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hello strawberriesnsage um i would like to ask you if the when the flowers bloomed will continue?

honestly, i had forgotten about it 😭😭 but i'll probably pick it back up soon after i go through all my old notes for the plot n stuff 🥲

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your smau is so good, can’t wait for updates <33

aweeee tysm 🤧🤧❤️ i actually didn't know how i should continue it so i kinda forgot about it, but the recent support gave me the motivation to keep working on it! ily guys 🤧🤧🤧🤧💕💕

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count your days

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can you don't

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taeseok anti

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JAKE PARTY

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"where is everyone.." hyunjin mumbles from next to y/n.

the shorter boy just shrugs, refreshing twitter for the millionth time to see there's still no new posts worth reading. "no clue. who all is coming?"

"innie said he'd stop by, but no clue when. jisung and minho were grabbing something to eat before coming by, and i think they were picking up sunoo, too." hyunjin scrolls through the texts to make sure he was remembering correctly.

"won texted me that he was gonna stay with niki tonight so he didn't feel left out. should we swing by afterwards?" y/n asks, his head turning up to hyunjin away from his phone.

"yeah, sure. haven't seen niki for a bit. sounds like fun." hyunjin smiles and slide his phone into his jacket pocket.

y/n copies him, shoving his phone away into the back pocket of his pants.

the duo hear a greeting, an arm draping itself around y/n's shoulders as the words spill from their friend's mouth. "hey hyunjin, hey y/nie, what's up?"

"sungie!" y/n smiles brightly, throwing his arms around the new arrival.

"jisung, minho, hey~" hyunjin greets with a smile, his hand lifting up to ruffle the slightly younger boy's hair, earning a pout as he reaches up to fix it.

"we didn't think you'd be here so soon!" y/n cheered, moving over to minho to wrap his arms around him as well. "where's sunoo?" he asks with a tilt of his head.

"volunteered to get our drinks." minho answers swiftly, wasting no time in returning y/n's greeting hug with his own light squeeze.

"how's the party so far?" jisung asks, his arm returning to drape over y/n's shoulders once his hair was sufficiently fixed.

"great now that you guys are here."

"when you say it, you make it sound sarcastic." y/n says as he playfully glares at hyunjin, earning a hit to his shoulder and fits of laughter from the four of them. "he was obsessively checking our group chat and twitter for updates on you guys."

"so our hyunjinnie does like having us around, hm?" minho hums playfully, happily teasing the younger.

hyunjin returned the teasing with a soft glare, rolling his eyes and playfully shoving minho's shoulder. "oh shut up, will you? i get those cold, uninspired tendencies from you and you know it."

more laughter erupts from the group as sunoo finally arrives, bumping minho with his hand to get his attention. "your drinks, your highnesses." he says teasingly, handing the solo cups to minho and jisung.

"nothing for yourself?" jisung asks, noticing sunoo not having any bottle tucked under his arm like he usually does when getting drinks for the older two.

he nods, smiling at hyunjin and y/n as a greeting. "yeah. i knew hyunjin and y/nie were here for a bit before us, so i figured i could get my own drink when going to get a refill for them."

"awe, look at sunoo, all grown up and taking care of his hyung~" hyunjin teased, wrapping an arm around sunoo's shoulders to mess with his hair.

"i take it back! i'm not getting you a refill!" sunoo squirms in hyunjin's hold, trying to escape his hold to fix his hair. "it took me so long to do my hair!"

hyunjin immediately pulls away from sunoo, innocently standing next to y/n as if he had done nothing wrong, the only evidence being sunoo's glare at the tall boy and his hands on top of his head to fix his now very messed up hair.

"i'll get your another drink, hyunjinie." y/n says with a smile, reaching towards sunoo to help fix his hair. "let's go together."

sunoo immediately responds with a grin, his hair successfully fixed.

y/n links arms with sunoo to head away from the group with a little wave, calling out "try not to kill hyunjin while we're gone!"

when it came to hosting a party, jake's kitchen was always properly prepared, and the duo knew it. as they joked their way between the people inside the large house, y/n tried to convince sunoo to try branching out from his usual bottle of beer, recommending his own usual drink of hard lemonade.

"where better to try it than when jake is paying for it?"

sunoo groans in repsonse, letting his hand drop away from grabbing the beer bottle so y/n can drag him over to a lemonade. "fine, but only because i just your judgement. but if it's awful, i'm throwing all your left socks in the toilet."

y/n laughs, shoving the newly opened bottle into the black haired boy's hand. "whatever!"

as he made sunoo try the drink, he also reached over to grab a red solo cup for hyunjin, filling it up with the most basic cheap beer that could be found at the party. y/n didn't understand the appeal of going to one of jake's parties just to have the regular cheap beer that could be found at any other party in the city.

y/n always liked that jake's parties had a better variety. with his older brother actually being old enough to buy alcohol, he was usually fine with pulling out his id for whatever jake wanted to get for a party so long as he wasn't the one having to pay for it.

he was about to grab himself his own drink when looked back at sunoo to find his reaction, only to spot someone over the other boy's shoulder.

the smile on his face immediately fell, his mood falling with every passing second.

taeseok was at the party.

and he had yeji practically draped over his arm.

"uh, do you mind taking this to hyunjin for me?"

"huh? what's wrong?" despite sunoo questioning y/n, he takes the drink y/n extended for him, turning over his shoulder to look around.

y/n didn't give him much time to do that, though. "it's nothing, don't worry. just thought of the breakup, is all." he waved off sunoo's worry, summoning his grin again, though it was a bit shaky. "i just need a bit of air, i'll be outside."

sunoo nodded, a worried look on his face. "okay, if you're sure... if you want us there, just text, alright?"

y/n nods, lightly pushing sunoo out of the kitchen. "for sure! i'll catch up with you later."

after sunoo went to return to the group, y/n dropped his fake smile, turning to stumble between the people inside. as he failed miserably to seamlessly weave between people, he nearly found himself walking directly into jake, mumbling a "sorry" as he made his way outside. he wanted air.

he wanted to breathe.

as soon as he emerged through the open door, y/n released a breath he barely noticed he had been holding.

it was all still so fresh, he didn't need a reminder already. it hurt enough just thinking about, even without having to see his face on top of the already burning emotions.

y/n makes his way from the door, taking a few steps away to allow room for others to go in and out as they please.

he takes deep breaths, his eyes closed and head tilted back towards the sky, attempting to calm himself down. however, this wasn't the smartest thing that a drunk boy such as y/n could be doing at a party.

which he was soon made aware of as he walked face-first into someone's back.

he stumbled back a bit, his eyes shooting open to look up at who he ran into and immediately spit out a nervous apology. "i'm so sorry, i wasn't watching where i was going! i hope i didn't spill your drink or anything.."

the stranger shook his head, smiling gently at y/n. "no, not at all. i was just a bit surprised."

y/n looks down at the drink the stranger is holding, just to be certain the man wasn't lying to make him feel better, but was a bit surprised to only see a half empty bottle of water.

the stranger could obviously see y/n's confusion. "designated driver for the night."

y/n nods, finally looking up at who he was talking to. his face seemed familiar, but y/n was far too drunk to remember anything about him. which is odd, because he had a uniquely attractive face.

the bonus of his height and clothing style made him seem as if he was straight out of a manga.

the stranger's friend cleared his throat with a very fake cough to get the stranger's attention. "since i don't have to drive tonight, i'll be going to get myself another drink."

and then, y/n was left alone with this stranger.

"so, what has you coming all the way out here? most of the fun is either inside or by the pool."

"i saw the guy i broke up with two days ago in there with the girl he liked the whole time we dated."

sober y/n would never have admitted to that. he probably would have made some excuse about wanting to get out for a breath of air for a little bit, or claimed his friends had wanted to meet up outside to leave.

"damn, that's brutal..." it was hard to distinguish if the stranger was giving him a look of pity or empathy, but either way, it earned a shrug from y/n.

"i dunoo, it's not like he cheated on me or anything. turns out that six months ago, his friend put his confession letter on the wrong desk. but the whole time, he was really respectful towards me about it. he never did anything towards her because he was dating me."

the stranger shrugs at y/n, taking a drink from his water before replying. "seems kind of like a dick move to me for him to date you that whole time when he didn't even like you like that. cuz even if he was good towards you, he was still always thinking about that girl the whole time. and showing up two days later with her isn't that great either."

"yeah, but it'd be pretty hard to find a better boyfriend than him around."

"there's plenty of better guys."

"yeah? like who?"

"me."

y/n couldn't help the backflips his stomach did at the single word. me. it was probably the alcohol that found that so intriguing, but it didn't matter. because before he could even open his mouth to respond, his phone was ringing for hyunjin to tell him that jeongin had arrived.

"i gotta go, but it was really nice meeting you. bye."

y/n waves a little, the stranger waving back with the most adorable smile.

maybe he was right, and taeseok had been an asshole during the whole relationship. but even so, y/n would need a whole lot more time before he would be ready to accept it, and even more time before he could let himself move on to another relationship.

and maybe he could see that guy at another party in the future. and get his name this time.

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when the flowers bloomed

jake says pull up

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you're an alcoholic

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remind me if murder is illegal

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the breakup

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"i don't think we work anymore."

who said that? did he? why would he say something like that?

taeseok's shocked expression gives away it wasn't him. despite y/n's surprise at the words apparently leaving his mouth, his face doesn't falter.

"why? is this about yeji? i thought you said she doesn't bother you?"

y/n hadn't noticed his hands clenching tightly into fists until now, when his fingernails start digging into the soft skin of his palms.

the palms taeseok would always hold so gently.

"yes. and no. i don't know." y/n's head turns down a bit, his lower lip getting trapped between his teeth. "do you even like me anymore, tae?"

why was his vision starting to blur? were there.. tears? are they from his words? or maybe his palms are hurting more than he realizes.

"did you drink something, y/n?" taeseok's concerned eyes search for y/n's, but he can’t bring himself to meet the taller boy's gaze.

"so what if i did.." he mumbles. he realizes when taeseok doesn't defend his feelings, the things he was saying felt more true. how long had he buried it down? how deep?

"you shouldn't drink."

he hadn't. but right now? y/n wished he did. maybe this would be less difficult.

he could probably take it back, though. pretend he was drunk. laugh the whole thing off in the morning. besides, it wasn't like taeseok was a bad boyfriend, or anything. he was pretty much the opposite, honestly.

he would send good morning texts if he wouldn't see y/n until after 12. he would stop by the library to check on y/n if he hadn't received a text about any random thing. he knew y/n's favorite pastime after a hard exam was to binge netflix and ice cream.

honestly, the amount of people at their university that stared at y/n with jealous eyes was enough to prove that everyone outside the relationship could see how perfect taeseok was, too.

but things had been feeling off. in group settings, taeseok never gave y/n his coat if he was cold, even if taeseok wasn't cold. he could never order for y/n, even if he knew that y/n always got the same thing. any gifted snacks were to his own liking, doubling his own purchase rather than suiting y/n's tastes.

but every relationship had it's issues, right?

"why did you agree to go out with me?"

"what?" taeseok's brows furrowed together. "why would you ask me that?"

"it's not hard. what did you like about me?"

"didn't you read that letter at all?"

that's right. taeseok's confession. written out for y/n's eyes only, scribbled on the front and back of a page torn from a notebook, messily folded into an envelope and left waiting on his usual desk for his beginning class.

his usual desk right next to the girl taeseok has always paid an unusual amount of attention to.

"it never had my name on it." the gears turned in y/n's mind. the way taeseok would look at her, how it was so different from the way he'd look at him. filled with so much affection. the snacks she'd enjoy being the same brand taeseok would always buy for y/n. the glances in the classroom y/n always thought were for him...

"it was for yeji, wasn't it?"

the way taeseok's whole body froze gave away everything. the ponytail he's worn around his wrist since a month after they started dating probably wasn't his sister's like he said. the picture of y/n in class he had for a lockscreen was probably only there because she was laughing right next to him. the words that didn't quite add up to be perfect yet fit enough to make sense suddenly snapped into place like a puzzle piece thinking it was for her.

"good luck with her. you'll be good together."

y/n knew taeseok probably couldn't understand his words as he turned away. the words mumbled below his breath, flowing from his mouth faster than his tears could.

taeseok hadn't done anything wrong. not really. he seemed shocked when y/n showed up at the cafe instead of yeji, stars in his eyes and a familiar letter clutched in his hand, but it isn't his fault that his friend put the letter on the wrong desk.

y/n couldn't help but feel stupid, though. accepting a confession that isn't even yours? only jake would do something so naive.

but even though he knew that technically taeseok hadn't done anything wrong, he also knew that he would be the only one crying in his dorm that night. so, he couldn't help the muffled cries that fumbled between his lips and tumbled down his face as he stumbled around the corner to return to his dorm building.

hopefully he can at least get some sleep tonight.

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profiles ( heeseung )

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@heesng ( lee heeseung ) - a sophomore in college. roommates with park sunghoon. fashion design major.

@sunghoo572956 ( park sunghoon ) - a freshman in college. roommates with lee heeseung. childhood friends with nishimura riki. undecided major. figure skates professionally.

@jaykayseong ( jay park ) - a sophomore in college. fashion design major.

@ynjunh8rgyu ( choi beomgyu ) - a part time worker at a nearby cafe. roommates with huening kai. childhood friends with yeonjun. cousins with soobin.

@ynjunh8rtae ( kang taehyun ) - a sophomore in college. engineering major.

@urnewboyfriend ( yang jeongin ) - a sophomore in college. childhood friends with hwang hyunjin. cousins with yang jungwon. early childhood education major. part time worker at a nearby elementary school day care.

@jakesim02 ( jake sim ) - a sophomore in college. engineering major. rugby club member.

@ftglassesbunny ( choi san ) - a junior in college. roommates with song mingi. business major. part time worker at a nearby cafe. volleyball club member.

@frglassesbear ( song mingi ) - a sophomore in college. roommates with choi san. business major. health and wellness minor.

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profiles ( y/n )

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@totallynotyn ( l/n y/n ) - a freshman in college. roommates with kim sunoo. fashion design major.

@notsunoo ( kim sunoo ) - a sophomore in college. roommates with l/n y/n. theatre major.

@notjungwon ( yang jungwon ) - a freshman in college. childhood friends with l/n y/n. cousins with yang jeongin. undecided major. taekwondo club member.

@nikihateshoon ( nishimura riki ) - a senior in high school. childhood friends with park sunghoon.

@meanhoesheart ( han jisung ) - a sophomore in college. roommates with hwang hyunjin. photography major. photography club member.

@hansheart ( lee minho ) - a junior in college. roommates with soobin. dance major. dance club member.

@bettrthanurnext ( hwang hyunjin ) - a junior in college. roommates with han jisung. childhood friends with yang jeongin. interior design major.

@inthesoob ( choi soobin ) - a sophomore in college. roommates with minho. childhood friends with huening kai and kang taehyun. cousins with beomgyu. psychology major.

@hyukaningning ( huening kai ) - a freshman in college. roommates with choi beomgyu. childhood friends with choi soobin and kang taehyun. journalism major. creative writing minor.

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when the flowers bloomed

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pairing : nonidol!heeseung x m!reader

tags : fluff, smau, college au

warnings : death jokes, alcohol, swearing, more to be added probably

description : after y/n breaks up with his boyfriend, he meets an intriguing stranger at one of his best friend's parties. when they keep running into each other, y/n can’t help but feel like this guy is familiar. discovering mutual friends, it's only natural that a friendship of their own would blossom. or even... become something more?

OR

when heeseung, a college student well known for old vines and a handsome face, meets a drunk boy at a party, he keeps finding himself running into him at every turn. when they start spending more and more time together, how can he help the feelings blooming in his heart for this strange boy?

STARTED : 27 MARCH 2023

COMPLETED : ongoing

**all profiles are as of the morning after the events of the prologue!!

prologue : the breakup ( written )

profiles : one ( y/n ), two ( heeseung )

chapter one : remind me if murder is illegal

chapter two : you're an alcoholic

chapter three : jake says pull up

chapter four : JAKE PARTY ( written )

chapter five : taeseok anti

chapter six : can you don't

chapter seven : count your days

chapter eight : ???

currently in progress!!

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pairing : sunghoon x gn!reader

tags : fluff

warning : none!

sunghoon finds out that you can skate. the thing is, it isn't the kind of skating he was imagining...

"sunghoon, don't you dare."

your hands clasped tightly onto sunghoon's jacket, his soft chuckles flooding your ears as he teasingly loosened his hands holding your shoulders.

in response, you grasped his jacket even tighter, already feeling one of your feet sliding out from underneath you.

"i don't know what you're talking about." he says with a soft smile, letting one hand release your shoulder.

your skates slide on the ice as you desperately cling to sunghoon. "if you let me go, you're coming down with me!"

after a half a second of thought, sunghoon replaced his hand on your shoulder again. "i thought you knew how to skate?" he looks you up and down, a teasing smirk tugging at his lips.

you softly glare at him, pulling yourself a little taller to respond. "yeah. roller skate. you're the prodigy on ice." you grumble softly.

sunghoon starts to skate backwards, which leads to your skates gliding you along the ice with him. you almost let go of him out of pure shock, wanting to retreat to the wall, but as you look over your shoulder, you doubt you could even make it halfway before falling.

"come on, i’m gonna help you." sunghoon's hold moves from your shoulders to your elbows, wanting instead to hold your hands—though unfortunately they're still occupied with death gripping his jacket.

"yeah, until i fall and you pretend not to know me."

"what makes you think i'll let you fall?"

"because i know you want to laugh at me."

the look on sunghoon's face betrays him as he tries to defend himself. "i do not. i just can’t let it get out that i’m dating someone who can't even skate."

though his defense is mediocre at best, you roll your eyes and let go of his jacket, moving your hands down to hold his own.

he talks you through the steps, telling you to bend your legs, lean forward—all the basics of getting used to the ice. thanks to his help, by the time your skating date came to an end, you had managed to fall remarkably less than you were expecting.

though sunghoon kept his usual teasing behavior through the afternoon, he was surprisingly sweet towards you. as you two skated around the rink, hand-in-hand, you couldn't help the smile that tugged at your lips as you looked at the beautiful boy next to you.

your beautiful boy.

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pairing : non idol!sunoo x gn!reader

tags : fluff

warning : none!

sunoo noticed you were feeling a bit down, so he decided to do something to cheer you up.

sunoo's eyes trace over the contours of your face as another sigh leaves your lips, a frown tugging at his lips.

you had been like this for a few days, and sunoo was starting to worry. usually by now you would have told him what was bothering you and he would do his best to make you feel better, but this time, you would just brush it off as 'nothing much' every time he questioned you.

"are you ever gonna tell me what's bothering you, pumpkin?" he asks with a pout, dropping his head to lay his cheek on the table while looking at you next to him.

when you don’t respond, he huffs quietly to himself and stands up, a new determination taking over. he reaches over to run his hand through your hair one time before leaving the room.

it was close to an hour before he came back, finding you in the same sulky position he had left you. he approaches from behind, leaning down to rest his chin on your shoulder. "hey, cutie."

"what is it, sunoo?" your voice sounded a little tired, but he could tell you weren't annoyed with him.

in response, he simply took ahold of your hand to gently guide you to another room. you follow, a bit confused, but eyes widening when you saw the living room.

sunoo had set up a large blanket and pillow form, incorporating the couch for maximum comfort. on top of that were some of your favorite candies sitting on the coffee table as well as two large bowls of popcorn. turning your head to the tv, you noticed it was already turned on and a show the two of you had talked about binging together was ready to start.

you look at him with astonished eyes before he smiles brightly, leading you to sit in the middle of the fort, cuddling close to each other.

it's safe to say that you were feeling a lot better after that, sunoo's sweetness cheering you up. along with some help from the sweets he set out.

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pairing : jake x gn!reader

tags : fluff

warnings : none!

lately, jake has been busy with work, so you haven't been having a lot of time together. one day, he decides to do something to make up for it.

you let out a soft sigh as you approach the door to your apartment, fishing your phone out of your pocket to scroll through your notifications quickly.

today had been yet another day you hadn't gotten to talk to your boyfriend very much. recently, the two of you had only managed to talk through sporadic texts throughout the day when either of you could get a spare moment on your phone.

as you reach up to insert the code for your door, you can't help but think about how easy it used to be to work around his schedule. as much as you loved listening to enhypen's new music as soon as it came out, you occasionally dreaded the start of a new comeback since it meant jake was that much busier for a while.

you quickly shake the thought from your mind as you enter your dark apartment, instead thinking about how you'll ask jake later if the two of you can call before you to go to sleep.

after sliding off your shoes at the door, you make your way through your apartment towards the kitchen, letting out a soft yawn as you search around for a quick, easy meal, not in the mood to properly cook something.

"not even a hello?" you hear come from behind you, and you freeze. you know that voice.

you whip around quickly, a huge smile taking over your face. as your eyes land on his figure, all the thoughts from just outside your door rush out of your mind and happiness takes you over. "jake?" you question, though you know the answer.

he smiles brightly at you, and you rush over to him, wrapping your arms around his torso tightly. "what are you doing here? don't you have things to do for your comeback?"

he cups your cheeks happily before responding. "yeah, i just skipped~" he sees your face immediately contort in worry, and he laughs before exposing his joke. "i'm kidding! the staff said we've been working hard lately and deserve a break. and we haven't gotten to see each other, so of course i came to see you."

you smile at him again, mostly glad you wouldn't have to scold him for ditching practice for you again like he occasionally would mid-comeback. "you should've told me, we could have gone out on a date."

"we will. it'll just be here." he leans forward to press a kiss on your forehead. "i thought here might be better than the dorm."

you nod in agreement, standing close to him for a moment longer. you then step away to go back to the kitchen, looking around for things to make a meal, suddenly energized by having your beautiful boyfriend standing there. "what do you want to eat?"

"whatever you want to make."

and though the line was slightly annoying and not the least helpful, you couldn't be mad at him. and throughout the rest of the night, even things he did to try to annoy you only ended with you smiling sweetly at him and placing a soft kiss on his lips. because even through the meal you had together, the movie marathon you only half payed attention to, and the cuddles that would last the whole night, finally spending time with him made up for everything.

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pairing : sunoo x gn!reader

tags : fluff

warning : none!

i didn't know what to do, but my friend is sunoo biased and loves ten months, so i wrote a short little sunoo thing based on ten months :) sorry if it seems a little ooc for sunoo, i did my best

sunoo crosses his arms tighter over his chest, turning his back to you while huffing quietly.

"i already apologized, sunoo, what more do you want from me?" you pout softly, your arms loosely wrapping around sunoo's body and hanging at his waist.

he almost instinctively turned around in your arms before remembering he was meant to be upset with you. "you always call me cute in front of other guys, it makes me feel like i can't protect you." he puffs his cheeks out a little, and you can feel your chest tighten from the adorable action.

"you always love being called cute, though. what's wrong with it, sunnie?"

he turns around in your arms, looping his own loosely around your waist. "you can lean on me now, y/n. i’m not a kid anymore."

you can't help the smile that breaks across your face from his words, laughing softly at the thought of sunoo trying to protect you.

"don't laugh!" he grumbles out, leaning his chin on your shoulder in a pouting manner.

"okay, okay, i’m sorry sunoo." you smile brightly, tightening your arms around him, also resting your chin on his shoulder. "i promise i'll let you take care of me more. how does that sound?"

even though you can't see it, you can tell sunoo's beautiful smile is stretching across his face. "perfect!"

and as his arms tighten around you, you can’t help the thought of how much his love for you has grown that he'd have you see him in a protective manner than his usual, cute appearance. the thought makes you sigh happily, leaning more into his shoulder with happy thoughts taking over.