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Soojae clutched her Chloé bag tighter as she neared the venue for her and Hoseok's date. He hadn't told her exactly where they were going, but had instead sent her the address. Jinyoung had offered to drive the younger girl considering that she hadn't told her Manager, or anyone apart from the girls, Jinyoung and Seungmin.
Her cousin had been considerately happy when he'd been told the news that Soojae and Hoseok were dating, although he had told his beloved noona to be careful. Nobody knew when disaster was to strike.
The girls had been the ones to dress Soojae up for the occassion, insisting that they style her for the vocalist's first date.
They had chosen a pale blue dress that went just abover her knee with white embroidered flowers as the details. On her feet were white sneakers, Lisa and Jisoo having said that heels would be too tiring to wear. Chaeyoung and Jennie had polished the dancer's make-up and hair. The Australian girl had done Soojae's everyday make-up, but she had accentuated the older girl's features a little more, particularly with her doe eyes. Jennie had blown light waves into the girl's hair and made it look even more soft.
"Over here!" Soojae's attention diverted to a man taller than her, a black mask covering his face and he was waving at her.
Although she too was wearing a mask so that no-one could recognise her, she was smiling underneath as the older boy pulled her into an embrace.
"You have no idea how much I've wanted to see you," He mumbled.
Soojae laughed softly, patting the rapper's back. "It's only been two weeks,"
Hoseok pouted below his face covering. "That's too long,"
Soojae's eyes crinkled in pure joy. "I know, I wanted to see you in person too,"
"Right," Hoseok took the younger girl's hands in his own as he led her across the pavement "Our date,"
"Yeah, you never said where you were taking me," Soojae nodded, eyes looking everywhere as to where they could possibly be going "I hope I'm dressed right for the occassion,"
"You're dressed perfectly," There was a sparkle in the older boy's eyes as he checked out the vocalist he now called his girlfriend "You look stunning, might I add,"
"Says the fashionista," Soojae lightly nudged his shoulder.
"Anyway, I was thinking of our first date being here," The couple looked up at the huge building in front of them "Seoul Botanical Garden,"
For a few seconds, Soojae was speechless. Her gaze fell upon the immense greenhouse in their view and Hoseok looked panicked.
"Hobi," She said after a minute "This is perfect!"
As though a wave had washed the rapper's fears away, he beamed, dragging his girlfriend along with him to get tickets.
Seoul Botanical Park was extraordinary. It was a massive park filled to the brim with botanical plants as well as a space where a forest, garden, lake and marsh coexisted together. It was indeed quite a sight to behold.
Hoseok and Soojae wandered around the expanse, hand-in-hand, chatting as they admired the greenery in front of them. The older knew that Soojae came from a floristry business and had thought of bringing her to a space where she would be most at peace.
"Hobi," Soojae's eyes fell upon the boy next to her "How did you know I love flowers? And plants in general?"
"Well," The dancer hummed "I knew that your family owns a floristry, and I'd asked Jinyoung what you liked to do. He told me you like gardens and such, so I thought that I'd bring you here,"
Soojae's eyes held pure admiration for the idol in front of her. The idol that she called her boyfriend.
Quickly looking around for any watchers, Soojae pulled down her mask by a fraction of an inch and pressed a swift kiss on Hoseok's cheek, leaving the rapper smirking as he back-hugged the younger.
"Thank you, Hobi," Soojae smiled softly "This is wonderful,"
...
"I heard your floristry is called 'Demeter's Garden'," Hobi said, taking a bite from the steak that he'd ordered "Any particular reason?"
Soojae hummed. "Well," She began thoughtfully "The floristry originally came about when my parents got married and they set up the business. My older brother, Minjoon oppa, he was due around the time that the floristry just opened and at the time, they called it 'Kim's Flowers',"
The vocalist chuckled lightly. "Not particularly original,"
"Two years later, I was born and my parent's friend, who lived in the States, she said that I reminded her of Demter's daughter, Persephone. So my parent's decided to name it 'Demeter's Garden'. Except this garden held two special flowers, Minjoon oppa and I. At least, that's what my parents said,"
"So the floristry is named after you and your brother?" Hobi's eyes widened in curiosity "That's epic,"
"Minjoon oppa and I would always be in the floristry as kids," Soojae smiled softly at the old memories rekindling in her mind "He doesn't look it, but 'Joon oppa is a soft soul,"
"Is he the same age as me then?"
"Yeah, same height too. He has a few tattoos as well, so some people think he's a bit rough, but he's really gentle," Soojae's eyes twinkled "Why? Do you want to meet him one day?"
Hoseok rubbed the back of his neck. "I think your brother won't be particularly pleased if he finds out that I've been dating his sister behind his back,"
The two fell into light laughter, each other's presence feeling warm to them, a feeling that they enjoyed very much and hoped would last forever.
...
"Do you have to go home?" Hoseok mumbled as his muscular arms wrapped around Soojae's petite frame from the back "We could go back to the dorms, or my apartment if you wanted,"
"I would love to, Hobi, but the girls and I have a busy schedule tomorrow, and I don't think they'd quite forgive me if I didn't tell them what happened today," The vocalist leaned her head back on his chest as the two admired the evening sky.
Jinyoung was going to pick Soojae up and return her to the dormitory.
"Promise we'll have more dates," Hoseok placed his chin above Soojae's head, resting it as he played with her hands.
"I promise," Soojae beamed "Oh, Jinnie's here,"
The dancer spun around so that she was facing Hoseok. She hugged him before pressing a swift kiss on his cheek.
"Thank you for today, Hobi," Her eyes were sparkling "I'll text you when I get home?"
"No problem, and yeah, text me when you do," Hobi pressed a kiss to the 96 liner's forehead "See you later, love,"
