in the quiet sanctuary of a small-town church, two souls from different worlds collide. yunjin, a gay girl with a vibrant spirit, finds herself navigating the rigid expectations of her conservative family. each sunday, she seeks solace in the church...
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chapter twelve ʚ ✮ ɞ
yunjin let her fingers delicately play with the ends of chaewon's hair as her ears focused in on the soft snores from the latter. yunjin isn't quite sure exactly when she fell asleep, but she knew the girl needed it. fortunately, she got chaewon to eat her food and drink the water before she dozed off—her arms tightly wrapped around yunjin in fear that she'd disappear if she let go. yunjin spent the time with one arm wrapped around chaewon, and the other delicately caressing the girls hair as a soothing gesture to which worked considering she fell asleep immediately.
her eyes focused in on the sunset before her, watching as the sun settled against the darker clouds—a big grey one appearing in the distance. good thing is, the balcony is covered in case it decides to rain.
chaewon adjusted in her sleep, nuzzling her head deeper into the crook of yunjin's neck. her lips barely grazing against her warm skin, and yunjin could have swore her heart had flipped ten different times. for someone that tried her hardest to keep her distance from chaewon, she made it impossible. yunjin felt good, which was rare in this occasion but she can't help but think of what chaewon is thinking.
can she feel the same tension between them as yunjin does? could she ever feel more for yunjin? could they ever be something? perhaps not but it is still something that lingers deeply in yunjin's mind—and it genuinely upset her knowing she couldn't know what was going through chaewon's brain.
"yunjin?" she heard a soft voice speak, looking up to be met with sakura. a soft expression of happiness on her cheeks as she saw the view in front of her, "how is she?" she asked, sitting down on the other side where the matching single chair had been placed.
yunjin hummed softly as she looked back down at chaewon, "i'm not sure. she wouldn't talk about it, but i don't think she's okay. she cried in my arms for a good solid minute, ate, and then she's been asleep for about thirty minutes now."
sakura smiled, "yeah, i figured something was wrong when i saw this." she said, gesturing to chaewon clinging onto yunjin.
"what do you mean?" yunjin asked, curious as to why it could signal anything bad. "chaewon isn't very affectionate, not unless something's wrong. you know, she's very stubborn so when things bother her, she likes to deal with it on her own. i think this," she pauses—gesturing to the cuddle session, "is grounding her in some way. chaewon deals with a lot alone, because she's too scared to ask for help in fear that someone may be dealing with something worse than she is."
yunjin listens and in a way she relates because she does the exact same thing. it's not like something she tries to do, but like sakura said, other people deal with worst things.
