Destined [Yungi]

Clear(unedited)

Masks on, glasses pulled over our eyes with my hat still on we walk side by side back to our apartment building. The slight awkward tinge still being present, whether it's from the situation at hand or is trying to hold back other emotions, I'm not sure. I figured our little talk would have made things better, but it seems it'll take way more than that. Knowing there's so much still not addressed and left unsaid leaves a heavy weight between us. Looking over I scan his side profile quietly, even covered you can tell how beautifully his face is sculpted. "Hey Min..." his eyes snapping to me as he still faces forward with a slight hum of acknowledgment, letting me know he was listening. "What do you mean it was ideal and you were worried?" I ask nervously as I face forward once more, the distance between the studio and our building not far as it comes into view. "You looked like you had lost weight in recent interviews, so I was worried you might be starving yourself." He says nonchalantly, the words causing my heart to erupt into rapid beats. Thanking god that I had a mask on and he couldn't see the heat rise to my cheeks over something so minuscule.

"To be truthful with you, I was put on a diet. They said it was time to lose my 'baby fat', though that upset San. You know how he is about any of us dieting or losing any type of weight. He hasn't let anyone hear the end of my chubby cheeks being gone. At the start I wasn't really biased with a lot of our fans, they figured a diet would help me." I laugh as I look over, finding Mingi's head completely turned towards me. Eyebrows furrowed as he pulls my mask down, grabbing ahold on my cheek pinching it. "I get it, I noticed they'd gotten smaller. Honestly seeing your face this morning gave me hope, hope that you weren't dieting but your face was just swollen." He shrugs, pulling my mask back up as I smack his hand. Thankful he didn't comment on not being highly desired, I'm not sure what I'd do if he did, though curiosity is gonna eat at me for it. "Hey it's not my fault you guys came by so early, my face is always puffy in the mornings." I huff, lightly tapping my cheeks as we walk, embarrassment setting in as I look at the passing signs. "That's not the point Yunho, the point is I worry for you. I want you to eat until you are content, I want you to rest well and be happy. That's why I've kept an eye on you from afar, though San and Woo do tell me a lot, but they don't tell me everything." He says waving me off as we continue our walk, our hands now slightly brushing with each motion. A pit in my stomach forming as I listen to his words of worry, and that I was a topic of their conversations. "I'll stop dieting, I don't want you to worry and I am happy-"

"No you aren't, I can see in the way you preform and you carry yourself in interviews. Your smile used to reach your eyes, it does but not all the time like it used to. You may be able to fake it with everyone else, but we-" motioning between us as he raises an eyebrow to me, turning straight once again. "Can read each other too well. You were right when you called me fragile, I was and still am truly. I hold you to a higher standard still to this day, knowing that. I want nothing but the best for you, because I know you'll shoulder that burden without a second thought. You'll shoulder it because you know it's too heavy for anyone else." He says calmly, his index finger hooking with mine as our arms sway. An intimate private gesture, one that if someone was to see them walking wouldn't notice. A smile breaking out over my isolated face as I let his words sink in, quickly grabbing his hand and tugging him along with me. The last thought in my head being the situation we are in, and just getting away to my safe place for a minute and sharing it with someone I still hold dear.

"Yunho, what are you doing?! Where are you taking us?" He whisper yells as we pass people my head tilting towards the ground as I pull him down the sidewalk chuckling, "you'll see princess, why don't you use that little name from before so we don't get caught, yeah?" Looking back to him as he shakes his head at me, it's not long before I'm pulling him into my favorite spot. "Jiwoong, two iced americanos, we'll be upstairs." I call across the cafe as I flash my face slightly to him, Jiwoong waving me off before the customer at hand can see who I am. "I got you Stefano, I'll be up in a bit." Rolling his eyes as he covers his face, causing me to chuckle as I drag a staggering Mingi behind me. "Love, slow down before I fall." The words alone making me stop at the foot of the stairs as he runs into the back of me. "Ouch, why'd you stop completely you jerk." Turning I look to see him rubbing his forehead, running his hands through his hair as he looks to me in question.