ᴘᴀɪɴᴛ ꜱᴛʀᴇᴀᴋꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʟᴀɴᴋ ᴄᴀɴᴠᴀꜱᴇꜱ 🖌 ʏᴜɴʜᴏ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

S I X T E E N

"I-I can explain.."

Y/N let go of Yunho's arms, disbelief forming on her face. She never expected the guy that she told her trauma to was him, "You lied to me."

"I promise I didn't mean to-"

"Then what did you mean to do?!" She shouted

"I didn't plan on lying until you thought I was someone else," Yunho pleaded, "Please, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lie to you."

Y/N grabbed her hair by the roots and started shaking, her eyes darting around everywhere.

"I told you all that stuff about taehyun.." She whimpered.

"I would never tell anyone, I swear-"

"THAT'S NOT THE FUCKING PROBLEM!"

She started to break down crying, burring her face in her arms. Yunho didn't know what to do; he just sat there silently, listening to her crying.

"Well, I mean it is, I mean- I-.." She took a deep breath.

"You weren't meant to know.. No one was meant to know.." She sniffed, "I'm fucking stupid.. It's my fault."

Y/N got up from the grass and walked away. Yunho quickly stood up and went after her, holding her by the wrist to stop her, "Y/N, wait."

She turned around with tears brimming in her eyes, "What do you want now?!"

"I-.." Yunho looked down, trying to form a response, "Why are you upset? I still don't understand-"

"I trusted you," She blurted, "I told you all this stuff about my life, and-" Her lips started quivering.

Yunho then hugged her, patting her head gently. "Please don't cry."

Y/N didn't push him away but didn't hug him back, she just let him hug her, the silence hanging in the air. Her breath started to slow down and her shaking stops, the flare of emotions in her slowly calming down. She looked up at him in sadness.

"Will you let me explain?" Yunho comforted her, holding her tightly.

"O-okay.." Y/N sniffled.

"Well," Yunho looked around, unsure of how to begin.

"When I saw you at the convenience store looking all sad and tired, I wanted to.. help you? Even though you bullied me, I still felt that you weren't that bad I guess? I don't know it was stupid. Um.."

Yunho locked eyes with Y/N, the look on her face slowly starting to go from hurt to admiration.

"You thought I wasn't that bad?" She said, an empty chuckle leaving her lips.

"Yeah well, you always looked so nice with your friends so I thought, if I wasn't.. me, maybe you'd like me, maybe be friends." Yunho looked away slightly, embarrassed about his fantasy. "I didn't want you to think of me as a loser, so I went up to you with the mask and hat and pretended to be someone else."

Y/N's sadened look vanished away at his words, touched that someone could still give her a chance when she still treated them like dirt. She cupped his face with her hand and whispered into his ear, her breath tickling his skin.

"Thank you but, you shouldn't give me a chance. You're too nice for me." 

Confusion was etched onto Yunho's face at her words, "What?"

"I'm going to hurt you, one way or another. I don't want that to happen to you." She smiled sadly, "Go find someone else, forget about me."

"I don't want to."

Yunho's eyes lit up in frustration all of a sudden, "I want you in my life. You're not going to hurt me, I'll make sure of it."

"Please, you're wasting your time." She advised, "There's so many people worth your time, you don't want to be around me-"

"Why are you trying to push me away?" Yunho said, anger seeping through his voice, "I'll leave if you do hurt me, but I know you won't."

"How are you so sure of that?" She questioned, "Plus, no offense but you can't really stand up for yourself."

"I can," He protested, "Trust me, I'll be out of your life the second you hurt me."

"Why do you want to be friends with me so badly? I mean I-"

"BECAUSE I LIKE YOU!"

Y/N's eyes widened at Yunho's words, her face turning flush. "You what..?"

"I like you, okay? I know I don't have a chance with you so I just decided on being friends-" 

Yunho brought his hands up to his face in an attempt to cover it, blushing furiously at his confession. Mixes of shock, adrenaline, happiness and nervousness swirl inside him, making his heart beat like crazy. He started shaking slightly, still covering his face so that he couldn't see her reaction.

Y/N just stood there in shock, how could she not have noticed? From standing up for her when Wonyoung was harassing her, to when he covered for her in class while she slept. All the times he's been nice to her "for no reason", she remained oblivious to his feelings for her. Both versions of him, his real self and his 'Hyunso' persona, have been nothing but kind to her, and she took that for granted.

"I-.." Y/N wanted to say something to his confession, a conformation, anything.

She took a deep breath and said, "I like you too."

The words felt strange coming out her mouth, the feeling evident on her reaction of her own words. But this just made Yunho's heart jump in excitement.

"Wha.." Yunho gasps, "D-do you?"

She nods happily, joy streaming out her eyes. "I do."

Yunho couldn't contain himself anymore, he pulled Y/N into a tight embrace, nuzzling his head in her neck. He kept repeating, "You like me back," over and over again, each repetition sounding more happy than the next. They stood there for what felt like eternity until he let go of her.

"S-sorry, I'm a bit clingy." He chuckled.

"It's okay. Wanna continue our hangout?"

They both went back to the tree they originally sat at, their hands intertwined with one another as they sat down and picked up their flower crowns. They put them on each other's head and laughed at the sight of the other. Y/N pulled out her phone to take a picture when she saw Yunho flinch.

"Is something wrong?" She turned around.

Yunho shook his head slighty, "Nothing, it's just.. I don't like being recorded."

Y/N's mind is casted back to when the Big 5 used to film him while getting beaten up, the cameras shoved in their face. She then reassured him, "Don't worry, it's just a picture. I won't show it to anyone."

Yunho looked up and complied, posing for the picture with a bashful smile and his hands holding up a peace sign. She snaps a couple of photos before looking through them, smiling as she does so. Yunho slowly leans his head on her shoulder, giggling at the photos they took together.

"I look weird." He said.

"No you don't, you look fine. It's just 'cause it's dark." She nudged his arm jokingly.

They continued looking through the picture and commenting on them, complimenting each other. It was a serene moment, both of them leaning on each other, sharing this cute little moment; but little did they know they would be busted soon.

Miae, Y/N's younger sister, just happened to be watching them from afar, remembering every detail to report back to their parents. She quickly left after snapping some photos of them together and texted her parents, telling them what she saw.