Winner Reaction: When you start talking in your native language in your sleep
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Yoon/Kang Seungyoon
He was working on some music and had his earphones in, dismissing your mumbling as some background noise but when you spoke again, this time louder, he took his earphone out and turned around to face you. It was quite dark in the room, the only light source being his desk lamp.
“You said something, babe?” he asked, thinking you’re still awake, even though he told you to stop playing games on your phone and finally go to sleep about an hour ago.
You replied something incoherent, at least to him, as he quickly recognized you were speaking in your mother tongue. He thought you were messing with him, as you loved to tease him in your own language, so he stood up, thinking of ways to get back at you.
“Really now?” he chuckled to himself, when he was close enough to the bed to see you are actually asleep. He found this whole situation quite funny and stood there waiting for a few more moments, in hopes of hearing something he would understand. But you stopped talking almost as quickly as you began, so he decided not to bother you and instead laugh with you at it, in the morning.
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Jinu/Kim Jinwoo
You were napping on him on the couch, your head resting in his lap. You fell asleep while watching the movie and he found you so cute, he didn’t want to move and wake you up, so he just sat there, looking for a new movie to watch.
You told him something so softly and quietly, he thought he imagined it, he leaned in closer and listened to what you were saying.
“What language even is that?” he thought confused, only to pick up the meaning of a few words and realize it was yours. You spoke in short sentences in long pauses and he wondered what you were talking about and somehow got the feeling that it was him.
“Jinwoo...” you mumbled and then went quiet.
“It was about me!” he was pleasantly surprised by your talk and now also very interested, cursing under his breath that he won’t know what the dream was about.
Hoony/Kim Seunghoon
He was already laying in bed with you, dozing off when you suddenly called his name, startling him awake.
“Wh-what?” he asked, as you angrily explained something to him. At first he was confused, why you are so angry at him in the middle of the night, in your own language no less! But as your monologue continued, he realized you were still sleeping.
He couldn’t help but snicker at it, you sounded so done with him in your dream and the fact that your talk made little to no sense just made everything so much funnier.
He shook you gently, to snap you out of it and you blinked a few times, before turning around and nuzzling your face in his chest, going back to sleep as if nothing happened.
He threw his hand around you, making a mental note in his head to ask what you two were arguing about in your dream in the morning.
Mino/Song Minho
It wasn’t the first time you talked in your sleep and he always loved to tease you by talking back to you, keeping the conversation going, making you say all kind of weird stuff and then giggling about it in the morning. He loved seeing your cheeks turn red from all the embarrassment.
However tonight, you were not having it, or rather, that’s what your brain thought as you said something very seriously in your native language.
“What was that? Can you repeat it?” he asked you, amused. To your surprise you actually did and since he was trying to learn your language he managed to understand that you were talking about food. Again.
You went on a little rant that lasted about a minute or so, and maybe it was because of Minho’s chuckling but you woke up soon after.
“Good morning, sleepyhead,” he said, as you opened your eyes, a grin spreading on his face. “Got something to tell me?”
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Honestly, even though he couldn’t understand it somehow he loved hearing you speak your own language. You always looked so passionate and into it, when talking that he couldn’t help but admire you.
So when you started doing that in your sleep too, he was very amused by it, mostly because you looked really cute, mumbling quietly.
He would just listen intently, trying to make out something, feeling proud if he understood it.
“Maybe I should start writing her conversations down!” a brilliant idea came to his head. “It would be interesting to know what she’s saying, she could be sharing something special,” he chuckled to himself at the thought of it.
Requested by anon: Im not sure if your asks r open for requests but if it is how would mino be as a yandere (lowkey curious about it and surprised no one has done this yet)
Words: 3k.
Genre: Yandere! Au + angst.
Warnings: curse words.
A/n: Hi!! I’m really sorry for being so late! Thanks for request this au, it was really interesting to write and i really hope that you like this! Enjoy 💕.
-Mai.
Friday.
You tried to reach to the keys of your car trying not to drop any of the cages you were carrying.
“May I help you, miss?” You heard a voice say and you looked through your boxes, at the owner of that voice.
A tall man appeared in your vision, he had blonde hair and big brown eyes, you had to admit that he also had a beautiful smile, accompanied by a piercing on the lower lip.
You smiled and nodded. “Yes, please.” You said and, soon, you felt the weight of several boxes being released.
“Where do you want me to put them?” He asked.
“In the back seats, please.” You told him.
Once you have finished putting all the cages inside your car, you smiled at him.
“Thank you so much, sir.” You said.
“Please, call me Mino...” He smiled, waiting for you to tell him your name.
“Y/n, my name is y/n.” You said blushing slightly.
Mino's smile grew wider. "You have a beautiful name."
"Typical." You thought, but for some reason, you had a smile in your face. "Thank you." You chuckled.
"Well y/n, I have to go, but I hope we can see each other again." He smiled and you said goodbye to him.
You got in your car and started to drive to your work. You were a kindergarten teacher, you loved kids and you would spend your whole days with them.
You parked the car in the parking lot and you started to get off the car the cages with all the new children's toys.
"Hey y/n? Do you need help?" Jiyeon, one of the teachers and, also, your best friend, asked.
"Yes, please, I can't carry all these cages alone." You said.
She smiled to you ad picked up some of the cages.
"Wow, how have you brought all the boxes alone?" She asked.
You picked the rest of the boxes and you started to walk to the classrooms.
"A guy helped me." You said.
She sent you a mischievous look and you rolled your eyes while giggled.
"I don't even know him Jiyeon." You said.
"At least he was hot?" Your friend asked and you smiled widely with the thought of Mino, your cheeks started to feel hot and you chuckled.
"Yes."
20:11 pm.
You were walking your dog in the park, you loved walking in the park at this time, the atmosphere was calm and the breeze relaxed you.
Suddenly, Byeol started to bark to a little squirrel which was in a tree.
"Oh come on Byeol..." you said trying to separate your dog from the tree.
The little squirrel, afraid of the continuous barking of Byeol, ran away, and to your surprise, your dog too.
“BYEOL COME BACK HERE.” You shouted running after her.
After running for a while, you couldn’t see your dog anywhere.
“BYEOL?” You called.
You whistled, trying to catch her attention, but she didn't come.
"Fucking squirrel." You sighed and shouted her name again.
"Is this the little buddy you are looking for?" You turned around and saw the same man from this morning. "She was runnung after a squirrel." He chuckled.
"Oh God, thank you so much." You said grabbing the dog leash.
“No prob.” He said smiling.
You smiled too and you said goodbye to him.
He watched as you walked away and smiled more widely.
You were going to be his very soon, it was about time.
Saturday.
Mino looked at you through the window.
“She is prettier in the mornings.” He thought.
He thanked God that today was Saturday, he knew that you tended to stay at home on Saturdays to clean the house and organize the week.
After some minutes more about stalking you, he was ready to go, but just when he was passing in front of your house, he saw a guy knocking at your door.
“Who the hell are you?” He thought looking at the guy.
He went back to his last spot, he wasn't your brother, for sure, Mino knew that you didn't have any siblings, so who was he?
Once you opened the front door, you jumped into the guy's arms, hugging him in a way too close for Mino's liking.
You let him in with a big smile.
Mino’s anger was increasing by second, he hated how he touched you, how you gave him a cup full of hot chocolate, how you talked to him even though he couldn’t hear the conversation but most importantly, he hated him.
Why? That was an easy question to answer.
He would hate anyone who tried to separate you from him.
And he wasn’t going to let that happen, of course.
Once he finally left your house, Mino approached him.
“Mm.. Excuse me, I have my car parked right there but I don’t know what happened that it’s not working, can you give me a hand please?”
The guy hesitated for a moment, but after seeing the “worried and anguished” look that Mino was giving him, he accepted
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You went to the kitchen to leave the dirty cups in the sink, but you stopped right away when you saw your cousin’s jacket on the chair.
You giggled because of how distracted your cousin was.
You took your phone and called him, he just left, so he couldn’t be too far from here, I could go back and pick it up without problems.
But to your surprise, he didn’t answer his phone.
You frowned your eyebrows and called him again.
“This phone is off or out of coverage.”
“What the hell.” You finally gave up, thinking that maybe, your cousin turned off his phone because he was driving and he didn’t want to be disturbed or his phone ran out of battery.
Sunday.
When you woke up, the first thing you did was check out your phone.
Nothing, your cousin didn’t answer any of your calls or texts.
You sighed and rolled your eyes, well, if your aunt didn’t kill him when he left his phone at home the day he went on a business trip for and he couldn’t communicate with anyone of the family for a week, you wouldn’t kill him for not answering you immediately.
You went to the living room and sat on the sofa, where you were greeted by Byeol.
“Good morning love.” You patted her head.
While you kept petting her, you started to think about what could you do today.
Since yesterday you ended all what you had to do, you had the whole Sunday to yourself.
You took your phone and decided to ring Jiyeon.
“Hey y/n, what’s up?” She answered.
“Hey Jiyeon, I was wondering if you wanted to go to have breakfast together?”
“Sure, I see you in 30 at the coffee shop in front of the kindergarten?” She asked.
“Okay, see you there, don’t be late.” You said.
“I don’t promise anything.” She laughed and you rolled your eyes with a smile.
When you hang up, you get yourself ready and left to the coffee shop.
Once you arrived, you looked for your friend, who hadn’t arrived yet.
You ordered a coffee and waited for Jiyeon to come.
“Y/n? What a coincidence” You looked up and saw Mino, who was smiling softly.
“Oh, Hey Mino.” You smiled back and fixing your hair.
Mino’s smile grew wider and pointed at the chair. “Do you mind if I sit here?” He asked.
“No! Of course no.” You said.
He sat in front of you and give you a deep look.
“And what are you doing here?” He asked even though he knew it perfectly.
“I am supposed to meet my friend, but she's late.” You said.
“Oh, I see... Then, I better get going, I don’t want to bother.” He said
“You can stay if you want, I pretty sure that my friend won’t mind if you stay with us.” You said.
“Don’t worry, I have things to do.” He said with a comforting smile.
You wanted to make him stay, but you didn’t know how.
Mino smiled, his heart started to get warm.
He was gaining your trust.
“We can go to have breakfast together... if you want.”
“Yes!” You immediately shut up, not wanting to sound very desperate. “I mean... yeah, I can have breakfast with you here, I work in the establishment in front of this.” You informed.
“Sounds great to me, see you at 8?” He asked.
You nodded slightly blushed and he said goodbye to you.
Some minutes after, your friend entered in the coffee shop with an apologetic look.
“I’m sorry it took me so long I swear th- wait why are you smiling?” She said sitting on the chair where Mino was sitting minutes before.
“Do you remember the guy that helped me with the cages?”
“Yeah?”
“Well, he asked me to have breakfast with him tomorrow.” You said.
“Oh my God, my driend is going to have a date?” He asked in awe.
“It’s not a date… I barely know him.” You told her.
“But that’s why dates are for, to get to know the person better.” She said.
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Mino smiled, gain your trust has been quite easy, but he wanted more, he needed more.
He looked at the box he was carrying, a few little cameras with microphones.
Since you would be with your friend until late, Mino could break in your house and put all the cameras with no problem.
Once he arrived at your house, he could easily break in. He knew your house like the back of his palm.
But then, he started to hear barking and soon, Byeol appeared in his sight.
Mino didn’t hesitate a single second and he locked her in the basement.
“Okay, let’s go.” He said to himself.
He put the first camera in the living room, the second one in the kitchen, the next one in your room, another one in the corridor and the last one, after thinking about it your a while, he ended up putting it in your bathroom.
“Done.”
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You opened the front door of your house and you sat on your sofa with a sight.
The breakfast meet with Jiyeon turned to be a breakfast and luch meet.
“Wait.” You looked around, frowning your eyebrows.
“Byeol?” Your dog was nowhere see.
You get up from the sofa and started to look for her, until you found her in the basement.
“What were you doing there? You’ve scared me!” You said hugging your dog.
She jumped and barked, happy that she was out of there now.
“Did I leave you there without realising it? Sorry.” You said patting her head.
From the screen, Mino watched you interact with your dog.
He was happy, he could watch all your movements now, without stupid interruptions.
Monday.
You entered in the coffee shop and saw Mino already waiting for you.
“Hey, I’m sorry, I hope that I didn’t make you wait too long.” You said sitting in the chair in front of him.
“Don’t worry, I just arrived.” He smiled.
You looked at his face and you smiled to, but you quickly noticed the eye bags under his eyes.
They were really dark, as if he didn’t get any sleep at the night. Carefully, not wanting to look too bold, you brought your hand to his face, and you caressed the eye bag with your thumb.
Mino closed his eyes under your touch, but he opened again when you asked about them.
“I’ve been watching a serie the whole night and I didn’t get any sleep.” He lied, the truth was that he had been watching you sleep the whole night, since you get in bed until you woke up to get ready to come with him.
You smiled again, you couldn’t deny the fact that you were starting to fall for him, maybe you did not talk much before, but every time you did it, you felt quite comfortable.
“I ordered waffles, I hope you don’t mind it.” He said.
“I don’t! I love waffles.” You confessed
“I know.” Mino thought.
Once the food arrived, you started to eat and talk about your lifes.
When you looked at your watch, it was time for you to leave.
“I would love to stay, but I have to go to work.” You excused yourself.
“I can accompany you if you want.” He suggested and you nodded.
After he paid all the food even though that you offered to pay too, you started to walk to the kindergarten.
When you arrived, Jiyeon was already waiting for you, to enter together.
“Good morning Ji.” You greeted.
“Good morning.” She said and looked at Mino.
“Oh, Jiyeon, this is Mino uhm... My friend, and Mino, this is Jiyeon, my best friend and also teacher of the kindergarten too.” You said.
They greet each other and then Mino looked at you.
“I loved to spend time with you today, I hope we can repeat it.” He said.
You nodded and smiled to him. “I hope so too.”
Thursday.
Mino looked at the screen of his laptop.
He couldn’t remember the last time he went to sleep, but he didn’t mind, watching you was a way more interesting than sleep.
Suddenly, he heard his stomach growl, it was time to have dinner.
He went to the kitchen but when he opened the fridge, nothing, there was nothing.
He sighed and decided to go to eat out.
Once he connected all the cameras to his phone, he took his earphone and he went to a grocery store near his house.
He was buying some instant noodles when the bell rang, indicating that someone entered in the store too.
Mino didn’t bother to look for the new clients, again, watching you was more interesting.
Little did he know that your friend, Jiyeon, was the one who entered in the shop.
Your friend noticed him, and when she was about to greet him, she looked at his phone.
Horrified, she left the store without Mino seeing her.
When she got in her car, she quickly dialed your phone number.
“Hey Jiyeon! What’s up?” You asked.
“Pack your things, y/n, you need to get out of that house.” She warned.
“What are you talking about Jiyeon?” You asked confused.
“It’s Mino, y/n,he has put cameras throughout your house.” She said.
After a few minutes of silence, you spoke again. “Oh my God, I just saw one Jiyeon.” You cried.
“Pack your things, I'm going to pick you up.”
“Please, don’t hang up.” You begged.
“I won’t.” She answered.
Jiyeon searched for her keys in his bag.
When she was about to start the car, she gasped and dropped her phone at the sight of Mino looking at her through the window.
“Jiyeon? Are you okay Jiyeon?”
She started to cry and shake his head at the same time she tried to start the car, but Jiyeon was too nervous and her body wasn’t responding.
“Jiyeon?”
“Jiyeon please, answer me.” You begged
You started to cry, you did not know what you had gotten yourself into.
You thought that Mino was a good person, he acted like a good person.
Now you are being watched by some stupid, mentally ill, your friend wasn’t answering the phone and you were afraid.
You started to cry, what are you supposed to do?
You packed all your things just like Jiyeon said and ran out of your house with Byeol.
Just when you were about to get in your car, but suddenly you felt a strong blow behind your head, and everything turned black.
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You opened your eyes and blinked several times, trying to get used to the light.
All the previous events hit your head, so you tried to get out of bed but both your legs and hands were tied to the bed.
You started crying, trying to free yourself from the ropes that bound you, but all your efforts were in vain.
You looked around, it was dark, but a faint light shone on someone sitting on a chair.
“Jiyeon! Oh my God Jiyeon, please, answer me.” You cried.
She did not move and she was tied as well.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” You cried.
Suddenly, the door opened and Mino entered in your vision.
You started to cry harder.
How someone as Mino could have done this.
“Shh, there’s no need to cry.” He said sitting by your side.
You were sobbing now, you were terrified, terrified of what he could do to you.
“Ple- Please... I-I won’t sa-say anything...” You whispered
He caressed your face, looking at you with appreciation.
“Now that you're mine, I can’t let you go.” He said.
You started to cry again, looking at your friend now.
“She won’t answer...” He said, affirming what you feared.
She was gone.
You looked at your right, trying to avoid his gaze.
Now you were crying in silence, hoping for someone to come to rescue you.
“Please don’t be mad, all what I did is because of my love for you.” He said.
Then, he brought a pill to your face.
“Please, take this.” He said.
You shook your head and his expression changed.
“I SAID, TAKE THIS!” He shouted and you, full of fear, opened your mouth.
He inserted the pill roughly in your mouth and forced you to swallow it.
Soon, you started losing control of your body, you did not feel your limbs, you were not able to move even a single muscle.
The only thing you could do was watch as he started to untie you and place you on his lap, resting your head on his chest.
Your tears fell uncontrollably, moistening his shirt.
He placed his chin on your head and his hand on your cheek.
“Don’t cry more my darling, I'm here, I’m here to protect you ... forever.”
“Were you with your boyfriend last night?” Your close friend for years, Seunghoon, inquires from your couch.
“He went to a company dinner, why?” You fire back, Seunghoon lets out a heavy sigh, “what’s wrong, why did you ask?” You suddenly feel uneasy from the question and the sudden change of his mood.
“I thought I saw him last night when I was out,” Seunghoon says with a shrug, “I was just wondering if you were there with him,” Seunghoon doesn’t mention where he was and lets out another sigh.
“No, where were you though, that you saw him,” you mumble softly playing with your hands.
“Minho and I went to a club,” he mumbles, “his company probably rented a room for drinks,” Seunghoon assures but he doesn’t look too confident in his response.
“Seunghoon,” you trail off, “will you just tell me what happened,” you already have a good idea of what Seunghoon is trying to cover.
“Minho and I saw him with another girl at the club,” Seunghoon’s voice raises in pitch while he keeps, “Minho has the picture of him and her I told him not to send it to you,” you let out a heavy sigh biting into the inside of your cheek.
“I’ll tell Minho to send it to me and I’ll handle it,” you say with a nod, “you should’ve just let Minho send it,” you say with a sigh.
“I didn’t want you to get hurt,” Seunghoon mumbles softly you huff in response.
“It’s not like me and him have been dating for years and he’s cheating on me, we’ve been dating for two months and his last girlfriend broke up with him for the same thing,” You trial off close to the end, “I decided to give him a chance anyway,” you say with a sigh.
“Let’s order food and watch movies like we planned to,” Seungyoon says in an attempt to change the mood, “if you need someone to lean on after you and him break up you still have me and Minho,” Seunghoon says with a soft smile and you nod in response.
“I kinda want jajangmyeon,” you say with a small whine attempting to convince him to buy it for you.
“Sounds good to me, I don’t care what we eat really,” he mumbles picking his phone up off the table, “I’ll order then come back in here,” he says hitting his hand on the arm of the couch before standing.
Jinwoo sat in the car, oblivious to what was ahead of him. He was told to get in the car and to not question it. The surroundings look familiar to him, but he couldn’t quite place where exactly they were from. Yoon had only told him hints and was sitting next to him with a content smile on his face. What made it worse was that no one bothered to talk to him, so all he had was the worry in his head.
The trees around him started to look even more familiar to him. He smiled to himself remembering that the place they were most likely driving past was the place that he had met the love of his life. It had been a year since you two had met, and he fell for you instantly.
“I’m sorry for spilling it on you. I can let you borrow my shirt.”
You smiled at him, “Its alright, really. I never liked this shirt anyway.”
“I’m still sorry,” He covered you with his jacket, “My name’s Jinwoo.”
“(Y/N).”
From that point on you two had grown close and fell in love with each other over time. You told him you had nothing planned for the day, seeing as you didn’t want to seem cheesy. But in truth you had planned a whole picnic and night out under the stars. You knew he would be too flustered and scared to do it himself, so you planned it all. With the help of Yoon, you made sure that he stayed oblivious to the whole thing.
Jinwoo watched from the window as the trees faded away. The color in the sky was getting prettier as it drew close to sunset. The oranges in the sky distracted him from the obvious balloons that were whizzing by the window. He tuned in when one of them hit the window.
“What was that?” He laughed and leaned towards Yoon, who was laughing at the balloon more than the elders reaction.
The car came to a stop, “Uh, whys it stopping?”
“Cause you need to get out?”
“But what if I don’t want to.” Jinwoo gave Yoon a pout.
The younger only rolled his eyes, “Just get out of the car. I’m sure you’ll appreciate whats out there.”
Jinwoo reluctantly got out of the car and watched it drive off. He turned around and noticed the park decorated in balloons and streamers. He walked down the path, wondering who was throwing such a party and why he was forced to be there.
He noticed you at the end of the walkway and ran towards you, hugging you when he finally reached you. He kissed your cheek and grabbed your hands.
“What is going on?”
You laughed and hit his arm lightly, “You can’t realize that this is all for you?”
“I know it’s our one year, but why would you do all of this for me?” He was smiling, tears brimming his eyes.
Wiping his tears, you hugged him, “Because you’re the best thing that has ever happened in my life.” You released him from the hug and smiled widely, “So I planned a picnic here, where we first met. And then later we’re going to sit and stargaze.”
He agreed, staying by your side the rest of the time. The day was filled with laughs and memories of what you guys had done. People walking by thought you both were crazy, and some even told you that you were for taking up such a large space in the park. You both shrugged it off and continued your day.
You both played tag around the area, even played hide and seek with a few kids that showed up with babysitters. As night drew near and the people around you slowly disappeared, you lead him to the spot you had chosen to watch the stars at. The spot was not too far away from your picnic spot, but it was also in a place where the trees sort of made a frame for the night sky.
Laying there with Jinwoo made you happy. The year you had with him was the greatest. It didn’t compare to any other dates you had, but it definitely was only going to improve and get better. Jinwoo couldn’t complain either. Although he knew it was going to be tough for you with his schedule, he would still find time for you no matter what the consequences were. All that mattered was that you both had time together.
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“We have a press conference next week,” you mumble throwing the papers in front of Seungyoon on the coffee table.
“Can’t we do something outside of work for once,” Seungyoon looks up towards you hesitantly, your usual frown covers your features, the one he has grown used to seeing in private.
“I don’t have free time,” you always try to make yourself clear to him that you want nothing to do with him, it was all faked for the cameras to think that the young musician chaebol and new CEO of a publication and distribution company were happily in love and married.
The marriage benefits both companies, yours getting the publication and distribution rights to the music produced under Seungyoon’s company which meant that in theory, you would get distribution profit and rights to the pricing. You could also control the scandals and happenings under the company, which makes your job harder than Seungyoon’s but worth it.
“I have work to do,” you mumble walking towards the back room that you use for a workspace at home.
“You're always working,” Seungyoon mumbles flipping through the papers you had tossed in front of him, it was a script of sorts of things for him to say and do at the meeting to make the relationship look real.
Your mind can't help but wander off to Seungyoon. You feel bad, you’ve trapped him in a relationship that will be known if it ends, so there’s no escape for him. Unlike you Seungyoon definitely seems to be a romantic, you’re a workaholic that has never been interested in someone. The two of you clash too much to work. You were like fire and ice, you would inevitably hurt each other sometime, you were just waiting for that breaking point to happen. You brush your hair out of your face focusing on the print in front of you trying to take your mind off of him and work instead.
Seungyoon leans against the doorframe leading into the office a small smile pulling at the corners of his lips. Your head was resting against the side of the desk, you look so peaceful and at ease, unlike your usual professional composure. Seungyoon drapes a blanket over your shoulders, he sits down the bottle of iced coffee he had picked up on the desk, taking the opportunity to take in your appearance while you were asleep.
You wake up not realizing you had ever gone to sleep. You tug the blanket off of your shoulders noticing the iced coffee, a small smile threatening to force its way on your face. You pick up the coffee twisting off the lid while you turn back to the emails you had been viewing. Most of the projects that had passed through for you were decent enough, you figure you could make a small profit off of most nothing seems too standout.
The press conference went as expected, it was well received by the media, you put on the best act you could. One question that resurfaces in your mind though is: “Why did he agree to the arranged marriage?”
Seungyoon has yet to explain it, your company definitely gains more than his in the long run. Maybe it’s the stability of having someone else check over the projects beforehand. Maybe it’s not having to struggle to find someone to produce and promote the products. You lean back in the car seat, pondering over their different possibilities, the fact he has admitted to liking you multiple times doesn’t cross your mind as one of the reasons since it just feels unlikely.
“Let’s get dinner, you shouldn’t be busy today,” Seungyoon says it like it’s a question, but he’s already pulling into the parking lot of a restaurant as he says it.
“It looks like I don’t have a say,” you say with a dry laugh looking at the restaurant sign, it was a small home-style Korean restaurant, something you hadn’t experienced.
You get out of the car following behind Seungyoon like a lost puppy, the inside of the restaurant was busy: people were getting drunk, cooking meat, ordering kimchi stew; it has a comfortable atmosphere.
“Do you like kimchi stew?” Seungyoon questions, you give him a confused look, “you’ve never had kimchi stew?” He says in under disbelief, “are you Korean?”
“My parents own a company we never ate at places like this, my mom never cooked,” you answer in a small voice.
“I was just teasing, sorry,” Seungyoon apologizes, “I’ll get kimchi stew, you should try it, you like spicy food,” he mumbles gesturing over a waitress to take his order.
“It’s weird how we grew up in such different worlds,” you mumble looking at the table, “you didn’t come from a rich family, you worked hard and made something of yourself,” you sigh.
“You’ve seen the articles about you piggybacking of your dad’s success,” he mumbles, “I was hoping you wouldn’t see them,” he sighs.
“They’re not wrong,” you sigh, “my father is the chaebol and I’m his only child, he set out my life for me, I’m just following orders,” you mumble looking away from Seungyoon, maybe it was the atmosphere of the restaurant; you had never thought of opening up this much to him.
“I used to perform in front of entertainment buildings everyday hoping someone would notice me and sign me,” Seungyoon explains, “I’m not sure how I wound up with my company it just happened,” he admits, “you work so hard, you’re not piggybacking off of anyone’s success, you seem to know everything about your business,” he gushes out.
“Thanks, Seungyoon,” you laugh, “works all I’m good at though,” you laugh out, “you probably want to complain a lot about me,” Seungyoon shakes his head, “I’m emotionally unattached, I don’t know how to care about someone, I’ve never had a Korean meal, I can’t cook,” you list off on your fingers before pressing your lips into a line, looking towards him.
“You can’t cook but you tried, you say you don’t know how to care about someone, but you cared enough to try and make me a cake for my birthday, you’re not emotionally unattached you just don’t know what you feel,” Seungyoon locks his eyes onto yours, you find yourself needing to look away, his gaze burning into you.
“I’m scared of myself,” you mumble quietly before Seungyoon can ask you what you mean the waitress sits the side dishes on the table before coming back with the kimchi stew sitting the pot in the middle.
The rest of your meal is silent after he asks you if you like the kimchi stew and you enthusiastically respond with yes.
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Your heart’s racing when you knock on Seungyoon’s room door, he seems even more shocked when he opens the door.
“Do you want to have lunch with me, at the cafe?” You decide that you should make an effort, you should try to get closer to him so that it’s more bearable for him to be in the relationship.
“What time?” He asks leaning against his doorframe.
“Twelve is usually when I eat lunch,” you say with a nod.
“You hardly leave your office, I can pick it up and go over there,” he says with a smile.
“You’re making me look bad,” you laugh out pushing his shoulder lightly, he puts his hand to his shoulder smiling, “I’ll see you at twelve, at the cafe,” you make sure to emphasize where you’re meeting.
“Y’N,” Seungyoon calls when you turn away, you turn back cocking your head to the side, “Thank you, for trying,” he says with a smile, you look down trying to hide your own smile.
“I should’ve tried a long time ago,” you say with a pout, “I was unfair to you,” you sigh, “bye, Seungyoon,” you wave turning back around you need to leave for work or you would be late for your morning meeting.
