IFHY .. nct

TWENTY-FIVE

warning! slight sexy(?) content below

tilly sighed as johnny's kisses decorated her exposed neck before sliding down to her collarbone. her fingers were knitted into his dark hair as she held him to her. she smiled. his bed was much more comfortable than hers.

it had been a few days since they came to this agreement, and tilly lazily tracing patterns into johnny's chest with the tip of her finger as they laid beside each other in the warmly lit room. after a moment, she propped herself up on her palm, her elbow against the mattress, so that she was facing him.

"tell me about yourself," she asked, voice still a bit groggy from sleep. her hand rose and fell gently with each of johnny's breaths, and he tossed an arm behind his head as he said, "something like what?"

tilly shrugged. "anything. if we're gonna keep this up, i want to know something about you and not just the you i know from work."

he chuckled at that, chest rumbling slightly. johnny quietly hummed as he thought before settling on what he wanted to say. "well, i was born and raised in chicago. it's where the twins were born, too."

tilly smiled. she'd seen a few pictures of the twins when she first arrived at johnny's new place. she'd laughed when he expressed his joy of getting away from living with ten and doyoung.

"they're here in korea, right?" she asked in a soft voice, in case the topic was sensitive. she briefly remembered johnny taking a day off when one or both of the twins were sick, but she wasn't sure how their dynamic worked.

johnny nodded and mindlessly began twisting a strand of tilly's bright orange hair between his fingers. "they are. ellis—my ex—and i moved here when they were a year old. i finished getting my degree at the international college, which is where i met ten and the others. you went there too, right?"

tilly bit a piece of skin on her lip before nodding. "i did. never finished, though."

now johnny was leaning with his back up against the headboard, tilly choosing to sit up in bed as well. he knew her story, even yangyang's, but talking to him was so freeing. it was like free therapy, and tilly hoped he felt the same way about her.

"i mean, as you know, i do plan on going back someday. maybe when lina is older... i'm not sure. you get what i mean when i say she means absolutely everything to me."

she didn't have to ask, because she knew his answer before johnny even said it. "yes. god, those two are my life. all i want is for them to grow up and be good people."

tilly nodded, sitting up further. "absolutely. like, the other day, lina came home from daycare telling me about this shy new kid who she befriended. they're having a play date after school on thursday, but the fact that she was so excited to get this girl to smile made me want to cry."

"i love having this with you," johnny said suddenly, catching himself when tilly's cheeks went red. "i mean, this as in, our... this. it's not exactly a relationship, but i know you're more than just a booty call."