”
San gulps, and he blinks his tears away. He’s successful this time, especially as he takes a deep breath and then drinks some water. “My bad. I should not get emotional right now. Let’s keep that for later.”
You don’t blame him for it - he doesn’t want to be emotional in front of his father, which is totally understandable considering that they’ve barely talked for years.
A few minutes later, his father returns, right at the same time as the waitress comes back to retrieve the empty food plates from the table. His father suggests getting dessert, and San grudgingly accepts. You end up eating a piece of cheesecake as father and son keep talking. The dessert is delicious, and you end up scraping the little bits left from the plate as San tells his father about his friends, and his father’s features light up from within at the mention of Wooyoung.
“Oh, I remember that kid!” his father says. “He was always so polite when he came over.”
San chuckles. “Yeah, Wooyoung is an angel in front of everyone’s parents, but he is a little wild.”
“Always thought so,” his father replies with a wise nod. “Do you get along with San’s friends?”
The question is directed to you, taking you by surprise, and your eyes go round. It doesn’t take you long to recover though, and you’re soon saying, “Yes, we’re all part of the same friend group, honestly.”
His father winces. “I hope nothing happens to you both, then. It’s always so hard losing friends when a break up happens.”
San tenses. “Right.”
His father senses the shift in the atmosphere, and an apologetic look appears on his features. You steel yourself - you can tell that the conversation is about to go to hell before it even starts.
“I’m sorry, San. I hope you know that.”
San’s fist clenches on the table next to the fork he’s just put down. “About what?”
“About everything,” his father says. “I never meant to hurt you or your mother.”
San raises his eyebrows, letting out the most bitter laugh you’ve ever heard from him. It’s enough to make you want to pull on his arm, to remind him that he’s bigger than that, but it’s too late. So you watch the asteroid crash, watch it all as if you’re frozen in place.
“Oh, so you’re sorry about lying to us for years?” he asks. “You’re sorry for abandoning the two of us, for pretending we didn’t exist.”
A muscle feathers on his father’s jaw. “You know it never was like that. Your mother forbade me from even talking to you. And it’s in the past now.”
“Is it?” San shakes his head, scoffing. “You think I’m over everything you did just because you want me to be?”
“Don’t do this here,” his father says. “Please.”
“Don’t come here with lame excuses, then.”
There’s an uncomfortable silence, and you put your hand on San’s forearm, trying to calm him down. Though awkward and clumsy, you think San’s father’s attempt at an apology might have been genuine, but it visibly was too early for San. San looks at you, and the pain in his features almost makes you want to jump at his father’s throat, but you refrain from doing so.
You really shouldn’t be causing a scene in public, anyway.
“Let’s stop here for tonight, shall we?” you suggest.
The two men look at you, his father relieved while San appears to feel betrayed. You hate the look on his features, but you figure you can always talk to him in the car to explain why you said that.
You know he’ll understand, even if he’s mad right now. And you don’t blame him for being mad, not after everything he’s been through.
“Good idea,” his father says. “We can always meet up again some other time.”
San scoffs, yet thankfully chooses to remain quiet as his father motions to the waitress that you’ll take the bill. He ends up paying for the three of you, which you thank him for since San remains silent. You then follow the man outside, wishing him goodbye as San walks behind you with the gift in his hand, even though he looks ready to throw it away the second his father turns his back on the two of you.
Obviously, he doesn’t, but San still stays stubbornly mute as you climb in his car. You notice his father driving away in a fancy Porsche, but you don’t say anything about it, instead looking at San’s profile as he wraps his hands around the wheel, white on his knuckles.
“He’s an asshole.”
“San…”
“Don’t defend him, I swear to God.” San sighs, head hanging low as his eyes flutter close. “And I’m not mad at you. Sorry if I sound like I am. I just…”
“It’s a lot,” you carefully say.
San nods. “It really is. I’m all for meeting up and talking, but saying he’s sorry after all the shit that happened is not it. As if three words can fix everything he’s put me and my mom through.”
“It can’t,” you agree. “But it’s a start, no?”
“Whatever.” San finally puts the key in the ignition, and the engine comes to life a second later. “I just want to go home and hold you in my arms and not think for a while.”
He gives you a quick look, long enough for you to nod, and then he’s pulling out of his parking spot, and then heading towards the street.
The ride is awkwardly silent at first as you worry that you could say something that would upset him. But ten minutes later, San turns on the bluetooth music, handing you his phone so that you can choose what music to put on. You settle on a chill indie playlist, and San nods in approval, humming along with the song.
Three songs later, his hand finds your thigh, and you think all is good in the world. And so you put your hand on top of his, relaxing in your seat as you look outside the window while the car eats the miles towards your apartment.
The drive home isn’t as long as it was earlier, most likely thanks to the lack of traffic at this hour, and San even manages to park his car right outside your apartment. You go in, finding the apartment enshrouded in darkness, though you quickly turn the lights on as you remove your shoes by the door.
“I am so ready to cuddle in bed,” San says with a sigh, and you lightly tap his chest.
“Shower first,” you remind him. “We’re not going in my bed with our outside clothes on.”
He whines, though he follows you to your bedroom so that you can grab a clean pair of PJ shorts along with a sweater of his you’ve stolen a few days ago. San fetches clothes from the bag he brought over, and then you both make your way to the bathroom.
“Do you want to go in first?” San asks, and you eye your tiny shower.
“We’ve fit in there together before.”
Something shines in his gaze, flames lit from within. “Oh, I see what you have in mind.”
“Not that,” you say with a laugh and a roll of your eyes. “But since you had a rough night, I want to be with you. Wash your back, and all that shit.”
San, who’s currently standing in front of you, leans down, leaving a peck on the tip of your nose before straightening. “You’re the best.”
And though this is all fairly new, though seeing him naked makes your blood boil in your veins, you focus on cleaning yourself, and then cleaning his back as you stand in the shower together. It’s gentle, soothing, or at least you try to be, knowing he needs it.
Even though he might need time to process tonight and talk about it, you still want him to know that you’re with him, that you’re ready to listen whenever he’ll want to talk about it.
Once you’re done washing his back, San turns, a trail of water licking down his shoulder and cresting on his right pec before trickling down his defined abs. The sight catches you off guard, and you look up to meet his gaze.
He’s smirking, and he rests a hand on the small of your back, pulling you flush against him. You let out a startled sound, and your hands land flat on his chest. 
“Careful or you’ll start drooling,” he teases.
You narrow your eyes at him, snaking your arms around his neck. “I would think that you would like that, no?” You glance down between the two of you, where his dick is pressed against your stomach. He’s soft, but you know your words will rile him up in no time. “Especially if it’s while I’m choking on your cock.”
He doesn’t waste a second, cupping your cheeks and kissing you deep. It’s languid, slow, every stroke of his tongue on yours igniting a star in your chest until you’re bursting at the seams, unable to hold all of your feelings for him.
“San,” you say against his lips what feels like an hour later, but realistically must only be a few seconds.
“Mmh?” he hums.”
“You said something, earlier,” you whisper as he rests his forehead against yours. 
“Yeah?”
You nod, and you run your hands down his back, goosebumps rising on your arms at the temperature of the water. You would probably be shivering if it wasn’t for San standing so close to you but right now, his body heat keeps you in its warm embrace.
“You told your father that I’m your girlfriend,” you continue.
He tenses. “I’m sorry.”
“No.” You pull away, eyes fluttering open to meet his gaze. “No, San.”
He looks terrified, like you’re about to run away. But you won’t - if he allows, you’ll stay rooted in this spot next to him for the rest of your life.
“I want to be your girlfriend,” you confess. “I want to get to call you my boyfriend, and to tell our friends that we’re dating. I want to tell my parents that we’re dating.” Suddenly, your vision gets blurry, and you blink tears away. “I really want us to be in a real relationship now. With all the labels that come with it.”
San’s eyes also fill with tears, but you know them for what they are - happiness in a liquid form. 
“Princess…”
You smile through the emotions. “Boyfriend.”
And then San is kissing you, his lips moving against yours like the grandest love confession of all. It might not be the words, and you both might not quite be ready to use those three little words, but your bodies and hearts and souls understand.
You understand, and so does he. It’s been written in the fabric of the universe ever since you went over to his apartment back in September.
“Fuck,” San curses. “Sorry. I…”
You pull him back down into another kiss, one that ends in a fit of giggles from the two of you. It’s sweet, far away from the lust you were trying to ignite with your words just a moment ago.
“Let’s get out of this shower,” San says when you finally part. “Before we drain the whole building of its hot water.”
You chuckle, nodding your head. “Yes. I want to be in your arms.”
“Always.”
It’s a promise if you’ve ever seen one.
San turns off the water as you get out of the shower, wrapping yourself in a towel. You hand him his, and he follows you out a second later. It doesn’t take you long to dry yourself and put your clothes on, and then you’re making your way to your bedroom, leaving the steamy bathroom behind.
Your room is cool, the streetlight outside projecting the shadow of branches heavy with leaves on the wall. They’re moving in the wind, almost as if a puppeteer is controlling them, and it would be a little creepy if you weren’t so damn happy.
How can you not be, when Choi San is by your side?
San plugs in your fairy lights as you retrieve your laptop from the desk of your vanity, and then you join him in bed. You’ve had a routine of watching some K-dramas in bed while cuddling every night you hang out and, tonight is no different. 
Or maybe it is. Maybe it is, because Choi San is your boyfriend, and you’re Choi San’s girlfriend. 
You smile, wiggling in place as happiness flushes through you again like a flood, and you grin from ear to ear. You can’t help it - his arm around you as the opening credits of the K-drama appears on the screen is just too perfect, much like everything about him after all.
“What’s got you dancing like that?” San asks.
“I’m happy,” you simply reply.
He pulls on you until you’re lying on your back, and he meets your gaze. “I’m happy, too.”
The kiss that comes next feels more natural than the sun and the rain and the clouds and the wind. It feels like maybe it’s the first rule of the universe, maybe it’s the Big Bang to a world of you and Choi San. 
It’s perfect in every way, even as you sigh against him, and he climbs on top of you, spreading your legs with his knee. Especially as he does so, and you wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him flush against you.
“Girlfriend,” San says as he pulls away to catch his breath.
You run your hand in his hair, slightly pulling at the strands as the grin comes back to your lips. “Boyfriend.”
“Fuck,” he curses, much like he had earlier. “I… There’s something I need to tell you.”
Even though the words usually make you feel anxious, the amount of love in his gaze makes you feel safer than you’ve ever felt, and you just nod, grin softening into a small smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve known you for a lot longer than you’ve known me,” he says.
The words get you confused, and your brow creases as you furrow your eyebrows. “What?”
“Frosh week,” he says. “You were drunk, and I should have known, but you asked me to kiss you.” His eyes flutter shut as he seems to be reminiscing the moment. You, on the other end, feel shocked, and you just wait for him to continue. “You were so pretty. You had two braids framing your face, and your eyes were so shiny. And you were smiling and laughing, and I thought I’d met the love of my life.”
He meets your gaze as you just blink once, not knowing what to say.
“And then you were laughing, and you spilled a drink on my shirt. And you said you were trying to kiss as many guys as you could -” not your proudest moment - “and that you were going to kiss me to apologize.” He laughs, slightly shaking his head. “And then you did. You kissed me, and I swear to God it was like the world stopped turning.”
“What?” you let out.
“I figured you were really drunk though, mostly because you tasted a lot like alcohol, so I pulled away. And then when you opened your eyes and looked at me, I felt like I was falling. And I never stopped. I know it might be weird, but…”
“San, stop,” you say, and his eyes widen in fear. 
He rolls on his side next to you, apologies taking over his features. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Why did you never talk to me after that?” you ask.
And you scramble through your mind, trying to find memories of that moment. But you only remember kissing the first two guys, and even then you were already pretty gone. 
But you would have remembered San, right? How could you even forget him?
“I tried,” he admits. “First day of class, I tried to approach you. But you only smiled politely, bowed a little, and walked right next to me. That’s when I realized you didn’t remember me.”
“San, what the fuck?”
“I… fuck, I’m sorry, I should have told you before.”
You gulp as you sit up, pausing the K-drama. “It’s just… weird.”
“I’m sorry,” he apologizes again as he too sits up.
“This whole time…” you trail off for a few seconds, and then finish, “you knew who I was?”
He nods. “Had a massive crush on you in the first year of college. You can ask Wooyoung. He kept making fun of me.”
The strangest part is, you remember Wooyoung from back then. Maybe because he hasn’t changed all that much, whereas San got a lot stronger over the years, his physique changing drastically. 
Hell, you barely recognize him from the pictures he showed you from when he was back in high school.
“And you never tried to talk to me?”
He chuckles, and this time, it’s a little bitter. “Oh, I actually did. For like two months. But every time I went up to you, I just felt so fucking awkward and inadequate and… I told myself that it was because of my father, and that you deserved better anyway.”
“San, no…”
He shrugs his shoulders. “That’s why I started working out,” he admits. “I didn’t like feeling insecure like that, and I figured I could at least look better.”
And he does. Not that he wasn’t cute before, but he was just… a boy. And now he’s a man, a man that’s swept you off your feet.
“Holy shit,” you let out after a moment of silence that stretches into awkwardness. “I… That’s so wild.”
San looks apologetic - sad, even. “I’m really sorry.”
“All this time…” 
He nods when you stop talking. “I should have said something before. But I felt like it didn’t really matter, since I was someone different back then.”
“But you knew it was me when the professor paired us together last semester?”
“Yeah, I did.” He wets his lips, gulping. “Wooyoung was a fucking shit about it.”
You’re not surprised. “How… did you feel?” you ask.
To think you went to his place and sucked his dick that very first time.
“I was surprised,” he says. “I’m not going to say that I was crushing on you all this time in a corner, just waiting for an opportunity to be with you.” Which you know he wasn’t, considering he had the reputation to sleep around a lot before you. “But I was happy. Thought maybe we could be friends.”
“But then I…” Your cheeks burn, and you clear your throat.
“Yeah, you came over and gave me the best blowjob of my life and the whole time, it felt like I was in one of my fantasies from three years ago.”
“Ew,” you let out, though there’s a teasing undertone to it. “You were imagining shit like that before we even talked?”
San flushes deep crimson. “Shit, no. I mean, you know, kind of, like all men. Which, wait, that’s disgusting of me to say. I… I guess I did. But not like, explicitly. Just…”
You listen to his rambling, eyebrows raising. “Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
You snort. “It’s weird. But you’re a guy, and guys have always been weird.” You tilt your head to the side, eyes sparkling with mischief. “You have always been weird.”
“What?” he lets out. 
“You’re weird,” you repeat. “I like that about you.”
“So, you’re not huh…” He gulps again, like he has a lump in his throat. “You’re not going to leave.”
“We’re at my apartment.”
“No, but I mean…”
You put a hand on his knee. “No, I’m not. I think it’s hella fucking weird that you had a crush on me before, and I didn’t even remember you, but that was years ago.”
“Right.”
“So, though I’m kind of shocked, I’m not upset with you,” you add. “So please stop looking so sad.” You lean closer, pecking his cheek. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“You’re not?”
He sounds like he doesn’t believe it, so you remind him, “I’m your girlfriend, and you’re my boyfriend. We aren’t breaking up when we just started dating.”
He looks at you. His gaze is heavy with emotion, and you think he might say the words. But, much like you, they stay clogged in his throat, so he says it with his body instead. He says it with the way he pulls you in for the most gentle kiss, like you’re fragile china in a glass armoire. He says it like one wrong move might turn you to dust, says it like you’re the sun he’s orbiting around. 
He says it with the way he hovers on top of you when you lie on your back, pulling him then. Says it when he leaves a trail of wet kisses down the column of your throat, and says it when he kneels between your legs.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asks as you reach for the hem of his sweatpants.
“San, please,” you beg.
“Baby.”
He doesn’t usually call you baby, yet it makes you love him even more, and you sit up to take off your sweater while he takes his sweatpants off. He didn’t put underwear on, and he’s already hard when he kneels between your legs again, stroking himself slowly. 
You take it all in - the hard planes of his body shift each time he strokes his dick, and you admire him in the warmth of the fairy lights. There’s a vein on one of his biceps, his abs look rock hard, and you reach between you to run a hand up his abdomen.
“You’re so beautiful,” he praises. “So, so beautiful.”
You want to say that he is, too, but he’s leaning down, stealing your mouth for another languid kiss that makes your mind spin out of control. Your hand moves down, finding the base of his dick, and you squeeze him, jerking him off slowly like you know he likes it, with a flick of the wrist when you reach the top. He grunts in your mouth, fucking your hand, and you moan as he bites at your lower lip.
“I want you slow tonight,” he says. “Want to make you feel so good.”
“Is that one of your fantasies, too?” you tease.
He glares at you, one hand finding your neck. He doesn’t choke you, just holds, and desire strikes you deep.
“Don’t be a brat about this, mmh?”
You smirk. “We’ll see.”
He tries to keep the glare, but then he bursts out laughing even though you have your hand around him. He kisses you, softly, and then pulls away to meet your gaze. “I’ll make love to you, m’kay?”
Make love. It’s a confession in itself, even if it isn’t those three little words. You take it in, and your heart races in your chest with love and lust and everything in between as San kneels back on his heels and takes off your shorts and underwear.
Once you’re fully naked, San meets your gaze again, one of his hands trailing between your legs. He parts your folds, teases your entrance, and then he pushes one finger in. Your mouth falls open at the intrusion, pleasure spiking up your spine, especially as he arches the finger to rub the sweet, nutty spot inside of you.
“You’re always so soaked for me,” he praises. “My perfect girlfriend.”
“Always for you,” you agree.
He smiles, eyes shining, and then he’s kissing you again as he eases a second finger inside of you, getting you ready for his dick. It feels good, far too good, but you want him whole. Want his body on top of yours, his hands in your hair, and yours on his back. 
You want his lips to never leave yours again. But they do as he pulls his fingers out of you, watching them glistening with your juices. He brings them to your mouth, and you lick them clean for him, the taste of you only serving to make your heart beat even faster.
“Ready?” he asks as he positions himself at your entrance.
You nod, hooking your legs around him as you try and lift yourself on him. He pulls his dick away, tapping it on your sensitive clit, and you moan a curse that makes him chuckle.
“Don’t worry, princess. I’ve got you.”
The second he finishes the sentence, San’s pushing inside of you, stretching you wide open. This time, you moan in pleasure. He leans his forehead against yours, slowly pushing all the way in, only stopping when he’s fully inside of you.
And then you’re kissing again, all lips and tongues and racing hearts and so much feelings for such a small soul. Yet as he starts moving, rocking his hips back and forth, you think you might be infinite. Because being with him feels infinite, like nothing could ever stop you. Like your photons of light, travelling side by side in the emptiness of space, never feeling empty because of the presence at your side.
You’re full of all your emotions for him, full of him, and you moan in his mouth as he groans his pleasure. The kiss is wet, but you don’t care. You just want it all, and San gives it to you. Even as the pace remains slow and deep, his lips ravage your mouth with intent, and you scratch at his back as if that’ll bring him even closer.
Somehow, it does, and you hold him tight against you as he keeps moving, making love to you like he said he would.
“I wanna fuck you like this every day,” he says in your ear, voice low and husky. “Wanna feel your walls tightening because they want more.”
“So crude,” you let out, though it ends on a moan as he snaps his hips harder. “Fuck.”
“Just…” he trails off, and then he finds your mouth again. 
There are no words needed in the following moments. Just two heartbeats in sync, two bodies moving together, a rhythm increasing yet staying full of love. When your high hits, you fall along with him, and he paints your insides white as he pours his love into you.
And you feel so full of him, so full with him, that you just keep holding him as your breathing evens out, your heart returning to normal. He doesn’t try moving either, his face hidden in your neck, though he does gently peck your skin once in a while, to keep you tethered to him in this instant in time.
As if you would ever drift from him. 
How could you, when he’s the man that you love?
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, anxiety, san's dad, explicit content: oral sex (male receiving), spitting, unprotected sex (be careful), hair pulling, jerking off, praise, fingering
☆word count: 11.9k
☆series masterpost
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☆a/n: almost the end :') thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Sunday, April 13th
You didn’t realize how fucked you would be for not studying during Spring Break until you end up spending your entire weekend at the library, deep in your books instead of running on the beach with Choi San like you did last Thursday. It’s such a drastic change of environment that you’ve been feeling whiplashed, puzzled, the white neon lights of the library harsh compared to the sun you’ve experienced during the trip.
At least, Choi San is sitting right next to you, close enough for you to be able to lean your head on his shoulder whenever you need a break from staring at your laptop as you try to cram all the information for tomorrow’s exam into your brain.
“Everything okay?” San asks as you do lean on his shoulder for the hundredth time.
You sigh. “I’m tired. I don’t think I’ll be able to study for much longer.”
“Do you feel ready for the exam?” he asks, and he pecks the top of your head.
You smile, heart soaring in your chest. “As much as I can be. I just know I won’t be able to retain any more information.”
“To be fair, the final in this class has the reputation to be easy,” San says. “So I’m pretty sure you’ll be okay.”
You yawn, glancing at the screen of his laptop. “What are you even doing?”
There’s an anime playing on the screen, and it definitely has nothing to do with tomorrow’s exam at all.
San laughs. “I got bored of studying like thirty minutes ago, but you looked like you were focused, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”
You straighten, stretching as you immediately close your laptop. “Then let’s go, since you’re done too.”
San nods with dimples adorning his cheeks, and then you both get ready to go, putting your stuff in your bags. You put a jacket on, but San came without one, only wearing his trusted grey sweater you’ve seen him in far too many times before.
Once you’re both ready, you get out of the small study room you reserved, heading towards the large one where some of your friends are. You notice Sydney and your brother left, which you confirm by checking your phone and seeing that she’s texted you to let you know, and so you say goodbye to Wooyoung, Yeosang and Hongjoong before leaving the library, stepping out into the fresh night air.
The sun set a long time ago, and some rare puddles reflect the light of the streetlight as if they’re portals to another universe. San holds your hand as you walk, and the wind is colder than you’d expected it to be, leaving you to step closer to San.
As you walk, you pass by the sakura trees that line one of the campus’s paths. Most of them are still heavy with blossoms, though they’ve been falling in the last few days, their beautiful yet short blossoming season ending already.
Petals flutter to the ground around you, reminiscent of the snow from just a few months ago, and it makes for a romantic atmosphere, one that makes you tug on San’s hand.
“What?” he asks, and you both keep walking, though you slow down as you walk past the trees.
“It’s so beautiful here,” you reply, and you lean against him. “One day, I want a house with a sakura tree out front.”
“I’ll plant it for you,” San promises, and he pecks your head again.
You’re grinning from ear to ear as you look up at him. “I hope that is a promise.”
He laughs, eyes crinkling at the corners. “Of course it is.”
You keep walking towards San’s apartment, cherry blossoms falling around you until you reach the street, leaving the sakura tree path behind. 
Twenty minutes later - and a stop at a late-night croffle shop later - you make it to San’s place, the elevator ride spent in silence as you look at your croffle like it holds the answers to the universe. Once you’re in front of San’s door, he unlocks, holding the door open for you to walk in. 
Byeol comes up to you, meowing loudly, and you laugh as you bend down, patting her head with your empty hand.
“Hello, you,” you greet her with a high-pitched voice, and San chuckles behind you as he closes the door and locks.
You kick off your shoes, putting your croffle on the counter, San doing the same a heartbeat later. You then take off your jacket, and he takes it from your hand to hang it in the closet.
“Let’s eat those now because we won’t be able to sleep if we wait later,” he says as he walks behind the counter, making his way to the drawer where he keeps his cutlery. 
“Good idea.”
It doesn’t take you long to settle at the dining table, and then you’re eating, savouring the sweet dessert while Byeol meows to her contentement as she rubs herself on your legs and San’s legs.
“I think she missed you,” San teases.
You meet his gaze, cheeks dusting with pink. “I missed her too. I missed… coming here, too.”
San’s smile is genuine, revealing dimples. “You’ll get to come here all the time now.”
“We’ll see about that.”
He narrows his gaze, glancing at your half-eaten croffle. “For that comment, I’m stealing a bite.”
“Hey!” you yelp, but he’s too quick, his fork darting into your food and retrieving to his mouth before you can stop him. You glare at him, folding your arms on your chest. “That was mean.”
He dips his finger in the whipped cream on his own dessert, and then he taps your nose. Once again, you’re too slow to duck, and you immediately retaliate by doing the same thing, rubbing whipped cream on his cheek.
“Now I guess we’ve become the desserts,” San says. He wipes his cheek, licking his fingers clean, and your mind goes fully empty at the sight of his tongue on his fingers.
Goddamn. 
“What?” San asks with a laugh.
You shake out of the reverie of him licking his fingers clean of something else, and you meet his gaze. “Nothing.”
He squints his eyes again as if he’s still suspicious, yet he shrugs it off, eating a piece of his croffle while you wipe your nose absentmindedly.
“Do you need to take a shower before bed?” he asks once you’ve both finished eating, enjoying each other’s company in silence for a little while.
You nod. “If you don’t mind.”
“I don’t,” he reassures you. “I have to take a shower too anyway.”
He ends up going before you, only because you insist that he does so, and you take a quick shower when he’s done, brushing your teeth and doing your skincare before meeting him in the living room, where he waited for you.
He looks good. Shirtless, with just a pair of black joggers hanging low on his hips. He’s scrolling on his phone, the screen casting its white glow on his features as he looks at whatever he’s looking at. His free hand is petting Byeol where she’s lying down next to him, the muscles in his forearm shifting slightly with every move of his fingers.
Something hot and wicked grows in you, and you gulp as he raises his head, meeting your gaze.
“What?” he asks, his voice low.
That doesn’t help, either.
“I…” you trail off, and you take a couple of steps towards him. 
He smirks. He fucking smirks, because he must know. He must know you’ve spent the two last nights thinking about him. Thinking about what happened at the house by the beach, what you did on that muscular thigh of his.
“Like what you see?” he teases.
“Shut up,” you grumble, yet you stop in front of him, dropping your phone on the couch next to him. 
His gaze widens, his features falling more serious. “Is everything okay?”
“I’m ready,” you whisper.
“What?”
“I’m ready, San. I don’t want to wait anymore.”
He gulps. “I’m not sure I’m following.”
He doesn’t need to. No, you simply nestle yourself between his thighs, bending down as you cup his cheeks and capture his mouth in a languid kiss. He immediately lets go of his phone, and his hands find your waist as you push your tongue in his mouth.
The taste of him is addictive. It’s insanity, the sweetest nectar you’ve ever tasted, and you sigh against his lips as his grip on your waist tightens. He guides you closer, and you straddle his lap.
You think a volcano erupts inside of you. Everything goes burning hot, your thoughts tinting with red, with passion and lust and so much desire for San you might break down right here, right now. Instead, you kiss him with everything in you, kiss him like you’re in Pompeii awaiting your demise while the walls crumble down around you.
But you’re not. You’re very much alive and, tonight, you want to make him feel alive, too.
You rest a hand flat on his chest, pushing him away. He leans back against the couch, and you meet his gaze before glancing down at his pink lips, now swollen and glistening with saliva. And then you’re diving in again, though this time you divert to his neck, biting at his skin lightly before closing your lips around the spot below his ear, sucking delicately.
He grunts, throwing his head back as well as tilting it to the side, and you leave a trail of hot, wet kisses down to his collarbone. Your hands roam freely on his chest, appreciating the warmth of his sculpted muscles, and then you’re leaning away from his neck, straightening on his lap.
His chest goes up and down quickly with the rhythm of his breathing, and he gulps as you just look down at him, your panties starting to grow sticky with the wetness of your arousal.
“What are-” he starts saying, though he stops the second you move from his lap to kneel in front of him. 
He gulps. He fucking gulps, and you look down at the imprint of his dick in his sweatpants. He’s visibly not fully hard yet and still, the sheer size of him makes your pussy clench around nothing as you trace his length with a finger.
“I want you, tonight,” you whisper, your voice sinfully sultry, and San curses underneath his breath.
“What about the exam tomorrow?”
You lean your head on his thigh, innocently looking up at him. “What about it?”
He chuckles, and he brushes your hair over your shoulder. “Shouldn’t we go to bed early?”
“Mmh.” You glance at his dick before looking up at his eyes again. “You don’t look like you want to go to bed early.”
“Neither do you,” he replies, his voice taking the same low, dangerous tone yours has been enshrouded with.
Emboldened, you palm him through the fabric of his clothes. His dick twitches under your hand, clearly enjoying the attention. And so you rub him, up and down.
“You made me come a couple of days ago, and I didn’t get to make you come,” you say. “Shouldn’t I make you feel good tonight?”
“Fuck, princess,” he curses, his eyes fluttering shut as you peck his dick before sitting back on your heels. “Let me see your lips around me, mmh?”
You’re on fire. Sinking in lava, soon to be drowning in it. But you don’t care. You just want more. You just want to have the heady taste of his precum on your tongue, to hear the way he groans when he comes. You want to remember what the passion between the two of you is like, so unlike the softness you usually carry yourselves with.
And so you grab the hem of his pants, pulling them down while he helps you by moving up from the couch just enough for you to pull the sweatpants past his ass. You leave his boxers on though, and then you’re palming him again, rubbing his dick through his underwear.
Clearly, you’re not applying enough pressure, because San bucks his hips, seeking more friction. You don’t give it to him, simply removing your hand from his dick to rest it on his thigh as you lean closer, pecking the head of his dick.
“Please don’t tease too much,” San says, entirely breathless above you.
You look up, smirking. “Why not?”
“Brat,” he lets out in what almost sounds like a growl. “Because I haven’t jerked off since before we went to the beach, and I’m going to come embarrassingly fast already.”
“Oh, will you?”
You did not forget that San is more of a dom, even though he doesn’t portray it all that much in his day to day life. But he reminds you tonight, grabbing your jaw and leaning towards you.
“Open your mouth, princess,” he orders. “We gotta wash that tongue of yours.”
You keep your lips stubbornly sealed, and San draws closer, pecking your mouth. And then he’s biting at your lower lip, sucking it into his mouth, and you moan. It’s all it takes for him to spit in your mouth, though he immediately starts kissing you after, his tongue teasing yours, and you kiss him back like you’ve gone feral for him.
You think you might have.
“Sit back,” you order as you pull away from the kiss, pushing on his chest again.
He obeys, his dark, lustful gaze watching your every move, and you look down at his dick, now visibly rock hard, enough so that the tip of it is pushing out of his boxers. You relieve him of those, pulling them down his legs and letting them rest around his ankles as you look at his dick, his balls sitting fat and heavy between his thighs.
He does look like he hasn’t come in a while. 
Unable to resist, you lean forward, licking a stripe between his two balls, and San hisses as you keep going up, making your way to his tip. You lick at his slit, and the taste of his precum finally fills your mouth, making you moan louder than necessary.
Fuck, you missed this. So much so that you’re taking him in your mouth a second later, unable to tease like you originally planned to.
And you lose yourself in him. Lose yourself in the bobbing up and down of your head, in your tongue alternating between resting flat on his shaft and swirling around his tip. You lose yourself in the sounds he makes - the moans, the groans, the growls - and you moan around him, letting him know that this is making you feel just as good as it’s making him feel. 
When he puts his hand on the back of your head, guiding you up and down on him, you let him lead, eyes watering as he hits the back of your throat. But you keep the gag reflex in, let him use you like he wants to use you. You want him wild, unleashed, and he doesn’t disappoint, fucking your mouth so good you need him inside of you.
You might be stupid. You might be truly insane. But the second he lets you go so that you can breathe, you get up, taking off your PJ shorts and panties in one swift motion. San just watches you through half-lidded eyes, and he doesn’t try to stop you as you straddle his lap. 
Hell, he grips your hips, guiding you so that you’re grinding on his cock, your juices wetting his shaft and the tip of his dick so thoroughly that, on your next pass, it dips inside of you.
The feeling of his tip parting your nether lips makes you roll your eyes to the back of your head and, before he can make you pull away, you sink your weight on him, up until he’s fully inside of you, so deep you think you see stars.
“Holy fuck,” he curses. “Princess, I…”
You move up, and then drive yourself back down on him. “Yes?”
“I’m gonna fucking come.”
You don’t need to hear more. You put your feet on each side of his thighs to have better leverage, holding his shoulders, and then you start moving up and down as quickly as you can, your thighs burning after only a few seconds. But the sounds he makes keep you going, and you ignore the burn as he hits your cervix.
He feels good. You’ve never been with him like this before, without a condom, and it’s like every sensation is a thousand times stronger. You feel the drag of him on your walls, feel the ridge of his tip as he moves inside of you. Hell, you think you also feel the large vein that goes from the base of his dick almost all the way to the top.
You feel every single fucking thing, and it’s going to make you come, too.
San’s fingers dig in the supple skin on your hips as you keep going up and down. He’s doing most of the work now, holding your weight as he helps you move, and his muscles flex with every motion, one vein popping out on his biceps.
And then San leans forward, wrapping an arm around your waist as you sink all the way down until he’s against your cervix, and he drops his forehead on your collarbone as he comes with a cry, painting your insides white. The feeling of him twitching inside you sends you over the edge, and your pussy spasms on him as you climax hard, your eyes going blind as you lose a hand in his hair, pulling it without even realizing you’re doing so. You’re mewling, moaning, his name a litany as waves after waves crash on you, and San follows you into it all, shaking under you.
It takes an eternity for you both to come down from your high. San’s still spearing you with his dick, still rock hard despite having come, and he just chuckles breathlessly, pecking your neck as he turns his head towards you.
“What the actual fuck,” he lets out.
You lightly laugh as your mind grows fuzzy with the strength of your orgasm. “What the fuck,” you repeat.
“That was…” He chuckles again. “That was amazing.”
It was. It really fucking was.
You pull on his hair, and he hisses in pain even though he lets you do it. The second he’s far enough for you to kiss him, you capture his mouth in a sweet and slow languid kiss that reminds you of what home is.
Home is him, wherever he is in the world. And you want to tell him how he makes you feel, how your heart beats for him and him only, but it feels like it would be too much right now.
You want to tell him when the moment feels right. And though you do love him right now, you don’t want him to think you’re saying it because of the heat of the moment.
When you naturally pull away from the kiss, resting your forehead against him, your eyes flutter open just enough for you to see the grin on his lips. It makes you love him even more, and you peck his lips once more before pulling away.
“Now, how are we going to do this?”
San’s eyes take a moment before they open, and his pupils are blown out wide when he meets your gaze. “We’ll make a mess, but that’s okay. I’ll clean it up.” He wets his lips, glancing down between you, but your shirt hides the spot where your bodies are connected. “You’ll have to get up, though.”
You take a deep breath to prepare yourself, and then you do so, holding onto his shoulders for leverage.
The second you feel his cum dripping out of you, running on the inside of your thighs, you put your hand between your legs. But he came a lot - it covers your hand, and you let out an awkward laugh.
“Shit.”
“Let me go get something,” San says, and he gets up, stumbling from the fact that his boxers are still around his ankles. He kicks them off, and then he jogs to the bathroom, coming back with so much toilet paper that you just laugh as he hands it to you.
“Thanks.” You put the paper against you, and then you head to the bathroom, waddling awkwardly as San jogs in front of you.
“Let me start a shower for you.”
“For us,” you say as you make it to the bathroom, and you sit on the toilet. “A shower for us.”
San smiles down at you. “Yes, princess. For us.”
He’s so beautiful like this you could cry. He’s more so beautiful as he holds you against his chest in the shower, leaving hundreds of soft kisses on the top of your head. Even more so beautiful as you lie in his bed after, your head on his shoulder as you’re tucked in his side. 
You shift even closer, needing to hear the beats of his heart, making sure they’re synced with yours. Of course they are, and you smile in the darkness, tightening your grip around his waist for a few seconds.
And then you let a truth slip.
“It was my first time ever doing it raw,” you admit.
San lets out a chuckle. “I thought you were already asleep.”
You glance up to find him already gazing down at you. “Nah.” Your cheeks burn, and you’re thankful that the lights are off and he can’t see. “What about you?”
“Am I sleeping?”
You glare at him, though it’s all in good fun. “No, did you ever go raw with someone else before?”
He wets his lips, blinking once. “No, it was my first time.”
For some reason, that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You think he feels the same way, because he leans closer, pecking your forehead.
“And we should definitely do it again,” he adds.
You snort, tapping his chest. “Pervert.”
“You’re telling me you didn’t like it?”
You purse your lips. “I am not answering that question.”
“I’ll take it as a yes.”
You laugh, and you spy a dimple on his cheek as you glance up. “Maybe.”
He’s grinning and fuck, happiness looks so good on him.
“Let’s sleep, though,” you say as your heart beats for him, filling you with warmth. “We have to get up early for the final tomorrow.”
San takes a deep breath, the smile lingering on his lips, and he pecks the top of your head. “Good night, Y/n.”
“Night, San.” You snuggle closer, hiding your face in his neck. “Sweet dreams.”
“I’ll dream of you, then.”
You laugh, pecking his neck, and then you close your eyes, breathing in the scent of him.
San holds you through the night, your hearts beating together like they have been since his lips first touched yours.
Saturday, May 3rd
San is anxious. Deadly so, as the rapid rhythm of his leg moving up and down tells you. He’s sitting on your bed, staring at nothing in particular while you’re curling your hair, and the sight of him like that makes your heart break.
“Everything okay?” you ask.
His eyes dart to you before returning to their vague spot on the wall. “Yes.”
He doesn’t say more, and you worry at your bottom lip, trying to figure out what to say to reassure him. Though you doubt he can be reassured, considering you’ll be having dinner with his father tonight.
“I’m almost ready,” you choose to say, and you focus on yourself in the mirror you usually use for your makeup. 
He doesn’t say anything, and so you focus on finishing with your hair, and then you unplug your hair curler before running your fingers through your hair to make sure that the curls aren’t too tight. You then get up, and you walk over to him, sitting next to him. 
He barely acknowledges you, and you rest your hand on his knee, trying to keep his leg from bouncing. 
“It’s going to be okay,” you whisper.
San meets your gaze, and he looks so much like a prey right now you have half a thought to suggest cancelling.
“Is it?”
You offer him an encouraging smile, nodding once. “Yes, it will be. I’ll be right there with you.” You grab his hand, interlacing your fingers. “You can even hold my hand under the table if you need to.”
He doesn’t smile, but the frown lessens.
“Thank you,” he says. He gulps, and his eyes trail back to the wall. “I don’t think I’d be able to do this without you.”
You let go of his hand, wrapping your arms around his waist instead as you rest your head on his shoulder. “You’re stronger than you think you are, San. And not only because I can barely wrap my arms around you from how large your shoulders are.”
That earns you the tiniest snort, but it’s progress. 
“That’s just because you’re tiny.” He leans his head on top of yours, and he takes a deep breath. “Good thing we waited until after the semester because I wouldn’t have been able to study.”
You know that. That’s why you suggested he’d tell his dad to wait after the semester to have dinner. You know how important his grades are to San, and you wouldn’t have wanted his father to ruin that for him too.
“Yeah,” you agree. “Instead of having to study, we can come home after and just cuddle and watch a movie.”
“I can’t fucking wait,” San lets out. “Actually, why not do that instead? Fuck my dad.”
You scrunch your nose up, glancing up towards him, though you don’t manage to catch sight of his features because of the way he’s leaning on top of your head. “Might as well go now that we’re both ready. But if you want to leave, we leave. We don’t have to stay.”
“Right.” He pecks your head, and then remains unmoving, with his lips in your hair. 
Your embrace around him loosens, and then you move one of your hands to his thigh, soothingly caressing him.
“It’s going to be okay,” you say again. “I’ll make sure of it.”
San pulls away, and then his hand cups your cheek, tilting your head up until he can press the softest kiss on your lips. “Thank you.”
Your eyes flutter open - you shut them the second he got close - and you meet his gaze. You gulp at the intensity of the emotions swimming behind his pupils - anxiety, sadness, but also love. So much love, all for you, even if he hasn’t told you he loves you yet.
It’s not like you’ve told him, either. You’ve skirted around the subject for weeks now, trying to figure out the right moment, and then you realized that you’ve been telling each other in different ways now. All the ‘drive safe’, ‘text me when you’re home’ and ‘can’t wait to see you’ all mean the same thing, after all, and you don’t need those three extra little words for you to know how he feels about you, and for him to know how you feel about him.
You know. You both know it, as it’s become a law of your universe.
“Of course,” you whisper.
He looks down at your lips, tracing them with his thumb, and then he’s leaning in again.
This time, your mouths meet in a languid embrace, moving against each other slowly yet passionately. You tilt your head to the side as his tongue pushes past your lips, and your tongues twine as you sigh in the kiss, your hand on his thigh moving higher by instinct.
San’s hand goes to the back of your head, and he grabs hold of your hair there as you innocently touch his dick with a finger.
“Be nice,” he tells you, his tone stern. “Or I’m going to ruin that beautiful makeup of yours before we get there.”
Heat strikes you, and you gulp, biting at your lower lip. “Yeah?”
He curses lowly. “Princess, we can’t right now.”
“Oh, I know,” you reassure him, and you move closer, capturing his lips in a short, wet kiss. “But you’re so hard to resist.”
He pulls away to eye you down, his gaze returning to yours dark and lustful. “You’ll keep the dress on when we come back, m’kay?”
“Didn’t you want to cuddle later?” you ask innocently, bashing your eyelashes at him.
“If I recall, you’re the one that said that.” It’s his turn to lean closer, and he says the next words against your mouth. “But I just want to hear you moan my name. You’re so fucking pretty when you do so.”
“Mmh,” you hum. “We’ll see if you get to hear it tonight.”
He grabs your jaw, his hold tight yet never hurtful, and then he’s kissing you rough, erasing every single thought from your brain. You forget everything but him, and the warmth that pools at your core grows dangerous, threatening to make you lose control.
To make you say fuck it, let’s stay here tonight.
San pulls away from the kiss, tapping your cheek lightly as your eyes flutter open. He glances down at your thighs, and at the way you’re rubbing them together like that will give you any friction. He smirks, chuckling darkly.
“Yeah, we’ll see if I do.”
You’ve been horny lately. Both of you. You’ve been having sex a lot since that Sunday after the beach trip, like you both can’t get enough of each other. And frankly, you highly doubt you can. Not when he’s so addictive, so perfect for you like his body was moulded for you.
Like you were meant to find him, and he was meant to find you. Which, come to think of it, has to be the truth. Your truth.
Your life would not make sense without Choi San in it.
*****
The restaurant San’s father chose is in the suburbs of the city, and San parks in the large parking lot right on time, though his father already informed you that he would be five minutes late.
Which you think is funny yet disrespectful, considering he lives a five minutes drive from the restaurant.
And so you wait in the car, holding San’s hand and playing with his fingers as he texts his father that you’ve arrived, and then he focuses on you, offering you a tight-lipped smile.
“Turns out we probably would have had time for that quickie,” he deadpans.
You snort, though the thought makes you bite at the inside of your cheek. “I’d rather take my time with you.”
San smirks, chuckling lightly. “I feel like I’m usually the one to say that.” He leans in, kissing you swiftly. “But I like hearing it from your mouth.”
His phone buzzes, and San looks down at the device, letting out a small curse. He then leans back against his seat, sighing deeply.
“What’s wrong?” you ask, though you already have an inkling.
“My father said he’ll be here in ten minutes and to go wait inside.”
Not that you expected any better of his father considering what you currently know of him, but you’re still disappointed for San. You grab his hand to offer support, giving you the best smile you can muster up.
“Well then, let’s go in and pretend we are on a date, shall we?”
His smile barely reaches his eyes, but you’ll take that over the sullen expression he had when his father texted him.
It doesn’t take long for the two of you to get out of the car after that, walking towards the door of the restaurant. Ever so the gentleman, San holds the door open for you, and you teasingly curtsy to thank him before walking in.
That earns you a more genuine smile, and hope for the fate of this evening returns to your heart.
Thankfully, despite his tardiness, San’s father reserved a spot for the three of you already, so the hostess leads you to your table on the side of the restaurant with a bar, and you and San settle on the bench that’s against the wall, leaving the visibly uncomfortable-looking chair for his father.
He just had to be on time to have the best seat, after all.
Once you’re seated, San pulls the drink menu towards the two of you, and you start skimming the many different drinks that the restaurant offers. You end up choosing an apple sangria, curious as to what it tastes like, and San orders a beer for himself.
You’ve been drinking a little more now, though you mostly only drink spiked lemonade and occasionally sangria, only because you haven’t found other drinks that you like. You used to be big on seltzers and shots three years and half ago before you stopped drinking, but those have lost all their appetite since the events of the summer prior to your first year of college and the Frosh week that initiated your college experience.
San grows impatient as the drinks arrive, and his father still hasn’t arrived. It’s been more than ten minutes, and you run a hand on his thigh in a gesture you hope is soothing.
“I can’t even say I’m surprised,” San lets out, and he sighs deeply, taking a sip of his beer. “He probably won’t even come.”
“Then it’s you and me,” you say, and you squeeze his thigh, lips softly curving. “I get to have an impromptu date with you, I’m not going to complain.”
“As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I would prefer it if my dad wasn’t a dick.”
His sentence is curt, his tone cold and, though you tell yourself that he has every right to be upset at the moment, it still hurts.
He never speaks to you like that. But someone once did, and you’re never going to let someone talk to you like that ever again. Yet you figure it’s not the right time to tell San.
After all, maybe your attempt at lightening his mood was clumsy, and not what he needed to hear.
You take a sip of your sangria, surprised with how fresh and sweet it tastes. It helps cover the bitterness of the feeling he’s momentarily risen in you, and you push your glass towards him.
“Try this,” you offer him.
He casts you a side glance. “You sure? It isn’t a big glass.”
“I don’t mind,” you reassure him with a shrug of your shoulders. “It’s really good.”
“Well, if you insist.” He takes a sip, and his gaze widens in surprise. “Oh shit, that’s actually really good.”
Subject change successful.
“Right!”
He smiles, and you’re relieved at the dimple that appears on his cheek. The dimple doesn’t remain for long though - someone calls San’s name, and his smile disappears faster than it appeared, anxiety taking over his features.
You turn towards the man that’s walking towards you, surprised to see just how much he looks like San. The dimples are the same, his grin almost too practiced, but his hair is shorter. The man stops on the other side of the table, his eyes darting to you quickly before settling on his son once more.
“My son,” he says. “Sorry for my delay, I could not for the life of me find this.”
He’s holding a box, and he hands it to San. San just stares at the box unblinkingly for a few seconds, and then meets his father’s gaze again.
“What is this?” he asks.
His father’s eyes dart towards you again. “A gift.”
Obviously.
San nods, like he doesn’t believe his father got him a gift, and then hesitantly takes it. “You didn’t have to get me a gift.”
“After all these years, and you making it into law school? I had to get you something.”
The cold that radiates from San is worse than hell, or at least it feels so.
“I haven’t made it into law school yet.”
“Semantics,” his father says, shrugging his shoulders. “Open it.”
San clenches his jaw, but still opens the box. It contains an expensive looking watch, and San just stares at it like it’s alien, an object straight from another universe.
“Do you like it?” his father asks, and you notice the practiced smile is gone from his features now, like he’s ready to scold San.
“Yes,” San says. “I’m just… how much did this cost?”
His father waves him off, and then finally sits in the chair across from San, still barely acknowledging your presence. It feels insulting, but you keep it to yourself, only observing the conversation.
“Don’t worry about it,” his father says. “I haven’t been able to give you any gifts in forever, so I figured you’d be happy to receive this.”
“Thank you,” San says. He puts the box down on the table and then glances at you, offering you a small smile. 
You give him what you hope is an encouraging nod.
“Who’s the young lady?” his father asks next, finally acknowledging your presence.
San straightens, and he smiles proudly, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. “My girlfriend, Y/n.”
Your gaze shots to the side of his face at the sound of the word ‘girlfriend’ in his mouth, and your heart starts racing in your chest. Cheeks burning, you bow to his father as he does the same to you, finally greeting you as well.
You can’t really focus on the conversation after that, though you don’t fail to notice how strained it is, and how one-sided it feels like, his father relating stories of travels and things that happened to him and his family in the last few years. It’s an accurate demonstration of how shitty he is towards San - not once does he ask about what San has been up to.
You can’t believe San referred to you as his girlfriend. Can’t believe how right it felt too, and butterflies swirl in your stomach in an incessant dance as the word echoes in your head. It warms up your whole body, and you think you’re literally vibrating with happiness for a moment there.
You’re his girlfriend. You are. It doesn’t matter that you haven’t told each other this before - you’ve been ready to dive in feet first in a relationship with him for a few weeks already. You think it started when you ran hand in hand on the beach while it was pouring. The romance of the moment finished lacing that red thread around your wrist and his, making it your fate to end up with San.
Though you think it’s been your fate for far longer than that. You think your fate was sealed the second the professor made you partners for that project last semester. 
As your thoughts still race with all the emotions you feel for San, you feel him tense next to you. He folds his arms on his chest, sits back against the booth, and it’s enough for you to slowly return to reality.
His father is currently going off about something Minho, his other son, did - apparently, he’s a talented sprinter - and San doesn’t seem like he wants to hear any of it. You immediately react, patting his thigh, and he gives you a poor excuse of a smile.
“San works out a lot too,” you say, interrupting his father almost in the middle of his sentence. “Can’t say if he’s a good sprinter, but you should see him lift.”
His father’s mouth falls open, as if only realizing that he’s been telling everything about himself instead of asking about his son, and he glances at you. “Oh, does he?”
You look at San. “You do. Tell him about your PRs!”
San relaxes, his hands falling in his lap, and he finds your hand, entwining your fingers. And then he finally manages to tell something to his father and, to your relief, he seems genuinely interested in hearing what San has to say.
Perhaps his father has been anxious about tonight, and yapping is actually his way of compensating. It’s a trait he shares with San - whenever San grows anxious, he tends to ramble a lot. 
Except earlier, when he grew dead silent back at your apartment. But you can understand why - tonight is a huge step for him, and clearly not an easy one either.
The food arrives not too long after and, seemingly having gotten the message, San’s father finally starts asking San some questions about college, and about life in general. He also asks how you two met, and San is smiling when he tells him how you had to do a project together last semester.
“I fell in love right away, honestly,” he says, and he looks at you, stars twinkling in his eyes. “Couldn’t help myself.”
You melt. You melt like ice cream in the summer heat, and you can’t help the smile that spreads on your face. “Couldn’t help myself either. but we’ve only started dating recently. We took our time.”
You say that holding San’s gaze, and his cheeks dust with pink. “We did.”
“I think it’s a good thing that you guys took your time,” his father says, and you didn’t expect the piece of wisdom he shares with you after. “That way you slowly build up the foundations of your relationship, and it can only grow stronger from there.”
He’s right. For all the wrong he did to his son, he’s right about this, and you don’t miss the way San’s eyes fill with water. He’s clearly touched by his father’s words, and you offer him the smallest smile, something just for you and him in this moment in time.
The subject naturally changes after that, going to the quality of the food you’re eating. It really is good food, and you all focus on eating for a few minutes, until San’s father excuses himself to use the bathroom.
“How are you feeling?” you ask San the second you reckon his father is too far to hear.
“Honestly? Better than I thought I would.” He takes a sip of water - you’ve both finished your drinks before the food even arrived, and didn’t order more - and then adds, “It started really weird but… I think it’s better now. Isn’t it?”
He frowns with the question, looking at you for approval.
“It is,” you say with a nod. “I agree that it was weird at the beginning, but he seemed anxious. And he’s been seeming more genuine now too.”
“Right.” San glances at the watch. “This watch is worth thirty thousand dollars.”
“What the fuck?” you let out, eyes bulging out of your head.
You could tell it was expensive, but you would have never assumed that it was that expensive.
San wets his lips. “He got it when my mom got pregnant with me. When I was a kid, he told me he’d give it to me when I’d become a man.” His waterline grows silver. “I didn’t think he would ever give it to me.”
Which explains why he was so expectant when he gave the gift to San when he arrived.
“That’s…” you trail off. “I actually don’t have words to say.”
“He’s really trying.” A tear rolls on San’s cheek, and he quickly wipes it with the back of his hand. “But why does it feel like I’m doing my mom wrong by being here?”
“Oh, San…” You feel like your heart has been stabbed with his words, and you lay a hand on your chest, the other finding his hand. “I’m sure she would understand why you would want to have dinner with your father.”
“She would.” He nods. “She does, actually. I told her, and she said she was happy for me, and said I deserved to have a relationship with my father.”
His mother is a saint, that much you’re certain of. Because if you’d been in her position, you would have selfishly tried to keep San from ever seeing his father again after what his father did.
“But I feel so bad for her,” he adds. “She’s never been able to be with someone else, you know? He hurt her so bad.”
“I know,” you gently say. “I… I’m so sorry.”
San gulps, and he blinks his tears away. He’s successful this time, especially as he takes a deep breath and then drinks some water. “My bad. I should not get emotional right now. Let’s keep that for later.”
You don’t blame him for it - he doesn’t want to be emotional in front of his father, which is totally understandable considering that they’ve barely talked for years.
A few minutes later, his father returns, right at the same time as the waitress comes back to retrieve the empty food plates from the table. His father suggests getting dessert, and San grudgingly accepts. You end up eating a piece of cheesecake as father and son keep talking. The dessert is delicious, and you end up scraping the little bits left from the plate as San tells his father about his friends, and his father’s features light up from within at the mention of Wooyoung.
“Oh, I remember that kid!” his father says. “He was always so polite when he came over.”
San chuckles. “Yeah, Wooyoung is an angel in front of everyone’s parents, but he is a little wild.”
“Always thought so,” his father replies with a wise nod. “Do you get along with San’s friends?”
The question is directed to you, taking you by surprise, and your eyes go round. It doesn’t take you long to recover though, and you’re soon saying, “Yes, we’re all part of the same friend group, honestly.”
His father winces. “I hope nothing happens to you both, then. It’s always so hard losing friends when a break up happens.”
San tenses. “Right.”
His father senses the shift in the atmosphere, and an apologetic look appears on his features. You steel yourself - you can tell that the conversation is about to go to hell before it even starts.
“I’m sorry, San. I hope you know that.”
San’s fist clenches on the table next to the fork he’s just put down. “About what?”
“About everything,” his father says. “I never meant to hurt you or your mother.”
San raises his eyebrows, letting out the most bitter laugh you’ve ever heard from him. It’s enough to make you want to pull on his arm, to remind him that he’s bigger than that, but it’s too late. So you watch the asteroid crash, watch it all as if you’re frozen in place.
“Oh, so you’re sorry about lying to us for years?” he asks. “You’re sorry for abandoning the two of us, for pretending we didn’t exist.”
A muscle feathers on his father’s jaw. “You know it never was like that. Your mother forbade me from even talking to you. And it’s in the past now.”
“Is it?” San shakes his head, scoffing. “You think I’m over everything you did just because you want me to be?”
“Don’t do this here,” his father says. “Please.”
“Don’t come here with lame excuses, then.”
There’s an uncomfortable silence, and you put your hand on San’s forearm, trying to calm him down. Though awkward and clumsy, you think San’s father’s attempt at an apology might have been genuine, but it visibly was too early for San. San looks at you, and the pain in his features almost makes you want to jump at his father’s throat, but you refrain from doing so.
You really shouldn’t be causing a scene in public, anyway.
“Let’s stop here for tonight, shall we?” you suggest.
The two men look at you, his father relieved while San appears to feel betrayed. You hate the look on his features, but you figure you can always talk to him in the car to explain why you said that.
You know he’ll understand, even if he’s mad right now. And you don’t blame him for being mad, not after everything he’s been through.
“Good idea,” his father says. “We can always meet up again some other time.”
San scoffs, yet thankfully chooses to remain quiet as his father motions to the waitress that you’ll take the bill. He ends up paying for the three of you, which you thank him for since San remains silent. You then follow the man outside, wishing him goodbye as San walks behind you with the gift in his hand, even though he looks ready to throw it away the second his father turns his back on the two of you.
Obviously, he doesn’t, but San still stays stubbornly mute as you climb in his car. You notice his father driving away in a fancy Porsche, but you don’t say anything about it, instead looking at San’s profile as he wraps his hands around the wheel, white on his knuckles.
“He’s an asshole.”
“San…”
“Don’t defend him, I swear to God.” San sighs, head hanging low as his eyes flutter close. “And I’m not mad at you. Sorry if I sound like I am. I just…”
“It’s a lot,” you carefully say.
San nods. “It really is. I’m all for meeting up and talking, but saying he’s sorry after all the shit that happened is not it. As if three words can fix everything he’s put me and my mom through.”
“It can’t,” you agree. “But it’s a start, no?”
“Whatever.” San finally puts the key in the ignition, and the engine comes to life a second later. “I just want to go home and hold you in my arms and not think for a while.”
He gives you a quick look, long enough for you to nod, and then he’s pulling out of his parking spot, and then heading towards the street.
The ride is awkwardly silent at first as you worry that you could say something that would upset him. But ten minutes later, San turns on the bluetooth music, handing you his phone so that you can choose what music to put on. You settle on a chill indie playlist, and San nods in approval, humming along with the song.
Three songs later, his hand finds your thigh, and you think all is good in the world. And so you put your hand on top of his, relaxing in your seat as you look outside the window while the car eats the miles towards your apartment.
The drive home isn’t as long as it was earlier, most likely thanks to the lack of traffic at this hour, and San even manages to park his car right outside your apartment. You go in, finding the apartment enshrouded in darkness, though you quickly turn the lights on as you remove your shoes by the door.
“I am so ready to cuddle in bed,” San says with a sigh, and you lightly tap his chest.
“Shower first,” you remind him. “We’re not going in my bed with our outside clothes on.”
He whines, though he follows you to your bedroom so that you can grab a clean pair of PJ shorts along with a sweater of his you’ve stolen a few days ago. San fetches clothes from the bag he brought over, and then you both make your way to the bathroom.
“Do you want to go in first?” San asks, and you eye your tiny shower.
“We’ve fit in there together before.”
Something shines in his gaze, flames lit from within. “Oh, I see what you have in mind.”
“Not that,” you say with a laugh and a roll of your eyes. “But since you had a rough night, I want to be with you. Wash your back, and all that shit.”
San, who’s currently standing in front of you, leans down, leaving a peck on the tip of your nose before straightening. “You’re the best.”
And though this is all fairly new, though seeing him naked makes your blood boil in your veins, you focus on cleaning yourself, and then cleaning his back as you stand in the shower together. It’s gentle, soothing, or at least you try to be, knowing he needs it.
Even though he might need time to process tonight and talk about it, you still want him to know that you’re with him, that you’re ready to listen whenever he’ll want to talk about it.
Once you’re done washing his back, San turns, a trail of water licking down his shoulder and cresting on his right pec before trickling down his defined abs. The sight catches you off guard, and you look up to meet his gaze.
He’s smirking, and he rests a hand on the small of your back, pulling you flush against him. You let out a startled sound, and your hands land flat on his chest. 
“Careful or you’ll start drooling,” he teases.
You narrow your eyes at him, snaking your arms around his neck. “I would think that you would like that, no?” You glance down between the two of you, where his dick is pressed against your stomach. He’s soft, but you know your words will rile him up in no time. “Especially if it’s while I’m choking on your cock.”
He doesn’t waste a second, cupping your cheeks and kissing you deep. It’s languid, slow, every stroke of his tongue on yours igniting a star in your chest until you’re bursting at the seams, unable to hold all of your feelings for him.
“San,” you say against his lips what feels like an hour later, but realistically must only be a few seconds.
“Mmh?” he hums.”
“You said something, earlier,” you whisper as he rests his forehead against yours. 
“Yeah?”
You nod, and you run your hands down his back, goosebumps rising on your arms at the temperature of the water. You would probably be shivering if it wasn’t for San standing so close to you but right now, his body heat keeps you in its warm embrace.
“You told your father that I’m your girlfriend,” you continue.
He tenses. “I’m sorry.”
“No.” You pull away, eyes fluttering open to meet his gaze. “No, San.”
He looks terrified, like you’re about to run away. But you won’t - if he allows, you’ll stay rooted in this spot next to him for the rest of your life.
“I want to be your girlfriend,” you confess. “I want to get to call you my boyfriend, and to tell our friends that we’re dating. I want to tell my parents that we’re dating.” Suddenly, your vision gets blurry, and you blink tears away. “I really want us to be in a real relationship now. With all the labels that come with it.”
San’s eyes also fill with tears, but you know them for what they are - happiness in a liquid form. 
“Princess…”
You smile through the emotions. “Boyfriend.”
And then San is kissing you, his lips moving against yours like the grandest love confession of all. It might not be the words, and you both might not quite be ready to use those three little words, but your bodies and hearts and souls understand.
You understand, and so does he. It’s been written in the fabric of the universe ever since you went over to his apartment back in September.
“Fuck,” San curses. “Sorry. I…”
You pull him back down into another kiss, one that ends in a fit of giggles from the two of you. It’s sweet, far away from the lust you were trying to ignite with your words just a moment ago.
“Let’s get out of this shower,” San says when you finally part. “Before we drain the whole building of its hot water.”
You chuckle, nodding your head. “Yes. I want to be in your arms.”
“Always.”
It’s a promise if you’ve ever seen one.
San turns off the water as you get out of the shower, wrapping yourself in a towel. You hand him his, and he follows you out a second later. It doesn’t take you long to dry yourself and put your clothes on, and then you’re making your way to your bedroom, leaving the steamy bathroom behind.
Your room is cool, the streetlight outside projecting the shadow of branches heavy with leaves on the wall. They’re moving in the wind, almost as if a puppeteer is controlling them, and it would be a little creepy if you weren’t so damn happy.
How can you not be, when Choi San is by your side?
San plugs in your fairy lights as you retrieve your laptop from the desk of your vanity, and then you join him in bed. You’ve had a routine of watching some K-dramas in bed while cuddling every night you hang out and, tonight is no different. 
Or maybe it is. Maybe it is, because Choi San is your boyfriend, and you’re Choi San’s girlfriend. 
You smile, wiggling in place as happiness flushes through you again like a flood, and you grin from ear to ear. You can’t help it - his arm around you as the opening credits of the K-drama appears on the screen is just too perfect, much like everything about him after all.
“What’s got you dancing like that?” San asks.
“I’m happy,” you simply reply.
He pulls on you until you’re lying on your back, and he meets your gaze. “I’m happy, too.”
The kiss that comes next feels more natural than the sun and the rain and the clouds and the wind. It feels like maybe it’s the first rule of the universe, maybe it’s the Big Bang to a world of you and Choi San. 
It’s perfect in every way, even as you sigh against him, and he climbs on top of you, spreading your legs with his knee. Especially as he does so, and you wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him flush against you.
“Girlfriend,” San says as he pulls away to catch his breath.
You run your hand in his hair, slightly pulling at the strands as the grin comes back to your lips. “Boyfriend.”
“Fuck,” he curses, much like he had earlier. “I… There’s something I need to tell you.”
Even though the words usually make you feel anxious, the amount of love in his gaze makes you feel safer than you’ve ever felt, and you just nod, grin softening into a small smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve known you for a lot longer than you’ve known me,” he says.
The words get you confused, and your brow creases as you furrow your eyebrows. “What?”
“Frosh week,” he says. “You were drunk, and I should have known, but you asked me to kiss you.” His eyes flutter shut as he seems to be reminiscing the moment. You, on the other end, feel shocked, and you just wait for him to continue. “You were so pretty. You had two braids framing your face, and your eyes were so shiny. And you were smiling and laughing, and I thought I’d met the love of my life.”
He meets your gaze as you just blink once, not knowing what to say.
“And then you were laughing, and you spilled a drink on my shirt. And you said you were trying to kiss as many guys as you could -” not your proudest moment - “and that you were going to kiss me to apologize.” He laughs, slightly shaking his head. “And then you did. You kissed me, and I swear to God it was like the world stopped turning.”
“What?” you let out.
“I figured you were really drunk though, mostly because you tasted a lot like alcohol, so I pulled away. And then when you opened your eyes and looked at me, I felt like I was falling. And I never stopped. I know it might be weird, but…”
“San, stop,” you say, and his eyes widen in fear. 
He rolls on his side next to you, apologies taking over his features. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Why did you never talk to me after that?” you ask.
And you scramble through your mind, trying to find memories of that moment. But you only remember kissing the first two guys, and even then you were already pretty gone. 
But you would have remembered San, right? How could you even forget him?
“I tried,” he admits. “First day of class, I tried to approach you. But you only smiled politely, bowed a little, and walked right next to me. That’s when I realized you didn’t remember me.”
“San, what the fuck?”
“I… fuck, I’m sorry, I should have told you before.”
You gulp as you sit up, pausing the K-drama. “It’s just… weird.”
“I’m sorry,” he apologizes again as he too sits up.
“This whole time…” you trail off for a few seconds, and then finish, “you knew who I was?”
He nods. “Had a massive crush on you in the first year of college. You can ask Wooyoung. He kept making fun of me.”
The strangest part is, you remember Wooyoung from back then. Maybe because he hasn’t changed all that much, whereas San got a lot stronger over the years, his physique changing drastically. 
Hell, you barely recognize him from the pictures he showed you from when he was back in high school.
“And you never tried to talk to me?”
He chuckles, and this time, it’s a little bitter. “Oh, I actually did. For like two months. But every time I went up to you, I just felt so fucking awkward and inadequate and… I told myself that it was because of my father, and that you deserved better anyway.”
“San, no…”
He shrugs his shoulders. “That’s why I started working out,” he admits. “I didn’t like feeling insecure like that, and I figured I could at least look better.”
And he does. Not that he wasn’t cute before, but he was just… a boy. And now he’s a man, a man that’s swept you off your feet.
“Holy shit,” you let out after a moment of silence that stretches into awkwardness. “I… That’s so wild.”
San looks apologetic - sad, even. “I’m really sorry.”
“All this time…” 
He nods when you stop talking. “I should have said something before. But I felt like it didn’t really matter, since I was someone different back then.”
“But you knew it was me when the professor paired us together last semester?”
“Yeah, I did.” He wets his lips, gulping. “Wooyoung was a fucking shit about it.”
You’re not surprised. “How… did you feel?” you ask.
To think you went to his place and sucked his dick that very first time.
“I was surprised,” he says. “I’m not going to say that I was crushing on you all this time in a corner, just waiting for an opportunity to be with you.” Which you know he wasn’t, considering he had the reputation to sleep around a lot before you. “But I was happy. Thought maybe we could be friends.”
“But then I…” Your cheeks burn, and you clear your throat.
“Yeah, you came over and gave me the best blowjob of my life and the whole time, it felt like I was in one of my fantasies from three years ago.”
“Ew,” you let out, though there’s a teasing undertone to it. “You were imagining shit like that before we even talked?”
San flushes deep crimson. “Shit, no. I mean, you know, kind of, like all men. Which, wait, that’s disgusting of me to say. I… I guess I did. But not like, explicitly. Just…”
You listen to his rambling, eyebrows raising. “Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
You snort. “It’s weird. But you’re a guy, and guys have always been weird.” You tilt your head to the side, eyes sparkling with mischief. “You have always been weird.”
“What?” he lets out. 
“You’re weird,” you repeat. “I like that about you.”
“So, you’re not huh…” He gulps again, like he has a lump in his throat. “You’re not going to leave.”
“We’re at my apartment.”
“No, but I mean…”
You put a hand on his knee. “No, I’m not. I think it’s hella fucking weird that you had a crush on me before, and I didn’t even remember you, but that was years ago.”
“Right.”
“So, though I’m kind of shocked, I’m not upset with you,” you add. “So please stop looking so sad.” You lean closer, pecking his cheek. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“You’re not?”
He sounds like he doesn’t believe it, so you remind him, “I’m your girlfriend, and you’re my boyfriend. We aren’t breaking up when we just started dating.”
He looks at you. His gaze is heavy with emotion, and you think he might say the words. But, much like you, they stay clogged in his throat, so he says it with his body instead. He says it with the way he pulls you in for the most gentle kiss, like you’re fragile china in a glass armoire. He says it like one wrong move might turn you to dust, says it like you’re the sun he’s orbiting around. 
He says it with the way he hovers on top of you when you lie on your back, pulling him then. Says it when he leaves a trail of wet kisses down the column of your throat, and says it when he kneels between your legs.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asks as you reach for the hem of his sweatpants.
“San, please,” you beg.
“Baby.”
He doesn’t usually call you baby, yet it makes you love him even more, and you sit up to take off your sweater while he takes his sweatpants off. He didn’t put underwear on, and he’s already hard when he kneels between your legs again, stroking himself slowly. 
You take it all in - the hard planes of his body shift each time he strokes his dick, and you admire him in the warmth of the fairy lights. There’s a vein on one of his biceps, his abs look rock hard, and you reach between you to run a hand up his abdomen.
“You’re so beautiful,” he praises. “So, so beautiful.”
You want to say that he is, too, but he’s leaning down, stealing your mouth for another languid kiss that makes your mind spin out of control. Your hand moves down, finding the base of his dick, and you squeeze him, jerking him off slowly like you know he likes it, with a flick of the wrist when you reach the top. He grunts in your mouth, fucking your hand, and you moan as he bites at your lower lip.
“I want you slow tonight,” he says. “Want to make you feel so good.”
“Is that one of your fantasies, too?” you tease.
He glares at you, one hand finding your neck. He doesn’t choke you, just holds, and desire strikes you deep.
“Don’t be a brat about this, mmh?”
You smirk. “We’ll see.”
He tries to keep the glare, but then he bursts out laughing even though you have your hand around him. He kisses you, softly, and then pulls away to meet your gaze. “I’ll make love to you, m’kay?”
Make love. It’s a confession in itself, even if it isn’t those three little words. You take it in, and your heart races in your chest with love and lust and everything in between as San kneels back on his heels and takes off your shorts and underwear.
Once you’re fully naked, San meets your gaze again, one of his hands trailing between your legs. He parts your folds, teases your entrance, and then he pushes one finger in. Your mouth falls open at the intrusion, pleasure spiking up your spine, especially as he arches the finger to rub the sweet, nutty spot inside of you.
“You’re always so soaked for me,” he praises. “My perfect girlfriend.”
“Always for you,” you agree.
He smiles, eyes shining, and then he’s kissing you again as he eases a second finger inside of you, getting you ready for his dick. It feels good, far too good, but you want him whole. Want his body on top of yours, his hands in your hair, and yours on his back. 
You want his lips to never leave yours again. But they do as he pulls his fingers out of you, watching them glistening with your juices. He brings them to your mouth, and you lick them clean for him, the taste of you only serving to make your heart beat even faster.
“Ready?” he asks as he positions himself at your entrance.
You nod, hooking your legs around him as you try and lift yourself on him. He pulls his dick away, tapping it on your sensitive clit, and you moan a curse that makes him chuckle.
“Don’t worry, princess. I’ve got you.”
The second he finishes the sentence, San’s pushing inside of you, stretching you wide open. This time, you moan in pleasure. He leans his forehead against yours, slowly pushing all the way in, only stopping when he’s fully inside of you.
And then you’re kissing again, all lips and tongues and racing hearts and so much feelings for such a small soul. Yet as he starts moving, rocking his hips back and forth, you think you might be infinite. Because being with him feels infinite, like nothing could ever stop you. Like your photons of light, travelling side by side in the emptiness of space, never feeling empty because of the presence at your side.
You’re full of all your emotions for him, full of him, and you moan in his mouth as he groans his pleasure. The kiss is wet, but you don’t care. You just want it all, and San gives it to you. Even as the pace remains slow and deep, his lips ravage your mouth with intent, and you scratch at his back as if that’ll bring him even closer.
Somehow, it does, and you hold him tight against you as he keeps moving, making love to you like he said he would.
“I wanna fuck you like this every day,” he says in your ear, voice low and husky. “Wanna feel your walls tightening because they want more.”
“So crude,” you let out, though it ends on a moan as he snaps his hips harder. “Fuck.”
“Just…” he trails off, and then he finds your mouth again. 
There are no words needed in the following moments. Just two heartbeats in sync, two bodies moving together, a rhythm increasing yet staying full of love. When your high hits, you fall along with him, and he paints your insides white as he pours his love into you.
And you feel so full of him, so full with him, that you just keep holding him as your breathing evens out, your heart returning to normal. He doesn’t try moving either, his face hidden in your neck, though he does gently peck your skin once in a while, to keep you tethered to him in this instant in time.
As if you would ever drift from him. 
How could you, when he’s the man that you love?
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, anxiety, san's dad, explicit content: oral sex (male receiving), spitting, unprotected sex (be careful), hair pulling, jerking off, praise, fingering
☆word count: 11.9k
☆series masterpost
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☆a/n: almost the end :') thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Sunday, April 13th
You didn’t realize how fucked you would be for not studying during Spring Break until you end up spending your entire weekend at the library, deep in your books instead of running on the beach with Choi San like you did last Thursday. It’s such a drastic change of environment that you’ve been feeling whiplashed, puzzled, the white neon lights of the library harsh compared to the sun you’ve experienced during the trip.
At least, Choi San is sitting right next to you, close enough for you to be able to lean your head on his shoulder whenever you need a break from staring at your laptop as you try to cram all the information for tomorrow’s exam into your brain.
“Everything okay?” San asks as you do lean on his shoulder for the hundredth time.
You sigh. “I’m tired. I don’t think I’ll be able to study for much longer.”
“Do you feel ready for the exam?” he asks, and he pecks the top of your head.
You smile, heart soaring in your chest. “As much as I can be. I just know I won’t be able to retain any more information.”
“To be fair, the final in this class has the reputation to be easy,” San says. “So I’m pretty sure you’ll be okay.”
You yawn, glancing at the screen of his laptop. “What are you even doing?”
There’s an anime playing on the screen, and it definitely has nothing to do with tomorrow’s exam at all.
San laughs. “I got bored of studying like thirty minutes ago, but you looked like you were focused, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”
You straighten, stretching as you immediately close your laptop. “Then let’s go, since you’re done too.”
San nods with dimples adorning his cheeks, and then you both get ready to go, putting your stuff in your bags. You put a jacket on, but San came without one, only wearing his trusted grey sweater you’ve seen him in far too many times before.
Once you’re both ready, you get out of the small study room you reserved, heading towards the large one where some of your friends are. You notice Sydney and your brother left, which you confirm by checking your phone and seeing that she’s texted you to let you know, and so you say goodbye to Wooyoung, Yeosang and Hongjoong before leaving the library, stepping out into the fresh night air.
The sun set a long time ago, and some rare puddles reflect the light of the streetlight as if they’re portals to another universe. San holds your hand as you walk, and the wind is colder than you’d expected it to be, leaving you to step closer to San.
As you walk, you pass by the sakura trees that line one of the campus’s paths. Most of them are still heavy with blossoms, though they’ve been falling in the last few days, their beautiful yet short blossoming season ending already.
Petals flutter to the ground around you, reminiscent of the snow from just a few months ago, and it makes for a romantic atmosphere, one that makes you tug on San’s hand.
“What?” he asks, and you both keep walking, though you slow down as you walk past the trees.
“It’s so beautiful here,” you reply, and you lean against him. “One day, I want a house with a sakura tree out front.”
“I’ll plant it for you,” San promises, and he pecks your head again.
You’re grinning from ear to ear as you look up at him. “I hope that is a promise.”
He laughs, eyes crinkling at the corners. “Of course it is.”
You keep walking towards San’s apartment, cherry blossoms falling around you until you reach the street, leaving the sakura tree path behind. 
Twenty minutes later - and a stop at a late-night croffle shop later - you make it to San’s place, the elevator ride spent in silence as you look at your croffle like it holds the answers to the universe. Once you’re in front of San’s door, he unlocks, holding the door open for you to walk in. 
Byeol comes up to you, meowing loudly, and you laugh as you bend down, patting her head with your empty hand.
“Hello, you,” you greet her with a high-pitched voice, and San chuckles behind you as he closes the door and locks.
You kick off your shoes, putting your croffle on the counter, San doing the same a heartbeat later. You then take off your jacket, and he takes it from your hand to hang it in the closet.
“Let’s eat those now because we won’t be able to sleep if we wait later,” he says as he walks behind the counter, making his way to the drawer where he keeps his cutlery. 
“Good idea.”
It doesn’t take you long to settle at the dining table, and then you’re eating, savouring the sweet dessert while Byeol meows to her contentement as she rubs herself on your legs and San’s legs.
“I think she missed you,” San teases.
You meet his gaze, cheeks dusting with pink. “I missed her too. I missed… coming here, too.”
San’s smile is genuine, revealing dimples. “You’ll get to come here all the time now.”
“We’ll see about that.”
He narrows his gaze, glancing at your half-eaten croffle. “For that comment, I’m stealing a bite.”
“Hey!” you yelp, but he’s too quick, his fork darting into your food and retrieving to his mouth before you can stop him. You glare at him, folding your arms on your chest. “That was mean.”
He dips his finger in the whipped cream on his own dessert, and then he taps your nose. Once again, you’re too slow to duck, and you immediately retaliate by doing the same thing, rubbing whipped cream on his cheek.
“Now I guess we’ve become the desserts,” San says. He wipes his cheek, licking his fingers clean, and your mind goes fully empty at the sight of his tongue on his fingers.
Goddamn. 
“What?” San asks with a laugh.
You shake out of the reverie of him licking his fingers clean of something else, and you meet his gaze. “Nothing.”
He squints his eyes again as if he’s still suspicious, yet he shrugs it off, eating a piece of his croffle while you wipe your nose absentmindedly.
“Do you need to take a shower before bed?” he asks once you’ve both finished eating, enjoying each other’s company in silence for a little while.
You nod. “If you don’t mind.”
“I don’t,” he reassures you. “I have to take a shower too anyway.”
He ends up going before you, only because you insist that he does so, and you take a quick shower when he’s done, brushing your teeth and doing your skincare before meeting him in the living room, where he waited for you.
He looks good. Shirtless, with just a pair of black joggers hanging low on his hips. He’s scrolling on his phone, the screen casting its white glow on his features as he looks at whatever he’s looking at. His free hand is petting Byeol where she’s lying down next to him, the muscles in his forearm shifting slightly with every move of his fingers.
Something hot and wicked grows in you, and you gulp as he raises his head, meeting your gaze.
“What?” he asks, his voice low.
That doesn’t help, either.
“I…” you trail off, and you take a couple of steps towards him. 
He smirks. He fucking smirks, because he must know. He must know you’ve spent the two last nights thinking about him. Thinking about what happened at the house by the beach, what you did on that muscular thigh of his.
“Like what you see?” he teases.
“Shut up,” you grumble, yet you stop in front of him, dropping your phone on the couch next to him. 
His gaze widens, his features falling more serious. “Is everything okay?”
“I’m ready,” you whisper.
“What?”
“I’m ready, San. I don’t want to wait anymore.”
He gulps. “I’m not sure I’m following.”
He doesn’t need to. No, you simply nestle yourself between his thighs, bending down as you cup his cheeks and capture his mouth in a languid kiss. He immediately lets go of his phone, and his hands find your waist as you push your tongue in his mouth.
The taste of him is addictive. It’s insanity, the sweetest nectar you’ve ever tasted, and you sigh against his lips as his grip on your waist tightens. He guides you closer, and you straddle his lap.
You think a volcano erupts inside of you. Everything goes burning hot, your thoughts tinting with red, with passion and lust and so much desire for San you might break down right here, right now. Instead, you kiss him with everything in you, kiss him like you’re in Pompeii awaiting your demise while the walls crumble down around you.
But you’re not. You’re very much alive and, tonight, you want to make him feel alive, too.
You rest a hand flat on his chest, pushing him away. He leans back against the couch, and you meet his gaze before glancing down at his pink lips, now swollen and glistening with saliva. And then you’re diving in again, though this time you divert to his neck, biting at his skin lightly before closing your lips around the spot below his ear, sucking delicately.
He grunts, throwing his head back as well as tilting it to the side, and you leave a trail of hot, wet kisses down to his collarbone. Your hands roam freely on his chest, appreciating the warmth of his sculpted muscles, and then you’re leaning away from his neck, straightening on his lap.
His chest goes up and down quickly with the rhythm of his breathing, and he gulps as you just look down at him, your panties starting to grow sticky with the wetness of your arousal.
“What are-” he starts saying, though he stops the second you move from his lap to kneel in front of him. 
He gulps. He fucking gulps, and you look down at the imprint of his dick in his sweatpants. He’s visibly not fully hard yet and still, the sheer size of him makes your pussy clench around nothing as you trace his length with a finger.
“I want you, tonight,” you whisper, your voice sinfully sultry, and San curses underneath his breath.
“What about the exam tomorrow?”
You lean your head on his thigh, innocently looking up at him. “What about it?”
He chuckles, and he brushes your hair over your shoulder. “Shouldn’t we go to bed early?”
“Mmh.” You glance at his dick before looking up at his eyes again. “You don’t look like you want to go to bed early.”
“Neither do you,” he replies, his voice taking the same low, dangerous tone yours has been enshrouded with.
Emboldened, you palm him through the fabric of his clothes. His dick twitches under your hand, clearly enjoying the attention. And so you rub him, up and down.
“You made me come a couple of days ago, and I didn’t get to make you come,” you say. “Shouldn’t I make you feel good tonight?”
“Fuck, princess,” he curses, his eyes fluttering shut as you peck his dick before sitting back on your heels. “Let me see your lips around me, mmh?”
You’re on fire. Sinking in lava, soon to be drowning in it. But you don’t care. You just want more. You just want to have the heady taste of his precum on your tongue, to hear the way he groans when he comes. You want to remember what the passion between the two of you is like, so unlike the softness you usually carry yourselves with.
And so you grab the hem of his pants, pulling them down while he helps you by moving up from the couch just enough for you to pull the sweatpants past his ass. You leave his boxers on though, and then you’re palming him again, rubbing his dick through his underwear.
Clearly, you’re not applying enough pressure, because San bucks his hips, seeking more friction. You don’t give it to him, simply removing your hand from his dick to rest it on his thigh as you lean closer, pecking the head of his dick.
“Please don’t tease too much,” San says, entirely breathless above you.
You look up, smirking. “Why not?”
“Brat,” he lets out in what almost sounds like a growl. “Because I haven’t jerked off since before we went to the beach, and I’m going to come embarrassingly fast already.”
“Oh, will you?”
You did not forget that San is more of a dom, even though he doesn’t portray it all that much in his day to day life. But he reminds you tonight, grabbing your jaw and leaning towards you.
“Open your mouth, princess,” he orders. “We gotta wash that tongue of yours.”
You keep your lips stubbornly sealed, and San draws closer, pecking your mouth. And then he’s biting at your lower lip, sucking it into his mouth, and you moan. It’s all it takes for him to spit in your mouth, though he immediately starts kissing you after, his tongue teasing yours, and you kiss him back like you’ve gone feral for him.
You think you might have.
“Sit back,” you order as you pull away from the kiss, pushing on his chest again.
He obeys, his dark, lustful gaze watching your every move, and you look down at his dick, now visibly rock hard, enough so that the tip of it is pushing out of his boxers. You relieve him of those, pulling them down his legs and letting them rest around his ankles as you look at his dick, his balls sitting fat and heavy between his thighs.
He does look like he hasn’t come in a while. 
Unable to resist, you lean forward, licking a stripe between his two balls, and San hisses as you keep going up, making your way to his tip. You lick at his slit, and the taste of his precum finally fills your mouth, making you moan louder than necessary.
Fuck, you missed this. So much so that you’re taking him in your mouth a second later, unable to tease like you originally planned to.
And you lose yourself in him. Lose yourself in the bobbing up and down of your head, in your tongue alternating between resting flat on his shaft and swirling around his tip. You lose yourself in the sounds he makes - the moans, the groans, the growls - and you moan around him, letting him know that this is making you feel just as good as it’s making him feel. 
When he puts his hand on the back of your head, guiding you up and down on him, you let him lead, eyes watering as he hits the back of your throat. But you keep the gag reflex in, let him use you like he wants to use you. You want him wild, unleashed, and he doesn’t disappoint, fucking your mouth so good you need him inside of you.
You might be stupid. You might be truly insane. But the second he lets you go so that you can breathe, you get up, taking off your PJ shorts and panties in one swift motion. San just watches you through half-lidded eyes, and he doesn’t try to stop you as you straddle his lap. 
Hell, he grips your hips, guiding you so that you’re grinding on his cock, your juices wetting his shaft and the tip of his dick so thoroughly that, on your next pass, it dips inside of you.
The feeling of his tip parting your nether lips makes you roll your eyes to the back of your head and, before he can make you pull away, you sink your weight on him, up until he’s fully inside of you, so deep you think you see stars.
“Holy fuck,” he curses. “Princess, I…”
You move up, and then drive yourself back down on him. “Yes?”
“I’m gonna fucking come.”
You don’t need to hear more. You put your feet on each side of his thighs to have better leverage, holding his shoulders, and then you start moving up and down as quickly as you can, your thighs burning after only a few seconds. But the sounds he makes keep you going, and you ignore the burn as he hits your cervix.
He feels good. You’ve never been with him like this before, without a condom, and it’s like every sensation is a thousand times stronger. You feel the drag of him on your walls, feel the ridge of his tip as he moves inside of you. Hell, you think you also feel the large vein that goes from the base of his dick almost all the way to the top.
You feel every single fucking thing, and it’s going to make you come, too.
San’s fingers dig in the supple skin on your hips as you keep going up and down. He’s doing most of the work now, holding your weight as he helps you move, and his muscles flex with every motion, one vein popping out on his biceps.
And then San leans forward, wrapping an arm around your waist as you sink all the way down until he’s against your cervix, and he drops his forehead on your collarbone as he comes with a cry, painting your insides white. The feeling of him twitching inside you sends you over the edge, and your pussy spasms on him as you climax hard, your eyes going blind as you lose a hand in his hair, pulling it without even realizing you’re doing so. You’re mewling, moaning, his name a litany as waves after waves crash on you, and San follows you into it all, shaking under you.
It takes an eternity for you both to come down from your high. San’s still spearing you with his dick, still rock hard despite having come, and he just chuckles breathlessly, pecking your neck as he turns his head towards you.
“What the actual fuck,” he lets out.
You lightly laugh as your mind grows fuzzy with the strength of your orgasm. “What the fuck,” you repeat.
“That was…” He chuckles again. “That was amazing.”
It was. It really fucking was.
You pull on his hair, and he hisses in pain even though he lets you do it. The second he’s far enough for you to kiss him, you capture his mouth in a sweet and slow languid kiss that reminds you of what home is.
Home is him, wherever he is in the world. And you want to tell him how he makes you feel, how your heart beats for him and him only, but it feels like it would be too much right now.
You want to tell him when the moment feels right. And though you do love him right now, you don’t want him to think you’re saying it because of the heat of the moment.
When you naturally pull away from the kiss, resting your forehead against him, your eyes flutter open just enough for you to see the grin on his lips. It makes you love him even more, and you peck his lips once more before pulling away.
“Now, how are we going to do this?”
San’s eyes take a moment before they open, and his pupils are blown out wide when he meets your gaze. “We’ll make a mess, but that’s okay. I’ll clean it up.” He wets his lips, glancing down between you, but your shirt hides the spot where your bodies are connected. “You’ll have to get up, though.”
You take a deep breath to prepare yourself, and then you do so, holding onto his shoulders for leverage.
The second you feel his cum dripping out of you, running on the inside of your thighs, you put your hand between your legs. But he came a lot - it covers your hand, and you let out an awkward laugh.
“Shit.”
“Let me go get something,” San says, and he gets up, stumbling from the fact that his boxers are still around his ankles. He kicks them off, and then he jogs to the bathroom, coming back with so much toilet paper that you just laugh as he hands it to you.
“Thanks.” You put the paper against you, and then you head to the bathroom, waddling awkwardly as San jogs in front of you.
“Let me start a shower for you.”
“For us,” you say as you make it to the bathroom, and you sit on the toilet. “A shower for us.”
San smiles down at you. “Yes, princess. For us.”
He’s so beautiful like this you could cry. He’s more so beautiful as he holds you against his chest in the shower, leaving hundreds of soft kisses on the top of your head. Even more so beautiful as you lie in his bed after, your head on his shoulder as you’re tucked in his side. 
You shift even closer, needing to hear the beats of his heart, making sure they’re synced with yours. Of course they are, and you smile in the darkness, tightening your grip around his waist for a few seconds.
And then you let a truth slip.
“It was my first time ever doing it raw,” you admit.
San lets out a chuckle. “I thought you were already asleep.”
You glance up to find him already gazing down at you. “Nah.” Your cheeks burn, and you’re thankful that the lights are off and he can’t see. “What about you?”
“Am I sleeping?”
You glare at him, though it’s all in good fun. “No, did you ever go raw with someone else before?”
He wets his lips, blinking once. “No, it was my first time.”
For some reason, that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You think he feels the same way, because he leans closer, pecking your forehead.
“And we should definitely do it again,” he adds.
You snort, tapping his chest. “Pervert.”
“You’re telling me you didn’t like it?”
You purse your lips. “I am not answering that question.”
“I’ll take it as a yes.”
You laugh, and you spy a dimple on his cheek as you glance up. “Maybe.”
He’s grinning and fuck, happiness looks so good on him.
“Let’s sleep, though,” you say as your heart beats for him, filling you with warmth. “We have to get up early for the final tomorrow.”
San takes a deep breath, the smile lingering on his lips, and he pecks the top of your head. “Good night, Y/n.”
“Night, San.” You snuggle closer, hiding your face in his neck. “Sweet dreams.”
“I’ll dream of you, then.”
You laugh, pecking his neck, and then you close your eyes, breathing in the scent of him.
San holds you through the night, your hearts beating together like they have been since his lips first touched yours.
Saturday, May 3rd
San is anxious. Deadly so, as the rapid rhythm of his leg moving up and down tells you. He’s sitting on your bed, staring at nothing in particular while you’re curling your hair, and the sight of him like that makes your heart break.
“Everything okay?” you ask.
His eyes dart to you before returning to their vague spot on the wall. “Yes.”
He doesn’t say more, and you worry at your bottom lip, trying to figure out what to say to reassure him. Though you doubt he can be reassured, considering you’ll be having dinner with his father tonight.
“I’m almost ready,” you choose to say, and you focus on yourself in the mirror you usually use for your makeup. 
He doesn’t say anything, and so you focus on finishing with your hair, and then you unplug your hair curler before running your fingers through your hair to make sure that the curls aren’t too tight. You then get up, and you walk over to him, sitting next to him. 
He barely acknowledges you, and you rest your hand on his knee, trying to keep his leg from bouncing. 
“It’s going to be okay,” you whisper.
San meets your gaze, and he looks so much like a prey right now you have half a thought to suggest cancelling.
“Is it?”
You offer him an encouraging smile, nodding once. “Yes, it will be. I’ll be right there with you.” You grab his hand, interlacing your fingers. “You can even hold my hand under the table if you need to.”
He doesn’t smile, but the frown lessens.
“Thank you,” he says. He gulps, and his eyes trail back to the wall. “I don’t think I’d be able to do this without you.”
You let go of his hand, wrapping your arms around his waist instead as you rest your head on his shoulder. “You’re stronger than you think you are, San. And not only because I can barely wrap my arms around you from how large your shoulders are.”
That earns you the tiniest snort, but it’s progress. 
“That’s just because you’re tiny.” He leans his head on top of yours, and he takes a deep breath. “Good thing we waited until after the semester because I wouldn’t have been able to study.”
You know that. That’s why you suggested he’d tell his dad to wait after the semester to have dinner. You know how important his grades are to San, and you wouldn’t have wanted his father to ruin that for him too.
“Yeah,” you agree. “Instead of having to study, we can come home after and just cuddle and watch a movie.”
“I can’t fucking wait,” San lets out. “Actually, why not do that instead? Fuck my dad.”
You scrunch your nose up, glancing up towards him, though you don’t manage to catch sight of his features because of the way he’s leaning on top of your head. “Might as well go now that we’re both ready. But if you want to leave, we leave. We don’t have to stay.”
“Right.” He pecks your head, and then remains unmoving, with his lips in your hair. 
Your embrace around him loosens, and then you move one of your hands to his thigh, soothingly caressing him.
“It’s going to be okay,” you say again. “I’ll make sure of it.”
San pulls away, and then his hand cups your cheek, tilting your head up until he can press the softest kiss on your lips. “Thank you.”
Your eyes flutter open - you shut them the second he got close - and you meet his gaze. You gulp at the intensity of the emotions swimming behind his pupils - anxiety, sadness, but also love. So much love, all for you, even if he hasn’t told you he loves you yet.
It’s not like you’ve told him, either. You’ve skirted around the subject for weeks now, trying to figure out the right moment, and then you realized that you’ve been telling each other in different ways now. All the ‘drive safe’, ‘text me when you’re home’ and ‘can’t wait to see you’ all mean the same thing, after all, and you don’t need those three extra little words for you to know how he feels about you, and for him to know how you feel about him.
You know. You both know it, as it’s become a law of your universe.
“Of course,” you whisper.
He looks down at your lips, tracing them with his thumb, and then he’s leaning in again.
This time, your mouths meet in a languid embrace, moving against each other slowly yet passionately. You tilt your head to the side as his tongue pushes past your lips, and your tongues twine as you sigh in the kiss, your hand on his thigh moving higher by instinct.
San’s hand goes to the back of your head, and he grabs hold of your hair there as you innocently touch his dick with a finger.
“Be nice,” he tells you, his tone stern. “Or I’m going to ruin that beautiful makeup of yours before we get there.”
Heat strikes you, and you gulp, biting at your lower lip. “Yeah?”
He curses lowly. “Princess, we can’t right now.”
“Oh, I know,” you reassure him, and you move closer, capturing his lips in a short, wet kiss. “But you’re so hard to resist.”
He pulls away to eye you down, his gaze returning to yours dark and lustful. “You’ll keep the dress on when we come back, m’kay?”
“Didn’t you want to cuddle later?” you ask innocently, bashing your eyelashes at him.
“If I recall, you’re the one that said that.” It’s his turn to lean closer, and he says the next words against your mouth. “But I just want to hear you moan my name. You’re so fucking pretty when you do so.”
“Mmh,” you hum. “We’ll see if you get to hear it tonight.”
He grabs your jaw, his hold tight yet never hurtful, and then he’s kissing you rough, erasing every single thought from your brain. You forget everything but him, and the warmth that pools at your core grows dangerous, threatening to make you lose control.
To make you say fuck it, let’s stay here tonight.
San pulls away from the kiss, tapping your cheek lightly as your eyes flutter open. He glances down at your thighs, and at the way you’re rubbing them together like that will give you any friction. He smirks, chuckling darkly.
“Yeah, we’ll see if I do.”
You’ve been horny lately. Both of you. You’ve been having sex a lot since that Sunday after the beach trip, like you both can’t get enough of each other. And frankly, you highly doubt you can. Not when he’s so addictive, so perfect for you like his body was moulded for you.
Like you were meant to find him, and he was meant to find you. Which, come to think of it, has to be the truth. Your truth.
Your life would not make sense without Choi San in it.
*****
The restaurant San’s father chose is in the suburbs of the city, and San parks in the large parking lot right on time, though his father already informed you that he would be five minutes late.
Which you think is funny yet disrespectful, considering he lives a five minutes drive from the restaurant.
And so you wait in the car, holding San’s hand and playing with his fingers as he texts his father that you’ve arrived, and then he focuses on you, offering you a tight-lipped smile.
“Turns out we probably would have had time for that quickie,” he deadpans.
You snort, though the thought makes you bite at the inside of your cheek. “I’d rather take my time with you.”
San smirks, chuckling lightly. “I feel like I’m usually the one to say that.” He leans in, kissing you swiftly. “But I like hearing it from your mouth.”
His phone buzzes, and San looks down at the device, letting out a small curse. He then leans back against his seat, sighing deeply.
“What’s wrong?” you ask, though you already have an inkling.
“My father said he’ll be here in ten minutes and to go wait inside.”
Not that you expected any better of his father considering what you currently know of him, but you’re still disappointed for San. You grab his hand to offer support, giving you the best smile you can muster up.
“Well then, let’s go in and pretend we are on a date, shall we?”
His smile barely reaches his eyes, but you’ll take that over the sullen expression he had when his father texted him.
It doesn’t take long for the two of you to get out of the car after that, walking towards the door of the restaurant. Ever so the gentleman, San holds the door open for you, and you teasingly curtsy to thank him before walking in.
That earns you a more genuine smile, and hope for the fate of this evening returns to your heart.
Thankfully, despite his tardiness, San’s father reserved a spot for the three of you already, so the hostess leads you to your table on the side of the restaurant with a bar, and you and San settle on the bench that’s against the wall, leaving the visibly uncomfortable-looking chair for his father.
He just had to be on time to have the best seat, after all.
Once you’re seated, San pulls the drink menu towards the two of you, and you start skimming the many different drinks that the restaurant offers. You end up choosing an apple sangria, curious as to what it tastes like, and San orders a beer for himself.
You’ve been drinking a little more now, though you mostly only drink spiked lemonade and occasionally sangria, only because you haven’t found other drinks that you like. You used to be big on seltzers and shots three years and half ago before you stopped drinking, but those have lost all their appetite since the events of the summer prior to your first year of college and the Frosh week that initiated your college experience.
San grows impatient as the drinks arrive, and his father still hasn’t arrived. It’s been more than ten minutes, and you run a hand on his thigh in a gesture you hope is soothing.
“I can’t even say I’m surprised,” San lets out, and he sighs deeply, taking a sip of his beer. “He probably won’t even come.”
“Then it’s you and me,” you say, and you squeeze his thigh, lips softly curving. “I get to have an impromptu date with you, I’m not going to complain.”
“As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I would prefer it if my dad wasn’t a dick.”
His sentence is curt, his tone cold and, though you tell yourself that he has every right to be upset at the moment, it still hurts.
He never speaks to you like that. But someone once did, and you’re never going to let someone talk to you like that ever again. Yet you figure it’s not the right time to tell San.
After all, maybe your attempt at lightening his mood was clumsy, and not what he needed to hear.
You take a sip of your sangria, surprised with how fresh and sweet it tastes. It helps cover the bitterness of the feeling he’s momentarily risen in you, and you push your glass towards him.
“Try this,” you offer him.
He casts you a side glance. “You sure? It isn’t a big glass.”
“I don’t mind,” you reassure him with a shrug of your shoulders. “It’s really good.”
“Well, if you insist.” He takes a sip, and his gaze widens in surprise. “Oh shit, that’s actually really good.”
Subject change successful.
“Right!”
He smiles, and you’re relieved at the dimple that appears on his cheek. The dimple doesn’t remain for long though - someone calls San’s name, and his smile disappears faster than it appeared, anxiety taking over his features.
You turn towards the man that’s walking towards you, surprised to see just how much he looks like San. The dimples are the same, his grin almost too practiced, but his hair is shorter. The man stops on the other side of the table, his eyes darting to you quickly before settling on his son once more.
“My son,” he says. “Sorry for my delay, I could not for the life of me find this.”
He’s holding a box, and he hands it to San. San just stares at the box unblinkingly for a few seconds, and then meets his father’s gaze again.
“What is this?” he asks.
His father’s eyes dart towards you again. “A gift.”
Obviously.
San nods, like he doesn’t believe his father got him a gift, and then hesitantly takes it. “You didn’t have to get me a gift.”
“After all these years, and you making it into law school? I had to get you something.”
The cold that radiates from San is worse than hell, or at least it feels so.
“I haven’t made it into law school yet.”
“Semantics,” his father says, shrugging his shoulders. “Open it.”
San clenches his jaw, but still opens the box. It contains an expensive looking watch, and San just stares at it like it’s alien, an object straight from another universe.
“Do you like it?” his father asks, and you notice the practiced smile is gone from his features now, like he’s ready to scold San.
“Yes,” San says. “I’m just… how much did this cost?”
His father waves him off, and then finally sits in the chair across from San, still barely acknowledging your presence. It feels insulting, but you keep it to yourself, only observing the conversation.
“Don’t worry about it,” his father says. “I haven’t been able to give you any gifts in forever, so I figured you’d be happy to receive this.”
“Thank you,” San says. He puts the box down on the table and then glances at you, offering you a small smile. 
You give him what you hope is an encouraging nod.
“Who’s the young lady?” his father asks next, finally acknowledging your presence.
San straightens, and he smiles proudly, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. “My girlfriend, Y/n.”
Your gaze shots to the side of his face at the sound of the word ‘girlfriend’ in his mouth, and your heart starts racing in your chest. Cheeks burning, you bow to his father as he does the same to you, finally greeting you as well.
You can’t really focus on the conversation after that, though you don’t fail to notice how strained it is, and how one-sided it feels like, his father relating stories of travels and things that happened to him and his family in the last few years. It’s an accurate demonstration of how shitty he is towards San - not once does he ask about what San has been up to.
You can’t believe San referred to you as his girlfriend. Can’t believe how right it felt too, and butterflies swirl in your stomach in an incessant dance as the word echoes in your head. It warms up your whole body, and you think you’re literally vibrating with happiness for a moment there.
You’re his girlfriend. You are. It doesn’t matter that you haven’t told each other this before - you’ve been ready to dive in feet first in a relationship with him for a few weeks already. You think it started when you ran hand in hand on the beach while it was pouring. The romance of the moment finished lacing that red thread around your wrist and his, making it your fate to end up with San.
Though you think it’s been your fate for far longer than that. You think your fate was sealed the second the professor made you partners for that project last semester. 
As your thoughts still race with all the emotions you feel for San, you feel him tense next to you. He folds his arms on his chest, sits back against the booth, and it’s enough for you to slowly return to reality.
His father is currently going off about something Minho, his other son, did - apparently, he’s a talented sprinter - and San doesn’t seem like he wants to hear any of it. You immediately react, patting his thigh, and he gives you a poor excuse of a smile.
“San works out a lot too,” you say, interrupting his father almost in the middle of his sentence. “Can’t say if he’s a good sprinter, but you should see him lift.”
His father’s mouth falls open, as if only realizing that he’s been telling everything about himself instead of asking about his son, and he glances at you. “Oh, does he?”
You look at San. “You do. Tell him about your PRs!”
San relaxes, his hands falling in his lap, and he finds your hand, entwining your fingers. And then he finally manages to tell something to his father and, to your relief, he seems genuinely interested in hearing what San has to say.
Perhaps his father has been anxious about tonight, and yapping is actually his way of compensating. It’s a trait he shares with San - whenever San grows anxious, he tends to ramble a lot. 
Except earlier, when he grew dead silent back at your apartment. But you can understand why - tonight is a huge step for him, and clearly not an easy one either.
The food arrives not too long after and, seemingly having gotten the message, San’s father finally starts asking San some questions about college, and about life in general. He also asks how you two met, and San is smiling when he tells him how you had to do a project together last semester.
“I fell in love right away, honestly,” he says, and he looks at you, stars twinkling in his eyes. “Couldn’t help myself.”
You melt. You melt like ice cream in the summer heat, and you can’t help the smile that spreads on your face. “Couldn’t help myself either. but we’ve only started dating recently. We took our time.”
You say that holding San’s gaze, and his cheeks dust with pink. “We did.”
“I think it’s a good thing that you guys took your time,” his father says, and you didn’t expect the piece of wisdom he shares with you after. “That way you slowly build up the foundations of your relationship, and it can only grow stronger from there.”
He’s right. For all the wrong he did to his son, he’s right about this, and you don’t miss the way San’s eyes fill with water. He’s clearly touched by his father’s words, and you offer him the smallest smile, something just for you and him in this moment in time.
The subject naturally changes after that, going to the quality of the food you’re eating. It really is good food, and you all focus on eating for a few minutes, until San’s father excuses himself to use the bathroom.
“How are you feeling?” you ask San the second you reckon his father is too far to hear.
“Honestly? Better than I thought I would.” He takes a sip of water - you’ve both finished your drinks before the food even arrived, and didn’t order more - and then adds, “It started really weird but… I think it’s better now. Isn’t it?”
He frowns with the question, looking at you for approval.
“It is,” you say with a nod. “I agree that it was weird at the beginning, but he seemed anxious. And he’s been seeming more genuine now too.”
“Right.” San glances at the watch. “This watch is worth thirty thousand dollars.”
“What the fuck?” you let out, eyes bulging out of your head.
You could tell it was expensive, but you would have never assumed that it was that expensive.
San wets his lips. “He got it when my mom got pregnant with me. When I was a kid, he told me he’d give it to me when I’d become a man.” His waterline grows silver. “I didn’t think he would ever give it to me.”
Which explains why he was so expectant when he gave the gift to San when he arrived.
“That’s…” you trail off. “I actually don’t have words to say.”
“He’s really trying.” A tear rolls on San’s cheek, and he quickly wipes it with the back of his hand. “But why does it feel like I’m doing my mom wrong by being here?”
“Oh, San…” You feel like your heart has been stabbed with his words, and you lay a hand on your chest, the other finding his hand. “I’m sure she would understand why you would want to have dinner with your father.”
“She would.” He nods. “She does, actually. I told her, and she said she was happy for me, and said I deserved to have a relationship with my father.”
His mother is a saint, that much you’re certain of. Because if you’d been in her position, you would have selfishly tried to keep San from ever seeing his father again after what his father did.
“But I feel so bad for her,” he adds. “She’s never been able to be with someone else, you know? He hurt her so bad.”
“I know,” you gently say. “I… I’m so sorry.”
San gulps, and he blinks his tears away. He’s successful this time, especially as he takes a deep breath and then drinks some water. “My bad. I should not get emotional right now. Let’s keep that for later.”
You don’t blame him for it - he doesn’t want to be emotional in front of his father, which is totally understandable considering that they’ve barely talked for years.
A few minutes later, his father returns, right at the same time as the waitress comes back to retrieve the empty food plates from the table. His father suggests getting dessert, and San grudgingly accepts. You end up eating a piece of cheesecake as father and son keep talking. The dessert is delicious, and you end up scraping the little bits left from the plate as San tells his father about his friends, and his father’s features light up from within at the mention of Wooyoung.
“Oh, I remember that kid!” his father says. “He was always so polite when he came over.”
San chuckles. “Yeah, Wooyoung is an angel in front of everyone’s parents, but he is a little wild.”
“Always thought so,” his father replies with a wise nod. “Do you get along with San’s friends?”
The question is directed to you, taking you by surprise, and your eyes go round. It doesn’t take you long to recover though, and you’re soon saying, “Yes, we’re all part of the same friend group, honestly.”
His father winces. “I hope nothing happens to you both, then. It’s always so hard losing friends when a break up happens.”
San tenses. “Right.”
His father senses the shift in the atmosphere, and an apologetic look appears on his features. You steel yourself - you can tell that the conversation is about to go to hell before it even starts.
“I’m sorry, San. I hope you know that.”
San’s fist clenches on the table next to the fork he’s just put down. “About what?”
“About everything,” his father says. “I never meant to hurt you or your mother.”
San raises his eyebrows, letting out the most bitter laugh you’ve ever heard from him. It’s enough to make you want to pull on his arm, to remind him that he’s bigger than that, but it’s too late. So you watch the asteroid crash, watch it all as if you’re frozen in place.
“Oh, so you’re sorry about lying to us for years?” he asks. “You’re sorry for abandoning the two of us, for pretending we didn’t exist.”
A muscle feathers on his father’s jaw. “You know it never was like that. Your mother forbade me from even talking to you. And it’s in the past now.”
“Is it?” San shakes his head, scoffing. “You think I’m over everything you did just because you want me to be?”
“Don’t do this here,” his father says. “Please.”
“Don’t come here with lame excuses, then.”
There’s an uncomfortable silence, and you put your hand on San’s forearm, trying to calm him down. Though awkward and clumsy, you think San’s father’s attempt at an apology might have been genuine, but it visibly was too early for San. San looks at you, and the pain in his features almost makes you want to jump at his father’s throat, but you refrain from doing so.
You really shouldn’t be causing a scene in public, anyway.
“Let’s stop here for tonight, shall we?” you suggest.
The two men look at you, his father relieved while San appears to feel betrayed. You hate the look on his features, but you figure you can always talk to him in the car to explain why you said that.
You know he’ll understand, even if he’s mad right now. And you don’t blame him for being mad, not after everything he’s been through.
“Good idea,” his father says. “We can always meet up again some other time.”
San scoffs, yet thankfully chooses to remain quiet as his father motions to the waitress that you’ll take the bill. He ends up paying for the three of you, which you thank him for since San remains silent. You then follow the man outside, wishing him goodbye as San walks behind you with the gift in his hand, even though he looks ready to throw it away the second his father turns his back on the two of you.
Obviously, he doesn’t, but San still stays stubbornly mute as you climb in his car. You notice his father driving away in a fancy Porsche, but you don’t say anything about it, instead looking at San’s profile as he wraps his hands around the wheel, white on his knuckles.
“He’s an asshole.”
“San…”
“Don’t defend him, I swear to God.” San sighs, head hanging low as his eyes flutter close. “And I’m not mad at you. Sorry if I sound like I am. I just…”
“It’s a lot,” you carefully say.
San nods. “It really is. I’m all for meeting up and talking, but saying he’s sorry after all the shit that happened is not it. As if three words can fix everything he’s put me and my mom through.”
“It can’t,” you agree. “But it’s a start, no?”
“Whatever.” San finally puts the key in the ignition, and the engine comes to life a second later. “I just want to go home and hold you in my arms and not think for a while.”
He gives you a quick look, long enough for you to nod, and then he’s pulling out of his parking spot, and then heading towards the street.
The ride is awkwardly silent at first as you worry that you could say something that would upset him. But ten minutes later, San turns on the bluetooth music, handing you his phone so that you can choose what music to put on. You settle on a chill indie playlist, and San nods in approval, humming along with the song.
Three songs later, his hand finds your thigh, and you think all is good in the world. And so you put your hand on top of his, relaxing in your seat as you look outside the window while the car eats the miles towards your apartment.
The drive home isn’t as long as it was earlier, most likely thanks to the lack of traffic at this hour, and San even manages to park his car right outside your apartment. You go in, finding the apartment enshrouded in darkness, though you quickly turn the lights on as you remove your shoes by the door.
“I am so ready to cuddle in bed,” San says with a sigh, and you lightly tap his chest.
“Shower first,” you remind him. “We’re not going in my bed with our outside clothes on.”
He whines, though he follows you to your bedroom so that you can grab a clean pair of PJ shorts along with a sweater of his you’ve stolen a few days ago. San fetches clothes from the bag he brought over, and then you both make your way to the bathroom.
“Do you want to go in first?” San asks, and you eye your tiny shower.
“We’ve fit in there together before.”
Something shines in his gaze, flames lit from within. “Oh, I see what you have in mind.”
“Not that,” you say with a laugh and a roll of your eyes. “But since you had a rough night, I want to be with you. Wash your back, and all that shit.”
San, who’s currently standing in front of you, leans down, leaving a peck on the tip of your nose before straightening. “You’re the best.”
And though this is all fairly new, though seeing him naked makes your blood boil in your veins, you focus on cleaning yourself, and then cleaning his back as you stand in the shower together. It’s gentle, soothing, or at least you try to be, knowing he needs it.
Even though he might need time to process tonight and talk about it, you still want him to know that you’re with him, that you’re ready to listen whenever he’ll want to talk about it.
Once you’re done washing his back, San turns, a trail of water licking down his shoulder and cresting on his right pec before trickling down his defined abs. The sight catches you off guard, and you look up to meet his gaze.
He’s smirking, and he rests a hand on the small of your back, pulling you flush against him. You let out a startled sound, and your hands land flat on his chest. 
“Careful or you’ll start drooling,” he teases.
You narrow your eyes at him, snaking your arms around his neck. “I would think that you would like that, no?” You glance down between the two of you, where his dick is pressed against your stomach. He’s soft, but you know your words will rile him up in no time. “Especially if it’s while I’m choking on your cock.”
He doesn’t waste a second, cupping your cheeks and kissing you deep. It’s languid, slow, every stroke of his tongue on yours igniting a star in your chest until you’re bursting at the seams, unable to hold all of your feelings for him.
“San,” you say against his lips what feels like an hour later, but realistically must only be a few seconds.
“Mmh?” he hums.”
“You said something, earlier,” you whisper as he rests his forehead against yours. 
“Yeah?”
You nod, and you run your hands down his back, goosebumps rising on your arms at the temperature of the water. You would probably be shivering if it wasn’t for San standing so close to you but right now, his body heat keeps you in its warm embrace.
“You told your father that I’m your girlfriend,” you continue.
He tenses. “I’m sorry.”
“No.” You pull away, eyes fluttering open to meet his gaze. “No, San.”
He looks terrified, like you’re about to run away. But you won’t - if he allows, you’ll stay rooted in this spot next to him for the rest of your life.
“I want to be your girlfriend,” you confess. “I want to get to call you my boyfriend, and to tell our friends that we’re dating. I want to tell my parents that we’re dating.” Suddenly, your vision gets blurry, and you blink tears away. “I really want us to be in a real relationship now. With all the labels that come with it.”
San’s eyes also fill with tears, but you know them for what they are - happiness in a liquid form. 
“Princess…”
You smile through the emotions. “Boyfriend.”
And then San is kissing you, his lips moving against yours like the grandest love confession of all. It might not be the words, and you both might not quite be ready to use those three little words, but your bodies and hearts and souls understand.
You understand, and so does he. It’s been written in the fabric of the universe ever since you went over to his apartment back in September.
“Fuck,” San curses. “Sorry. I…”
You pull him back down into another kiss, one that ends in a fit of giggles from the two of you. It’s sweet, far away from the lust you were trying to ignite with your words just a moment ago.
“Let’s get out of this shower,” San says when you finally part. “Before we drain the whole building of its hot water.”
You chuckle, nodding your head. “Yes. I want to be in your arms.”
“Always.”
It’s a promise if you’ve ever seen one.
San turns off the water as you get out of the shower, wrapping yourself in a towel. You hand him his, and he follows you out a second later. It doesn’t take you long to dry yourself and put your clothes on, and then you’re making your way to your bedroom, leaving the steamy bathroom behind.
Your room is cool, the streetlight outside projecting the shadow of branches heavy with leaves on the wall. They’re moving in the wind, almost as if a puppeteer is controlling them, and it would be a little creepy if you weren’t so damn happy.
How can you not be, when Choi San is by your side?
San plugs in your fairy lights as you retrieve your laptop from the desk of your vanity, and then you join him in bed. You’ve had a routine of watching some K-dramas in bed while cuddling every night you hang out and, tonight is no different. 
Or maybe it is. Maybe it is, because Choi San is your boyfriend, and you’re Choi San’s girlfriend. 
You smile, wiggling in place as happiness flushes through you again like a flood, and you grin from ear to ear. You can’t help it - his arm around you as the opening credits of the K-drama appears on the screen is just too perfect, much like everything about him after all.
“What’s got you dancing like that?” San asks.
“I’m happy,” you simply reply.
He pulls on you until you’re lying on your back, and he meets your gaze. “I’m happy, too.”
The kiss that comes next feels more natural than the sun and the rain and the clouds and the wind. It feels like maybe it’s the first rule of the universe, maybe it’s the Big Bang to a world of you and Choi San. 
It’s perfect in every way, even as you sigh against him, and he climbs on top of you, spreading your legs with his knee. Especially as he does so, and you wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him flush against you.
“Girlfriend,” San says as he pulls away to catch his breath.
You run your hand in his hair, slightly pulling at the strands as the grin comes back to your lips. “Boyfriend.”
“Fuck,” he curses, much like he had earlier. “I… There’s something I need to tell you.”
Even though the words usually make you feel anxious, the amount of love in his gaze makes you feel safer than you’ve ever felt, and you just nod, grin softening into a small smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve known you for a lot longer than you’ve known me,” he says.
The words get you confused, and your brow creases as you furrow your eyebrows. “What?”
“Frosh week,” he says. “You were drunk, and I should have known, but you asked me to kiss you.” His eyes flutter shut as he seems to be reminiscing the moment. You, on the other end, feel shocked, and you just wait for him to continue. “You were so pretty. You had two braids framing your face, and your eyes were so shiny. And you were smiling and laughing, and I thought I’d met the love of my life.”
He meets your gaze as you just blink once, not knowing what to say.
“And then you were laughing, and you spilled a drink on my shirt. And you said you were trying to kiss as many guys as you could -” not your proudest moment - “and that you were going to kiss me to apologize.” He laughs, slightly shaking his head. “And then you did. You kissed me, and I swear to God it was like the world stopped turning.”
“What?” you let out.
“I figured you were really drunk though, mostly because you tasted a lot like alcohol, so I pulled away. And then when you opened your eyes and looked at me, I felt like I was falling. And I never stopped. I know it might be weird, but…”
“San, stop,” you say, and his eyes widen in fear. 
He rolls on his side next to you, apologies taking over his features. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Why did you never talk to me after that?” you ask.
And you scramble through your mind, trying to find memories of that moment. But you only remember kissing the first two guys, and even then you were already pretty gone. 
But you would have remembered San, right? How could you even forget him?
“I tried,” he admits. “First day of class, I tried to approach you. But you only smiled politely, bowed a little, and walked right next to me. That’s when I realized you didn’t remember me.”
“San, what the fuck?”
“I… fuck, I’m sorry, I should have told you before.”
You gulp as you sit up, pausing the K-drama. “It’s just… weird.”
“I’m sorry,” he apologizes again as he too sits up.
“This whole time…” you trail off for a few seconds, and then finish, “you knew who I was?”
He nods. “Had a massive crush on you in the first year of college. You can ask Wooyoung. He kept making fun of me.”
The strangest part is, you remember Wooyoung from back then. Maybe because he hasn’t changed all that much, whereas San got a lot stronger over the years, his physique changing drastically. 
Hell, you barely recognize him from the pictures he showed you from when he was back in high school.
“And you never tried to talk to me?”
He chuckles, and this time, it’s a little bitter. “Oh, I actually did. For like two months. But every time I went up to you, I just felt so fucking awkward and inadequate and… I told myself that it was because of my father, and that you deserved better anyway.”
“San, no…”
He shrugs his shoulders. “That’s why I started working out,” he admits. “I didn’t like feeling insecure like that, and I figured I could at least look better.”
And he does. Not that he wasn’t cute before, but he was just… a boy. And now he’s a man, a man that’s swept you off your feet.
“Holy shit,” you let out after a moment of silence that stretches into awkwardness. “I… That’s so wild.”
San looks apologetic - sad, even. “I’m really sorry.”
“All this time…” 
He nods when you stop talking. “I should have said something before. But I felt like it didn’t really matter, since I was someone different back then.”
“But you knew it was me when the professor paired us together last semester?”
“Yeah, I did.” He wets his lips, gulping. “Wooyoung was a fucking shit about it.”
You’re not surprised. “How… did you feel?” you ask.
To think you went to his place and sucked his dick that very first time.
“I was surprised,” he says. “I’m not going to say that I was crushing on you all this time in a corner, just waiting for an opportunity to be with you.” Which you know he wasn’t, considering he had the reputation to sleep around a lot before you. “But I was happy. Thought maybe we could be friends.”
“But then I…” Your cheeks burn, and you clear your throat.
“Yeah, you came over and gave me the best blowjob of my life and the whole time, it felt like I was in one of my fantasies from three years ago.”
“Ew,” you let out, though there’s a teasing undertone to it. “You were imagining shit like that before we even talked?”
San flushes deep crimson. “Shit, no. I mean, you know, kind of, like all men. Which, wait, that’s disgusting of me to say. I… I guess I did. But not like, explicitly. Just…”
You listen to his rambling, eyebrows raising. “Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
You snort. “It’s weird. But you’re a guy, and guys have always been weird.” You tilt your head to the side, eyes sparkling with mischief. “You have always been weird.”
“What?” he lets out. 
“You’re weird,” you repeat. “I like that about you.”
“So, you’re not huh…” He gulps again, like he has a lump in his throat. “You’re not going to leave.”
“We’re at my apartment.”
“No, but I mean…”
You put a hand on his knee. “No, I’m not. I think it’s hella fucking weird that you had a crush on me before, and I didn’t even remember you, but that was years ago.”
“Right.”
“So, though I’m kind of shocked, I’m not upset with you,” you add. “So please stop looking so sad.” You lean closer, pecking his cheek. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“You’re not?”
He sounds like he doesn’t believe it, so you remind him, “I’m your girlfriend, and you’re my boyfriend. We aren’t breaking up when we just started dating.”
He looks at you. His gaze is heavy with emotion, and you think he might say the words. But, much like you, they stay clogged in his throat, so he says it with his body instead. He says it with the way he pulls you in for the most gentle kiss, like you’re fragile china in a glass armoire. He says it like one wrong move might turn you to dust, says it like you’re the sun he’s orbiting around. 
He says it with the way he hovers on top of you when you lie on your back, pulling him then. Says it when he leaves a trail of wet kisses down the column of your throat, and says it when he kneels between your legs.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asks as you reach for the hem of his sweatpants.
“San, please,” you beg.
“Baby.”
He doesn’t usually call you baby, yet it makes you love him even more, and you sit up to take off your sweater while he takes his sweatpants off. He didn’t put underwear on, and he’s already hard when he kneels between your legs again, stroking himself slowly. 
You take it all in - the hard planes of his body shift each time he strokes his dick, and you admire him in the warmth of the fairy lights. There’s a vein on one of his biceps, his abs look rock hard, and you reach between you to run a hand up his abdomen.
“You’re so beautiful,” he praises. “So, so beautiful.”
You want to say that he is, too, but he’s leaning down, stealing your mouth for another languid kiss that makes your mind spin out of control. Your hand moves down, finding the base of his dick, and you squeeze him, jerking him off slowly like you know he likes it, with a flick of the wrist when you reach the top. He grunts in your mouth, fucking your hand, and you moan as he bites at your lower lip.
“I want you slow tonight,” he says. “Want to make you feel so good.”
“Is that one of your fantasies, too?” you tease.
He glares at you, one hand finding your neck. He doesn’t choke you, just holds, and desire strikes you deep.
“Don’t be a brat about this, mmh?”
You smirk. “We’ll see.”
He tries to keep the glare, but then he bursts out laughing even though you have your hand around him. He kisses you, softly, and then pulls away to meet your gaze. “I’ll make love to you, m’kay?”
Make love. It’s a confession in itself, even if it isn’t those three little words. You take it in, and your heart races in your chest with love and lust and everything in between as San kneels back on his heels and takes off your shorts and underwear.
Once you’re fully naked, San meets your gaze again, one of his hands trailing between your legs. He parts your folds, teases your entrance, and then he pushes one finger in. Your mouth falls open at the intrusion, pleasure spiking up your spine, especially as he arches the finger to rub the sweet, nutty spot inside of you.
“You’re always so soaked for me,” he praises. “My perfect girlfriend.”
“Always for you,” you agree.
He smiles, eyes shining, and then he’s kissing you again as he eases a second finger inside of you, getting you ready for his dick. It feels good, far too good, but you want him whole. Want his body on top of yours, his hands in your hair, and yours on his back. 
You want his lips to never leave yours again. But they do as he pulls his fingers out of you, watching them glistening with your juices. He brings them to your mouth, and you lick them clean for him, the taste of you only serving to make your heart beat even faster.
“Ready?” he asks as he positions himself at your entrance.
You nod, hooking your legs around him as you try and lift yourself on him. He pulls his dick away, tapping it on your sensitive clit, and you moan a curse that makes him chuckle.
“Don’t worry, princess. I’ve got you.”
The second he finishes the sentence, San’s pushing inside of you, stretching you wide open. This time, you moan in pleasure. He leans his forehead against yours, slowly pushing all the way in, only stopping when he’s fully inside of you.
And then you’re kissing again, all lips and tongues and racing hearts and so much feelings for such a small soul. Yet as he starts moving, rocking his hips back and forth, you think you might be infinite. Because being with him feels infinite, like nothing could ever stop you. Like your photons of light, travelling side by side in the emptiness of space, never feeling empty because of the presence at your side.
You’re full of all your emotions for him, full of him, and you moan in his mouth as he groans his pleasure. The kiss is wet, but you don’t care. You just want it all, and San gives it to you. Even as the pace remains slow and deep, his lips ravage your mouth with intent, and you scratch at his back as if that’ll bring him even closer.
Somehow, it does, and you hold him tight against you as he keeps moving, making love to you like he said he would.
“I wanna fuck you like this every day,” he says in your ear, voice low and husky. “Wanna feel your walls tightening because they want more.”
“So crude,” you let out, though it ends on a moan as he snaps his hips harder. “Fuck.”
“Just…” he trails off, and then he finds your mouth again. 
There are no words needed in the following moments. Just two heartbeats in sync, two bodies moving together, a rhythm increasing yet staying full of love. When your high hits, you fall along with him, and he paints your insides white as he pours his love into you.
And you feel so full of him, so full with him, that you just keep holding him as your breathing evens out, your heart returning to normal. He doesn’t try moving either, his face hidden in your neck, though he does gently peck your skin once in a while, to keep you tethered to him in this instant in time.
As if you would ever drift from him. 
How could you, when he’s the man that you love?
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☆summary: who knew that the hot guy you've been paired with for a class project is also a kind soul? Certainly not you, and you feel yourself falling even though you know you shouldn't. Will it be your demise, or will it all work out in the end?
☆pairing: Choi San x female!reader
☆rating: 18+ (minors DNI, this chapter contains mature content)
☆genre: slow burn strangers to lovers, college!au, smut, angst and fluff
☆warnings: cursing, anxiety, san's dad, explicit content: oral sex (male receiving), spitting, unprotected sex (be careful), hair pulling, jerking off, praise, fingering
☆word count: 11.9k
☆series masterpost
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☆a/n: almost the end :') thank you to @moonleeai for your amazing work as my beta reader, I love you and am forever thankful for you <3
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Cold snowflakes Withered down Until you bloom As a spring flower I'll be with you
Be With You, Ateez (english translation)
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Sunday, April 13th
You didn’t realize how fucked you would be for not studying during Spring Break until you end up spending your entire weekend at the library, deep in your books instead of running on the beach with Choi San like you did last Thursday. It’s such a drastic change of environment that you’ve been feeling whiplashed, puzzled, the white neon lights of the library harsh compared to the sun you’ve experienced during the trip.
At least, Choi San is sitting right next to you, close enough for you to be able to lean your head on his shoulder whenever you need a break from staring at your laptop as you try to cram all the information for tomorrow’s exam into your brain.
“Everything okay?” San asks as you do lean on his shoulder for the hundredth time.
You sigh. “I’m tired. I don’t think I’ll be able to study for much longer.”
“Do you feel ready for the exam?” he asks, and he pecks the top of your head.
You smile, heart soaring in your chest. “As much as I can be. I just know I won’t be able to retain any more information.”
“To be fair, the final in this class has the reputation to be easy,” San says. “So I’m pretty sure you’ll be okay.”
You yawn, glancing at the screen of his laptop. “What are you even doing?”
There’s an anime playing on the screen, and it definitely has nothing to do with tomorrow’s exam at all.
San laughs. “I got bored of studying like thirty minutes ago, but you looked like you were focused, so I didn’t want to disturb you.”
You straighten, stretching as you immediately close your laptop. “Then let’s go, since you’re done too.”
San nods with dimples adorning his cheeks, and then you both get ready to go, putting your stuff in your bags. You put a jacket on, but San came without one, only wearing his trusted grey sweater you’ve seen him in far too many times before.
Once you’re both ready, you get out of the small study room you reserved, heading towards the large one where some of your friends are. You notice Sydney and your brother left, which you confirm by checking your phone and seeing that she’s texted you to let you know, and so you say goodbye to Wooyoung, Yeosang and Hongjoong before leaving the library, stepping out into the fresh night air.
The sun set a long time ago, and some rare puddles reflect the light of the streetlight as if they’re portals to another universe. San holds your hand as you walk, and the wind is colder than you’d expected it to be, leaving you to step closer to San.
As you walk, you pass by the sakura trees that line one of the campus’s paths. Most of them are still heavy with blossoms, though they’ve been falling in the last few days, their beautiful yet short blossoming season ending already.
Petals flutter to the ground around you, reminiscent of the snow from just a few months ago, and it makes for a romantic atmosphere, one that makes you tug on San’s hand.
“What?” he asks, and you both keep walking, though you slow down as you walk past the trees.
“It’s so beautiful here,” you reply, and you lean against him. “One day, I want a house with a sakura tree out front.”
“I’ll plant it for you,” San promises, and he pecks your head again.
You’re grinning from ear to ear as you look up at him. “I hope that is a promise.”
He laughs, eyes crinkling at the corners. “Of course it is.”
You keep walking towards San’s apartment, cherry blossoms falling around you until you reach the street, leaving the sakura tree path behind. 
Twenty minutes later - and a stop at a late-night croffle shop later - you make it to San’s place, the elevator ride spent in silence as you look at your croffle like it holds the answers to the universe. Once you’re in front of San’s door, he unlocks, holding the door open for you to walk in. 
Byeol comes up to you, meowing loudly, and you laugh as you bend down, patting her head with your empty hand.
“Hello, you,” you greet her with a high-pitched voice, and San chuckles behind you as he closes the door and locks.
You kick off your shoes, putting your croffle on the counter, San doing the same a heartbeat later. You then take off your jacket, and he takes it from your hand to hang it in the closet.
“Let’s eat those now because we won’t be able to sleep if we wait later,” he says as he walks behind the counter, making his way to the drawer where he keeps his cutlery. 
“Good idea.”
It doesn’t take you long to settle at the dining table, and then you’re eating, savouring the sweet dessert while Byeol meows to her contentement as she rubs herself on your legs and San’s legs.
“I think she missed you,” San teases.
You meet his gaze, cheeks dusting with pink. “I missed her too. I missed… coming here, too.”
San’s smile is genuine, revealing dimples. “You’ll get to come here all the time now.”
“We’ll see about that.”
He narrows his gaze, glancing at your half-eaten croffle. “For that comment, I’m stealing a bite.”
“Hey!” you yelp, but he’s too quick, his fork darting into your food and retrieving to his mouth before you can stop him. You glare at him, folding your arms on your chest. “That was mean.”
He dips his finger in the whipped cream on his own dessert, and then he taps your nose. Once again, you’re too slow to duck, and you immediately retaliate by doing the same thing, rubbing whipped cream on his cheek.
“Now I guess we’ve become the desserts,” San says. He wipes his cheek, licking his fingers clean, and your mind goes fully empty at the sight of his tongue on his fingers.
Goddamn. 
“What?” San asks with a laugh.
You shake out of the reverie of him licking his fingers clean of something else, and you meet his gaze. “Nothing.”
He squints his eyes again as if he’s still suspicious, yet he shrugs it off, eating a piece of his croffle while you wipe your nose absentmindedly.
“Do you need to take a shower before bed?” he asks once you’ve both finished eating, enjoying each other’s company in silence for a little while.
You nod. “If you don’t mind.”
“I don’t,” he reassures you. “I have to take a shower too anyway.”
He ends up going before you, only because you insist that he does so, and you take a quick shower when he’s done, brushing your teeth and doing your skincare before meeting him in the living room, where he waited for you.
He looks good. Shirtless, with just a pair of black joggers hanging low on his hips. He’s scrolling on his phone, the screen casting its white glow on his features as he looks at whatever he’s looking at. His free hand is petting Byeol where she’s lying down next to him, the muscles in his forearm shifting slightly with every move of his fingers.
Something hot and wicked grows in you, and you gulp as he raises his head, meeting your gaze.
“What?” he asks, his voice low.
That doesn’t help, either.
“I…” you trail off, and you take a couple of steps towards him. 
He smirks. He fucking smirks, because he must know. He must know you’ve spent the two last nights thinking about him. Thinking about what happened at the house by the beach, what you did on that muscular thigh of his.
“Like what you see?” he teases.
“Shut up,” you grumble, yet you stop in front of him, dropping your phone on the couch next to him. 
His gaze widens, his features falling more serious. “Is everything okay?”
“I’m ready,” you whisper.
“What?”
“I’m ready, San. I don’t want to wait anymore.”
He gulps. “I’m not sure I’m following.”
He doesn’t need to. No, you simply nestle yourself between his thighs, bending down as you cup his cheeks and capture his mouth in a languid kiss. He immediately lets go of his phone, and his hands find your waist as you push your tongue in his mouth.
The taste of him is addictive. It’s insanity, the sweetest nectar you’ve ever tasted, and you sigh against his lips as his grip on your waist tightens. He guides you closer, and you straddle his lap.
You think a volcano erupts inside of you. Everything goes burning hot, your thoughts tinting with red, with passion and lust and so much desire for San you might break down right here, right now. Instead, you kiss him with everything in you, kiss him like you’re in Pompeii awaiting your demise while the walls crumble down around you.
But you’re not. You’re very much alive and, tonight, you want to make him feel alive, too.
You rest a hand flat on his chest, pushing him away. He leans back against the couch, and you meet his gaze before glancing down at his pink lips, now swollen and glistening with saliva. And then you’re diving in again, though this time you divert to his neck, biting at his skin lightly before closing your lips around the spot below his ear, sucking delicately.
He grunts, throwing his head back as well as tilting it to the side, and you leave a trail of hot, wet kisses down to his collarbone. Your hands roam freely on his chest, appreciating the warmth of his sculpted muscles, and then you’re leaning away from his neck, straightening on his lap.
His chest goes up and down quickly with the rhythm of his breathing, and he gulps as you just look down at him, your panties starting to grow sticky with the wetness of your arousal.
“What are-” he starts saying, though he stops the second you move from his lap to kneel in front of him. 
He gulps. He fucking gulps, and you look down at the imprint of his dick in his sweatpants. He’s visibly not fully hard yet and still, the sheer size of him makes your pussy clench around nothing as you trace his length with a finger.
“I want you, tonight,” you whisper, your voice sinfully sultry, and San curses underneath his breath.
“What about the exam tomorrow?”
You lean your head on his thigh, innocently looking up at him. “What about it?”
He chuckles, and he brushes your hair over your shoulder. “Shouldn’t we go to bed early?”
“Mmh.” You glance at his dick before looking up at his eyes again. “You don’t look like you want to go to bed early.”
“Neither do you,” he replies, his voice taking the same low, dangerous tone yours has been enshrouded with.
Emboldened, you palm him through the fabric of his clothes. His dick twitches under your hand, clearly enjoying the attention. And so you rub him, up and down.
“You made me come a couple of days ago, and I didn’t get to make you come,” you say. “Shouldn’t I make you feel good tonight?”
“Fuck, princess,” he curses, his eyes fluttering shut as you peck his dick before sitting back on your heels. “Let me see your lips around me, mmh?”
You’re on fire. Sinking in lava, soon to be drowning in it. But you don’t care. You just want more. You just want to have the heady taste of his precum on your tongue, to hear the way he groans when he comes. You want to remember what the passion between the two of you is like, so unlike the softness you usually carry yourselves with.
And so you grab the hem of his pants, pulling them down while he helps you by moving up from the couch just enough for you to pull the sweatpants past his ass. You leave his boxers on though, and then you’re palming him again, rubbing his dick through his underwear.
Clearly, you’re not applying enough pressure, because San bucks his hips, seeking more friction. You don’t give it to him, simply removing your hand from his dick to rest it on his thigh as you lean closer, pecking the head of his dick.
“Please don’t tease too much,” San says, entirely breathless above you.
You look up, smirking. “Why not?”
“Brat,” he lets out in what almost sounds like a growl. “Because I haven’t jerked off since before we went to the beach, and I’m going to come embarrassingly fast already.”
“Oh, will you?”
You did not forget that San is more of a dom, even though he doesn’t portray it all that much in his day to day life. But he reminds you tonight, grabbing your jaw and leaning towards you.
“Open your mouth, princess,” he orders. “We gotta wash that tongue of yours.”
You keep your lips stubbornly sealed, and San draws closer, pecking your mouth. And then he’s biting at your lower lip, sucking it into his mouth, and you moan. It’s all it takes for him to spit in your mouth, though he immediately starts kissing you after, his tongue teasing yours, and you kiss him back like you’ve gone feral for him.
You think you might have.
“Sit back,” you order as you pull away from the kiss, pushing on his chest again.
He obeys, his dark, lustful gaze watching your every move, and you look down at his dick, now visibly rock hard, enough so that the tip of it is pushing out of his boxers. You relieve him of those, pulling them down his legs and letting them rest around his ankles as you look at his dick, his balls sitting fat and heavy between his thighs.
He does look like he hasn’t come in a while. 
Unable to resist, you lean forward, licking a stripe between his two balls, and San hisses as you keep going up, making your way to his tip. You lick at his slit, and the taste of his precum finally fills your mouth, making you moan louder than necessary.
Fuck, you missed this. So much so that you’re taking him in your mouth a second later, unable to tease like you originally planned to.
And you lose yourself in him. Lose yourself in the bobbing up and down of your head, in your tongue alternating between resting flat on his shaft and swirling around his tip. You lose yourself in the sounds he makes - the moans, the groans, the growls - and you moan around him, letting him know that this is making you feel just as good as it’s making him feel. 
When he puts his hand on the back of your head, guiding you up and down on him, you let him lead, eyes watering as he hits the back of your throat. But you keep the gag reflex in, let him use you like he wants to use you. You want him wild, unleashed, and he doesn’t disappoint, fucking your mouth so good you need him inside of you.
You might be stupid. You might be truly insane. But the second he lets you go so that you can breathe, you get up, taking off your PJ shorts and panties in one swift motion. San just watches you through half-lidded eyes, and he doesn’t try to stop you as you straddle his lap. 
Hell, he grips your hips, guiding you so that you’re grinding on his cock, your juices wetting his shaft and the tip of his dick so thoroughly that, on your next pass, it dips inside of you.
The feeling of his tip parting your nether lips makes you roll your eyes to the back of your head and, before he can make you pull away, you sink your weight on him, up until he’s fully inside of you, so deep you think you see stars.
“Holy fuck,” he curses. “Princess, I…”
You move up, and then drive yourself back down on him. “Yes?”
“I’m gonna fucking come.”
You don’t need to hear more. You put your feet on each side of his thighs to have better leverage, holding his shoulders, and then you start moving up and down as quickly as you can, your thighs burning after only a few seconds. But the sounds he makes keep you going, and you ignore the burn as he hits your cervix.
He feels good. You’ve never been with him like this before, without a condom, and it’s like every sensation is a thousand times stronger. You feel the drag of him on your walls, feel the ridge of his tip as he moves inside of you. Hell, you think you also feel the large vein that goes from the base of his dick almost all the way to the top.
You feel every single fucking thing, and it’s going to make you come, too.
San’s fingers dig in the supple skin on your hips as you keep going up and down. He’s doing most of the work now, holding your weight as he helps you move, and his muscles flex with every motion, one vein popping out on his biceps.
And then San leans forward, wrapping an arm around your waist as you sink all the way down until he’s against your cervix, and he drops his forehead on your collarbone as he comes with a cry, painting your insides white. The feeling of him twitching inside you sends you over the edge, and your pussy spasms on him as you climax hard, your eyes going blind as you lose a hand in his hair, pulling it without even realizing you’re doing so. You’re mewling, moaning, his name a litany as waves after waves crash on you, and San follows you into it all, shaking under you.
It takes an eternity for you both to come down from your high. San’s still spearing you with his dick, still rock hard despite having come, and he just chuckles breathlessly, pecking your neck as he turns his head towards you.
“What the actual fuck,” he lets out.
You lightly laugh as your mind grows fuzzy with the strength of your orgasm. “What the fuck,” you repeat.
“That was…” He chuckles again. “That was amazing.”
It was. It really fucking was.
You pull on his hair, and he hisses in pain even though he lets you do it. The second he’s far enough for you to kiss him, you capture his mouth in a sweet and slow languid kiss that reminds you of what home is.
Home is him, wherever he is in the world. And you want to tell him how he makes you feel, how your heart beats for him and him only, but it feels like it would be too much right now.
You want to tell him when the moment feels right. And though you do love him right now, you don’t want him to think you’re saying it because of the heat of the moment.
When you naturally pull away from the kiss, resting your forehead against him, your eyes flutter open just enough for you to see the grin on his lips. It makes you love him even more, and you peck his lips once more before pulling away.
“Now, how are we going to do this?”
San’s eyes take a moment before they open, and his pupils are blown out wide when he meets your gaze. “We’ll make a mess, but that’s okay. I’ll clean it up.” He wets his lips, glancing down between you, but your shirt hides the spot where your bodies are connected. “You’ll have to get up, though.”
You take a deep breath to prepare yourself, and then you do so, holding onto his shoulders for leverage.
The second you feel his cum dripping out of you, running on the inside of your thighs, you put your hand between your legs. But he came a lot - it covers your hand, and you let out an awkward laugh.
“Shit.”
“Let me go get something,” San says, and he gets up, stumbling from the fact that his boxers are still around his ankles. He kicks them off, and then he jogs to the bathroom, coming back with so much toilet paper that you just laugh as he hands it to you.
“Thanks.” You put the paper against you, and then you head to the bathroom, waddling awkwardly as San jogs in front of you.
“Let me start a shower for you.”
“For us,” you say as you make it to the bathroom, and you sit on the toilet. “A shower for us.”
San smiles down at you. “Yes, princess. For us.”
He’s so beautiful like this you could cry. He’s more so beautiful as he holds you against his chest in the shower, leaving hundreds of soft kisses on the top of your head. Even more so beautiful as you lie in his bed after, your head on his shoulder as you’re tucked in his side. 
You shift even closer, needing to hear the beats of his heart, making sure they’re synced with yours. Of course they are, and you smile in the darkness, tightening your grip around his waist for a few seconds.
And then you let a truth slip.
“It was my first time ever doing it raw,” you admit.
San lets out a chuckle. “I thought you were already asleep.”
You glance up to find him already gazing down at you. “Nah.” Your cheeks burn, and you’re thankful that the lights are off and he can’t see. “What about you?”
“Am I sleeping?”
You glare at him, though it’s all in good fun. “No, did you ever go raw with someone else before?”
He wets his lips, blinking once. “No, it was my first time.”
For some reason, that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You think he feels the same way, because he leans closer, pecking your forehead.
“And we should definitely do it again,” he adds.
You snort, tapping his chest. “Pervert.”
“You’re telling me you didn’t like it?”
You purse your lips. “I am not answering that question.”
“I’ll take it as a yes.”
You laugh, and you spy a dimple on his cheek as you glance up. “Maybe.”
He’s grinning and fuck, happiness looks so good on him.
“Let’s sleep, though,” you say as your heart beats for him, filling you with warmth. “We have to get up early for the final tomorrow.”
San takes a deep breath, the smile lingering on his lips, and he pecks the top of your head. “Good night, Y/n.”
“Night, San.” You snuggle closer, hiding your face in his neck. “Sweet dreams.”
“I’ll dream of you, then.”
You laugh, pecking his neck, and then you close your eyes, breathing in the scent of him.
San holds you through the night, your hearts beating together like they have been since his lips first touched yours.
Saturday, May 3rd
San is anxious. Deadly so, as the rapid rhythm of his leg moving up and down tells you. He’s sitting on your bed, staring at nothing in particular while you’re curling your hair, and the sight of him like that makes your heart break.
“Everything okay?” you ask.
His eyes dart to you before returning to their vague spot on the wall. “Yes.”
He doesn’t say more, and you worry at your bottom lip, trying to figure out what to say to reassure him. Though you doubt he can be reassured, considering you’ll be having dinner with his father tonight.
“I’m almost ready,” you choose to say, and you focus on yourself in the mirror you usually use for your makeup. 
He doesn’t say anything, and so you focus on finishing with your hair, and then you unplug your hair curler before running your fingers through your hair to make sure that the curls aren’t too tight. You then get up, and you walk over to him, sitting next to him. 
He barely acknowledges you, and you rest your hand on his knee, trying to keep his leg from bouncing. 
“It’s going to be okay,” you whisper.
San meets your gaze, and he looks so much like a prey right now you have half a thought to suggest cancelling.
“Is it?”
You offer him an encouraging smile, nodding once. “Yes, it will be. I’ll be right there with you.” You grab his hand, interlacing your fingers. “You can even hold my hand under the table if you need to.”
He doesn’t smile, but the frown lessens.
“Thank you,” he says. He gulps, and his eyes trail back to the wall. “I don’t think I’d be able to do this without you.”
You let go of his hand, wrapping your arms around his waist instead as you rest your head on his shoulder. “You’re stronger than you think you are, San. And not only because I can barely wrap my arms around you from how large your shoulders are.”
That earns you the tiniest snort, but it’s progress. 
“That’s just because you’re tiny.” He leans his head on top of yours, and he takes a deep breath. “Good thing we waited until after the semester because I wouldn’t have been able to study.”
You know that. That’s why you suggested he’d tell his dad to wait after the semester to have dinner. You know how important his grades are to San, and you wouldn’t have wanted his father to ruin that for him too.
“Yeah,” you agree. “Instead of having to study, we can come home after and just cuddle and watch a movie.”
“I can’t fucking wait,” San lets out. “Actually, why not do that instead? Fuck my dad.”
You scrunch your nose up, glancing up towards him, though you don’t manage to catch sight of his features because of the way he’s leaning on top of your head. “Might as well go now that we’re both ready. But if you want to leave, we leave. We don’t have to stay.”
“Right.” He pecks your head, and then remains unmoving, with his lips in your hair. 
Your embrace around him loosens, and then you move one of your hands to his thigh, soothingly caressing him.
“It’s going to be okay,” you say again. “I’ll make sure of it.”
San pulls away, and then his hand cups your cheek, tilting your head up until he can press the softest kiss on your lips. “Thank you.”
Your eyes flutter open - you shut them the second he got close - and you meet his gaze. You gulp at the intensity of the emotions swimming behind his pupils - anxiety, sadness, but also love. So much love, all for you, even if he hasn’t told you he loves you yet.
It’s not like you’ve told him, either. You’ve skirted around the subject for weeks now, trying to figure out the right moment, and then you realized that you’ve been telling each other in different ways now. All the ‘drive safe’, ‘text me when you’re home’ and ‘can’t wait to see you’ all mean the same thing, after all, and you don’t need those three extra little words for you to know how he feels about you, and for him to know how you feel about him.
You know. You both know it, as it’s become a law of your universe.
“Of course,” you whisper.
He looks down at your lips, tracing them with his thumb, and then he’s leaning in again.
This time, your mouths meet in a languid embrace, moving against each other slowly yet passionately. You tilt your head to the side as his tongue pushes past your lips, and your tongues twine as you sigh in the kiss, your hand on his thigh moving higher by instinct.
San’s hand goes to the back of your head, and he grabs hold of your hair there as you innocently touch his dick with a finger.
“Be nice,” he tells you, his tone stern. “Or I’m going to ruin that beautiful makeup of yours before we get there.”
Heat strikes you, and you gulp, biting at your lower lip. “Yeah?”
He curses lowly. “Princess, we can’t right now.”
“Oh, I know,” you reassure him, and you move closer, capturing his lips in a short, wet kiss. “But you’re so hard to resist.”
He pulls away to eye you down, his gaze returning to yours dark and lustful. “You’ll keep the dress on when we come back, m’kay?”
“Didn’t you want to cuddle later?” you ask innocently, bashing your eyelashes at him.
“If I recall, you’re the one that said that.” It’s his turn to lean closer, and he says the next words against your mouth. “But I just want to hear you moan my name. You’re so fucking pretty when you do so.”
“Mmh,” you hum. “We’ll see if you get to hear it tonight.”
He grabs your jaw, his hold tight yet never hurtful, and then he’s kissing you rough, erasing every single thought from your brain. You forget everything but him, and the warmth that pools at your core grows dangerous, threatening to make you lose control.
To make you say fuck it, let’s stay here tonight.
San pulls away from the kiss, tapping your cheek lightly as your eyes flutter open. He glances down at your thighs, and at the way you’re rubbing them together like that will give you any friction. He smirks, chuckling darkly.
“Yeah, we’ll see if I do.”
You’ve been horny lately. Both of you. You’ve been having sex a lot since that Sunday after the beach trip, like you both can’t get enough of each other. And frankly, you highly doubt you can. Not when he’s so addictive, so perfect for you like his body was moulded for you.
Like you were meant to find him, and he was meant to find you. Which, come to think of it, has to be the truth. Your truth.
Your life would not make sense without Choi San in it.
*****
The restaurant San’s father chose is in the suburbs of the city, and San parks in the large parking lot right on time, though his father already informed you that he would be five minutes late.
Which you think is funny yet disrespectful, considering he lives a five minutes drive from the restaurant.
And so you wait in the car, holding San’s hand and playing with his fingers as he texts his father that you’ve arrived, and then he focuses on you, offering you a tight-lipped smile.
“Turns out we probably would have had time for that quickie,” he deadpans.
You snort, though the thought makes you bite at the inside of your cheek. “I’d rather take my time with you.”
San smirks, chuckling lightly. “I feel like I’m usually the one to say that.” He leans in, kissing you swiftly. “But I like hearing it from your mouth.”
His phone buzzes, and San looks down at the device, letting out a small curse. He then leans back against his seat, sighing deeply.
“What’s wrong?” you ask, though you already have an inkling.
“My father said he’ll be here in ten minutes and to go wait inside.”
Not that you expected any better of his father considering what you currently know of him, but you’re still disappointed for San. You grab his hand to offer support, giving you the best smile you can muster up.
“Well then, let’s go in and pretend we are on a date, shall we?”
His smile barely reaches his eyes, but you’ll take that over the sullen expression he had when his father texted him.
It doesn’t take long for the two of you to get out of the car after that, walking towards the door of the restaurant. Ever so the gentleman, San holds the door open for you, and you teasingly curtsy to thank him before walking in.
That earns you a more genuine smile, and hope for the fate of this evening returns to your heart.
Thankfully, despite his tardiness, San’s father reserved a spot for the three of you already, so the hostess leads you to your table on the side of the restaurant with a bar, and you and San settle on the bench that’s against the wall, leaving the visibly uncomfortable-looking chair for his father.
He just had to be on time to have the best seat, after all.
Once you’re seated, San pulls the drink menu towards the two of you, and you start skimming the many different drinks that the restaurant offers. You end up choosing an apple sangria, curious as to what it tastes like, and San orders a beer for himself.
You’ve been drinking a little more now, though you mostly only drink spiked lemonade and occasionally sangria, only because you haven’t found other drinks that you like. You used to be big on seltzers and shots three years and half ago before you stopped drinking, but those have lost all their appetite since the events of the summer prior to your first year of college and the Frosh week that initiated your college experience.
San grows impatient as the drinks arrive, and his father still hasn’t arrived. It’s been more than ten minutes, and you run a hand on his thigh in a gesture you hope is soothing.
“I can’t even say I’m surprised,” San lets out, and he sighs deeply, taking a sip of his beer. “He probably won’t even come.”
“Then it’s you and me,” you say, and you squeeze his thigh, lips softly curving. “I get to have an impromptu date with you, I’m not going to complain.”
“As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I would prefer it if my dad wasn’t a dick.”
His sentence is curt, his tone cold and, though you tell yourself that he has every right to be upset at the moment, it still hurts.
He never speaks to you like that. But someone once did, and you’re never going to let someone talk to you like that ever again. Yet you figure it’s not the right time to tell San.
After all, maybe your attempt at lightening his mood was clumsy, and not what he needed to hear.
You take a sip of your sangria, surprised with how fresh and sweet it tastes. It helps cover the bitterness of the feeling he’s momentarily risen in you, and you push your glass towards him.
“Try this,” you offer him.
He casts you a side glance. “You sure? It isn’t a big glass.”
“I don’t mind,” you reassure him with a shrug of your shoulders. “It’s really good.”
“Well, if you insist.” He takes a sip, and his gaze widens in surprise. “Oh shit, that’s actually really good.”
Subject change successful.
“Right!”
He smiles, and you’re relieved at the dimple that appears on his cheek. The dimple doesn’t remain for long though - someone calls San’s name, and his smile disappears faster than it appeared, anxiety taking over his features.
You turn towards the man that’s walking towards you, surprised to see just how much he looks like San. The dimples are the same, his grin almost too practiced, but his hair is shorter. The man stops on the other side of the table, his eyes darting to you quickly before settling on his son once more.
“My son,” he says. “Sorry for my delay, I could not for the life of me find this.”
He’s holding a box, and he hands it to San. San just stares at the box unblinkingly for a few seconds, and then meets his father’s gaze again.
“What is this?” he asks.
His father’s eyes dart towards you again. “A gift.”
Obviously.
San nods, like he doesn’t believe his father got him a gift, and then hesitantly takes it. “You didn’t have to get me a gift.”
“After all these years, and you making it into law school? I had to get you something.”
The cold that radiates from San is worse than hell, or at least it feels so.
“I haven’t made it into law school yet.”
“Semantics,” his father says, shrugging his shoulders. “Open it.”
San clenches his jaw, but still opens the box. It contains an expensive looking watch, and San just stares at it like it’s alien, an object straight from another universe.
“Do you like it?” his father asks, and you notice the practiced smile is gone from his features now, like he’s ready to scold San.
“Yes,” San says. “I’m just… how much did this cost?”
His father waves him off, and then finally sits in the chair across from San, still barely acknowledging your presence. It feels insulting, but you keep it to yourself, only observing the conversation.
“Don’t worry about it,” his father says. “I haven’t been able to give you any gifts in forever, so I figured you’d be happy to receive this.”
“Thank you,” San says. He puts the box down on the table and then glances at you, offering you a small smile. 
You give him what you hope is an encouraging nod.
“Who’s the young lady?” his father asks next, finally acknowledging your presence.
San straightens, and he smiles proudly, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. “My girlfriend, Y/n.”
Your gaze shots to the side of his face at the sound of the word ‘girlfriend’ in his mouth, and your heart starts racing in your chest. Cheeks burning, you bow to his father as he does the same to you, finally greeting you as well.
You can’t really focus on the conversation after that, though you don’t fail to notice how strained it is, and how one-sided it feels like, his father relating stories of travels and things that happened to him and his family in the last few years. It’s an accurate demonstration of how shitty he is towards San - not once does he ask about what San has been up to.
You can’t believe San referred to you as his girlfriend. Can’t believe how right it felt too, and butterflies swirl in your stomach in an incessant dance as the word echoes in your head. It warms up your whole body, and you think you’re literally vibrating with happiness for a moment there.
You’re his girlfriend. You are. It doesn’t matter that you haven’t told each other this before - you’ve been ready to dive in feet first in a relationship with him for a few weeks already. You think it started when you ran hand in hand on the beach while it was pouring. The romance of the moment finished lacing that red thread around your wrist and his, making it your fate to end up with San.
Though you think it’s been your fate for far longer than that. You think your fate was sealed the second the professor made you partners for that project last semester. 
As your thoughts still race with all the emotions you feel for San, you feel him tense next to you. He folds his arms on his chest, sits back against the booth, and it’s enough for you to slowly return to reality.
His father is currently going off about something Minho, his other son, did - apparently, he’s a talented sprinter - and San doesn’t seem like he wants to hear any of it. You immediately react, patting his thigh, and he gives you a poor excuse of a smile.
“San works out a lot too,” you say, interrupting his father almost in the middle of his sentence. “Can’t say if he’s a good sprinter, but you should see him lift.”
His father’s mouth falls open, as if only realizing that he’s been telling everything about himself instead of asking about his son, and he glances at you. “Oh, does he?”
You look at San. “You do. Tell him about your PRs!”
San relaxes, his hands falling in his lap, and he finds your hand, entwining your fingers. And then he finally manages to tell something to his father and, to your relief, he seems genuinely interested in hearing what San has to say.
Perhaps his father has been anxious about tonight, and yapping is actually his way of compensating. It’s a trait he shares with San - whenever San grows anxious, he tends to ramble a lot. 
Except earlier, when he grew dead silent back at your apartment. But you can understand why - tonight is a huge step for him, and clearly not an easy one either.
The food arrives not too long after and, seemingly having gotten the message, San’s father finally starts asking San some questions about college, and about life in general. He also asks how you two met, and San is smiling when he tells him how you had to do a project together last semester.
“I fell in love right away, honestly,” he says, and he looks at you, stars twinkling in his eyes. “Couldn’t help myself.”
You melt. You melt like ice cream in the summer heat, and you can’t help the smile that spreads on your face. “Couldn’t help myself either. but we’ve only started dating recently. We took our time.”
You say that holding San’s gaze, and his cheeks dust with pink. “We did.”
“I think it’s a good thing that you guys took your time,” his father says, and you didn’t expect the piece of wisdom he shares with you after. “That way you slowly build up the foundations of your relationship, and it can only grow stronger from there.”
He’s right. For all the wrong he did to his son, he’s right about this, and you don’t miss the way San’s eyes fill with water. He’s clearly touched by his father’s words, and you offer him the smallest smile, something just for you and him in this moment in time.
The subject naturally changes after that, going to the quality of the food you’re eating. It really is good food, and you all focus on eating for a few minutes, until San’s father excuses himself to use the bathroom.
“How are you feeling?” you ask San the second you reckon his father is too far to hear.
“Honestly? Better than I thought I would.” He takes a sip of water - you’ve both finished your drinks before the food even arrived, and didn’t order more - and then adds, “It started really weird but… I think it’s better now. Isn’t it?”
He frowns with the question, looking at you for approval.
“It is,” you say with a nod. “I agree that it was weird at the beginning, but he seemed anxious. And he’s been seeming more genuine now too.”
“Right.” San glances at the watch. “This watch is worth thirty thousand dollars.”
“What the fuck?” you let out, eyes bulging out of your head.
You could tell it was expensive, but you would have never assumed that it was that expensive.
San wets his lips. “He got it when my mom got pregnant with me. When I was a kid, he told me he’d give it to me when I’d become a man.” His waterline grows silver. “I didn’t think he would ever give it to me.”
Which explains why he was so expectant when he gave the gift to San when he arrived.
“That’s…” you trail off. “I actually don’t have words to say.”
“He’s really trying.” A tear rolls on San’s cheek, and he quickly wipes it with the back of his hand. “But why does it feel like I’m doing my mom wrong by being here?”
“Oh, San…” You feel like your heart has been stabbed with his words, and you lay a hand on your chest, the other finding his hand. “I’m sure she would understand why you would want to have dinner with your father.”
“She would.” He nods. “She does, actually. I told her, and she said she was happy for me, and said I deserved to have a relationship with my father.”
His mother is a saint, that much you’re certain of. Because if you’d been in her position, you would have selfishly tried to keep San from ever seeing his father again after what his father did.
“But I feel so bad for her,” he adds. “She’s never been able to be with someone else, you know? He hurt her so bad.”
“I know,” you gently say. “I… I’m so sorry.”
San gulps, and he blinks his tears away. He’s successful this time, especially as he takes a deep breath and then drinks some water. “My bad. I should not get emotional right now. Let’s keep that for later.”
You don’t blame him for it - he doesn’t want to be emotional in front of his father, which is totally understandable considering that they’ve barely talked for years.
A few minutes later, his father returns, right at the same time as the waitress comes back to retrieve the empty food plates from the table. His father suggests getting dessert, and San grudgingly accepts. You end up eating a piece of cheesecake as father and son keep talking. The dessert is delicious, and you end up scraping the little bits left from the plate as San tells his father about his friends, and his father’s features light up from within at the mention of Wooyoung.
“Oh, I remember that kid!” his father says. “He was always so polite when he came over.”
San chuckles. “Yeah, Wooyoung is an angel in front of everyone’s parents, but he is a little wild.”
“Always thought so,” his father replies with a wise nod. “Do you get along with San’s friends?”
The question is directed to you, taking you by surprise, and your eyes go round. It doesn’t take you long to recover though, and you’re soon saying, “Yes, we’re all part of the same friend group, honestly.”
His father winces. “I hope nothing happens to you both, then. It’s always so hard losing friends when a break up happens.”
San tenses. “Right.”
His father senses the shift in the atmosphere, and an apologetic look appears on his features. You steel yourself - you can tell that the conversation is about to go to hell before it even starts.
“I’m sorry, San. I hope you know that.”
San’s fist clenches on the table next to the fork he’s just put down. “About what?”
“About everything,” his father says. “I never meant to hurt you or your mother.”
San raises his eyebrows, letting out the most bitter laugh you’ve ever heard from him. It’s enough to make you want to pull on his arm, to remind him that he’s bigger than that, but it’s too late. So you watch the asteroid crash, watch it all as if you’re frozen in place.
“Oh, so you’re sorry about lying to us for years?” he asks. “You’re sorry for abandoning the two of us, for pretending we didn’t exist.”
A muscle feathers on his father’s jaw. “You know it never was like that. Your mother forbade me from even talking to you. And it’s in the past now.”
“Is it?” San shakes his head, scoffing. “You think I’m over everything you did just because you want me to be?”
“Don’t do this here,” his father says. “Please.”
“Don’t come here with lame excuses, then.”
There’s an uncomfortable silence, and you put your hand on San’s forearm, trying to calm him down. Though awkward and clumsy, you think San’s father’s attempt at an apology might have been genuine, but it visibly was too early for San. San looks at you, and the pain in his features almost makes you want to jump at his father’s throat, but you refrain from doing so.
You really shouldn’t be causing a scene in public, anyway.
“Let’s stop here for tonight, shall we?” you suggest.
The two men look at you, his father relieved while San appears to feel betrayed. You hate the look on his features, but you figure you can always talk to him in the car to explain why you said that.
You know he’ll understand, even if he’s mad right now. And you don’t blame him for being mad, not after everything he’s been through.
“Good idea,” his father says. “We can always meet up again some other time.”
San scoffs, yet thankfully chooses to remain quiet as his father motions to the waitress that you’ll take the bill. He ends up paying for the three of you, which you thank him for since San remains silent. You then follow the man outside, wishing him goodbye as San walks behind you with the gift in his hand, even though he looks ready to throw it away the second his father turns his back on the two of you.
Obviously, he doesn’t, but San still stays stubbornly mute as you climb in his car. You notice his father driving away in a fancy Porsche, but you don’t say anything about it, instead looking at San’s profile as he wraps his hands around the wheel, white on his knuckles.
“He’s an asshole.”
“San…”
“Don’t defend him, I swear to God.” San sighs, head hanging low as his eyes flutter close. “And I’m not mad at you. Sorry if I sound like I am. I just…”
“It’s a lot,” you carefully say.
San nods. “It really is. I’m all for meeting up and talking, but saying he’s sorry after all the shit that happened is not it. As if three words can fix everything he’s put me and my mom through.”
“It can’t,” you agree. “But it’s a start, no?”
“Whatever.” San finally puts the key in the ignition, and the engine comes to life a second later. “I just want to go home and hold you in my arms and not think for a while.”
He gives you a quick look, long enough for you to nod, and then he’s pulling out of his parking spot, and then heading towards the street.
The ride is awkwardly silent at first as you worry that you could say something that would upset him. But ten minutes later, San turns on the bluetooth music, handing you his phone so that you can choose what music to put on. You settle on a chill indie playlist, and San nods in approval, humming along with the song.
Three songs later, his hand finds your thigh, and you think all is good in the world. And so you put your hand on top of his, relaxing in your seat as you look outside the window while the car eats the miles towards your apartment.
The drive home isn’t as long as it was earlier, most likely thanks to the lack of traffic at this hour, and San even manages to park his car right outside your apartment. You go in, finding the apartment enshrouded in darkness, though you quickly turn the lights on as you remove your shoes by the door.
“I am so ready to cuddle in bed,” San says with a sigh, and you lightly tap his chest.
“Shower first,” you remind him. “We’re not going in my bed with our outside clothes on.”
He whines, though he follows you to your bedroom so that you can grab a clean pair of PJ shorts along with a sweater of his you’ve stolen a few days ago. San fetches clothes from the bag he brought over, and then you both make your way to the bathroom.
“Do you want to go in first?” San asks, and you eye your tiny shower.
“We’ve fit in there together before.”
Something shines in his gaze, flames lit from within. “Oh, I see what you have in mind.”
“Not that,” you say with a laugh and a roll of your eyes. “But since you had a rough night, I want to be with you. Wash your back, and all that shit.”
San, who’s currently standing in front of you, leans down, leaving a peck on the tip of your nose before straightening. “You’re the best.”
And though this is all fairly new, though seeing him naked makes your blood boil in your veins, you focus on cleaning yourself, and then cleaning his back as you stand in the shower together. It’s gentle, soothing, or at least you try to be, knowing he needs it.
Even though he might need time to process tonight and talk about it, you still want him to know that you’re with him, that you’re ready to listen whenever he’ll want to talk about it.
Once you’re done washing his back, San turns, a trail of water licking down his shoulder and cresting on his right pec before trickling down his defined abs. The sight catches you off guard, and you look up to meet his gaze.
He’s smirking, and he rests a hand on the small of your back, pulling you flush against him. You let out a startled sound, and your hands land flat on his chest. 
“Careful or you’ll start drooling,” he teases.
You narrow your eyes at him, snaking your arms around his neck. “I would think that you would like that, no?” You glance down between the two of you, where his dick is pressed against your stomach. He’s soft, but you know your words will rile him up in no time. “Especially if it’s while I’m choking on your cock.”
He doesn’t waste a second, cupping your cheeks and kissing you deep. It’s languid, slow, every stroke of his tongue on yours igniting a star in your chest until you’re bursting at the seams, unable to hold all of your feelings for him.
“San,” you say against his lips what feels like an hour later, but realistically must only be a few seconds.
“Mmh?” he hums.”
“You said something, earlier,” you whisper as he rests his forehead against yours. 
“Yeah?”
You nod, and you run your hands down his back, goosebumps rising on your arms at the temperature of the water. You would probably be shivering if it wasn’t for San standing so close to you but right now, his body heat keeps you in its warm embrace.
“You told your father that I’m your girlfriend,” you continue.
He tenses. “I’m sorry.”
“No.” You pull away, eyes fluttering open to meet his gaze. “No, San.”
He looks terrified, like you’re about to run away. But you won’t - if he allows, you’ll stay rooted in this spot next to him for the rest of your life.
“I want to be your girlfriend,” you confess. “I want to get to call you my boyfriend, and to tell our friends that we’re dating. I want to tell my parents that we’re dating.” Suddenly, your vision gets blurry, and you blink tears away. “I really want us to be in a real relationship now. With all the labels that come with it.”
San’s eyes also fill with tears, but you know them for what they are - happiness in a liquid form. 
“Princess…”
You smile through the emotions. “Boyfriend.”
And then San is kissing you, his lips moving against yours like the grandest love confession of all. It might not be the words, and you both might not quite be ready to use those three little words, but your bodies and hearts and souls understand.
You understand, and so does he. It’s been written in the fabric of the universe ever since you went over to his apartment back in September.
“Fuck,” San curses. “Sorry. I…”
You pull him back down into another kiss, one that ends in a fit of giggles from the two of you. It’s sweet, far away from the lust you were trying to ignite with your words just a moment ago.
“Let’s get out of this shower,” San says when you finally part. “Before we drain the whole building of its hot water.”
You chuckle, nodding your head. “Yes. I want to be in your arms.”
“Always.”
It’s a promise if you’ve ever seen one.
San turns off the water as you get out of the shower, wrapping yourself in a towel. You hand him his, and he follows you out a second later. It doesn’t take you long to dry yourself and put your clothes on, and then you’re making your way to your bedroom, leaving the steamy bathroom behind.
Your room is cool, the streetlight outside projecting the shadow of branches heavy with leaves on the wall. They’re moving in the wind, almost as if a puppeteer is controlling them, and it would be a little creepy if you weren’t so damn happy.
How can you not be, when Choi San is by your side?
San plugs in your fairy lights as you retrieve your laptop from the desk of your vanity, and then you join him in bed. You’ve had a routine of watching some K-dramas in bed while cuddling every night you hang out and, tonight is no different. 
Or maybe it is. Maybe it is, because Choi San is your boyfriend, and you’re Choi San’s girlfriend. 
You smile, wiggling in place as happiness flushes through you again like a flood, and you grin from ear to ear. You can’t help it - his arm around you as the opening credits of the K-drama appears on the screen is just too perfect, much like everything about him after all.
“What’s got you dancing like that?” San asks.
“I’m happy,” you simply reply.
He pulls on you until you’re lying on your back, and he meets your gaze. “I’m happy, too.”
The kiss that comes next feels more natural than the sun and the rain and the clouds and the wind. It feels like maybe it’s the first rule of the universe, maybe it’s the Big Bang to a world of you and Choi San. 
It’s perfect in every way, even as you sigh against him, and he climbs on top of you, spreading your legs with his knee. Especially as he does so, and you wrap your legs around his waist, pulling him flush against you.
“Girlfriend,” San says as he pulls away to catch his breath.
You run your hand in his hair, slightly pulling at the strands as the grin comes back to your lips. “Boyfriend.”
“Fuck,” he curses, much like he had earlier. “I… There’s something I need to tell you.”
Even though the words usually make you feel anxious, the amount of love in his gaze makes you feel safer than you’ve ever felt, and you just nod, grin softening into a small smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve known you for a lot longer than you’ve known me,” he says.
The words get you confused, and your brow creases as you furrow your eyebrows. “What?”
“Frosh week,” he says. “You were drunk, and I should have known, but you asked me to kiss you.” His eyes flutter shut as he seems to be reminiscing the moment. You, on the other end, feel shocked, and you just wait for him to continue. “You were so pretty. You had two braids framing your face, and your eyes were so shiny. And you were smiling and laughing, and I thought I’d met the love of my life.”
He meets your gaze as you just blink once, not knowing what to say.
“And then you were laughing, and you spilled a drink on my shirt. And you said you were trying to kiss as many guys as you could -” not your proudest moment - “and that you were going to kiss me to apologize.” He laughs, slightly shaking his head. “And then you did. You kissed me, and I swear to God it was like the world stopped turning.”
“What?” you let out.
“I figured you were really drunk though, mostly because you tasted a lot like alcohol, so I pulled away. And then when you opened your eyes and looked at me, I felt like I was falling. And I never stopped. I know it might be weird, but…”
“San, stop,” you say, and his eyes widen in fear. 
He rolls on his side next to you, apologies taking over his features. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.”
“Why did you never talk to me after that?” you ask.
And you scramble through your mind, trying to find memories of that moment. But you only remember kissing the first two guys, and even then you were already pretty gone. 
But you would have remembered San, right? How could you even forget him?
“I tried,” he admits. “First day of class, I tried to approach you. But you only smiled politely, bowed a little, and walked right next to me. That’s when I realized you didn’t remember me.”
“San, what the fuck?”
“I… fuck, I’m sorry, I should have told you before.”
You gulp as you sit up, pausing the K-drama. “It’s just… weird.”
“I’m sorry,” he apologizes again as he too sits up.
“This whole time…” you trail off for a few seconds, and then finish, “you knew who I was?”
He nods. “Had a massive crush on you in the first year of college. You can ask Wooyoung. He kept making fun of me.”
The strangest part is, you remember Wooyoung from back then. Maybe because he hasn’t changed all that much, whereas San got a lot stronger over the years, his physique changing drastically. 
Hell, you barely recognize him from the pictures he showed you from when he was back in high school.
“And you never tried to talk to me?”
He chuckles, and this time, it’s a little bitter. “Oh, I actually did. For like two months. But every time I went up to you, I just felt so fucking awkward and inadequate and… I told myself that it was because of my father, and that you deserved better anyway.”
“San, no…”
He shrugs his shoulders. “That’s why I started working out,” he admits. “I didn’t like feeling insecure like that, and I figured I could at least look better.”
And he does. Not that he wasn’t cute before, but he was just… a boy. And now he’s a man, a man that’s swept you off your feet.
“Holy shit,” you let out after a moment of silence that stretches into awkwardness. “I… That’s so wild.”
San looks apologetic - sad, even. “I’m really sorry.”
“All this time…” 
He nods when you stop talking. “I should have said something before. But I felt like it didn’t really matter, since I was someone different back then.”
“But you knew it was me when the professor paired us together last semester?”
“Yeah, I did.” He wets his lips, gulping. “Wooyoung was a fucking shit about it.”
You’re not surprised. “How… did you feel?” you ask.
To think you went to his place and sucked his dick that very first time.
“I was surprised,” he says. “I’m not going to say that I was crushing on you all this time in a corner, just waiting for an opportunity to be with you.” Which you know he wasn’t, considering he had the reputation to sleep around a lot before you. “But I was happy. Thought maybe we could be friends.”
“But then I…” Your cheeks burn, and you clear your throat.
“Yeah, you came over and gave me the best blowjob of my life and the whole time, it felt like I was in one of my fantasies from three years ago.”
“Ew,” you let out, though there’s a teasing undertone to it. “You were imagining shit like that before we even talked?”
San flushes deep crimson. “Shit, no. I mean, you know, kind of, like all men. Which, wait, that’s disgusting of me to say. I… I guess I did. But not like, explicitly. Just…”
You listen to his rambling, eyebrows raising. “Yes?”
“I’m sorry.”
You snort. “It’s weird. But you’re a guy, and guys have always been weird.” You tilt your head to the side, eyes sparkling with mischief. “You have always been weird.”
“What?” he lets out. 
“You’re weird,” you repeat. “I like that about you.”
“So, you’re not huh…” He gulps again, like he has a lump in his throat. “You’re not going to leave.”
“We’re at my apartment.”
“No, but I mean…”
You put a hand on his knee. “No, I’m not. I think it’s hella fucking weird that you had a crush on me before, and I didn’t even remember you, but that was years ago.”
“Right.”
“So, though I’m kind of shocked, I’m not upset with you,” you add. “So please stop looking so sad.” You lean closer, pecking his cheek. “I’m not going anywhere.”
“You’re not?”
He sounds like he doesn’t believe it, so you remind him, “I’m your girlfriend, and you’re my boyfriend. We aren’t breaking up when we just started dating.”
He looks at you. His gaze is heavy with emotion, and you think he might say the words. But, much like you, they stay clogged in his throat, so he says it with his body instead. He says it with the way he pulls you in for the most gentle kiss, like you’re fragile china in a glass armoire. He says it like one wrong move might turn you to dust, says it like you’re the sun he’s orbiting around. 
He says it with the way he hovers on top of you when you lie on your back, pulling him then. Says it when he leaves a trail of wet kisses down the column of your throat, and says it when he kneels between your legs.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” he asks as you reach for the hem of his sweatpants.
“San, please,” you beg.
“Baby.”
He doesn’t usually call you baby, yet it makes you love him even more, and you sit up to take off your sweater while he takes his sweatpants off. He didn’t put underwear on, and he’s already hard when he kneels between your legs again, stroking himself slowly. 
You take it all in - the hard planes of his body shift each time he strokes his dick, and you admire him in the warmth of the fairy lights. There’s a vein on one of his biceps, his abs look rock hard, and you reach between you to run a hand up his abdomen.
“You’re so beautiful,” he praises. “So, so beautiful.”
You want to say that he is, too, but he’s leaning down, stealing your mouth for another languid kiss that makes your mind spin out of control. Your hand moves down, finding the base of his dick, and you squeeze him, jerking him off slowly like you know he likes it, with a flick of the wrist when you reach the top. He grunts in your mouth, fucking your hand, and you moan as he bites at your lower lip.
“I want you slow tonight,” he says. “Want to make you feel so good.”
“Is that one of your fantasies, too?” you tease.
He glares at you, one hand finding your neck. He doesn’t choke you, just holds, and desire strikes you deep.
“Don’t be a brat about this, mmh?”
You smirk. “We’ll see.”
He tries to keep the glare, but then he bursts out laughing even though you have your hand around him. He kisses you, softly, and then pulls away to meet your gaze. “I’ll make love to you, m’kay?”
Make love. It’s a confession in itself, even if it isn’t those three little words. You take it in, and your heart races in your chest with love and lust and everything in between as San kneels back on his heels and takes off your shorts and underwear.
Once you’re fully naked, San meets your gaze again, one of his hands trailing between your legs. He parts your folds, teases your entrance, and then he pushes one finger in. Your mouth falls open at the intrusion, pleasure spiking up your spine, especially as he arches the finger to rub the sweet, nutty spot inside of you.
“You’re always so soaked for me,” he praises. “My perfect girlfriend.”
“Always for you,” you agree.
He smiles, eyes shining, and then he’s kissing you again as he eases a second finger inside of you, getting you ready for his dick. It feels good, far too good, but you want him whole. Want his body on top of yours, his hands in your hair, and yours on his back. 
You want his lips to never leave yours again. But they do as he pulls his fingers out of you, watching them glistening with your juices. He brings them to your mouth, and you lick them clean for him, the taste of you only serving to make your heart beat even faster.
“Ready?” he asks as he positions himself at your entrance.
You nod, hooking your legs around him as you try and lift yourself on him. He pulls his dick away, tapping it on your sensitive clit, and you moan a curse that makes him chuckle.
“Don’t worry, princess. I’ve got you.”
The second he finishes the sentence, San’s pushing inside of you, stretching you wide open. This time, you moan in pleasure. He leans his forehead against yours, slowly pushing all the way in, only stopping when he’s fully inside of you.
And then you’re kissing again, all lips and tongues and racing hearts and so much feelings for such a small soul. Yet as he starts moving, rocking his hips back and forth, you think you might be infinite. Because being with him feels infinite, like nothing could ever stop you. Like your photons of light, travelling side by side in the emptiness of space, never feeling empty because of the presence at your side.
You’re full of all your emotions for him, full of him, and you moan in his mouth as he groans his pleasure. The kiss is wet, but you don’t care. You just want it all, and San gives it to you. Even as the pace remains slow and deep, his lips ravage your mouth with intent, and you scratch at his back as if that’ll bring him even closer.
Somehow, it does, and you hold him tight against you as he keeps moving, making love to you like he said he would.
“I wanna fuck you like this every day,” he says in your ear, voice low and husky. “Wanna feel your walls tightening because they want more.”
“So crude,” you let out, though it ends on a moan as he snaps his hips harder. “Fuck.”
“Just…” he trails off, and then he finds your mouth again. 
There are no words needed in the following moments. Just two heartbeats in sync, two bodies moving together, a rhythm increasing yet staying full of love. When your high hits, you fall along with him, and he paints your insides white as he pours his love into you.
And you feel so full of him, so full with him, that you just keep holding him as your breathing evens out, your heart returning to normal. He doesn’t try moving either, his face hidden in your neck, though he does gently peck your skin once in a while, to keep you tethered to him in this instant in time.
As if you would ever drift from him. 
How could you, when he’s the man that you love?
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