my take on “sun fell first and hoon fell harder”, but in platonic way:
Around the end of iland, Sunoo witnessed Sunghoon’s fragile side for the first time when he cried, reading a letter from his parent.
Sunghoon, a normal teenager in a harsh and stressful survival show, he might be doubting his choice of leaving figure skating, wondering if his parents, and he himself, are proud of his own decision in pursuing as idol career.
Sunoo, who had always tried to get closer to Sunghoon because he was handsome and sunghoon recommended Sunoo when they’re deciding parts, realized then that Sunghoon is just a normal boy like he is, maybe with more anxieties than he thought he had, plus the fact that unlike Sunoo who joined many extracurricular activities and has many friends, Sunghoon couldn’t spend his youth like normal teenagers do.
So he made it his secret mission to make sure Sunghoon is enjoying his idol life after debut: being all clingy and always entertains him by constantly bickering.
"And even if we’ve gotten closer, I want to get much much closer with you, so I absolutely will never give up and run, understood?" - Sunoo, 2020
Two years have passed, and he observed how Sunghoon is a lot more comfortable in expressing himself, letting himself loose and has completely moved on from his first love that is skating.
This explains how now Sunoo no longer feels the need to crave for his attention, no need to entertain him with childish bickering again, and he chose to subtly watch him over with a tender smile behind his back. Ending his 'happy crush' phase.
... which left Sunghoon questioning many things. And now it’s Sunghoon who keeps stealing glances at him (as if he didn’t already!), wondering what’s inside Sunoo’s mind.
—inspired by the time sunoo asked sunghoon why he teases him so much.
—fluff, canon compliant, my love for riki shows | word count: 804
"Sunghoon hyung, what are stars to you?"
The innocent question put forth by the oh-so-innocent Sunoo, in the sense that he's rather optimistic and cheery in his view of the world, makes Sunghoon's heart nearly, a little too slow, skip a beat, as soon as he processes the question. It's because he'd just, a little less than a minute ago, been thinking about how Sunoo is like a star in the center of his universe.
Then again, it's sensible that they were having similar trains of thought. It's one of the nights after a music show appearance and they're too tired to do anything but too wired to sleep. At least, in the case of Sunoo, Ni-ki and Sunghoon. Ni-ki was playing his games for maybe half an hour, while Sunoo and Sunghoon watched, but then he conked out in the middle of a game and in his sleep, he looked so cute, curled up on the couch with a content expression, that they didn't have the heart to ask him to get up and go to bed.
So now it's just the two of them sitting by the window in the room they share with both Ni-ki and Jungwon. Their young leader's off visiting his parents for two days, without any show of it, and the sight of his clean, perfectly tidy bed makes Sunghoon miss the kid too much. He's really grown so attached to these idiots since debuting. Then again, he's always been fond of honest, blunt, down-to-earth, shy Jungwon. Him joining Big Hit Entertainment was a refreshing change from hyper-to-shy Heeseung and bold Jay.
And then there's Sunoo, the one who was different from everyone else right off the bat. Even as they sit here under the window, looking up at the extraordinarily clear, starlight-bright night sky, he thinks about how Sunoo would fit right up there with them. He's refreshing, in a way. Sunoo's bright and hyper in a different way from most others.
Sunoo talks a lot, and though Sunghoon acts annoyed by it, secretly, he can listen to the adorable boy talk on and on forever. Sunoo gets excited by the things he loves, even if it happens to be monstrosities like mint chocolate, and that's adorable. Most of all, he's unfailingly loyal and unswervingly sincere. Not to mention admirably brave, too.
Kim Sunoo is different from them; Kim Sunoo is beautiful in a different way. And for Sunghoon, a quiet, not so talkative boy, that's all it took for him to fall hard and fast—giving him new energy and happiness with every smile and laugh.
"I don't know," Sunghoon responds. "What are they to you, Sunoo-yah?"
"You do know," Sunoo accuses. His raven-dark hair seems to shine in combination of starlight, moonlight, and streetlight. It is, of course—but in a different way. Kim Sunoo does everything in his own way if he can help it, even if he's not exactly aware of what he's doing.
"Maybe I do," Sunghoon laughs. "Maybe I just want to hear what you think first."
"Fine," Sunoo grumps. That's another adorable thing about him—most of the time, if he's upset, he kind of pouts and sulks instead of getting angry. Of course, pissing him off is never a good idea. But he's adorable all the same. "Stars make me think of a very, how should I say...cliché sort of thing. Soulmates."
Sunghoon snorts. "Do you actually believe in all that crap?"
"No, but I like the idea of it!" Sunoo defends himself. "I mean...it's cute."
"Huh, you seem to think a lot of things are cute."
"Stop that!" he whines. "Why do you tease me so much?!"
"Sunoo-yah," Sunghoon says seriously, "teasing you is my joy."
"God, you're awful," Sunoo pouts. "So, what are stars to you, then?"
"You."
"W-what?" Sunoo blinks, a light color dusting his cheeks. "Stop messing around, really, hyung. It's not funny."
"I'm not messing around, I mean it," Sunghoon says, leaning his head against Sunoo's. They're sitting shoulder to shoulder on the floor, so it's easy. "To me, stars are symbolic of people we see as stars in real life. You're my star, because you shine so bright and, in a way that makes you seem like your fire will never burn out. And, well, it also gives me the energy and happiness I need."
He slides his hand across Sunoo's thighs to lace his fingers with the younger's, his open palm's fingers tucked between Sunoo's own from above. "Honestly, most of the time, a smile from you is all I need to start my day."
Sunoo laughs. "Sunghoon hyung, you're so cheesy," he says, placing his other hand on top of their intertwined ones. "I like this side of you."
"For you, it's going to stay right here. When we're alone, anyway."
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