True Beauty: An Alternate Universe

Chapter Ten

Suho:

My eyes fluttered open gently, bright light seeping in from the crack in the curtains. I had a vague memory of last night, doubting if any of it ever happened. I looked down to see Soojin laying peacefully on chest, confirming what I had remembered. Her hand laid on my heart and my hand was on top of hers, the other arm wrapped tightly around her waist. I smiled, she looked so safe, so serene. I can imagine that this was the best amount of sleep she had in a while. I stroked her hair gently, my fingers running through it like butter. How could she look so perfect even in the morning? My phone alarm went off next to me. I quickly turned it off to not wake Soojin. We don't have to be early everyday, we'll just catch the next bus. I set another alarm to wake us up a little later and I closed my eyes again. Pulling her tighter towards me and rested my head on top of hers, rubbing her hand comfortingly.

Soojin:

I woke up feeling giddy. We had changed sleeping positions since last night. My head rested on his chest along with my hand. His head on top of my head, a hand holding mine and an arm wrapped tightly around my waist. I looked up to see him with a peaceful expression on his face. I smiled softly, his hair was messy but he looked adorable. His phone alarm went off and he woke up, blinking against the light. He turned it off and looked down at me, "Good morning," he said chuckling. I smiled even wider, "Good morning to you too," I said getting up. He pulled me back down on the bed, "Just a few more minutes," he said, his voice deep and groggy. I grabbed my phone which ended up on the other side of the bed. I checked the time and gasped, "Suho it's 7:30 we missed the first bus!" I exclaimed, jumping off the bed. "Soojin calm down we'll catch the next one," he said, rubbing his eyes.

I sat on the edge of the bed rotating my phone in my hands then smiled, "Thanks Suho, that was the best night of sleep I've had since forever. Sorry for my outburst, I'm used to waking up at 6," I got up and started pulling him out of the bed, "Regardless we have to get ready," I said laughing as he started resisting. "Alright, alright I'm up," he said. I went to the closet and took out my uniform then ran to the bathroom to get ready. After putting on the uniform and brushed my hair and did my skincare. Just serum, moisturiser, sunscreen and lip balm today. I walked out and saw Suho, already changed, frying something in the kitchen. He turned around when he heard the door, "Oh hey, I'm just finishing up breakfast, I'll go wash up then I'll join you," he placed a plate with avocado toast topped off with an egg on the kitchen table.

"Suho I don't have time for breakfast the bus comes at 8," I said. "Just sit down and eat, if we miss it just run, school started at 9 anyway," he said dragging me to the table. He pulled out my chair and handed me a strawberry milk, "Your favourite," he said before walking out. I had to stop myself from blushing and took a bite of the toast. It tasted heavenly, the egg was salted just to how I wanted and the avocados provide an amazing amount of freshness. Suho came back with his hair brushed and face cleaned then sat down next to me and took a bite of his toast as well, "Do you like it?" he asked. "Like it? I love it! I've never had breakfast like this before," I said happily, taking another bite. He laughed and poked my cheek, "You're cute when you're happy," he said. He held the strawberry milk up to my mouth and I sipped it through the straw. Smiling at how delicious it was. He laughed again and continued to eat.

Suho:

After the brief breakfast we both ran to the bus station, chasing each other in the process and jumped on the bus as soon as it arrived. We greeted the bus driver and found seats. I sat down next to her and she pulled out her phone, texting Sooah. "Do you want me to replace your screen?" I asked, seeing that it was still smashed from yesterday. "No it's fine it still works," she insisted. "But you'll cut your finger on it, let me pay for the repair," I said. "Fine," she said teasingly. I laughed and looked out the window across from us. The scenery rushed by and everyone standing was scrolling on their phones. My eyes drifted over to a man who looked like he was in his thirties sitting towards our left. He was staring intently at Soojin, wide eyed and licked his lips. Not this again. People these days, they are so disgusting. Can't they leave a girl alone? I threw my arm over Soojin and leaned in to look at her phone, shifting so that my body blocked hers.

"What are you looking at?" I said, distracting her. She sighed, and showed me her phone. 30 missed calls from her father. I snatched her phone from her hand and blocked her father's number and handed it back to her, "Ignore it, he can't do anything about it," she nodded and opened the texting app again. When we arrived at school, I glared at the man before getting off which made him turn away in fear. Sooah was waiting at the gate for Soojin, "Hey guys how's it going. It's nice seeing you turn up a bit later Soojin, you too Suho," Taehoon ran over and patted my shoulder. We all walked into the school building together. Once we reached our classroom we chatted with our other classmates. Jookyung walked in and everybody greeted her. She walked over the the desk I was sitting on and sat next to me, joining the conversation. The bell eventually rang and everyone sat in their chairs, greeting the teacher as he walked in.