Transfixed Pt.1 (Seulrene)
summary: irene performs for the school, piquing seulgi’s interest.
genre: fluff, angst, hints of smut (later on)
pairings: seulrene, wenrene, joyri
word count: 2,035
i didn’t proofread yikes -v
Irene was entranced in the music blaring from the speakers, dancing around the room, so when the music suddenly stopped she barely noticed. “Hey, Baechu!” One of Irene’s friends, Wendy, was standing by the stereo with two bags of food. “Lunch time,” Wendy said and tossed a towel to Irene. “Why can’t we just eat in here?” Irene whined.
“Because, I’m not trying to get in trouble because you’re shy.” Wendy responded and gestured for Irene to hurry up.
“You’ve been practicing an awful lot lately.” Wendy said before shoving a mouthful of fries in her mouth. Irene smiles slightly thinking about why she’s been working herself so hard. “Seulgi is going to be there, I want to put on the best show I can.”
“You know she’ll like it even if you do your worst.” Wendy responds, noticing the smile on Irene’s face.
“No she won’t, she doesn’t even know I exist.” Irene’s smile turned to a frown. “Anyway I don’t want to look like a fool out there, the whole school will be watching.”
“Irene,” Wendy looked up from her food and put a hand on Irene’s shoulder from across the table. “It’s going to be fine, you’re going to do great!” Wendy always made sure Irene knew she was good enough, that she could anything she put her mind to. Wendy kept Irene going as best as she could, and Irene was grateful for having such a wonderful friend.
“Thank you so much, I love you.” Irene responds, smiling once again. The girls finished eating their food in silence, enjoying the others company. When the bell rang Wendy got up and took Irene’s trash along with her own to throw it away while Seulgi waited by the lunch room doors. Wendy returned after a minute or so, “Okay let’s go!”
Irene was sitting in the dressing room, Wendy trying to calm her down before she went up on stage. “You’re going to do great! Everyone is going to love it, they’re going to love you. It’s going to be absolutely fine.”
“What if I slip and fall or something? I’ll probably mess up the whole show.” Irene said, she sounded like an upset child, looked like one too with the pout she had.
“Babe, you’re going to do amazing. Trust me.” Irene blushed slightly at the pet name, Wendy usually called her Baechu or just Irene.
“Irene, you’re on.” Jackson called out, ruining the moment between the girls. Wendy gestured for Irene to go, so she did. Irene glanced back to Wendy who was smiling as wide as ever, giving Irene two thumbs up.
Wendy watched as Irene fluttered across the stage with the other dancers, looking as beautiful as ever. Wendy was still in awe of being lucky enough to be so close to Irene, they were only friends but Wendy had never felt this strongly for anyone, and it kind of scared Wendy but at the same time she didn’t mind because it was Irene.
Irene was so focused on doing her best on stage and didn’t notice Seulgi in the first row at first, it took her a few moments to see her. Irene was smiling like she always does during performances, she didn’t do it on purpose she just felt at ease on stage, like her comfort zone.
Seulgi was watching everyone on the stage and she was impressed, the dancers were doing so well. One dancer with pinkish hair stood out to her. Irene. Seulgi knew who Irene was, they weren’t close but Irene was getting more and more popular around the school for her dancing, and Seulgi heard everything of course, she was the most renowned dancer at their school. Irene intrigued Seulgi since the day she first saw her on stage, she had this stage presence that was entrancing and Seulgi loved it.
Before Irene knew it, before Seulgi knew it, before Wendy knew it, the recital was over. And everything went fine, Irene had worried for nothing and Wendy was right, she did amazing. Irene walked off stage with a huge smile on her face, and it got wider when she saw Wendy waiting for her with a bouquet of flowers. Irene walked over to Wendy, taking the flowers from her.
“You didn’t have to get me flowers,” Irene looked content as she looked at the flowers wondering where Wendy hid them.
“I did though, you did amazing just as I predicted. I knew you could do it!” Wendy cheered, pulling Irene into a hug. Wendy saw Seulgi walking towards them and let Irene out of the hug. “Your crush is coming,” Wendy whispered to Irene before backing up a bit.
“Hi,” Seulgi said to the two girls, smiling. Irene felt a pin stab her heart when she looked over to Seulgi. She looked amazing.
“Hi! I’m Wendy, nice to meet you!” Wendy said, bowing to Seulgi. Seulgi bowed back to her, smirking slightly.
“Pleasure to meet you, I’ve heard some good things about you.” Wendy looks up at Seulgi with wide eyes. People talked about her?
Seulgi turned to Irene, a full on smile returning to her face. “You’re Irene. You’re quite the heart breaker lately.” Irene widened her eyes too. Seulgi was telling them things they didn’t expect to be told.
Seulgi opened her mouth to speak again, but stopped when two very loud girls came up to them holding hands. Joy and Yeri. “Hi y'all!!” The taller girl shouts to the three older girls. Joy and Yeri were known for being super loud and affectionate even during school hours, everyone loved them even if they annoyed them.
Seulgi introduced everyone, everyone complemented Irene on doing well in the recital causing her to become flustered. They all conversed for a while before Joy and Yeri left, saying they had somewhere to be. Wendy also left because her mom wanted her to come home to help her with dinner, so Seulgi and Irene were left alone. Seulgi turned to Irene, looking down at her outfit, “Don’t you wanna put on some more comfortable clothing?”
Irene glanced down at her costume for the recital. “I forgot I was even wearing this, I’ll be back in a second.” Irene gave Seulgi a weak smile and walked off to the dressing room. Seulgi sat patiently and waited for the girl to return. Seulgi glanced at the flowers on Irene’s vanity, wondering when she got them, and who gave them to her. Seulgi wanted to give Irene something as well and made a mental note to buy her some chocolates or something similar.
When Irene returned she was wearing much more casual clothing, which included a simple basketball tee and some jeans. She didn’t have any shoes on yet because they were by her vanity and not in the dressing room. Irene picked up her shoes and sat down in her vanity chair, which was close to the couch Seulgi was sitting on.
“I have a question,” Seulgi announced, watching Irene tie her shoe. Irene hummed in response, letting Seulgi know it was okay to ask. “Can I take you out for a celebratory dinner? You don’t have to say yes, but since it went really well I wanted to treat you.” Seulgi was blushing, and suddenly felt extremely shy.
Irene looked up at Seulgi, and smiled at her. “I’d like that.” Seulgi grinned at Irene, and Irene’s heart skipped a beat.
When Irene agreed to letting Seulgi take her out to dinner, she didn’t expect someplace quite so fancy. Irene felt bad that Seulgi chose such an expensive place to eat. But Seulgi reassured her it was no big deal. Irene still felt bad but decided to take her word for it.
“I feel underdressed.” Irene blurted out, surprising both her and Seulgi.
“You look amazing. There’s even a guy over there staring at you.” Seulgi replied.
“Probably because I’m underdressed.” Irene huffed.
“No, probably because you look better than everyone in this room combined.” Seulgi insists, telling the server that it will only be the two of them tonight.
Irene blushed as she followed the server and Seulgi to a table for two. Seulgi pulled out a chair for Irene before sitting down herself. The server asked them for drinks, Seulgi got water while Irene got tea, and walked away. Irene was still in shock of the whole situation but Seulgi wasn’t going to let that stop her.
“Do you feel good about tonight’s performance?” Seulgi questioned, causing Irene to finally look up from her lap. “I think you did amazing.”
Irene’s cheeks turned red once again, “Thank you… I feel I could’ve done better but I didn’t mess up and that makes me feel better.”
The two girls spent the rest of the night talking, and eating of course, before Irene told Seulgi she had to get home. “I’ll drive you home.” Irene smiled for the nth time that night and nodded. The drive resulted in more talking until Seulgi stopped the car and turned the engine off.
“I had fun tonight,” Irene blurted out, smiling, again. “Thank you, I was so worried about tonight not going well but it went way better than I expected.”
“Of course! It’s my honor to be in the presence of the rising star at school.” Seulgi replied, blowing a kiss to Irene as she got out. Irene nodded to the other girl before closing the door and walking up to her door. Seulgi waited until Irene was inside before driving off into the night.
As Irene closed and locked her door she got a call from Wendy, picking it up immediately, “What’s up?”
“Can I come over? Now?” Wendy sounded… worried. Wendy was usually the one to assure the worried people, but this time it was different. “I don’t want to be home right now.”
“Yeah, of course. I just got in, so I’ll leave the door unlocked.” Irene’s voice already calmed Wendy down but seeing her in person would work wonders. Wendy hummed in response and hung up. Irene heard a knock on her bedroom door 15 minutes later, and opened it to a frazzled Wendy.
Before Irene could process anything Wendy pulled her into a hug. When Wendy pulled away Irene placed her hands on Wendy’s shoulders, giving her a concerned look. “Are you alright?”
Wendy looked down at her feet before back up at Irene, “I… my parents are fighting again. I heard things being broken and that’s when I called.” Wendy replied, walking over to Irene’s bed. “I’m scared they might divorce..” Wendy trailed off.
“Everyone has fights, I’m sure they won’t divorce.” Irene sat next to Wendy, wrapping her arms around her to comfort her.
“But they fight too much. I don’t think the divorce would mean too much to me, just the whole having to visit one of them because they can’t stand the other is, not something I want to deal with right now.” The younger girl rested her head on the elder’s shoulder as they sat there in silence. “Can I stay here?”
“Of course, I’ll get you some comfy clothes.” Irene got up slowly and walked to her closet to get clothes for the both of them before returning to Wendy smiling at her fondly. Irene smiled back, handing Wendy a big shirt and shorts. As Irene started to change, Wendy following in suit.
“Come on, you need sleep, love.” Irene said lazily, crawling into her bed and patting the space next to her. Wendy’s cheeks flushed, not only had Irene called her ‘love’, she also looked ridiculously cute. If anyone could make Wendy forget about her worries, it was Irene. Irene was able to calm Wendy down, cheer her up and make her feel like nothing is wrong in the matter of a few minutes.
Wendy found herself smiling again as she got into the bed with Irene. “Will you…run your fingers through my hair?” Wendy asked shyly. Irene chuckled before nodding and reaching her left hand up and putting her fingers in the other girl’s hair. Irene’s right hand rested under her pillow, closing her eyes as her and Wendy drifted off into sleep.
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