LOVE LANGUAGE: EN- BOOK 1: SUNGHOON (OLD)

53: 1st Date/Farewell Performance

Sunghoon POV

"Babe, we've never been on a date as a couple" I say and she looks at me confused. "Sure, we have" now I look at her confused. "When?" She pauses to think and when she remembers something she claps. "Remember when we"- "We what?" I eye her waiting for this  supposed date we went on, she stutters and scratches her nape.

"We went"- "Where did we go?!" She avoids eye contact, is she still trying to persuade me we went on a date? Seriously? She finally turns to glare at me "... Fine" she mumbles the rest probably admitting I'm right until she claps again. "Wait! My birthday. After school. Picnic!"

I shake my head.  "Doesn't count. It was a birthday picnic not a picnic date" I say, she finally gives up and smiles while talking nicely. "So what do you have in mind, babe?" "Well... we got to your place... and..."- I get cut off by a hard shove "Aish!" I rub my chest. "What are you talking about?!"

The shaken, flustered, painfully strong girl in front of me asks. "We aren't talking about the same thing" I wheeze, she helps me up and dust me off "What are you thinking about?" I ask and her face becomes pinker like I pushed her! "Yah, I was suggesting we hangout not... that" I clarify and she quickly nods.

"That's not-that's not what I thought..." she trails off not looking at me. "Then what did you think?" She shakes her head and her face goes back to normal "We can have our date tonight right?" I ask. "Go pack your stuff" she says and I excitedly skip to my room.

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"Let's watch a kdrama" she says and I nod. "Okay you pick" I hug her next to me "I'll watch whatever you put on" I say while she swipes past various shows. "We can watch 'It's Okay To Not Be Okay' , 'Run On', 'A Love So Beautiful' or 'Love Alarm'. Which would you want to watch?" She asks looking at me.

"Let's watch 'A Love So Beautiful' that sounds good"  "Okay" she clicks on it then starts to get up but I pull her back. "Where you going?" "Getting snacks... want some?" I calm down and nod releasing her. She comes back with her hands hidden.

"I have sweet rice balls!!" She exclaims jumping her bed, handing me the treat. "Are you excited for your performance in a few days?" I asks and she hesitates before answering. "...yeah, I am"  "Why'd you hesitate, babe?" I raise my brows and she shrugs.

"I guess it's bittersweet. It'll be our first and last dance with this company, I mean we've made a lot of great bonds with the dancers there. I'll be sad to not see them as often or at all" she says sad like then starts laughing. "What?" I ask. "Soli and Heon's story is kind of like ours" "How?" I ask but she only turns toward the tv, raising the volume.

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"So how'd you like it, babe?" Angel asks lying beside me. "It was good but I don't understand how our stories align" I say and she lets out an exasperated sigh muttering something about boys. "Soli, like me, told her crush that she liked them so Heon, like you, already knew" she says and I nod trying to follow along.

"Where we are different is we were friends and they weren't, There wasn't another guy and I never and will never chase you to be with me like Soli" she says which makes me frown at the end "But you and Heon, I assume, realized your feelings slowly. Too slowly"

she continues ranting. "I can kind of see what you're talking about" she nods, sighing to herself. "I guess what they say is true. The cuter the face, the smoother the brain" she says before smiling at me. "Yah!" I say after realizing what she said.

how dare she insult my brain folds?! 

I immediately start tickling her for her rude behavior and tire her out only to later smother her face in kisses. She pretends to hate them but I know she can't get enough of me, until she blocks me "Are you having cocky thoughts?" I blush in guilt "N-no..." she starts to speak but I interrupt her with a kiss, that last... quite a while.

Angel POV

Heejin paces back and forth behind the stage, literally giving everyone anxiety. "Jinnie, calm down! You're gonna give someone whiplash, you keep turning like that" I tell her but she only pauses to reply smartly.

"Like you're not shaking like it's below zero degrees in here when it's clearly 72 degrees!" She says before returning to her anxiety inducing pacing.  "She's moody under pressure... I like it" Daeseong says, I look at him with disgust.

"Seriously eww" I say making him scratch his nape. "Sorry, I'm a flirt under pressure, usually works" he laughs nervously and I decide that my shivering self can not handle the stupidity any longer for the sake of my own sanity. I go to the curtains to peak at the crowd and swallow hard at the packed room.

It makes since, it's Rain after all but still where they getting from. I scan the crowd for familiar faces to calm down "Heejin! Look!" I whisper shout and she shakily walks toward me "Look at Unnie and Sanbin oppa and Keeho oppa and Sunghoon oppa" I tell her but her eyes are glued shut so I pry them open.

"Look!" I whisper as her breathing slows to a regular pace.  "Their waiting for us. We got this" I say and she nods. "Guys, come on Rain Sunbaenim is here!" Daeseong says and we quickly follow him to the crowd of dancers away from the stage wings. 

"I would like to thank you all in advance for all your hard work, dedication and sacrifice to make the best performance it can be. You all are amazing and I'm so glad to be working with you all. Have fun out there, FIGHTING!" I hugged Daeseong and Heejin for good laughs come as we got into our places.