run, boy, run.
[ @ywhaeil ] the first few days of his new routine were difficult. hyunsoo hadn’t woken up before sunrise on a weekend morning since… since ever, actually. he was never the type to sleep past noon, but he wasn’t the type to wake up early either. thus, it took a while to get used to it. he would press snooze on his alarm at least three times, or he would roll out of bed (quite literally—he has the bruises to prove it), and it took every ounce of energy in him to get ready for his morning runs.
but today, hyunsoo starts down the path at 8am, when the town is still asleep and the sun is just peeking above the horizon, and he only feels a little sleepy.
he must have been running for awhile before he sees a familiar figure on the same road as him. hyunsoo knows who it is immediately. their paths often converge on saturday mornings, as they’re both in a similar situation; while hyunsoo is working on improving his stamina, from what he knows through their post-run conversations, haeil is trying to become healthier. a part of hyunsoo has gotten roped into that health-kick, too, since he needs to be in good shape to join the police force after he finishes his training certificate at baeksu. and though they don’t start their runs at the same time, they somehow always end them together (or, hyunsoo waits at the end of the path since he always gets there first).
he closes the distance between them easily. hyunsoo isn’t the fastest runner, per se, but he’s been at this longer than haeil and is definitely quicker than him. he slows down when he’s closer to the younger man, enough to match haeil’s pace for just a second and yell out, “catch me if you can!” hyunsoo giggles gleefully after posing the challenge, and then he takes off once more.