Heart Of The Sea pt.5
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Genre: Fluff
Pairing: Female reader x Woojin
Word count: 1.6k
(A/n: I'm sorry it took so long for me to get to the end of this, but hey, at least I finally did!)
The two of you lay together, holding hands, watching the stars for what feels like hours. Your eyes eventually get heavy and you fall asleep. The next thing you remember is being wrapped in the blanket and carried to the car. The car starts and you fall back asleep almost immediately.
You wake again in the bed back at Woojin's. You decide to get up and see if he's still awake. You peak out the bedroom door and see him asleep on the couch. You smile softly at his sleeping form before glancing out the window to see the moon reflecting across the ocean. The sight draws you in, almost as if it's calling you to dive in. You bite the inside of your cheek and look back at Woojin before quietly opening the door.
You walk up to the edge of the water, just to the point where your toes are touching it.
Without thinking you begin walking into it, the feeling of the water on your skin is amazing, you didn't realize just how much you missed it. You get about chest height before you lean back and start floating and begin slowly closing your eyes.
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Woojin wakes up to a soft beam of sunlight across his face.
He sits up and stretches before walking towards the bedroom, he knocks on the door and it slightly opens, “Y/n? You up?” he asks quietly as he takes a few steps into the room, “Y/n…?” he notices the bed is empty. He begins to worry slightly before checking the kitchen, then the bathroom, than the closet.
Now he's panicking, “did she run away? Did I scare her?? Was I coming on too strong??” he begins pacing around the living room, “maybe she's in the car…” he walks outside to check the car before noticing a set of footprints heading towards the ocean. He follows them all the way up to the edge of the water where they stop. He begins looking over the rest of the area to see if he can find any other tracks, but to no avail, “Oh no…”
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Your eyes shoot open to see the sun has begun to rise and you've floated far away from shore. You quickly look around and can barely see the shore in the distance, “Shit…” You begin paddling with your arms and try to kick your legs, until you notice, you don't have legs, your tail is back!
You start spinning and diving, you jump from the water a few times. You couldn't be happier, you're you again! You begin excitedly swimming towards the shore, you can't wait to show Woojin- wait… Woojin… you slow to a stop. What is he gonna think…? Will he still except you…? You sit there thinking for a few minutes before diving under and swimming towards the shore.
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Woojin looks all across the beach, walking along the shore, calling your name now and again. He walks to the pier he found you under and stops before walking around and on top of it. He stares out into the ocean as he begins to give up.
He sits on the very edge, his feet dangling over, and begins quietly humming the song from the past nights. After a few moments he can swear, he hears your voice humming along, but that's impossible, right? He stops and looks behind himself, not there, but he can still hear you, but from below. He looks down and sees you, clinging to one of the poles holding the pier up. “Y/n??”
You stop humming and quickly dive under. Woojin reaches out “Wait no!” he half jumps half falls into the water after you.
After you dive under you start slapping yourself in the face “stupid, stupid, stupid, of course he was gonna notice you-” you suddenly hear a splash and see a cloud of bubbles, “Shit.” you dive further down and hide in some seaweed. You look up and see Woojin looking around before heading back to the surface for air.
You clench your eyes shut “Stop hiding you idiot! Just show him…” you reopen your eyes to see Woojin in front of you. You open your mouth to say something, but you're underwater, so of course you can't. He grabs your shoulders, an extremely serious look on his face.
You look to the side avoiding eye contact. He softly sets one of his hands on your cheek, turning your face towards him before placing a kiss on your lips. It's short, but tells you what you needed to hear.
He pulls away and smiles softly before his eyes go wide and he starts panicking and begins trying to swim towards the surface for air. You grab his arm quickly and help him up.
The two of you breach the water, he begins coughing as you set a hand on his cheek and start scanning your eyes over his face to make sure he's alright. You pull him to the shore were he sits up on the edge of the water, as you sit slightly uncomfortably on your tail.
“I'm so glad you didn't run away…” he says between coughs. You look embarrassed to the side, “I'm sorry… I was scared… that you wouldn't want me anymore if you knew…”
He cups your face in his hands and looks at you incredibly soft, “Y/n. I've known that you weren't normal, since the day I found you. And when the boys had that video, I sort of pieced it together…”
You look up at him slightly confused, “Wait… really…? So you're not freaked out? Or plan on doing experiments on me…?”
“What? Experi- Of course not! There's nothing that could possibly make me think differently about you.”
You smile as he pulls your face to his and presses his lips to yours. You melt into him almost instantly. All the stress, all the worries, everything you thought he'd do if he knew, melt away.
“Woojin!!” a voice calls from down the beach. You quickly part from Woojin and throw yourself into the water to hide. “Wait!” Woojin reaches out trying to keep you from going.
“Woojin! Dude, what the hell! You didn't show up to work! We got worried.” Chan jogs up and slows as he gets closer, “Wait… why are you all wet? Did you fall off the pier…?” Woojin looks down at his soaking wet clothes, “Uhh… yeah…”
Chan begins laughing, “Really?! At least we know you can swim!” he continues laughing and reaches out a hand to help Woojin up.
Woojin chuckles slightly, “heh, yeah…” he glances back to the water where you dived in before Chan begins pulling him away, still laughing slightly.
The two of them walk to Woojin's house, “You sure you're not able to come in today?” Chan looks to Woojin worried. “Yeah… I'm not feeling great, plus, I just fell off the pier… that wasn't exactly fun… I'll be there tomorrow, ok?” Woojin smiles assuredly. Chan nods with a sigh, “Ok… I'll see you tomorrow then,” he hesitantly walks over to his car which is parked in the driveway and leaves.
Woojin watches as the car gets just out of sight before rushing to the edge of the water, “Y/n..?” There's silence for a few moments before you peak your head out of the water. Woojin lets out a relieved sigh as you swim up to him.
After a bit of talking it over you figure that you might be able to get your legs back if you dry off. So Woojin runs inside and grabs a towel, he covers your tail and carries you bridal style inside. He sets you on the couch before running and grabbing a few more towels and a blow dryer.
The two of you spend a few minutes drying off your tail, but nothing changes, it's still there. “I don't know what else to do…” you feel tears at the corners of your eyes.
“Hey, do you not want to be a mermaid anymore?” Woojin kneels down in front of you. “No- I mean, I do. But, I also want to be here, on land, with you…” you feel the tears begin to run down your cheeks.
“Hey, hey, it's ok! I'm sure there's other things we can try, and if not, we can make it work!” Woojin wipes some of the tears off your cheek with a smile. You nod slightly and rub one of your eyes with the palm of your hand.
“Now,” Woojin stands up, “What were you doing when you're tail appeared?” You think for a second, “Um… I was swimming,” He nods and thinks for a second, “Well… you can't walk, that's the problem, so that won't work…” he puts his his hand to his mouth a bites the tip of his thumb as he thinks. “Ok, uhhh, what were you like, thinking, or feeling?”
“I was, thinking about how nice the water felt, and just how much I missed swimming,”
Woojin nods, “Alright, so, then, think about how much you want your legs back?”
“Alright…” you nod and shut your eyes. You start thinking about Woojin helping you walk for the first time, you think about shopping with him, you think about going down the boardwalk with him, and how much you want to do it again.
You take a deep breath and open your eyes, you see Woojin smiling brightly at you. You quickly look down and practically scream and jump up hugging Woojin. He picks you up and spins you around and places a soft kiss on your lips.
Maybe, getting caught in that storm, wasn't the worst thing to happen to you.
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