trapped // hwang hyunjin ✔️

chapter thirty-eight

he can treat me right

choi luna

"wow..." hyunjin breathes. "you look beautiful." he smiles, looking over my body in the red dress i picked out.

"you don't look too bad yourself." i tease him, fixing the collar on his white button up that he tucked neatly into dress pants that fit him way too good. his muscular thighs catching my attention.

"you've gotta stop eye-fucking me." he begs, pinching the bridge of his nose. i gasp.

"i wasn't-"

"i've already fucked you like you asked," he wraps his arm around my waist. "now let me prove to you that i'm a changed man." he finishes in a teasing voice, recalling my words from earlier.

"okay mister changed man, let's see what you got." i regain my composure, teasing him right back. with that, he grabs my hand, leading me out of our apartment. as we make it to the bottom of the complex, we approach a familiar car, hyunjin opens the passenger door for me. "isn't this chan's car?" i ask, hesitantly climbing into the seat.

"it is." he responds, closing my door and making his way to the driver side. i noticed the keys to the car were left in the ignition. these stupid boys.

"how did you get his car?" i ask as he sits down.

"i asked him." he shrugs.

"we couldn't walk?"

"i don't want to wear out those pretty little legs of yours." he winks at me, placing a hand on my thigh as he starts the car. i feel myself blush at his comment. i wasn't used to this type of treatment from him, sure he was always super caring of me, but usually we were more like brother and sister, constantly teasing each other. but i could definitely get used to this side of him. a side he himself probably wasn't even fully used to, as he had never been in a serious relationship throughout the entire time i've known him.

"well that's sweet of you..." i shyly smile, placing my hand over his.

"i know, right." he boasts. there's the hyunjin i know and love. i was glad even though our feelings for each other had changed, we were still able to keep our usual dynamic. i didn't want him to act like a completely different person, though the slight sweet differences i wouldn't be opposed to. i jokingly scoff at him.

"where are we going?" i ask.

"a surprise."

"you're really going all out, huh?" i smirk at him.

"only for you." he flirts.

"simp." i joke. he laughs for a moment before regaining his composure.

"only for you." he repeats again, pulling my hand up to his lips and placing a sweet kiss on my knuckles. that shut me right up, another blush creeping onto my face. my thoughts felt like a broken record, constantly thinking back to how the hyunjin i knew just over a month ago would have never acted like this. it was surely a sight to see. as he drove down the road, a calming silence overtook us. my thoughts drowning out the outside world.

he had really changed himself, all for me.

no he did it for himself as well. he didn't like the person he was becoming.