bornxtoxsing asked: βYou looked at her during the bridge. I saw it. Don't lie to me.β - haneul possessive possessive haneul
Haneul was doing that thing she did. The thing only Belle noticed. The thing she hoped only Belle noticed. (Haneul was very wrong.) Call it instinct. Tradition. FEAR. But sometimes Haneul felt things she shouldnβt. Wanted to DO THINGS she shouldnβt. Sometimes the very things were antithetical to her role as Maknae. Her duty as the YOUNGEST. Heretical to the entire concept of K-Pop, of honorifics, nophimmal, and tradition itself. Sometimes she wanted to scream. Shout. To grab at Belle. To push away Julie and Natty. To demand that those eyes fall on HER and HER ALONE. But Haneul couldnβt do that. She didnβt dare do that. She was never going to do that. Society had ingrained a different dogma, one she felt entirely incapable of betraying. So instead sheβd sit, and sheβd stew, quiet and withdrawn, avoiding conversation and focusing on her own personal highs, earphones in, listening to music with curse words that spoke of feelings she would never admit to be burning deep in her heart.
But the GIRLS had caught on.Β
More specificallyβ¦ Here was Belleβ¦ Asking her, demanding her. WHAT IS GOING ON? And Haneul? Her lips parted, one hand pulling out an earphone, eyes watching, lingering, trailing, she bit her lip, barely able to breathe, and shifted to escape Belleβs gaze. TO ESCAPE HER PRESENCE. βItβs nothing. Forget it.β That was her first mistake. Because now Belle knew. Knew it was anything but something. You donβt just FORGET. NOTHING. βCanβt I just wanna listen to music? My sugar levels are dropping. I need a little time to unwind before our next set.β They had two more water sets lined up today alone. A thought that DEEPLY TERRIFIED HER. But Belle wasnβt letting it go. βI saw the way you looked at her, okay?!β She finally snapped, turning, airpod falling fromΒ her ear, water droplets trailing over her exposed collarbone and dripping against her wet one piece. βJulie. You look at her during the bridge. I saw it. Donβt lie to me.β And worse? It was during STICKY. βThatβs supposed to be OUR song.β As if it wouldnβt have just as easily been Belle and Julieβs song if Belle hadnβtβ¦Β








