always and forever || 𝘯𝘤𝘵

1.8

ysa’s note ; as im writing this, im actually listening to paris in rain so if you wanna get in the mood, you're welcome :’’)

jaehyun carried soojin up the stairs, into his bedroom.

" boom! " the crackle of electricity caused her to flinch, before huddling herself closer to her knees after the deafening roar of thunder.

aware of her movements, he swiftly stood beside her bedside, trying to draw circles behind her back. an attempt to soothe her.

" dad, stay with me. will you ? " she whimpered.

she grabbed onto his hand and jaehyun found himself staring at it.

funny, how their hands seemed to fit like a pair of lock and key. 

jaehyun looked at the sight and smiled to himself,

" maybe we were meant to be. 

at least, 

I'll hope. "

soojin groaned and stretched her arms 

" 어 , 일어나서? " ( oh, you're awake ? )  jaehyun tucked his hands into the pocket of his jeans.

soojin hummed in reply. she yawned, her eyes momentarily closing. cute.

“did you have a nightmare?” i asked, trying to keep my volume low. soojin nodded, biting her lip. she scrunched up her nose, rubbing her eyes.

i chuckled, watching her sleepy state. all of a sudden, she grabbed onto my waist, giving me a huge shock. soon, i heard whimpers coming from her. 

my eyes widened as i did my best to comfort her, patting her back. god, why was i so awkward? 

“i’m scared, jae…” she muttered. jae. she called me jae.  

i knew better than to focus on the nickname, immediately taking a seat on the side of the bed and pulling soojin into my arms. 

“i… i don’t know what to do. everything just seems crazy now. my whole life flipped over in a span of just a few days and i- 

i really don’t know.” she said in between sniffles. my heart melted at her words and i immediately felt pity rise in my heart. soojin continued her narrative, her feelings spilling out, “my parents, jae. they… they never fail to hurt me, and i..” her voice cracked and i hugged her tighter.

at the moment she had just seemed so fragile, as though she would break as soon as she hit the floor. 

i wanted to protect her.

i wanted to make her feel safe.

concerned, i tilted her chin up to face me. staring into her beautiful brown orbs, i whispered, 

“i’m here now. 

no one can get to you again.”

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soojin pov||

his voice calmed me, soothing words falling out as i listened to the sweet melody. 

gone was the pain i felt a few moments ago, now all i felt was peace. 

너를 만난 그 이후로

사소한 변화들에 행복해져

눈이 부시게 빛 나는 아침

너를 떠올리며 눈 뜨는 하루

식탁 위에 마주 앉아

너의 하루는 어땠는지 묻거나

나의 하루도 썩 괜찮았어

웃으며 대답해 주고 싶어

별것 아닌 일에 맘이 통할 때면

익숙해진 서로가 놀라웠어

널 사랑해

After I met you

I've been happy with small changes

In the dazzling morning

I open my eyes by thinking of you

I sit face to face with you at the table

I ask about your day

Or my day was pretty good

I want to answer with smile

When we understand each other about little things

I was surprised with the fact that we got used to each other

i love you.

char’s note ; the song used was ‘me after you (너를 만난)’ by paul kim,

the song is so sweet and i literally cried when i first heard it cuz like- 

uWu

anyways, ysa and i decided the book was going too fast, so this is just a little chapter. 

we’re trying to write the best we can, and our ranking has dropped quite a lot so we were kinda disappointed… we’re trying to continue writing tho!!!! 

thanks for reading our book:)