strawberry sunday ❧ k.jw | ✔

two

Jungwoo caught up to you as you left the library that evening. Donghyuck had stayed behind to check out some materials for a class, and the rest of your friends were walking out in a large, amorphous blob.

"Hey," he greeted you from over your shoulder.

"Hey," you echoed, looking behind and up at him briefly. It was times like this that you were reminded just how big the fairy was, underneath the oversized sweaters, fluffy hair, and pouts. He was one of the tallest of your friends, magical or otherwise.

His glasses had been pushed up on top of his head now, the frames keeping some of his bangs from falling across his face. With his book bag slung onto one shoulder, he looked almost like your average human college student, except if you happened to look a little closer—which you always were—you could catch the faint flecks of gold in his otherwise warm brown irises. As you passed under the lampposts along the pedestrian walkway, the golden flecks would catch the light and gleam unlike anything that could exist in humans. Not quite starlight, more like craft store glitter, the kind that you'd accidentally spill and continue to find in every square inch of your house for years to come. Which was a comparison that as soon as it had clicked in your brain, only endeared him even more to you.

"So what do you think? About going to Cape Solaria?" Jungwoo asked, those big, glittery eyes focused down on you.

You thanked... something godly that he apparently wasn't going to ask about your disappearance from the study room earlier.

"Oh, uhm, I'm actually pretty excited. I know Johnny's nervous after the whole Yuta-Doyoung-blabbermouth hex-drowning thing that happened last semester, but I think it'll be fun. I haven't been to the Cape since I was little, it'll be nice to see how much has changed, if at all."

"You went when you were little?"

"My parents used to take us on day trips as kids in the summer. Still don't know how they put up with us in the car for that long."

"How far away is it?"

"Uhm..." You frowned as you tried to think of as accurate an answer as you could for Jungwoo. "I don't remember exactly. Three hours? Four, maybe? Hold on."

You had reached into your pocket to bring out your phone, fully intending on looking it up on your maps app right then and there, when a hand covered yours, a light giggle that sounded like the tinkling of bells rang out right next to your ear, and you damn near dropped your phone.

"That's okay, Y/N, I was just curious," Jungwoo reassured you, letting your hand fall from his as you went to stuff your phone back into your pocket. "I'll just find out when we drive there."

"Right, of course," you muttered, casting your eyes down to your feet. "So, uhm, have you ever been? To the Cape?"

As soon as you said it, you wanted to smack yourself in the face. He literally just asked you how far away it was. If he had been there before, he would know that.

"No, this'll be my first time." Jungwoo bit the tip of his thumb, and you could feel how your eyes were glued to the action.

"Jungwoo!" Taeil called for him from the front of the group, Doyoung beside the older witch. The three of them were roommates, and were presumably all going home together.

"Coming!" The fairy replied. He focused a cheery smile down on you, "Well, see you, Y/N!"

"Bye, Woos..."

As the three roommates left, you desperately blinked yourself out of your Jungwoo-induced trance, trying to remember where you had parked your own car. Taeyong saved you from yourself, looping his arm through yours, "Come on, Y/N, I saw your car over by Jaehyun's."