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104. NCT Woozi - The Moon and the Stars

Tumblr : 17-imagines 

member: lee jihoon ft. kwon soonyoung + members

genre: angst, fluff

warning(s): none

word count: 1622

synopsis: jihoon's lost first love might not be so lost after all. it's all thanks to a stolen bracelet and kwon soonyoung.

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Nights in the city are pretty.

The dark sky is illuminated by colorful billboards and street lamps, and the city is blanketed in a white noise consisting of cars whirring past and small talk.

The nights you spent with Jihoon were prettier, though.

You know that much.

Instead of colorful billboards and street lamps, the dark sky would be illuminated by dozens of twinkling stars, and instead of the sound of cars and conversation, it would be soft breaths and crickets.

It makes you wonder if he looks up at the stars and thinks of you, even after becoming a star himself.

And in a city so blindingly bright, you wonder if he even remembers the stars at all.

"Excuse me?"

You tear your eyes away from the night sky and meet another person's gaze.

"Yes?"

"Um... You're standing in the entrance," he points out, with a small laugh.

"I am? I am. Sorry."

You step out of the convenience store's entrance and smile bashfully at the stranger, gesturing for them to go in.

"Thanks," he says with a grin, slipping into the shop without another word.

Note to self: find a better place to stargaze. Preferably, not in front of a convenience store in the middle of Seoul. Maybe you should start eating at home.

Soonyoung glances back once more at the stranger visibly cursing themselves out and chuckles, dumping an armful of snacks into a basket.

He looks back again to see the stranger get into a taxi and disappear down the street, a bag of instant ramen and chips in their hand, and a strangely familiar bracelet around their wrist.

Soonyoung shrugs it off and makes another round of the store before checking out, the bracelet now the least of his concerns.

If only he hadn't lost that game of Street Fighter, dooming him and his wallet the victim of the midnight snack haul.

He sulks back to the dorm, three bags filled to the brim with snacks in hand.

Once he's through the door, the members that aren't glued to the screen scramble over to claim their snacks and return to their seats.

Seeing that Jihoon is currently button smashing the controller with Wonwoo visibly disgruntled beside him, Soonyoung grabs a bag of chips for the both of them to share and plops in between them.

He squints at the complex combination of buttons Jihoon's pressing, and gets lost in another wave of X's and O's. He finds himself staring at the bracelet snugly fit around Jihoon's wrist, and it's then when he's reminded of the stargazing stranger.

"You know, I saw someone with the same bracelet as you at the convenience store."

Wonwoo sighs in defeat and drops the controller, and Jihoon reaches for the bag of chips in Soonyoung's lap as the screen fades to a victory for his character.