acasuji:
“sorry,” she huffs out, laughing breathlessly. “here.” when she’s certain she’s not about to pass out, suji straightens up, cards her fingers through her hair before slipping the carry strap of the poster tube over her head to hold the entire thing out to seokjin. for so long, she was a firm believer in her ability to resist falling into the trap of seokjin’s weird anime obsession, and yet here she stands with a rolled up painting of a particular bald-headed superhero, seven episodes into one punch man, with an unnatural determination to finish the whole thing by the end of the week. “you remind me of him, so… this is for you. also, can i get the oreo cheesecake one this time?”
there’s a sense of comfort in the way his fingers brush the hair she doesn’t manage to fix away from her face, tuck it behind her ear with an easy intimacy. he’s used to caring for her, he supposes — which is alright with him if the payoff’s her company. “i thought you’d stood me up and i was so hurt,” jin says, lips downturned into a false pout. “even though you’re always hurting me, suji.”
he quirks a brow at the paper she’s stretched out towards him. a palm grasps the middle of it gingerly. he knows how suji is: not a shred of paper free from her pen and her talent; even her napkin sketches looked like masterpieces to him. she says it’s because all he knows are cartoons, but the words feel hollow and untrue. sure, he can’t tell impressionist art from the romantics, but he’s got 20/20 vision and a truthful tongue. she’s talented, he knows.
and as he unfurls the paper to look at what she’s given him, he thinks: she’s his angel, too.
“i—“ it’s childish to be so happy at something so simple, but he can’t help it. he thinks his smile reaches his ears as he wraps his free arm around her, pressing her to his side, looking her straight in the eyes in his sincerity. “suji, this is amazing. i— thank you.”
“you can have a million oreo cheesecakes after this.” letting her shoulders go, he pushes open the door and lets her pass before following, still grinning, the poster by his actual angel lee suji on display for the world to see. “order first, i’ll buy. least i can do.” the look on his face begets no argument — not today, not ever.
june '17









