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The Perfect Pair
Wonwoo was one of the few people he knew who would still read the paper in the morning. Even if he’d abandoned the paper of it all, he’d don his glasses each breakfast to read the news from his tablet while picking his way through his meal. Today had been an early start, early enough for him to be awake and making breakfast when the Sunday paper finally landed at his door.
On days when both of you had the day off, Wonwoo was never quick to wake you, letting you sleep in as late as you wanted until you’d finally waddle from your room, finding him seated at the table, correctly predicting when you’d wake.
“Good morning.”, he’d smile softly at your sleepy stumbles as you rubbed the sleepy from your eyes.
“I made some breakfast if you wanna eat, baby.”, he gestured with his head toward the plate he’d set out across from him, unfolding his paper and scanning for something interesting as he ate.
Approaching your seat at the table, instead you slid the plate next to his, along with your cup of juice, straw nearby in case you were feeling little. With a questioning glance, he watched your actions, lifting his arm for you when you decided to crawl into his lap and eat your meal from there.
The newspaper wasn’t very interesting to you, it’s boring appearance and many tiny words made your head spin the more you tried to think about it. So you simply didn’t.
“Appa?”, you asked, tilting your head at the section he was fixated on reading, his eyes quickly flitting over the lines, not pausing even when he acknowledged you.
“Yes, baby?”, he spoke nonchalantly, always letting you come to him with patience when you had something to say. Without setting the paper down, with one hand, he popped the straw into your juice when he’d decided you’d need it after all and pulled it closer, urging you to drink from it.
“Why’s it have no color?”, you addressed his poor excuse of a picture book. The weekly comic happening to be in black and white.
“It does.”, he flipped to the front page just long enough to show you that there was indeed color, the title article having a colorful picture to go along with the headline.
“Hmph”, you thought, at last getting to your breakfast that was leaning toward room temperature with the time you’d spent not eating, “Can I color it.”
“No, baby.”, he responded, again just as calm and used to your silly antics, though the corners of his mouth had formed into barely noticeable smile. Occasionally he’d indulge, but he wasn’t afraid to tell you ‘no’. And coincidentally, it was just the sort of structure you needed, the two of you complimenting each other well.
Knowing that Appa’s ‘no’ meant no, you settled into his lap comfortably and finished your meal. When you’d finished, Wonwoo seemed to be insistent on you not staying at the table.
“Go wash your hands, baby. You’re finished eating.”, he suppressed his chuckle, finding it difficult to pry you from him now that you’d tangled your arms around him.
After some complaints, you waddled your way to the bathroom to wash up after breakfast. Once you’d returned, you saw that Wonwoo had retired the paper for his tablet and another cup of coffee. The paper, though he’d previously denied you, laid open on the comic section, your crayons laying on top.
Wordlessly, with a smug little smile, you sat in your seat across from him and both of you together enjoyed the Sunday paper.
🧸Endnote: projecting Shua or Hannie just bc I think it would be cute but realistically this is 100% Wonu. Let’s pretend this shoot isn’t for skincare as well and Wonwoo is just cute 🫶 sorry for being so MIA the last month. 🥹💗 I humbly beg for forgiveness hahahahhhghhh ~ 🐶🐰🍓
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