You Are in Love | preview
Genre: strangers to lovers, smut Pairing: Park Wonbin x afab!Reader Notes: This is a preview. FULL FIC was posted on 07/27, Monday. This has been sitting in the drafts for YEARS. istg this has been a long time coming. also guess what? I'M STICKING TO SCHEDULE THIS TIME YAY! lol
“Ever gone boating?” Wonbin asked.
You eyed him warily. “No.”
“Great.” That was your only warning before he pulled you toward a small boat, casually untying it from the dock.
“Wait—what if I get seasick?” you protested.
“You won’t.”
“How do you know?”
“We’ll find out when we get there,” he chuckled, offering a hand to help you board the boat.
You hesitated, but you took his hand anyway. He had never done anything to disappoint you so far, so you trusted him. And despite your initial wariness, you had to admit—it was nice.
The air was crisp, the water was calm, the reefs below were beautiful, and the calm was comforting.
At one point, Wonbin leaned back against the bow of the boat, stretching his arms before making a pillow of his hands. “You like it here, don’t you?”
You glanced at him. “I do.”
He grinned. “I’d bet fifty bucks you'll never leave.”
You scoffed. “Never leaving is a stretch. Maybe I’d never want to, but I will anyway because I have to.”
Wonbin flashed a mischievous smile as if you had just challenged him. “A hundred, then. You will never want to leave, and you never will. You'll fall in love with a very eligible and very charming man, get married and have beautiful babies. Then you'll spend your life with him in this beautiful town.”
You furrowed your brows, then stared at him skeptically like you couldn't believe he just said that. Wonbin's grin never wavered.
“Looks like you've been watching too much TV with the ladies. You're starting to cook up very unrealistic storylines.”
“What's so unrealistic about that?”
“The whole thing,” you retorted, scoffing. “Especially the 'very eligible and very charming man' part.”
“Okay, so bet,” he challenged. “Since you're so confident that I'm wrong.”
You rolled your eyes. “You're ridiculous.”
“Are you gonna play or not?”
“No,” you replied without missing a beat. “I don’t need to prove anything to you.”
Wonbin sighed nonchalantly, leaning back down. “Fine. But I know I’m right.”
You didn't say anything to that. Was he right? About the falling in love and getting married part? Oh, no, he's wrong about that.
But what about leaving this place? You weren't sure. You knew you will eventually, but the thought of leaving this wonderful place hasn't crossed your mind yet.
More importantly, you weren't sure when it happened, but somewhere between juicy pears and getting lost in town, between late afternoon coffees and spontaneous boat rides, you had started to enjoy his company. And maybe he had started to enjoy yours, too.