(Fake) Dating #101
pairing: park seonghwa x oc!femreader
genre: fluff, fake dating au
word count: 3793 words
summary: pushing your twenties, you never for once dating anyone. And an encounter with your not-so-close friend, park seonghwa, in a reunion turned your love life around.
a/n: sorry for taking it longer to write this one </3 (+ iâm back in slump due to work and irl stuffs <//3) but thank you for still tuning in <3
warning: none
tags: @closer-stars @nevieatiny @perfectlysane24 @dqossf  @treasure-hwa @wannatinyus
PART 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ X
Seonghwa put a glass of water in front of you, âhere,â he said, âyou cried a lot. Youâll get dehydrated if you donât drink any water.â
You mumbled a thank you before taking a sip of the water. A sigh left your lips, âdo you think I was childish back then?â
He hummed, âto be honest, I donât think itâs childish but it is unprofessional.â
You nodded your head in agreement. You did react unprofessionally back there.
âHowever,â he added, âyour colleague clearly just the same as unprofessional as you were.â
You looked at him upon hearing that. Clearly you didnât, and probably will never, hear that from your colleagues. He rested his chin on his palm, âstealing someoneâs idea instead of working together with them is unprofessional in my opinion. And she pushed your last string by saying you needed validation for your work when she is the one who stole your idea just make it worse for her.â
He smiled, patting your hair, âdonât worry about it. Youâre the one who knows what to do with that data. Youâre the one with the idea, right? Not her.â
âItâs her loss for breaking your trust. Because youâre the one who knows what to do with it, yet she did that instead of working together with you.â
You chuckled, âyeah, itâs her loss.â
âExactly,â he laughed as he tucked your hair behind your ear, âanyways since your boss and colleagues couldnât say it so I will,â his hand moved to the top of you head and patted it softly, âthank you for your hard work for the company, Yeeun. Iâm so proud of you.â
A giggle left your lips, âthank you for making me feel better.â
âThatâs what I should do anyway. Now,â Seonghwa took the dirty dishes on the table, âI will wash these first. And you can take a rest. Itâs been a rough day for you and you deserve a rest.â
âAlright. Thank you, Seonghwa.â
Your eyes wandered to the watch on your wrist, âoh, God. I didnât realize itâs this late already.â
âWhat time is it?â Seonghwa asked from the kitchen sink.
âHalf past nine.â
Seonghwa snorted, âYeeun, youâre not a highschooler with 10 p.m curfew.â
âIâm not,â you huffed as you stood up, âbut I havenât told Yunho about where I am right now.â
You couldnât see it, but Seonghwa frowned as he furrowed his eyebrows, âheâs not your father or anything. Why is it a big deal if you donât or late inform it to him?â
You chuckled, âitâs not for me, really. But it is for him.â
He scoffed. âA big dealâ for him if his best friend goes home late? Doesnât he have a girlfriend?
âUhm, Seonghwa. Is it okay if I charge my phone here? It ran out of battery.â
âSure,â he nodded his head, âjust plug it under the table near the TV.â
You mumbled an alright before walking there. As expected, the moment your phoneâs screen lit up, notifications from Yunho started coming in. Numerous missed calls and messages that elicit a sigh from your lips.
Yunho
where are you?
youâre not picking up calls either
just tell me where you are once you see this message
yeeun, itâs getting late
you huffed as you typed your reply.
Yeeun
you sure youâre okay?
I'm alright
And Iâm safe and sound, donât worry about it
My phone ran out of battery
Thatâs why I didnât pick up
Sorry for making you worried
Yunho surely didnât take long to reply.
Yunho
where are you right now?
iâll pick you up
Yeeun
Noooo
You donât need to
Seriously
Stop treating me like a toddler???
Yunho
iâm not treating you like a toddler!!
youâre a woman, not at home at this hour
itâs normal for me as your housemate to be worry
Yeeun
*An adult woman
I can take care of myself
Go to sleep if itâs already late for you
Your feet took you to the cushion sofa. The soft material made you heave a sigh once you sat down. Just thinking about what happened the whole day made you tired and you closed your eyes to clear your mind.
You put down your phone and rolled your eyes. Surely, Yunho doesnât have to worry about you like that when both of you are the same age. And you never bothered him whenever he comes home late. So, why does he have to bother you like that whenever you come home late without telling him first?
âSorry, I tookââ Seonghwaâs words got cut when he saw you already sleeping on the sofa. He walked quietly to you and scrunched to see you clearer.
âItâs been a hard day for you,â he whispered as he tucked your hair. He stood up to take you to his bedroom when your phone vibrated. Knowing you wouldnât wake up anytime soon, he walked to your phone and furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the name of the caller on the screen.
âHelââ
âWhy do you take so long to pick up?â
âAh, Yunho.â
The man on the other end went silent for a second, âSeonghwa?â
âYeah,â he chuckled, âsorry, Yeeunâs sleeping. So, I picked her phone up.â
âSheâs with you?â
âYeah. I picked her up from her office and it seems like she was having a bad day. So I took her to cheer her up.â
âOh, I seeâŠâ Yunho cleared his throat, âsorry if that causes you any inconvenience. If you need me to pick her up, Iâll pick her up now.â
Seonghwa chuckled, âwhy would taking care of my own girlfriend be an inconvenience for me?â he hummed, âI donât think you need to pick her up now. She must be tired,â he looked at you, âI donât have the heart to wake her up.â
âIs it okay with you for her to stay at your place?â Yunho asked (which makes no sense for Seonghwa because didnât I make it clear already that Iâm okay with taking care of her?)
âOf course,â Seonghwa answered.
âAlright then,â Yunho hummed, âcan you tell her to call me once sheâs up?â
âSure. Anything else?â
âNo, thatâs all.â
âAlright. Good evening, Yunho.â
âGood evening.â
Seonghwa put your phone down again and walked towards you, âyour housemate is really annoying, you know?â he grunted as he picked you up from the sofa, ââare you okay with this? Are you okay with that?â How many times do I have to say that Iâm completely okay with having you here? Tsk.â
Seonghwa carefully put you on his bed before sitting next to you on the floor, âIâm surprised his girlfriend lets him being that protective towards you.â
You stirred in your sleep, making you face to face with Seonghwa now (though you were still sleeping). The sight in front of him melted his heart. It was just like that night when he had to take you home because you were too drunk to function. A smile plastered on his lips as he watched you sleep, âitâs been a long day for you, isnât it? I hope youâre at least having a good dream right now.â
*
How long have you slept? You didnât even realize when did you fall asleep. Your eyes slowly opened and adjusted with the light. You wanted to look at the clock and that was when you saw Seonghwa, sleeping on the floor next to you. And that was when it hit you that you made him sleep on the floor while you sleep on his bed.
âGod, Iâm such a terrible person,â you mumbled. Quietly, you stood up then scrunched down to wake him up, âSeonghwa, wake up.â
The man only groaned, making you shook his body, âSeonghwaaa, wake up!â
His half-opened eyes looked at you, âyouâre up?â
âMhm,â you nodded your head. He looked around, âdid my alarm wake you up?â
âNo,â you said, looking at the clock that said 4:13 AM, âitâs quite too early to wake up anyway.â
He chuckled, âbut youâre up.â
âThatâs⊠probably because I went to sleep earlier than I usually do,â you giggled.
âCome on,â you reached his hand, âyou should sleep on your bed. Sleeping on the floor will make your body sore.â
Seonghwa hummed as you helped him up to his bed, âyouâre not going back to sleep?â
âNope,â you chuckled, âIâm completely awake already.â
âThen, why should I go back to sleep,â Seonghwa was about to get up when you softly pushed him back down, âno, you sleep.â
âAnd let my guest walk around my house by herself?â
You scoffed, âwhoah, are you scared if Iâll stole anything?â
âThatâs not it,â he rolled his eyes, sitting down, âitâs basic manners.â
You chuckled, âI know. But seriously, just go back to sleep. Your body probably already feeling sore for sleeping on the floor. The least you could do is get your remaining sleep hours on your comfy bed.â
âSo, itâs comfy?â he raised one of his eyebrows while smirking, making you flicked his forehead lightly, âgo back to sleep.â
âWhat are you going to do anyway?â he asked while covering his body with his blanket.
âDonât know. Too scared to order an uber at this hour too.â
âDonât.â
âOkay, okay,â you nodded your head, âdo you eat breakfast?â
âJust when I remember to.â
âThen, Iâll cook you some.â
He hummed, âI donât have much ingredients, though.â
âWeâll see about that,â you walked away from his bed to the door.
âYeeun.â
âHm?â
Seonghwa pointed at a piece of shirt on his writing table, âchange your clothes. Itâs more comfortable to do anything in shirt than in your working blouse.â
Ah, right, you thought to yourself, Iâm still in my working clothes. You took the shirt from the table, âokay. Uhm, where is theââ
âItâs the door on the left once youâre out of this room. The bathroom.â
âRight. Okay. Thank you.â
He waved his hand from the bed as you walked out. Once you were in the bathroom, you put on the shirt and looked at yourself in the mirror, âhe didnât even change my clothesâŠâ doesnât that mean he respected you by not taking your clothes off even when youâre sleeping? You quickly shook your head and hit both of your cheeks lightly, âwhat are you thinking? Itâs the bare minimum for any man to do anyway. Itâll be even weirder if he did!!â
You accidentally slammed the bathroom door once you walked out. Making yourself startled and looked at Seonghwaâs bedroom door. After seeing he wasnât coming out from his room, you let out a relieved sigh, âI didnât wake him up, did I?â
âI didnâtâ you said to yourself as you walked to the kitchen. First thing you did was opening the fridge. Again, you were surprised by how itâs not empty. There were even some fruits, leftover foods packed in containers and some vegetables. You spotted a slice of strawberry shortcake too which brought a smile on your face, âhe even keeps some sweets in his fridge.â
Closing the fridge, you looked around if there were some flours. Though you didnât find it, you kind of expected he wouldnât stock some flour (what would he cook with it anyway?). At the end, you took some eggs and vegetables and the leftover fried rice from the night before. You started with washing the vegetable first. Then, started to chopped them before whisked them in the egg. You surely took your time because it was too early to do anything, right?
Once you were done preparing your eggs, you started to took some of the leftover fried rice to heat. You took more than needed for breakfast, thinking you should heat some to pack for Seonghwaâs lunch (because in what way should you repay him other than that?). When you were in the middle of frying your eggs, Seonghwaâs alarm rang in his bedroom. You looked at his bedroom direction to see if he woke up from his alarm. Then you look out to the window. Though it was covered by curtains, you could see that it was still a bit dark outside, which meant it was still early in the morning.
His alarm kept ringing and since you didnât see any sign of him, you put the stove in low-heat and you walked to his bedroom. Slowly, you opened the door and peeked inside.
The door suddenly opened, making you startled. âWhat are you doing?â Seonghwa asked before yawning.
âI-I thought youâre still sleeping a-and the alarmââ
He hummed as he rubbed his neck, âIâm awake. Just turned off the alarm just now.â
âOh,â you blinked your eyes, âokay, then.â
You quickly turned your back and walked back to the kitchen. Seonghwa followed through with a frown on his face, ânot even a good morning?â
You snorted, âokay. Good morning, Seonghwa.â
The frown quickly turned into a wide smile, âwhat are you making?â
âOmelette. But I put spinach in it because you donât have tomatoes or bell peppers.â
âThatâs because I rarely eat them,â he said as he sat down on the dining table, âand this?â
You looked at the fried rice on the table, âfried rice from last night. I re-heated it.â
Seonghwa nodded his head, âdo you want some tea?â
âNo, Iâll just drink water,â you saw him walked to take a tea bag, âwhat time is it now?â
He hummed, âI set my alarm at 4:30.â
âThatâs quite early,â you mumbled, âdo you usually wake up at this hour?â
âNo,â the sound of him pouring water into his glass filled your ears, âI set it early for you, to be honest.â
âSo, you planned on asking me to cook this all along or something?â
âNo,â he sighed, âI need to wake you up earlier so I can take you home. Do you want to go to the office wearing the exact same clothes that you wore the day before?â
You turned down the stove and pouted at him, âI donât even want to go to work today.â
Both of you walked to the dining table and sat down. Seonghwa sighed, âso do you want to skip work today after yesterday incident?â
âIâm too upset to look at everybody there,â you said in annoyance, âand Iâm⊠too embarrassed to show up after lashing out like that.â
Seonghwa eyed you for a while before digging his food, âthe omelette better tastes good, or else I wonât let you take any step to my kitchen ever again.â
You scoffed, âas if I want to step here again.â
He hummed after tasting your egg. You waited until he finished munching it, âhow is it?â
âNot bad.â
âSee? You shouldnât underestimate my cooking skill.â
Seonghwa chuckled, âalright, Maâam.â
His eyes then spotted the lunchbox on the table. He cleared his throat to get your attention, âwhatâs that?â
âYour lunch!â you beamed, âitâs basically the same thing that youâre eating right now. But,â you opened the lunchbox to show him what was inside, âI added some luncheon too.â
Seeing you proudly showed him what you cooked (plus point that you wore his shirt while doing so), warmed his heart. He looked down to hide his smile before looking at you again, âyou seem to be used to do this. Do you cook for Yunho too?â
âNo,â you frowned, âI only cook for myself. Though sometimes I do share it with Yunho.â
âWhy?â you teased, âare you jealous if I cook for Yunho?â
Yes, Seonghwa answered internally. His lips let out a scoffed, âwhy would I be jealous?â
âI donât know,â you shrugged, âI asked Hyunji once if sheâs jealous seeing Yunho treats me the way he does. And she admitted that she is jealous at some point. Isnât it normal for your girlfriend to be jealous for that kind of thing?â
âSo you admitted weâre dating?â
âNo,â you rolled your eyes, âI just expected you to play along with it.â
Seonghwa hummed, âof course couples would have a slight jealousy seeing their partner cares about their friends too much. At least, I would feel that way.â
âPark Seonghwa can be jealous too? Okay, noted.â
Seonghwa rolled his eyes, âYunho called you last night, by the way. I answered the call because you were sleeping.â
âYeah, not surprised that he called.â
âHe asked me to tell you to call him once you wake up.â
You nodded your head, âIâll call him later.â
âAnyways,â Seonghwa sighed, âfinish your food. You have to go back to your place to change your clothes before going to work.â
At that, you whined, âI donât want to go to work,â you frowned.
âIâm not your boss, so whining like that wonât do anything,â he said, eyes focused on his food, âthough I think your boss wouldnât take that as an excuse for you to skip work either.â
Seonghwa looked up when you didnât respond to him. Still sulking because you really didnât want to go to work. He sighed, âjust bear it for one more day, okay? Itâs Saturday tomorrow, you donât have to meet anyone from your office.â
You nodded your head, âOkay. Anyway, are you coming to my place tomorrow?â
âDo you want me to?â his expression brightened up at your question.
âMy momâs been asking for you, thatâs why I asked.â
âIâll see about that.â
You peeked at him spooning his food before clearing your throat, âthereâs a cafĂ© near my house. They sell a tasty strawberry shortcake.â
Seonghwa raised his eyebrows at you, making you flustered a little, âI mean, we can go there after visiting my place. If you want, of course. itâs okay if you donât. Or if youââ
âIâm coming.â
You blinked your eyes before mumbling, âif you have any plaââ
âNo, I donât have any plans. Other than meeting your mom.â
âHow about the strawberry shortcake?â
âOf course, that too,â Seonghwa smiled at you, âdo you think Iâd skip that?â
âNo,â you smiled, âlet me pay for you, okay? You paid for my lunch the other day.â
âSo,â Seonghwa smiled cheekily, âitâs a date?â
You rolled your eyes, this time with a smile on your face, âwhatever you call it.â
Once you and Seonghwa finished your food, Seonghwa take a shower while you washed the dishes. You scrolled through your phone while waiting for Seonghwa. Replying to Yunhoâs messages and saying sorry for making him worried. Seonghwa didnât take long in the shower (or maybe because he had to take you to your place first), and the two of you walked to his car which always made you wonder,
âHow can you own a car at this age, anyway?â you asked as you put your seatbelt on.
Seonghwa looked at you before putting his own seatbelt, âthis is an office car.â
âYour office gave you a car?â you widened your eyes, âjust what do you do, exactly?â
âTo put it simply, my company, which is a foreign company, needs some locals when they expanded their business here. So that it will be easy to communicate and so on. And since Iâm a local here, they offered me good facilities when they opened their office here.â
âI see,â you nodded your head, âthey probably offer you lots of good things because they need you more than you need them.â
Seonghwa chuckled, âthat could be the case.â
âGood for you to be favored like that by your company.â
He looked at you for a moment before fixing his eyes on the road again. His free hand slowly patted yours softly, âI have days when they look down on me too.â
You only nodded your head, âright, everybody has those days.â
âExactly,â Seonghwa nodded his head, âif everything goes wrong at work today, just call me and Iâll pick you up.â
You chuckled, âno. I troubled you enough last night.â
âWhat are you saying,â he pouted, âyou didnât. And I will never think youâre troubling me if you come to me when you need a shoulder to lean on.â
Itâd be a lie if you say you werenât thankful for his existence back in your life. Itâs like you just found a missing piece of your life that you didnât realize you lost.
âHere we are,â Seonghwa announced once he parked his car. You frowned, âI havenât even got to work but I already want to go home again.â
Seonghwa chuckled, âthen, donât work overtime. Itâs Friday anyway.â
âOh my God, itâs Friday already,â you realized by then.
âWhy?â Seonghwa furrowed his eyebrows.
âYunho, Hyunji, and I always have a movie night at our place in Friday.â
âReally? Sounds fun.â
You chuckled, âNot really. We usually just re-watch movies we already watched.â
âIt still sounds fun~â
You stopped in front of your apartment door, âanyways, thank you for helping me yesterday.â
âThe pleasureâs mine,â Seonghwa eyed your hand on your doorknob, âare you going in?â
You looked at him, confused, âof course. What else should I do?â
âI donât know,â Seonghwa pouted, âlike, something to bid me goodbye before I go.â
âLike, say âgoodbyeâ to you?â
He leaned closer to your face, facing the door and pointing on his cheek, âhere.â
You were lucky Seonghwa faced the door so he couldnât see your face turned red. You cleared your throat and blinked your eyes, âdo you want me to slap you?â
Seonghwa looked at you, who was looking at him with your eyes wide. His lips turned into a frown, âI guess just saying goodbye is enough.â
You chuckled, âgo home. You need to go to work too.â
âOkay, okay,â he sighed, âdonât be late to work.â
âOkay~â
Seonghwa was about to leave when you opened your door. He already knew you were safely arrived at your place. He had no business left there that morning.
âAh, Seonghwa.â
He turned around again and his eyes went wide when he felt something soft on his cheek. No, it wasnât your palm (though maybe he would need you to slap him after that so he knew he wasnât dreaming). And even without looking, he knew it was a pair of lips. Your lips, on his cheek.
You chuckled seeing him as flustered as you (lucky for you, he was too stunned to even look at your flushed face), âsee you tomorrow.â
Before he could say anything to you, you quickly closed the door. Your legs turned weak and you found yourself scrunched down behind your apartment door. A wide smile decorated your face like a teenage girl having her first crush. Little did you know, on the other side of the door, Seonghwa still scrunching down and touching his red cheek with a smile never leaving his face.


















