Seventeen imagines

Leader

Your eyes didn't stop following him as he paced the room.

He had stopped by unexpectedly making you a bit worried about his arrive.

In order to keep things quiet you guys had agreed to plan things in advance so both you and him weren't getting caught by the press. Your lives already being hectic as it is, it wouldn't get better by having the press stalking you as fans continued their malicious comments.

You had been making a midnight snack in the kitchen when you heard your door to your studio open.

Heart pounding, you let out a sigh of relief realizing it was indeed your boyfriend. But then it dawned on you that it was your boyfriend.

Hands gripping his to stop him from moving you try to meet his eyes.

"Cheol, whats wrong?" You question a soft voice.

It doesn't take a lot to notice that something must have happened recently to make him get on his nerves. Although he never let you see it, you picked up the signs such as his tense shoulders and lips pressed tightly into a thin line.

He stood there for a second not knowing how to answer your question.

Contemplating on how he was suppose to bring up his worries too you. It was such a new thing to him that he was become agitated that he couldn't figure how to do one simple thing.

You watch him pull away and your heart beats a bit faster at him putting distance between the two of you.

"Cheol..," you say softly trailing off. "Look at me."

He freezes slowly turning his eyes to meet yours.

"Are you okay?" You ask the question what he seems to ask you all the time. The question that he seems to give but never receives back.

He blinks more then a few times as tears clump out in his eyelashes. His watery eyes answering the question that was enough to make him break.

You wrap your arms around his neck not wasting a second to comfort him. His head caves into yours as he snakes his arms around your waist.

"No, I'm not," he whispers weakly. "I want to give up but-"

"Its okay," you cut him off. "Reaching your breaking point doesn't make you weak, Cheolie. Wanting to give up doesn't make you weak.. It makes you human. Someone who can acknowledge that they pushed past their limits and need a break. A break that you deserve, Cheol."

You stop lifting his head so he can see you.

"You're an amazing leader and you always will be. You'll always be their leader, but you don't need to be there all the time. You've past your limits and now its time for you to rest," you wipe his tears.

"Its time for you to come home for a bit."