the villainess x the soos (collaboration between small_mew and abralhugres)

Part 8

((art by small_mew))

The feeling of warm water surrounding her in the bath was definitely a relaxing experience. This was quite an exhausting morning if Cale had to be honest. She didn't expect to be bombarded by so much affection she didn't deserve.

Although she calmed down, the knock that could be heard from the other side is what brought her back to reality.

"Hey, I brought you some clothes to try on." Jungsoo said cheerfully while waiting in front of the bathroom for her permission to enter. It was a rather cute and innocent gesture considering what they did just half an hour ago.

"Come in." She didn't hesitate to grant him her permission. She did forget to take a change of clothes with herself before preparing her own bath. She forgot little things like that often, once a person had spent their entire life being served it was difficult to get in the habit of doing all the little things independently. Although even if she'd remembered, she might not have bothered. Frankly speaking, she wasn't in the mood to do pretty much anything. She was pretty taken aback by all the affectionate things the trio did for her. About her own swelling feelings that she could no longer deny.

The man entered the room and placed a new change of clothes for her on the counter. It was truly a nice action from him. She loved that about Jungsoo, he was so effortlessly thoughtful. It made her want to reward him with a kiss but she didn't dare to cross that boundary first. Besides, it would mean leaving the comfort of her bath. Cale relaxed, leaning her back at the bathtub and closing her eyes. She really wanted to savor this warmth as much as she could.

Now that he'd completed his errand, he was sure to go back to the loving arms of the two people who tenderly held his heart.

However, instead of hearing footsteps of Jungsoo leaving the room, his steps became closer–

She opened her eyes out of curiosity, what did he need? The man looked at her with the same cheeky smile he always carried around. His appearance looked really youthful and free spirited, in a way. His ever so present smile and curly brown hair certainly showed that.

The man sat at the edge of the bathtub blissfully ignoring the danger of possible wet clothes. "I was curious if you would like to go out, pretty." He said while gently taking her wet hair strands and playing with them affectionately.

Cale blushed slightly as the first thing that came to her mind was courting.

Jungsoo had this way about him that was so kind and sweet that anyone might mistake him for showing romantic interest. She knew better, knew that he couldn't possibly love her or like her, and that was the only reason she wasn't deceived by his words and actions that were far too easy to misinterpret.

"It would be really great if you decide to come. It's going to be fun." Jungsoo added, his precious smile directed towards her with eyes full of hope that she'd say yes. Cale couldn't help but think about how similar it was to courting. Jungsoo was truly the flirtiest of the trio. Maybe it was Soohyuk, but either way they were pretty close.