lovelovelove | park sunghoon

twenty four

"Wait! Are you sure I look good?"

As they stood outside the entrance, Misuk adjusted her hair nervously, glancing at Sunghoon. He smirked, brushing a stray hair from her face.

"You always do, Mimi" he reassured, giving her hand a gentle squeeze. "You'll be fine, they're gonna love you."

Taking a deep breath, Misuk nodded and watched her boyfriend ring the doorbell. She spent a good hour panicking with Haneul and Jenn before meeting Sunghoon and the nerves were still very much there, even if she has tried everything to calm herself down.

Yeji, Sunghoon's younger sister, opens the door, and the adorable features Misuk used to remember about the girl she always saw at her crush's competitions were completely gone. She was such a pretty teenager now.

"They made so much food, I think they are planning on killing you both afterwards."

Sunghoon looked at Misuk with that "I told you" expression and their laughter filled the place. He warned the girl beforehand about how witty his sister had become.

"Did you missed me, Yeji-yah? Huh, did you missed your handsome brother?"

Sunghoon lets go of Misuk's hand to tease his sister so now she was all by herself. The American takes her shoes off quickly, picks up the first sandals she sees and leaves her jacket and bag at the hanger.

She walked around the cozy place, the delightful aroma of spicy kimchi stew wafting through the air, waiting for her boyfriend to come back, when a toy poodle runs fast towards her.

Litte Gaeul.

"Oh my god, you cutie" Misuk crouched down and started playing around with the puppy, who was curiously sniffing her hands in order to get familiar with the scent.

Sunghoon watched the scene completely in awe, trying to not make any noises that would let Misuk know of his presence. He always dreamed of bringing the girl home, seeing her in his house, with everyone he loves the most.

"She tends to be very shy to new people so I think she likes you."

The cute moment is interrupted by loud stomps and those reveal a warm, welcoming face that stared down at the American with excitement. "Oh, you must be Misuk! I've heard so much about you!"

Misuk immediately stood up, bowing awkwardly and with her cheeks painted completely red. "It's nice to meet you finally, Mrs. Park."

"Oh no, not that, just call me mom" she insisted, pulling Misuk into a gentle embrace. "Are you hungry? You are definitely hungry, let's go eat."

The singer lets herself be guided by Sunghoon's mom, who takes her to the balcony where they were supposed to have dinner. As they all gathered around, the dishes kept increasing on the table and Misuk's mouth watered as she took a seat next to his boyfriend, who smiled encouragingly.

"Misuk, tell us about your family," Mrs. Park prompted, ladling stew into her bowl.

"Uh, my parents run a company together," Misuk began, nervously playing with Sunghoon's fingers under the table. "And I'm an only child so that's about it, to be honest."

"God, that's crazy" Yeji chipped in. "I would've probably felt so lonely."

Misuk stayed quiet for a moment, recalling her childhood and teenage days in a place she does not miss that much anymore. "Not really. My parents always encouraged me to do whatever I wanted while we were in the US and I had a lot of friends so it was kinda fun, but I do sometimes wonder what it's like to have a sibling."

"She had an awful Korean when she got here" Sunghoon decided to say out of nowhere, to which Misuk pinched his arm. "It was so cute though."

The whole group eats the incredible food while they shared stories and laughter and Misuk stopped feeling like a stranger pretty fast. She felt at ease knowing these people were the ones in charge of raising her boyfriend.

"I'm taking Mimi to my room, okay?" Sunghoon announced, standing up. "Yeji, don't interrupt, I swear to god."

"Yeah, yeah, go kiss your pretty girlfriend. No one cares."

Misuk's eyes widened and she looked at his parents panicked, but both of them were laughing at what Yeji just said, so she guessed everything was fine.

"Why are you taking me to your room!?" she whispered, punching his arm. "I got so embarrassed."

Sunghoon looks at her, completely offended, "Okay then, let's kiss in front of my parents."

The couple walks down a hall, walls adorned with family photos, until they reach the last room to the left. Sunghoon opens the door and Misuk smiles, seeing how fitting his room was for his character.

Everything was extremely organized, even all shelves lined up with trophies and medals and the random posters of professional ice skaters. There were some pictures of him with his group members and some gifts he had gotten from fans as well.

"How many of these competitions did you sneak in?" Sunghoon said, while Misuk looked around, looking at every single award.

"Too many" she replied.

Sunghoon hugs the girl from behind, placing his head on her shoulder, trying to gain more attention from her, but she was busy scanning every single thing. Especially, this one picture at a competition.

Sunghoon was standing on the ice, alongside his figure skater friends, and you could see some of the crowd behind him. Two very clear silhouettes caught her attention and her eyes get bigger and bigger as she realized what was going on.

"Oh my gosh, that's me!" she exclaimed, laughter erupting. "Look! That's Jiwon and I!"

Sunghoon watches where his girlfriend was pointing at, closing his eyes a bit to concentrate, but the girls were so present in that picture, he didn't even need a second look.

"I wish I knew back then how much you liked me" he mumbles. "All that missed time...."

Misuk turns around to face Sunghoon, placing her arms on his shoulders, and pulling him closer. Instinctively, he hugged her waist, smiling widely seeing her so clingy. "We were still together though, just differently. That was not missed time at all."

Their eyes locked in and Misuk stands on her tiptoes so she could initiate the kissing. Sunghoon grinned, in disbelief he was going to do this with his childhood friend inside the room where he thought nonstop about her. His hands go straight to her face, drawing little circles on her cheeks as the moment goes by.

"Gaeul wants to come in" Misuk says in between the kiss, about to burst out laughing.

The adorable dog was scratching the door like there wasn't a tomorrow so Sunghoon quickly opens the door and goes back to holding his girlfriend's waist.

"Now, what were we doing?" he cheekily questioned.

Misuk rolled her eyes and leaned in for another kiss, hearts racing in unison, while Gaeul decided to rest comfortably on their feet, as if she was blessing the newly couple. "I might steal her from you."

"Shut up and kiss me."