A lazy indoor fic about self-care, self-doubt, love, friendship, projection, processing, eavesdropping and honesty.
a.k.a. Park Sunghoon wakes up on his day off.
An Enhypen Fanfiction.
P.s. this story has been published by me on ao3 as well.
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The three boys agree to take a bit of a break before continuing conversation. Jake steps out to the balcony to calm down under midday sun and cool air. Sunghoon and Sunoo retreat to the kitchen and bathroom sinks respectively to wash off whatever residual mask gunk they had left on their faces. At some point SunSung convince Jake to join the next round of Spa Day 2020: a foot soak.
Whatever Jake had to say seemed heavy and it made sense to tag him in, one: because Sunoo wasn't about to lose this window before debut to go all out; two: Sunghoon thought poor Jake looked like he needed to baste in a bit of lazy luxury; three: the two had determined that a timed foot soak set up a good structure for whatever Jake needed to get off his chest.
It'd be chill, relaxing but most importantly it'd take a some effort for Jake to run away in case he chickened out of talking.
Minutes later, they join Jake out on the balcony setting up three folding chairs around a wide, shallow basin barely big enough to fit three pairs of male feet. Sunghoon takes a few trips from the kitchen to the balcony to fill the basin with water while Sunoo carefully measures out a mixture of colorful fragrant powders. Soon they're seated in a small circle around the basin, hot cocoa in hand, feet soaking in warm, milky, fizzy liquid, smelling of banana, coconut, matcha and vanilla.
"Before I left for Korea, I had a girlfriend." Jake begins wistfully, "We got together when we were young— too young. She was a grade older than I was and... I liked her a lot."
"What was she like?" Sunoo leans forward in interest.
"Honey blonde hair, light eyes... she just always had on sweetest smile," his eyes far away in nostalgia, "She was witty and kind."
Sunghoon smiles into his cup, "She sounds nice."
Jake's gaze flutters towards his best friend. Looking down at his own cup his smile wavers for a moment.
"What was her name?" Keen as ever, Sunoo picks up on what could've been missed in a blink.
"Layla."
Sunghoon nearly chokes on his cocoa. "What?! Are you talking about your dog? Was this all just a set up to fawn over your dog?!?"
"For your information, my dog's name is Lyla. My ex-girlfriend's name was Layla."
"Its sounds like you're saying the same name twice!" Sunoo wheezes.
"Oh my god, I KNOW it's weird but can we move on?"
"This story's already bonkers as it is. I can barely believe our handsome yet cripplingly awkward Jakey's had a girlfriend."
Determined to continue his narrative, he ignores the teasing snark and continues, "Actually, we met when I was taking Lyla out for a walk."
