seventeen oneshots

wrap yourself around the sun (let me protect my piece of the moon) (junhan)

LINK:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/12565660

Summary:

"Why do you need to go to the convenience store anyway?" Jeonghan asks as they make their way down the darkened, nighttime streets; the lamps cast an artificial glow, making Junhui seem...oddly ethereal and vulnerable under its yellow glare.

"I want to buy more jelly candy," Junhui explains. His hands are swinging playfully at his sides, brushing teasingly against Jeonghan's own arms. He continues semi-haltingly, but no less earnest: "Hansol and Mingyu like them. I want to buy more so that we can eat them together."

It's an odd thing, the way you can look at something in one moment, and then see it in a completely different light the next. Junhui's sweet words suddenly brings all of their past interactions under a new light; instead of cool and semi-standoffish, Junhui just seems unbearably sweet and kind. It seems ridiculously obvious now that Jeonghan's past perception of Junhui's aloof behaviour has less to do with actual detachedness and more to do with his shy uncertainty. Feeling quietly apologetic, Jeonghan leans a bit closer to the taller boy and lets their elbows knock playfully against each other.

Or: Five times Jeonghan took care of Junhui, and one time he realized he didn't have to.

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i.

Jeonghan isn't naïve enough to think that he'll become best friends with every single one of the trainees. After the initial wonderment wears off and the rose-tinted lenses are slipped away, it becomes very apparent that each of the sixteen boys all possess incredibly different personalities which simply means that some will get along better with others. Unique dynamics begin forming and adapting around the new inclusion of Jeonghan and Joshua to their group, and it only takes a little less than a month for Jeonghan to figure out where he fits in with this larger community.

He sticks to Joshua because Joshua is warm, and friendly, and Jeonghan feels ridiculously comfortable around the American boy despite only having known him for a few weeks. There's also just something extremely nice about being new and learning the ropes together with someone else. Joshua seems to feel the same way if his sweet smiles are any indication, and Jeonghan is all too happy to walk around with the other boy at his side.

He teams up with Jihoon to mercilessly tease Seungcheol, and teams up with Seungcheol to continuously boast about every aspect of Jihoon, much to Jihoon's embarrassed delight.

He goes along with Soonyoung and Seokmin's antics, playing along whenever they decide to randomly start a skit, and cheering them on whenever inspiration strikes them to dance, or sing, or paint, or whatever other marvelous feat they decide to put their minds to that day.

He recommends interesting books to Wonwoo, and contentedly allows him and Mingyu to kick his ass in video games (cheating isn't exactly an option unless Jeonghan can somehow scrounge up cheats beforehand which, yeah no).

He babies Seungkwan and Hansol and Chan and Samuel, who are all so young and still filled with such childlike innocence. He buys them treats whenever he can, and does his best to nurture their creative spirit. He loves the youngest members with a ferocity that surprises even himself, but he embraces the protectiveness he feels for them, and does his best to make sure they know that they're not alone, despite being so far away from home.

And Junhui...Jeonghan likes Junhui. The other boy is quiet, and cool, and always composed. He would make a good idol. And while Jeonghan respects the Chinese boy, he's not particularly close to him either. They share small-talk whenever necessary, they're perfectly polite to each other, they get along fine.