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FUCKED LIKE A QUEEN- IU SMUT - PART 7

OC X IU

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As IU knelt under the table, she looked up at the old man's face while he enjoyed his coffee. She took a break from sucking his semi-hard cock, a task she knew was expected the moment she saw his naked body. They had spent the previous night fucking until midnight, and even though she was tired, she craved his cock inside her. So, she made up an excuse to keep him there, waiting for everyone else to leave.

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Introduction

(masterlist)

Jeon Y/n

the hurt one

(face claim: seo soojin)

"I don't do this for fun, I do this for money"

Love interests:

Im Nayeon

the underestimated

"I will prove you wrong."

Hirai Momo

the lonely one

"I like being alone, not lonely"

Minatozaki Sana

the player

"you wanna make out?"

Lee Ji-eun

the bestfriend

"she'd never look at me the way she looks at you"

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you and i, after the years

" Can I get a scenario with IU? Basically IU and Fem!Reader have been rivals since they were younger and now that they’re in college as professors in the same field that rivalry is still going. The thing is that both of their students ship them together and assume they’re dating or at least married, and so in order to get the students to focus again the two of them agree to start a fake relationship but they end up falling for each other. I hope it makes sense? And feel free to change some details if it helps you write better. "  

> iu (lee jieun) x reader [a][f]

!: a bit of cursing, implied workplace romance, kissing

a/n: it’s been so long aha.. time to revive this account

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Sand, dirt, sweat, bruises- it was the summer of ‘99. The sun was blazing down on you, your eyes squinting every once in a while to adjust to how bright your surroundings were under the blinding rays. It burned. But you couldn’t care less, you were in the middle of a war. 

You panted as you looked up at your teammates. There was so much dirt on your washed-up red t-shirt, and the sweat soaking your back honestly irked you. Not to mention the hair stuck on your forehead added to the stinging in your eyes. 

This was part of your everyday routine-- waking up, eating breakfast with your grandparents, bidding them goodbye, and meeting up with the kids in the neighborhood to see what game would keep you all busy for the next 6 hours. Today, you had all decided to play dodgeball.

“Ya! Don’t step on the line, Jong-hoon-ah!” You heard your friend yell in an annoyed tone as she dragged her feet to where you were and pointed at the boy. “Alright, alright, jeez.” The rather chubby boy apologized, raising his hands at your teammate. He then focused back on what was happening within the game and passed the ‘ball’ he had in his hand to his teammate. What was a normal grade school playground atmosphere quickly turned into something more serious. 

“Hit, Y/n!” “Yeah, hit her!” You heard a few people exclaim from behind you. You turned your head towards the voices and tsked out. ‘Of course. Lee Jieun’s teamma-’ You could hear the “Ohh’s~” and the “Ahh’s~” from various people around you as you tumbled back and immediately cupped your face. “Ohh! Y/n out!” Jin-goo, your best friend who played the role of referee due to the scratches on his knee, yelled out.

You were nothing but annoyed, your now sore left cheek aching as it burned a bright red. You sighed as you rubbed on the soft skin, picking yourself up and tattering your way outside the playing field. “Looks like it’s gonna be a win for us again.” A sudden voice commented out beside you in nothing but a boastful tone. You kept a steady expression on your face, jaw clenching as you stared into nothingness and tried to ignore the girl’s presence. “Just admit we’re better than your team.” She kept on provoking. “Shut up, Jieun.” You spat at the girl, running off to catch the ball coming in a different direction from where you were. 

If there was anyone you hated playing with, it was Lee Jieun. The ‘devil in disguise’ as you had always called her. She stood a bit smaller than most of the kids in the town, but everyone praised her like she was a giant, respectable leader. Jieun lived in the same situation as everyone did, so you didn’t get why the kids acted as if they fed her. Maybe it was because she was the only person who raised their hand that one time your friend group asked if anyone was willing to race ‘The Y/n Y/l/n’, or maybe it was because you all had an agreement that she was the prettiest girl in the neighborhood, (other than Jin-goo’s mother, but you lot would never admit that), or maybe it was because of her grandparents’ social status. Either way, just the cockiness in Jieun’s actions and words ticked you off every time she was around. Not to mention, she was always angry-- for a small girl, she had a lot of pent-up stress in her.

“I can’t believe we lost again.” You heard your friend mutter out as you both tried to catch your breath. “How can we not win? They always choose ‘Big Guy’.” You argued, glaring at Lee Jieun. There was a smug smile plastered on her face as she and her team congratulated each other. 

‘Big Guy’ was no other than Lee Jong-hoon. He stood a whopping 115 cm, a lot taller than everybody else. And other than his grand height for an 8-year-old, he had arms thicker than the dead scarlet oak branches that scattered the floors of Seongjeong-dong in the wintertime. If you had Jong-hoon on your team in any game that involved physical activity, you were set to win. And to make your situation worse, of course, your team had always lost at these games-- Jong-hoon was Jieun’s brother, after all. She always had a free pass on choosing him. 

“Ya, it’s alright~” You heard Jin-goo chirp as he limped beside you, trying to catch up to the pace you were walking in. You stayed silent as he held onto your shoulder and struck up a conversation with your other friends, who continued to complain about the results of the recent game. Eyes still on the Lee siblings, you sighed out. “Ahh~ Seriously...” You exhaled in defeat. 

As the sky slowly dressed itself in orange and pink, the kids who were present busied themselves with their own things. You wiped the sweat off your forehead and zoned out, feeling the aftermath of a long and tiring day under the sun. As you padded to where your things were, you spotted the familiar newspaper ball on the sand. Without thinking much of it, you swung your leg, kicking the ball that was peacefully resting on the sand in a random direction.

“Ow!” You heard a small voice howl. You winced at the realization of who you had hurt and mentally punched yourself. “What was that for, Y/n?” Jong-hoon called out to you, his eyebrows furrowed in shock and confusion. “I didn’t mean it, I swear.” You spoke in a quiet tone, trying not to start a fight with the boy. You could see the surprised expressions of the other kids present in the corner of your eye, making you nervous. “Why are you so jealous of us, Y/n?” Jieun growled at you, her eyes glaring right into your soul. You groaned at both of them, completely irritated. ‘Thanks for this, universe.’ 

“I’m sorry, Jieun, I didn’t mean to hit you with the ball.” You told the girl, meeting eyes with her as you stuffed your hands in your pockets. The tension in the air grew thicker, seeing as you’ve suddenly chosen to apologize instead of biting back at her like you usually do. Jieun scoffed at you, turning around and brushing you off, her face red. This was the first time she let you off, and the first time you’ve caused her to blush out of embarrassment. “Whatever, Y/n.” You heard her mutter. “Ya~ Why are you guys fighting?” A sudden older voice commented out catching all of your attention. 

“Ahh, these kids, I’m sure you’ll end up becoming friends eventually. Jieun-ie, Jong-hoon-ah, time to go home now.” A different voice nagged out as a heavy hand placed itself on Jieun’s shoulder. “Mhmm, when you guys get older, you’ll all act differently.” Your grandfather spoke, adding himself to the picture. 

--

‘Ah, grandpa, if only you were right.’ You thought as you broke out of your trance. You couldn’t deny it, your childhood was the best it could get with your financial situation back then. Other than the constant fighting between you and the Lee siblings, you lived your kid days to the fullest. But nothing had changed; this was your only dilemma. More than 15 years have passed, and you and Jieun have yet to resolve your drama. 

“Riiing riin-” The bell cried, announcing that the time given to the students in your class to finish their quizzes was over. “Alright, guys, time to pass your papers to the front.” You called out as you stood out of your seat and fixed the creases on your pants. As they did so, the room slowly filled with noise. Various conversations erupted from left and right; some about how they did on the given questionnaire, some about what they were going to do for the rest of their day, and some about a topic you were tired of hearing about. “Whoever’s talking about my relationship status again, better stop talking or else.” You told the class half-joking.

“Are you finally confirming the rumors?” A familiar voice poked at you, making you sigh. “I’m not confirming anything, Jiwoo.” You told the scholar as you fixed the stack of paper you had in your hand and took a glance at her. “But there’s no way you aren’t dating her.” Another student voiced out from the back of the classroom. This only triggered a wave of arguments that sucked you in like a whirlpool. "Now, class, this is getting a little out of hand-" "I bet they're married!" Your eyes widened at the sudden exclamation. "W-what?! I-" You tried to argue back, only to be interrupted. "Hell yeah!" 

You could only huff out in exhaustion at what was happening. Cursing under your breath, you left the students alone with their antics in hopes that the situation would die down by itself. This happened regularly, but you swore you could never get used to it. 

Sitting back down on your seat, your fingers came to your temple and drowned everybody out. ‘They’ll stop sooner or later anyway.’

Eventually, there were a few students who started leaving the room. So after a few minutes, everyone was out, and you were left with the remnants of your advisory class. “Stupid fucking rumor.” You grumbled out, annoyed. Never in a million years would you have thought you’d be a professor in a school teaching a subject you’ve always loved, and be bombarded with undergraduates who constantly poked about your imaginary relationship with a childhood enemy of yours. 

As you were embracing the stillness in the room, the door swung open with a clang. Clicking her heels, you could already sense what the woman was feeling. You looked up at the professor, chin on your palm, drained from the previous state of your class. “What brings you here, Ms. Lee?” “This was your plan all along, huh, Y/l/n?” The woman hissed at you. You raised your eyebrow at her sudden outburst. Jieun stood there with her arms crossed, her body reeking of rage.

Taking her tone as an offense, you took your head off of your palm with a sigh and leaned back on your chair in a way that suggested that you wanted to see if she had anything bad to say to you, and if she had the courage to. An encouragement, to say the least. 

“I don't know what you're talking about." You told the young professor in a calm tone. You could see Jieun’s eye twitch at you, her fist balled in anger.

"This whole mess of students is what I'm talking about! Don't act dumb with me." She barked clearly in displeasure. "Huh, you're having the same problem as I am." Was all you said as you took your eyes off of her and shrugged. Jieun couldn’t believe how you were acting-- it was as if you weren’t affected by everything going on. The woman glared at you, her tongue poked at the inside of her cheek before she stomped her way out of your classroom, not forgetting to slam the door on her way out. “Haa~” You exhaled. 

You felt better about your situation knowing that the teacher was angry. It was a feeling of satisfaction-- as if you’ve finally one-upped her. But this was still a problem, and your migraine wasn’t going to help any time soon. So you stood up, packed all your things, grabbed your coat, and called it a day.

--

You never really understood why the two of you were so serious about the whole rivalry thing. You are both grown now. And the whole feud that went on between you and Jieun was when you were both under the age of 10. If you thought about it, everything was just a big misunderstanding because you didn’t know how to communicate properly. You were literal children. But of course, none of your students could understand this. 

It seemed like as the days passed by, your situation got worse; you stood there in front of your 7:45 class dumbfounded as you scanned the lilac piece of paper in your hand; ‘Petition for Ms. Y/l/n and Ms. Lee to stop lying about their marriage.’ ‘3 years in a legal bond,’ ‘Secret relationship’, ‘Mistress?’ Those were only a few of the things written down on the slip. You really couldn’t believe it. This was the first time in your life where you just wanted to scream and thrash around without a care about the world. 

“Maybe you should confirm it, Ms. Y/l/n.” Your head snapped at the student and subconsciously glared at her. “Confirm what, Jiwoo?” You asked the girl, tone bitter as you kept your eye contact. The scholar kept her mouth shut. She could now feel your frustration.

"Listen up! We are not dating, or married, or seeing each other, alright?! Ms. Lee and I are co-workers! I don’t know who started this stupid rumor, but if I keep seeing stuff like this, I’ll personally contact your parents to make sure they know what nonsense you’re spreading in school. This goes for all of you!” You yelled out, your voice loud and clear. Everyone had their eyes on your displeased state, sitting in silence as they all felt scared and guilty. Out of all the classes that had a chokehold on you because of the gossip, your advisory class had its grip on your neck the tightest. 

After giving your students a good scolding, you dismissed your subject and left the room. You sat defeated in the faculty area of your campus. Body feeling like jello and mind on overdrive. You could feel yourself slowly going insane. All you wanted to do was your job. Who knew that after leaving your hometown, you’d still have to face Lee Jieun. But what’s a ‘couple’ if you were the only one in distress? 

Jieun’s black heels clicked on the tiled floor of the space. Her face was red and she held a couple of folders in her arms. Without looking around, she poured herself a glass of cold water and hummed out in annoyance. All you could do was observe the girl.

You never knew of this side of Jieun, though clearly as frustrated as you were, she was unusually quiet. All you were faced with every time you had to interact with her was the loud, mad, and stressed version. It was weird to you, seeing the professor mumble to herself as if she was trying to convince herself not to tear the place down, or how whenever she drank out of the paper cup she had in her hand, there would be a new bite mark on the lining. You knew how the girl was feeling, but you couldn’t be bothered to act like a friend. You had no reason to; you barely cared about her.

“Vriing vriin-” You slipped your phone out of your pocket and swiped on your phonescreen to take the call. “Hello?” You greeted the person on the other side of the line. Jieun’s head snapped at your voice. ‘She was there the whole time?!’ She thought to herself as she clicked her tongue on the roof of her mouth. You excused yourself from the room, glancing at Jieun, and continued with your call. ‘When I get my fucking hands on you Y/l/n Y/n.’

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"3 years married?! Seriously Y/n!" And just like that, there she was again.

You remained seated on your chair as she ranted; you were completely and utterly worn out. Hell, if she had ended up ripping your head off, you’d be thankful for her-- it would’ve ended your misery. Jieun waved the lilac piece of paper around as she crumbled in front of you. ‘Paper’s been through a lot.’ You chuckled internally as you noticed the crumpled marks and the tears on the item. "If you wanted to start a fight with me or wanted to see a reaction from me, you could've just said so!" 

Your lips stayed in a thin line as she spoke, some statements worse than the last. She was picking on you, taking all the chances she could get to mock you. The bottle of emotions you had been keeping shut finally bursting.

"I didn't do shit, Jieun!" You snapped back at the woman. The young professor was surprised at your outburst, eyes widening as she felt herself tumble back a little. She felt small under you as you stood up from your seat and kept your eyes on her. You held a tired gaze, arms swinging to your face as you caressed your temple. "If I wanted to ruin your fucking day or even your fucking career, I would've done it a long time ago. Do you think I'd waste my time spreading a stupid rumor around that can easily cost me my job? I'm not an elementary student, Jieun. Even if I wanted to spread this bullshit I wouldn't have chosen you as my imaginary wife!" You countered her.

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" The girl suddenly remarked back. You stopped in your tracks as you were caught off guard and turned back to the professor. "What-" "Don’t eat your words now, Y/n. What? Am I not enough?"

You stared at the woman, dumbfounded, mouth agape as you tried to find the right words to say. Jieun waited for your response, crossing her arms as she held an angry expression on her face. You were stunned. ‘What exactly the fuck is happening.’ 

On the other hand, Jieun had slowly realized what she had said. She knew she was in the wrong with her choice of words, but she didn’t want to admit it. Well, not yet. The young professor slammed the lilac piece of paper down on your desk and turned on her heel, scratching the flooring in a piercing noise.

You stood still in your spot as you watched her leave the room, eyebrows furrowed with your hands out in front of you. An expression of perplexity. Every day, it felt like the world was testing your patience. 

"Jesus fucking Christ, Lee Jieun! Do you have to make everything a fucking competition?!" You yelled out to the universe. But you were far from the end. This was only the beginning of your problems; because a little tattletale had been waiting on the other side of your classroom’s wooden portal, and he was over the moon about your fight with Lee Jieun.

--

“Are you serious right now?” You grumbled in your seat. “At the end of the day, you’re both teachers- professors! You’ve both served a good time in the school together, so I don’t see how you’ve suddenly had problems with each other.” The man in front of you argued to the air as he tried to decipher what was wrong with his employees. He held a pitiful gaze towards both of you as he talked, silently telling you that no big risk was on the line. But that you still had to find middle ground for the complications you’ve given him. “I need you both to resolve this. ASAP.” He concluded, throwing the lilac slip, which seemed like it had travelled the whole world, in the bin. 

“If only it were that easy.” You commented out in a tired tone, making the president who sat in front of you chortle. You weren’t joking, though. How were you going to make up with Jieun when she had been boring holes in the side of your face since you had sat down in your seat.

Mr. Kim helped you out the door, giving you a warm smile before thanking you both for cooperating-- Empty words that you had grown accustomed to since the first year of teaching under his wing. Without a delay, Jieun headed back to her classroom. This made you sigh. You dragged your legs back to yours, faking a smile towards the other staff members you had passed by through the hallways, and entered your advisory class. “Alright! Let’s get back to where we were.”

--

Laughter filled the room as you continued with your lesson. You smiled at the students and chuckled to yourself, feeling satisfied at how they reacted to a random story you had decided to tell them as a breather for all the information you had spewed out a few minutes prior. Exhaling deeply, you placed the book you had on your arm down on your desk and checked the time on the watch strapped to your wrist. “Mhmm,” “Time to pass your homework!” You called out in the class. 

15 minutes into checking their work, the bell announced the end of the day. You stayed in your seat writing away on various notebooks and paper pads, trying to finish work as you didn’t want to bring it with you back home. “Goodbye, Ms. Y/l/n.” “See you tomorrow.” “Bye!” “Thanks, Ms. Y/l/n.”

Trudging towards your parked car, you were met with an unexpected guest. “What is it?" You asked as you ignored her gaze and stuffed your hand in your pocket to look for your car keys. "I need you to listen to what I’m gonna say," Jieun told you in a quiet tone. You lifted your head to meet her eyes and were met with a troubled expression. It was unusually quiet as you conversed with the woman, both avoiding each other’s gaze as you spoke.

--

“Yeah, I forgive you, don’t worry about it,” Jieun said, licking her lips. Her heartbeat raced as she continued to stall on what she had stopped you for in the first place. "So, uhh, do you need anything else?" You asked the girl, cautious with your tone as you noticed how the professor was acting. "I just...” She started only to stop and bite her bottom lip. You raised your eyebrows at her, confused by her body language. Jieun huffed before she spoke again, her chocolate orbs locking in with yours. ”This is going to sound so stupid, but here goes-- maybe if we faked having a relationship, we could fix all the class’s attention."

"W-what did you say?" You asked the professor in disbelief. That was not what you were expecting her to say. "I thought about what Mr. Kim told us.. maybe if we faked being in a relationship, we can get the student's focus back... thus y'know, being able to teach in peace..." The black-haired girl tried to clear up. There was a nervous undertone in her voice, making you feel bad that you were holding your silence for so long. 

"Uhh, what do you think?" Jieun asked out in a soft tone. You pursed your lips, your throat feeling dry, and looked up at her. "I don't know what to say." You answered her honestly. She nodded at you, also not knowing what to say next. “Hmmm.” You hummed out as you spun your keys between your fingers. While trying to think of some sort of middle ground for you both, your surroundings started to get dark.

The sun that danced behind the school building beside you started to set, leaving the sky a beautiful indigo. Stars slowly declared themselves alive on the newly painted canvas, a few blinking at you as you observed them. “Uhh, maybe we can just talk about this some other day? It seems like you need some time...” Jieun suggested, breaking the quietness between you. You looked back at her, nodding your head in agreement and clearing your throat. “I’ll go now.” “Mhmm.” Was all the professor said as she started walking in the direction of her parked car. 

“Jieun-ah!” You called out to her, slightly wincing at the volume of your voice. The professor turned her body towards you, confusion portrayed on her face. “Uh- be careful.. y'know, going home... It’s dark and all.” You stuttered out, your face slowly turning red under the streetlight you had parked your car under. This caused Jieun to chuckle to herself internally. “Yeah, Y/l/n. You too.” She bid amused as she turned back around. 

You kept your eyes on the woman, eyes never leaving her figure as she stepped into her car. You didn’t know what you were feeling, but there was a sense of pleasure that coursed through you. You felt hopeful almost, though you didn’t know what that faith was for. But it felt good. It felt like a rebirth.

--

The next few days after your talk with Lee Jieun were a blur. You’d enter your classes, start your discussion, and a student would end up sparking the wave of conversations about your secret relationship rumor. It’d be hell trying to tame them, and you’d get burnt out after the hour. It was exhausting, especially since it was ‘hell week’. 

The clock ticked away as you sat quietly in your seat, reading a random article that popped up on your feed about dogs and their diets. There was tapping that came from a student in the back of the room, their pencil hitting the hardwood as they studied. You raised your head to look at the undergraduates, biting the inside of your cheek as you remembered what Jieun had confessed that one Friday night. ‘Mhmm, what to do... what to do.’ You thought to yourself. 

“Ms. Y/l/n?” A voice called out to you, breaking the trance you were in. “Yeah?” You questioned as you cleared your throat. “Can you help me with this? I don’t understand it.” The young boy asked in a quiet tone as he opened the book in his hand for you to see. You nodded your head at him, giving him a kind smile as you scanned the page.

As you helped your student, Jieun flooded your mind once again. There was something in the way she had acted that was stuck in the back of your head. She felt like a strand of hair in your throat, one that you couldn’t seem to cough out or reach with your fingertip. Thinking back on her words, you couldn’t help but feel frustrated. There was nothing wrong with what had happened that night, and there was certainly nothing wrong with Jieun suggesting that you two faked a relationship so you could both work in peace. But it just wasn’t Jieun-like of her. This bothered you. 

“Thank you!” The student you were teaching applauded as he finally got the answer right to the problem you had previously given him. You chuckled at his enthusiasm and waved him off, exhaling deeply as the door closed behind him. You were left with silence, the rays of the sun glazing the tables and chairs from the window. But you didn’t feel at peace- you were still trying to figure out what to do with your co-worker.

"Let’s do it." Jieun jumped as you took her out of her daze. “I- what?” She asked out of confusion. You stuffed your hands in your pockets, a habit you had nurtured since you were 8, and spoke, “I agree to your plan. The fake relationship.” 

--

Jieun’s laugh sounded like heaven to your ears. You would have never imagined that you’d be sitting in a restaurant with your childhood enemy, eating dinner as you discussed your plans to start a fake relationship with her, but there you were. And as embarrassing as it would be to admit it, you were having a hell of a good time too. “I felt bad, but y’know, it was funny!” She giggled out as she covered her mouth. You chuckled along with her as you started to feel your cheeks hurt-- the consequence of laughing at your childhood enemy’s jokes and stories. 

The night was young as you ate and conversed, for the first time in your life, it felt good with her presence around. “Would you like anything else- Woah.” The waiter gasped as he stared at you and Jieun. “Well, hello there, Mr. Park.” The black-haired girl who sat in front of you greeted as she held her glass of wine up to her lips. “Y-you two...” He trailed off, his face holding a surprised expression. You could only smirk awkwardly at the teen.

As the two of you continued to eat and drink, you discussed the various rules and promises you'd have to keep and live by during the fake relationship. "So... we'll reveal it after their exams?" "Mhmm-yeah. They won't have time anyway to think about the rumors since they'll be focused on their tests. It'll be a good restart point." The professor explained before she placed the piece of steak she had on her fork in her mouth. You nodded at her, taking a sip of your drink and wiping your mouth. 

"I never saw you as a romantic, Ms. Y/l/n." Jieun suddenly commented out. You chuckled at this, looking up at her and shrugging, a slight pink tinge on your cheeks. "Well, we've always been on each other's throats," You started, causing the woman in front of you to chuckle. "Plus, we've never... uhh.. seen each other do the lovey stuff until now..." You trailed off feeling embarrassed. Jieun could feel her blood rush to her face as she realized what you had meant, nodding quietly at you as she beamed at you.

--

As you walked through the familiar halls of Seoul National High, you were greeted by various students who flocked to their lockers and conversed amongst themselves. You gave them smiles, greeting a few that had acknowledged your presence, and took the keys out of your pocket for your classroom. You placed your bag down before stretching a bit and pulling the blinds up in the room for the light to pass through. “Good morning, Ms. Y/l/n.” You heard a voice call out as the scratch of a chair roughly gliding on the tiled floor filled the room. “Good morning.” You greeted back, turning to the student and giving them a weary grin.

After a while of waiting, the room slowly filled with undergraduates. Your knee bounced up and down as you sat in your seat patiently waiting for the bell to announce the start of classes. 

“They ate at Casa Roja last night!” You eyeballed a student as she talked to her seatmate. You could feel your heartbeat speed up as you listened to their conversation, realizing that almost everyone present either had their eyes stuck on you or talked about your night with Jieun. 

“Fuck.” You muttered out as you remembered the blonde-haired teen who had attended to your needs that special evening. “Ah, she’s gonna kill me.” You groaned out to yourself in a frustrated tone. Hands clasped together as you pursed your lips in a thin line, you scouted the room for the student. 

‘Son of a bi-’ You cut yourself off as he turned to you. His eyes widened, realization flush on his face as you unconsciously glared at the student. After seeing his reaction, all you could do was exhale. ‘Here we go again.’

--

"I thought we made a deal, Y/l/n?!" Jieun’s voice boomed in your ear like a drum. You didn’t know what to say, none of it was your fault, but there you were taking all the blame. The black-haired girl paced around the room as she yelled, her face turning red in distress. “How are we going to have a good examination week when you’ve told the whole damn world about us?!” She exclaimed at you, pointing her finger in your direction. Of course, you had expected this kind of reaction from her, but you couldn’t bear to sit around and let her degrade you.

"Do I look like I'm one to break my promise? The kid spoke to us when we were having dinner last night.” You butt in calmly. Jieun bored holes into your skull, her eyes full of bitterness as you spoke. “You can’t just blame me for something I didn’t do, Jieun-ah.” If it wasn’t for your pride, you would’ve begged the girl to calm down so you could find a solution faster. But you also felt attacked, so out of impulsiveness, you shot back at the strained woman in front of you. 

"So what now, you're going to act like it’s okay?" “I’m not acting like I’m not worried about our situation right now, it’s just that you’re so easy to assume that every time something happens between us, I’m the one at fault!” You stressed out to the girl. You couldn’t help but raise your voice at the professor, the veins in your neck bulging at every word that came out of your mouth. Jieun’s eyebrows furrowed at you, her expression almost showing disgust. 

“Oh, please, Y/n.” The girl scoffed at you, frustrated. Her hands came to her hair, running through her dark locks and massaging her scalp. She huffed before taking her eyes off you, clearly getting burned up. "Look, I don’t see why we’re fighting each other about this-- none of this is our fault. That kid was our waiter; he was bound to tell everyone one way or another.” 

“Jieun,” You called out to the girl to make sure she was listening to you. The professor turned in your direction, eyes bloodshot as she bit the inside of her cheeks. “We aren't in a real relationship. You having it hard isn't my responsibility to take-” “Just shut up, Y/n.” The woman suddenly cut you off. You were taken aback at her words, your mouth drying up as you tried to speak again.

‘Ahh...shit.’ You cursed at yourself as you remembered what the professor had told you the night at the restaurant: “Let’s try to take it easy on each other.”, “4 years and he still dumped me.”, “I just felt neglected.”, “Maybe invalidated?” You reflected back on her words. 

You hissed internally, eyes trailing to the girl in front of you as she wiped the tears that were starting to fall from her chocolate orbs. “I... Jieun-ah,” You spoke as you tried to grab her wrist. “Don’t, Y/n. You’ve said enough.”

After your outburst with the professor, you were left to continue with your remaining classes. The clock ticked away as you worked, the sun slowly dipping itself into the dusk. For a couple of hours, you felt fine-- your lectures distracting you from the thought of Lee Jieun. Until the last bell rang. It only seemed fitting for the noise to be the only thing to remind you of the girl. ‘Last bell-- last chance.’

“Knock knock-” Jieun heard as she zipped her bag closed. The door creaked as it opened, your figure standing small under the big doorframe of the classroom.

You were nervous, lips drying up as your heart pounded in your chest at the sight of the girl's worn-out features. Jieun turned to the visitor, her eyes watering again as she realized that it was you. “Leave me alone, Y/n.” She spat at you, eyes wandering to everything else but yours. “I’m sorry.” You uttered out to her, feeling nervous. But all that filled the room was silence. Cold, dead silence.

"I’m just so exhausted with what's going on with us and the classes. I know it was wrong that I said those things, knowing about your situation. I promise I'll be more sensitive next time." You spoke in a quiet tone, your hands coming up to your nape and caressing the skin there. "What? You're gonna promise shit so you can break me again?" Jieun barked at you as her head turned to meet your orbs. You felt ashamed, but you chose to brush the feeling off, knowing well what you were feeling was there for a good reason. 

"I didn’t have a choice, Jieun. You know that. If I hadn’t agreed to them, they’d suspect us when we reveal it next week." You tried to reason with the girl.

But Jieun chose to ignore you. Her hand met with the eraser that sat under the blackboard of her classroom and held it tight in her palm. All your words meant nothing to her; the only thing running through her mind was a constant ‘Right, we aren’t in a real relationship’. You sighed out as you bit your bottom lip, hands wiping themselves on your pants as you observed the woman. You could tell she was crying, her shoulders snapping up and down. 

“Jieun-ah..” You called out to her as you took doughy steps towards the girl. Guilt swallowed you whole as you started hearing her gentle sobs. “Jieun...” You called the professor again. The young woman could only cry. She had so much pent-up anger and frustration that it was hard to control her tears. “Jieun-ie,” You suddenly cooed at her, making your heart race. 

“Don't fucking call me that, Y/l/n.” The woman snapped at you as she turned to your figure with hatred on her face. You sighed at her reaction, closing your eyes for a couple of seconds before grabbing the girl’s hand and pulling her towards you.  “Let me go, Y/n.” You heard her say as she tugged her hand out of your grip. “Jieun-ie, I’m sorry.” You cooed at her again, deciding to take a different approach from before. 

You knew that what you were doing was wrong-- using the nickname almost everybody close to her heart used whenever they referred to her. “I’m sorry, love.” Your hands lifted themselves and cupped the girl’s face. Jieun felt breathless; she could hear her heart thumping in her chest so loudly and clearly. “Look at me.” You told the girl receiving no response. “You’re sick in the head, Y/l/n.” She finally growled at you, eyelids cracking open to look into yours.

Jieun’s left hand stayed by her side whilst her right slowly came in contact with your wrist, her fingers grazing the bottom side of your palm as you spoke to her. “Can we please fix this?” You murmured to the professor in an airy whisper. The tension in the room was thick, the sun bidding its goodbye as the night approached quietly in the background. You remained calm, your mind focused on the girl in front of you as you stared at her with hooded eyes. “Don’t do anything you’ll regret, Y/l/n.” The black-haired woman whispered back as she let her eyelids fall. You could feel her lean on your hand, her weight shifting as you held her. “I’m sorry.” You muttered at her, your orbs trailing to her painted lips.

You didn’t know where all your confidence was coming from, but it was too late to act shy. Not when you could feel your heart burn a different way for the girl in front of you. Your left hand retracted from Jieun’s cheek, grabbing her wrist as you pulled on her arm to snake it around your neck. The professor watched you intently as you did so. She felt aroused, the act of you controlling her while she felt helpless, making her mind race. “Forgive me, please.” “Let’s just rest. I need some time.” Was all the black-haired girl could say. She fought the urge to fall for your tricks, her body feeling heavy as her heart ached in her chest. “Mhmm.” 

Falling for your childhood enemy? You would’ve never thought such a complicated situation could happen to you. Maybe it was all because of the pretending you were doing with the woman, maybe it was because you had never given yourself an actual chance to get to know her until then, or maybe it was because you had always hoped in the back of your mind that she would see you as worthy. 

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“Stop exploiting your students, Ms. Y/l/n. Mr. Kim would not like it if he were informed that you’re using your students for your own good." You reread the message you had gotten from your 'girlfriend' a day ago. You smirked to yourself, chuckling a little at the thought of the girl’s reaction to seeing another present you had been planning to give her on her desk. 

Days had passed since you had almost kissed Jieun in her classroom. Nothing had particularly changed, but you had both decided to leave each other alone until the examination period was over. The night of your fight, you couldn’t help but hiss at yourself for your reckless actions. You took your time reflecting, but feeling the emptiness of not having Jieun around to bother you constantly irked you.

As the professor stepped into her classroom, she couldn’t help but feel a heavy load of eyes on her. “What?” She asked as she entered the brightly lit room, head tilted in confusion. Jieun lazily padded to her table, red brushing her cheeks as she stared at the bouquet that rested on the furniture. “Read the card, read the card-” The students in her class started to chant as their gazes were fixated on their adviser. Jieun snickered out embarrassed. 

The woman set her bag down on her chair and rolled her sleeves up. Taking the folded piece of paper that nestled in between the petals and leaves, she read the writing and couldn’t help but grin. ‘How can I prove to you that I feel bad and that I’m sorry for what happened between us? Talk to me, please. I’m starting to miss you, Lee Jieun.’ “I can’t believe you, Y/l/n.” 

You had a smug look on your face as you saw a certain notification pop up on your phone’s screen. Picking the device up, you bit your bottom lip and read Jieun’s message-- ‘I’m still mad at you, but thank you for the effort. Though you’ve completely caused a ruckus amongst my students with your little stunt. I’m sure you can find something to keep you busy in the meantime, Y/l/n. Behave for me, hm?’You could feel Jieun’s sarcasm from her choice of words, her reply making you sigh contentedly. 

“What’s got you so happy, Ms.Y/l/n?” A voice spoke out to you as you slid your phone into your pocket. “Ah, nothing.” You beamed at the student in complete bliss. “Ms. Lee isn’t it?” Jiwoo took a guess, her eyebrow raising at you, an expression of amusement evident on her face. You could only grin at the undergraduate. “Say, Jiwoo, you have classes with Ms. Lee, right?” “Uhh... yeah. I have one with her later at 3.” The scholar answered back as she stared at you questioningly. “Do you mind giving this to her?”

--

“I-what?” Jieun stuttered out as she turned her head to the carton box a student of hers hurriedly placed on her desk before running off to her classroom’s exit. “Ms.Y/l/n told me to do this!” The teen bid as a goodbye as she skipped out of the room with her group of friends. “What?” The professor muttered out, confused as she stared at the item that waited for her.

‘What is this? A prank?’ The young woman thought to herself. There was nothing written on the outside of the gift; no card stapled on the lid, no marked-out identification writings, no random stickers, just a lilac ribbon that held the lid of the box and its body in place.

The professor kept a puzzled look on her face, jaw clenching unconsciously as her fingers slowly pulled on the said ribbon. Jieun could feel her breath hitching as her eyes travelled to identify the inside of the box. “What the fuck, Y/n?” She mumbled to herself as her hand slapped to cover her mouth.

Jieun laid all of the different chocolate bars out on the table in a neat line and gasped at the amount of sweets in front of her. ‘How much did you have to spend on all of this, and why?’ She shot you a quick message as she inspected the candy. 

She couldn’t help but feel giddy, her heart doing somersaults at the huge amount of confectionery in her grasp. If there was anything Jieun couldn’t live without, it was chocolate. And it woke the butterflies in her stomach, knowing that you had decided to do something about the knowledge she had recently given you.

‘Don’t worry about it, sweetheart ;)’ Jieun read your reply and chuckled at your antics. ‘Unfunny joke, sweetheart,’ She typed out, using your own pun to her advantage. ‘But thank you.’ You couldn’t help but let out a big laugh at her reply. “What a tsundere.”

--

One gift turned into two, two turned into three, and three turned into one every day of the following week. You had no intention to give Jieun so many surprises, but just seeing the girl happy made you feel nice. A sense of hope. This was what it was for-- the birth of a new era for both of you.

“Ohhh~” The students who were present in Jieun’s classroom cooed out as they stared intently at their adviser. You had been the talk of the town in all of the classes Jieun had been assigned to teach. The regular “What was her gift today, Ms. Lee?”, “Why doesn’t she ever give them to you in person?”, and “You really scored a good one, ma’am.” rotated amongst her students. But today was different.

The professor’s eyes brimmed with tears as she stared at the shining piece of jewelry in her palm. A necklace that swung a heart-shaped lilac stone that winked at her. It was beautiful. The link was nice and thin, and rose gold in color. And the stone was gracefully carved into a full geometric heart. It wasn’t too extravagant, but just enough to make an unsuspecting recipient tear up. “What are you doing to me, Y/n Y/l/n?”

You waited patiently in your classroom for your ‘girlfriend’s’ reaction, mind shuffling through the endless statements she could pick out to say to you. But as the minutes passed by and the students who were present for your lecture had started leaving one by one, you couldn’t help but pout at your phone screen and feel as if she had hated your gift for her. 

You stood up from your desk, hand wandering to the blackboard that had always stood behind you, and grazed your fingertips on the smooth surface. You let your arm glide, wrist lazily following the pull, and jumped at the sound of multiple knocks on your homeroom’s door. “Come in!” You called out to the visitor as you swiftly patted the remnants of the chalk from the board you had previously played with on the sides of your pants. “Good afternoon, Ms. Y/l/n!” A curly-haired student greeted you as she stood under the wooden doorframe. “Hello, Ms. Jung. What brings you here?” You questioned as you raised your eyebrows at the teen.

“Ms. Lee told me to give you this! She also told me to tell you that she couldn’t message you this morning because she had left her phone at home.” The undergraduate informed you, her voice echoing around your empty classroom. You smiled at the information, giving the student a kind grin as you walked towards them. “Hmm.” You hummed out amused as you scanned the things the student had given you. “Thank you, Ms. Jung. You may go eat your lunch now.” You bid the student goodbye and closed your homeroom door shut. 

“A little thank you for all of the gifts you’ve been giving me,” The note stapled on the plastic wrapping of the muffin you held in your hand read. “I have plans to go to the rooftop after classes, want to join me?″ The other side of the thick paper added. You stood frozen in your spot, not knowing how to react to such an innocent yet demanding request. You swore you could have fainted there. Sure, you had been sending her presents at your own will, but you couldn’t help but think that maybe she would send you one as a thank you. It was in the back of your mind, in the lowest tier of the list of your desires in life, but it was still there. Alive and well, and Jieun had scratched it off that easily.

The remaining classes you had were painful. You had constantly looked at the arms of your wristwatch and huffed whenever you realized it had only been several seconds since the last time you did. You hadn’t felt the way you did since you were a child; it was as if Christmas was coming in earlier just for you. But as agonizing as it was to wait for the bell to ring, it eventually came. And once it did, you jumped out of your seat, waited for your students to leave the room (which you realized they leave a lot faster than you’ve always thought they did), and jammed your belongings in your messenger bag. You could feel your nerves pick up as you stabbed your homeroom’s key inside its keyhole and twisted the metal to lock the door. ‘Calm down, Y/l/n.’ You thought to yourself as you took deep breaths.

Walking up the campus’s main staircase, you couldn’t help but stall for a few minutes. ‘She might think it’s weird if I go there so early.’ You had previously scolded yourself. So you took slower steps up the stairway and admired the last rays of the sun that wished you good luck from the windows of each floor. 

"Oh hey." Jieun greeted you with pink kissing her cheeks. “Hey...” You replied to the girl, grip tight on the strap of your bag. She beamed at you before lowering her head to look at the concrete underneath her. She felt shy. Her tongue poking the inside of her cheeks as she cursed under her breath for acting the way she did in front of you. 

You took small, quiet steps towards the professor, strands of your hair dancing on your face as a cold breeze quickly washed over you. Cringing at the thought of how you looked at the moment, you cleared your throat at the sight of the woman and waved your anxiety away. “Uh... here.” You spoke, a way to catch the young woman’s attention. Jieun raised her head at you, eyes widening at the sight of yet another gift in your hand. The girl timidly took the pack of gummies from your hand and giggled. “T-thank you.” You heard her mutter, nodding your head at the shorter girl, and pursed your lips in a thin line. “I never realized how awkward it would be to give them to you in real life.” You commented out in a joking manner, earning a chuckle from your ‘girlfriend’.

‘Ah, girlfriend.’ The label made you feel certain things. Whether it was wrong because it was all for business, or fucked up because of how fast things were moving from Jieun’s break up, you knew in your heart that you were happy. Happy to be with her-- to be with Lee Jieun. “It’s so pretty.” Her familiar voice pulled you out of your trance. “Huh? Oh... yeah.”

The universe had once again outdone itself-- the sky painting itself with orange and pink, the moon announcing its comeback bit by bit, the birds chirping as if to call their children to go back home (a thought you had always had that reminded you of your childhood), and the breeze engulfing you both. It felt like paradise. 

You didn’t know how you came from hating the girl in front of you to falling in love with her, but you knew you wouldn’t change it for the world. You were willing to fight for her, to make the relationship real. And as the long-time revelation reminded you as to why your heart has been shaking in your chest the whole time you were in her presence, Jieun’s head snapped in your direction, catching you off guard. 

“Are you okay?” Her voice was soft as she stared at your features, silently observing them. “Yeah, I feel great.” You replied to the woman, your orbs never leaving her face. “Mhmm, everything’s only so pretty when the sun starts to set.” The professor commented out in a joking manner.

You chuckled at her, your heartbeat thumping in your ears as you broke your eye contact. “Yeah, I never got the chance to appreciate it.” You muttered under your breath, glancing at the sun setting beside the building you were in. ‘If only you knew, Y/n.’ Jieun thought to herself. If it wasn’t for the godly sight of the view presented to you that kept you distracted, Jieun swore you could read her thoughts by one look. Gaze dripping with honey, the professor couldn’t help but smile to herself as she continued to stare at your side profile. “It’s always so crowded here and-” You stopped in your tracks as you turned your head to Jieun and realized she had been staring at you the whole time. “I-is there something on my face?” You stammered out.

Your face felt like it was on fire. Features turning a pink color, alike the sky that clouded above you. “You’re beautiful, Y/n.” Jieun muttered to you. Her tone was soft, delicate, yet stern as if she had been keeping the thought for the longest time and had finally concluded it. You stared at the girl, shocked, mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water as you tried to find the right words to make up a reply for her compliment. 

Jieun giggled at your reaction, a wave of satisfaction coursing through her. “You’re pretty, Y/n.” The professor repeated as her chocolate orbs locked in with yours. You had a big smile plastered on your face as she did, heart racing as she gave you one back. “And you’re pretty when you aren’t mad all the time.” You joked at the woman, earning a small slap on your chest from the girl. Jieun’s smile grew bigger as you both stood there in silence. There it was, the sign she had been asking for: ‘She’s the one’. 

"I just wanted to say thank you." The girl beside you finally brought up as she turned her body to look back at the view from the rooftop. “Hm?” You asked, copying her movements but turning your gaze to her. “For the gifts.” She added, feeling shy as she recalled the moments she would enter her classroom and see a newly given present on her desk. 

"Oh, mhmm, it’s nothing. I kind of did fuck up twice that day..." You trailed off, hand coming up to your nape as you remembered your previous fights with the professor. Jieun chuckled at you, more as a habit as she would say, her eyes forming a crescent shape before speaking again. “It’s okay. I mean, what happened was kind of fucked up..” 

You could only titter back at her awkwardly as she trailed off. “But y’know, aren’t we happier now because of that?” She suddenly added. Right there and then, the world felt like it was in slow motion. ‘We are happier now. I am happy.’ 

With eyes locked at eachother, your breathing unsteady, and the tension between the two of you a blurry, heavy, yet comfortable blanket hugging both your figures, you swore you had nothing else you wanted to do but to tell her that you might just be sure of wanting to make your ‘relationship’ real.

"Why'd you do it?" The professor asked as she broke eye contact with you, lips pursing into a thin line. “We’ve talked about it multiple times, and I already told you that I forgave you.” Your breath hitched as she took small steps to get closer to you. “Why all the effort for a fake relationship, Y/n?” 

‘Because you deserve to be treated well?’, ‘Because it made me happy seeing that you were happy?’, ‘Because I want to be one of the reasons why you’re happy.’ “I can’t put it into words right now, but I hope you don’t make me stop.”

Your throat felt dry as there was confusion on Jieun’s face. You took the last steps to close the distance between your bodies and slowly cupped the girl’s right cheek. “I want to properly court you, Jieun.” 

The woman in front of you didn’t know why she felt like crying, but with glossy orbs, she leaned into your touch and giggled. “Court me?” You stood there silent for a few good seconds before exhaling, your nerves leaving your body as you did. “If you give me the chance to, I promise I’ll make this worth your time.” 

Every uncertainty you had felt before and during the relationship vanished as you felt the tension in the rooftop crack with her soft smile. With a short giggle, Jieun pulled on your shirt and snaked her arm on your shoulder, her hand by your nape as she laced her fingers in your hair. The kiss was quick, sudden. It was soft, both your breaths hitching in your throats, your eyelids flickering shut.

“Why would you court me when I’ve already fallen for you, Y/n.” 

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"Love Poem"

"Love Poem"

As the quiet buzz from the air conditioner hummed in the background you were lost in complete thought as your lovely girlfriend delicately traced her finger tips over your inked skin. The two of you were enjoying each other's presence before you had to leave in a few hours for her work schedule. While you were lost in your mind enjoying the feeling of her on your skin, she was scrolling through her phone. You didn’t even have to look over to know that she was reading comments on your shared social media page. 

When it came to said shared social media page, it was all Jieun’s idea. It felt strange considering she was probably one of the most recognizable figures in the entertainment industry but when it came to something she wanted you just couldn’t say no to her. She had proposed the idea of starting the account over two years ago because as she stated, she wanted a place to record the moments of your relationship. At first when she initially brought the idea up you were completely against it, you were worried that someone would find out who she was and that her public image would be ruined because she was dating you. 

Luckily throughout the lifespan of the account no one has figured out who she was thanks to how surprisingly well she was at disguising herself. You yourself had nothing to hide from the public so you were now unofficially officially the face of the account meanwhile Jieun was the real mastermind behind it. With every picture she took and uploaded she wrote a loving caption to go along with it, all the words that were posted all came from her heart and from the feelings she strongly felt about you. Anyone that stumbled across the account could quickly understand how much this woman loved you and how much she loved to write about you. Oh but just what would happen if those same people realized that the same woman that wrote these loving paragraphs about her girlfriend on social media was the same woman, that dedicated many songs to the same girl, had many hit songs that were constantly reaching the top of the music charts all over the country..? 

The account had managed to amass a pretty huge following for it just being a couple’s public love diary, the attention you had garnered from the account had made you feel a bit uneasy. Your experience with social media before meeting Jieun was that it was a place to keep up with family and friends who you hadn’t seen in a while. You never expected to have thousands of people all over the world waiting on the newest picture from your girlfriend. 

When you first started dating Jieun she had tried her best to explain everything about her lifestyle and career to you but that was much different than living it yourself. You were fine at first with supporting your girlfriend  being in the spotlight, but now that you were thrown under one as well, albeit a much smaller spotlight, you couldn't help but feel some uneasiness in life. You were fine with living an ordinary life and working an ordinary job but now you had to deal with the whole new territory that came with social media. You didn’t consider yourself a social media figure in the slightest but you did have to deal with occasionally getting offers from different companies to sign a contract under them. While you hadn’t done that, you, well more like jieun, had accepted a few small gigs for some modeling content. Your most recent gig was for an online shopping mall that Jieun had often frequented, she had snatched that deal for you in an instant. 

But well I guess all this came with dating the woman that made your heart leap out of your chest everytime she looked at you. You would do anything for her and if that meant having to deal with random fangirls commenting about their favorite imaginary “ships” under your post then so be it. It didn’t seem to bother Jieun so you just rolled with it, even when people would comment big names in the industry as being the second half of the relationship in the pictures. You had felt almost flattered that these random people thought you could be in a relationship with all the names in the comments but still, no one was more perfect for you than Jieun. She was the only person that existed in your eyes. 

It wasn’t until Jieun had started uploading videos of you a few months ago that the comments really started to ramp up on the guessing game of who Jieun was. The videos usually just consisted of her poking or annoying you in some sort of fashion throughout the day with your account's signature black and white filter slapped over it. The videos were really nothing extraordinary that would reveal who Jieun was. Well that was up until she uploaded a video where she was laughing in the background. Soon the comments were filled with people saying she laughed just like “Iu”. When you saw that you instantly panicked and you told her to take the video down. Jieun being the voice of reason had told you that taking the video down would only seem more suspicious and to just give it time, people would soon forget about it. You hated to admit defeat but she was right, soon the comments were filled with other people’s names.

Luckily for the both of you, Jieun’s entertainment company already knew about the account and they were completely behind Jieun. If anything were to happen they were prepared with statements for that situation.

“Don’t move…” Her voice was quiet as it broke into your deep thoughts.

“Hmm, okay..” You hummed in response as you did what she said, which was nothing. You stayed still for her.

You heard her phone’s camera make a noise followed by a satisfied hum from her.

“Am I good to move now..?” You spoke without moving your mouth to emphasize your dedication to not moving for her.

She let out a soft laugh, “Yeah you’re free to move now, silly.” She planted a kiss on your cheek before moving back to finish whatever it was she was doing on her phone.

You leaned over to look at what was keeping her occupied, “What are you up to..?” You saw a picture of your new tattoo on her phone as she typed in a caption. 

“I just thought it would be nice to update everyone on your new art piece.” She looked up at you with the sweetest smile. 

“Ahh I see, you better add in there that you helped me settle on this design.” You looked down at your left wrist where your newest addition to your tattoos sat. It was nothing crazy, just a simple outline of all the continents. 

“I did, and…. Posted.” She smiled as she waited for the influx of comments to hit. 

You watched her from where you were sitting, just adoring the way the light of her phone settled on her face, accentuating all the features you loved about her.

“Oh wow, they really like it. Told you it went really well with your other wrist.” She looked over at you before pointing at the tattoo you had on said wrist, it was a heart that had a simple airplane completing the outline of the heart on the right side. 

“Yeah, you’re always right.” You smiled as you thought about both tattoos. You had gotten the heart a few years before meeting her and now with the irony of dating someone who traveled all over the world to perform sold out shows it couldn’t have been any more perfect. You had originally gotten it because when you were a bit younger, you had a job that had you traveling to different countries all the time. 

Jieun let out a small sigh as she leaned her head on your shoulder, “I want one so bad.”

“Easy, then get one.” You leaned your head against hers. 

“No, you know it’s not that easy for me to just go out and get one.” 

“Hmm, why not..? Plenty of people in the music industry have them.” You spoke in genuine confusion.

“But those artists are different than I am. I have a certain image to uphold. You know this.” She closed her eyes as she spoke to you.

“I know that Jieun, but that shouldn’t stop you from doing something you want. You could always just get a small one somewhere people won't see it.” You paused for a minute before smiling, “Well not too small to where it would look like a little mole.” 

Jieun let out a small chuckle before lightly hitting your arm, “I hate you.” 

“Haha I love you too.”

The two of you sat in comfortable silence before Jieun checked the time on her phone. “Hmm we should start getting ready now, he’ll be here soon.” 

“Oh, sounds good.” 

_

“Are you finished getting dressed..?” You heard her ask as soon as the shower turned off. 

“Yeah, I’m good to go.” You sat on your bed as you waited for her to finish up in the bathroom. 

A few seconds later she walked out with a towel wrapped around herself and another one wrapped around her hair. She stared at what you were wearing before humming to herself.

“What’s wrong..? Do I look bad..?”

“No, far from that. It’s just I have something else I want you to wear.” She walked over to your shared closet and you followed right behind her. She looked around for a bit before finding what it was that she had in mind. “Here it is, try this on instead.” She handed you the piece of clothing before walking out and back to the bathroom.

You did as she said, slipping your other shirt off and putting on the one she gave you. “Oh wow..” You looked at yourself in the mirror and noted the way this shirt exposed your shoulders. 

After a few more minutes Jieun had walked back out of the bathroom in her sweatpants and a random sweater she probably stole from your side of the closet. “Nice, that looks way better than I expected.” She smiled happily like a little girl with a crush. 

“It’s nice, where’d you get it from..?” 

“Oh, you remember that photoshoot you had last week for my favorite online mall..?” 

“Uhm, yeah. Why?” You tilted your head to the side when you couldn’t figure out why she brought that up since she couldn’t go with you to the shoot.

“Well you remember how you took Hanteo with you?” (Her manager) 

“Yeah, you didn’t want me going by myself.” You looked to the side as you tried remembering everything. 

“Well while you were in the middle of shooting, I video called him and he took me on a virtual tour of the set. Then in the back I saw this shirt and I knew it would look beautiful on you. So I had him ask around to see if he could buy the shirt from them. We kept it a secret haha.” She ran her fingers on the fabric of the shirt.

“Oh wow.” You looked down with a lovestruck smile, “Hmm, well why this shirt specifically for today..? You could’ve kept this hidden until we had dinner out together.” 

“Well if you must know, it's because I want to be able to see this whenever I look into the audience today.” She pointed to the tattoo of a paper plane you had on your right shoulder. 

“Oh, I see. Well if it makes my princess happy then I love it. Thank you for the shirt.” You planted a gentle kiss on her lips before pulling away to smile at her. 

Her face immediately flushed red, “Okay let’s go before you make it impossible for me to leave.” She grabbed your hand before pulling you around to the front door. 

You were giggling the entire time she was dragging you to the front door. You put your shoes on then helped her with hers. You both walked out once you had everything you needed. 

Her manager had greeted the both of you when you got into the car.

“Are you ready for today..?” He asked Jieun as he pulled out of your driveway.

“Of course, I always am.” Jieun smiled when you reached to hold her hand in her lap.

“Okay good, well get comfortable the traffic is going to make it a headache to get there.” Hanteo gave the two of you one last smile before looking ahead as he pulled into the road.

The ride to the venue did indeed take longer than you were expecting, luckily you spent the whole trip joking around with Jieun. She kept taking pictures of you from the most random angles while you kept trying to snatch her phone from her hands to take some of her as well. 

After pulling into the back of the venue her manager turned around to tell the two of you that you made it.

“Thank you Hanteo, we appreciate the ride.” You told him before opening your door and holding it so Jieun could step out.

“Of course, that’s what I’m here for.” He stepped out of his own door before walking around the front of the car to take a stack of papers he had in the passenger seat. “I have to go hand these out real quick but you two feel free to head inside.”

“Okay, we’ll see you later then!” Jieun smiled at him before grabbing your hand so you could walk inside together.

“What were those for..?” You asked Jieun about the papers Hanteo had.

“Oh it’s about today's schedule for the show, he has to hand them out to everyone. His email wasn’t working all week so he just decided to physically hand them out. You know how hard headed he is when things don’t work like normal.” 

“Ah I see,” You reached out to open the door to the venue, “After you.” Jieun stepped through the door first and you quickly followed behind her. 

You both walked towards her dressing room, hand in hand, as she told you what she looked forward to the most tonight.

When you both made it to her dressing room she sat in the chair left out for her in front of her makeup station, and you went and sat on the counter near her. You took a few seconds to admire the way she looked at herself in the mirror. When she finally noticed you looking at her in silence she couldn’t help but smile. 

“Why are you looking at me like that..?” She asked you as she looked to see if anyone was around. 

“Like what..?” You smiled at her as your head tilted to the side. 

Her face completely flushed red as she used her hands to cover it. “Like that, stop it.” 

You couldn’t help the laugh that her actions gave you. “Jieun, my love, you’re going to have hundreds of people staring at you in a few hours, what’s the big deal with me just admiring you for a few seconds..?”

“Okay but that’s different, all those eyes don’t even come close in comparison to yours.” She peeked through her fingers to look at you before squealing and closing her eyes shut when she saw you moved to stand near her. 

“Haha so cute…” You leaned down to whisper in her ear, “These eyes have also seen more of you than all those people combined.” You kissed the top of her head before moving to sit back on the counter you were originally relaxing on. 

Jieun removed her hands from her face to look at you in complete shock, her face was as red as a ruby as she stumbled over her words, “Huh.. wha- why would you say that…?” 

You couldn’t help but laugh at her reaction, “What’s wrong..?” You plastered an innocent look on your face as you watched the way she reacted to your actions. 

She was unable to say anything else as her crew walked into the dressing room, all of them engulfed in their own conversations. 

“Oh,” The lead make-up artist looked at Jieun’s face in confusion before turning to look over at you. “Are we interrupting something here..?”

You couldn’t help but laugh as Jieun’s face only got more red with embarrassment. “Haha no no, you didn’t. We were just talking.” Your head tilted to the side as you thought about your actions, “Hmm well more like I was admiring my beautiful girlfriend from all the way over here and she was getting flustered by my amazing compliments.” You plastered that same innocent face from earlier as all Jieun could do was shoot daggers at you with her eyes. Oh those beautiful eyes of hers. 

“Ahh I see, well sadly I’m going to have to ask you to refrain from making her flustered. The red on her face is not going to make this easy on us.” The lead make-up artist joked with you, she often worked with Jieun on many projects so the three of you were pretty well acquainted. 

“My bad, my bad, I’ll try to hold myself back. It’s not my fault that this woman gets easily embarrassed when it comes to me complimenting her even though we’ve been dating for almost five years now.” You rolled your eyes in a playful manner at her. 

Jieun was still glaring at you as she crossed her arms over her chest, “Mmm compliments… sure if that’s what you want to call that…” She mumbled to herself as she held her own little huff and puff party. 

“Oh, is that a new piece..?” The lead make-up artist asked when she walked up to where you were sitting to get some of her equipment, referencing your new tattoo. 

“Oh this,” You held your wrist out to her so she could get a better look at the artwork on it, “It is new, Jieun helped me pick it out.” 

“ooh she did..?” She examined the tattoo before looking over at Jieun, “Well she certainly has a good eye haha.” 

Jieun’s eyes darkened as she looked you in the eyes, “Yeah I do have great taste, thanks for noticing.” 

You met her eyes before laughing to yourself, “Anyways, I’m going to go see what outfit they have prepared for you.” You hopped off the counter and walked over to where she was sitting, “I’ll be back in a little bit.” You planted a soft kiss on her cheek, “You look so beautiful.” You walked away so she could get her makeup done. 

“Ugh the two of you are so perfect for each other it makes me sick.” Jieun’s lead make-up artist said as she placed everything she needed in front of her. 

“Haha, thank you for the compliment I suppose..?” Jieun spoke her response in a questioning tone as she didn’t know if she meant what she said as a compliment. 

“It is a compliment, I promise.” She started to pull Jieun’s hair out of her face before she got started on her perfected craft, “When are the two of you going to finally tie the knot..?” She asked as she finished clipping Jieun’s hair back.

“What..? Well uh, I’m not sure haha.” Jieun once again couldn’t help but get flustered at the question. 

“Wait, she still hasn’t asked the question yet??” She asked Jieun in shock.

“No she hasn’t, why has she said anything about it..?” Jieun looked up at her with all the concentration in the world. 

“Hmm no she hasn't, but I just figured she would have proposed already. I mean the two of you act like you’re already married anyways haha.” 

Jieun looked down at her ring finger on her left hand, “Maybe someday…” 

With Jieun thinking about your future together, you were busy bothering her main stylist about the outfit she was supposed to wear for the event. 

“This is what she’s wearing..? Wow, are you trying to give everyone in the crowd a nosebleed..?” You looked at the beautiful sundress that was hanging on the clothing rack in front of you. 

“You know not everyone in that crowd has as big of a crush on your girlfriend as you do, right..?” Jieun’s main stylist grabbed the dress off of the clothing rack so she could bring it to Jieun’s dressing room, with you following right behind her. 

“Well that doesn’t matter, Jieun herself is just too beautiful for this world so putting that dress on her would give just about anyone a nosebleed.” You answered in a “matter of fact” tone as you tried to keep up with her pace. 

“Listen, all that matters is that this dress fits the theme of her album so we’re sticking with it. If she causes a national uproar in reported nose bleeds then that will be PR’s problem, not mine.” She opened up the door to Jieun’s dressing room so she could walk over and show her what the outfit choice for the event was. 

And with her response you were silenced as you shuffled into Jieun’s dressing room passing by all the new interns working with the hair and makeup crew. 

Jieun was engulfed in conversation with her main stylist as she showed her the dress while Jieun was getting her makeup done. You just observed them all from the back of her dressing room as you didn’t want to get in the way. 

“Oh, excuse me, can I just grab that real quick.” One of the interns you passed by earlier was standing in front of you with a nervous look on her face. 

“Hmm? Oh I’m sorry.” You quickly moved out of the way when you could see how overwhelmed the young girl looked. “Are you okay..?”

“What..?” The young girl looked up at you once she finally grabbed what it was that she needed. “Oh yeah I’m fine haha, I just have to hurry or I’ll get in trouble.” The girl waved the object in her hand at you before scurrying on. 

You stared at where the girl was standing before deciding to go and find her, stopping to grab a water bottle along the way. You hadn’t realized that Jieun had watched your entire interaction through the mirror as all you had in mind was helping out the poor brand new intern. 

It didn’t take long before you saw the young girl scurrying back towards Jieun’s dressing room with a new object in hand. You moved in front of her to get her to stop walking. 

“Oh sorry, excuse me.” She stepped to the side to walk past you but then she looked up at you in shock when you moved over as well to stop her again.

“Hey, stop.” You smiled at the young girl, “Take a break.” You reached for the object in her hand before replacing it with the water bottle you had in your hand. “Slow down young one, don’t overwork yourself. I can take this for you, please catch your breath and relax for a little bit.”

“Huh..?” The girl looked up at you with the biggest eyes that quickly seemed to water up. 

“I’m assuming you were bringing this to Yeonha..?” You were able to assume that this was going to Jieun’s make-up artist given the items. 

“Oh yes, she had asked me to hurry with those brushes.” The young girl answered you with reddened cheeks. 

“Okay well I can take them to her for you, please go catch your breath and relax, there’s plenty of time.” You had been to many of Jieun’s work events to know that Yeonha was a rusher when it came to getting everything done even when she would have plenty of time. 

“Thank you so much.” The young girl slightly bowed her head at you before blinking away at the tears that began to form in her eyes. 

“Haha it’s no problem, I know how Yeonha can be, trust me you won’t be this stressed out all the time.” You smiled at the girl before turning away, you held the object in the air waving it slightly. “I’ll get this to her, enjoy your break.” 

The young girl just stared at you in amusement as you disappeared down the hall. 

You walked up to Jieun and her make-up artist, handing her the object you had in hand. 

“Hey, Yeonha, you need to go easier on the interns.” 

“Huh?” She looked at what you had in your hands in shock, “Where did you get that..?” 

“I got it from that poor girl you have running in laps down the hallway, she looked burnt out so I told her I would bring this to you and that she could take a well deserved break.” You shrugged your shoulders before placing the object down in front of Jieun on the make up counter. 

“Oh uh, thank you.” She looked between you and Jieun, unsure of what to say.

“It’s all good, just try to take it easy on her, interns aren’t used to everything yet, just try and ease them into it.” You gave her a small smile before looking down at Jieun. “I’m going to go ahead and walk out to my seat so you can finish getting ready.”

“Huh? Wait..” Jieun held onto your hand so she could get up from her seat, “Don’t forget this.” She walked away to grab something before coming back with one of her albums. “Gotta fit the part.” She smiled at you before placing it in your hands. 

“Ah right, is this one of your special editions..?” You asked with a joking smile since you knew that Jieun loved writing you random messages and doodles in the albums that she gave you.

“Of course it is.” She let out a small giggle before pulling you into a small kiss. “I’ll see you out there in a bit, just try not to look like you’re too in love with me.” 

It was your turn to laugh at her before leaning in to whisper into her ear, “Why, do I make it hard for you to hold back..?” 

Jieun pulled away to glare at you, “Shut up before I kick you out.” 

You let out a bigger laugh, “Haha well I didn’t hear a no.” You gave her lips a small peck, where you would’ve opted for her cheek but due to her make-up being done you wanted to be nice to Yeonha, “Well, I’ll see you out there Miss IU.” You sent her a wink as you said her stage name before walking out of her dressing room. 

“Ugh that girl…” Jieun stared at you as you walked away with a dumb grin on her face. 

“Okay love bird get over here so we can finish your make-up.” Yeonha put her hands on Jieun’s shoulders so she could turn her towards her seat. 

_

You walked around the venue for a bit to see if anyone needed a hand with setting anything up before walking to the seat that Jieun picked out for you. You had just gotten done helping the stage crew bring out some decorations for her first performance so now you sat down bored as you waited for the doors to open to the public. 

You figured now was as good a time as ever to look through her new album. You had seen everything from a behind the scene’s perspective so being able to see the final product in front of you was awesome. No matter how many releases you’ve been by Jieun’s side for, you would never get tired of unboxing the newest product of her hard work. You flipped through every single page slowly to admire all the pictures of her and all of her scribbled notes directed towards you. The smile on your face looked like it would never disappear as you flipped through the pages. 

“Oh,” You got to the end of the pages and were now reading her album’s dedication section. “This is a note to the person who is there for me everyday and night no matter what. Whenever I feel lost they’re always there to reassure me that I am on the correct path. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me, even the things you don’t know that you helped me with, I hope to one day properly repay your kindness.”

You didn’t notice the way your eyes welled up with tears until you blinked. “This girl.” You smiled as you ran your finger down the page before closing the photobook. 

A few moments later you could hear the sound of people walking in and talking, you looked up to see a line of fans walking into the venue, many of which were carrying huge cameras. You were able to pick up on some familiar faces in the crowd since they would frequent many of your girlfriends events. The rows began to fill up and soon so was your own row. The seat next to you was now occupied by a talkative fan who hadn’t stopped talking about Jieun’s latest album to the girl next to her. 

“Hey, I like your tattoos, they’re pretty.” 

It took you a minute to register the fact that the hyper fan was talking to you, “Oh thank you so much.” You sent the girl a small smile before looking at your phone. 

Jieun had sent you a message so you quickly checked it and made sure no one around could see the contents. “I’ll see you in five minutes.” She attached a photo of her in the dress you saw earlier and you swore that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. 

“Oh, that dress is dangerous.” You replied to her message before putting your phone away.

After a while of waiting in silence a very familiar figure appeared on the stage in front of you and the once quiet room was now filled with loud cheers. After waving at everyone in the crowd she began to perform the first song on her short set-list. 

Unlike everyone else in the crowd you enjoyed her performance without recording anything and you just made yourself comfortable in your seat as Jieun sang to the crowded room. Before meeting Jieun you had only been to a small handful of concerts but none to any artist you were really into, just some random pop up events that your friends would drag you to, but now here you were at what felt like your millionth performance of Jieun’s. You enjoyed every single one of her performances like it was your first time watching her sing. 

She made it through the rest of her set-list without a problem and then everyone watched as the staff brought out a table and a chair. Jieun had her microphone in her hand so she talked to the crowd as she stood at the edge of the stage. 

“Haha did you all like the songs..?” She listened to the crowd cheer in response, “Well I am glad, I’ve been working on this album for the better part of a year now.” The crowd cheered again and everyone watched as she went to take a seat in the chair behind the table. 

The staff of tonight's event soon started to direct the different rows into a line so they could walk up and get their albums signed. You watched in amusement at how she smiled at everyone that stood across from her and the way she easily made small talk with everyone. 

The first two rows on the right side of the room were nearing the end of their turn on stage so now it was your row’s turn to line up. You were always surprised by how well behaved her fans were when it came to events like this. When she first told you about her career and work events you expected everything to be hectic, but to your surprise it was quite the opposite.

You couldn’t hide the smile on your face as you heard the girl in front of you fangirl to her friend ahead of her. You enjoyed hearing the different things all of her fans had to say about her every time you were near them, it was like you were learning a new fun fact about her every event.  

It was now your turn to get your album signed so you walked past all the familiar faces of her staff before placing your previously vandalized album on the table in front of Jieun. 

“Hey stranger,” You sent her a soft smile as your eyes took in her beautiful appearance from up close, “You look gorgeous.”

Jieun’s cheeks flushed a light shade of pink as she listened to your compliment, “Thank you.” She avoided looking you in the eyes as she opted to look down at your album so she could sign it. 

“A lot of people showed up today, were you nervous..?” You asked as you watched her flick through the pages to find an empty one to write a note.

Jieun shook her head before landing on the one page she left free from her graffiti, “Not really, most of the faces in the crowd are pretty familiar by now.” She closed up your album before sliding it across the table to you with a beautiful smile. 

“Ahh I see.” You picked up the album and you returned her an identical smile, “Well I have to go back to my seat now but just a quick tip. Try no to look too in love with me, you’re making it pretty obvious.” 

Jieun rolled her eyes at the cocky grin on your face before plastering a fake smile on her face, “You’re so lucky I love you.” She spoke through her teeth as she waved at you like you were any other fan in the crowd.

You let out a small chuckle, “Hell yeah I am.” You gave her one last smile before walking along the stage. You could feel her eyes on you as you made your way to your seat. Well what you didn’t know was that there were other eyes on you as your familiar face started to make sense to some of the people in the crowd. 

You sat down with your girlfriend's album in your lap and a dumb smile on your face as you watched her from your seat. 

You were zoned out, lost in your own thoughts, up until you felt someone lightly tap on your shoulder. You looked down in surprise when you were met with the eyes of the girl who was seated next to you. 

“Oh, yes..?” You straightened your posture as you waited for the girl to speak to you.

“Hi, I’m sorry to bother you but I just had a quick question to ask you. Would you mind..?” The young girl asked you for permission as her friend peeked over her shoulder. 

“Huh..? Oh sure, go ahead.” You didn’t take any concern with her request as you figured she was probably going to ask you to take a picture of her and her friend. You got these requests pretty often at Jieun’s events. 

“Okay well my friend and I couldn’t help but notice how familiar your tattoos looked so we just wanted to ask if this was you..? You don’t have to answer if you’re uncomfortable, it’s just that both of us are fans of your account.” The girl was holding her phone out towards you with a picture of you and Jieun in it, well your face was the only one anyone could see anyways. 

“Oh uh,” You looked at her phone then back up at the girl's face before looking over at Jieun on stage then back at the phone. You were racking your brain for answers to give the girl, what would Jieun do in your place..? “Yeah that’s me.” You rubbed the back of your neck as you didn’t know what to expect next. 

The two girls looked at each other and shared a gasp once you admitted to being the one in the picture. 

“Oh my god that’s so awesome, can we please get a picture with you..?” The girl's friend asked you.

“Huh..?” You were super confused as to what you were supposed to do, you had never been recognized in public before so for this to happen at one of Jieun’s events was mind numbing. 

“You know, like a picture..?” The first girl said as she made a picture taking motion with her hand. “I’m telling you we’re both big fans of your account.” 

“Oh uhm, sure. Sorry I’m not used to this.” You admitted to the two girls as you let out a shy laugh, “And for the record that account is all my girlfriends work, I don’t want to take any of the credit for it.” 

“Oh my god that’s so cute, I can’t.” The girl opened up the camera app on her phone and then you were standing with each girl on either side of you. “Smile.” The girl said as she took a few pictures. 

“Are they okay..?” You asked her as she checked the pictures. 

“Yes they’re great, thank you so much.” The girl showed her friend the pictures before they both moved to sit back down in their seats. 

You followed along, sitting back down in your own seat, with a bright blush of embarrassment on your cheeks. You let out a small breath as you thought they were done talking to you, but you were quickly mistaken.

“So where is your girlfriend..? Is she here with you..?” The girl asked you as she looked around the venue. 

“Uh well something like that..” You mumbled quietly before shaking your head, “Oh no actually, she’s working today. Uhm she’s a big fan of Ji-” You paused and blinked a few times, “IU, she’s a big IU fan.” You smiled in a way to convince not only the girls but also yourself of your little white lie.

“Awe so you’re here to get her a signed album from her favorite artist..? That’s so cute, the two of you are such couple goals.” The girl and her friend shared a squeal. 

“Haha yeah…” You wiped away some sweat that had built up on your forehead. 

“I know this is going to sound like we’re crossing a line, but can you show us what she looks like..? You don’t know how curious we are.” The girl’s friend asked you. “The two of you just make the cutest couple, even if we’ve never seen her face, just from the words she writes about you we can tell that she is beautiful.” 

“Oh I’m sorry.” You slightly bowed your head to the two girls, “I can’t do that. My uh girlfriend is just really private.” 

“Oh but you said she runs the account, no..?”

“She does, it’s just that if her workplace see’s that she’s dating a woman uhm she can get fired.” That sounded believable right? You asked yourself. 

“Ohhhh.” Both the girl and her friend said at the same time. 

“That makes so much sense, I’m sorry for bugging you over that.” The girl offered you a sincere apology, “Well thank you for taking the time out of your day to talk to us.” The girl smiled at you before the both of them went back to talking to each other. 

“Oh my god..” You buried your face in your hands as you tried to calm yourself down from having a panic attack. 

Once you had managed to calm your breathing down you lifted your head to look up at the ceiling, counting to ten slowly as you breathed in and out. When you finally looked forward, your worried face quickly caught Jieun’s attention. 

“Are you okay..?” She mouthed to you in a subtle way. 

You gave her a slight nod before mouthing back to her, “Later..”

She sent you back a small but subtle nod before turning her attention back to her fans on stage. 

The rest of the event went on fine, but you felt like you couldn’t enjoy it with the big knot that your stomach was now in. You kept catching the girls next to you glancing over so you tried your best to just act like any other fan of your girlfriend but it was just so weird to you. You were sure they could see right through the act. “They know, they know, they know.” Those words repeated over and over in your head. 

Soon the venue began to empty out as Jieun had just finished performing two encore songs and she finished saying her goodbye’s to everyone. Your row was one of the last one’s to empty out as you stayed seated with your head spinning. 

The two girls that were sat next to you had thanked you once again for the picture before walking out. 

Once everyone had made their way out of the venue, you and the cleaning crew were the only people left in the empty room. You finally stood up after your many minutes of pondering thoughts. You then heard small but quick footsteps running up behind you and then you suddenly felt someone’s weight on your back. The quiet giggles quickly gave up the person’s identity. 

You couldn’t hold back your smile as you quickly put your arms around Jieun’s legs to hold her in place on your back. 

Jieun reached over to plant a small kiss on your cheek, “How was it..? How did I do tonight..?” 

You turned your head to look at her, “You did amazing, like always. Everyone in the crowd loved your songs.” 

Jieun let out a small giggle before reaching for her phone, she held it out in front of you as she captured a few pictures. She hid her face behind your hair but her beautiful smile was still visible. Once she felt like she took enough pictures, she jumped off your back and you turned around to face her. She gave you a small kiss before holding your hand in both of hers. 

“You look tired, are you okay..?” Jieun moved one of her hands to place it on your cheek. 

You leaned into her touch as you gave her a small nod, “I’m okay now.” You turned your head to plant a soft kiss on her hand. 

Jieun’s eyes were still filled with concern even after hearing your words of reassurance. “Okay well do you want to head to the back so you can tell me about what had made you look so stressed out earlier..?”

“Yeah, let me just grab my stuff.” You walked away from Jieun to grab your album and then the two of you interlocked fingers as you made your way through the venue and into the many hallways of the back.

On your walk to her dressing room you gave her a rundown of your interaction with the two girls. 

As you made it to the door of her dressing room she suddenly fell very quiet. The two of you just stood by the door in silence as it looked like Jieun was going through an internal conflict. 

Jieun finally looked back up at you, “I think I’m ready to tell everyone about us.” Her voice was very soft and quiet so it took you a minute to understand what she said. 

“What?” You looked at her in complete shock as your body froze. 

Shock, yes such a strange and bizarre emotion but your body was enveloped in it. But then a wave of relief rode over your body as you thought about how you wouldn’t have to hide the biggest secret of your life. But then fear quickly took over every inch of your body. Jieun was the love of your life. What if this decision was a huge mistake..?

_

“Oh, you dropped this.” You had picked up a phone that had slid on the floor of the bus and then proceeded to hit your shoe. You were handing it back to the girl in the seat behind you since she was the only one it could’ve belonged to. 

“I’m so sorry, I’m so clumsy how could I have dropped this.” The smaller girl laughed before reaching for her phone. “Thank you so much, uhm..?” She raised her eyebrow as she gave you the hint to introduce yourself. And so you did, “Well it’s nice to meet you, my name is Jieun.” The smaller girl introduced herself as well. 

“Oh well, it’s nice to meet you, Jieun.” You held your hand out for the girl to take. 

“The feeling is mutual.” The girl gave you the brightest smile as she returned your handshake. 

You finally pulled your eyes away from her mesmerizing ones as the bus came to a stop. You looked out the window and quickly jumped up. “Oh I’m sorry, this is my stop.” You sent her an apologetic smile before grabbing your stuff to rush off the bus. 

The girl smiled before standing up as well, “Well looks like it’s mine now too.” 

_

“So I’ve given it a lot of thought since we’ve been friends for a while now but uhm.” You paused as you had to look away from her eyes, “But, did you like want to maybe, like you know..?” You made an awkward hand motion as you couldn’t figure out how to put your thoughts into words. 

“Hmm..? Like uhm what..?” Jieun teased the flustered girl that stood in front of her. 

You took a deep breath before speaking your next sentence, “Do you want to be my girlfriend..? It’s okay to say no but somewhere along our friendship I started to get romantic feelings for you and I was just hoping that they would be mutual.” Your face was completely flushed red as you tried to avoid looking Jieun in the eyes. 

Before she responded she let out a little giggle that caused you to look at her, and to your surprise she was nodding her head. “I would be honored to be your girlfriend.” 

You couldn’t believe your ears, you thought you had mistaken what you heard. Jieun then swiftly pulled you into the softest kiss of your life. There was no mistaking what she meant now. 

“Finally, it took you long enough.” Jieun said once she pulled away from your first official couple kiss. 

_

“Oh my gosh, why do you own so much crap? This is so heavy.” Jieun whined as she carried one of your boxes into her neat apartment.

“Hey to be fair you’re the one who bought me most of this stuff.” You smiled at her antics as you walked in with the heavier boxes. 

Jieun placed your box on the ground in the living room before moving to flop on the couch with a loud grunt. “Oh my,” She let out a small huff, “I don’t think I’ve ever had to…” 

Before she could continue to complain you leaned down over her on the couch and you planted a small kiss on her lips. You felt her smile before she moved her hands to hold your face in a sign of defeat. You pulled away far enough for your noses to still be touching as the both of you smiled. 

“Okay, okay I get the message loud and clear.” Jieun moved her head side to side to rub your noses together before she moved to give you another kiss. This time pulling you on top of her on the couch.

The two of you shared a sweet moment together before you moved to lay next to her on the couch. Your arm was wrapped around her waist and your face lay nuzzled in the crook of her neck. 

“Finally, I’ve had to listen to you complain since we got on the elevator.” You smiled against her neck as you heard her groan in annoyance. 

“Ugh I hate you.” She turned her body so she could face you. 

You let out a small gasp, “You hate me..? Oh no, it looks like I’m going to have to move out before I even got the chance to finish moving in.” You moved to try and get up from the couch but you were soon stopped by Jieun. 

“Don’t you dare leave me yet. At least wake me up with some breakfast in bed or something.” She wrapped her arms around you so you could lay in place with her on the couch. 

You let out a soft chuckle as you surrendered to her touch, “Okay, okay, I won’t leave.” 

_

“Hey, wake up.” You whispered in Jieun’s ear, “Jieun get up.” You placed down a plate of food on her night stand before moving your hand up to her forehead to play with her bangs.

“Hmm…” Jieun mumbled tiredly as she leaned into your touch.

“Wake up baby.” You planted a soft kiss on her forehead. 

“I love you, but if the building isn’t on fire then don’t wa- wait.” Jieun’s tired voice came to a halt, “Do I smell food.” She opened one of her eyes to peek out at you. 

You couldn’t hold back your smile at how cute she was, “Yes, I made you some breakfast. So hurry and get up to eat before it gets cold.” 

She let out a small groan and then you helped her sit up. “Thank you.” She smiled at you tiredly as you placed the plate of food in her lap. 

“Mhm.” You hummed happily as she began to dig into the food. You couldn’t help but stare at the woman you were deeply in love with.

_

In what felt like an instant, all of your favorite memories with Jieun replayed in your head as you stared at her with blank eyes. 

“Baby, hey, are you okay..?” You began to hear her voice break through the fog in your mind. She grabbed both of your hands to pull you towards the end of the hallway where no one was around. 

Jieun placed both hands on your cheeks. She held your face in her hands as she looked at you with all the concern she could muster. “Why are you crying..?” She asked you softly. 

“Huh..?” You asked in confusion, “Crying..?” You couldn’t even feel the tears that streamed their way down your cheeks. “Jieun..” Your eyes began to water up even worse as you moved to pull her into a hug. 

“What’s wrong, hmm..?” Jieun hummed against your body as she hugged you. 

You pulled away to look at her, “These are tears of joy, I promise.” You grabbed one of her hands so you could plant a small kiss on her knuckles, “I can’t believe this is happening. My heart, it can’t handle this.” You let out a small sigh, “It only ever beats like this because of you.” You placed her hand over your chest so she could feel the rapid beating of your heart. “You’re the only person that can make me like this.” 

Jieun smiled gently, “So then what are these tears about..? Hmm..?” She tilted her head to the side as she waited for your answer. 

“It’s just, it feels like this is a big step forward for us. It feels unreal.” Your shoulders dropped as you looked down at the ground. “Wow..” You shook your head before continuing, "I've waited for what feels like an eternity to be able to let everyone know we are together. Not because you are 'IU the famous celebrity' but because you're 'Jieun the one girl who can make me feel like no one has before'. I want people to know how much of a beautiful person you are inside and out, how happy you make me, how you take care of me when I'm not feeling the best, how you always reassure me everything will be okay and most of all, I want people to know of the love I hold for you in my heart."

When you looked back up at Jieun you weren’t expecting to be met with her tear stained cheeks. It was your turn to dry her face, your thumb delicately tracing over the small streaks on her cheeks. 

“Are you okay..?” You leaned your forehead against hers as she closed her eyes. 

“Mhm,” She hummed as she took in a deep breath, “I’m fine, it's just you always catch me off guard with your words.” 

You pulled away from her so you could look her in the eyes, “Well they’re not just empty words, they’re my true feelings put into word format. I mean everything that I say when it comes to you. I seriously do love you Jieun, and I’m willing to do any and everything you need me to do.” 

Jieun looked at you for a few seconds as she thought about what to do next. She let out a small breath before smiling at you, “Okay then, let me talk to Hanteo real quick so I can see what we can do.” 

Jieun tried to walk away but you grabbed her arm to stop her from leaving, “Wait.” 

Jieun looked at you in shock but then she decided to let you say whatever it was that you needed to say. “What’s wrong..?” 

“Jieun, I know I’m okay with people knowing about us, but are you one hundred percent sure you’re okay with this..? We live two separate lives, this news coming out wouldn’t hurt me as much as it would your career. Are you sure you’re willing to risk everything for us..?” Jieun had spent her entire lifetime building up her successful career that could quickly fall in ruins at the mention of any news that the public would disagree with. You wanted her to be super sure about her decision. 

Jieun held your hand in both of hers, “Yes, I’m sure.” Three words. It was that simple to her. There was no contemplation on her part, she was ready for everyone to know about your relationship. She didn’t care about anything else, much less the public’s opinion about her relationship. “Whatever happens to my career could never come as close as us not being able to be together. I would choose you over everything else in this world every chance that I get.” Jieun’s tone was as sincere as it’s ever been, she wanted you to know she was serious. “If no one accepts me for who I am and who I love, then what's the point of keeping this career up if I can't be happy.” 

And with that final statement from her, you knew there was no changing her mind now. “Okay then.” You matched the expression she wore on her face, “So we’re doing this..?” 

“Mhm.” Jieun hummed in response. 

“Wow, we’re doing this..?” You repeated your sentence as more of an exclamation as the situation finally resonated in your head. “We’re doing this!” This time it wasn’t even a question, it was more of a cheer. You pulled your hand away from her grip so you could jump up and down in celebration. “We’re doing it!!” You continued to cheer, putting a smile on Jieun’s face, until you felt all the extra energy in your body dissipate. 

“Haha are you okay now..?” Jieun asked once you settled back down from your impromptu cheer performance. 

“Ooh yeah, just a little dizzy.” You placed a hand on your head, your current state being a result from you jumping up and down while spinning in a circle. 

Jieun couldn’t help but laugh at your current state of being. “You’re so cute.” 

It was now your turn to blush as Jieun’s words made their way into your heart. You were used to being the cheesy one in the relationship so you being in this state was a rare sight to Jieun. 

“Ahh so cute.” Jieun couldn’t help the small squeal of excitement she let out when she saw you in your flustered state. “Oh the way I love you is insane.” Jieun wrapped you up in her arms so she could squeeze you. The cuteness aggression she was feeling was serious. 

“Jieun stop…” You couldn’t handle her teasing you like this, so pulling away with a smile you turned away from her. You buried your face in your hands, the warmth on your face was a surprise to your now warm hands. 

Jieun’s eyes widened in adoration, she loved seeing you being so flustered by her actions. She considered this moment as payback for how you were teasing her earlier. She beat you at your own game essentially. 

“Cute.” Jieun mumbled as she moved to hug you from behind. “Come on, let’s walk to my dressing room, I still have to find Hanteo so I can talk to him about all this.” 

It took you a few more deep breaths before you pulled your face away from your hands, “Okay.” You nodded before turning in Jieun’s embrace. “You lead the way?” You asked her as you looked into her eyes. 

Jieun couldn’t hide her smile when she noticed just how vulnerable you looked in that moment. “Mhm.” Jieun released her arms from your waist so she could hold your hand. She led you down the hallway and to her dressing room. The both of you walked in as everyone was packing up all their items. “Wait for me here..?” 

“Okay, but don’t take too long.” Your voice was quiet as you were still feeling shy from her actions earlier. You loved to tease her but when it came to being the one being teased you just couldn’t handle it. 

Jieun’s smile widened, “Mmm okay, I’ll try to hurry.” Jieun spoke with a pout as her voice sounded like she was speaking to a lost child. Jieun cupped your face so she could give you a kiss before walking away. 

You walked to the back corner of her dressing room so you could sit in one of the empty seats. You slowly spun in the chair you were sitting in as you looked up at the ceiling, mind racing about all the possible outcomes of your relationship going public. 

After what felt like an eternity, but was really just thirty minutes, a familiar hand stopped your chair from spinning. You instantly smiled as soon as your eyes landed on the familiar beauty in front of you. 

“Having fun..?” Jieun asked you in a light hearted tone as she moved to sit in your lap. 

You had a small pout on your face as you shook your head, “About as much fun as I can have when you’re not around.” You paused to let out a sigh, ”Which is not much at all.” You responded as you gently wrapped your arms around her while she got comfortable against your body.

Jieun giggled quietly before letting out a small breath, “Hmm well I have some good,” She paused before tilting her head up to look at you, “And some bad news.” She reached up with her hand to place it behind your head, gently tilting your head down so you could look at her. 

“Okay,” You looked her in the eyes as your hand gently traced up and down her side, “What’s the news..?” 

“Oh wait,” She moved her hand away from your head so she could dig her phone out of her pocket. She called over someone in the room, when you looked up you noticed it was the overworked intern from earlier. “Hi, sorry to bother you but would you mind taking some pictures for me..?” Jieun asked the now flustered girl. 

The young girl looked at you and then at Jieun with shock written all over her face, “Oh sure.” The girl grabbed Jieun’s phone from her hand. 

You looked at Jieun while the young girl fumbled with the phone, “You never miss the opportunity for a picture, do you..?” The dumb smile on your face was met with the proud one on Jieun’s face. 

“Of course not babe, you should know this by now.” Jieun moved her face to hide it in the crook of your neck, using your hair to cloak her face. 

You readjusted your hands before looking up at the camera, the intern had been snapping pictures of the two of you since she managed to open the camera application. When you smiled at her she froze before accidentally dropping Jieun’s phone. 

“Oh my I’m so sorry.” The girl quickly reached down to pick up Jieun’s phone before being stopped by Jieun placing her hand on the girl's arm. 

“Hey don’t apologize, it’s okay. Thank you for taking time out of your day to do that for me.” Jieun moved off of your lap so she could pick up her phone. 

The girl quickly bowed her head at you and Jieun. “Sorry.” 

“Hey it’s okay, really.” This time you spoke to the young girl, “Sorry if she held you up from doing what you needed to do.” You gestured to Jieun who was now looking through the pictures that the girl had taken. “She gets tunnel vision when it comes to a photo opportunity.” 

“Oh, okay.” The girl stared at you with big eyes. “I didn’t mind.” 

“Haha okay, well we’ll leave you alone now.” You bowed your head at the girl before placing your hand on Jieun’s back so you could make her bow to the young girl as well. 

“Oh right, thank you so much.” Jieun smiled at the girl once she was upright. 

The girl scrambled off after that so then the two of you moved back to sitting in the chair together. 

“Okay well you got your pictures, are you going to tell me the news now..?” 

“Mhm but wait, look at this one…” Jieun held her phone up to your face to show you a picture. 

“Oh.” Your eyes widened in surprise by how good the picture actually was. You were smiling at the camera but the photo was snapped right at the moment the intern lost her grip on it so it was a little blurry but just in the right way. 

“Right..? It’s my favorite one.” Jieun giggled before putting her phone away. Jieun cleared her throat before speaking again, “Okay so I talked to my company and they told me that as long as I’m one hundred percent sure about my decision then they would stand behind me for everything. They only have one condition, and that’s for us to announce our relationship through a live broadcast.” 

“Oh, so I’m assuming the broadcast is the bad news..?” You asked Jieun after what she said weighed in your mind. 

“Yeah, I just wasn’t sure how you would feel about it. If you don’t feel comfortable about it then we can just cancel this whole thing.” 

“Oh no Jieun, don’t worry. I want to do this just as much as you do.” You smiled at her, “As long as you’re with me I’ll be okay.” 

Jieun admired you for a minute before responding. She knew making that decision was hard for someone in your position. You never cared about being in the public’s eye but now you were essentially being thrown into it because of her career. She would be lying if she said she didn’t feel super selfish for making you make this decision and also super guilty for all the sacrifices you had to make when it came to dating her. She often wondered if you would be happier with just having a normal relationship with anyone not in a public position such as hers. 

“Jieun, are you okay..?” You moved a hand up to hold her face when you saw her having an internal battle. 

Jieun nodded her head as she avoided looking you in the eyes, “Yeah, I'm sorry. I just can’t help but feel like I'm forcing you to do this. I’m sorry for putting you in this position.”

“Jieun, no, you’re not forcing me to do anything. Don’t say that, okay..? I want to do this. I promise.” You leaned down so you could plant a soft kiss on her forehead. 

Jieun finally looked up at you, “Okay, then when do you want to do the broadcast..?”

You shrugged your shoulders in response, “It doesn’t matter to me. Talk to Hanteo and your company, whatever works for them will work with me.” 

“Alright then,” Jieun let out a heavy sigh, “I’m nervous.” She admitted to you in a hesitant tone. 

“It’ll be okay. If anything were to happen I’ll be right by your side.” 

Jieun leaned her head against you before closing her eyes, “I know love, thank you.” 

“Of course baby.” Your voice was gentle when you noticed just how tired she was

_

Everyone had soon cleared out of the room and only you and Jieun were left alone, a few staff members filtered in and out of the room occasionally. Hanteo had walked up to you to let you know the car was ready for you outside. 

You looked down at Jieun, who had fallen asleep on you a while ago, you slid your arms underneath her so you could slowly pick her up so as to not wake her. You carefully made your way out of the room and towards the car outside. On your journey to the car she had wrapped her arms around your neck as she mumbled something in her sleep. 

You and Hanteo walked to the car together as you discussed Jieun’s decision. He told you he was genuinely surprised it took her this long to come to this decision since he always knew her as someone who always wanted to get everything done as soon as possible, not caring about any of the negativity when it came to something she truly believed in. 

Once you made it to the car, Hanteo opened the door for you so you could slide Jieun into the back seat. You quickly got in so you could lean her head onto your shoulder so she could continue sleeping. Hanteo moved to get into the driver's seat so he could get the two of you home as soon as possible. 

_

In what seemed like a flash, a week had passed since Jieun had settled on her decision for your relationship to go public. After a lot of back and forth of planning, her and her management team had come up with a fairly simple but effective plan. 

The day after her fan meeting she had uploaded the pictures she had taken when it ended, (The one she took while on your back and then the one where she was in your lap) and in the caption of the pictures she had mentioned that the two of you would be having a broadcast. Then on her own personal account she started following your couple’s account and then she liked the post about the broadcast. These two simple steps led to a huge whirlwind of events. 

Many people in the comments started to speculate about how it was Jieun in all the photos, well for once these delusional guessing comments would be right, and by just having her personal account following your couple’s account the followers completely blew up. Now you weren’t someone who cared about any of the numbers on anything as this page was mostly like a public diary about your relationship, but even you were impressed by how huge the numbers grew. Your account went from where it sat before to having almost half of what her personal account had. Plus a few of her fellow celebrity friends started following it as well which also caused a huge movement of people discovering your account, well Jieun’s account. 

Continuing on with the plan, Jieun had posted a countdown with the numbers sort of being blended in on the pictures she would post to her story. Some people had quickly caught on but the rest had to find out about it through fan accounts on different social media pages. It soon became like a treasure hunt to find the ticking numbers embedded in her photos. Only those ticking numbers matched up with the scheduled live broadcast for your couple’s account. 

It didn’t take long for your own personal account to be found by her fans and the people who followed your couple’s account. You quickly had to move to delete many of your embarrassing pictures from your teenage years as you had barely used the account nowadays. Jieun took it upon herself to help you update everything on it. The theme of your couple’s account soon took over your personal account. 

_

“You okay, are you nervous..?” 

You looked up when you heard Jieun enter your bedroom, “Uhm, hmm.” You shook your head before speaking again, “Not really.”

“Are you sure..?” Jieun asked as she moved to sit next to you on the bed. 

“Yeah I’m sure Jieun, we’ve been together for nearly five years now, I think it’s time for people to finally know the truth.” You moved to lay your head in her lap, your eyes shined as you looked up at the woman who made your life better every second she was in it. 

Jieun let out a small laugh before placing a hand on your cheek, staring down into the eyes she loved very much. “I think you’re right. It’s time to let everyone know.”

“Just a few more hours to go and we will finally have nothing to hide anymore.” You couldn’t help but melt in her touch as her thumb lightly grazed over your cheek.

“Ugh, I seriously don’t know how I was able to keep us hidden this entire time.” Jieun leaned down to place a gentle kiss on your forehead. 

“Hmm, well I’m seriously surprised no one has ever figured it out yet, especially with the way you look at me in public events.” You had a little laugh at the look she sent you.

“Shut up, I hate you.” Jieun pulled her hand away from you so she could place both hands behind her so she could lean back. 

You wrapped your arms around her waist and moved to nuzzle your head into her stomach, “Oh come on, don’t say that. You love me.” You had a smile on your face as you could feel her laugh. 

“You’re so annoying.” Jieun let out a long sigh, “But I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t true. I think I might even love you a little too much, you turd.”

“Ha, that’s impossible.” You stopped moving your head to look back up at her. “Because I love you way more than you love me.” 

“Oh do you really?” Jieun’s head tilted to the side. 

“Mhm, I do.” Your arms tightened around her waist so you could give her a gentle squeeze. 

“Prove it.” 

“Hmm?” You let go of her waist so you could use your arms to lift your upper body up so your face would be even with hers. “And how do you want me to do that..?” You would be lying if you said the look on her face didn’t give you butterflies. 

“Do you really need me to spell it out for you?” Jieun leaned closer towards you. 

“Not really, but I just want to hear you say it.” Your head tilted to the side as a confident smile took over your features, completely ignoring the warmth that enveloped your entire body. 

“Oh really..?” Jieun raised an eyebrow at your answer. “How long do we have until our broadcast..?” 

“Uhm,” You broke eye contact with Jieun so you could look at the clock on the nightstand behind her. “About three hours or so.” Your eyes locked back onto her now darkened ones. 

“Good, that’s plenty of time.” Before your brain could register anything, Jieun had pulled you down onto the bed with her. 

Ahh Lee Jieun, the only woman who could turn a silly little joke into a crazy competition. Not that you were complaining or anything but jeez this woman drove you insane. 

_

“Oh, I definitely won here.” More than an hour had passed since your antics earlier and now you were hovering over Jieun’s reddened face. 

“Unfair.” Jieun mumbled before looking away from you.

“What..? Unfair?? How..?” You placed a hand on her warm cheek to tilt her head so she could face you. But before she could answer you let out a small chuckle, “Oh you look so pretty like this, Jieun.” You whispered in her ear before planting a kiss on her now sweaty temple. 

Your voice had sent a shiver down Jieun’s back, she tried her best to conceal it from you but she was very unsuccessful. “You’re unbelievable, you didn’t even give me a chance.” Jieun rolled her eyes at you. 

“It’s okay love, I enjoy loving you more.” You finally moved to untangle your body from hers so you could lay next to her. “I’m going to hop in the shower, you coming with..?” You turned your body so you could face her. 

“Of course I am, just give me a second to lay here for a bit.” Jieun sighed before placing her arm over her eyes, “I need to realign my chakras.” 

You couldn’t help but laugh at how random your girlfriend was. “Oh you’re so cute, I love you.” You leaned in to place a kiss on her cheek. “I’ll go get the water started, feel free to join once your chakras are done aligning.” You moved to get off the bed. 

“Wait…” Jieun whined as she threw her arms around your body.

“What’s wrong..?” You turned to look over at your girlfriend. 

All she did was whine before sticking her lips out to you. 

Once again you couldn’t help but laugh at her, “Why are you so cute..?” You gave in to her request as you leaned in to gently kiss her lips before moving on to peppering little kisses all over her face. “Insane Jieun, you drive me insane and I love it.” You smiled as you spoke to her in the softest voice you could muster. 

Jieun’s eyes were filled with all of the adoration in the world as she stared into your own love struck eyes. You finally pulled away from her after what seemed like a lifetime of staring into the others eyes. 

“Okay I have to get up now, we don’t have much time left baby. We gotta wash up, so hurry up with your chakras.” You had a goofy smile on your face as you moved away from your bed and into the bathroom. “Don’t take too long now or else I won’t help you scrub your back.” That was the last thing you said before turning on the water to the shower. 

_

“I still can’t believe you’re still this bad at drying your hair after all these years.” Jieun complained as she sat next to you on the couch in your living room, towel in hand as she gently dried strands of your hair, 

“Well why would I try to get better at it when I can just have you do it..?” You lifted your hand to place it on hers, stopping her from drying your hair. “It should be okay now, we only have a few more minutes left.” You tried pulling the towel out of her hand.

“Ugh fine, but if you get sick later from your hair being damp I don’t want to hear it.” Jieun let go so you could take the towel from her. 

Once you pulled the towel away you turned to face her, “Well whose fault is it that I needed to take a shower right before the broadcast..? Hmm..?” 

Jieun turned her head to look away as she shrugged her shoulders, “I don’t know. Crazy mystery.” 

You couldn’t help but laugh at the scene in front of you, “Yeah, mhm, mystery indeed.” You shook your head at Jieun before getting up with the towel in your hand. 

“Go put that away, I’ll set everything up for the broadcast.” Jieun finally looked back over at you. “And stop looking at me like that before I kick you.” Jieun grabbed her phone that she placed on the coffee table in front of her. 

“Okay okay, I’m going.” Jieun had placed her foot on your leg so she could lightly push you along. 

Once you put the towel away you walked back into the living room, the sight in front of you instantly making you laugh. You sped up so you could jump over the back of the couch and sit next to Jieun. 

“What’s happening babe, I thought you were the expert in this stuff..?” When you had walked back into the living room you had seen Jieun struggling with something on her phone so you had to take this opportunity to tease her. 

Jieun let out a small huff before looking over at you in annoyance. “It’s not like you would do any better.” Jieun had the phone up to her face. “Oh, ahh!!” Jieun threw her phone on the coffee table in front of you. 

“Huh, what’s wrong..?” You looked at the phone then back over at Jieun. 

Jieun pointed to the phone before whispering, “I accidentally pressed start, go stop it.” 

“Oh, hold on.” You reached for the phone then you were soon greeted with your own face on the screen in front of you. You froze for a second before looking around to screen for a button to end the accidental live stream. “Oh, I found it.” You clicked on the red button up in the corner of the screen then you gave the phone back to Jieun. 

Jieun let out a huge breath as she placed her hand over her heart, “My goodness that scared the mess out of me.” 

“Did they see your face..?” You moved closer to her, putting your hand on her arms to try and calm her down. 

“I don’t know, I was trying to swipe out of the app but I accidentally hit the button and then I just threw the phone. I don’t know if anyone saw anything.” Jieun sighed before shaking her head. “I’m sorry, this might have been a bad idea.” She let go of her phone, letting it fall onto the couch so she could place her hands on her head.

“Jieun, it's okay.” You slipped your hands underneath her so you could turn her to face you. “Breathe baby, it’s going to be okay.” You moved her hands away from her face so she could look at you. “Breathe.” You whispered to her. 

Jieun nodded her head before struggling to calmly intake air. 

You moved her hair behind her ears so you could look at her face, “It's okay, just breathe.” 

You worked with Jieun for a few more minutes until she was finally able to calm down. You hated seeing her panic like this but it also wasn’t something new to you. 

“Better..?” You spoke to her in a gentle voice when she finally looked you in the eyes. 

“Yeah, I’m okay now.” Jieun’s voice wavered as she answered you with a nod. 

“Hey, everything is going to be okay. Don’t be too hard on yourself for a simple mistake. It happens, at least now we know it works.” You spoke the last sentence in a light hearted tone so she would know it was supposed to be a joke. 

“Mmm well I guess you’re right.” Jieun finally cracked a smile. 

“There we go, all better.” You ran your fingers through her hair before giving her a soft kiss on the forehead. 

Jieun’s smile lingered on her face as she watched you, “Did you still want to do it..?” 

“Hmm, what..?” Your head tilted to the side as you questioned what she meant. 

“The broadcast, do you still want to do it..?” Jieun clarified what she meant as she looked into your eyes. 

“Oh the broadcast.” You couldn’t help the smile on your face, “Of course, as long as you’re okay to do it.” 

“Yeah I’m fine now, I’ll just leave this to you.” She placed her phone in your lap. 

“Okay love, we’ll start it whenever you’re ready then.” You took her phone from her to examine the screen. 

Jieun stood up from the couch so she could grab a glass of water from the kitchen. She didn’t want to admit it to you but she was very nervous about this whole situation. She didn’t want you to get hurt because of her and she knew people would be ruthless to whoever she was in a relationship with. As she stood at the edge of the kitchen with her glass in hand, she watched you sitting on the couch scrolling through her phone. 

“Hey Jieun, uhm people are starting to comment about us saying we’re past the ten minute timestamp you posted about on the story thing.” You were scrolling through all the recent comments on the post Jieun had uploaded a bit ago talking about what time you two would begin the broadcast.

Jieun looked over at the clock on the stove and saw that the two of you were indeed behind schedule. Jieun took a small breath in before walking back over to sit next to you on the couch. “You can start it whenever you want, no pressure.”

You looked between Jieun and her phone, “No pressure.” You repeated what she said. “Okay, just a few more seconds then. I think that I’m now the one who needs her chakras realigned.” You flashed her a smile when you referenced what she had said earlier that evening. 

“Oh, it’s actually kind of quiet in here, isn’t it..?” Jieun looked around the living room before standing back up. 

You just watched as she walked over to the smart speaker you had in the living room then she asked the speaker to play some music. You couldn’t help the laugh you let out when she jumped in surprise at how high the volume was at first. 

“Oh, found it.” Jieun whispered as she turned the volume down to a reasonable level. 

Once Jieun sat back down next to you you looked at her phone, finger hovering over the “Start Live” button. 

“It’s okay baby, whenever you’re ready.” Jieun whispered to you before gently placing a kiss on the side of your head. 

You looked over at her with a small smile, “Okay then, this could either be the beginning of paradise or hell, but for you it is worth it.” 

Jieun leaned against the armrest of the couch so she could get out of her phone's camera frame and she watched you with so much love in her eyes it was crazy. “Let’s hope it’s paradise, because that’s how these past few years have felt.” 

You gave her a small nod before focusing on the screen in front of you. “Here we go, 1.. 2.. 3.” You spoke to yourself before finally clicking on the button that you’d been staring at for what felt like forever. All you could do was stare at the screen for the first few moments as you watched people continuously join the broadcast. The number grew way faster than you expected, the shock was evident on your face. You finally began to introduce yourself once Jieun nudged you with her leg to snap you out of your trance. You looked over at her then back at the phone, clearing your throat, you began to speak. “Oh wow, hi.” You smiled shyly at the camera as comments went flying by on the screen. “There sure are a lot of people here tonight haha.” Your head tilted to the side as you read some of the comments. “Okay well let me get started then.” You cleared your throat again before looking at the camera lens instead of the screen. 

“Hello, thank you all for joining in tonight as we have some crazy news to share with everyone, but before we get to all that I just want to say a few words. I apologize in advance if I come off as incoherent or scattered brained, my girlfriend is actually the professional in all this public speaking stuff so please cut me some slack. But here we go, I want to first of all thank you all for being so supportive of this account and our relationship. I know a lot of you have been following this account for a long time and some of you even since the beginning. We both never expected this account to get the attention it got, it kinda just started off as a way for my girlfriend to record our relationship. She’s a very busy person so she loves to record any moments of us together when she can so that’s how this whole account started off. This was entirely her idea so I don’t want to take any credit for it, I’m just grateful that about a third of our relationship is always available for us to look back on.” You looked over at Jieun with a heartfelt smile before looking back at the camera. “Now, I guess I shouldn’t delay this topic any further so let’s get to it. One of the hottest topics about our account is who my girlfriend is and why she doesn’t show her face. Well she’s here to introduce herself to all of you out there, but I just want to give you all a small warning.” You pulled the phone closer to yourself so you could whisper, “My girlfriend is very very beautiful so just be prepared.” You moved the phone back to its original distance from your face. 

Jieun laughed at your antics as she watched you in amusement. 

You looked over and locked eyes with her, “Ready..?” 

Jieun admired you for a few seconds before nodding her head, “Mhm.” 

Your smile grew even bigger then you looked back over at the camera. “Okay, well I’m going to hand this off to her now, she’s kinda the professional in all of this so yeah. Here you go love.” You handed the phone to Jieun. 

She continued to keep her face out of frame until she was ready. Then slowly she moved closer to you, moving the camera to capture both of your faces in frame. Jieun didn’t say anything as all she could do was stare at the way the comments flew by faster than she could read them.

“Gosh Jieun, how do you manage to look even more beautiful on screen.” You spoke your genuine compliment as you looked between the Jieun next to you and the one on the screen in front of you. “Crazy.” You shook your head in disbelief at her beauty.

Jieun began to blush like crazy when she heard your compliment. “I guess it’s my turn to introduce myself, no..?” Jieun whispered to you.

“Mhm, go ahead baby.” You reached for her hand that wasn’t holding the camera. “You got this.” You reassured her with a gentle squeeze of her hand. 

Jieun looked between you and the camera as she built the courage to speak. Then finally she introduced herself. “Hello everyone, it’s nice to finally meet you all on this account. My name is Lee Jieun but a few of you may know that I also go by another name. And that name is IU.” Jieun’s eyes on screen reflected the comments that were speeding by on screen. “I know this may seem crazy, but yes, that has been me in all these pictures on this account. What do you think, did I do a good job at hiding my identity..?” Jieun asked the viewers as she had a small smile on her face. “I just hope that you all now understand the reason behind me being secretive about my identity on this account for the past two years.” 

The two of you sat in silence after her last sentence while you both tried reading some of the comments. You finally decided to speak up to help break the silence. 

“See, I told all of you that she was very beautiful.” You looked away from the screen so you could look at Jieun’s profile, “Very, very beautiful.” 

Jieun placed the phone in your hand so she could move to hide her face in the crook of your neck. “Stop that, you’re making me shy.” She whispered to you which caused you to laugh.

You held the camera up to show everyone watching the scene that was happening between the two of you. “Haha, did you hear that..?” You asked the viewers watching. “She’s shy.” 

After a small while the comments began to slow down and you were finally able to fully read them. You nudged Jieun so she could look at you. “Look, they’re all pretty much positive.” You gestured to the phone in front of you. 

Jieun finally pulled away from you so she could read the comments as well. “Oh wow…” She mumbled as she stared at the screen. 

“Yeah wow.” You agreed with her statement of shock. “I guess everything is going to be okay now, hmm..?” 

“Hopefully.” Jieun spoke in a quiet voice. 

“Hmm,” You looked between Jieun and the screen. “Well, I feel like we should tell them about ourselves, shouldn’t we..?” 

“Mhm, we should.” Jieun nodded as all she could do was stare at you in admiration at how you were able to lead the livestream even though this was your first time doing anything like this. 

Your eyes grazed the comments that were flying by, filled with questions. You read them outloud to yourself before finding one that you wanted to answer. 

“How did the two of you meet..?” You read the comment out loud then you looked over at Jieun, who was still just staring at you. “Do you want to tell the story or do you want me to..?” 

“You can do it…” Jieun answered as she avoided looking you in the eyes. 

“Okay,” You planted a gentle kiss on her forehead before clearing your throat and looking back at the camera. “It was about seven years ago now, and believe it or not we first met on the bus. Crazy right..?” You smiled as memories started to flood your mind. “I was in my first year of university here and I was heading to a study group at a cafe near my campus. I was still fairly new to the area so I had gotten on the wrong bus at first so when I boarded the one Jieun was on, I was already running late. And Jieun, well actually where were you headed to..? You never told me.” You looked over at Jieun.

“Oh, it was my day off so I was just visiting a bunch of different bakeries and cafes around town.” Jieun answered as she moved to lean her head on your shoulder so she could look at you through the screen in front of her. 

“Oh, interesting.” You smiled when you felt her lean on you. “Continuing, she was in the seat behind me and she had suddenly dropped her phone which slid forward, hitting my shoe, so like any other sane person in the world, I picked it up to hand it to her. But man, when I was handing her her phone, the look on her face was unbelievable. The way she looked at me in that moment still gives me butterflies to this day.” You couldn’t help the smile on your face as you continued to tell the story of your first meeting. 

Jieun happily sat with you, occasionally chiming in to help with some of the story telling, she didn’t know if it was the huge amount of weight that was no longer on her shoulders that made her feel even more comfortable leaning on you. You were her happy place and she would never deny that. You had then given the phone to Jieun so you could explain this part of the story with your hands.

“And yeah, all that has led up to here. I can’t believe I’ve had to deal with your crazy self for this long.” You laughed as you looked at Jieun.

“Ha, you’re the crazy one here, not me.” She playfully slapped your shoulder. 

“Sure, as if that’s not a lie.” You had a sly smirk on your face as you watched Jieun.

Jieun glared at you before breaking out in a bright smile, “It’s insane that I love you so much that I can’t even pretend to be mad at you.” 

You let out a joyful laugh before moving to quickly wrap her up in a hug, knocking her phone out of her hand in the process. “Oh, oops.” You leaned over to pick her phone up from the ground, “I’m sorry about that, are you all okay..?” 

While you were talking to the camera Jieun stared at you from behind, “Dummy…” She mumbled in a not so subtle way. 

You turned away from the camera to look at her, “What did you just call me..?” 

Jieun had a mischievous smirk on her face as she answered you, “Dummy.” This time she spoke with way more haughtiness.

“Oh really..?” You stuck your tongue to the side of your cheek as you nodded slowly. “This is how it’s going to be huh..” You had a small smile on your face as you moved forward to lean her phone against a candle you had on the coffee table. “Okay then.” Once you had the camera set up you turned around to face Jieun. “Dummy, is it..?” You asked before moving to jump on top of her. “Say sorry.” You laughed as you began to tickle the squirming girl beneath you. 

“Hahaha, n-no, n-, hahaha, never!” She laughed loudly, barely letting the words out. 

“Say it,” You couldn't help but laugh at how infectious Jieun’s laugh was. 

“No!” She yelled as her laugh got even louder. 

“Say it.”

“No!”

Say i- woah!” Before you were able to even realize it, Jieun had wrapped her legs around your waist, quickly moving to flip the two of you over. Uh-oh, now she was the one on top. 

“J-jieun,” You let out a giggle, “Stop!! You’re going to make me pee myself!”

“Ha ha, Karma punk.” Jieun now sported that same mischievous smirk from earlier as she tickled. 

By now you had completely forgotten about the camera and broadcast as all your focus was now on getting revenge. 

Somewhere in between your squirming around you were able to grab her arms to stop her from tickling you, you quickly moved to tackle her back down underneath you. “Ha! Got you.” You quickly stood up from the couch and moved to pick her up and throw her over your shoulder, once you had her where you needed her, you began to spin around. 

Jieun was laughing so hard tears began to stream down her face. 

Once you stopped spinning her around, you carefully dropped her back onto the couch, proceeding to throw a pillow at her. Jieun quickly scrambled to sit up so she could throw the pillow back at you.

You caught the pillow as it flew towards you, “Haha loser, I caught it!” You teased, sticking your tongue out at her. You turned around to look for a bigger pillow but then that soon became a big mistake as Jieun took that opportunity to jump on your back.

The two of you continued to play around like children for a while until you finally remembered about the broadcast that was still live streaming your whole play fight. Jieun was currently on top of you on the couch, attempting to do some wrestling moves when you reminded her about the camera. 

“Huh?” She paused in the middle of one of her moves, “Oh no.” She cleared her throat then she rolled off of you to sit down, trying her best to seem normal.

You couldn’t help the huge belt of laughter at the sight of her, “Oh you’re so cute.” You wrapped your arms around her and peppered her in kisses all over. 

Jieun was laughing while trying to free herself from you, “S-stop, haha, the, the, the broadcast.” She managed to get out in between her laughter. 

You finally pulled away from her with the biggest smile on your face. “Okay, okay. I’m sorry. I can’t help myself. You’re just too cute.” You planted one last kiss on her lips before grabbing her phone off of the coffee table. “Oh wow.” As you sat back down you looked at the number of people watching, it had more than doubled since the moment the two of you started playing around. 

_

It was now time for the broadcast to end and Jieun was the one who was in charge of that as you now sat asleep hugging her from behind. Your head was leaning on her back as your arms were wrapped around her waist. 

Jieun couldn’t help the smile on her face as she watched you from the screen, man was this girl in love. 

Jieun looked back up at the camera to begin speaking again in a hushed tone as to not wake you up. “Well I hope this wasn’t too much of a shock to my longtime supporters but I don’t regret this decision. This relationship is a huge part of who I am and I just hope that you can all continue to support me for who I am and not because of who or how I love. And I mean that with all the sincerity in the world.” Jieun paused to turn her head to look at you, “I love her a lot, she makes me so happy it’s hard to even put it into words.” Jieun looked back over at the camera, eyes looking over the comments, “She’s someone very special to me. She makes me feel things that I didn’t even know were possible. There’s no one out there more perfect for me than her and she has never made me feel anything less than special.” Jieun didn’t notice how a tear had escaped from her eye as she spoke her truth, “I have to go now, thank you for all of your support. Bye.” Jieun waved at the camera then she cut the broadcast off. 

_

“Jieun, I’m not sure about this. I’m nervous.” You whispered as you followed her into the dressing room you were now sharing. Yes sharing, not her dressing room, but one for the two of you. 

After the news about your relationship went viral everything quickly changed for you. You had to resign from your job due to people constantly pestering you about your relationship with one of the biggest artists in your time. Then outside of that people with huge cameras began hunting the two of you down everywhere you went and you were constantly getting bombarded by reporters trying to reach out to you. 

The day after the news came out Jieun decided to take the two of you on a vacation to a small village in a secluded part of the country so you could have some form of peace together. Your couple's account was the hot topic of every news outlet in the country so you went from barely being in a light to being on everyone’s phone in the country. 

Once the two of you came back from your impromptu vacation, Jieun’s manager had requested for you at her company. When the two of you showed up both Hanteo and the CEO of her company were waiting for you in one of the meeting rooms with a contract. After a lot of discussion you and Jieun figured this was the direction you were meant to go in, Jieun couldn’t have been happier for you as you signed the contract. Jieun admired your beauty more than anyone else in the world and now you would have an even bigger opportunity to share it with the world. This definitely wasn’t the way you expected your life to go but for Jieun, all of this was definitely worth it. 

So all of that leads to this moment, the producers of the show “Happy Together,” had reached out to Jieun’s manager to ask if the two of you were willing to appear for a special episode they were planning on shooting. You had left the decision up to Jieun and she agreed to it once the two of you had talked about it for a while. 

“Hey, it’s going to be okay. Just be yourself, there’s absolutely nothing to worry about, okay? I’ll be right next to you the entire time.” Jieun reassured you by placing a gentle kiss on your knuckles. 

“Okay…” You nodded in response before letting go of her hand so she could get her makeup done. You sat on the couch in the dressing room as you watched her through the mirror. 

Then soon it was your turn to sit where she was. You definitely weren’t used to the feeling of someone doing your makeup but you had seen Jieun do this a million times so you tried your best to sit still.

After the two of you were made up you sat in the dressing room together just talking. Jieun had begun to post old pictures of the two of you together on both your couple’s account and on her personal account so that was the topic the two of you were talking about.

There was a knock at the door then one of the producers you had introduced yourself to earlier walked in. He informed the two of you that he was going to give you a rundown of today's episode. He walked the two of you through the set as he explained what to do. “So when this door opens the two of you will just walk through and introduce yourselves, then you can walk towards the couch and sit down. If you begin to feel overwhelmed just let us know, this isn’t being broadcasted live.” He spoke the last sentence more towards you.  

It was almost laughable at how opposite both you and Jieun were at the current moment. She was cool, calm and collected as she smiled at everyone around, meanwhile you were on the brink of freaking out and looking like you could vomit any moment now.

Once the producer walked away, Jieun turned to face you. “Hey look at me, it’s going to be okay. Take a deep breath.” She rubbed your arm as you did what she said. “It’s going to be fine, okay..? If you need me to, I can talk for the both of us.” 

“That would honestly probably be the best choice here, I don’t want to embarrass the both of us.” You gave her a small smile. 

Jieun moved in to hug you tightly and you soon felt yourself relaxing in her embrace. 

“You know I love you, right..?” Jieun whispered in your ear. 

You nodded before whispering back, “Mhm, and I love you too.” 

Jieun continued to talk to you in an attempt to calm you down as they began to film. 

After a couple of minutes the door the producer mentioned earlier opened and it was now time for the two of you to walk onto set. Jieun held your hand tightly as she led the way. 

You felt super nervous but Jieun never once let go of your hand, soon all the introductions were over and the two of you sat down on the couch designated for you. 

As the show progressed you were finally able to calm down as you soon noticed how friendly everyone was on set. This was honestly one of your favorite shows to watch in your free time so actually being able to be on set was super awesome. 

At one point Jae-suk had motioned towards you and Jieun while smiling, “The two of you haven’t let go of each other's hand since you walked in.” 

Instead of Jieun you spoke up, looking down at your interlocked fingers, “Yeah I guess we haven’t.” 

You looked up to look at Jieun, her eyes immediately locking onto your own, a proud smile on her face. 

The two of you then shared a laugh when Myungsoo told a dumb dad joke about your situation. 

Towards the end of the show Jae-suk had brought up the topic of the public's response to your relationship. Not in a way that was invasive but more as setting up the discussion for normalizing queer relationships in the country and in the Media. 

“Well,” Jieun began, “There was a huge amount of support from people outside of our country and by people from the younger generations. I ignored many of the unpleasant responses as I know that our relationship is just as valid as anyone else’s relationship, so to anyone out there saying that we’re setting a bad example for their kids then I’m sorry but I have to disagree. If two people in a healthy and loving relationship is a bad example for kids then I’d hate to see what a ‘good’ example would be for your kids.” Jieun spoke in such an eloquent way that helped disguise the disgust she felt to the people who spoke ill of your relationship. 

You just had to take a moment to admire how she sounded so professional to the camera but yet she was essentially telling people to screw off.

The smile on your face wasn’t missed by Jae-suk as he soon asked you for any input you wanted to add. 

You looked over at him and nodded, “Well just like Jieun said, we both care for each other very deeply and this was a huge decision we both agreed on after years of being together. I knew this choice was going to hurt her career in some form or another but I am glad to know that we can show young people that it eventually gets better. That they are normal and there is definitely not something wrong with them. I know if a celebrity I looked up to as a kid had this in common with me then it would’ve made life a lot easier on me. Not saying that my parents didn’t support me, cause they definitely do, it just would've made everything that was going on in my head make more sense. But now I get to wake up to this beautiful face everyday and I couldn’t be happier.” You looked at Jieun. “And as a bonus, Jieun isn’t as stressed anymore about hiding such a big part of herself from her fans. So I want to thank all of her fans that decided to stick by her side. I thank all of you so much for accepting me and our relationship. I promise to take care of Jieun and to always be there for her.” 

Jieun’s eyes began to water as she listened to you, then Jae-suk asked her if she wanted to add on to what you said. 

“Oh sorry, just give me a minute.” Jieun smiled as she turned her face away from the camera. With the hand that wasn’t holding yours, she patted her finger around her eyes. “Sorry.” She apologized to the cast and crew. 

“No, no, don’t apologize.” Jae-suk reassured Jieun with words of encouragement.

“Okay well,” Jieun started once she was able to collect herself, “We really do hope to become a beacon of hope for young people everywhere so that they know they will always be loved and accepted by us. We both know how it feels so trust us when we say we love everyone out there who may feel like they don’t fit in with society's normalized standards. You will all become happy in the future, I wish things didn’t take such a long time but in the end I promise it will be worth it.” 

Everyone on set couldn’t help but get emotional at what the two of you were saying and Jieun wasn’t helping once she said that she was starting an outreach organization to help give young kids resources to help process their feelings. She stated that she had wished that this was something she had around as a kid so instead she wanted to be the one to establish this organization. Jae-suk even chimed in saying that he would also like to help out sometime. You couldn’t have been prouder of the woman sitting next to you. Always so caring to everyone. 

Overall your experience on the show was amazing, everyone from the cast to the crew was incredibly nice to the both of you. You were glad that you were both given the space to share more about your relationship to people out there who still doubted that relationship was anything more than a publicity stunt.

After the cameras stopped rolling you thanked everyone for allowing the two of you on the show and then it was time for you to leave.

You and Jieun walked outside hand in hand following behind Hanteo. 

“I knew you would do an amazing job, I’m so proud of you.” Jieun said once the two of you were seated in the car. 

“Well I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous, but you being there with me really helped out.” You had a small smile on your face as you talked to her. 

“Then I’m just glad you didn’t have a panic attack.” Jieun kissed your cheek, causing you to look at her, “I’m seriously so proud of you.” She planted a soft kiss on your lips before putting her seat belt on. 

_

Once you had made it home you had asked Jieun if she wanted to go on a walk to see the sunset. 

Of course she agreed so as she waited for you by the door you ran into your shared bedroom to slip something into your pocket. You quickly rushed out to meet her at the front door, and even though she didn’t say anything, Jieun knew there was something up with you. 

The two of you walked along the scenic pathway you frequented on her days off, hand in hand, talking about everything and anything that came to mind. Jieun would pause occasionally to take pictures, as always, and you couldn’t help the smile on your face as you admired her. 

You had stopped walking once you made it to what you considered the most beautiful spot on the path. 

“What’s wrong..? Are you thirsty..?” Jieun asked in concern when you pulled her aside. 

You couldn’t help the small smile on your face as you shook your head, “No, I’m fine. I just wanted to ask you something.” 

Jieun raised an eyebrow at your strange behavior, “You know you can ask me anything right..? You don’t have to ask for permission.” 

“I know love, but I think I might need at least some permission for this question.” Before Jieun could say anything else you moved to get on one knee. You pulled out a little black box from your pocket, opening it up towards her and it revealed a simple yet beautiful ring. It had both of your initials engraved onto it, and it was topped off with a beautiful but appropriate diamond. “Lee Jieun, will you marry me..?” Your voice wavered with a bit of nervousness as you asked her the big question.

“You can’t be serious??” Jieun’s face was riddled with shock as her eyes began to water up. “Yes, yes of course! A million times yes!”

You couldn’t help but laugh as your own eyes began to tear up, you slid the ring onto her ring finger then you moved to envelope her in a big hug. 

“Finally…” Jieun mumbled before pulling away from the hug so she could kiss you. “You took your precious time with this love.”  

“I know baby, and I’m sorry it took this long. I just didn’t want to ask you before we went public, I didn’t want to pressure you into feeling like we had to go public. I was happy waiting until you were ready.” You held Jieun’s face in your hands as you admired her eyes. “I love you.” 

Jieun’s eyes continued to water, “I love you too.” 

_

“She’s my fiance, yay! She’s my fiance, yay! She’s my fianc-” 

“Are you okay..?”

“Oh my, Jieun, you scared me!” You had jumped up in surprise when you heard Jieun’s voice behind you. 

It was later that night and you were washing the dishes from dinner as Jieun showered, you didn’t expect her to finish up this fast… so yeah she might have caught you celebrating to yourself. 

“Are you that excited to be engaged with me..?” Jieun wrapped her arms around your neck once you turned around to face her. 

“Are you joking..? Of course I’m this excited Jieun. I’m sure I’m probably the happiest woman on earth right now.” You placed your hands on either side of her waist. 

Jieun had a smile on her face as her eyes looked back and forth from your eyes to your lips, “Well I think there’s probably one woman on earth who is happier.”

“Oh really..?” You raised an eyebrow at her. “And who would that be..?” 

Jieun leaned in closer, “Me.” She whispered to you before leaning in to envelope you in a loving kiss. 

_

“Oh they’re loving this picture babe.” Jieun smiled as she showed you her phone screen.

“I told you, it’s my favorite one.” The photo on her phone was one of her in frame while holding your hand on up to the camera. You interlocked fingers showing the newly found rings on both of your ring fingers. This was the first picture on your couple’s account that featured just Jieun’s face. 

“I liked the one with both of us in it, but you insisted on this one.” Jieun opened up her gallery to show you the picture she was referencing. 

“Baby you can just post that on your account, no one’s stopping you.” 

Jieun gasped, she stared at you with the widest eyes. “You’re so right, I forgot I could do that.” 

You couldn’t help but laugh at her antics, “You’re so cute baby, don’t ever change.” You planted a kiss on her cheek before laying your head on her lap. You looked up at the woman you loved the most and your heart was super content, there was no better feeling than this. 

[justalonelybitch]

Hey can you do a solo artists x reader mafia au reaction where maybe the artists get jealous and idk It leads to nsfw

I hope you like it!! It was a bit rushed, but I'm trying to get as much done as I can.

Solo Artists x F!Reader

Genre: Smut, Mafia AU

Warnings: Jealously, Possessiveness, Suggestive, Implied Sex, Marking, Desk Sex, Punching, Groping, Voyeurism, Handcuff, Restraints, Blindfolds

Word Count: 1.4k

Buy me a coffee :)

Your girlfriend entered the club calmly, bodies naturally making way for her as her aura was intimidating. Her piercing gaze darted around the room, looking for any sign of you. When she caught sight of the familiar head of hair she began making her way towards you. However she stopped in her tracks at the sight of an unknown man with you, uncomfortably close. Her eyes darkened, pushing past anyone in her way to get to you.

Jessi

Wrapping a protective arm around you as soon as you were within reach, glaring at the man beside you. “Who’s this, baby?” She asked, eyeing him up and down judgmentally. He was practically shaking in his boots at her gaze, frantically bowing in apology for even looking at you.

With the snap of her fingers her guards were escorting him out of the building, now turning her attention to you. “Was he bothering you?” She questioned, ready to make the call and have him beat. “No, don’t worry. I was just waiting for you and he offered to buy a drink,” you explained.

You soon realised that wasn’t the best thing to say as you watched the way her jaw clenched at your words. “And what did you say?” She inquired, raising a threatening brow. “I-I said that I was w-waiting for someone,” you stuttered out. “Good girl,” she smiled eerily. “I think you deserve a reward for having to deal with that scumbag,” she smirked, pulling you out of the club by your wrist.

CL

Her thoughts raced as she approached you, wondering who would dare even look at you. Rather than going straight to you, she tapped his shoulder, making him whirl around. “Who are you?” He asked drunkenly, a scoff leaving Chaerin’s lips at the question. Ignoring his question she posed one of her own. “Why are you bothering her?” She spoke impatiently, not wanting to deal with him much longer.

“I was just buying this lovely lady here a drink. So if you don’t mind,” he said, gesturing for her to leave. Big mistake. She huffed, not bothered to tolerate his intoxicated nonsense. She punched him square in the jaw, not even sparing a glance as he lay unconscious on the floor.

“Come with me,” she said sternly, leaving you no room to protest. Once you arrived in her office she pinned you against her desk, pressing sloppy, open-mouthed kisses to your neck. “Who the hell does he think he is?” you muttered angrily into your neck. The slight growl of possessiveness that came from her throat told you that you were in for it tonight.

Sunmi

Her gaze was sharp as she neared you, stepping protectively between the two of you. “Yah, I was talking to you,” the drunken idiot muttered, too intoxicated to realise who he was talking to. “Well now you’re not,” she shooed him.

Unfortunately for him, he couldn’t take the hint. Instead he tried to push her away, missing by a mile and tripping over his own feet. Her guards were quick to take him away, making sure he was never to return, knowing it wouldn’t end well. “Did he touch you?” She asked seriously, her eyes raking over your body. “No, I just ignored his idiocy,” you spoke in an annoyed tone, making her smile.

She leaned in to connect your lips in a rough kiss, pulling away only to trail them down your neck. She bit down hard, littering marks in her wake. “Everyone will know who you belong to,” she said possessively.

Hyuna

She smirked as she edged closer to you, a plan formulating in her head. As soon as she reached you she spun you around, pressing her lips to yours in a searing kiss. Her hands sliding down to your ass, she squeezed it firmly. Her tongue pushed past your lips as you moaned.

“Hey!” The buffoon called, making her roll her eyes and reluctantly pull away from you. “What do you want?” She asked, looking him up and down with distaste. “I was talking to her, you know?” He said, as if it meant anything.

“And?” She asked, still confused as to why he was even talking. “W-well..” He tried to piece something together, but under her piercing gaze he crumbled. Once he walked away, sagged shoulder and all, a smile graced her face.

“How dare he bother my baby,” she pouted. Her arms still wrapped firmly around you, naughty hands groping at your butt. She would take you right here and now without a care in the work if it got everyone to leave you alone.

IU

She was curious, wondering her was dumb enough to talk to you. Once she got to you she pressed a kiss to your cheek, watching his reactions with mischief in her eyes. “Who are you?” He asked, frown plastered on his face. “Lee Jieun,” she said, enjoying the way he trembled in fear at the mention of her name.

“E-Excuse me,” he tried to excuse himself, ready to make a run for it. “Wait,” she commanded, voice no longer playful. “Take him to my private quarters, make sure to tie him up.” Jieun instructed her men.

“What are you planning,” you turned to her, head tilted to the side. “People can’t seem to take the hint that you’re mine,” she said, pondering. “So I’ll show him,” she said, smirking. You raised your eyebrows in confusion, still not understanding what she was implying. “I’ll fuck you in front of him,” She said darkly chuckling.

Chungha

Once she got close enough, she linked her arm with your own. “If you’ll excuse us for a moment, I need to have a chat with my girlfriend.” She said, turning on her heel and dragging you with her, she didn’t leave room for any refusals.

As soon as the door to her office slammed behind you, she pressed you up against the door roughly. “Mine,” was all she said, attacking your neck in open-mouthed kisses. Without any mercy she ripped your shirt off, smirking when she saw you were wearing no bra. “Naughty,” she whispered, her breath tickling your erect bud before she took it between her teeth.

“No one will ever dare to approach you again once I’m done,” she pushed her knee between your legs. You moaned at the feeling, rolling your hips in search of friction. “Make sure to be loud for me baby, I want everyone to know who you belong to.” She growled, biting your neck.

AleXa

She completely disregarded his presence, instead pulling you in for a passionate kiss. Your teeth clashing, she slipped her tongue into her mouth, swallowing your moans. “What are you still doing here?” She asked, not even sparing the guy a glance as she pressed a few more pecks to your lips, waiting for his response.

When he didn’t say anything, she turned to him with an irritated expression. “That’s what I thought, now be gone.” She demanded immediately returning her attention to your neck. “Let's go somewhere a little more private,” she whispered in your ear, nibbling at your earlobe.

Once inside your private quarters she wastes no time, pushing you down on the bed. “What to do with you...” she pondered. Disappearing into your walk-in closet, then re-emerging with handcuffs and a blindfold in hand. “Strip baby, then we’ll get to the fun part.” She said, lust clouding her eyes.

Somi

It was an admittedly funny sight to see, Somi towering over a fearful looking man. He cowered under her gaze, looking back and forth between the two of you with wide eyes. “Scram,” she ordered, making him scurry off into the crowd. Glancing towards you she raised her eyebrows at the amused look on her face.

“Something funny baby?” She asked menacingly, making you stop chuckling. “N-No,” you said quietly. She looked at you for a moment, cooking up a plan in her head of all the things to you. Settling on one she pulled you towards her office, grip on your wrist strong and possessive.

“Get on the desk, ass up.” She commanded, your body moving embarrassingly fast just to please her. She landed a harsh spank to your butt, which was sure to leave a mark. Her other hand tangles in your hair, roughly pulling you up to meet her eyes. “You belong to me,” She said sternly.

I enjoyed writing this a little too much

[lholland14]

Thats Mine (IU x Reader)

"A week ago the Grammy's were held last night and boy were the awards swept up" Graham started, talking to the audience while he sat in his chair "Tonight we have a most of the winners here tonight. Since they basically won the whole thing" The audience laughed. "Welcome the 11 time Grammy award winner Taylor Swift, Y/n Y/l/n the newest global K-Pop sensation, Harry Styles the English singer, and her newest album reached top 10, Dua Lipa!"

"Welcome to the Show Y/n Y/l/n!" Graham Norton greeted me. "Now you've never been on the show before have you?"

"Uh no, I don't believe so." You smiled shyly at the award winning host.

"Well, welcome." Graham clapped along with the fellow guests and the audience. "Now I have to ask you about a running joke with your girlfriend IU." The crowd screamed in anticipation when he pulled up a picture of your wonderful girlfriend posing wearing a sweatshirt that was yours.

"Now you commented 'That's where my sweatshirt went'." He grinned showing the audience the comments. "And after that it just became running joke with the fans"

You laughed remembering how much a simple comment blew up "Yeah, she was away on tour that time and she loves wearing my clothes so she'll try to steal them before she leaves. I noticed my favourite sweatshirt was missing and when I looked at social media I realized she had taken it."

"Wait do you not realize whenever she takes your clothes?" Dua looked at you in shock

"No I know," You smiled "I just think it's funny when she thinks she's stealthy"

"Well she must think she's James Bond because she took your hat this time didn't she" Graham put up another picture of IU wearing your Harvard hat. "This time you just commented 'That's my hat' After that the fans have not stopped asking IU if she's wearing any of your clothes.

"I feel like the joke has been blown way out of proportion, but I'm not complaining." You smirked.

"And I just have to point out her next post where she is wearing a beautiful dress, and you commented 'I bought that'"

"I did." You smiled fondly at the memory of Ji Eun twirling in the beautiful lilac dress. Her laughs echoing when you stood up from the dressing room chair to ask her to dance. "I noticed the dress when I went on tour in Scandavia and was in Sweden at the time. I was shopping and noticed the dress and immediately thought of Ji Eun. Light purple is her favourite colour so I bought it for her."

"Awwwwww" Taylor cooed and clung to your arm "Can you be my girlfriend?"

You laughed but shook her off "Sorry but I'm taken."

Taylor pouted but quickly shook it off when Dua offered to replace you. So the sitting order was switched to Harry, you, Dua and Taylor.

Graham shook his head before turning to the screen once more "Here," He laughed, n to able to finish "Here is another incredible picture of your girlfriend wearing , apparently" He gave you the side eye making Harry burst out laughing.

"Oh yeah" You laughed at your girlfriend's silly pose before continuing "Um, she wasn't wearing my clothes nor did I buy that outfit, I also didn't take the picture this time" You gestured while the audience chuckled "So I couldn't comment my usual stuff so instead I just said 'Thats my girl'"

With that Harry stood up and clapped, prompting the audience to do the same.

He grinned when he sat down and asked "What did she do then? Ask to break up?" He joked.

"Yup." You deadpanned.

"Wait." Harry gaped

"No way." Dua gasped

"Do you want me to write a song about her?" Taylor joked.

"I'm good thanks." You smiled "She tweeted 'Y/n can we break up for a second? I have to prove a point.' So I accepted and slid into her Dms."

"Oh my God." Taylor covered her mouth.

"Smooth." Graham chuckled "What did you say?"

"Do you like IU because I've got my I on U." You laughed.

"Oh my God." Taylor repeated herself dying of laughter with Dua Lipa.

"Yeah." You grinned "The funny thing is thought the whole time we were literally a room away from each other."

"So after you DM'd her what did you do?" Graham asked intrigued

"I snapped my best friend Jisoo of BlackPink, saying that I saw the hottest girl and sent Jisoo a picture of IU laying on the couch. I snapped that I was going to ask her out, but was nervous because she was way out of my league." You noticed Harry howling on the floor next to you and joined in the laughter.

"Err, right so Jisoo posted the snaps on Twitter tagging Ji Eun and said 'Y/n slide into her DMs in which IU replied 'She already did' and posted the pictures of my horrible pickup lines that I know she hates. But secretly loves" You whispered to the audience.

"Oh so Jisoo was your wingman." Dua grins "I'll have to ask her for help next time I see her."

"She's not very helpful" You joked earning a hit from the English singer.

"Did you guys ever get back together?" Harry asked, still sitting on the floor.

"I knew I forgot to do something." Instantly the colour drained from your face upon the realization you never did.

Again Taylor repeated those three words she had repeated earlier and again asked if you wanted her to write you a song.

"Call her." An audience member yelled.

"Should I call her?" You smirked.

The yes from the audience was deafening.

"Here goes," You began searching for her contact "If she rejects me this will be awkard."

Not even after the first ring did Ji Eun pick up.

"Dang girl, busy much?" You joked

"You're on live TV Y/l/n did you not think I was gonna pick up?" She giggled

"True." You smiled and paused before feeling a slap on your leg from former One Direction member.

"You know princess, I love flirting with you, but I’d have even more fun dating you." You wriggled your eyebrows at the camera.

She laughed again before replying, "Mmh I don't know my ex was pretty amazing, I might get back with her."

"I don’t normally make the first move, but there’s no way I’m letting you get away." You raised you eyebrow at Harry and Graham's poor attempts to hide their laughter.

"Well then, I couldn't possibly say no to that." You could practically hear her smile.

"Clear your schedule, because I’m taking you on the best date of your life this weekend." You grinned, making a heart with your fingers at the camera for your girlfriend? No not yet. For your person.

"Okay will do darling." She chuckled before hanging up. She blushed and bit her lip when she saw you high five an audience member.

"She's crazy." She muttered to herself. "She's mine."

[nanawritesit]

Updated List of Kpop Groups/ Artists I Write For

These are all listed in my official guidelines as well as the franchises I write for, but I just thought I’d make a lil post too :)

ATEEZ

BTS

Tomorrow x Together

EXO

SHINee

SuperM

Stray Kids

Cravity

Seventeen (One unit per request)

Wonho

Twice

Red Velvet

Mamamoo

ITZY

G-Idle

IVE

Everglow

Cherry Bullet

IU

Girls Generation