fem!reader x son heung-min (south korea)
where he only feels better after talking to you.
day 1 of my world cup series ~
heungmin wasn’t fully there when the team was celebrating their 2-1 win against czechia.
he’d played okayly, but not good enough to score a goal. every time he’d get the ball he’d be unable to finish. 6 attempts and yet the ball never hit the back of the net.
worse yet, when he was subbed off, his replacement scored almost 10 minutes later.
the pats on the back, reassurances and jokes made him feel a little better. but there was really only one thing that could make him really feel better.
as he made his way up to his shared room with heechan, he got a call from you. a genuine, soft smile appeared on his face upon seeing your contact name pop up.
“hello, love,” you chirped when he picked up the phone. “i watched your game. you played well.”
he shook his head with a faint and disappointed laugh. “i played like shit, y/n. don’t lie to me.”
you let out a sudden snort. he didn’t really curse that often so it always took you by surprise.
“okay… maybe not your best performance. but you weren’t that bad.”
he looked up from his phone and realised he was already outside the room. he entered, flopped down onto his bed, and put his phone down by his head.
“just… tell me about your day. maybe i’ll feel better.”
and 2.5 hours later, he did feel better.
the two of you’d just been talking about nothing, just yapping carefreely. it was nice, not having to care about the outside world. until his curfew, at least.
he wanted to keep talking but heechan joked that he wouldn’t be able to sleep if heungmin kept giggling like a schoolgirl.
he turned around in his bed and stared at the ceiling in silence.
“i love her so much, man,” sighed heungmin. it was meant to just be a mutter to himself but heechan seemed to pick it up.
“whipped,” heechan laughed but in reality he was just glad you could cheer him up when nothing else could.
heungmin rolled his eyes before he muttered a ‘goodnight to you too’, before eventually falling asleep, thinking about you.