Savage || Lee Haechan

Chapter 41 | "finally"

Finally, everything returned to normal for Minji, and after all they had been through, the gang had finally found peace.

"Morning, beautiful."

Minji's eyes fluttered open, soft sunlight illuminating her room. She stretched, looking up to see a smiling Haechan sitting on the edge of her bed.

"Hey, Channie." She replied sleepily.

"Aw you're so cute." He cooed, helping her sit up. "How are you feeling? That was a lot that went down yesterday."

"You're so sweet, but I'm feeling fine." She said with a nod, taking the cup of coffee he was holding out to her. "It was stressful but I'm glad it happened. Finally everything is done and over with."

"About time. We had all of one day to enjoy being together before we were thrust back into this shit." He groaned, remembering their one day of bliss that he'd been holding onto so dearly in his heart. "So, what's on the agenda for today?"

"Nothing really, I've got a bunch of homework to catch up on but Taeyong said he'd just have Jisung and Chenle hack into my records to mark all my assignments complete." She said with a chuckle. "Why, did you have something in mind?"

"Actually yes I did." He replied, intertwining their fingers. "Finally getting to spend some much overdo time with my girlfriend."

"Girlfriend?" She asked playfully. "Who said I was gonna be your girlfriend? We haven't even been on an official date yet."

Haechan just rolled his eyes, crawling over to her with a smirk. He quickly pinned her down, his body hovering over hers as he lowered himself into a kiss. She instantly kissed back, her hands toying with his hair. He pulled away after a few seconds, leaving her with a pout.

"Well I guess I'll have to change that." He said, climbing back off of her.

"We're on strict orders not to leave the property from Taeyong, remember? His paranoid ass is putting all of us on temporary house arrest." She sighed, pushing herself back into a sitting position.

"Don't underestimate me, I have my ways." He replied playfully, standing up from her bed. "Anyway, get up, you have a busy day."

"I thought I had a free schedule!" She exclaimed with a pout.

"Yeah well Sungchan made it perfectly clear that if I hog you for the whole day, he will rip me to shreds with those other three psychos you train with." Haechan said with a shiver. "So I guess I'm going to let you hang with the gang for the day, but this evening, you're mine."

"I look forward to it." She said with a smile, crawling forward to give him a peck. "Now get out, I have to change."

"Feel free to do it here, don't let me disturb you." He said, wiggling his eyebrows at her.

She just rolled her eyes, grabbing a pillow and throwing it at his head.

"Alright alright I'm leaving." He laughed out. "I'll see you later."

- - -

After a much needed training session with Sungchan, Jeno, Jaemin, and Yangyang, Minji finally felt fully refreshed. The members had all made a point to check up on her throughout the day, and it was clear that everyone was feeling relived to finally be done with that mess.

The only person she hadn't seen was Haechan. Just as she was about to go on a search for him, she walked into her room and instantly started smiling. There was a trail of rose petals from her door leading to a boquet lying on her bed with a note next to it.

It's time I treat you to a date. Get ready and meet me on the roof at 7.

She grinned to herself, checking the time to see she had 30 minutes to get ready. She quickly ran over to her closet, selecting a short black dress that she knew was Haechan's personal favorite. She paired it with some black heels and light makeup, smiling at her appearance before realizing that it was almost 7. With an excited spring in her step, she quickly made her way onto the roof.

The moment she pushed open the door, her jaw dropped. The usually dark rooftop was now completely transformed with flower petals, fairy lights, and soft music.

"Well you look amazing."

She spun to see Haechan staring at her from behind.

"I see you wore my favorite dress." He said with a smirk.

"Yeah, is this alright?" She replied as she walked over to him.

"More than alright." He chuckled as he gave her a peck and led her over to some blankets and pillows he had spread out on one end.

"What is all this?" She asked with a laugh as she settled in. "You did this?"

"Yeah I figure, rooftop picnic looking over the city and stars wasn't too bad for a first official date."

"Not too bad at all." She chuckled, planting a soft kiss on his cheek. "Thank you."

"You like it?" He asked nervously, a hopeful sparkle in his eyes.

"I absolutely love it." She replied with a firm nod. "It's perfect."

She smiled as he let out a sigh of relief, his body relaxing as he settled into the fluffy pillows around them.

"So, can I call you my girlfriend now?"

"Mmh... I'll have to think about it." She smirked playfully.

He just rolled his eyes, letting his head flop backwards as he let out a groan.

"You're absolutely insufferable, you know that?"

"Oh shut up." She huffed with amusement as he sat up. "You still love me."

He turned to look at her, a lighthearted smile on his face as he gave her a sweet kiss.

"Eh... do I?"

She gasped in fake offense, slapping his arm.

"You better. I'd hope you'd love your girlfriend." She retorted, unable to hide the smile on her face.

"Well in that case." He leaned closer, gently cupping her face and giving her another soft kiss. "of course I do."

She smiled at him, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him into another sweet kiss.

"I love you so much."

"I love you too."

And that's a wrap folks! I can't believe this is actually over, I feel like I started writing it yesterday. Thank you all so much for the support and love you've shown to this story, I really hope you enjoyed it!

The epilogue will be released sometime next week, so keep an eye out for that! Once again, thank you so so so SO much for reading, you're all amazing! <333

- Author Hyun